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    Posted: January 10 2008 at 16:26
PHISH doesn't seem to get much attention on PA due to their label as a "jam band". Though this is a more appropriate title for them, they are very progressive and have lots of complex elements of songwriting and style. Their sound is best heard in a live setting, but their studio efforts are still amazing.

So which studio album is your favorite?
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Farmhouse.  I like something about that album a little bit more that the others. Not really sure why. 
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i agree. phish is great, and severely underrated on this site. my favorite studio album would have to be junta or lawn boy.
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I haven't heard enough of them to vote, but I did enjoy Lawn Boy very much.
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Junta is my fave, but i have only heard junta, billy breathes and the story of the ghost
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An excellent band with many great albums to their name making it a difficult choice.....perhaps Rift.
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I ran across a recent interview with/story about Page McConnell which I though people might find of interest.  Please see the link below.
 
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1. Picture of Nectar
2. Junta
3. Farmhouse
4. Billy Breathes

I don't like most of everything else.
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tough pick, really. it was a tie between Junta and Rift for me.
 
Don't get me wrong, A Picture Of Nectar has a great feel to it, it reminds me of summer. Lots of jazz and crazy avant-funk. Then there's Lawn Boy, which has (maybe) the best song they ever wrote in the form of Reba. It's also got more avant-funk and great jams, very silly feel to a lot of the music. And then of course is Story of the Ghost, the funkiest album by the band, and also includes the very progressive Guyute.
 
But Junta and Rift beat these albums. However, i had to go with Junta, because it has a million serious songs, one better than the next. The most progressive album, besides Rift, which is the second most progressive album by the band IMO. It is more or less a concept album, in a strange weird way. A lot more serious songs there definitly.
 
So for me it's
 
1. Junta
2. Rift
3. A Picture of Nectar
4. Lawn Boy
5. Farmhouse
6. The Story of the Ghost
 
The rest of the albums are great, but all the songs on those albums are better live (pretty much all their material is anyway) come to think of it i havent listened to a studio album in a looong time.
 
For some official live albums i'd go with
 
1. Live Phish Vol. 11
2. New Years Eve '95
3. Live Phish Vol. 10
4. Colorado '88
5. Live Phish 14
6. Live Phish 15
7. Live Phish 18
 


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I only discovered Phish last year, but they're (in my opinion) an astonishingly talented band; current favorite studio album (as opposed to their 30+ live albums...) definitely 'Rift'

In particular, the track 'Maze' takes it to a rating on its own

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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 17 2008 at 12:42
Slightly off topic, given this is a studio album poll, but:

Originally posted by darkshade darkshade wrote:

For some official live albums i'd go with

1. Live Phish Vol. 11
2. New Years Eve '95
3. Live Phish Vol. 10
4. Colorado '88
5. Live Phish 14
6. Live Phish 15
7. Live Phish 18


Thanks for the recommendations - so far I've only got 'A Live One', and that only a couple of weeks ago: currently sitting in the car's CD player to blow me away on my way to & from work

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Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Slightly off topic, given this is a studio album poll, but:

Originally posted by darkshade darkshade wrote:

For some official live?albums i'd go with

1. Live Phish Vol. 11
2. New Years Eve '95
3. Live Phish Vol. 10
4. Colorado '88
5. Live Phish 14
6. Live Phish 15
7. Live Phish 18


Thanks for the recommendations - so far I've only got 'A Live One', and that only a couple of weeks ago: currently sitting in the car's CD player to blow me away on my way to & from work
 
A Live One is really good too. i forgot about that one. Also Vegas 96, which just came out recently along with Colorado 88, is really good too.
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Points: 10964 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 17 2008 at 15:21
oh, and why IS Phish so under-appreciated on this site. and why are they in the prog related section and not a prog section. maybe eclectic prog? If Umphrey's McGee is under jazz-rock/fusion, then Phish should DEFINITLY be there or eclectic prog. Umphrey's wouldnt exist without Phish (and other bands)
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I've only heard 5 of these but I gotta go with nectar
Trey's guitar tone on the album sounds oh so smooth and it has a stellar tracklist (a fine mix of regulation normal songs and songs that they could jam on forever)
 
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Phish are as we all know best on stage. Every fan of Phish should hear New Year's Eve 1995 (Live At Madison Square Garden) it is pure perfection one of my fav live albums!
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i have a sweet spot for A Picture of Nectar. it was the first album i heard by the band. i had only heard the studio "You enjoy Myself" previously. The tone and feel of the album is sooo good, it's hard to explain. there's a warmth to it and has a jazzy upbeat thing going.
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Aright... I'll bite... I'll dial up  Phish up on Napster later on tonight  and give a listen to Junta.
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Picture of Nectar and Junta.
 
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Points: 10964 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 27 2008 at 13:13
Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Aright... I'll bite... I'll dial up  Phish up on Napster later on tonight  and give a listen to Junta.


track 3 might scare you off, even i skip it a lot, only cause im not big on the carnival sounds, but the rest of the album is fire. if you like Junta, you should just get their albums in sequential order, with Lawn Boy next, followed by APON, then Rift.

but it is all about Live Phish
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If yer going to skip anything on Junta, let it be Union Federal. Yeesh. I like Ester. It's not the best, but it picks up steam as it goes along.
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