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Posted: May 06 2015 at 19:45
man.. that is hard. ONE album to rule them all...
especially if one loves many genres with equal passion..
if someone put a gun against my head and forced me to pick ONE.
It would be this one.. I can live without the Allmans, the Airplane, Willie, Lady Day, Battiato, Osanna... but I simply couldn't without this album. Rach plays Rach... very dear to my heart.. and soul.
The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
Years ago (I think it was in the late 1970s) I read that their only strive was perfection. Though they did not reach it, they came as close to its edge as is possible for human beings.
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Posted: May 07 2015 at 16:42
See my avatar, yes Permanent Waves. It's an album that suits my tastes perfectly. That melancholic vibe and the tone of the synths plus it takes me back to the early eighties when i'd drive around the beaches with this album cranked.
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Posted: May 08 2015 at 10:35
presdoug wrote:
Triumvirat-Illusions On A Double Dimple-well, it is the reason I started to really take prog seriously, and listen to it avidly, and that was back in the summer of '85 when I discovered this record (lent to me by Walton Street). And for me, it has stood the test of time so incredibly well-more than any other recording; the music is just as refreshing and clear as it was for me initially 30 years ago! Symphonic Prog at it's finest.
I get the feeling you love Triumvirat, big fella'.
Right now I feel FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM's: ELYZIUM is an album that is god to me.
The dark, gritty atmosphere created in this album is off the charts while soundwise it is easily the most lavishly produced by none much better than, Andy Jackson. ELYZIUM brings new meaning to gothic/atmospheric metal in general and for a 1990 release I feel sound-wise it is still relevant today. So yeah...melody, jaw dropping bass and huge atmospheric soundscapes make this the perfect sonic Elysium for me. :)
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Posted: May 10 2015 at 11:25
hmmm.......it changes every few weeks, but based on the impression it made on me way back then, the enjoyment I still get when I dig it out and hear it full volume via headphones in the dark.....
HEMISPHERES by RUSH.
Still can't understand why it is still very underrated by too many so-called experts... I blame Geoff Barton for a ho-hum review in 'Sounds' back in 1978!
Edited by Squonk19 - May 10 2015 at 11:31
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