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Posted: December 05 2012 at 02:05
I quite like Providence which is unusual for me as I don't normally like anything improvised on a studio album. Good slow build up and is quite creepy to start with. Bruford might be one the few drummers who can play anything and make it coherent.Benefit of a jazz background perhaps?
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Posted: December 04 2012 at 11:59
Despite the cool title, I've never been a fan of "Rat Salad" off of Paranoid, except maybe that little guitar solo early on.
Don't care for drum solo tunes on studio albums in general. "Moby Dick" off Zeppelin II has a great riff, but man that drum solo just goes on and on, as impressive as it is. Better suited for live shows. Thing is, I find "The Lemon Song" to be just ok except for the fast part which I dig, so I can't really say Zep 2 would be perfect only without "Moby Dick". The opening for the song after that is kinda hokey too, until it starts rockin.
Edited by Prog Sothoth - December 04 2012 at 11:59
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Posted: December 04 2012 at 09:11
HolyMoly wrote:
Maybe one of the more famous examples (though I personally like it) is "Mother" by the Police, from one of the biggest selling albums of the 80s, Synchronicity. You've got a nice, albeit diverse, pop album and all of a sudden Andy Summers (who's not a singer) sings this discordant, strident paranoid freakout song. I like it just because it's so over the top unpleasant sounding in the context of the album, that I just love the thought of teenyboppers hearing it for the first time.
Imagine this song on the same album with "Every Breath You Take", "King of Pain", and "Wrapped Around Your Finger":
I see a few people have mentioned 'More Fool Me' - I actually quite like that one, but would agree it's far from a classic.
There aren't actually any Genesis tracks I truly loathe. Sure, there are a few later Collins era tunes that are pretty bland and fairly forgettable, but nothing that really makes me retch.........except......
Whodunnit!
Now that one really does suck!!!
It really does, but Abacab is too far from perfect even without that extreme stinker.
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Perfect.....but for that ONE stinker!
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Canterzeuhl wrote:
One of my favorites on it, actually. The closest to a "stinker" on the album (and it's still at least a 4+ star song) is Bring Me Coffee Or Tea. 
