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BrufordFreak
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Posted: November 23 2022 at 16:17 |
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I can't seem to find this topic/list done as a thread on PA before so, here it is.
List for me your favorite Ozric Tentacles albums or songs--even their live albums, please! I'm a lover of their sound but I can barely differentiate one song or album from another because there is such a consistency of sound. Only recently have I really tried to get down to the meat of their discography--really getting to know each album. So far I'd have to rank my faves in this order: 1. Jurassic Shift 2. Technicians of the Sacred (I really, really like this album!) 3. Erpland 4. Curious Corn 5. The Hidden Step the rest, for me, fall below the level achieved by these five though they all remain enjoyable and listenable, but I've only really listened to: Pungent Effulgent Arborescence Spirals in Hyperspace The YumYum Tree which means I still have a lot of work to do. Your lists might guide as to where to go next. Edited by BrufordFreak - November 23 2022 at 16:19 |
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BTW: my favorite OT songs include:
1. "Jurassic Shift" from Jurassic Shift 2. "Sunhair" from Jurassic Shift 3. "Tidal Convergence" from Erpland 4. "Rubbing Shoulders with the Absolute" from Technicians of the Sacred 5. "Changa Masala" from Technicians of the Sacred 6. "Far Memory" from Technicians of the Sacred 7. "Dissolution (The Clouds Disperse)" from Pungent Effulgent 8. "Zenlike Creature" fromTechnicians of the Sacred 9. "The Unusual Village" from Technicians of the Sacred 10. "Epiphiloy" from Technicians of the Sacred 11. "Bizarre Bazaar" from Strangeitude 12. "Oolite Groove" from Curious Corn 13. "Spirals in Hyperspace" from Spirals in Hyperspace 14. "Smiling Potion" from Technicians of the Sacred 15. "Meander" from Curious Corn 16. "Butterfly Garden" from Technicians of the Sacred 17. "Tight Spin" from The Hidden Step 18. "A Gift of Wings" from Erpland 19. "Switchback" from Technicians of the Sacred 20. "Train Oasis" from Jurassic Shift |
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Psychic Chasm, from Spirals in Hyperspace Neurochasm, from Become the Other Wob Glass, from Become the Other Live Throbbe, from Strangitude Splat!, from The Floor's Too Far Away
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The YumYum Tree
Paper Monkeys The Floor’s Too Far Away Erpsongs Jurassic Shift Technicians of the Sacred Spirals in Hyperspace Spice Doubt |
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Hmm..
Pungent Effulgent, Erpland, Jurassic shift, Strangetude, and all the early stuff on Vitamin enhanced box-set. Not in any order, love all equally. Also really rate Curious corn and Become the Other. Of live lps, Spice Doubt (which is a live concert in a recording studio) is my go to Ozrics lp if i cant decide what to put on. I dont think there is an lp i 'dont like' but there's a couple or the more recent ones i havent bothered to listen to. I really enjoyed Ed's solo lp 'Shimmer into nature' and REALLY like the Nodens Ictus lps (Ed and Gre Vanderloo) particularly the TRUELY lovely live Kozfest 2018 double cd (i was there!) Ive seen Ozrics live loads of times over nearly 40 years including one of their first gigs at Stonehenge and they were always a great experience.. but the last few times in the last 10 years, they were very loud for the venues, very 'dance-mix' orientated with lots of painful top end and sub-sonic bass; could be just my ears are getting shot but the last time it was just too much and all the subtleties and atmospherics of their sound was completely lost. Seeing them in December with a 'full band' (with Gong) set so hoping it will be a bit easier on the ear (and head)
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1. Erpland 2. Pungent Effulgent 3. Waterfall Cities 4. Become The Other 5. Strangeitude 6. The Hidden Step 7. The Floor's Too Far Away 8. Curious Corn 9. Erpsongs 10. There Is Nothing
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I know six of their albums and they're all good, very hard to rank. I like the band a lot but I'm never so sure whether I need more of their music than I already have, as I honestly have a hard time to tell one album from another (for example when something comes up in random songs mode, I can hardly ever say which album this is from, let alone track names). Maybe something like this: Erpland Pungent Effulgent Jurassic Shift Strangeitude Live at the Pongmasters Ball Erpsongs
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Interesting, Mira! I didn't think I'd ever see a list that didn't contain Jurassic Shift. Are you willing to say why you dislike JS ? |
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Songs is too difficult (althogh my favorite is probably Kick Muck), so ill do albums:
1. Pungent Effulgent 2. Live At The Pongmaster's Ball 3. Erpland 4. There Is Nothing 5. Strangitude 6. Jurassic Shift 7. Live Underslunky 8. Tantric Obstacles 9. Arborescence 10. Technicians Of The Sacred |
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technicians of the sacred
Spirals in the hyperspace curious corn Space for the earth arborescence erplandthe floor's too far away strangeitude waterfall cities jurassic shift
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I don't dislike it; it'd probably take up spot 11 or 12 on this list. It's been a while since I last heard it, but I remember listening to it several times when I was just getting into the band and it always felt like a relative step down in terms of catchiness, variedness and energy compared to the amazing trio of albums that preceded it.
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Hi, STRANGEITUDE ERPLAND Not a whole lot after that. The stuff with Zia is not as adventurous (missing John badly) and then later the stuff with Brandi is just not as good, specially when considering her studies and in the end, it was all too conventional and not adventurous at all. It was too much supporting him, instead of challenging Ed in what he does. Song wise? I always seem to go back to one piece in Strangeitude ... "Space Between Your Ears" and "Live Throbbe". Edited by moshkito - December 07 2022 at 10:02 |
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