Whats Your Unconventional Favorite Album

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   King Crimson - Thrak  Unliked by many, but it's one of my favorites from them.
10cc - 10cc 
The Residents - Coochie Brake
A Perfect Circle - emotive
Frank Zappa - Civilization Phase III
Art Zoyd - Nosferatu
Ambrosia - Ambrosia
Asia - Alpha
ELP - both Works volumes
Pink Floyd - Ummagumma

Edited by TCat - June 18 2019 at 12:08

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	King Crimson - Thrak Unliked by many, but it's one of my favorites from them. 10cc - 10cc The Residents - Coochie Brake A Perfect Circle - emotive Frank Zappa - Civilization Phase III Art Zoyd - Nosferatu Ambrosia - Ambrosia Asia - Alpha ELP - both Works volumes Pink Floyd - Ummagumma Edited by TCat - June 18 2019 at 12:08


LakeGlade12 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 29 2013 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 179	Post Options Post Reply Quote LakeGlade12 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 18 2019 at 08:39
	King Crimson-Lizard Alcest-Les Voyages De L'Âme Anathama-Distant Satelites (joint favourite with We're Here Because We're Here) Devin Townsend-Deconstruction (although the new album Empath is giving it a run for its money) I can't think of anything else off the top of my head. I seem to usually prefer the highest rated or one of the higher rated albums from most artists. I will edit my list if I think of anything else...

AFlowerKingCrimson Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 02 2016 Location: Philly burbs Status: Offline Points: 18550	Post Options Post Reply Quote AFlowerKingCrimson Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 18 2019 at 08:23
	Genesis - and then there were three ELP-first album Porcupine Tree- Lightbulb Sun (most say either Deadwing or In Absentia) Pink Floyd- Atom Heart Mother The Moody Blues- long distance voyager(not sure it's my very favorite but I like it better than EGBDF and SS)

Argo2112 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 20 2017 Location: New Jersey Status: Offline Points: 4462	Post Options Post Reply Quote Argo2112 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 18 2019 at 08:11
	Kind of a tricky question. By most peoples standards King Crimson or Zappa would be considered unconventional, but here they are mainstream ( Like the Beatles or Stones) I guess it depends on your definition of unconventional is. Edited by Argo2112 - June 18 2019 at 08:15

The Anders Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 02 2019 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 3535	Post Options Post Reply Quote The Anders Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 18 2019 at 07:47
	That's a really good question, because it depends on the concept most people have of a certain band - which is not always easy to tell. I might start with Pink Floyd's The Wall. The main reason: it is more of a Roger Waters than a Pink Floyd project, and as such it doesn't really fit into the "classic" conception of Pink Floyd based on more collective and proggy albums like Atom Heart Mother, Meddle, Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here (on the other hand there is also the early pychedelic stuff which is a different story). Nevertheless I think The Wall is a really good album with some of their best songs (f.e. "Comfortably Numb"). From the point of view of more traditional rock music the music is probably more conventional that their previous work, whereas from a Pink Floyd point of view it is unconventional. I would however not regard it as one of their best albums overall. Despite some of the great songs, not all tracks are equally strong ("The Show Must Go On" is a mediocre filler for instance), and it is clearly not one of their most cohesive works. Edited by The Anders - June 18 2019 at 08:08

Saperlipopette! Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 20 2010 Location: Tomorrowland Status: Offline Points: 12104	Post Options Post Reply Quote Saperlipopette! Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 18 2019 at 02:40
	ELO - Time Residents - Mark of the Mole Magma - Kobaïa (maybe not unconventional enough) Miles Davis - Big Fun

Dellinger Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: June 18 2009 Location: Mexico Status: Offline Points: 12775	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dellinger Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 17 2019 at 21:22
	From Pink Floyd one of my favourites (though not my very favourite) is The Division Bell. From Gentle Giant, my two favourites are the debut and Acquiring the Taste, from Rick Wakeman my very favourite is the Arthur one (not sure how unconventional it is supposed to be, it should be considered among his best, I guess, but many people seem to dismiss it, or even frown upon it), also, among my favourites from him is Out There. From Steven Wilson / Porcupine Tree my favourites are Coma Divine and The Raven that refused to sing (yeah, I know, both of them are rather loved, but I don't think many rate them over the more conventional Porcupine Tree studio albums). And from Nightwish my very favourite is Imaginaerum.

dougmcauliffe Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: February 23 2019 Location: US Status: Offline Points: 3895	Post Options Post Reply Quote dougmcauliffe Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 17 2019 at 20:43
	What I mean by this is, whats your unconventional favorite album from a given artist that generally may not be regarded to as their best or maybe low-mid tier. For example you may say Drama is your favorite yes album. So ill start, I know its one of their highest rated, but people rarely say its their favorite from the band: Rajaz by Camel