Love for Tales from Topographic Oceans

iluvmarillion wrote: we get mindless self indulgent drivel praising God and Jesus Christ from Neal Morse which stretches beyond 2 hours.

Hey !! Ease up, tiger - Morse is God

Kazza3 wrote: 'Leaves of Green' is the name given to the acoustic section near the end of the Ancient. I think I read somewhere a while ago that Jon recently (in the last 10 years, I think) tried to get a cut 50-min version of the album released, but the album wouldn't let him? Dunno if it's true, it'd be interesting, but I think it'd ruin it for m.e <div id="UMS_TOOLTIP" style=": ; cursor: pointer; : 2147483647; : transparent; top: -100000px; left: -100000px; -: initial initial; -repeat: initial initial;">

The last 6 min (or the last 4)? And yeah, I think this was actually the song I liked the least, but those last 6 min are definitley the nicest part of it.

Edited by Dellinger - November 22 2013 at 21:46

It ranks very high in my list of all-time favorite albums actually. 

Prog_Traveller wrote: Genital Giant wrote: I'm in agreement with Wakeman that they had enough material for a great single album, but not a double album. I still listen to it though, regardless of the less than wonderful moments. The only tune that I don't really listen to is "The Ancient" which I only like for "Leaves of Green". While I appreciate what Howe was trying to do on that tune with his pedal steel, trying to do a more micro-tonal thing, the effect of it is pretty awful. He doesn't have any experience playing micro-tonal music, and it shows. I agree with Rick's assessment too for the most part. However, it has sort of grown on me over time. I haven't heard it lately though but I plan on getting it again soon. You lost me with some of your comments but I agree that it would have been really good as a single disc(I feel the same way about Lamb).

I'm with you guys too. Perhaps the album would have lost a bit of it's grandness and bigger than life sensation. But I truly believe it could have been a 5 star album in my book if they had trimmed it a bit. As it is, I guess I might give it 4 stars, mainly on the strength of "Revealing Science of God". By the way, which is that "Leaves of Green" segment you talk about? I think I've heard something about it before, but it's not marked as such in the album, where there is no sub-divisons within the songs at all. If there are suposed to be some subdivisons on the songs, or separated segments, I'd be interested to know. Perhaps it's something like the "Soon" segment of Gates of Delirium, which is not marked on the album, but everyone knows about it.

It's good but it's usually too much to take in in one listen. Not my favorite by the affirmative boys but it's in my top half dozen probably. 

Great album, very progressive, great performance from Jon Anderson!

Fantastic album, huge fan. 

Dayvenkirq wrote: Epignosis wrote: Greatest album ever made. ... of all time, across all genres ... or 2nd greatest ... I still can't decide. Took me about two-three listens to finally dig it.

Heck, took me over a dozen listens before I finally dug it. What a rewarding trek though.

My brother loves to give the album a little hate, but he's yet to make it the entire way through even once. I keep working with him though 

The.Crimson.King wrote: I love that part in the video where they all come to the front of the stage to acknowledge the crowd and Moraz nearly trips over his 3 inch high heel boots

3-inch heels? Did he hang out with Ziggy Bowie before the tour?

Thanks. Saw the Relayer tour (2nd concert I ever attended), and own the
video you mentioned. It's been cleaned up somewhat regarding the mix. The original was sure a mess!