Favorite 3rd rate album
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Topic: Favorite 3rd rate album
Posted By: video vertigo
Subject: Favorite 3rd rate album
Date Posted: August 27 2006 at 22:07
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I made this poll because I noticed many of my favorite albums on this site are ranked #3 for each respective artist. I compiled 20 popular artist's 3rd ranked album and this is the list. ------------- "The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa |
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Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: August 27 2006 at 22:13
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wow.. a tough poll....
I`d like to choose Larks Tongues, or Animals, or A Farewell to Kings, even Udu Wudu...
Crimson takes this one... ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: moonlapse
Date Posted: August 27 2006 at 22:16
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Can - Ege Bamyasi. H to He, Sky Moves Sideways, Udu Wudu, and Mirage are also pretty good. |
Posted By: dagrush
Date Posted: August 27 2006 at 22:26
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H To He, The Lamb, Mirage... tough calls. The Lamb, I guess.
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Posted By: Mikerinos
Date Posted: August 27 2006 at 22:33
H to He 
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Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: August 27 2006 at 22:39
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Van der graaf generator's H to He. Hard to beat the song Emperor in his war room.
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Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: August 27 2006 at 22:52
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Tough to choose between "The Lamb," "Udu Wudu," "Animals," "Songs from the Wood," and LTIA. Actually, right now I am digging "H to He" the most. ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: Faaip_De_Oiad
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 00:19
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Larks for me ------------- 
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 01:07
Udu Wudu - just a bit ahead
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Posted By: Open-Mind
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 01:11
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Animals for me
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Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 03:23
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Ege Bamyasi or H to He, then Udu Wudu. (voted VdGG before I noticed Can's album) ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: Dragon Phoenix
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 03:25
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Many great choices - I plunged for a controversial one. So by Peter
Gabriel. I know many of you think it is too pop, but I love it.
Genesis, VDGG, Camel, Pink Floyd, Kate Bush and Porcupine tree were
strong contenders though.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 03:27
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Posted By: Liquid Len
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 03:34
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Oh easy The Lamb, for 20 years my favourite album finally had to concede that SEBTP was better though!!!! ------------- Can you tell me where my country lies? |
Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 04:20
| Some great albums! For me, Larks Tongues, followed by Animals and Sky Moves Sideways |
Posted By: Asphalt
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 04:23
AAARGGGHHHH!!! are you kidding me? no multiple choice? what kind of poll is this?  sadistic little creature, you...i had a tough choice - The Lamb, H To He, A Farawell, Animals.... but in the end i went for Lark's Tongues; quintessential album, truly a masterpiece |
Posted By: Australian
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 04:32
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Once again Kansas is overlooked A very difficult decsion but in the end my vote goes to Miragem followed by Songs from the Wood and H to He ------------- 
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 04:37
| There are some of my favourite albums in this list, so I had to make a difficult choice.. which was PF's mighty "Animals". Other favourites of mine are Kate Bush's "Aerial", KC's LTiA and ELP's "Trilogy". |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 04:48
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VdGG, followed by Crimson
not that I agree with those thrid place albums.
You should change your thread title >> misleading
Third rate is not third place.
Third rate implies awful >> third place implies third best ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Chipiron
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 05:02
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King Crimson - Lark's Tongues in Aspic ------------- [IMG]http://www.belderrain.es/GIFs/tora.gif"> |
Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 06:54
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Wow, first time I vote for MIRAGE twice on the same day... ------------- Bigger on the inside. |
Posted By: MattiR
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 07:28
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Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 07:45
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A lot of good stuff there!
My vote goes to Larks' Tongues in Aspic.
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Posted By: chessman
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 08:49
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I understand the reasons behind this poll, but the term 3rd rate doesn't sit well with me.
I know these are the 'third best' albums going on the reviews, but of course not everyone agrees with those reviews!
Therefore, I can't vote for Genesis, as that album is my favourite of all time, and I won't vote for it under the title 3rd rate!
That applies to others on here as well, but I have voted for Porcupine Tree, although this may be my favourite album by them too! (Incidentally, it should read 'The Sky Moves Sideways', not the World.)
 I could have voted for Rush, or Marillion just as easily.
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Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 09:21
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As negative as is sounds, the thread title is accurate. These albums are in third place by ratings. ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: omri
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 10:05
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Chamberry wrote :
Van der graaf generator's H to He. Hard to beat the song Emperor in his war room
Personally I think that "Lost" and "Pioneers over C" beat the Emperor in his war room but that means this album is realy a masterpiece. The same for me is Trilogy, Animals, Songs from the wood, Udu wudu and the lamb. Mirage is not very far away. And after all my vote goes to Lark tongue's in aspic and funny that I concider it the third in quality after Red & Lizard and still the best from this superb list.
Guess which band is my favorite !!!  ------------- omri |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 10:09
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Grand Wazoo, Followed by Free Hand, Lark's Tongues and H to He. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 10:36
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Marillion's Marbles. Without a doubt.
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Posted By: Forgotten Son
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 10:39
| Marbles, followed closely by Animals. |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 11:24
| A close race between Trilogy by ELP and Mirage by Camel. Voted for the former. |
Posted By: Kleynan
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 12:30
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Larks' is easily KC's best album IMO. ------------- 
You've just had a heavy session of electroshock therapy, and you're more relaxed than you've been in weeks. |
Posted By: Beldir
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 12:56
H to He. Followed by Trilogy and Aspic. 
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Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 14:45
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H to He Who am the Only One.
Songs from the Wood is excellent, but H to He... is better for me.
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Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 16:28
| The Lamb. |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 16:38
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The Lamb ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 16:41
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Animals! ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 17:49
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the mighty King Crimson though should be #2 not #3... a far far better album than Red which I would assume is #2.
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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 17:57
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Heck A Farewell To Kings is easily better than that motley lot!
Only Animals and The Sky Moves Sideways really interest me from the rest.I've kinda over-dosed on The Lamb and dont really listen to it these days. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 18:43
Wow, great minds think alike (not that i have a great mind)... I did a thread in much the same way for http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25875 - 4th-rate bands -- a joke title, of course, and had originally planned on doing third, fifth, sixth bands based on the top-rated album of each band in each prog subgenre.. Lots of great choices, not sure if I can decide on one at this time. |
video vertigo wrote:Posted By: The Green Tank
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 20:48
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Lamb Lies Down no doubt. Animals is close, though. ------------- 
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 28 2006 at 20:53
would have been my second choice.... for all the hell and mischief about Rush... I LOVE that album. but still not in LTiA's class though..... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: August 29 2006 at 10:26
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One of these:
Animals
A Farewell to Kings
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Free Hand
For now I'll vote for The Lamb, as I am so much into it these days. ------------- "One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: August 29 2006 at 10:37
*breathes a sigh of relief when she sees no Rush bashing*  I wonder about one thing, though... Am I the only one who thinks the otherwise excellent LTiA is somewhat spoiled by Wetton's far from stellar vocal performance? Or is it just me who gives too much importance to singing? |
Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: August 29 2006 at 10:41
As a bassist, Wetton was great for KC, but as a vocalist I agree he wasn't that good (at least with KC, with U.K. it's another story). His only good vocal performance with KC was on Red, and even there it wasn't flawless. ------------- "One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio |
Posted By: Negru Voda
Date Posted: August 29 2006 at 15:37
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Leg End by Henry Cow I voted H To He Who Am The Only One, though. |
Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: August 29 2006 at 15:45
Even though his vocals weren't the best, I don't think it detracts from the album at all. ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 29 2006 at 17:20
exactly... the music and the jump forward in quality and the coming togeher of such talent make this album so great.. I don't think the vocals detract from it at ALL.. .are we prog fans.. or are we pop fans here  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: gods of marble
Date Posted: August 30 2006 at 04:33
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1. animals
2. larks tongues in aspic
3. farewell to kings
4. ege bamyasi
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Posted By: Forkface
Date Posted: August 31 2006 at 16:07
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Lots of great albums!! For me it's between T.D. and CAN. I voted CAN. |
Posted By: Pulse
Date Posted: September 01 2006 at 14:07
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I voted for Songs from the Wood.
Animals is my real favourite on that list, but Songs from the Wood is a close second and it only has a few votes.
I wish I could vote twice. Trilogy has some of my favourite ELP songs on it and it only has four votes.
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