Voyage of the Acolyte vs Hybris
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Topic: Voyage of the Acolyte vs Hybris
Posted By: Yorkie X
Subject: Voyage of the Acolyte vs Hybris
Date Posted: September 01 2007 at 02:54
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I love Hackett's Voyage Of The Acolyte its one of the most beautiful albums I own from any artist so it ticks me off seeing it way down on the list, when I compare it to some others on the list that I`m only lukewarm about I kinda get a little bit annoyed. That's my take on things I wonder what you people think ?  |
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Posted By: progadicto
Date Posted: September 01 2007 at 03:31
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Hybris is great but Voyage is a classic masterpiece!! ------------- ... E N E L B U N K E R... |
Posted By: Pawned Heart
Date Posted: September 01 2007 at 05:28
Ditto. Voyage is beyond comparison. ------------- What I see I know is real, what I touch I know I feel If I don't care for what you say, it won't mean much to me today http://www.proga |
progadicto wrote:Posted By: Okocha
Date Posted: September 01 2007 at 08:34
| Voyage... |
Posted By: theBox
Date Posted: September 01 2007 at 08:54
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Both are ridiculously inspired masterpieces wich get easily 6 stars
(yeah, out of five). My vote however goes to Hybris due to the fact
that it came out of nowhere (well...quite...) in a time that prog
wasn't exactly popular and has managed to be regarded as a masterpiece
of symphoprog, something that isn't easy or common for a 90's album or
band.
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Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: September 01 2007 at 08:57
The other way around for me. |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: September 01 2007 at 09:11
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I'm a Genesis fan and a Hackett solo career hardcore fan, but in this case I don't know which one to choose, both are outstanding. Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: Evandro Martini
Date Posted: September 01 2007 at 10:42
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Hybris is great music, but not my cup of tea... too much loud guitars and keys. I prefer Voyage's gentleness Both have superb mellotron work, I first thought that was the point of the poll ------------- "You’ll never make any money playing music that people can’t sing.” Keith Emerson's father |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: September 02 2007 at 03:04
Hybris, even though its way to high... number 15, c´mon!!!
------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: September 02 2007 at 08:09
| I found Voyage of the Acolyte boring and terribly overrated. Hybris, on the other hand, is flawless. Guess which one I voted for. |
Posted By: chessman
Date Posted: September 02 2007 at 09:52
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Steve gets my vote, of course.
VOTA is a minor masterpiece.
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: September 02 2007 at 10:58
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Really, what does it matter? I simply don't care about albums' positions relative to one another here. No computer-generated chart will ever affect how much I enjoy an album. Also, you can't force people to see things the same way you do. Not everyone here has Hackett's masterful first solo outing, or holds it in as high regard as I do. So what? I can live with that. They don't write my reviews, or choose which albums I listen to.
 (I've never heard Hybris, BTW -- but it seems lots of folks have. It's likely Anglagard are better known in Europe than here in North America.)
Finally, "better" is a purely subjective concept with regards to art -- art is not sport. What's the objective criteria we're to use to decide this?  ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: September 02 2007 at 18:30
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Never heard Hybris and i even live in swe.. but since its out of order i probobly never will ither so i voted for Hackett. ------------- 
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Posted By: Sckxyss
Date Posted: September 03 2007 at 05:44
Well, I've never heard VOTA, so I guess I have to vote against that.
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Posted By: andu
Date Posted: September 03 2007 at 07:05
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Love them both, but VotA is a minor masterpiece and Hybris is a major masterpiece, so I went with the latter.
------------- "PA's own GI Joe!" 
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Posted By: Cold Deep
Date Posted: September 03 2007 at 07:33
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two classic albums, but I prefer Hackett's work ------------- Remember, the death is not the end, but only a transition 
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Posted By: Yorkie X
Date Posted: September 03 2007 at 12:03
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Posted By: ArtRockFreak
Date Posted: September 04 2007 at 21:01
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Both albums are just great...I recently listened to hybris for the first time and i must admit that jordrok is a ma-ster-piece..But,i'll go for voyage,mostly because of my preference to Genesis and 70s prog rock scene.. ------------- Welcome back my friends... 
...to the show that never ends! |
Posted By: jimmy_row
Date Posted: September 05 2007 at 17:05
| Both are great (duh...) but my preferance is for Hackett if not just for the originality and mastery of songwriting that is Ace of Wands. |
Posted By: zbida
Date Posted: September 06 2007 at 04:56
| Unfortunately I haven't heard Hybris (out of my reach since a long time), but hard to beat Steve solo debut... |
Posted By: oracus
Date Posted: September 06 2007 at 11:03
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I could never believe that Voyage of the Acolyte could get more votes than Hybris. For me Hybris is THE masterpiece. Incredible piece of music. ------------- 
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Posted By: Dr. Occulator
Date Posted: September 06 2007 at 20:53
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Not really fair to compare two
masterpieces when one has great lyrics and vocals and the other has
none.
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Posted By: ProgShine
Date Posted: September 07 2007 at 02:16
The Steve's album isn't one of my favorite, but i don't like instrumental bands so go on Steve  ------------- https://progshinerecords.bandcamp.com 
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Posted By: Sckxyss
Date Posted: September 07 2007 at 16:21
Sure it is! The voice is just another instrument, IMO. Some of my favourite albums are instrumental.
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