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    Posted: November 23 2022 at 16:17
I can't seem to find this topic/list done as a thread on PA before so, here it is.

List for me your favorite Ozric Tentacles albums or songs--even their live albums, please!

I'm a lover of their sound but I can barely differentiate one song or album from another because there is such a consistency of sound. Only recently have I really tried to get down to the meat of their discography--really getting to know each album. So far I'd have to rank my faves in this order:

1. Jurassic Shift
2. Technicians of the Sacred (I really, really like this album!)
3. Erpland
4. Curious Corn
5. The Hidden Step

the rest, for me, fall below the level achieved by these five though they all remain enjoyable and listenable, but I've only really listened to: 

Pungent Effulgent
Arborescence
Spirals in Hyperspace
The YumYum Tree

which means I still have a lot of work to do.

Your lists might guide as to where to go next.




Edited by BrufordFreak - November 23 2022 at 16:19
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BTW: my favorite OT songs include: 

1. "Jurassic Shift" from Jurassic Shift
2. "Sunhair" from  Jurassic Shift
3. "Tidal Convergence" from  Erpland
4. "Rubbing Shoulders with the Absolute" from Technicians of the Sacred
5. "Changa Masala" from Technicians of the Sacred
6. "Far Memory" from Technicians of the Sacred
7. "Dissolution (The Clouds Disperse)" from  Pungent Effulgent
8. "Zenlike Creature" fromTechnicians of the Sacred
9. "The Unusual Village" from Technicians of the Sacred
10. "Epiphiloy" from Technicians of the Sacred

11. "Bizarre Bazaar" from  Strangeitude
12. "Oolite Groove" from  Curious Corn
13. "Spirals in Hyperspace" from Spirals in Hyperspace
14. "Smiling Potion" from Technicians of the Sacred
15. "Meander" from  Curious Corn
16. "Butterfly Garden" from Technicians of the Sacred
17. "Tight Spin" from  The Hidden Step
18. "A Gift of Wings" from Erpland
19. "Switchback" from Technicians of the Sacred
20. "Train Oasis" from Jurassic Shift
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Psychic Chasm, from Spirals in Hyperspace
Neurochasm, from Become the Other
Wob Glass, from Become the Other
Live Throbbe, from Strangitude
Splat!, from The Floor's Too Far Away
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The YumYum Tree
Paper Monkeys
The Floor’s Too Far Away
Erpsongs
Jurassic Shift
Technicians of the Sacred
Spirals in Hyperspace
Spice Doubt


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Hmm..
Pungent Effulgent, Erpland, Jurassic shift, Strangetude, and all the early stuff on Vitamin enhanced box-set. Not in any order, love all equally. Also really rate Curious corn and Become the Other.

Of live lps, Spice Doubt (which is a live concert in a recording studio) is my go to Ozrics lp if i cant decide what to put on. I dont think there is an lp i 'dont like' but there's a couple or the more recent ones i havent bothered to listen to.

I really enjoyed Ed's solo lp 'Shimmer into nature' and REALLY like the Nodens Ictus lps (Ed and Gre Vanderloo) particularly the TRUELY lovely live Kozfest 2018 double cd (i was there!)

Ive seen Ozrics live loads of times over nearly 40 years including one of their first gigs at Stonehenge and they were always a great experience.. but the last few times in the last 10 years, they were very loud for the venues, very 'dance-mix' orientated with lots of painful top end and sub-sonic bass; could be just my ears are getting shot but the last time it was just too much and all the subtleties and atmospherics of their sound was completely lost. Seeing them in December with a 'full band' (with Gong) set so hoping it will be a bit easier on the ear (and head)

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1. Erpland
2. Pungent Effulgent
3. Waterfall Cities
4. Become The Other
5. Strangeitude
6. The Hidden Step
7. The Floor's Too Far Away
8. Curious Corn
9. Erpsongs
10. There Is Nothing
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I know six of their albums and they're all good, very hard to rank. I like the band a lot but I'm never so sure whether I need more of their music than I already have, as I honestly have a hard time to tell one album from another (for example when something comes up in random songs mode, I can hardly ever say which album this is from, let alone track names).

Maybe something like this:
Erpland
Pungent Effulgent
Jurassic Shift
Strangeitude
Live at the Pongmasters Ball
Erpsongs


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Originally posted by Mirakaze Mirakaze wrote:

1. Erpland
2. Pungent Effulgent
3. Waterfall Cities
4. Become The Other
5. Strangeitude
6. The Hidden Step
7. The Floor's Too Far Away
8. Curious Corn
9. Erpsongs
10. There Is Nothing

Interesting, Mira! I didn't think I'd ever see a list that didn't contain Jurassic Shift. Are you willing to say why you dislike JS ?
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Songs is too difficult (althogh my favorite is probably Kick Muck), so ill do albums:

1. Pungent Effulgent
2. Live At The Pongmaster's Ball
3. Erpland
4. There Is Nothing
5. Strangitude
6. Jurassic Shift
7. Live Underslunky
8. Tantric Obstacles
9. Arborescence 
10. Technicians Of The Sacred 
 
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technicians of the sacred
Spirals in the hyperspace
curious corn
Space for the earth
arborescence
erpland
the floor's too far away
strangeitude
waterfall cities
jurassic shift
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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

Originally posted by Mirakaze Mirakaze wrote:

1. Erpland
2. Pungent Effulgent
3. Waterfall Cities
4. Become The Other
5. Strangeitude
6. The Hidden Step
7. The Floor's Too Far Away
8. Curious Corn
9. Erpsongs
10. There Is Nothing

Interesting, Mira! I didn't think I'd ever see a list that didn't contain Jurassic Shift. Are you willing to say why you dislike JS ?

I don't dislike it; it'd probably take up spot 11 or 12 on this list. It's been a while since I last heard it, but I remember listening to it several times when I was just getting into the band and it always felt like a relative step down in terms of catchiness, variedness and energy compared to the amazing trio of albums that preceded it.
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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

...
List for me your favorite Ozric Tentacles albums or songs--even their live albums, please!
...
Hi,

STRANGEITUDE
ERPLAND

Not a whole lot after that. The stuff with Zia is not as adventurous (missing John badly) and then later the stuff with Brandi is just not as good, specially when considering her studies and in the end, it was all too conventional and not adventurous at all. It was too much supporting him, instead of challenging Ed in what he does.

Song wise? I always seem to go back to one piece in Strangeitude ... "Space Between Your Ears" and "Live Throbbe".



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