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    Posted: June 10 2005 at 17:15

This week I bought the following albums:

Yes: Close To The Edge
Genesis: Selling England By The Pound
Gentle Giant: Octopus
Camel: Camel (Edit: I know this is not their best album, but it's all the shop had in store, and I kind of like debut albums)
Rush: 2112

Now, my question is: Can you recommend me one record of each of these artists, that shows them in a different phase than the album that I bought, but is equally good?

Edit: Forgot to mention that I don't have any other album of these artists - I'm more a 90s prog-metal guy.

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 10 2005 at 17:20

Yes - The Yes Album
Camel - Moonmadness
Genesis - Trespass
Rush - Permanent Waves

 

Don't really like GG

 

Although the line-up drastically changed, I consider Relayer to be the same phase as CTTE (long heavy symphonic pieces). But like the following suggestions it is almost as good as CTTE.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 10 2005 at 17:21

Wow. Well this will be very subjective but here are my picks. IMO of course but correct

  • Yes - Relayer
  • Genesis - Trick of the Tail
  • Gentle Giant - Not sure here. Maybe Free Hand.
  • Camel - The Snow Goose for sure
  • Rush - Either Moving Pictures or Signals. Try Moving Pictures first and if you like it, then get Signals next!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 10 2005 at 17:23
Yes - Relayer
Genesis - A Trick of the Tail
Gentle Giant - Interview
Camel - Moonmadness
Rush - Moving Pictures

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 10 2005 at 17:26

Yes - Going For The One

Genesis - Wind And Wuthering

Gentle Giant - hmmm difficult - Acquiring The Taste is just as good, but different phase?

Camel - Nude

Rush - Moving Pictures

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 10 2005 at 17:29

Camel - Mirage, Snow Goose, Moonmadness, Nude are all absolutely excellent and a major improvement on their (admittedly impressive) debut.

Yes - The Yes Album is (IMHO) even better than Close to the Edge

The others are the probably best albums by those bands

Welcome to 70s prog!

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 10 2005 at 17:48

Camel - "Harbour of Tears" is very different, yet very Camel!

I concur with the Yes album - or try "Time and A Word".

Rush - "Permanent Waves" definitely.

Genesis - "Duke" (I think this is a really good album, bar a couple of weak points). If you don't own Foxtrot, then get that too

GG - "Acquiring the Taste" - but it's not really a different phase as GG had different phases for every song, it would seem

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 11 2005 at 14:41

Camel-Raindances

Genesis-Trick of the tail

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 11 2005 at 21:02
Well...don't count out the 80s version of those bands either ... I know the Phil Collins era of Genesis isn't all that inspiring, but still not THAT bad.

Yes - Drama
Genesis - Invisible Touch (Land of Confusion is on here)
Rush - Power Windows

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 11 2005 at 22:03

yes- yes album, relayer

camel - sow goose, mirage

rush - a farewell to kings

genesis - foxtrot, seconds out.

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 11 2005 at 22:21
  • Yes   Relayer
  • Camel   A Nod And A Wink
  • Rush   A Farewell To KIngs
  • Genesis   Nursery Crime
  • Gentle Giant   Don't Know

 

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 12 2005 at 04:52

Originally posted by HeirToRuin HeirToRuin wrote:

Well...don't count out the 80s version of those bands either ... I know the Phil Collins era of Genesis isn't all that inspiring, but still not THAT bad.

Yes - Drama
Genesis - Invisible Touch (Land of Confusion is on here)
Rush - Power Windows

Thanks, but I'm not going for albums that are "not THAT bad". I know Land of Confusion and for my own personal taste it's just awful, can't find anything positive in it.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 14 2005 at 11:18

YES - YESSONGS

GENTLE GIANT - OCTOPUS

RUSH - HEMISPHERES

CAMEL - THE SNOW GOOSE

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 14 2005 at 11:36
Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Originally posted by HeirToRuin HeirToRuin wrote:

Well...don't count out the 80s version of those bands either ... I know the Phil Collins era of Genesis isn't all that inspiring, but still not THAT bad.

Yes - Drama
Genesis - Invisible Touch (Land of Confusion is on here)
Rush - Power Windows

Thanks, but I'm not going for albums that are "not THAT bad". I know Land of Confusion and for my own personal taste it's just awful, can't find anything positive in it.



Drama isn't that bad though.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 28 2005 at 05:06

Yes - Fragile

Gnesis - Foxtrot

Gentle Giant - Into a glass house

Camel - Mirage

Rush - Hemispheres (or maybe Rush in Rio - it has O bterista on the list )

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 28 2005 at 06:05
I would recommed only "Exit...Stage Left" by Rush from early 80's. Double album live, IMHO their best release.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 28 2005 at 06:47
Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

This week I bought the following albums:

Yes: Close To The Edge
Genesis: Selling England By The Pound
Gentle Giant: Octopus
Camel: Camel (Edit: I know this is not their best album, but it's all the shop had in store, and I kind of like debut albums)
Rush: 2112

Now, my question is: Can you recommend me one record of each of these artists, that shows them in a different phase than the album that I bought, but is equally good?

"Can you recommend me one record of each of these artists, that shows them in a different phase than the album that I bought, but is equally good?"

(This sentence was worth repeating before I'd make my suggestions. Though "equally good" is a controversial thing... How an album from a band's very different phase can be equally good? It can be good but in a different way! You know what I mean? )

Yes: Relayer  and/or Going For The One  and/or 90125

Genesis: Trick Of The Tail  and/or Genesis

Gentle Giant: Civilian

Camel: (Personally I don't like them, but if... then Nude  or Rajaz)

Rush: Moving Pictures  and/or Signals  and/or Power Windows 

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 28 2005 at 07:58

Yes: try Relayer, this is different to CTTE but just as good. If you want different Yes phases, go onto Drama, then the Rabin stuff.

Genesis: a different phase would be Trick of the Tail and Wind and Wuthering, as I went off them after that.

Gentle Giant: I'm only just getting into them, so can't comment yet.

Camel:  Snow Goose and Moonmadness are the only 2 I know.

Rush: Permanent Waves starts getting different. Rush changed after Moving Pictures as they went more into synths, so anything after that really.

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