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Points: 1195 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 10 2014 at 05:13
^Agreed on Voivod.

The fact that Gorguts "The Erosion of Sanity" only has 3.45 (which I guess isn't too bad overall when compared with Obscura); that album is transcendental for 1993 IMHO, and Nocturnus "Thresholds" has always been underrated relative to the debut.

Great thread!
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Points: 5898 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 10 2014 at 04:18
My vote goes to Voivod's first two LPs, War and Pain and Rrröööaaarrr. They might not be as technically accomplished or complex in songwriting as what the band would do afterwards, true, but I still think they're extremely inventive in terms of instrumental interplay and how the riffs are constructed. The entire sound is very off-kilter which helps a lot in creating that weird futuristic aesthetic that set Voivod apart from most other 1980s metal groups.
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Points: 12794 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 10 2014 at 03:50
I'm with you on Morningrise. It might be my favorite of theirs.
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Points: 557 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 10 2014 at 01:38
Originally posted by ProgSword ProgSword wrote:

What albums do you really enjoy that are rated poorly on Progarchives (think below 3.8)

Below 3.8 out of 5, poor? Interesting.
 
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Points: 15926 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 10 2014 at 01:35
I am a fond believer in the 2 'Prog Collective' albums masterminded by bassist Billy Sherwood. I don't get what's all the dislike of these projects......
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Note: Sorry for purposefully misspelling "you". I consider myself a grammar Nazi, but I really wanted to fit the whole topic title. :)

What albums do you really enjoy that are rated poorly on Progarchives (think below 3.8), as well as the ones you don't really see anything special about that happened to be rated highly. And I'm not talking "oh, I don't see what was so wrong/good with that" for the former. I'm referring more towards, "oh my goodness, what were they THINKING on PA??" Naturally, this can go both ways.

I'll throw out some personal examples.

Dream Theater:
Love - Falling Into Infinity. Still can't believe the hate for this album. DT created a solid prog rock album, and it was skewered for not being metal.
Dislike - Six Degrees. BORING. The second disc is fantastic though (which is pretty much the opposite of what most people think).

Yes:
Love - Drama. Up there with Relayer, Going for the One, and Fragile IMO.
Dislike - Tales from Topographic Oceans. Really? Almost a 3.9? I've never felt like this album was anything special, and it's universally condemned all but here it seems.

Opeth:
Love - Morningrise. Very exciting album. Tons of bone-crushing riffs and very proggy song structure.
Dislike - Heritage. I hate to use the term "prog by numbers", but this is what comes to mind when I see that phrase. Folklore is one of their best songs though.

Return to Forever:
Love - No Mystery. Maybe it's because the funky side of jazz fusion isn't well-accepted here, but I can't tell you how many times I've given this a spun. It's an addictive album.
Dislike - Romantic Warrior. I actually don't dislike this album, but of the first six RTF albums, this is the only one I feel lukewarm about. I think most people on PA like it so much because it's the closest thing they did to Prog, but I prefer the looser structure of their jazzier albums.

So feel free to share (or provide backlash haha), and don't be afraid to go and "deviate from the norm" as Neil Peart would say lol.
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