Over the past 18 years on PA I've tried out many albums that are HIGHLY rated by the PA community which I just can't get into. Many I've been able to learn to enjoy with repeated listens, but some have remained inaccessible or unenjoyable to me despite very high ratings/rankings by the PA average.

Edited by BrufordFreak - Yesterday at 13:51

Seems like we had a similar thread recently, but.

Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
Soft Machine - Third (Facelift is horrid but Moon in June is good)
King Crimson - In the Court...(The first and last songs are good, the others meh and Moonchild is bad)
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
Tool - Lateralus
Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
IQ - All releases (Nichols voice is like nails on a chalkboard)
Art Zoyd - HÄXAN
Magma - All releases

Edited by Grumpyprogfan - 20 hours 25 minutes ago at 17:01

Lateralus

Edited by ThyroidGlands - 18 hours 48 minutes ago at 18:38

Big Sky wrote: Opeth, The growls just spoil it. Which is a shame. There's actually good music here. I do try to ignore the growls for the music, but the growls are nails on a chalkboard.

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Discipline

"Great" Albums that You Can't Stomach

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Edited by Sean Trane - 10 hours 60 minutes ago at 02:26

Hi,

... King Crimson Larks' Tongues in Aspic PFM Storia di un minuto Mike Oldfield Ommadawn Gong Radio Gnome Invisible Vol. 3 - You Le Orme Felona e Sorona Marillion Script for a Jester's Tear Miles Davis Bitches Brew Can Ege Bemyasi Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom Soft Machine - Third (Facelift is horrid but Moon in June is good) King Crimson - In the Court...(The first and last songs are good, the others meh and Moonchild is bad) ...

I have never really had that issue beyond the first time, when TD's Mysterious Semblance At The Strand of Nightmares scared me senseless, though I'm not sure that the title made a strong difference, and sent me on an internal excursion that was harsh and similar to a Dennis Wheatley novel.

All in all, already being aware of the arts (house with over 40K books of Literature, many of them Portuguese, Brazilian and Spanish writers ... ), I knew that unlike don Juan's comments, a lot of this paper was not ____ ... and thus, after that first time, I no longer had any reactions that harsh to any music, though I have to admit that things like In Camera was a bit on the ... yeah ... side!!!!

To me, a lot of these things were ... just another artist ... just another painting ... just another novel ... just another piece of music ... and thus, the individuality, is the part that brought me to all of them ... and to me, this STILL is, what "progressive" meant and is all about, despite the bizarre numbers used here and there, which is a part of the time and place, but not the original music and where it came from!

richardh wrote: Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline Discipline I can get to about the fourth track. Just horrible. Belew + arty minimalism + angular  = Shoot me now.

Oh boy, Fripp disciplines and Belew INdisciplines, that's the name of the game.

Big Sky wrote: Cristi wrote: Big Sky wrote: Opeth, The growls just spoil it. Which is a shame. There's actually good music here. I do try to ignore the growls for the music, but the growls are nails on a chalkboard. Opeth has released 5 album with no growls. What about those?!  Cristi, Did I mention those Opeth albums in my top 10? And unlike the other bands on my list where I left the impression that I did not much care for those bands, I did no such thing with Opeth. With Opeth and the Blackwater album that is rated very highly, I pointed out that the growls for me, ruin an album with good music. I think it was their next album, Damnation, Michael Akerfeldt dropped the growls for that album. I actually enjoy that album. Heritage is good too.

I wasn't reproaching you anything, just wanted to know if you listened to those albums.
I guess I didn't word it right

Edited by Cristi - 2 hours 35 minutes ago at 10:51

Dream Theater - Metropolis Part 2
Opeth - Still Life
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
Big Big Train - English Electric
Kansas - Leftoverture
Neil Morse - ?
Transatlantic - Bridge Across Forever
Spocks Beard - V
Steely Dan - Aja

Edited by Nogbad_The_Bad - 1 hour 14 minutes ago at 12:12