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    Posted: September 05 2004 at 15:02

War of the Worlds

 

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Points: 15585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 05 2004 at 15:55

Can't add much to that Petra, a wonderful album. I also love Phil Lynott's part with Julie Covington, but Justin Hayward's contribution is supreme. The album should be included in the "Various artists" section of the archives.

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Points: 19557 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 05 2004 at 19:47

Really great album, Jeff Wayne managed to blend two opposite genres from the late 70's, Prog' and Disco music, but he did it so well that even a Disco hater like me can love and appreciate the album.

Agree with Easy Living about the shortened ve

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Points: 29317 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 06 2004 at 02:44
The whole album is a bit of a musical 'fudge' to me.Not really that satisfying overall,good in places but ultimately I can live without it. 
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Points: 16130 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 06 2004 at 04:18

It was probably the first encounter I had with prog in any shape or form. My friend played it to me in 1978, and I loved it. I have a vinyl copy complete with the picture book, although its rather tatty now. I will no doubt get round to buying it in on

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Points: 15585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 06 2004 at 15:15
It's now been added to the archives.Clap
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Points: 663 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 06 2004 at 16:28

So it has!!  

Hmm ..I'm curious about Spartacus now, I've not heard that. 
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Points: 830 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2004 at 16:30
I have the computer game based on this album's veiw of war of the worlds...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuxaD8NzaY
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Points: 3013 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2004 at 01:34
I'm curious now.  I'll have to put this on my list of albums to check out...
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Points: 2779 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 21 2004 at 11:36

I agree that it's a fine album. However, I bought the box set back in 1980 and it contains a terrible, terrible, twelve inch disco re-mix of the main theme.

If you find a copy if the disco re-mix, it should only be used as a last

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Points: 5187 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2004 at 19:04

Just to add my own brand of negativety to this thread.Thumbs Down




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Oh Reed Loverà.It will only be in your dreams that a retraction will have appeared.
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Points: 29317 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2004 at 03:18

Posting when you are overly tired is not a good thing.Reed Lover will be suitably embarrassed when he wakes up the next morning (I'm talking from personal experience here).

BTW I did give a negative 

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Points: 5187 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2004 at 07:32

Here I am and I stand by what I said!



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Points: 9669 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2004 at 09:17

^ (Obviously didn't get any last night, got up too early, on the wrong side of the bed, and hasn't had his coffee yet....)

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Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
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Points: 3013 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2004 at 14:15
Heh, I'm afraid I'm actually going to have to agree with Reed Lover.  Let's just say I refuse to ever rate an album with a great deal of narraration any higher than a 2.  I'd actually compare it to Wakeman's Journey to the Center of the Earth in
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Points: 29317 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2004 at 17:51

[QUOTE=Useful_Idiot]Heh, I'm afraid I'm actually going to have to agree with Reed Lover.  Let's just say I refuse to ever rate an album with a great deal of narraration any higher than a 2.  I'd actually compare it to Wakeman's Journey to the

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