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Posted: January 30 2008 at 21:49

Drakk wrote:

Two of those are some of my favorite albums of all time.

And I really like all 5.

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Posted: January 30 2008 at 22:39

Systematic Chaos. I was a DT fanboy for a while, i really digged Six Degrees... and i even liked Train of Thought. Octavarium was a bit of a let down but i learned to like most of it, ballads excluded as always Pinch

. Systematic Chaos is another story altogether. bland, borring, i felt like id already heard every song.

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Posted: January 30 2008 at 23:52

Well, I guess entertainment in itself is a subjective thing.

I find reading psychology books entertaining, because I enjoy them. That doesn't mean you will.

Still, to each their own.

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I'm disappointed - neither of these players are avant-garde!

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haha i know. but the poll itself is avant-garde
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Posted: February 01 2008 at 03:55

Three of a Perfect Pair is a dissapointment, compared to every other Belew Album, but its not an utter abomination, so If I'd do it over, I'd still buy it, just not for full price.

After years of thinking Genesis were just a pop band, I thought, right stop the madness, they must be prog and got that new greatest hits 'Turn It On Again,' boy was that a dissapointment, I guess I should've researched it before blindly buying it, but I was expecting Larks Tounges in Aspic style music and got, Well; 80's pop Genesis is the only comparision.

Thank Christ I saw foxtrot for a quid the next week.

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Posted: February 01 2008 at 14:24

Hide Tide - Sea Shanties

I bought this album on a recommendation from a friend of a friend. It's sounds like a bunch of 5th graders in their garage just learning how to play their instruments without any regard to what the other band members are playing. Then suddenly in the middle of this din, the guitar player screams "Time for a solo" and blasts into some totally archaic jam without any sense of timing or feel.
I know some people bow down before this album like it's God's work, but trust me, it's not.

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Posted: February 03 2008 at 20:53

As of right now, it is "The Bedlam in Goliath", but that may change over time, lol.

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Posted: February 04 2008 at 20:58

I'll mention recent discoveries

Probably "Into The Electric Castle" by Ayreon: INCREDIBLY dull and overlong prog-cliched album with a ridiculous sci-fi story.

a few runners up:
_Mars Volta's "Bedlam in goliath": there's some really atrocious stuff there.
_h-h-h-h-h-happy? err I mean "Amarok" by Mike Oldfield.
_10010101011101 thing from Ayreon. Incredibly boring and monotonous and in addition has a "love at first byte" opera with a girl in love with a guy she doesn't even know the name of.

Edited by Zitro - February 04 2008 at 21:01

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Posted: February 06 2008 at 16:03

Deadsoul Tribe's "The January Tree." not horrendous or even that bad, but it kind of felt like Tool had already done it....plus the lyrics are laughable at points

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Posted: February 06 2008 at 16:08

BE - POS.

Such a great concept but the music is aweful. I fell asleep listening to this album! Unfortunatly it was my first foray into POS and now I am very hesitant to buy anything else of their's.

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Posted: February 06 2008 at 16:11

eh, its my favorite of theirs, but it definitely doesn't sound too much like the rest of their albums

maybe try Remedy Lane? my second favorite

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Posted: February 09 2008 at 06:01

Philéas wrote:

Pain of Salvation - Be.

totally agree. You can find some good songs between, what?

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Posted: February 09 2008 at 06:13

Can't remember if i've posted here earlier, but:

NEU! - NEU!2 (Expected some yummy krautrock, but got mostly experimental rubbish)

Mike Oldfield - Amarok (Didn't know what to expect, but the "h-h-h-h-h-h-ha-ha-ha-happy?" was just a turn-off, and the rest wasn't BAD, but not my cup of tea)

( Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth (I really like their albums up to Somewhere far Beyond, but this was a bit too much for me. Overdone vocals, silly effect interludes... But maybe it's a grower?) )

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Posted: February 09 2008 at 06:22

blue_sheep wrote:

'On The Sunday of Life' by Porcupine Tree is probably the only progressive album that I have ever bought and disliked, but even so it was not terrible.

The main problems I had with 'On The Sunday...' were Steven Wilson's voice, he sounds nothing like he does on the other albums, the programmed drums and the many short songs that consist of nothing but (programmed) drum solos, odd sounds and dull narrations.

Personally i love it

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Posted: February 12 2008 at 17:33

ive never bought a progressive album i didnt like. that said, the worst psuedo-progressive album ever is "A Beautiful Lie" by 30 Seconds to Mars, that album is littered with quasi-intellectual, morality bloated, 'the art of war'-inspired everything is nothing/nothing is everything drivel ive ever heard in my life. we should have a section for Prog-Wannabes on PA just to rag on them.

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Posted: February 12 2008 at 18:09

hasheten wrote:

ive never bought a progressive album i didnt like. that said, the worst psuedo-progressive album ever is "A Beautiful Lie" by 30 Seconds to Mars, that album is littered with quasi-intellectual, morality bloated, 'the art of war'-inspired everything is nothing/nothing is everything drivel ive ever heard in my life. we should have a section for Prog-Wannabes on PA just to rag on them.

Somehow this doesn't seem like the most (quasi-?)intellectual post in this thread. We don't rag on prog-wannabes (it's wallabees by the way) on Prog Archives, nor on any other hardworking musicians. Once again - keep it civil, hasheten. Smile

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Posted: February 12 2008 at 18:12

Abstrakt wrote:

Can't remember if i've posted here earlier, but:

NEU! - NEU!2 (Expected some yummy krautrock, but got mostly experimental rubbish)

Mike Oldfield - Amarok (Didn't know what to expect, but the "h-h-h-h-h-h-ha-ha-ha-happy?" was just a turn-off, and the rest wasn't BAD, but not my cup of tea)

the overdone vocals and silly interludes are what make the album GREAT Big%20smile

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Posted: February 12 2008 at 18:29

Perhaps Floyd's Final Cut. Yes Union. Genesis Abacab. Uriah Heep Look at Yourself. ELP Love Beach. Jethro Tull Minstrel in the Gallery.

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Posted: February 12 2008 at 18:50

I have to make a just statement.... Even though Kayo Dot's "Dowsing Anemone..." is a disaster in my view and I mentioned it earlier as my least favorite album, I have to recognize that, were it not for the atrocious "_On limpid Form" and the last song, the thing would get at least 2 stars from me, as it has some redeeming features (good musicianship, some ideas)....

On the other hand, I've heard it again and now I know it's really the WORST ALBUM EVER: SIGUR ROS' "( )".......... I've never heard something so incredibly utterly fatally boring and un-talented..... a distaster that I didn't even grasp the first few times I heard it (I gave it one star but it deserves half one).... the one-dynamic-level-only, one-tempo-only, one-mood-only, boring album that also contains probably the worst voice ever in the way of a guy whining (probably because his dope is over or something, I don't know) it's the worst thing I've ever bought. And if this album is NOT the product of a stoned mind, oh my God, what kind of mind could device that.....

Sorry Kayo Dot.... you have 14 minutes of repetition but the Icelandic boys (or boy, whatever) has like 60!!

I like Invisible Touch and 90125 so much better than this thing.....

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Posted: February 12 2008 at 19:00

/\ what if I told you I found World Class Listening Problem far more boring than either of those albums?

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Posted: February 12 2008 at 19:07

Only out the ones I've actually bought, I can't stand

Systematic Chaos
Awake
Scenes from a Memory

Besides those three, I don't really like

All of a Sudden I miss Everybody
Avalon

But besides those five, I love all my albums. Heart

Edited by Shakespeare - February 12 2008 at 19:13