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Poll Question: Wich is your favourite album?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2010 at 02:55
Foxtrot by the thickness of a hair.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2010 at 03:24
Foxtrot. I dislike the pop-sound of SEBTP.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2010 at 04:21
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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2010 at 04:34
Foxtrot by a mile or two, maybe three. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2010 at 04:47
It's all about Get em' out by Friday <3Heart
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2010 at 05:12
Foxtrot by little!!!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2010 at 05:58
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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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2010 at 06:58
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
Really don't mind if you sit this one out.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2010 at 09:03
Foxtrot for me, all the way Heart
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2010 at 12:39
Originally posted by b4usleep b4usleep wrote:

And how come Selling.. is number 1 in PA top 100 list while Foxtrot is number 5? Look at the results


Yeah but how many times did CinemaZebra vote?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2010 at 12:51
Foxtrot for foxsake. 

Edited by akamaisondufromage - July 08 2010 at 14:07
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2010 at 13:15
Two of the greatest albums ever but Selling England tops it.....just.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2010 at 13:31
Originally posted by b4usleep b4usleep wrote:

And how come Selling.. is number 1 in PA top 100 list while Foxtrot is number 5? Look at the results

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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2010 at 13:33
No, it's because CinemaZebra voted 25 times...
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Direct Link To This Post 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 beCry
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2010 at 14:02

Fox...uuppss... Selling England..half an inch upper.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2010 at 14:07
Oh man. I couldn't possibly pick between these two. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2010 at 19:56
Selling England by the Peso, I mean, Pound. Wacko
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2010 at 21:01
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
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

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