Best Best Of
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Topic: Best Best Of
Posted By: zravkapt
Subject: Best Best Of
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 18:17
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Four of the more well known compilations from porg bands. ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
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Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 18:28
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Classic Yes, because, surprisingly, it was decent. -------------  
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 18:33
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The Rush ain't bad. Nice collection from all periods. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Pastmaster
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 18:37
| Chronicles, although I don't actually think 'A Collection of Great Dance Songs' is too bad, pretty good for what it is. |
Posted By: gr8dane
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 18:47
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Moody.One of the best best offs. ------------- Shake & bake. |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 19:13
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i could only choose between three of the four here...and Chronicles takes the cake (however, it would be a different story if The Ultimate Yes was included) ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 20:21
| huge Yes fan but didn't buy that one---but Moodies is pretty good even though not one of my fav bands |
Posted By: Cailyn
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 20:49
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Chronicles. ------------- http://www.cailynmusic.com |
Posted By: jude111
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 21:17
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The Rush one is alright. I'm going with the Moody Blues comp, though. One should have every Rush album, especially from 2112 to Moving Pictures; but I always felt the Moody Blues was best served by a Greatest Hits album. I had this comp as a teenager, and quite enjoyed it. (My favorite prog band is Floyd, and "Collection of Dance Songs" is atrocious, simply an abomination.)
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 22:23
| I think the Echoes compilation from Pink Floyd is very good since it's got songs from every era, and sounds very well as an album. The downside to that one is that it's got a few edited shortened songs, which is rather frustrating. |
Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 23:13
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I shun any who vote for 'Dance Songs' ------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |
Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 23:20
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"Dance Songs" is the only album I gave 1 star... even being a great admirer of Pink Floyd. From the list above, I'll go with The Moody Blues. ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 23:51
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TMB ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Pastmaster
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 23:59
| Why does everyone hate 'Dance Songs'? The name may be a bit misleading, but it has a great selection of songs imo. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 01 2015 at 01:53
| I don't have the Moody Blues one but as its winning by a country mile it must be the best. Of the other three I voted Classic Yes because the Floyd one is just pointless and Chronicles has that annoying excerpt from 2112 where it cuts off after part 2 ( whole thing or nothing please). |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: May 01 2015 at 07:05
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Not a big fan of the compilations, unless they include some one-offs. Out of this group, Chronicles stands out as my choice. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: May 01 2015 at 07:47
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Only the Rush and Moody Blues albums are valid compilations. I choose for Rush.
I fully agree with this. Collection of Dance Songs originates from a mind that does not understand the music at all. ------------- 
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jude111 wrote:Posted By: Pastmaster
Date Posted: May 01 2015 at 10:22
| ^I don't see it as 'not understanding the music'. I see it as just a collection of great Floyd songs, it's not any different then burning a mix CD of your favorite tracks. |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: May 01 2015 at 10:30
Surprisingly? How so? |
Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: May 01 2015 at 10:48
Where's The Platinum Collection by Genesis?  |
Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: May 01 2015 at 11:01
As far as greatest hits albums from prog bands go; the material on any of them will be great, but are the selections going to work well together, or be indicative of a nice swath of the band's history? That's rare. Classic Yes manages to get a good flow going with a few great tracks from the unofficial big trilogy, plus a nice choice from Going For The One. For a few, it's a classic in its own right. Definitely handled a lot better than the Floyd and Rush collections it's up against in this poll. -------------
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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: May 01 2015 at 14:40
Nicely put. And wasn't Classic Yes among the first "Best of" song selections to be remixed, in this case at the Advision studio? |
Posted By: Evolver
Date Posted: May 01 2015 at 14:48
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The Moodies, because it gave you almost of their good songs. ------------- Trust me. I know what I'm doing. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 02 2015 at 03:03
in my trash can  More to the point where is ELP's 'The Atlantic Years'?
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: May 02 2015 at 03:27
| I am familiar with all these compilations - yes, Moodies is the 'best' one. This is, after all, the album my sister had that turned me on to their music. All the others, I was already listening to the proper albums. |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: May 02 2015 at 20:29
Oh, you're COOL! |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 03 2015 at 06:03
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Having a listen to The Moodies one right now (literally acquired it yesterday because of the poll!) and its very good. It funny how good these 90's CD releases are . Superb sound quality but the selection does also flow very nicely especially Disc 2. I put forward ELP The Atlantic Years because it was obviously assembled by someone who understands them and I suspect this is what is good about The Moodies compilation as well.
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: May 03 2015 at 06:17
| In most cases, compilations feature 'hits' or the more accessible tunes of albums - once an album is acquired, the lesser known tracks tend to be the 'greater' ones. In the case of the poll, undeniably The Moodies featured a most informative collection of tracks that serve well to introduce a potential fan. And, as an aside, when I listened to this Moodies album, way back in 1986, I was barely 15, I assumed that what I have come to know as a mellotron, well, I was convinced it was an orchestra, so, more fool me, and, the instrument served its purpose well. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: May 03 2015 at 21:38
I guess with prog bands this is most often the case (I mean, who here would consider Another Brick in the Wall 2 Pink Floyd's best song, or Owner of a Lonely Heart Yes's best, or Lucky Mand ELP's best), but with more mainstream bands I'm not so sure. There are several songs I like from pop bands/artists... but hardly would I consider getting their whole discography to find which are my real favourite tracks from them, so I download the ones I know, or get a greatest hits album (or a live album), and often I'm content with the few songs I find there that I really like (well, sometimes I might end up needing to download the good songs anyway, since often enough they are in an editted form and I would want the complete songs, but at least that's a way of finding which are the songs I will like). |
Posted By: Bitterblogger
Date Posted: May 04 2015 at 23:22
| Moodies--the oldest, and best, of these anthologies (except the missing gong at the end of Late Lament!) |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: July 01 2016 at 08:52
------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: July 01 2016 at 09:17
| I like 'em all (but voted Yes.) |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: July 03 2016 at 06:55
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Ah yes, compilation albums. I kind of have a particular interest to these kind of albums, mainly in particular to see what songs fit in the CD (or LP). IMHO, Chronicles, for what it's worth, did a solid job under the 74-minute time limit, though it's far and away their best compilation (Gold gets that honor). ------------- Progrockdude |