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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 03 2007 at 08:33
Another list for me:

  • Robert Wyatt - any album
  • Hatfield And The North- any album
  • Gong - any album
  • Egg - any album
  • National Health - any album


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 03 2007 at 08:51
Originally posted by Abstrakt Abstrakt wrote:

New List:
  • A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms
  • Steely Dan - Gaucho
  • Primus - Frizzle Fry
  • Eloy - The Power & The Passion
  • Eloy - Performance
  • Yes - Tormato
  • Yes - Drama

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A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms :  This one is my less favorite album from them since it isn't pretty varied and generic at times, although the song "3 libras" is really beautiful. Their "13th Step" album is significantly better IMO.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 03 2007 at 08:54
Of Gong I highly recommend "You", which in my opinion contains the best drumming ever. Listening to the drums in "Master Builder" just blew me away, and I wanted to become a drummer too (and succeeded). The other musicians are no slouches either, and when they jam the music just flows and flows. 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 03 2007 at 21:36
Originally posted by Abstrakt Abstrakt wrote:

New List:
  • A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms
  • Steely Dan - Gaucho
  • Primus - Frizzle Fry
  • Yes - Drama

Smile A little help?

 
 
APC, Get most Tool albums first.
Gaucho, excellent stuff, but I doubt you'll like it. Listen before buying.
Frizzle Fry, their best album!
Drama, their best post-TFTO release, IMO.
RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 03 2007 at 22:04
Originally posted by Abstrakt Abstrakt wrote:

New List:
  • A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms
  • Steely Dan - Gaucho
  • Primus - Frizzle Fry
  • Eloy - The Power & The Passion
  • Eloy - Performance
  • Yes - Tormato
  • Yes - Drama

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Frizzle Fry is amazing.
All of the songs are great.
Perhaps you won't like Les' voice if have never heard it before, but the music makes up for it. I love his voice personally.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 03 2007 at 22:17
Ayreon: The Final Experiment
Ayreon: Actual Fantasy
Can: Monster Movie (comparable to Ege Bamyasi and Future Days)
Gong: Flying Teapot
Gong: Espresso
Spock's Beard: Beware of Darkness
Van Der Graaf Generator: The Least We can Do Is Wave to each Other
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 03 2007 at 22:20
Originally posted by stonebeard stonebeard wrote:


Gong: Flying Teapot
Gong: Espresso
Van Der Graaf Generator: The Least We can Do Is Wave to each Other
 
 
Expresso is my favorite Gong album. Excellent, colourful Jazz-fusion! Teapot is a very good Psych/Space album.
 
The VDGG one isn't as good as it's followers, but still a very good album! Check it out.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 03 2007 at 23:44
Quote Can: Monster Movie (comparable to Ege Bamyasi and Future Days)

Not quite as good as Ege or Tago, and with a slightly less distinctively-Can sound.  Mooney is quite manic at times, and totally different from Damo.  The songs are pretty solid.  Yoo Doo Rite has a great groove, but would have been best cut to about 5 minutes (and I LOVE the other long Can songs!)

Ultimately, recommended for a fan of Tago and Ege, as it's better than Soundtracks.  You will also want Future Days, and Soon over Babaluma and Landed are also worth your money. 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 04 2007 at 02:22
Originally posted by Abstrakt Abstrakt wrote:

New List:

  • Steely Dan - Gaucho
  • Yes - Tormato
  • Yes - Drama

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The best there is Drama. One of my all time favs. You already said your interested so I won't elaborate cept to say go ahead and get the remaster. It actually has tracks that they worked on with Jon and Rick. I gotta say it... Im glad as hell Rick left at that time, he was in high cheese form.

 There is a reason a tomato is splattered all over the cover of Tormato. Onward is pretty but short, On the silent wings of freedom Is actually pretty cool but the rest is very much on the crappy side imo. It also has the worst yes song ever.

 Gaucho imo is not Steely Dans best work. It does have a few nice songs. I'll assume you have some others by them, if not try them first. I'd say by this used, not worth a premium price.

   Baldfriede, Olias of Sunhillow  is One of my favs. I like what ya said about it but I will have to add ( to possibly warn others ) that it is probably the first new age album.   To those wondering about it don't let that scare you. If you like spacey atmospherics you'll like. it also has great and grand melodies.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 04 2007 at 03:22
Originally posted by progismylife progismylife wrote:

Another list for me:

  • Robert Wyatt - any album
  • Gong - any album


 
From Wyatt i only have "End of an Ear", which is quite inaccessible.
It's like Avant Garde Jazz-rock with wierd voices and effects. I don't think you'll like it. At least get some other Canterbury/Jazz-rock first.
 
From Gong, i would recommend the whole Radio Gnome Invisible Trilogy (Flying Teapot, Angel's Egg, You).
Excellent Psychedelic jazzy stuff.
And you should also take a look at their 76-79 era with albums like"Shamal" & "Gazeuse".
It has very little to do with earlier Gong, this era is much more fusion orientated with exotic instruments like Flute, Marimba, Oriental Percussion.
Very Yummy band! Big%20smileClap
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 04 2007 at 03:27
What an interesting, i.e. good, thread! I shall compile me own list post haste!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 04 2007 at 18:00
Easily available to me are Peter Hammils; Gematria and This Fathers Day. I think they are 10 bucks each on decent vinyl. what are these two like?

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 04 2007 at 20:23
Originally posted by The Whistler The Whistler wrote:

What an interesting, i.e. good, thread! I shall compile me own list post haste!

Whistler, did you mean to spell Aqualung, "Aqualing" in your sig?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 05 2007 at 04:29
Originally posted by Abstrakt Abstrakt wrote:

Originally posted by progismylife progismylife wrote:

Another list for me:

  • Robert Wyatt - any album
  • Gong - any album


 
From Wyatt i only have "End of an Ear", which is quite inaccessible.
It's like Avant Garde Jazz-rock with wierd voices and effects. I don't think you'll like it. At least get some other Canterbury/Jazz-rock first.
 
 
I have to agree that End of an Ear is the least accessible of Wyatt's solo albums. Try Rock Bottom, then Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard or Live At Drury Lane.
 
Most of the music is pretty laid-back with Wyatt's melancholy vocals lending a wonderful atmosphere. On Rock Bottom's more up-beat tracks (e.g Little Red Riding Hood... and Little Red Robin Hood... ) there's a fantastic driving, soaring feel that carries you along. Superb!
 
 
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 05 2007 at 11:20
Even more:
  • Jethro Tull - Too old to rock n roll, to young to die
  • Jethro Tull - Stormwatch
  • Jethro Tull - A
  • Traffic - The Low spark of the high healed boys
  • Gong - Expresso II
  • Robert Wyatt - Ruth is Stranger than Richard
  • Robert Wyatt - His biggest Misses
  • Captain Beefheart - Safe as Milk
  • Zamla Mammaz Manna - Schlagerns Mystik / För Äldre Nybegynnare
  • Opeth - Still Life
  • Pain Of Salvation - Any Album
  • Enchant - Blink of an Eye
  • Enchant - Tug of War
  • Chris Squire - Fish out of Water
  • Tool - Aenima
  • Tool - Lateralus
  • Tool - 10.000 Days
  • Fates Warning - Any Album
  • Magellan - Impossible Figures

So many more i want Cry

I know, i know...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 05 2007 at 13:26
Originally posted by Abstrakt Abstrakt wrote:

Even more:
  • Jethro Tull - Too old to rock n roll, to young to die
  • Jethro Tull - Stormwatch
  • Jethro Tull - A
  • Traffic - The Low spark of the high healed boys
  • Gong - Expresso II
  • Robert Wyatt - Ruth is Stranger than Richard
  • Robert Wyatt - His biggest Misses
  • Captain Beefheart - Safe as Milk
  • Zamla Mammaz Manna - Schlagerns Mystik / För Äldre Nybegynnare
  • Opeth - Still Life
  • Pain Of Salvation - Any Album
  • Enchant - Blink of an Eye
  • Enchant - Tug of War
  • Chris Squire - Fish out of Water
  • Tool - Aenima
  • Tool - Lateralus
  • Tool - 10.000 Days
  • Fates Warning - Any Album
  • Magellan - Impossible Figures

So many more i want Cry

I know, i know...
 
 
  • Gong - Expresso II Very flat and cold compared to Gazeuse, but still a good album.
  • Captain Beefheart - Safe as Milk excellent stuff, reminds me of early FZ, but more normal.
  • Zamla Mammaz Manna - Schlagerns Mystik / För Äldre Nybegynnare Good album, but "För äldre nybegynnare" is the best one of those two.
  • Pain Of Salvation - Any Album Perfect Element or Remedy Lane are fine starting points.
  • Enchant - Blink of an Eye Very fine melodic prog-metal/art rock
  • Enchant - Tug of War same as above
  • Chris Squire - Fish out of Water Essential for any Yes fan.
  • Tool - Aenima Recommended to any prog metal fan. Excellent stuff!
  • Tool - Lateralus same
  • Tool - 10.000 Days same
  • Fates Warning - Any Album Parallels is their best starting point. Wonderful melodic prog-metal.
  • Magellan - Impossible Figures Not recommended as a start. Their two first albums are much better and represents Magellan at their finest. Hard to find though!
  • RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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    Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 06 2007 at 10:29
    Thanks for the help once again, björnar! Wink
    One more:
     
    Does it sound better than the original?
    The original sounds a bit boring, i think. The patterns are a bit "unclear"


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    Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 06 2007 at 10:37
    Originally posted by stonebeard stonebeard wrote:

    Ayreon: The Final ExperimentAyreon: Actual FantasyCan: Monster Movie (comparable to Ege Bamyasi and Future Days)Gong: Flying TeapotGong: EspressoSpock's Beard: Beware of DarknessVan Der Graaf Generator: The Least We can Do Is Wave to each Other


    CAN: Monster movie.- If you are expecting something like Future days or Ege bamyasi, better buy their "Soon over babalooma" album. Monster movie is a great album, but most likely to sound like an experimental early version of Sonic youth.
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    Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 06 2007 at 10:45
    Originally posted by Abstrakt Abstrakt wrote:

    New List:

    • A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms

    • Steely Dan - Gaucho

    • Primus - Frizzle Fry

    • Eloy - The Power & The Passion

    • Eloy - Performance

    • Yes - Tormato

    • Yes - Drama

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    Eloy: the power and the passion.- Primitive, predictable and boring. Not a single song shows the spark that appeared in their space albums. I would even dare to say that Metromania is a better purchase than this one.

    Primus: Sailing the seas of cheese is a better work if compared to Frizzle Fry, wich is somewhat too long a derivative sometimes. But I truly believe that Primus is a colateral effect of the "Comercial album" by the Residents.

    Yes: Tormato.- If someone yells horrible things at you, that's better than listening to tormato.

    Yes: Drama.- sounds like one of those meals you can eat anyway, but covered with tons of mustard and other sauces. Only as an 80's consolation item.
    ¡Beware of the Bee!
       
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    Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 06 2007 at 10:54
    Originally posted by progismylife progismylife wrote:


    Another list for me:


    • Robert Wyatt - any album
    • Hatfield And The North- any album
    • Gong - any album
    • Egg - any album
    • National Health - any album



    Robert wyatt: Rock bottom and Donde están are the most obvious choices. Then, get the "Letters home" album by News from babel.
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