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TCat 
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Squonk19
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Foxtrot still remains my favourite musical album of all time (regardless of genre) - so for me it is 'superior' to even the wonderful DSOTM (whose only flaw is that I over-played it to death in the 70s!)
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Cosmiclawnmower
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I prefer Foxtrot but that's not the question. Neither is 'superior' to the other; Technically? I'm sure Floyd had a bigger budget and access to better recording facilities. Compositionally? I know relatively little about composition but I am sure they are very different beasts in terms of how they are structured, written and constructed in the studio. Artistically?? Sonically? Intellectually? etc etc... I don't really see it as a valid question except in terms of which one is preferable to individual tastes..
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Sztermel
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Posted: March 31 2020 at 14:22 |
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Genesis by far, but I can't vote :,,,,,(
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Shadowyzard
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Posted: March 31 2020 at 14:27 |
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Wow, the results so far are so close.
^casting my vote for Foxtrot to make it even closer. |
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Logan
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You need 40 points before you can vote in the poll options, so for the meantime, write-in votes must suffice. At your rate of posting, this could take a very long time. 
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Both are masterpieces. Foxtrot is my overall #2 whereas Dark Side of the Moon is not my #1, so...
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I agree with that analogy, in the sense that Foxtrot feels like an adventure in little-explored terrain while DSotM feels like a casual stroll in a well-lit area upon which countless others have trod before (okay, that may be a little extreme/unfair but in all seriousness, I personally find Foxtrot many times more invigorating to listen to)
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On RYM which is a much larger user based site than PA, Floyd clearly wins
Out of the top 5000 albums of all time
On Pa they are fairly neck in neck but Dark Side is still ahead. For me personally Dark Side by a mile |
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Upbeat Tango Monday
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I much prefer Foxtrot
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Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement.
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The Dark Elf
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Dark Side of the Moon. Soundwise, DSotM is far superior (Foxtrot originally was quite muddy sounding), and it is a far more cohesive album compositionally. DSotM is, by all accounts outside this smug little progressive cocoon here, is one of the greatest rock albums of all time. The same will never be said of Foxtrot. Plus, I have always been irritated at Steve Hackett for not properly acknowledging that he lifted "Horizons" from Bach.
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Manuel
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Posted: March 31 2020 at 16:24 |
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It's very close, but Foxtrot gets my vote.
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Both are masterpieces, but perhaps Foxtrot due to Supper's Ready.
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Dark Side for me, easily. The only one I really love on Foxtrot is Supper's Ready... it would have been a far closer call if it had been Foxtrot vs Meddle (though in the total votes I guess Foxtrot would have won very easily).
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Foxtrot
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Foxtrot.....probably due to hearing DSOTM far too many times on the radio and peoples turntables.
But I really like Watcher and Suppers Ready.
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PINK FLOYD. Dark Side of the Moon is superior in that it achieved greater success but I prefer Genesis Foxtrot, I voted for Pink Floyd because it is superior in what I just mentioned.
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Ok, have to do something about my 'fanboy' image and just be 100% objective here and pick.. Foxtrot!!!!! No, the superior album has to be Dark Side(considered by many a top 5 all time album). Super's Ready is a towering prog classic though obviously.
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PINK FLOYD - Dark Side of the Moon
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Blacksword
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Which one do I enjoy the most?? Is that question..?
Difficult choice. I've no idea. I love them both. |
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