10 Bands I'm Not Into

Edited by jude111 - May 10 2016 at 19:53

Marillion (Fish-era primarily), followed by Änglagård and Harmonium.

Renaissance for me....amazing vocals and instrumental talent.  RIP John Tout.

Edited by cstack3 - May 11 2016 at 23:22

Very hard poll for me. I like some of them equal but I like to vote :

Renaissance. If you never listened to a full album, please check out 'live at Carnegie Hall'!
And also Marillion (Fish-era).

Formentera Lady wrote: Renaissance. If you never listened to a full album, please check out 'live at Carnegie Hall'! And also Marillion (Fish-era).

Yeah, that's the album I started with Renaissance, and it's wonderful. I now have that one, plus Ashes are Burning, Turn of the Cards, and Scheherazade. I love them all, but still my favourite songs on my favourite versions come from Carnegie Hall. I'm still wonderig about getting the next 3 albums... for what I have heard, they don't seem to reach the same brilliance they achieved with the ones I already have.

rogerthat wrote: Dellinger wrote: Formentera Lady wrote: Renaissance. If you never listened to a full album, please check out 'live at Carnegie Hall'! And also Marillion (Fish-era). Yeah, that's the album I started with Renaissance, and it's wonderful. I now have that one, plus Ashes are Burning, Turn of the Cards, and Scheherazade. I love them all, but still my favourite songs on my favourite versions come from Carnegie Hall. I'm still wonderig about getting the next 3 albums... for what I have heard, they don't seem to reach the same brilliance they achieved with the ones I already have.   I see Novella as an extension of the Scheherazade approach but with both more focus and emotional resonance. The most emotional part of Sch is a pop-folk ballad, enough said. Song for all Seasons kept the orchestra but added more rhythm, more infectiousness, not a bad thing at all.   While I do like both Novella and SFAS more than Sch, I think the gap between these three albums isn't much and likewise with Ashes are burning (though that's a different style). Turn of the Cards is the weakest of the bunch. I reckon that is because it was a transition album where they were moving to the archetypal Renaissance sound but would execute it better on subsequent albums. Cards is kinda patchy and even the highs, barring Things I don't understand, don't approach the highs of the other albums.

Edited by kenethlevine - May 16 2016 at 12:24

kenethlevine wrote: Rogerthat and I have had many enjoyable discussions on this subject.  You can also check out our reviews on ASFAS (as well as that of my progfolk peer clemofnazareth).  To me ASFAS is a sparkling album that has the band showing more life than in any other studio release, but there are a few poppier numbers but also a couple of superb epics that work on multiple levels.  Novella is more low energy and serious but very beautiful.  As a fan already, you will hopefully be inclined to give these a chance and not write them off after one or two listens.  I say go for it and let us know what you think, perhaps in the Renaissance zone. Unlike rogerthat, I think "Turn of the Cards" is one of their 3 best.  (Turn, Ashes and ASFAS). I really don't like Azure D'Or.  They dropped the orchestra and doubled and tripled up on synthesizers and it just sounds plastic.

kenethlevine wrote: rogerthat wrote: Dellinger wrote: Formentera Lady wrote: Renaissance. If you never listened to a full album, please check out 'live at Carnegie Hall'! And also Marillion (Fish-era). Yeah, that's the album I started with Renaissance, and it's wonderful. I now have that one, plus Ashes are Burning, Turn of the Cards, and Scheherazade. I love them all, but still my favourite songs on my favourite versions come from Carnegie Hall. I'm still wonderig about getting the next 3 albums... for what I have heard, they don't seem to reach the same brilliance they achieved with the ones I already have.   I see Novella as an extension of the Scheherazade approach but with both more focus and emotional resonance. The most emotional part of Sch is a pop-folk ballad, enough said. Song for all Seasons kept the orchestra but added more rhythm, more infectiousness, not a bad thing at all.   While I do like both Novella and SFAS more than Sch, I think the gap between these three albums isn't much and likewise with Ashes are burning (though that's a different style). Turn of the Cards is the weakest of the bunch. I reckon that is because it was a transition album where they were moving to the archetypal Renaissance sound but would execute it better on subsequent albums. Cards is kinda patchy and even the highs, barring Things I don't understand, don't approach the highs of the other albums. Rogerthat and I have had many enjoyable discussions on this subject.  You can also check out our reviews on ASFAS (as well as that of my progfolk peer clemofnazareth).  To me ASFAS is a sparkling album that has the band showing more life than in any other studio release, but there are a few poppier numbers but also a couple of superb epics that work on multiple levels.  Novella is more low energy and serious but very beautiful.  As a fan already, you will hopefully be inclined to give these a chance and not write them off after one or two listens.  I say go for it and let us know what you think, perhaps in the Renaissance zone. Unlike rogerthat, I think "Turn of the Cards" is one of their 3 best.  (Turn, Ashes and ASFAS). I really don't like Azure D'Or.  They dropped the orchestra and doubled and tripled up on synthesizers and it just sounds plastic.

OK. Mostly what I have heard from post Scheherazade albums are a live performance on video that came with the remastered edition of Scheherazade itself, but strangely enough it was from the Azure D'Or era; it had Jeckyll and Hyde and other songs from the same album, and those did nothing for me. Also, I have heard on YouTube Northern Lights, which I have read is perhaps the most succesful song they have done, and it also didn't interest me. I guess I must have heard at least once some other of the longer songs from Novella or A Song for all Seasons in order for me to come to the conclusion that I wasn't interested to check out those three albums as a priority, but in the end sooner or later I would have to come to it. Perhaps I'll try to do it sooner then, to complete my collection of the albums from the classic line-up of the band, at least (though I still have very low hopes for Azure D'Or at least). On the other hand, from the 3 studio albums that I do have, Turn of the Cards is definitley my favourite one.

OK, I'll keep that in mind. Actually, I'm used to having albums need several listens to grow on me... it kind of comes with the package of getting into prog.