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    Posted: July 03 2022 at 11:09
Please excuse if this post has been played before, but I'm on an early Motorpsycho kick and want to know which direction to turn next. (Just reviewed 2001's Phanerothyme and 2002's It's a Love Cult).

My Top five, so far, would be:
1. Phanerothyme
2. Behind the Sun
3. The Death-Defying Unicorn
4. Still Life with Eggplant
5. The All Is One

but then, I mostly only know the band's 2010s output. Where should I go next?
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my top 5, depends on my mod would be

1 - The All Is One
2 - Behind The Sun
3 - The Tower
4 - Phanerothyme
5 - The death - Defying Unicorn

Great Band and very eclectic, love them!
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I only know the 10's but am a huge fan of their sound during that period. Been debating whether to get their "Kingdom Of Oblivion" record from 2021.

Death Defying Unicorn (got me into this band).
Behind The Sun
Still Life With Eggplant
The Tower
Here Be Monsters


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I have a great appreciation for Motorspycho and it'd been great to catch them live, but I've never really become a real fan. I think these are the ones I've enjoyed the most. As you can see from my list I don't think they've ever been better than in the last five years or so. Not bad for a band that debuted over 30 years ago.

The All Is One
The Tower
Kingdom of Oblivion
The Crucible
Heavy Metal Fruit

 
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Originally posted by Progmind Progmind wrote:

my top 5, depends on my mod would be

1 - The All Is One
2 - Behind The Sun
3 - The Tower
4 - Phanerothyme
5 - The death - Defying Unicorn

Great Band and very eclectic, love them!

We are nearly of one mind, Rodrigo!


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So far, your lists seem to indicate that Motorpsycho's peak and best period was in the 2010s (aside from a few Phanerothyme lovers like me.) Interesting!

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I don't know enough...
Very good:
The Death-Defying Unicorn
The Tower
Little Lucid Moments

I don't like their 2021 album that much, although it's OK and I could rank it fourth, and am not so keen on the stuff from the 90s that I've heard, so I'd need to listen to more to put a convincing top 5 together. I'm rather optimistic that I'd like some of the stuff I haven't heard, but they are hit and miss for me.


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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

I have a great appreciation for Motorspycho and it'd been great to catch them live, but I've never really become a real fan. I think these are the ones I've enjoyed the most. As you can see from my list I don't think they've ever been better than in the last five years or so. Not bad for a band that debuted over 30 years ago.

The All Is One
The Tower
Kingdom of Oblivion
The Crucible
Heavy Metal Fruit

Their latest: Ancient Astronauts is surely a top five for me. Great one
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Not been a fan until the most recent album. The second track in particular features some of the most extraordinary playing I've heard for a long time.
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

I have a great appreciation for Motorspycho and it'd been great to catch them live, but I've never really become a real fan. I think these are the ones I've enjoyed the most. As you can see from my list I don't think they've ever been better than in the last five years or so. Not bad for a band that debuted over 30 years ago.

The All Is One
The Tower
Kingdom of Oblivion
The Crucible
Heavy Metal Fruit

Their latest: Ancient Astronauts is surely a top five for me. Great one

I agree, very strong album!
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Not been a fan until the most recent album. The second track in particular features some of the most extraordinary playing I've heard for a long time.
The second track is just a short (but nice) interlude. Do you mean the third?
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Not been a fan until the most recent album. The second track in particular features some of the most extraordinary playing I've heard for a long time.
The second track is just a short (but nice) interlude. Do you mean the third?

erm... yes it's certainly not a short trackSmile
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Difficult question as they're probably one of my favourite bands ever and their discography being so diverse but approximately my top 5 would be something like this:

1. Angels and Daemons at Play
2. Blissard
3. Timothy's Monster
4. Little Lucid Moments
5. The Death Defying Unicorn

Honourable mention the 1998 live album "Roadwork Vol. 1".
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1.The Death-Defying Unicorn
2. The Tower 
3. Behind The Sun
4. Still Life with Eggplant
5. The All Is One
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1. Still Life With Eggplant
2. Here Be Monsters
3. The All Is One
4. The Death Defying Unicorn
5. Little Lucid Moments
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After spending some time finally with their music I have a clear top five:
1 The Crucible
2 Still Life With Eggplant
3 Death Defying Unicorn
4 Behind The Sun
5 Ancient Astronauts

6 Here Be Monsters/ The All Is The One
7 The Tower/ King Of Oblivion

My sweet spot with them 2012 to 2022

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Death Defying Unicorn
The All Is One
The Tower
The Crucible
Still Life With Eggplant
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stopped following them coupla album cycles ago since everything they were releasing around that time sounded incredibly samey and formulaic to me. Still, loads of respect to them and my top-5 would probably look like this:

Heavy Metal Fruit (2010)
Angels and Daemons at Play (1997)
Still Life with Eggplant (2013)
Black Hole/Blank Canvas (2006)
Here Be Monsters (2016)

Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

Just reviewed 2001's Phanerothyme and 2002's It's a Love Cult

heh I mostly didn't like their 2000-2001-2002 output
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