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starless2112 
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Posted: September 08 2015 at 19:48 |
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Caravan for sure, with Gong and Khan close behind
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t d wombat
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Posted: September 07 2015 at 21:21 |
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OK, so Soft Machine, Khan, Gong and Hillage leave me largely unmoved. Hillage as a player reminds me of the old adage "just because you can, doesn't mean you should".
Of the rest ... the Caravan and Hatfield albums stand out as the most accessable so always going to win as the most popular. Nonetheless the albums from National Health, Quiet Sun and Egg cannot so easily be dismissed. Really nice stuff. Like all three a lot. Given the input from Manzanera and Eno I should not be surprised by Quiet Sun but definitely well pleased with NH and Egg, well pleased indeed.
Which leaves dear old My Wyatt solo. I love the guy, like I love Hammill and Adrian Rawlinson but sadly that doesn't necessarily translate to loving the output, though dear old now sadly departed Adrian probably got closer than most. (Which is off topic and beside the point) .
Number one ? I'm still not sure. Think I'll continue to dither.
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t d wombat
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Posted: September 06 2015 at 21:15 |
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At first I thought this was no contest as Rotters Club is well on the way to being a firm favourite but hmmm In the Land is a particularly fine album, or so I reckon. Although I approve of Wyatts idiosyncracity, Soft Machine leaves me unstirred and I'm not a great fan of Hillage's vocals so Khan is not up there for me. Must give Polite and Mainstream a good listen before final decision.
(Forgive me if I was wrong but I did presume that Hillage handled lead vocals on the Khan album)
Edited by t d wombat - September 07 2015 at 19:46
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Andrew B
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b_olariu
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Posted: September 06 2015 at 01:51 |
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Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: September 04 2015 at 01:20 |
 micky wrote:
The Polite Force 3 days of out every 7
Space Shanty 2 days of out every 7
The Rotters Club the remaining 2 days.
just depends on the mood I guess
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akaBona
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Posted: September 03 2015 at 16:38 |
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Rock Bottom, but as other has said: it's hell of a list of masterpieces ...
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micky
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Posted: September 03 2015 at 15:00 |
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The Polite Force 3 days of out every 7
Space Shanty 2 days of out every 7
The Rotters Club the remaining 2 days.
just depends on the mood I guess
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sublime220
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Posted: September 03 2015 at 08:08 |
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Rock Bottom today but it could've been Grey and Pink or The Rotter's Club any other day.
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Posted: September 03 2015 at 02:38 |
BTW, why wasn't there a Matching Mole album present in the poll? Or a Gilgamesh one, FTM
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Posted: September 02 2015 at 23:19 |
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Has to be Caravan for me, although I do enjoy other albums more from these artists now. Blind Dog at St. Dunstans and Steve Hillage - Green to name a couple :-)
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Posted: September 02 2015 at 23:14 |
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The Rotters' Club... Just
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Posted: September 02 2015 at 22:55 |
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Third, today.
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Posted: September 02 2015 at 13:34 |
Padraic wrote:
Let me at least separate into tiers:
Tier 1 - (5+ stars and the reason I can't pick one):
Third, Rotters Club, Queues, Rock Bottom, You, Polite Force
Tier 2 - Almost but not quite a masterpiece (4 stars): Mainstream
Tier 3 - Good but not great (3 stars): Space Shanty, Caravan
Tier 4 - Big disappointment (2 stars): Fish Rising
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Close enough to my rankings, except that I haven't heard Mainstream
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Posted: September 02 2015 at 11:31 |
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I pick Third today. I can't ignore Caravan Masterpiece " In the Land of Grey and Pink" but today is Soft Machine day for me.
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Posted: September 02 2015 at 11:21 |
I do regret not putting in "If I Could..." and Egg and Hatfield's s/t albums in, but hey, don't put the blame on me, blame the artists for being too f**king good 
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Padraic
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Posted: September 02 2015 at 08:36 |
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Let me at least separate into tiers:
Tier 1 - (5+ stars and the reason I can't pick one):
Third, Rotters Club, Queues, Rock Bottom, You, Polite Force
Tier 2 - Almost but not quite a masterpiece (4 stars): Mainstream
Tier 3 - Good but not great (3 stars): Space Shanty, Caravan
Tier 4 - Big disappointment (2 stars): Fish Rising
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Posted: September 02 2015 at 06:43 |
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Third for me.
Never understood the love for In the Land of Grey and Pink, Caravan have a lot of better albums IMO.
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Posted: September 02 2015 at 05:17 |
Of course all of them are high quality albums and I can actually vote for at least half of them. I can narrow it down for two albums but I can't actually decide, it's between Khan and Quiet Sun.
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Posted: September 02 2015 at 03:18 |
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Posted: September 02 2015 at 03:16 |
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