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AtomicCrimsonRush 
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Posted: October 31 2013 at 05:41 |
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Aussie-Byrd-Brother
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Posted: October 31 2013 at 05:52 |
Sorry Scott, I'll have to sit this one out!
I only own `Actual Fantasy Revisited' (which I do quite enjoy, even if it's the very definition of `prog-by-numbers'), but some of the others above I've heard don't do a lot for me. Not enough to actually go and buy the things from the samples I heard.
Yet I absolutely loved Lucassen's solo album `Lost in the New Real', was one of my favourites from last year! I hope he gets around to a follow-up to it.
But I do have `The Theory of Everything' waiting in a pile to go with an order at Syn-Phonic, so I'll get to hear that at some point shortly. 
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: October 31 2013 at 05:58 |
Thats cool mate...
I hope you enjoy Theory of Everything - love the weirdness of that one
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Sagichim
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Posted: October 31 2013 at 05:58 |
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Still haven't heard the new one, but out of the others it's definitely Electric Castle. But my favorite remains the debut for some reason.
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: October 31 2013 at 05:59 |
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^^^ Yeah the debut is great. I purposefully missed out Human Equation as its too easy to choose being so popular.
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Aussie-Byrd-Brother
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Posted: October 31 2013 at 06:03 |
 AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:
Thats cool mate...I hope you enjoy Theory of Everything - love the weirdness of that one |
I'm actually looking forward to hearing it! I just figured I'd simply buy it right from the start and see how I go! Will report back somewhere on the Archives when I do get to hear it! 
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Evolver
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Posted: October 31 2013 at 06:14 |
Up until yesterday, I only owned 01011001, and it is just okay. But on one listen to The Theory of Everything, I love the album.
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Trust me. I know what I'm doing.
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octopus-4
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Posted: October 31 2013 at 07:56 |
I think that Human Equation and Actual Fantasy are both 5-stars albums, but I have never found too much interest in the other Ayreon's albums. I love other Lucassen's projects like Ambeon, Star One and Guilt Machine, but the rest of the Ayreon's output has left me cold.
I haven't listened carefully to Theory of Everything yet.
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I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: October 31 2013 at 08:27 |
Out of my, admittedly, brief encounters with Ayreon, it's the newest one that has clicked with me the most. I really dig the flutes and female vocals. It's still major cheese, but somehow it works.
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
- Douglas Adams
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Wanorak
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Posted: October 31 2013 at 10:00 |
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The Theory of Everything.
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A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!!
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PabstRibbon
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Posted: October 31 2013 at 17:12 |
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It's between 01 and Theory.. Both are 5 stars albums IMO. I have to think about it seriously but since Theory is new, I play it 2 times per day minimum so maybe my vote will go for it.
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proggman
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Posted: October 31 2013 at 21:33 |
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I can easily vote for all the albums here, but I am gonna vote for 01011001, just because it doesn't have any votes.
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When he rides, my fears subside.
For darkness turns once more to light.
Through the skies, his white horse flies.
To find a land beyond the night.
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Lofcaudio
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Posted: November 01 2013 at 14:57 |
Migrator 1 for me. Of course, Human Equation is easily the best Ayreon. I would rank them as follows:
- The Human Equation
- The Universal Migrator 1
- Into the Electric Castle
- 01011001
- The Theory of Everything
- The Universal Migrator 2
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Dellinger
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Posted: November 01 2013 at 22:45 |
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I'm a bit surprised "Universal Migrator 1" is winning here, I thought it wasn't so loved compared to the other albums (specially "The Human Equation"). I actually wasn't sure which I would vote for, because they are all nice but with some kind of weaker moments... though I was almost sure I wouldn't vote for Human Equation. However, I think I actually like Universal Migrator 1 best. Still, I first need to get the new album and give it a few spins to form an opinion about it. I hope it arrives to my city soon.
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Cristi
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Posted: October 05 2017 at 05:45 |
the electric castle out of these I rarely listen to Ayreon these days, but this album does it for me. One of the best from Ayreon.
Edited by Cristi - October 05 2017 at 05:45
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verslibre
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Posted: October 05 2017 at 09:56 |
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Into the Electric Castle was the last one I enjoyed from beginning to end.
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Dopeydoc
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Posted: October 07 2017 at 15:57 |
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Electric castle, then Human equation
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Man With Hat
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Posted: October 10 2017 at 14:32 |
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electric Castle
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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essexboyinwales
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Posted: October 18 2017 at 13:40 |
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The Theory Of Everything, just ahead of Into The Electric Castle, 01011001, Dream Sequencer, then Universal Migrator, but they're all top-notch! Human Equation would narrowly beat TTOE, not sure where The Source would sit yet, but it would not be pushing those at the very top.
Arjen is a genius - he's there with Mike Oldfield and Michael Holmes for me...
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ProfPanglos
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Posted: October 30 2017 at 16:32 |
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01011001 and Human Equation are the only 2 Ayreon albums I get into.
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