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    Posted: October 11 2024 at 17:07
Hi Everyone!

Let's play a little game - the name is in the title. Here's how it works: someone picks two albums by the same artist that they either hold in high esteem, are generally rated about the same in quality, or that they dislike (2 stinkers so to speak). It's up to you. 

The first person to pop in (if they know the music) must give their choice of the two and then list their 2 picks for the next person, and so forth. Lets us use the ^ to signify who we are responding to and NO more than one at a time please! All sub-genres are fair game and please use images to illustrate.

I will get the ball rolling...

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Logan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 11 2024 at 17:16
^ Might be asked to be moved to Just for Fun, but nice idea regardless.

Close, but I go with Trick of the Tail (Blood on the Rooftops is my fave track of those, however).

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edit: you may keep a record of all your picks, just make sure you highlight who you are responding to

My own pick is Wind
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^Logan

Shambles for me haha, the frenzied sea shanties never did it for me. 

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I prefer Shambles of my choices too.

^ Miles Davis' In a Silent Way for me (the album that made me a fan of his and I still love)

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Ege for me: much more fluid and consistent (some great melodic moments to boot) Thumbs Up
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Logan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 11 2024 at 18:27
^^ Same. And now that I think more competently about it, I should have gone with Wind and Wuthering (I was going to and then second guessed myself).

^ I thought about doing the same KC combo. Love both, but going with Red

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^1001 for me Smile (for the content and first appearance of the iconic logo)
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Anybody wanna bounce and give their choice between fourth or fifth? 

I pick fourth, it's my favorite work of theirs. It capitalizes on the best aspects of third and doesn't let up its jazz credentials for a minute! 

Fifth was always a struggle for me; it feels conceptually disjointed (due to band dynamics during recording) while going into the avant-garde at times while trying to maintain the "blaring" sax sound of 4. Drop and All White are worth it alone. 

The band did not lose me completely until post-Softs despite me being less keen on their progression starting at Six and going forward. 
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^ Hoping someone else would try it. I feel comfortable saying that Soft Machine is one of THE greatest bands, and I chose Fourth over Fifth. My traditional favourites from ST are Third and Second. Brilliant band.

While I commonly would go for The Glowing Man and To be Kind as my modern dynamic Swans duo, I feel like going for these two sequential albums.


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^Logan

Love both but give the nod to The Seer. It was my first Swan's album that took my attention.



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^ Seriously, that was the first or second pairing I thought about doing, but decided to start more old-school. Love both, and it is hard to choose. Depends on the day, today I go with Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven! over F♯A♯∞. Both are five star albums to me, and serious "modern" (1997 and 2000) classics.

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^Yeti for me - seems a little more "out there"  and I like unpredictability in my prog
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote richardh Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 12 2024 at 21:45
Fragile , for a bit more dirt

Spiral, Primary, 1 of 7

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^I will let someone else jump ship; unfortunately, I don't know these two 

I only know Vangelis' Heaven and Hell album
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^^ I understood whay people commonly loathe the terms overrated and underrated, yet I do consider Vangelis' Beaubourg commonly to be underrated. That said, I choose Spiral.

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^You are all over the place Logan and I like that Smile

That said, I much prefer Kid A to Computer - I would listen to Computer nonstop 5 or so years ago until Kid A came into my world and threw everything I knew out the window. If Prog Electronica was a genre, Kid A would be the cornerstone. Strangely enough, I have not encountered much music in that similar vein all these years; I much prefer Radiohead post-2000. I guess, their later work and some instrumental hip-hop come close. 

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^ Thanks, I favour Radiohead's Kid A and the following, Amnesiac is a particular favourite of mine. I love both of those Hatfield and the North albums (both are stone cold classics), but I want to give some one else a chance. Actually, all of these have been great selections for my tastes.
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^^ I only know "Hatfield and the North". Although I do enjoy this album, I also think the album is a bit too silly for my tastes.
 
 

 
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These are the two top ranking VdGG albums in PA. They are also somewhat different sounding albums by the classic lineup. My preference is definitely "Pawn Hearts" and the earlier albums.
 

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