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Poll Question: What is your favorite song on the album?
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10 [9.52%]
14 [13.33%]
18 [17.14%]
5 [4.76%]
11 [10.48%]
2 [1.90%]
15 [14.29%]
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    Posted: June 28 2005 at 02:41

I just got this cd and have been listening to it for a couple days. I can't seem to choose my favorite song. Overall, the album is not as good as their earlier music though it's not as bad as I expected (for some reason)

I thought I'd ask you all - What is YOUR favorite song on the album?
Best of 2006 that I've heard:
PFM-Stati Di Immaginazione
Zenit-Surrender (Best "unknown" album)
Oaksenham - Conquest of Pacific
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Phideaux - Doomsday Afternoon
La Torre Del Alchimista - Neo
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Dance on a volcano
Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
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None,I don't like post Gabriel Genesis


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I voted for Mad Man Moon, but like Gentle Giant's Octopus (I just voted in the poll about that album): this is again an album without any real weak tracks. Well, Squonk maybe, that is a track that isn't top quality in my ears, but it's not bad either and Collins' drums on it are fabulous.
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Mad man moon, just ahead of Ripples and Entangled (all 10/10 songs).

Although overall I much prefer Gabriel-era, this album is an absolute gem, easily in my all-time top 10 albums of any genre.
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Dance on a Volcano

and the rest, in order of preference..

Los Endos
Mad Man Moon
Entangled
Squonk
Ripples
Robbery Assault & Battery
Trick of the Tail

 
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I'm suprised people like Mad Man Moon so much! I voted Los Endos. It would have been Dance On a Volcano if it wasn't for the naff fast bit ast the end, where they barely manage to play it properly.
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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

I'm suprised people like Mad Man Moon so much! I voted Los Endos. It would have been Dance On a Volcano if it wasn't for the naff fast bit ast the end, where they barely manage to play it properly.

That is the worst bit of the song, I agree, but they dont appear to be struggling with it IMO. It was just a naff ending.
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Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

I'm suprised people like Mad Man Moon so much! I voted Los Endos. It would have been Dance On a Volcano if it wasn't for the naff fast bit ast the end, where they barely manage to play it properly.

That is the worst bit of the song, I agree, but they dont appear to be struggling with it IMO. It was just a naff ending.

I remember an interview at the time, talking to Banks I think, when he said(something like) that they werent e very good band at playing fast, and he singled out the ending of "Volcano" as a case in point. Ever since that, everytime I listen to it, I hear what he means!
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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

I'm suprised people like Mad Man Moon so much! I voted Los Endos. It would have been Dance On a Volcano if it wasn't for the naff fast bit ast the end, where they barely manage to play it properly.

That is the worst bit of the song, I agree, but they dont appear to be struggling with it IMO. It was just a naff ending.

I remember an interview at the time, talking to Banks I think, when he said(something like) that they werent e very good band at playing fast, and he singled out the ending of "Volcano" as a case in point. Ever since that, everytime I listen to it, I hear what he means!

Hah! Now that is funny. I am glad they didn't play fast anyway. Not their style!
Best of 2006 that I've heard:
PFM-Stati Di Immaginazione
Zenit-Surrender (Best "unknown" album)
Oaksenham - Conquest of Pacific
2007:
Phideaux - Doomsday Afternoon
La Torre Del Alchimista - Neo
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Robbery, Assault and Bater-reeeee!

A Trick of the Tail was good, but I think Wind and Wuthering was a bit better, even despite the fact "Your Own Special Way" was on there....
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Actually, more I listen to it, I think TotT may be better than Lamb Lies Down...

At least more consistant.

Best of 2006 that I've heard:
PFM-Stati Di Immaginazione
Zenit-Surrender (Best "unknown" album)
Oaksenham - Conquest of Pacific
2007:
Phideaux - Doomsday Afternoon
La Torre Del Alchimista - Neo
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Originally posted by Moogtron III Moogtron III wrote:

I voted for Mad Man Moon, but like Gentle Giant's Octopus (I just voted in the poll about that album): this is again an album without any real weak tracks. Well, Squonk maybe, that is a track that isn't top quality in my ears, but it's not bad either and Collins' drums on it are fabulous.

 

Squonk was kind of a playful answer to Led Zeppelin's Kashmire. It is a piece of music embeded in that period of time.



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Can't decide!
RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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Squonk

 
break the circle

reset my head

wake the sleepwalker

and i'll wake the dead
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At first, dance on a volcano, but then I listend to it too much, and it became Ripples, but then after relistening to it a couple of times today, it probably is Entangled. It made me laugh how some of their tones sounds dated today!
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'Ripples' is simply the most beautiful song the band ever recorded- the instrumental middle section is prog rock at its absolute peak, and the link back to the lyrics is just sublime.
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they are all wonderful.

I can't decide between Los Endos and Ripples
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For me, it's Entangled, just narrowly over Mad Mad Moon ...
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I think it's difficult to decide, because its just a quality album throughout... though I've gone with Dance On A Volcano, followed by Los Endos.
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