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Posted: April 07 2017 at 03:49
I have only a cassette tape which a friend gave me many years ago. I remember to have liked them but I don't have a tape reader anymore and honestly I don't remember enough.
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Posted: April 07 2017 at 04:52
Progosopher wrote:
It never hurts to listen yourself and make your own judgment.
I've listened to a few songs... if anyone had any albums to try or told me they weren't all that amazing, then it would've helped me figure out what to do next.
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Posted: April 07 2017 at 05:41
Fantastic band, a big favourite of mine. All of their albums are excellent, both musically and vocally. Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry are both incredibly good singers, especially if you are into low-pitched voices as I am. Check this song from their "Into the Labyrinth" album - one of my all-time favourite male vocal performances:
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Posted: April 07 2017 at 07:59
A friend of mine had a lot of their tapes and CDs, and he would play them like crazy. Not my cup of tea, but I found them quite inventive and certainly were very good musicians.
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Posted: April 07 2017 at 08:05
Great band. I was thinking of creating a poll for all their studio albums, but didn't have the time. You can do it yourself Michael, if you want, and we'll continue the discussion there.
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Posted: April 07 2017 at 09:48
Watchmaker wrote:
Great band. I was thinking of creating a poll for all their studio albums, but didn't have the time. You can do it yourself Michael, if you want, and we'll continue the discussion there.
I will go right ahead and do so! I've listened to about half of Anastasis, and I've really enjoyed it!
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Posted: April 07 2017 at 10:12
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Posted: April 07 2017 at 10:57
Raff wrote:
Fantastic band, a big favourite of mine. All of their albums are excellent, both musically and vocally. Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry are both incredibly good singers, especially if you are into low-pitched voices as I am. Check this song from their "Into the Labyrinth" album - one of my all-time favourite male vocal performances:
Hi Raff!
Great choice, probably the one I would have picked. That album and Aion are my favourites. Serpents Egg very good too. The first few are a bit too 1980s industrial for me, and Spiritchaser is a not very successful attempt at world prog IMO
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Posted: April 08 2017 at 16:10
kenethlevine wrote:
Raff wrote:
Fantastic band, a big favourite of mine. All of their albums are excellent, both musically and vocally. Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry are both incredibly good singers, especially if you are into low-pitched voices as I am. Check this song from their "Into the Labyrinth" album - one of my all-time favourite male vocal performances:
Hi Raff!
Great choice, probably the one I would have picked. That album and Aion are my favourites. Serpents Egg very good too. The first few are a bit too 1980s industrial for me, and Spiritchaser is a not very successful attempt at world prog IMO
oh really? I can't wait to hear those that are successful then. I bow to those with superior subject knowledge and thus I don't know if it was successful attempt or a genuine clusterf**k b*****dization of world prog... but one thing I do know. I simply love the album haha
Sadly though I appear to be the only forumite that does No worries though.. I'm used to being odd man out around here.
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Posted: April 08 2017 at 16:53
Micky - I only had really heard Aion up until 5 years ago when I listed to all of them in succession over a couple of weeks and found them to be steadily improving right up to Into the Labyrinth which I thought was their pinnacle. Spiritchaser seemed like the wrong move. Maybe I'll give it another chance...or maybe I'll put on a Loreena McKennitt album instead.
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Posted: April 08 2017 at 17:22
as noted above by the Queen of Prog herself... Raff is a huge fan and tried for years to get me into them. Spiritchaser was the one that finally clicked and sealed the deal. Do give it another listen... I've come to like the other albums but Spiritchaser itches the DCD very erotically.. and without having to pay for dinner or engage in small talk
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Progosopher wrote:
I can't wait to hear those that are successful then. I bow to those with superior subject knowledge and thus I don't know if it was successful attempt or a genuine clusterf**k b*****dization of world prog... but one thing I do know. I simply love the album haha
