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^ I never could get into Beefheart... or Zappa for that matter... which probably means I don't earn my proghead badge.

[My leanings are more towards symphonic prog, psych & space rock, psychedelia, and eclectic prog.]

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Originally posted by Floydoid Floydoid wrote:

Having said that I'll nominate Captain Beefheart's 'Trout Mask Replica' as one of the most unlistenable albums I've heard - I find it very much an endurance test and often give up before getting through to the end of it.

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Seems to be one of those albums fawned over by the critics along with Astral Weeks by Van Morrison and Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan that don't live up to the hype. (I don't have a dog in the fight as I don't listen to any of these guys)
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Atomic Rooster - Nice & Greasy

I dislike their 1980 self titled version even more. I absolutely loved their Death Walks Behind You and In hearing Of albums; but the 1980 one didn't have a single song worth saving.

Personally, I found VdGG to have gone downhill in this century and their 2 albums released this turn, though far from the worst, didn't endear me.

The single worst record I have heard was when I chose Bridges to Babylon as my introduction to the Rolling Stones. I listened intently, hoping to find a glimmer of greatness but that album is usually considered one of the bad ones in their discography [after 'Dirty Work' usually].
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Having said that I'll nominate Captain Beefheart's 'Trout Mask Replica' as one of the most unlistenable albums I've heard - I find it very much an endurance test and often give up before getting through to the end of it.

If we're talking non-music albums then for me John & Yoko's 'Two Virgins', 'Life with the Lions' and 'Wedding Albums' totally boring and pointless.

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Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:



I guess having Momentary Lapse and Radio Kaos combined with the best songs, and input into each song from the rest of the band members, would have helped to make a great album. However, with Amused to Death and The Division Bell, I think both were great and didn't really need to be complemented by each other (in any case, I would have combined The Division Bell and The Endless River), however, having the rest of Floyd to contribute to Amused to Death would surely have helped to elevate that one to perhaps the best album Pink Floyd might have released. Te Division Bell might have gotten a bit more of punch and depth to the lyrics. And let's not forget "Broken China", since that one could have benefitted well enough by having the help from the rest of the band (as an example, there's "Breakthrough" on Gilmour's "On Concert" DVD.


I totally agree that both ATD and Broken China could have been truly great PF albums with the involvement of the rest of the band. Broken China (as good as it is) especially would have been enhanced by the presence of Gilmour & Mason, tho maybe it was too much of a personal album to be considered for a band project.

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Sorry, but that's something I quickly forget. Wink
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by iluvmarillion iluvmarillion wrote:

Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Queensryche - Dedicated to Chaos 
Iron Maiden - Virtual XI
80s Renaissance
DT - The Astonishing
Camera Camera? Those is fighten' words!
Well Camera Camera is the worse album I've ever heard while The Astonishing is a great DT album.
 
The Astonishing is in my top 5 favourite DT albums but I can see what it would divide opinion. I hate DT when they go too 'technical metal' like Systematic Chaos as I mentioned earlier in the thread. The Astonishing is mainly just songs.

I made a Dream Theater ranking on a metal forum, Systematic Chaos and The Astonishing are at the bottom. Big smile

The problem with The Astonishing is that it's supposed to be a concept album, but to me it feels so disjointed, lacks any kind of flow. 
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

I really didn't like the second Shub-Niggurath album so I'm probably not the best to ask on their third. The debut is a stone cold classic. Has any band had a bigger drop off?
It depends on how much you like First Utterance (probably my all time favorite prog-folk album), but I think Comus' second album To Keep From Crying comes close.


Very valid comparison, I love First Utterance and the follow up was a significant drop off.
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Least favourite prog albums of the 1970's:-


1 stars 1974: The Residents - Meet the Residents - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsGRasyHEEg

1 stars 1976: The Residents - The Third Reich 'n' Roll - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frF9yykCIpY

1 stars 1978: The Residents - Duck Stab! / Buster & Glen - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YEPU68zqik


There seems to be a pattern emerging there. Tongue
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

I really didn't like the second Shub-Niggurath album so I'm probably not the best to ask on their third. The debut is a stone cold classic. Has any band had a bigger drop off?
It depends on how much you like First Utterance (probably my all time favorite prog-folk album), but I think Comus' second album To Keep From Crying comes close.


That second Comus album is a cruel letdown, but the album in itself is not so bad as such. About half the tracks are OK. I could've seen those as the flipside of that sidelong epic they'd written and never recorded for their second album to be.


Never liked Shub Niggurath, though... partly because they outdo Lovecraft (never a fan) in pure horror.

SN is so sinister that they make UZ sound likea sunshine pop band. 


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Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom. I'll never understand the praise this album receives. I find it unlistenable.
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The fact that when I was young I'd listen to some East German radio out of interest even though from the west, and hardly anyone else in the west did that (they played some good music occasionally, for example the first time I heard something from Talk Talk was on "Stimme der DDR") connected me to Stern Meissen (aka Stern-Combo Meissen) maybe it bit more than most of their music deserved (although they have some very good material indeed). But in the mid-eighties they recorded some ridiculously bad albums, the worst probably being "Taufrisch". Be happy that you'll probably never hear this. 

Eloy - Ra is also very very bad. (Another band I used to love as a teenager, and I still love some of their stuff.)


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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

I really didn't like the second Shub-Niggurath album so I'm probably not the best to ask on their third. The debut is a stone cold classic. Has any band had a bigger drop off?
It depends on how much you like First Utterance (probably my all time favorite prog-folk album), but I think Comus' second album To Keep From Crying comes close.
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Originally posted by Magog2112 Magog2112 wrote:

I strongly dislike anything from Transatlantic, which is ironic as I love Pete Trewavas and Roine Stolt.

Yeah think I agree, although they are their best at doing cover versions of things like Yellow Brick Road.I bought the Kaleidoscope only for the bonus CD. Mostly I just find their music very sterile and lacking any real ideas. It does a lot of 'proggy' things but never has an identity of its own. (IMO)



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^ I love Tago Mago and each of Can's first five albums. Monster Movie is the album that got me to appreciate Can, and then I go into Soundtracks. Ege Bamyası is a particular favourite of mine. I came to really appreciate the singing and and whole experience when it comes to listening to Can. To each their own appreciations. There are some very much liked artists at PA such as Neal Morse that almost leave me hoping for a flood of Biblical proportions, if only to flood out the sound.... Then I remember the pause and off switches and all is as right as rain....
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Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

* VdGG~Grounding In Numbers, why even step in the studio?


I disliked both VdGG's albums post 2010.Instead of the screeching saxophone led rock that pivoted them in the 70s, it sounded so tame and boring.

Not the worst, but I found some of Can 's highly touted works like Tago Mago to go over my head. I do like their approach to sounds [liked their archived instrumental albums released recently] and love Monster Movie from them. But Pete's sake, they were terrible songwriters and vocalists. Every time, they come out and let their vocals override their instrumental abilities, they deride the quality of their work to me.


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Originally posted by Jacob Schoolcraft Jacob Schoolcraft wrote:


Tangerine Dream- Le Parc
Not a terribly done album, but a total letdown compared to what they released in the 70s and early 80s.





Saw this  and while its been YEARS, I know that has to be wrong.  You must have bumped your head.

 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzPUqR0dELqYKlT6nGTa8HyG0szHpL0Fs


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Originally posted by hellogoodbye hellogoodbye wrote:

Celine Dion : Walk Away Renee

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The version to listen of this song, is Rickie Lee Jones' ... awesome. I don't think that Celine has the voice touch that this song would require ... bad choice on her part, but obviously a song she likes.

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Originally posted by hellogoodbye hellogoodbye wrote:

Celine Dion : Walk Away Renee

Hi,

The version to listen of this song, is Rickie Lee Jones' ... awesome. I don't think that Celine has the voice touch that this song would require ... bad choice on her part, but obviously a song she likes.
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The instrument in the beginning of Limbus 4 sounds like a Kazoo to me. 

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Pleaseeeee ... a kazoo is sacred, unless you have never heard PDQ Bach and think the name is just a joke and not a true (and excellent) musician ... named Peter Schickele. Next you really need to listen to "... have you got any onions? ... " just before the Oratorio half teaspoon! 

The kazoo is sacred!!!!


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