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Poll Question: Favorite Track from PFM L'Isola di Niente?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
12 [37.50%]
3 [9.38%]
6 [18.75%]
7 [21.88%]
4 [12.50%]
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The first two PFM albums are long-time favorites, but this one has always leaves me a bit cool. "La Luna Nuova" reminds me most of their earlier music and is my pick.
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Originally posted by miamiscot miamiscot wrote:

Love the album but that English song is pretty awful.

This was the very first non-english album I had ever heard, and I wasn't looking forward to it as a friend lent it to me. I thought I better spin it at least once but of course ended up falling for it hard. 
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Is My Face On Straight always gets me when the ending vamp starts. Take a listen again with this context: it feels like someone who has simply accepted their fate as a madman, driven there by society. The accordion only amplifies this.

I'll admit the delivery with the lyrics can be cringey. Still fantastic for me.
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Title track for me.
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Wow this is actually a decent poll for once, huh guys? Quite varied and fair, I must say!

The fourth track seems to start a bit slow to me, but I'm coming around to it.

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'Is My Face On Straight' is by far the most appealing and interesting to me, with all those (good) rhythm changes. Maybe I specially like the way it begins, with that quiet, unusual and beautiful guitar arpeggio and voice... the atmosphere.. and a bit later when the drums enter.

I've never paid much attention to the lyrics.
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La Luna Nuova, for sure.
Although Via Lumiere is on point.
Levitating downwards,
atomic feedback scream.
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Originally posted by Mellotron Storm Mellotron Storm wrote:

Originally posted by miamiscot miamiscot wrote:

Love the album but that English song is pretty awful.

This was the very first non-english album I had ever heard, and I wasn't looking forward to it as a friend lent it to me. I thought I better spin it at least once but of course ended up falling for it hard. 

That song is solid, it's when they started doing entire albums in English the dropped several points for me, lol.

The first 3 PFM are all you need IMHO.

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One of my favourite RPI albums and that’s saying a bit because I love RPI to death. The first song gets me so hyped up so it’s got yo be that one. But Dolcissima Maria is so beautiful and almost makes me tear up and the other tracks are amazing prog songs, especially Via lumiere
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the title track is an absolute monster. Just listening at the moment on headphones!
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

the title track is an absolute monster. Just listening at the moment on headphones!

The guitar riff happening once the bass kicks in, with the vocals, is at least 20 years ahead of its time.

It reminds me of Cynic "Focus", which came out in 1993, lol.


Edited by Frenetic Zetetic - February 07 2021 at 03:19

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Originally posted by Frenetic Zetetic Frenetic Zetetic wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

the title track is an absolute monster. Just listening at the moment on headphones!

The guitar riff happening once the bass kicks in, with the vocals, is at least 20 years ahead of its time.

It reminds me of Cynic "Focus", which came out in 1993, lol.

Now on the last track and getting serious goose bumps from Via Lumiere. Possibly the best ending ever to an album. Sublime. 
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