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Praised prog albums that you think are overrated

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Topic: Praised prog albums that you think are overrated
Posted By: ThyroidGlands
Subject: Praised prog albums that you think are overrated
Date Posted: November 27 2024 at 17:48
Well, that's everything. The idea for this post came to me from this thread: https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=132123

I'll start with Moonmadness and Mirage, albums currently ranked at #15 and #16.


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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: November 27 2024 at 17:54
In the Court....

The first and last songs are good. All else is filler and the weird passage in Moonchild is icky.


Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: November 27 2024 at 17:57
^ my favourite track on In the Court of the Crimson King is "Epitaph". And I really like "I Talk to the Wind". Different strokes for different folks obviously.

I know we had a very similar older thread to this (many in fact). Some do complain at overrated being used, some might say, not another negative topic. And some say that it is all rated just right. I guess I could say that most, if not all, popular to some extent art that is praised is overrated. I would also argue that if it's popular it's expected that it would be underrated by some too. Based on my subjective biases, I do consider Yes' Close to the Edge to be a very popular album that is overrated. I could mention many others that are popular here. And fans overrate by the nature of being fans. There have been people here who who think that I have overrated albums by my favourite bands, and overrated my favourite bands just because that music/style is not to their tastes. Calling something overrated does usually just boil down to "I don't like it as much as others", which is pretty shallow.

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Posted By: Zappastolethetowels
Date Posted: November 27 2024 at 18:23
Everything Rush & Dream Theater ever released (where is the hiding under the chair emoji when u need it?)


Posted By: Zappastolethetowels
Date Posted: November 27 2024 at 18:25
Court is def overrated

Camel as a band, not so much

CTTE is definitely not 


Posted By: ThyroidGlands
Date Posted: November 27 2024 at 18:26
Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

^ my favourite track on In the Court of the Crimson King is "Epitaph". And I really like "I Talk to the Wind". Different strokes for different folks obviously.

Based on my subjective biases, I do consider Yes' Close to the Edge to be a very popular album that is overrated. I could mention many others that are popular here. And fans overrate by the nature of being fans. There have been people here who who think that I have overrated albums by my favourite bands, and overrated my favourite bands just because that music/style is not to their tastes. Calling something overrated does usually just boil down to "I don't like it as much as others", which is pretty shallow.

Obviously, whether something is overrated or not is up to each individual. Ah, and I also think the same about "Close to the Edge". But not about "In The Court...". I think it's an almost perfect album... Although the improvised section of "Moonchild" is clearly the weak point.


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Posted By: ThyroidGlands
Date Posted: November 27 2024 at 18:33
Originally posted by Zappastolethetowels Zappastolethetowels wrote:

Everything Rush & Dream Theater ever released (where is the hiding under the chair emoji when u need it?)

I think I agree with Rush. I'm not a big fan of their music, although I love Geddy, Alex and Neil.

And well... DT has been quite plastic since Systematic Chaos.


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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: November 27 2024 at 19:15
Originally posted by ThyroidGlands ThyroidGlands wrote:

Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

^ my favourite track on In the Court of the Crimson King is "Epitaph". And I really like "I Talk to the Wind". Different strokes for different folks obviously.

Based on my subjective biases, I do consider Yes' Close to the Edge to be a very popular album that is overrated. I could mention many others that are popular here. And fans overrate by the nature of being fans. There have been people here who who think that I have overrated albums by my favourite bands, and overrated my favourite bands just because that music/style is not to their tastes. Calling something overrated does usually just boil down to "I don't like it as much as others", which is pretty shallow.


Obviously, whether something is overrated or not is up to each individual. Ah, and I also think the same about "Close to the Edge". But not about "In The Court...". I think it's an almost perfect album... Although the improvised section of "Moonchild" is clearly the weak point.


Well then...

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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 27 2024 at 20:50
From The Top Twenty:
Selling England By The Pound
Moonmadness
In The Court Of The Crimson King
Fragile
Thick As A Brick




Posted By: GuruCan
Date Posted: November 27 2024 at 21:00
Jagga Jazzist's 'One-Armed Bandit,' Wobbler's 'From Silence to Somewhere,' Airbag's 'A Day at the Beach,' to name a few.



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