Magma - Merci ("Ooh, ooh baby")

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   My vote goes to 'The Night We Died'.  For some reason it really freaked me out, in that spooky, uncanny way that Magma has sometimes.   Or maybe that's just me...   The rest of the album... it's not as awful as I was expecting it to be.  But it didn't have any mad neurological effects.  The 'nocebo' of Magma albums, perhaps. 

Poll Question: What's your favourite track off this Magma low-point?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Call From The Dark (Ooh Ooh Baby) (7:20)	3	[13.64%]
Otis (5:20)	3	[13.64%]
Do The Music (4:25)	1	[4.55%]
Otis (Ending) (1:32)	0	[0.00%]
I Must Return (6:32)	1	[4.55%]
Elephas Levi (11:15)	13	[59.09%]
The Night We Died (3:40)	1	[4.55%]
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song_of_copper Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 20 2008 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 1065	Posted: June 18 2009 at 15:38
	My vote goes to 'The Night We Died'. For some reason it really freaked me out, in that spooky, uncanny way that Magma has sometimes. Or maybe that's just me... The rest of the album... it's not as awful as I was expecting it to be. But it didn't have any mad neurological effects. The 'nocebo' of Magma albums, perhaps.

Logan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum & Site Admin Group Site Admin Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Status: Offline Points: 35886	Posted: June 18 2009 at 15:57
	Nice choice, I very nearly went that way myself. I find it a really beautiful track, and quite perfect in its way, and was the one that initially made the album pretty good for me. I found "Elephas Levi" to go on too long, though it had great parts, but it quickly grew on me. I'm glad to see "The Night we Died" get a vote.
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Grimfurg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 19 2008 Location: Cairo Status: Offline Points: 265	Posted: June 29 2009 at 19:10
	I myself don't think that Merci is a bad album, it's a very solid album despite how different it is to other magma albums, but the soul is still there! My favorite is Elephas Levi, amazing track by Stundehr!


Queen By-Tor Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 13 2006 Location: Xanadu Status: Offline Points: 16111	Posted: June 29 2009 at 23:25
	Levi, a creepy pseudo-epic to put a nice spin on an otherwise insane album that should have been aborted

Logan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum & Site Admin Group Site Admin Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Status: Offline Points: 35886	Posted: June 30 2009 at 11:42
	I actually really like most of the tracks off Merci (even the first track I rather like, to be honest, and I'm glad it's there). I love Magma, and certainly would not place it as a favourite album, but it's different and refreshing. And playing "I Must Return" and "The Night We Died" back-to-back got the wife more interested in Magma (plus she likes the very good "Elephas Levi" -- which I voted for along with the majority). I really like how that, to me, beautiful theme repeats in both "I Must Return" and "The Night We Died" with different moods. After hearing it panned so much, I was surprised just how very much I like it for what it is. It is an essential part of my Magma collection, but then so is every Magma album I have ... and that's a lot of Magma. Okay, I do have a couple of lives that are too similar to each other.
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silvertree Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: December 31 2004 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 317	Posted: July 07 2009 at 13:00
	Well, I'm glad to see I'm not alone liking this album. Magma proves zeuhl is groovy !

Logan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum & Site Admin Group Site Admin Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Status: Offline Points: 35886	Posted: July 07 2009 at 15:03
	Magma is pretty funkin' good. It gets my groove-thing going.
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Bj-1 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 04 2005 Location: No(r)Way Status: Online Points: 31350	Posted: August 22 2009 at 08:58
	I think it's a good album, and I can't say I dislke any of the songs featured on it. Standouts are Otis and Elephas Levi, though Do The Music is another personal favorite of mine.
	RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!