Which is the best album? I&W or Lateralus
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Topic: Which is the best album? I&W or Lateralus
Posted By: YtseJammer
Subject: Which is the best album? I&W or Lateralus
Date Posted: November 22 2005 at 03:38
| IMAGES & WORDS |
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Posted By: samhob
Date Posted: November 22 2005 at 04:16
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what the... |
???Posted By: Cygnus
Date Posted: November 22 2005 at 04:49
| Images is among my 3 favorite prog metal lps. |
Posted By: paulindigo
Date Posted: November 22 2005 at 05:14
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I must confess I haven't heard much from I&W, and I didn't like what
I heard. So I choose Lateralus. BTW, you meant better, not best album of all times, right? |
Posted By: DeadGhost
Date Posted: November 22 2005 at 05:20
| i find Tool quite boring, and i&w is a GREAT album so i choose it |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: November 22 2005 at 07:12
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Lateralus. I think I&W is a very commercial sounding album,and with the exception of Metropolis and Learning to Live I am not really crazy about it. -------------  |
Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: November 22 2005 at 08:14
| Why compare these two? |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: November 22 2005 at 08:34
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I&W
Because I hate Lateralus |
Posted By: TheLamb
Date Posted: November 22 2005 at 09:52
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yeah... why the hell? ------------- 
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Logos wrote:Posted By: jackinthegreen
Date Posted: November 22 2005 at 10:09
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I've never heard Images & Words, and I don't need to.
The answer is Lateralus just the same! Suck on that!  ------------- I know the pieces fit cuz I watched them fall away. |
Posted By: Erpland316
Date Posted: November 22 2005 at 10:12
| Both albums are good, but Lateralus is a much better album overall. In terms of flow and consistensy Lateralus is a much better album. |
Posted By: Zweck
Date Posted: November 22 2005 at 10:30
| Why compare a band focused on technical exhibitionism to a band that makes interesting music? |
Posted By: Marc Baum
Date Posted: November 22 2005 at 10:44
Strange poll, can't compare these two bands or even records at all   ------------- "All you need to do is sit back, and acquire the taste." - GENTLE GIANT |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: November 22 2005 at 10:55
| Images and words by a landslide. Lateralus is too average to come close to it, in my view. |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: November 22 2005 at 10:57
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Thank you, we now have another useless poll ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Tholomyes
Date Posted: November 22 2005 at 11:08
| Lateralus by far, more creativity. Image & Words is too much mechanic IMO. |
Posted By: Solids2k
Date Posted: November 22 2005 at 11:22
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What would prompt a poll of such contrast? I like Lateralus a good deal, while I enjoy Images & Words as well Lateralus easily takes the cake in my book. |
Posted By: buckethead
Date Posted: November 22 2005 at 11:35
| probably two albums that are not really comparable. i consider lateralus one of the best albums of this century so far (brilliant songwriting and some of the best drumming i ever heard on a record). but i enjoy i&w just about the same, so i can't really decide. |
Posted By: W.Chuck
Date Posted: November 22 2005 at 12:07
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Lateralus is genious, a really amazing work of art! ------------- 
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: November 22 2005 at 12:13
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Posted By: cucacola54
Date Posted: November 22 2005 at 12:37
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love both, but i voted I&W ------------- Most listened albums last week 
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Posted By: sularetal
Date Posted: November 24 2005 at 16:08
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So true!!! Never liked DT. Mabye their just not for me... I respect them though cause their technically incredible musicians. ------------- 
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Posted By: viperjr98
Date Posted: November 24 2005 at 16:10
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Tool is good. DT is great. There is no comparison.
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Posted By: Wolf Spider
Date Posted: November 24 2005 at 16:16
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Tool sucks DT rules!
------------- http://www.lastfm.pl/user/tomash33 - Last.fm |
Posted By: Chipiron
Date Posted: November 24 2005 at 16:28
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I don't like them a lot, but Lateralus is more original IMO ------------- [IMG]http://www.belderrain.es/GIFs/tora.gif"> |
Posted By: Destrio
Date Posted: November 24 2005 at 22:29
| Lateralus |
Posted By: walrus
Date Posted: November 24 2005 at 23:12
SOOOOOO WHAT??? WHATS THE PROBLEM IF ONE DISC HAVE COMERCIAL MUSIC? THE IMPORTANT THING IS THE QUALITY OF THE MUSIC, IT DOESNT MATTER IF IS POPULAR OR NOT. AFTER ALL, EVERY BAND MADE THEIR DISCS TO SELL, OR NOT???? ------------- you and whose army? |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: November 24 2005 at 23:18
^ Exactly. "Commercial" sounding discs may also sound good! 
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: November 24 2005 at 23:19
Commerciality doesn't necessarily mean popular.I think that I&W has a slick commercial sound.I think most of the tunes on the album sounds very AOR-ish. And I am not a DT hater,I really like DT.I just don't hold I&W in the high esteem you all do.If the DT choice in this poll would have been SFAM it would have gotten my vote. And there's no need to yell at me dude.You and your damn CAPS. ------------- |
Posted By: mortem
Date Posted: November 25 2005 at 00:04
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I absolutely love both albums.. but there is no way I can choose
between either because they're different in so many ways! BBBUT! If I
had to choose one... sigh, I'd choose Lateralus. Damn you people for
makin me do this!!!! oh and walrus, yeah.. bajale a las mayusculas, carnal :P caps are mean bitches. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/m0rtem/ - My Last.fm |
Posted By: walrus
Date Posted: November 25 2005 at 00:36
Sorry about the caps, i didnt mean to ofence you, that wasnt my intention.. ------------- you and whose army? |
Posted By: sularetal
Date Posted: November 25 2005 at 08:17
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I hate it when people say things like tool suck and DT rule or the opposit. Ok, I can understand you can't see whats through the music of lateralus because I can't see whats behind I&W but because I cant digest it doesnt mean it doesnt rule!!! -------------
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Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: November 25 2005 at 08:52
so lateralus is not commercial sounding???????? I&W... best DT album forme! ------------- 
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Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: November 25 2005 at 09:11
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your signature -------------
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................Posted By: AtLossForWords
Date Posted: November 25 2005 at 11:58
I don't think the sound of Images and Words is all that commercial. You have to remember when Images and Words was recorded, that was 1992. In 1992 we have all of these new inventions of production, especially drums. I don't mind that the snare drum has a triggered sound and etc. I don't think the variety of the tunes are commercial either. Pull Me Under was a single so we can excuse that, Another Day is a typical short lengthed ballad for Dream Theater. I don't see Another Day any more or less commercial than a ballad like The Spirit Carries On. Take the Time sounds like quite an unconventional funk motifed song to me. Surrounded is cheesey as hell, i give you that one. Metropolis, well of course not. Under a Glass Moon is probably the most metal song on the album. Wait For Sleep is a great introduction to the most progressive track on the album Learning To Live. All in all only 1-2/8 songs are commercial. Plus some production like triggered snare drums. -------------  
"Mastodon sucks giant monkey balls." |
Posted By: Fantômas
Date Posted: November 25 2005 at 12:51
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Lateralus
------------- And above all, is punk 
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Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: November 25 2005 at 13:22
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Wow- I have lost some FAITH in this site- A Tool album over THE DEFINING prog metal album? Ouch. We should just convert this site to "rockarchives.com" |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: November 25 2005 at 13:53
no, IMO Lateralus could even be called "un-commercial". It's amazing that it also happened to be successful. Few prog albums achieved that ... ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to: 
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