Help me find similar albums....
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Topic: Help me find similar albums....
Posted By: Anonymous
Subject: Help me find similar albums....
Date Posted: July 13 2007 at 21:46
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Opposite of "Thick As A Brick" and "Tales From Topographic Oceans" comes Aphrodite's Child's "666" and the who's "Tommy"...albums consisting of many shorter, sometimes experimental songs.....
has anybody heard of anything similar in style to "666" or say, "Another Green World"? I love the shortness of the tracks, their diversity, and ultimately, their greatness.....
i tried Eno's "Music For Films" series...but was disapointed and own most early stuff, Ambient series, and Apollo
does he have anything else worthwhile, or anything similar in style to The Big Ship or Spider And I?
Thanks a lot for any recommendations and responses...greatly appreciated ------------- In my town, there is a raincoat under a tree In the sky there is a cloud containing the sea In the sea there is a whale without any eyes In the whale there is a man without his raincoat. |
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Posted By: cuncuna
Date Posted: July 13 2007 at 21:49
Magnetophone could sound friendly to those who feel close to mr. Eno's music. There must be another way to say this...  ------------- ¡Beware of the Bee! |
Anonymous wrote:Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: July 13 2007 at 22:00
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"Thanks a lot for any recommendations and responses...greatly appreciated "
Threads like this go in the Recommendations section of the forum. -------------  |
Posted By: Starette
Date Posted: July 13 2007 at 22:01
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Hmm.
There's a lot I could say because I LOVE 'Tommy' and '666' but I must warn you that not all I'll reccommend here is prog:
1) Curved Air 'Second Album' =
 Female vocalist and great violinist and excellent piano ('nuff said for guitars and drumming) but fairly good catchy and short tracks, but at the same token, it can be a *little* too poppy for your taste. However, 'Young mother' and the last track...that i can't remember off the top of my head...are gorgeous. Musicianship AND singing-wise.
2) Jethro Tull 'Stand Up'=
 You probably already know about this. But the tracks are short and it is GOOD. Pardon my sudden lack of eloquence in describing it. It's atmosphere is darker than 'Songs of the Wood' and lighter than 'Aqualung'...which is my favourite J.T album but the tracks are too drawn out for this topic.
3) Porcupine Tree 'in absentia'=  Brilliant album. Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant and 'Gravity Eyelids' is the song of my life.------------- 50 tonne angel falls to the earth... |
Posted By: Anonymous
Date Posted: July 13 2007 at 22:01
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yeah i wasn't sure quite where to put it... thanks ------------- In my town, there is a raincoat under a tree In the sky there is a cloud containing the sea In the sea there is a whale without any eyes In the whale there is a man without his raincoat. |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: July 13 2007 at 22:03
No problem,I am here to help.  ------------- |
Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: July 14 2007 at 02:34
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Do you mean, like, a bunch of short songs, or a bunch of short songs that flow as one? ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: Anonymous
Date Posted: July 14 2007 at 02:44
yeah sorry...i was too lazy to go in depth in explaining what i meant......
i'm not really looking for something like Abbey Road's final medley but more along the lines of Eno's "Music For Films" or "Another Green World"...in short, a bunch of half-song ditties (under 4 minutes) that may be diverse or experimental, may be instrumental or lyrical...that would make up an album
my best example is probably 666.....the songs are so experimental that if they were typical song length (4 minutes)..they wouldnt be that good...but since their only 1-2 minutes, theyre interesting
i apologize for the vagueness...and i probably have only further confused you.....but i love 666 and Another Green World
perhaps a perfect example would be We're Only In It For the Money or Absolutely Free (though they are extended suites)....
i just want similar examples that are good....thanks for pointing this out...it needed to be explained more in-depthly
------------- In my town, there is a raincoat under a tree In the sky there is a cloud containing the sea In the sea there is a whale without any eyes In the whale there is a man without his raincoat. |
Posted By: Anonymous
Date Posted: July 14 2007 at 02:45
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in conclusion, i don't know what i want and you should hit me over the head with a club.... ------------- In my town, there is a raincoat under a tree In the sky there is a cloud containing the sea In the sea there is a whale without any eyes In the whale there is a man without his raincoat. |
Posted By: Anonymous
Date Posted: July 14 2007 at 02:47
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i love how "Another Green World" flows perfectly from a guitar-riff instrumental to gentle piano to floating/flowing synthesizer to cute little pop songs back to beat-based songs
diversity-i want 75 million different music styles...in 40 minutes ------------- In my town, there is a raincoat under a tree In the sky there is a cloud containing the sea In the sea there is a whale without any eyes In the whale there is a man without his raincoat. |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: July 14 2007 at 02:49
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Brian Eno + David Byrne: My Life in the Bush of Ghosts You'll never hear anything like it again. Kind of like Talking Heads (go figure) but even weirder! ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Anonymous
Date Posted: July 14 2007 at 03:23
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thanks for moving this to its rightful home
...when i first made the post, i saw the area for recommendations, but figuredit was for people to make recommendations....now i see that's exactly what i was asking people for.....
...there is a method to my madness ------------- In my town, there is a raincoat under a tree In the sky there is a cloud containing the sea In the sea there is a whale without any eyes In the whale there is a man without his raincoat. |
Posted By: fuxi
Date Posted: July 14 2007 at 05:33
Try Robert Wyatt's gorgeous' SHLEEP, on which Eno himself appears. A delightfully dreamy album. Another fascinating collaboration is WRONG WAY UP, by Eno and John Cale. |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: July 14 2007 at 05:38
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Bo Hansson - Sagan om Ringen
Great melodic folky prog with loads of variations!
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: July 14 2007 at 11:12
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^agree!
Also, if you like metal and avant-garde music, I'd recommend http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=7106 - Fantômas first album. Really short and hugely experimental tracks, but it's awesome overall  ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: July 14 2007 at 11:14
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Also, "Ur Trollkarlens Hatt" by Bo Hansson.
The tracks are longer, and better, and still holds almost the same variation as "Sagan om Ringen".
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Posted By: fungusucantkill
Date Posted: July 14 2007 at 13:42
on that note if you want to get even wierder than that, understandable, i need to  , then check out Melt Banana. Not really prog, but excellent short songs! Your best bet is with Fantomas indeed for the metal Avant Garde short songs.-------------  
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: July 14 2007 at 14:24
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If you are into metal, the I would suggest Fredik Thordendal´s Special Defects - Sol Niger Within its like a 50 minutes song or so, divided into I dont knwo how many small parts, each of them very experimental... cool stuff
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Posted By: anael
Date Posted: July 14 2007 at 14:47
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i would suggest Primus ------------- 
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: July 14 2007 at 14:50
 though I still prefer Sagan om Ringen..  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: fungusucantkill
Date Posted: July 14 2007 at 17:28
and that too -------------
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Posted By: Anonymous
Date Posted: July 14 2007 at 23:00
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sounds good...thanks much ------------- In my town, there is a raincoat under a tree In the sky there is a cloud containing the sea In the sea there is a whale without any eyes In the whale there is a man without his raincoat. |
Posted By: Prog_Traveller
Date Posted: July 19 2007 at 22:18
Genesis-Lamb lies down on broadway(Eno was involved with this album although I'm not quite sure in what capacity(he's listed in the credits under "enossification" ). The album is hard to figure out lyrically but it is mostly shorter pieces. Lots of stuff going on with it although it might take a while to get into it. A very interesting album though especially if you like shorter tracks that sometimes flow into eachother.
Also, Pink Floyd-the Wall
Gentle Giant has mostly shorter songs on their albums too(Octopus might be right up your alley-8 songs all relatively short but still very much prog).
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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: July 19 2007 at 22:33
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I'm going to go out on somewhat of a limb and suggest Modern Music by Be Bop Deluxe. It's different in style, but it consists of lot's of short pieces that run together smoothly and it's great, under-appreciated music. ------------- 
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