Danger money (u.k)

Very good albun but not as good as the debut for obvious reasons. I still listen to it.

I ordered the original UK album on a whim from Columbia House just by reading their little blurb about it and not knowing anything else.  I had no idea who was in the band and had never heard of them before (this was back in the 70's remember, and I was a teen-ager at the time).  When the 8-track came in the mail, I popped it in right away after a very tiring day at work.  I was really tired, so I was laying on my bed and listening the first time and was blown right away without having any preconceived notions.  I was actually visualizing the music since I was so tired, and I never forgot the experience.  I loved it so much, that when Danger Money came out, I snatched it right up.  I remember thinking that it sounded a bit different, but it was still quite obvious that it was the same band (minus Holdsworth of course, but I didn't know that at the time).  I loved DM for different reasons, but to me these were always in rotation at the time, and I later discovered the links to Yes, King Crimson and etc. as I really started looking into the music and trying to find more just like it.  Coming from a small town, I was the only person that I knew of that owned those albums.  I stuck it in my car in the auto shop class and the school burn out (who always played Van Halen and Black Sabbath) was quite excited about it and wanted to know what it was.  I don't know if he ever got it though.

verslibre wrote: Sean Trane wrote: TBH, Danger money sounds a bit like the prequel to Asia. So silly. The only thing the two have in common are electricity and John Wetton. I don't remember a violinist being a member of Asia, either.

verslibre wrote: Logan wrote: I can get why someone would say, in Hugues case, "sounds a bit like the prequel to Asia." It's not a strident claim and frankly we all hear and interpret music rather differently (as we all have different ears and brains) and draw on different associations. Of course commonalities are perpetuated.... I know I shouldn't assume, but having seen the same remark for years since the days of mailing lists, that's what I keep going back to... Logan wrote: As for TD, I definitely appreciate the diversity. It's the debut album that got me majorly into the band and it is different from every other album (at least of which I am aware). Phaedra was my first, and that took me quite a long time to warm up to. The first Virgin album I heard was Exit, which blew me away. Speaking of Electronic Meditation (which took some getting used to, but I came to like it a lot), I had the LP on my bedroom wall for years. That was one trippy cover, even in the 80s!

Makes sense, and I'm sure I've come across that UK/Asia sentiment on more than one occasion having been at this forum for quite some time (though somewhat of a n00b compared to you). ;) Heck, they both even have regional names, although UK might stand for United Klingondom for all I know.

Id heard Tangerine Dream music before Phaedra, and liked it as I was very into so-called "New Age" electronica, but Phaedra was my first TD purchase. It was in 2005, I think, that I first heard a track off Electronic Meditation, got the album and loved it. I was just posting about a soundtrack called Under the Skin and am just now realising how similar some of of that music is to music off Electronic Mediation (like "Genesis"). That album in part tickled a certain Pink Floyd (like music from A Saucerful of Secrets) itch.

"Danger Money" is one of my all-time favourite albums, never undrestood why UK debut is much more popular.

i only posted about the album danger money it got lumped in with tangerine dream who i am a big fan of, but the comparisions to the debut asia and gtr seem out of place it,s only a album it,s not asia,s alpha not that was a terrible record except for don,t cry and the smile has left your eyes.

I do like this album (shocker). The band admitted they were doing ELP 'because ELP were no longer around'. Its actually very original prog and a great follow up to the debut. Eddie Jobson shows why he could be Keith Emerson for a day and we know that Wetton was always Greg Lake's shadow. I'm slightly less convinced about Bozzio as a straight swap for Carl Palmer. Bozzio is actually a more powerful drummer more in the Cozy Powell mode but I suppose that another ELP connection (sort of). 

Nomadic wrote: I prefer the three piece UK to the original. My first exposure to the band was Night After Night, and it was love at first listen. It was actually my first time hearing of any of the musicians, and being an aspiring young bass player at the time (now I'm an expiring old one ) I connected with Wetton immediately. So then I worked backwards from there. It was at this same time that I heard Bruford's One of a Kind. Another instant hit with me. I was already a huge Bruford fan from his Yes days, and come on, Jeff Berlin! IMHO, I think they were better off and probably happier as the Bruford band and the 3-piece UK. It's too bad Eddie and John couldn't find a happy medium. Asia was the disappointment of the year for me in 1982. In hindsight, there's a lot that I like off the debut, but beyond that, they're really not my thing.

richardh wrote: Sean Trane wrote: BrufordFreak wrote: Absolute drivel. A waste of my time every time I try it. Reminds me of my experiences with Asia, GTR, Steve Howe, Tony Banks, and Richard Wright solo albums, and 1980s Tangerine Dream, Jan Akkerman, and Rick Wakeman.   absolutely read my reviews of all three historical UK releases (they've created havoc in PE from over-feigning obsequious  fanboys)  TBH, Danger money sounds a bit like the prequel to Asia.  that is a very silly comment

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - February 01 2021 at 08:53

An excellent album - it's only real problems are;