Tormato vs. Then There Were Three - Progressive Rock Music Forum

I like both albums a lot, but And Then There Were Three is one of my top favourite albums, and Tormato is very good, but not in my album top 25.

Guess what I voted?

I like Tormato, so shoot me! Every person in the world can't think the same.

Read my signature. "Future Times/Rejoice" are my favorite Yes songs ever, for personal reasons. I want to believe that the future will be better and brighter some day, and these song let me enjoy in advance. "Don't kill the whale" has rythm and power, and the encore has always fascinated me. If you think this is a disco song, probably you've never heard Tavares, Gloria Gaynor or the Bee Gees. "Onward" has been chosen countless times as a wedding song for so many couples I've contacted through the web that it can only be justified for the sheer beauty of the melody, lyrics and arrangements. "Release release" is pure prog fun, and if you think it's a punk song, you should listen to the Sex Pistols and The Ramones and then come back to Release-Release. There is absolutely nothing in common. Technically it's complex and challenging, fast and happy. I wouldn't change a single note played by Wakeman in the whole album. You don't like "Circus of Heaven"? skip it! It's a "song for children", just like the books of Antoine de Saint-Exupery or Lewis Carrol. you won't find anything there if you're unable to remember your chilhood. "Arriving UFO" is funny and interesting for readers of Isaac Asimov or Stanislaw Lem. "Madrigal" is tender and sweet, and "In the silent Wings of Freedom", well......what else can be said about it? A great song, with such a sense of liberty, improvization, like when you go for a walk just for the sake of looking around, or when you are really enjoying a good conversation in which you change topics because it's not the topic what matters, but the pleasure of talking....like lacking direction,......until everything wraps up into the last few minutes of the song to an amazing conclusion. I love it!

"And Then There Were 3" was the first album that I heard from Genesis, and it's one of my favorite, my 4th really, after "The Lamb", "Selling England" and "Trick". Not very close to Tormato.

I like Tormato, so shoot me! Every person in the world can't think the same.

Huge fan of both groups but consider both albums as low points in their catalogues.

"Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain

Poll Question: Which album of 1978 do you like better?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Yes - Tormato	14	[40.00%]
Genesis - ... And Then There Were Three	17	[48.57%]
they’re both great	3	[8.57%]
they both suck	1	[2.86%]
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Moogtron III Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: April 26 2005 Location: Belgium Status: Offline Points: 10616	Posted: February 14 2006 at 07:24
	I like both albums a lot, but And Then There Were Three is one of my top favourite albums, and Tormato is very good, but not in my album top 25.

Zac M Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 03 2005 Status: Offline Points: 3577	Posted: February 14 2006 at 15:12
	At least ...And Then There Were Three... is consistent and not half-bad. Tormato could have been good, but wasn't executed as well as it could have been, thus making it a mess IMO.
	"Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty

Tormato Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 24 2005 Location: Mexico Status: Offline Points: 171	Posted: February 14 2006 at 15:22
	Guess what I voted?
	I like Tormato, so shoot me! Every person in the world can't think the same.

riverking Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: February 09 2006 Status: Offline Points: 56	Posted: February 14 2006 at 15:29
	without a doubt the last great genesis album.... Sold out after this..

Tormato Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 24 2005 Location: Mexico Status: Offline Points: 171	Posted: February 14 2006 at 15:49
	Read my signature. "Future Times/Rejoice" are my favorite Yes songs ever, for personal reasons. I want to believe that the future will be better and brighter some day, and these song let me enjoy in advance. "Don't kill the whale" has rythm and power, and the encore has always fascinated me. If you think this is a disco song, probably you've never heard Tavares, Gloria Gaynor or the Bee Gees. "Onward" has been chosen countless times as a wedding song for so many couples I've contacted through the web that it can only be justified for the sheer beauty of the melody, lyrics and arrangements. "Release release" is pure prog fun, and if you think it's a punk song, you should listen to the Sex Pistols and The Ramones and then come back to Release-Release. There is absolutely nothing in common. Technically it's complex and challenging, fast and happy. I wouldn't change a single note played by Wakeman in the whole album. You don't like "Circus of Heaven"? skip it! It's a "song for children", just like the books of Antoine de Saint-Exupery or Lewis Carrol. you won't find anything there if you're unable to remember your chilhood. "Arriving UFO" is funny and interesting for readers of Isaac Asimov or Stanislaw Lem. "Madrigal" is tender and sweet, and "In the silent Wings of Freedom", well......what else can be said about it? A great song, with such a sense of liberty, improvization, like when you go for a walk just for the sake of looking around, or when you are really enjoying a good conversation in which you change topics because it's not the topic what matters, but the pleasure of talking....like lacking direction,......until everything wraps up into the last few minutes of the song to an amazing conclusion. I love it! "And Then There Were 3" was the first album that I heard from Genesis, and it's one of my favorite, my 4th really, after "The Lamb", "Selling England" and "Trick". Not very close to Tormato.
	I like Tormato, so shoot me! Every person in the world can't think the same.

daz2112 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 18 2006 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 4483	Posted: February 17 2006 at 12:31
	..And Then There Were Three
	In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole

Chicapah Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: February 14 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 8238	Posted: February 17 2006 at 12:46
	Huge fan of both groups but consider both albums as low points in their catalogues.
	"Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain