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Poll Question: Which is your favourite album?
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    Posted: October 17 2024 at 21:47
It may be picky but Pawn Hearts is a 1971 release. PA has it as number 3 for that year but it is much more 'ordered' (focused) than other great releases of that year (Fragile, Tarkus and Nursery Cryme especially). It seems criminal that VDGG then went on hiatius at a time when prog was becoming big business (72-74). Perhaps they missed their chance?!

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Originally posted by Frets N Worries Frets N Worries wrote:

The first side of PH brings it down a bit.

I think that might be called a 'Hot Take' in PA common parlance... Wink
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PH obviously... it's as damn near as perfect as an album can be.
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Love In Camera, but still Pawn Hearts gets the vote from me.

Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Originally posted by Frets N Worries Frets N Worries wrote:

The first side of PH brings it down a bit.
Lemmings and Man-Erg brings Pawn Hearts down a bit


While "Man-Erg" was one of two tracks that I first heard of VdGG that I immediately loved and led to me exploring more, "Lemmings" took much longer to really appreciate. I started with tracks back in the bad old Napster days of the first half of the 2000s. As whole albums, due to "Lemmings", I found the previous two albums easier to get into on the whole, and have had The Least We Can Do... as my favourite (now it's more one of my favoured). "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" is what particularly makes that album so special for me. Some, like Micky (hope he is okay), have expressed that that suite brought the album down, or that the second half of it is weak. Obviously opinions vary. It was the second half of it in particular that blew my mind, and I love crescendos. It has been considerable time since I last listened to that album in full.

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Originally posted by Frets N Worries Frets N Worries wrote:

The first side of PH brings it down a bit.
Lemmings and Man-Erg brings Pawn Hearts down a bit
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going with Hammill on this one. The first side of PH brings it down a bit. Allowing In Camera to slightly overtake. 
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VDGG, Nic Potter.
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Pawn Hearts. Hammill's In Camera is my favorite of his albums. I haven't talked about Kaiser rolls in three hours.
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VDGG over Peter Hammill
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Probably the only time I'll ever vote for Peter Hammill. Tongue
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Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
Peter Hammill - In Camera
Nic Potter - Themes and Underscores 2
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Pawn Hearts obviously, but In Camera is great too.
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The last poll in the series. Confused


3 stars 1983: Guy Evans with Life of Riley & David Jackson - The Long Hello, Volume 4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8YN292KRP8
3 stars 1989: Nic Potter - Themes and Underscores 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcy5CtgIFVc
                 2005: Chris Judge Smith - The Full English
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