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Topic: Yes vs. Glass Hammer dust-up! Posted: April 13 2015 at 04:30 |
the new album as been on overload....
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Posted: April 11 2015 at 08:56 |
richardh wrote:
geekfreak wrote:
richardh wrote:
Fair point , I think they have consciously moved away from trying to be a second hand version of Yes that perhaps If and Cor Cordium gave the impression of being. |
there fav`s of mine |
well said for me you can call it rock, pop. hip-hop or trash its all music to ME... and mine , I don't care about music being a bit derivative as long as I enjoy it |
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Posted: April 11 2015 at 02:43 |
geekfreak wrote:
richardh wrote:
Fair point , I think they have consciously moved away from trying to be a second hand version of Yes that perhaps If and Cor Cordium gave the impression of being. |
there fav`s of mine |
and mine , I don't care about music being a bit derivative as long as I enjoy it
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Posted: April 10 2015 at 06:33 |
richardh wrote:
Fair point , I think they have consciously moved away from trying to be a second hand version of Yes that perhaps If and Cor Cordium gave the impression of being. |
there fav`s of mine
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Posted: April 10 2015 at 01:57 |
Fair point , I think they have consciously moved away from trying to be a second hand version of Yes that perhaps If and Cor Cordium gave the impression of being.
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Posted: April 09 2015 at 07:00 |
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the lyrics are inevitably going to be a tad weak compared to those penned by Davison. |
I'm not familar with which lyrics he wrote for GH but the lyrics which I believe he wrote for Heaven and Earth are awful sub-Anderson meaningless twaddle.
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Posted: April 09 2015 at 01:21 |
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Posted: April 06 2015 at 02:27 |
I've had a couple of full listens now and I like it more than Ode To Echo but probably not quite as much as the Jon Davison albums. My favourite GH album will always be The Inconsolable Secret ( Susie B ) so it will not beat that. GH are maybe stalling a bit now creatively although this is still a solid chunk of symph prog and not as 'Yes like' as many will imagine it to be. Its a bit lacking in killer hooks though and the lyrics are inevitably going to be a tad weak compared to those penned by Davison.
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Posted: April 05 2015 at 02:58 |
Came through yesterday so I'm listening to it at the moment. Like all GH albums it's not easy to digest straight away and I've no idea where it would fit into their great canon of work. What's true is that this band have very high standards and they never let them slip.
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Posted: April 04 2015 at 11:18 |
well the new album is top notch...
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Posted: April 03 2015 at 05:43 |
Envious. I was expecting it through today although I had 3 others instead which will at least keep me occupied over the weekend.
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Posted: April 03 2015 at 00:16 |
well the new album as arrived on first spin its there best to date...
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Posted: March 24 2015 at 07:34 |
wow wee new album released 31/03 yep yep yeah...
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Posted: April 24 2014 at 09:06 |
well don`t now weather I or about the new album. its still great musicianship but to what is missing within the album. I`ll have to lock myself in a dark room and blast out OTE around the clock
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Posted: April 22 2014 at 04:19 |
ooooooooooooooh it is.... I`ll say its in my top ten list.
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Posted: April 22 2014 at 01:20 |
The deluxe edition of TIS is indeed great.
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Posted: April 21 2014 at 12:50 |
I`m new album is great. been playin`.....
the inconsolable secret deluxe edition... the three cd`s are amazing
this is a new edition to my cd`s. if you don`t own the first release
than I`d get hold of a copy of deluxe edition yes,
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geekfreak
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 01:28 |
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richardh
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Posted: April 09 2014 at 16:33 |
Roj, it's a very typical modern Glass Hammer album.
For me GH peaked with The Inconsolable Secret and Culture Of Ascent. That perhaps goes against the popular view that they were elevated by Jon Davison and the new line up that appeared for If but I always struggled to feel the 'glow' that others had for that album . Technically its all present and correct but creatively nothing new. GH don't make bad albums though. If there was half stars I would give it 3.5 stars , and the same for the previous 3 albums as well.
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geekfreak
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Posted: April 09 2014 at 08:21 |
sorry I do have the ode to echo album, sadly I`ve still to listen to it
yet. yes it great to have Susie back and Davison would make the band more high profile around the world...........
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