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eugene

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Posted: February 21 2007 at 17:21

Abstrakt wrote:

Updating my list:

Asia - Asia
Asia - Aria
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells II
Tangerine Dream - Stratosfear
Brand X - Product
Steve Hillage - Motivation Radio
Steve Hillage - Green
Hatfield & the North - Hatfield & the North
Hatfield & the North - Rotters Club
Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte
Atheist - Elements
Jethro Tull - Stormwatch
Bo Hansson - Sagan om Ringen
Bo Hansson - Ur Magikerns Hatt
Strawbs - From the witchwood
Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow

From this list I can wholeheartedly recommend:

Steve Hillage - Green

Both Hatfield & the North albums

if you like Canterbury/psychedelic/jazzy stuff

and Voyage of Acolyte - masterpiece of prog, sounding like lost Genesis (Gabriel -era) album

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Abstrakt

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Posted: February 22 2007 at 02:52

Thanks alot people!

Still a bit Left:

Asia - Asia

Asia - Aria

Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells II

Atheist - Elements

eugene

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Posted: February 22 2007 at 05:36

Abstrakt wrote:

Thanks alot people!

Still a bit Left:

Asia - Asia

Asia - Aria

Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells II

Atheist - Elements

Do not know Atheist - metal probably ???

Stay away from Asia unless you like pop/AOR with one or two occasional prog-elemets, which are hard to find in their music anyway.

TBII is a pale parody (sequel ?) on TB, and to me is completely uninteresting, I am not the biggest fan of Mike Oldfield anyway....

Maybe a bit too harsh statements above, but as long as you wanted to hear subjective opinions - it should suits you fine...

carefulwiththataxe

kazansky

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Posted: February 22 2007 at 05:45

also updating list

Kamelot - Early albums up to Karma
Derek Sherinian - Blood of the Snake
Spock's Beard - Spock's Beard
Green Carnation - The Quiet Offspring
Enslaved - any album
Blackmore's Night - Village Lantern

The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us.

eugene

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Posted: February 22 2007 at 06:11

kazansky wrote:

also updating list

Kamelot - Early albums up to Karma
Derek Sherinian - Blood of the Snake
Spock's Beard - Spock's Beard
Green Carnation - The Quiet Offspring
Enslaved - any album
Blackmore's Night - Village Lantern

Blood of the snake - suprisingly good heavy fusion here, with only couple of downright weak funny tracks

SB - definitely best of post Neal era, with about 50 pct material being good prog-rock.

Blackmore's Night - this is ridiculous already....always the same old primitive tricks, completely unispired, repetitive and ultimately boring.

Do not know the rest and not that I really want to....

carefulwiththataxe

kazansky

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Posted: February 22 2007 at 06:15

thanks a lot

The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us.

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Posted: February 22 2007 at 08:43

Abstrakt wrote:

Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells II

Atheist - Elements

You have already heard Elements, at least you listened to it a while back.

Tubular Bells II is like a modern re-thinking of the original Tubular Bells album, only less good.

The Asia albums are just poppy hard rock with a few proggy moments. Still kinda good.

RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!

Abstrakt

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Posted: February 22 2007 at 11:45

Bj-1 wrote:

Abstrakt wrote:

Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells II

Atheist - Elements

You have already heard Elements, at least you listened to it a while back.

Tubular Bells II is like a modern re-thinking of the original Tubular Bells album, only less good.

The Asia albums are just poppy hard rock with a few proggy moments. Still kinda good.

Did I? If i did, it was only the sample on PA

Any idea which albums i should get from Asia?

A B Negative View Drop Down

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Posted: February 23 2007 at 08:29

Abstrakt wrote:

Steve Hillage - Motivation Radio

Steve Hillage - Green

Two excellent albums from Captain Spillage full of spacey keyboards, funky-but-not-too-funky bass and wonderful guitar. Some lyrics are a bit cringeworthy but I heartily recommend all of Hillage's albums apart from And Not Or / For To Next.

"The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time."

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Posted: February 23 2007 at 11:11

- Anathema - Alternative 4
- Anathema - A Natural Disaster
- Wolverine - Still
- No-Man - Returning Jesus
- IQ - Dark Matter

And that's all I can think of off the top of my head, but I'm sure there are more.

Edited by darkmatter - February 23 2007 at 11:13

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Posted: February 23 2007 at 12:16

Dixie Dregs - California Screamin'

(Never have heard DD before)

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Posted: February 23 2007 at 12:23

OSI - Office of Strategic Influence

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Abstrakt

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Posted: February 23 2007 at 13:36

A B Negative wrote:

Abstrakt wrote:

Steve Hillage - Motivation Radio

Steve Hillage - Green

Sounds great!

Abstrakt

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Posted: February 25 2007 at 10:40

billbuckner wrote:

Dixie Dregs - California Screamin'

(Never have heard DD before)

Havn't heard that one, but i can strongly recommend "What If?".

Great mixture of jazz/fusion and country elements

cuncuna

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Posted: February 25 2007 at 10:54

• Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells II: New age kind of. Nota that bad if compared with later releases on the same "series", but still, not something to regard as a "must" purchase.

Steve Hillage - Motivation Radio: It has good moments, and it is definitely something to have around, but the last two tracks are just poor.

Hatfield & the North - Hatfield & the North: must be good for canterbury adepts. I just like the opening and the end, good mellow songs. I would choose that "News from babel" album in wich Robert Wyatt is featured as guest. This one is too flat, with those "let's all jam over the same bass line forever" moments taking over the %80 of the album .

Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte: A must have item. Beautiful work.

¡Beware of the Bee!

Abstrakt

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Posted: February 25 2007 at 11:01

Thanks, cucuna!

Abstrakt

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Posted: March 03 2007 at 06:06

New List:

A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms
Steely Dan - Gaucho
Primus - Frizzle Fry
Eloy - The Power & The Passion
Eloy - Performance
Yes - Tormato
Yes - Drama

A little help?

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Posted: March 03 2007 at 06:12

Abstrakt wrote:

Yes - Drama

A little help?

This album doesn't appeal to some Yes fans since Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman are not present (well they are on the remaster - which I don't have) It is a good album but does have some pop elements. Chris Squire, Alan White, and Steve Howe do a good job of keeping the Yes sound even without Jon and Rick. I liked it lot and like as much as Fragile.

Abstrakt

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Posted: March 03 2007 at 06:35

I've heard "Machine Messiah" and "Tempus Fugit" before, and it sounds quite nice.

Might get my hands on it soon!

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Posted: March 03 2007 at 08:29

I'll just post my review of Olias of Sunhillow here:

JON ANDERSON — Olias of Sunhillow

Review by BaldFriede (Friederike)
PROG REVIEWER

5%20stars What would one expect from a solo album by a Yes-member? Probably some intrumental virtuosity. But then Jon Anderson is the singer, and he plays ALL the instruments himself, so perhaps we should look for something else. And we certainly find it: Atmosphere.

"Olias of Sunhillow" is a concept album about space travel with a ship (yes, a ship and not a spaceship). From the very first second the listener realizes this album has very little to do with Yes, except for the vocals (Anderson sings in a multi-playback chorus with himself). This album does not rock, although there are some rhythmical passages with lots of percussion, but if you listen to it by candle light and close your eyes, you will be teleported to the faraway planet where Olias and his brothers reside and follow them on their mystical journey.

BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue.