The Tangent Appreciation thread

rushfan4 wrote:   I love The Music That Died Alone.  That album is about as perfect an album as I have ever heard.  One of the handful of albums that I have rated with a 10 out of 10 on progfreak.

Love this band.  My favorite of theirs is easily A Place In The Queue, but all the albums have good music.

The Music That Died Alone was one that I thought was fantastic on my first couple listens, but then became less enjoyable over time.  It reveals all it's secrets the first time through, I guess is how I would describe it.  Still, it is a good album, and on the rare occasions I pull it out, I do enjoy it quite a bit.

But I actually think the band has gotten better and better since the Flower Kings guys left.  COMM is outstanding, but takes some time to reveal it's greatness.  Same with the previous album (though COMM is better, I think).

Hey guys, I have a couple of questions.

How are the bonus tracks for Down and Out In Paris and London?

I ask because my copy doesn't have the bonus tracks, but I heard they are good. When I bought the album, I didn't know there was a special edition.

However, when I bought The World That We Drive Through, I hated the bonus track it came with so much, that I deleted it off my iTunes/iPod.(which I never really do).

Now I recently purchased A Place In The Queue, and with it came a bonus disc, so I was hesitant to listen to it at first. However, I went through it last night, and it was really good, like it wasn't even a bonus disc at all, but a 2nd disc to the album. This prompted me to see what other albums had bonus tracks, and that brought me back to find that DAOIPAL has 2 bonus tracks.

So how are they? I'll gladly re-buy the album with bonus tracks (I paid 3 bucks for the first copy I bought, as it was a used copy, but in perfect condition) and give my old copy to my brother. Maybe he'll get into them.

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My other question is, how does everyone feel about the supposed new album from The Tangent, which is apparently inspired by Stravinsky?

My version doesn't have the bonus tracks and since I am not a big fan of classical music and not familiar with Stravinsky, I don't really have an opinion there.

I listened to COMM again this morning and it was a very enjoyable listen.  I had to leave for work, but ended up leaving about 10 minutes later so that I could finish the album. 

There is only one bonus track on Down and Out, as far as I can tell.  I've never heard it.  I love the bonus on World That We Drive Through.  I'd say I actually like it more than the rest of the album (well, if not for the title track and the Winning Game).  I also love the bonus CD on Queue, great stuff on that one.

As to bonus tracks in general, they can be a mixed bag.  I find with most FK related stuff, they are usually well worth it, though the last TA album, there was only really one song worth having.

I agree COMM is a top 3 Tangent album, easily. 

A Place in the Queue is a modern masterpiece.

I listened to In Earnest before, Wow. Ive listened to A Place In The Queue the least because it was the last Tangent album I got, so I feel like I haven't gotten familiar enough with it; having finished the aforementioned epic, it just blew me away. Such an emotional song, with many dramatic shifts in mood. Up there with the best Flower Kings and Transatlantic epics for sure, but more experimental and jazzy.

By the way, I read a recent interview with Roine Stolt, and he was asked about The Tangent, he said he couldn't reveal much news, but he said something like "never say never". He said a similar thing about TFK last year, and then here we are, awaiting a new Flower Kings album.

rushfan4 wrote: I love In Earnest.  It tells such an excellent story and it so reminds me of talking to my friend's father (RIP) about his days in World War II.

It's funny I decided to throw A Place In The Queue on today, Memorial Day, being the 2 epics are about war veterans, which I wasn't even thinking about when I was choosing an album.

I'm 3 albums behind with Beardfish!  Perhaps I should get caught up?  Or maybe get the new one and then go back and pick up the other two?

Anyway, just listened to COMM again recently, what a great album.  Still hasn't pushed Queue out of my number one spot (which I also just recently listened to again), but it is close.