Albums that are so good that...
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Topic: Albums that are so good that...
Posted By: Aaron
Subject: Albums that are so good that...
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 08:31
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you limit yourself on how often you listen to it, because you fear that you may overplay it and it will lose its appeal, or wont be as fantastic, or maybe you may become bored with it. But you like it so much, that you are worried this may happen, so you hold off on it. i can only think of a few albums at the moment, and here they are Grobbschnitt - Rockpommel's Land Yes - Relayer (Gates of Delirium is my favorite song, and i plan on keeping it fresh) Camel - The Snowgoose, i have only recently started holding off, I have probably played this cd the most out of all my albums
oh, and why not, hows about albums that you thought were incredible but you played them so often that you lost interest. I have a few of those, like Strawbs - Grave New World Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Eart ELP - most of their albums i'll add more later Aaron
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 08:33
there is no such thing to me 
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Posted By: Joolz
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 08:45
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Aaron wrote:Posted By: Dirk
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 08:53
 .Same for me for those 2 albums. Do you know Solar music live from Grobschnitt? Quite different from Rock Pommel's land (more floydian and spacy) but also outstanding. |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 08:59
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Gentle Giant - Octopus, Power & The Glory Genesis - Foxtrot King Crimson - ITCOTCK Dream Theater - Awake and many others!! ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Forgotten Son
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 11:29
| The first 4 Marillion albums, Not of this World by Pendragon, Out of Myself by Riverside and Carnival of Souls by The Wishing Tree. |
Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 12:05
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Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 12:11
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When i first bought Foxtrot the day it came out i played it to death!! I have kept it but is unplayable as the sound is so distorted from overplaying!! Thank goodness for CD's i say ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |
Posted By: eddietrooper
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 12:11
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The Wall has always been my all-time favourite album but I have overplayed it so much along my lifetime that nowadays I play it less than once a year.
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Posted By: XTChuck
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 12:30
| Fragile has been overplayed in my household since early 1972. A Passion Play comes in a close second only because it came out a year or so later. |
Posted By: Man Made God
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 12:44
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Well, this is pretty familiar! The last couple of weeks I have this with my Opeth cd's. Just when I thought: ok, enough's enough, let's cut down on the opeth, a good friend of mine discovered them, and is constantly playing their music. Which on the other hand is a good thing, as I'll be seeing them live in about 2 months, and ofcourse I want to know every song the could play that evening ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/manmadegod/?chartstyle=ScarlettJohansson1"> 
Focus on the music... Focus! |
Posted By: Aaron
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 13:00
yeah, i love Solar Music Live, but that album is different, i can listen to it over and over again, which is sort of the spirit of Solar Music and what makes it so great Aaron |
Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 13:15
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Script for a Jester's Tear by MARILLION.Yeah,it's my favouritest album EVER,but I listen to it very seldom - I'm afraid it can lose its magic with frequent listenings!!!  
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Posted By: man@arms
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 13:22
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'Close to the Edge' by Yes, 'Animals' by Pink Floyd, 'Foxtrot' by Genesis and ELP's first album all have that appeal for me. I can no longer listen to 'Dark Side of the Moon' or 'The Wall' or anything by Led Zeppelin or the Beatles since I played those bands to death when I was growing up. |
Posted By: Chicapah
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 13:50
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Currently for me it's the live version of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway from Archives I. I'm trying my best not to listen to it once a week but I keep reaching for it all the time even though I got it in January. It's so good it's like I've never heard it before. ------------- "Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 13:58
I am trying to limit my plays of Ghost Reveries, without much success. 
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Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 14:28
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I`ll never tire of listening to anything by Gentle Giant. The only
thing that worries me is that everything they ever recorded might
eventually be released. I just bought Scraping the Barrel about two
weeks back and still haven`t made it through all 12 hours of it.
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Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 14:34
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I find that despite the fact that my music collection is expanding at a ridiculous rate I still go back to several albums on a regular basis, but I also don't listen to several albums that I really enjoy because I'm buying so many albums. To be honest I don't know what to do; stop buying as many albums (I've bought 7 since Saturday) or to spend even more time listening to music. Its a major dilema. |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 14:36
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A lot of Gov't Mule stuff, 'cause I have numerous live versions of songs I love and I don't want to overplay it all. Most of my Van der Graaf Generator and Peter Hammill collection, I don't ever want them to their appeal, I'd be devastated! In some ways, I'm very glad Gov't Mule have released a lot of double albums and long live recordings, it means I don't tend to play them all that often, which is cool! I'm listening to a 4CD concert of theirs as I type this though, eep! That's 4:07:24 worth of music! I also don't want to overplay Comus or White Willow - Storm Season. I have Taal - Skymind in the car and I really think I should remove it, the same with Starless and Bible Black by KC, I play either of those all the time. Pawn Hearts is in the car as well, but I always make sure I never play it. -------------   
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Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 14:39
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No dilema. Keep buying. I have so many ( I`ve been collecting them
since around`72 ) I don`t even know what might be lurking in my
collection. It`s always nice to find something I haven`t heard in years.
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Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 14:46
Thats what I intend to do but I have two problems; I'm a student and as such don't have much money and I've only been in to Prog for a shortwhile so I've got a lot of catching up to do. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 14:53
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I have a few thousand cds but still can never find anything to play - I stand in front of my racks for ages trying to decide! It's a good point though, with all my choice are there any albums to be treated rather like the I Ching. You may say - "what the hell is he talking about?" Well, many years ago I had a friend who was into the I Ching and he used to keep it wrapped in silk and only bring it out on special occasions. Well, yes, I thought he was nuts too but you get the drift. To return to the point (I can get a bit like Ronnie Corbett), I suppose it would have to be just my favourite album "Fandangos in Space" by Carmen. I have bought two copies, one of which was the American version - obtained recently from my usual bootleg supplier in St Petersburg, Russia. This has a different cover to the original vinyl and cd release. I will only take this one in the car - the other one doesn't leave the house in case the car got stolen. I do only listen to it every so often and that is partially due to not wanting to overplay it. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 14:54
| I have it with my favourite album of all time: Going For The One by Yes. Most albums I listen to any time when I'm in the mood, but GFTO... Only every now and then, indeed, to keep it fresh. |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 14:57
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I do that too, stand in front of my CDs and ponder about what to play! I have a lot of stuff to play and I think: I really want to play this, but I played that last week and the week before that... and what do I play? Haha, the one album I've played on numerous occasions. I don't dislike any of my music, but some great albums get left unplayed for ages!
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 15:13
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I had to limit The Masquerade Overture by Pendragon. I still like it a lot, but I've played it so often I basically memorized the music, so I find I don't really need to play it much. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Serguilloche
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 17:53
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Caress of Steel by Rush - Its awesomeness and the memories it carries from my youth are sacrosanct. A Flame to the Ground Beneath by Lost Horizon - It's so powerful that I believe there may be dilution by overplaying it. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Serguilloche/?chartstyle=Bubbles"> 
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Posted By: Progfans
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 17:55
Great choice ------------- La cuisine c,est comme l,amour, il faut y croire pour que ca marche |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 18:00
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Marillion's Brave. I try to stay away from it because I don't want to overplay
it; however, it's very difficult to stay away from it. It's simply the best disc I own. E ------------- 
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 18:12
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Foxtrot, Ride The Lightning and Disco Volante is all I can think of
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Posted By: Dr. Occulator
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 18:46
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After the initial onslaught of finding and listening to a favoriye
album of all time I inevitibly put it aside to be played only once in
awhile to keep the initial rush fresh in my mind when I do play it
again. eg. Yes; Close to the Edge and Gentle Giant; Free Hand, I've owned since they were released in the early 70's. Nowadays I've only have played them about once every two years but I know them so well they are still my favs . ------------- My Doc Told Me I Have Doggie Head. |
Posted By: Rust
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 18:47
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Fragile is being played regularly, it's so catchy, I hope I never get tired of it even though I'm not limiting my access to it. There are a few albums I have stopped so that I won't grow tired of them like, Animals Red Moonmadness Unfortunetly, I have already grown tired of Red Are there any albums for the rest of yall that have never lost their beauty even though you play them regularly? I hate to think that every album I love ------------- We got to pump the stuff to make us tough from the heart Its astart What we need is awareness we cant get careless Mental self defensive fitness Make everybody see in order to fight the powers that be |
. I have discovered alot more prog since I gave Animals a break, and I was very unimpressed with it when I came back to it after about a 6 month break. It just wasn't as sharp and fresh as I once remembered it. 
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after a certain amount of plays.Posted By: lightbulb_son
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 18:47
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There are several albums i wish I hadn't overplayed. Master of Puppets, In Absentia, Roots, Blackfield, Rust In Peace, On the Sunday of Life, and Leviathan. I'm being very careful not to overplay Ghost Reveries. ------------- When the world is sick Can't no one be well But I dreamt we were all beautiful and strong 
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Posted By: Fede
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 19:10
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I've been listening Opeth's Ghost Reveries very often............. It's just a f****** excellent album
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Posted By: Tony Fisher
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 19:24
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I'm not playing The Snow Goose, The Last Bright Light, Runrig's Proterra or Argus at the moment, just to give some other stuff a chance. In a few weeks I'll go back to them and will doubtless love them more than ever. The Tain and Book of Invasions by Horslips never get boring however much I play them, though, which is very often. I'm currently trying to get into VDGG and King Crimson and failing completely, but Gentle Giant are improving with every listen to the point where they are now amongst my favourite bands. |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 19:45
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The Division Bell It was the first album to come to my mind ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: reality
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 20:51
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Savatge: Dead winter Dead (I play it a few times in the winter, it is so emotionaly draining) King crimson: Islands (special occasion music) Mike Oldfield: Ommadawn (Im not worthy) Non Prog- Many put thats personal. |
Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 21:04
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All the Led Zeppelin albums. -------------  
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Posted By: Sacred 22
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 21:07
It really is a good album................. |
Posted By: The-Bullet
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 21:09
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Tiring of my favourite albums is not so much of a worry, however there are a special few that I will only listen to occasionally purely due to the fact that they demand 100% of my attention. ------------- 
"Why say it cannot be done.....they'd be better doing pop songs?" |
Posted By: crucify_the_ego
Date Posted: April 20 2006 at 09:06
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DSOTM Kid A and OK Computer Takk Everythig else I listen to as often as the urge takes me. |
Posted By: Grimm
Date Posted: April 20 2006 at 09:09
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Ahh yes, The First Day, by David Sylvian and Robert Fripp. ------------- Arguing with anonymous strangers on the internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be or seem to be self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time. |
Posted By: Tasartir
Date Posted: April 20 2006 at 09:41
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The first thing happened to me with Close to the Edge when I first bought it, but it turns out it has never grown old on me even though I broke my rule of only listening a couple of times a week or something geeky like that. The second thing did happen to me a bunch of times though (I mean loosing interest in an album I thought was amazing at first). First it happened with Dream Theater's Scenes from a Memory, then with Angra's Rebirth, then with In the Court of the Crimson King and a bunch of others. One funny thing that happened was that I lost interest in Brave by Marillion but then I regained interest in it and still love it. ------------- ...Histoires Sans Paroles... |
Posted By: jojim
Date Posted: April 20 2006 at 11:25
I played "Go on" by MR MISTER until death. Then I stopped without knowing it from one day to another. Didn't listen to it for more than 10 years. And now I come back. It's very good. It's a classic. ------------- YES - Close to the edge / UK - UK / GENESIS - The lamb lies down / KING CRIMSON - Discipline / MIKE OLDFIELD - Tubular bells / JETHRO TULL - Aqualung / GENTLE GIANT - Three friends / TMO - IMF |
Posted By: Malice
Date Posted: April 20 2006 at 11:37
I got the exact same thing with wish you were here from pink floyd... its really boring to listen to it now ... though it was so amazing still a little while ago gues i just listened to it to much |
Posted By: W.Chuck
Date Posted: April 20 2006 at 11:50
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I listen so often to Symphony X that I stop myself doing
it to listen to some other bands as well. ------------- 
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Posted By: rupert
Date Posted: April 20 2006 at 13:22
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When I grew up in the 70s I had a phase in which I nearly got mad listening to BJH, Supertramp, Alan Parsons Project, Pink Floyd ( yes, me... ) all the time and I needed some distance so I can develop my own style, so in the 80s I concentrated on anything else comin' along and making me feel good, I even bought albums because they had good reviews ( and some because they were chartbreakers and had quite interesting covers/titles ! ) and forced myself to NOT listen to "Prog" for a while. It worked... I developed my own style as a singer/songwriter and I don't copy anyone, but hey, what I'm doing IS NOT prog whilest since long I allowed myself to get back to anything I ever loved and listen to it as often as I like again... I'm just thinkin'... is there REALLY an album I love but got enough of cause i played it too often ? Well... there were times I didn't wanna hear any of Cat Stevens' familiar tunes but later on my love became even greater and I don't think that this example is what you asked for...( No prog ) but to let you know: I DISLIKE "Dark Side of the Moon" and if there weren't "Money" on it i'd like to stamp it "Most overrated Prog-Album of all time"... but I never really liked it so that's something different, too ( SORRY to all PF-Fans... It's great to you, I know, please forgive me ! ). In general it's just "phases" in which I've got enough of one album or artist I usually like, the longer the pause the greater the pleasure when it's over and I'm puttin' it on again ! ------------- ...I'm a musician/singer/songwriter, visit me on www.reverbnation.com/rupertlenz and there you can choose from 125 recordings you can listen to ( for free ) if you're not limited to prog-rock ! |
Posted By: _sam_
Date Posted: April 20 2006 at 13:44
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Signals and A Farewell To Kings by Rush; Animals, Obscured by Clouds, and Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd; I know there are others, but none have come to mind yet... Albums I've lost interest in: Aqualung by Jethro Tull is the only one that comes to mind right now, but there are probably others. |
Posted By: Negru Voda
Date Posted: April 20 2006 at 14:09
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I have a few albums too which (I hope) I'll never get tired of: Animals by Pink Floyd Thick as a Brick and Minstrel in the Gallery by Jethro Tull In the Court of the Crimson King and Lark's Tongues in Aspic by King Crimson There are probably a few others, but these are my favorite bands.:) |