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Points: 7606 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 03 2008 at 12:29
I thought the album was horribly shrill and relied on uncompulsive and stilted rawk riffs, which I hate ;P
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Points: 16715 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 03 2008 at 11:05
No, it is not the most original album of the decade. Not even close.

However, I do think that is significantly better than Amputechture, though. TMV are one of the few bands that I like more when they are poppy.
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Bedlam, taken one song at a time is not bad at all, however the whole album gets same-y and boring. A whole hour of noise and weird vocals/time sig changes gets repetitive. (FACT)
 
And just to add, I find that most of the songs are uninspired. (OPINION)
 
Favorite track is Tournoquet Man, so I guess you can get your opinion from that, given that most everyone hates that song.
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Points: 46301 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 03 2008 at 07:41
To me personally it's clearer by the day, if we're talking a new Porcupine Tree, you can already say it will be the year's best prog album, if Mars Volta come with something new, it will be a hate/love situation (kinda like Riverside, Kayo Dot and other stars' case, from what I can observe). I mostly think that's the case with Bedlam In Goliath, except a few exaggerate/extreme views, the negative ones saying it's uninteligible and the lyrics are B.B. (Before Babel) (which is completely wrong), while the positive ones say it's the best music that ever rocked their world (which is again wrong, there are flaws to it at least).

As far as I'm concerned, I'm a great MV fan up to the debut album and half of Frances (Cassandra Gemini can simply give me brain freeze 4 out of 10 listens, that's all), Amputechture however is dull. Given the chronological order of full albums, for me Bedlam In Goliath is, in one word: great!!


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Points: 20032 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 03 2008 at 07:34
It could be something to do with the fact that it also has the lowest number of ratings, which may affect the algorithm.
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Points: 3083 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 03 2008 at 02:26
Originally posted by ProgBagel ProgBagel wrote:

With every album they stray farther away from the debut album. Sadly, people don't want that.
 
And they get less and less accessible. I thought it was a fantastic album, with only a couple of weak spots in the middle. Oh well.
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Points: 2614 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 03 2008 at 02:20
I thought it was quite good. Although I'm a fan of all their albums. DO NOT agree with the "most original album of the decade" statement.
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Points: 2819 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 03 2008 at 01:26
With every album they stray farther away from the debut album. Sadly, people don't want that.
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Points: 25210 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 03 2008 at 00:45
There is topic similar to this, it would be good to look it up.

I too felt TBIG was amazing, with only a few flaws perhaps, but otherwise good enough for 5 stars IMO.
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Points: 1263 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 03 2008 at 00:44
I don't understand that either. It's my personal favorite of their albums. For more of what I think on it, you could just read this.

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Points: 247 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 02 2008 at 23:44
I was completely astounded to see Bedlam as the lowest rated Volta album. Maybe I am missing something, because this album incorporates everything that is prog to me. Complex songs, astounding instrumentation, bizzarre and off beat time signatures. It is one of the most original albums of the decade. I am just confused on this one.
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