Three Prog Folk Albums
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Topic: Three Prog Folk Albums
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Subject: Three Prog Folk Albums
Date Posted: February 06 2021 at 01:56
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Three of my most beloved prog folk albums, but which one is the fellow forum users' favorite? I think I know well but let's see. I will kick the voting off by picking my favorite of the three - First Utterance.    |
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 06 2021 at 02:04
I'll make the First Utterance by saying it makes a nice change for me to know all of the albums in a poll and Dead Can Dance are my Ideal choice here. 
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 06 2021 at 02:08
| Jethro Tull - Aqualung I guess |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: February 06 2021 at 02:16
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Comus ------------- 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: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: February 06 2021 at 03:11
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Ooh, tough one. I love all three. I assigned numbers on a die, and rolled it. Comus won. ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: February 06 2021 at 03:43
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Sitting on a park bench. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: February 06 2021 at 04:25
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Eyeing little girls with bad intent. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: February 06 2021 at 05:38
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My vote goes to "Aqualung". But I want to shout out for this wonderful album:  -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: February 06 2021 at 07:05
Wow! Thanks for that! Never heard of them or this music. Great story, too. The music is intense, unique, and very polished! From fast ("Everybody Knows") to slow and delicate ("I Was"), the arrangements are just perfect! And so intimate and personal. Wow! I'm, like, in tears! I love the tension-building Jacques Brel feel of "There'll Be No Clowns Tonight." The timing of their vocal harmonies couldn't be more locked in/synchronized. Remarkable! Thanks, Freide, for another great recommendation rescued out of obscurity! P.S. the whole time listening to this amazing album I was racking my brain to place the voice of one of the ladies. It's Sonja Kristina! (Before there was a Sonja Kristina.) "Melt Me" finally gave it away--and could a song be more predictive of the whole Curved Air vibe? ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
BaldFriede wrote:Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: February 06 2021 at 07:11
| Aqualung, even though there's hardly any folk in it. |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: February 06 2021 at 07:14
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Three great albums, but Dead Can Dance tops them... ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: February 06 2021 at 07:48
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COMUS all the way however Aqualung is a brilliant classic as well. -------------  https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: February 06 2021 at 09:27
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If I could only keep one it would be 'Aqulaung' for the diversity of rock, folk, and prog but it's not really a folk lp imho as pointed out already. 'Spleen and Ideal' is my second favorite DCD after Realm...and again not sure how folky it truly is by definition of folk. 'First Utterance' is one of those things that is an acquired taste though it is certainly unique and is prog folk. While the original vinyl is worth some big bucks the music doesn't match up to those levels imho. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: VianaProghead
Date Posted: February 06 2021 at 11:53
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Jethro Tull - Aqualung, for sure.
------------- "PROG IS MY FERRARI". Jem Godfrey (Frost*) |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: February 06 2021 at 11:57
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Three great albums, I'll pick Comus today but could easily be any of them. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: February 06 2021 at 12:04
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Jethro Tull ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 06 2021 at 13:16
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I have loved all three, and my first inclination was to get into the Progressive Folk merits of each album, but instead I’ll just commment in a different way on my appreciation. First thought was First Utterance, which to me is one of the absolute Acid Folk and Freak Folk greats (often my favourite kind of folk), but that Dead Can Dance album is brilliant and is the one that I would most like to play again right now, and am. Worked as a perfect musical suggestion for me right now. By the way, not that I would expect this to be the choice, I prefer the compilation Song to Comus.... to First Utterance, which includes FU. Not only do I love the bonus tracks, and Winter is a Coloured Bird might be my favourite Comus song, but I am one of those who genuinely appreciates To Keep From Crying, and that together with the bonus tracks and FU really works well for me as a package. A nice eclectic poll with three albums that are classics in their own right. |
Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: February 06 2021 at 14:14
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Out of these three it has to be Comus.. Aqualung is a truely fantastic lp but more rock than folk IMHO. My personal folk prog favourite is this-  Bob and Carole Pegg's 'Mr Fox'
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Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: February 06 2021 at 22:57
| As good as the other two albums are, Aqualung is a 5 star masterpiece. |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: February 07 2021 at 01:20
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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: February 07 2021 at 01:21
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Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: February 07 2021 at 06:00
They produced 2 lps, the first 'Mr Fox' in 1970 and the second 'The Gipsy' in 1971 then split in '72. They were much more 'Baroque' in their approach to Folk rock and the instrumentation used. They were an unpredictable entity live, at times outstanding, at times chaotic (bands like VDGG, Hawkwind and many others that utilized that spark of chaotic creativity suffered the same fate) and were dismissed because they were NOT like Steeleye Span or Fairport convention, clean in sound and predictable live. They originated from North Yorkshire and much of the strangeness and eerie nature of their sound comes from the folk tradition in that part of the world. They adopted the name Mr Fox, which was the title of their signature song, based on a bloody English folk tale - a version of the Bluebeard legend - in which a young woman outwits a serial killer. ------------- |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 07 2021 at 07:50
Thanks. Here is "Winter is a Coloured Bird" "All the Colours of Darkness" (wonderful) And "In the Lost Queen's Eyes" Music of such quality that I would expect with another band for this not just to be bonus tracks. As for To Keep From Crying, which I don't know if you've heard, the songs "Children of the Universe" and "To Keep From Crying" are particular favourites of mine. That is a much reviled album by many who are into First Utterance and an album that is ignored (not listened to/ unknown) by many who disdain Comus for First Utterance. I do like the album Out of the Coma very much too even if I have called it Comus-by-numbers before (cashing in on the later found success of First Utterance). I do think it a shame that Comus didn't find more success early on and I do find First Utterance to be a remarkable album ("The Herald" being the initial stand-out for me but coming to love the whole album). By the way, I wonder how many who have voted have heard all three albums in the poll? |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: February 07 2021 at 10:16
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I know them all by heart though it may be a decade since I last listened to Aqualung and perhaps five years since First Utterance last was spun. Spleen and Ideal however I listened to earlier this week. So as my current favorite it felt like the natural choice. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: February 07 2021 at 11:16
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Will vote for Dead Can Dance, this album is a recent discovery. Aqualung's highlights are as good as anything but the album as a whole is a bit uneven. I gave the Comus album only one shot and it didn't convince me, maybe I should try again. |
Posted By: Lieutenant_Lan
Date Posted: February 23 2021 at 21:48
| Always gotta go for aqualung. |