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Rednight 
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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Posted: February 18 2020 at 13:04 |
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Goblin – Roller {34:14} Iconic in my book!
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Posted: February 18 2020 at 13:14 |
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Tangerine Dream's epic, if unofficial, mid-'70s trilogy; the next album is shorter than the previous one. Every one of these albums rightly enjoys classic status with TD fans. Phaedra (1974) – 36:14 Rubycon (1975) – 34:53 Stratosfear (1976) – 34:39
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Cosmiclawnmower
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Posted: February 18 2020 at 13:23 |
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Todd Rundgren was well known for trying to fit as much music on to two sides of vinyl as he could; most famously for the 'Initiation' album which (according to the sleeve notes) has over an hour over two sides. It doesn't state track lengths on the label or cover and ive never 'timed' it personally.. it does suffer from (A) very low volume and (B) a very thin reedy sound. It also states on the record sleeve that if your stylus is even slightly worn you will ruin the lp immediately! Ive noticed that quite a few of Todd's 70s lps suffer from this and wonder if it was rectified in later CD production? Todd's advice at the time was to record the lp onto a cassette, setting the levels higher, and play that! Not sure that was one of Todd's smartest moves.. As an almost (but not exclusively) totally vinyl listener, I find that many modern lps are released on doubles with very short sides (12-15 mins) and sometimes a blank side with some lazer etching.. and that 'filler' is just as evident as it was in the 70s and 80's. Back then a few extra tracks were often recorded either to release as (horror of horrors) 'B' sides of singles or for a companion EP.. these are now just bonus tracks on CD re-issues.
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judahbenkenobi
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Posted: February 18 2020 at 13:36 |
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Interesting proposal 
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LAM-SGC
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Posted: February 18 2020 at 13:40 |
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Great albums. |
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Posted: February 18 2020 at 13:42 |
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Rush's Permanent Waves is so short! Only 6 songs and only 35:35!
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verslibre
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Posted: February 18 2020 at 14:00 |
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Much firepower in such a short time frame!
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Posted: February 18 2020 at 14:16 |
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Blue Oyster Cult – Agents of Fortune (36:18), the album with "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" & "E.T.I." Shorter than both Secret Treaties and Spectres, directly before/after. |
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LAM-SGC
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Posted: February 18 2020 at 14:22 |
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Agents of Fortunes is a great album.
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Posted: February 18 2020 at 23:56 |
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and Battle of Epping Forest and also maybe I know What I like (yawn), although not a bad track, Epping Forest does not stand along side Dancing With The Moonlit Knight , Cinema Show and Firth Of Fifth. 1. Dancing With The Moonlit Knight (8:01) 3. Firth Of Fifth (9:34) 6. After The Ordeal (4:12) 7. The Cinema Show (11:06) 8. Aisle Of Plenty (1:31) fixed , now we have the perfect 36 minute prog album!
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LAM-SGC
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Posted: February 19 2020 at 00:47 |
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Indeed, the Battle of Epping Forest is an awful cringefest from start to finish.
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Hihi, yes, that's pretty similar to my feelings. I would also cut out After the Ordeal, a rather forgettable instrumental. And honestly, as much as I like the 3 then remaining tracks (with Aisle Of Plenty viewed as a part of the Cinema Show), all 3 would benefit from some shortening. Hey, and now we have enough space to add Twilight Alehouse ... Edited by Grubert - February 19 2020 at 01:34 |
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Sean Trane
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Posted: February 19 2020 at 01:37 |
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Alehouse dates from well before SEBTP and should be included on Cryme or Foxtrot once you've taken the weak tracks out
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Posted: February 19 2020 at 02:42 |
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The corny lyrics and stupid attempts at accents by middle class arty types about a gang battle made every working class London kid cringe when we heard it. Credibility? Yes, you had none in my school if you liked that song. |
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Posted: February 19 2020 at 04:06 |
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The song is a spoof. who cares about if the sung accent are not 100%, the texts are hilarious - by far the funniest of all Genesis tracks - and easily their top "rock opera" song of theirs - as opposed to the poor Harold The Barrel, the flawed Get Them Out, the rather good Assault & Battery and the OK All In A Mouse's Night. Harold Demure From Art & Litterature Bob The Knob Smacks across the gob Bob The Knob Came Out on the job Mick The Prick Fresh Out of Nick Saw a sign "Beautiful Chest" Lead me to a lady who showed me her best |
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Grubert
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Yeah, I know, and its style would not fit that well with SEBTP, and I assume it was recorded earlier, in the Foxtrot sessions most likely. But whatever, the 3 shorter songs on SEBTP feel indeed like fillers for me, and actually the 4 "epic" songs are long enough to make an album. But Epic Forest is, like I mentioned before, one that I do not enjoy, it hasn't an interesting melody. The 2 previous albums are good like they are, and are also the 2 I like the most from Genesis. Of course there would have been space on Nursery Crime to include Alehouse, and I think that it was in their live set at the time they recorded that album.
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Posted: February 19 2020 at 06:09 |
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I understand Alehuse already existed in one form or another in the Tresspass days . Next to The Knife, it sounds better than next to Firth or Cinema
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Sacreledge! Extend FOF out to 20 minutes, cinema show 23 mins DWTMK 20 mins and Forest to 22 mins....chop the rest...you prog heretic. . Edited by M27Barney - February 19 2020 at 07:19 |
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I totally agree "Twilight Alehouse" should be put on "Nursery Cryme", as well as the single "Happy the Man". Friede and I actually created our own version of NC with first HTM and then TA following the original 7 tracks. oh, and for me there are no weak tracks on NC. "short and simple" does not equal "weak" at all, "short and simple" is part of the art for me
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