Modern album FINAL!!! Hybris v. Spirit of Eden

micky wrote: sleeper wrote: Hybris. While I can see why Spirit of Eden is considered prog, it is effectively the blue print for a lot of post rock, I still find it mind numbingly boring. while I love to rock.. and always gravitate to more visceral music...  one can't deny that music when is at its best.. it radiates a beauty that touches the hardest or most cynical of hearts.  One that makes one feel the joy of living and the beauty of the world around us.  Spirit of Eden was that album for me Andy. Boring?.. no more than seeing the most beautiful of women.. the most majestic of mountains.. the cutest of kittens.. the sweetest of young children.

To each their own Micky. I've tried getting into Spirit of Eden several times and I have the same problem with it as I do most Post Rock that draws inspiration heavily from this album, while it's certainly nice and I can see perfectly well why the term beautiful is the go to adjective for it, it really struggles to hold my attention so that I can barely remember anything but the most vague impressions of the album without going back to listen to it. Something that I rarely feel inclined to do.

When it comes to beautiful music, my go to band tends to be White Willow, any of their 6 albums tend to paint the most beautiful of scenes for me. 

Raff wrote: (...) If anyone doesn't like the way PA is organized, they are free to look for a "pure" prog website where abominations such as having 10cc in Prog Related or Spirit of Eden categorized as prog are not to be found. (...)

Nope.

Atkingani wrote: Hybris is a winner no matter the final results.  Can someone imagine an album not sung in English reaching the finals?

should have been the PFM album

hell.. BOTH! 

Hmmm...Eden is 27 years old and Hybris is 23 years old......not all that modern.

I prefer the Univer Zero / Present / Shub Niggurath dark years :D

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: I prefer the Univer Zero / Present / Shub Niggurath dark years :D

sleeper wrote: Svetonio wrote:  Nope. I will say here that Spirit of Eden is not a Progressive rock album, because it's simply true. This is why most people consider you a complete arse, because it's simply true.

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: Need to listen to Talk Talk again before voting, first two times have done nothing for me.

Not sure if "forced", premeditated (as opposed to "casual") listens are conducive to appreciation. Worked for AEProgman (strangely), but it might not work for you.

Edited by Dayvenkirq - September 28 2015 at 00:02

Dayvenkirq wrote: Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: Need to listen to Talk Talk again before voting, first two times have done nothing for me. Not sure if "forced", premeditated (as opposed to "casual") listens are conducive to appreciation. Worked for AEProgman (strangely), but it might not work for you.