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someone_else 
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 Posted: July 01 2010 at 02:55 |
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Foxtrot by the thickness of a hair.
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friso
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Posted: July 01 2010 at 03:24 |
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Foxtrot. I dislike the pop-sound of SEBTP.
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Blacksword
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Posted: July 01 2010 at 04:21 |
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Foxtrot, mostly for 'Suppers Ready' and 'Can Utility...'
I can understand why SEBTP gets the praise it does. It was the album, where the band really started to play well together, and the production is better than its predecessors. Firth of Fifth and Cinema Show are, without a doubt among the bands best songs, but I tend to prefer the live versions I've heard. However, the Suppers Ready on Foxtrot has never been done better with Collins at the helm. Not that I've heard anyway.
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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The Sleepwalker
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Posted: July 01 2010 at 04:34 |
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Foxtrot by a mile or two, maybe three.
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VonSchlemmer
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Posted: July 01 2010 at 04:47 |
It's all about Get em' out by Friday <3 
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poslednijat_colobar
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Posted: July 01 2010 at 05:12 |
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Foxtrot by little!!!
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: July 01 2010 at 05:58 |
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I have a few bands that I never stop listening to, but it´s funny how their records change over time. Some of my favourites now have easily super-seeded, what I initially thought of being "the absolute masterpiece" of the band. Pink Floyd, King Crimson, The Doors, Black Sabbath, Genesis, Herbie Hancock, David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, Captain Beefheart, Porcupine Tree, Amon Düül 2 and a biib-load of others- all share this quality.
Incidentally, if you´d asked me this question a year ago, I´d pick Selling over Foxtrot. Today it´s the other way around.
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yanch
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Posted: July 01 2010 at 06:52 |
Foxtrot. No real weak track on the album and you've got Watcher of the Skies, Get 'Em Out By Friday, Can Utility and the Coastliners (one of the great under appreciated prog songs), and Suppers Ready! SEBTP has Dancing... and Firth of Fifth. The other songs are okay, but no match for Foxtrot.
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b4usleep
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Posted: July 01 2010 at 06:58 |
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And how come Selling.. is number 1 in PA top 100 list while Foxtrot is number 5? Look at the results
Edited by b4usleep - July 01 2010 at 06:59
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Really don't mind if you sit this one out.
My words but a whisper, your deafness a shout.
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Progist
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Posted: July 01 2010 at 09:03 |
Foxtrot for me, all the way
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: July 01 2010 at 12:39 |
 b4usleep wrote:
And how come Selling.. is number 1 in PA top 100 list while Foxtrot is number 5? Look at the results
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Yeah but how many times did CinemaZebra vote?
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akamaisondufromage
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Posted: July 01 2010 at 12:51 |
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Foxtrot for foxsake.
Edited by akamaisondufromage - July 08 2010 at 14:07
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Help me I'm falling!
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Nightfly
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Posted: July 01 2010 at 13:15 |
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Two of the greatest albums ever but Selling England tops it.....just.
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DisgruntledPorcupine
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Posted: July 01 2010 at 13:31 |
b4usleep wrote:
And how come Selling.. is number 1 in PA top 100 list while Foxtrot is number 5? Look at the results
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Hard to explain why I think that. I'll guess that Selling has more people who would give it a 5, but the people who would give a 5 to Foxtrot, which is many, like it a lot more. There are many cases where average ratings don't reflect on how popular it is. Most people like Brain Salad Surgery more than ELP's debut for instance, but the debut has a higher rating.
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: July 01 2010 at 13:33 |
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No, it's because CinemaZebra voted 25 times...
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lazland
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Posted: July 01 2010 at 14:07 |
Feeling very sorry for SEBTP and also had a bad day dealing with nasty local council bureaucracy, so SEBTP gets my vote tonight. If ONLY things were done as they used to be 
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Geizao
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Posted: July 08 2010 at 14:02 |
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Fox...uuppss... Selling England..half an inch upper.
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Anthony H.
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Posted: July 08 2010 at 14:07 |
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Oh man. I couldn't possibly pick between these two.
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Lark the Starless
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Posted: July 08 2010 at 19:56 |
Selling England by the Peso, I mean, Pound. 
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: July 08 2010 at 21:01 |
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I'm hot to trot for the Fox although I might sell out for England.
What's cool about those albums is there was a change in style but it's still all progressive.
Foxtrot and Nursery Cryme are closer cousins.
Edited by Slartibartfast - July 08 2010 at 21:03
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Foxtrot vs. Selling England by the Pound
