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Poll Question: Fave Album?
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8 [13.33%]
2 [3.33%]
1 [1.67%]
11 [18.33%]
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1 [1.67%]
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    Posted: August 30 2009 at 20:23
Six Wives

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1. Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow
2. Rick Wakeman - Six Wives of King Henry VIII
3. Steve Howe - The Steve Howe Album
4. Chris Squire - Fish Out of Water
 
I will also agree with Dean about Alan White's Ramshackled.  Not a great album, but it contains a lot of good drumming and has a lot of soul and diversity of rhythms, and is worth looking into. Clap Good call, Dean.
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I'll go for The Six Wives of Henry VIII, but Fish Out of Water and The Steve Howe Album are also my favorite albums.
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Wakeman' Six Wives. Followed by Olias and then Criminal Record *wondering why it's not here; I find it better than The Myths and Journey.*
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I can't vote against Journey to the Centre of the Earth, but Steve Howe's Natural Timbre is pushing Olias for second place.
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I voted for Six Wives....
 
I was expecting this one to have a better showing!
 
I like a lot of the others as well....but this was pretty clear cut for me.
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Bruford's One of a Kind!  His Bruford project is wonderful, as is his output with Earthworks.  Definitely worth looking into!!!
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Originally posted by SaltyJon SaltyJon wrote:

I'm planning on checking out the Bruford solo stuff before long. 


Yes, you really should! I mean, I just llllllllove SIX WIVES, and much of WHITE ROCK, and parts of THE STORY OF I and KING ARTHUR and CRIMINAL RECORD and FISH OUTA WATER and even BEGINNINGS... but they all get B-L-O-W-N A-W-A-Y by BB's solo stuff. And while you're at it, check out BB's Earthworks as well. (Just go for the albums with the highest ratings on ProgArchives )
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Hurray! I'm the first who voted for FEELS GOOD TO ME, on Wednesday August 19, at 10.33 a.m. British time! (And I'm NOT ashamed, even though Bill himself prefers ONE OF A KIND.)
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Fish out of Water, no doubt about it. Olias of Sunhillow is second.
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Correction to the above -- A stranded on a desert island only get to choose 5 albums to listen to for  the duration of stay classic....
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OLIAS OF SUNHILLOW- Simply one of my favorite albums of all-time. A desert classic
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I still need to check out most of these, the only one I've heard all the way through is Six Wives.  I'm planning on checking out the Bruford solo stuff before long. 
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Patrick Moraz - Story of I.  Fantastic fusion record. 

From the "main members" my pick would be Fish Out of Water. a sometimes great album but only weighed down for being too Yes-like.
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Fish outa water by far. followed by one of a kind. Never liked six wives.
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Originally posted by LiquidEternity LiquidEternity wrote:

So Bruford's solo stuff is more like King Crimson than Yes? Hm. I might have to check that out.


It's more quality jazz-rock than either of those two, but yes you do have to check it out.  Wink
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I think that "Fish Out of Water" is a good album. "Silently Falling" is my favorite. I thought that it existed from Solo as one band though it was felt that the album of Bruford was also good.
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I like Steve Howe's Beginnings, then Criminal Record by Rick and Olias by Jon
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Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

I tend to be torn between Olias of Sunhillow and Fish Out of Water.


Same here, but then I remembered Song Of Seven - Not a great album overall, but the Title Track is easily my favourite song of all time, indebatably...

Olias is a close second - My favourite album of all time easily.



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Four stars:
  • Rick Wakeman - Six Wives Of Henry IIX
  • Rick Wakeman - The Myths And Legends Of King Arthur...
  • Rick Wakeman - No Earthly Connection (possibly his best ever in my opinion, underrated and highly recommended!)
  • Rick Wakeman - Out There
  • Steve Howe - The Grand Scheme Of Things (his best solo album and quite Yes- like in sound and feeling, recommended!)
Three (and a half) stars:
  • Jon Anderson - Olias Of Sunhillow
  • Chris Squire - Fish Out Of Water (very close to four stars but not quite there in my opinion)
+ some others by Jon, Steve, Rick, Trevor Rabin and Patrick Moraz
 
Two stars:
 
Bruford - One Of Kind (not bad, but never quite gripped me - very overrated if you ask me)
 
+ many more by Jon, Steve, Rick, Patrick Moraz, etc.
 
One star:
 
Alan White - Ramshackled
 
+ some other albums by Jon, Steve, Rick and Patrick Moraz
 
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