Modern album FINAL!!! Hybris v. Spirit of Eden

t d wombat wrote: "...What is more, Eden has had me scrabbling to find what else these guys did and I'm starting to get a bit pissed that I didn't find them 30 years ago. Eden may be their masterpiece but Colour of Spring and Laughing Stock are not to be sneezed at. Nor is Mark Hollis' S/T solo album.

Totally agree - Also very much attached to their earlier album "The Party's Over" the title track, an amazing song which should have had more notice - I never tire listening to Mark Hollis' passionate voice -

 

Hybris is a nice album. How much I enjoy tends to vary a bit but it is one of those albums that you can throw on when you cannot think of something else. Therein lies its problem I guess. What's more I've not really been motivated by Hybris to go off and explore more of Anglagard's catalogue. Nonetheless I'm going to do so and have another full listen to Hybris before I vote.

Otoh, Eden has me totally sucked in and has had since pretty much first listen. The bombast of 70's Prog/ArtRock/Symphonic whatever the truck you want to call it was for me a wondrous thing but even back then I needed on occasion something a bit simpler, a bit cleaner and for me a bit bleaker to clear the bombast induced fog. Not that there was anything wrong with the fog but we all need some shade with our light. Full moon is a wondrous thing as it rises over the ocean but its only on moonless nights that you get to see the stars. What is more, Eden has had me scrabbling to find what else these guys did and I'm starting to get a bit pissed that I didn't find them 30 years ago. Eden may be their masterpiece but Colour of Spring and Laughing Stock are not to be sneezed at. Nor is Mark Hollis' S/T solo album.

Love Talk Talkt, but Hybris wins to me.

Skalla-Grim wrote: Doesn't matter because I can't vote for Koenjihyakkei. No vote

in a knock-out tournament final you don't get to vote on an album that has already been knocked out. Sorry, but life's like that.

Dayvenkirq wrote: Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: Need to listen to Talk Talk again before voting, first two times have done nothing for me. Not sure if "forced", premeditated (as opposed to "casual") listens are conducive to appreciation. Worked for AEProgman (strangely), but it might not work for you.

Although I very much admire Talk Talk, who used to be a more commercial band, for their very unusual move towards very original and uncommercial music (usually inventive bands turn commercial after some years), I choose with my heart: Hybris is closer to my heart.

Hybris is good, but Spirit of Eden changed my life.

micky wrote: fair enough.. wasn't trying to single you out or pull a 'taste' card on you..I just found it odd to label an album boring.. when it is not remotely intending to be anything approaching inducing excitement the way a good rollicking album should. It is what it is.. it connects with a listener or it does not.

I know, but I've been saying EoE sucks all the way through so might as well say why I think it sucks. For me boring is when an album fails to connect in anyway with me, music doesn't have to be full on hard rockign to be exciting, or riveting, but it does have to grab my attention in some way. That last sentence couldn't be more true. 

Svetonio wrote: Raff wrote: (...) If anyone doesn't like the way PA is organized, they are free to look for a "pure" prog website where abominations such as having 10cc in Prog Related or Spirit of Eden categorized as prog are not to be found. (...) Nope. I will say here that Spirit of Eden is not a Progressive rock album, because it's simply true.

This is why most people consider you a complete arse, because it's simply true.


Edited by sleeper - September 27 2015 at 11:09

in 10 years we'll have 3 brackets

classic
the Neo/retroprog/SWilson dark years
and a true 'modern'