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Sckxyss 
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 Topic: Voyage of the Acolyte vs Hybris
Posted: September 07 2007 at 16:21 |
 Dr. Occulator wrote:
Not really fair to compare two masterpieces when one has great lyrics and vocals and the other has none. |
Sure it is! The voice is just another instrument, IMO. Some of my favourite albums are instrumental.
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Posted: September 07 2007 at 02:16 |
The Steve's album isn't one of my favorite, but i don't like instrumental bands so go on Steve 
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Dr. Occulator
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Posted: September 06 2007 at 20:53 |
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Not really fair to compare two
masterpieces when one has great lyrics and vocals and the other has
none.
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Posted: September 06 2007 at 11:03 |
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I could never believe that Voyage of the Acolyte could get more votes than Hybris. For me Hybris is THE masterpiece. Incredible piece of music.
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Posted: September 06 2007 at 04:56 |
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Unfortunately I haven't heard Hybris (out of my reach since a long time), but hard to beat Steve solo debut...
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jimmy_row
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Posted: September 05 2007 at 17:05 |
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Both are great (duh...) but my preferance is for Hackett if not just for the originality and mastery of songwriting that is Ace of Wands.
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ArtRockFreak
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Posted: September 04 2007 at 21:01 |
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Both albums are just great...I recently listened to hybris for the first time and i must admit that jordrok is a ma-ster-piece..But,i'll go for voyage,mostly because of my preference to Genesis and 70s prog rock scene..
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Posted: September 03 2007 at 12:03 |
Peter wrote:
Really, what does it matter? I simply don't care about albums' positions relative to one another here. No computer-generated chart will ever affect how much I enjoy an album.
Also, you can't force people to see things the same way you do. Not everyone here has Hackett's masterful first solo outing, or holds it in as high regard as I do. So what? I can live with that. They don't write my reviews, or choose which albums I listen to. 
(I've never heard Hybris, BTW -- but it seems lots of folks have. It's likely Anglagard are better known in Europe than here in North America.)
Finally, "better" is a purely subjective concept with regards to art -- art is not sport. What's the objective criteria we're to use to decide this?  |
Better as in which is more "enjoyable" its just a personal opinion. Btw I think "Hybris" is a fantastic prog CD moments of that give me goose bumps .. this is a tight poll ... not much in it 
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Posted: September 03 2007 at 07:33 |
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two classic albums,
but I prefer Hackett's work
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Posted: September 03 2007 at 07:05 |
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Love them both, but VotA is a minor masterpiece and Hybris is a major masterpiece, so I went with the latter.
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Sckxyss
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Posted: September 03 2007 at 05:44 |
Zargus wrote:
Never heard Hybris and i even live in swe.. but since its out of order i probobly never will ither so i voted for Hackett. |
Well, I've never heard VOTA, so I guess I have to vote against that.
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Zargus
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Posted: September 02 2007 at 18:30 |
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Never heard Hybris and i even live in swe.. but since its out of order i probobly never will ither so i voted for Hackett.
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Peter
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Posted: September 02 2007 at 10:58 |
Really, what does it matter? I simply don't care about albums' positions relative to one another here. No computer-generated chart will ever affect how much I enjoy an album.
Also, you can't force people to see things the same way you do. Not everyone here has Hackett's masterful first solo outing, or holds it in as high regard as I do. So what? I can live with that. They don't write my reviews, or choose which albums I listen to.
(I've never heard Hybris, BTW -- but it seems lots of folks have. It's likely Anglagard are better known in Europe than here in North America.)
Finally, "better" is a purely subjective concept with regards to art -- art is not sport. What's the objective criteria we're to use to decide this?
Edited by Peter - September 02 2007 at 11:07
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chessman
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Posted: September 02 2007 at 09:52 |
Steve gets my vote, of course.
VOTA is a minor masterpiece.  |
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Philéas
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Posted: September 02 2007 at 08:09 |
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I found Voyage of the Acolyte boring and terribly overrated. Hybris, on the other hand, is flawless. Guess which one I voted for.
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Posted: September 02 2007 at 03:04 |
Hybris, even though its way to high... number 15, c´mon!!! 
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Evandro Martini
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Posted: September 01 2007 at 10:42 |
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Hybris is great music, but not my cup of tea... too much loud guitars and keys.
I prefer Voyage's gentleness
Both have superb mellotron work, I first thought that was the point of the poll
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Posted: September 01 2007 at 09:11 |
I'm a Genesis fan and a Hackett solo career hardcore fan, but in this case I don't know which one to choose, both are outstanding.
Iván
Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - September 01 2007 at 09:14
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Shakespeare
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Posted: September 01 2007 at 08:57 |
progadicto wrote:
Hybris is great but Voyage is a classic masterpiece!! |
The other way around for me.
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theBox
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Posted: September 01 2007 at 08:54 |
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Both are ridiculously inspired masterpieces wich get easily 6 stars
(yeah, out of five). My vote however goes to Hybris due to the fact
that it came out of nowhere (well...quite...) in a time that prog
wasn't exactly popular and has managed to be regarded as a masterpiece
of symphoprog, something that isn't easy or common for a 90's album or
band.
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