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Poll Question: What rating do you think trilogy deserves?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 27 2005 at 00:54
A four star album...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 27 2005 at 01:23

Originally posted by moodyxadi moodyxadi wrote:

Trilogy  and BSS are the best albums from ELP. I'm not a huge fan of Abaddon's Bolero, but the rest of the album is fantastic. Truly Masterpiece.

I heartilly second that.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 27 2005 at 01:43
It's excellent, but I don't get Abaddon's Bolero.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 27 2005 at 01:51
Originally posted by zabriskiepoint zabriskiepoint wrote:

It's excellent, but I don't get Abaddon's Bolero.


think of Ravel's Bolero...

Abaddon is not very good constructed,but rudimentary elements of the original Bolero can be observed.
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 27 2005 at 03:24

 

  About 4 1/2 stars definetely a must have for a prog fan along with Brain Salad Surgery Tarkus and the Eponynous album

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 27 2005 at 03:32

TRILOGY

masterpiece

5stars

 

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 27 2005 at 03:32
not so good in my opinion. there are some really bad tracks. it's not good as a whole album

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 27 2005 at 03:52

Originally posted by matti meikäläin matti meikäläin wrote:

not so good in my opinion. there are some really bad tracks. it's not good as a whole album

i'm of the same opinion

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 27 2005 at 07:44
I'm glad to see that a lot of people like this album, It's a great album!! keep those 5 stars comin'
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 27 2005 at 08:19
I give it 4 stars,one of my favorite ELP albums along with BSS.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 27 2005 at 08:30

Originally posted by Ricochet Ricochet wrote:

Originally posted by zabriskiepoint zabriskiepoint wrote:

It's excellent, but I don't get Abaddon's Bolero.


think of Ravel's Bolero...

Abaddon is not very good constructed,but rudimentary elements of the original Bolero can be observed.
 

Ravels is not original and Abaddons is not based on it at all. They are both "Bolero's" though which are of the same form. Check out Becks Bolero also.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 27 2005 at 08:37

4 stars:

pro's - good produced, Lake's best ELP vocal performance and balanced songs.

con's - lacking agression, weak lyrics.

Endless Enigma pt.1 - 5/5

Fugue - 4/5

Endless Enigma pt.2 - 5/5

From The Beginning - 5/5

The Sheriff - 4,5/5

Hoedown - 3,5/5

Trilogy - 4/5

Living Sin - 4/5

Abaddon's Bolero - 4/5



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 27 2005 at 17:58
Great album but falls just shy of masterpiece:   9/10   Four stars. var SymRealOnLoad; var SymRealOnUnload; function SymOnUnload() { window.open = SymWinOpen; if(SymRealOnUnload != null) SymRealOnUnload(); } function SymOnLoad() { if(SymRealOnLoad != null) SymRealOnLoad(); window.open = SymRealWinOpen; SymRealOnUnload = window.onunload; window.onunload = SymOnUnload; } SymRealOnLoad = window.onload; window.onload = SymOnLoad; //-->
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 27 2005 at 18:03

Originally posted by Mercury Mercury wrote:

Great album but falls just shy of masterpiece:   9/10   Four stars. var SymRealOnLoad; var SymRealOnUnload; function SymOnUnload() { window.open = SymWinOpen; if(SymRealOnUnload != null) SymRealOnUnload(); } function SymOnLoad() { if(SymRealOnLoad != null) SymRealOnLoad(); window.open = SymRealWinOpen; SymRealOnUnload = window.onunload; window.onunload = SymOnUnload; } SymRealOnLoad = window.onload; window.onload = SymOnLoad; //-->

9/10 = 4.5/5, Rounded off to five! Still arguably a masterpiece



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2005 at 07:17
4,90 or some thing its a very good album but BSS beats it as the real ELP masterpiece!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2005 at 15:35

Trilogy is a five star prog rock classic, no doubt about it, and it represents, I think, the best example of the ELP synergy working to its highest degree, something they lost as time went on.

When ELP were on fire, like they were on this lp, no one prog rocked better then they did.

 

"The red polygon's only desire / is to get to the blue triangle."
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2005 at 15:39

Originally posted by Paulieg Paulieg wrote:

5 Stars and my favorite ELP release.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2005 at 16:43

Trilogy, overall is much better than Tarkus, which only had one side that was great. Trilogy, overall isn't quite as good as the first side of Tarkus, which is an absolute Prog classic.

Trilogy overall is a 4 star album, not great, just very good.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2005 at 17:07
I would call it a masterpiece but abaddon's bolero is the one thing that holds the album back.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2005 at 17:56

trilogy is a true masterpiece, together with brain salad surgery. all the songs in this album got magic

 

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