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Moogtron III 
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 Posted: September 06 2009 at 14:43 |
 The Buggles - Adventures In Modern Recording
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lucas
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Posted: September 06 2009 at 13:26 |
The last album of an artist who claimed being hugely influenced by Peter Gabriel but who sadly died in a helicopter accident in 1986.
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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Plankowner
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Posted: September 06 2009 at 11:55 |
 Sixes&Sevens wrote:
I'm going to stick a brand new album up here...
The new full-length from IMOGEN HEAP - Ellipse.
What a great piece of thoughtful, contemporary avant-pop music. |
I'll have to check this out.. loved "I Megaphone", but didn't care for the Frou Frou project much... Thanks!
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mystic fred
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Posted: September 06 2009 at 10:38 |
Such is the "flavour of the month" nature of pop, my choice is obvious, though for now i am still un-embarassed to extol the virtues of a certain cheeky  little female singer, believe it or not the album in question is really very good, or at least i will continue to think so until the new Sophie Ellis Bextor album comes out.. 
Edited by mystic fred - September 06 2009 at 10:40
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Dean
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Posted: September 06 2009 at 10:04 |
ExittheLemming wrote:
I have never had cause to undermine your unflinching sincerity up to know Dean, but yer 'avin a sly laff with f**ks Bizz right ? 
PS Did Pete Sinfield write the lyrics to Land of Make Believe ?
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If there's laffs to be had then they're on me
But no, I love good Pop and this is as good as it gets in my book; I also love fine production and Andy Hill did a superb job on all BF's songs; When We Were Young is a great 4 minute pop-prog epic; And yes, Sinfield wrote Land Of Make Believe, not that I'm a fan of his lyrics (especially after what he did to PFM on Photos Of Ghosts and The World Became The World).
...and I had a crush on Cheryl Baker in the 80s
Credibility? who needs it? 
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ExittheLemming
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Posted: September 06 2009 at 08:48 |
Dean wrote:
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I have never had cause to undermine your unflinching sincerity up to know Dean, but yer 'avin a sly laff with f**ks Bizz right ? PS Did Pete Sinfield write the lyrics to Land of Make Believe ?
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ExittheLemming
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Posted: September 06 2009 at 08:44 |
akamaisondufromage wrote:
ExittheLemming wrote:
Scoff at your peril hirsute plankton, this is a whale of a pop album:
Cricket cardies and plus fours do not a poxy band make.
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Nothing wrong with this! And at least it IS POP (Unlike Arcade Fire me thinks) so good pick!!
BUT tucking cricket jumpers into plus fours is DUBIOUS.  |
Your largesse is gracious sire, but it's a heinous crime punishable by a future spent going round the cabaret circuit. (The Musicians Hell) I dug this critter out today and gave it a spin and it's still a damn nifty pop record notwithstanding the creators couture atrocities. Who can fail to love a song called Lemon Fire Brigade for pity's sake ?
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refugee
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Posted: September 06 2009 at 07:35 |
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No love for ABBA yet? I must admit I used to like Arrival a lot … but today songs like When I Kissed the Tiger and I am the Teacher not only bore me, but downright annoy me. Though I still think No More Pee, No More Pooh is a good song.
Does Sting count? If so, my pick is The Dream of the Blue Turtles. It’s probably too close to prog, though.
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
(Peter Hammill)
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akamaisondufromage
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Posted: September 06 2009 at 06:18 |
ExittheLemming wrote:
Scoff at your peril hirsute plankton, this is a whale of a pop album:
Cricket cardies and plus fours do not a poxy band make.
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Nothing wrong with this! And at least it IS POP (Unlike Arcade Fire me thinks) so good pick!!
BUT tucking cricket jumpers into plus fours is DUBIOUS.
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Help me I'm falling!
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Dean
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Posted: September 06 2009 at 06:11 |
and,,,
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ExittheLemming
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Posted: September 06 2009 at 01:27 |
Scoff at your peril hirsute plankton, this is a whale of a pop album: Cricket cardies and plus fours do not a poxy band make.
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Teh_Slippermenz
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Posted: September 06 2009 at 00:08 |
I have a few favorite pop rock (key word: rock) albums, but one that immediately springs to mind is:  This isn't straight up pop, it's alternative rock, but it qualifies as a "pop album" because it was popular, dur...anyway, IMO, it's a masterpiece of alt rock. And it's one of the few albums where I've thoroughly enjoyed each track.
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Sixes&Sevens
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Posted: September 04 2009 at 03:57 |
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I'm going to stick a brand new album up here...
The new full-length from IMOGEN HEAP - Ellipse.
What a great piece of thoughtful, contemporary avant-pop music.
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A Torn Mind | Scottish Progressive Rock Band
www.atornmind.com
www.myspace.com/atornmindband
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stonebeard
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Posted: September 03 2009 at 20:11 |
Petrovsk Mizinski wrote:
Smashing Pumpkins stretches the definition of pop a bit too far I think Stoney. My sister was a huge fan, so I've heard most of their stuff countless numbers of times, always came across as alt rock more than anything.
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Pfft. Pop vs. rock. MEH. Not prog + popular music = pop to me.
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E-Dub
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Posted: September 03 2009 at 02:28 |
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Too many to mention, really. I do love Matchbox Twenty's Mad Season a lot.
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progkidjoel
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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Posted: September 03 2009 at 01:29 |
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Smashing Pumpkins stretches the definition of pop a bit too far I think Stoney. My sister was a huge fan, so I've heard most of their stuff countless numbers of times, always came across as alt rock more than anything.
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Dalezilla
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Posted: September 03 2009 at 01:14 |
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Medulla is definitely not pop as far as I'm concerned.
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Moatilliatta
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Posted: September 03 2009 at 01:04 |
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Well shoot, are we counting Bjork, The Flaming Lips, The Smashing Pumpkins and Arcade Fire as pop too? Add them to my list as well.
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stonebeard
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Posted: September 02 2009 at 20:03 |
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Probably Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (Smashing Pumpkins) or Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (the Flaming Lips). Possibly either of The Cranberries' first two albums.
Edited by stonebeard - September 02 2009 at 20:11
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