I remember when I bought Octavarium-Dream Theater. On the first day I listened to it six times. In following two weeks I gradually listened to it less and less. I would call it an Infatuation album, I can´t listen to it anymore. It´s like meeting a stunning woman and then finding out she loves Hip-Hop and you basically have nothing in commmon.

Then there is Endless Love, you start out as friends and it grows into a deep love that you never get tired of, for example Point of Know Return-Kansas. At first listen I wasn´t sure what to think(the friend phase), but after all this time I still go back to it and love it!

So, I would classify Octavarium as an Infatuation Album. Has anyone else had this Experience with Octavarium or another album?

yes, i understand what youre talking about

i had this experience with Can - Tago Mago

when i downloaded  it i heard it 3 times, and the following days and weeks i heard it again and again, but this happened in early 2005, i think i havent heard to it since July, now when i look at it, i dont have the will to play it in my computer or stereo

i think is a good album by the way

Infatuation : Pain of Salvation - The perfect Element Part 1. Bought it 'cause I like One hour by ....a lot. First of I listened to it a lot, but now I don't play the cd that much. It bores me a bit. Play One hour by.... a lot still.

Endless love : Pawn Hearts, Wish you Were Here, Octopus, Foxtrot.

o i forgot:

 endless love : +Il Balleto Di Bronzo - Ys

Darkside of the Moon, The Human Equation  and many more

endless love TRESPASS

Pink Floyd- The Wall

Nice thread- I'm sure I have more...........

same thing happened to me with Bridge Across Forever, Transatlantic

Infatuation - I played the grooves off of Kansas "Power" when it first came out and convinced myself it was their brilliant return to form.  But after a while I realized that was just me diluding myself, and it was really just a poor attempt at resuurecting their careers.  I pretty much never listen to that one anymore.

Endless love - Concrete Blonde, "Bloodletting".  It's not prog, but I've owned this album for over 15 years and I still listen to it all the time.  It's definitely mood music.

And Godspeed You Black Emperor! "F#a# Infinity".  Same reason.

I've been infatuated by every Pain of Salvation CD so far, mostly Remedy Lane and The Perfect Element though.

I was really infatuated with Pig Destroyer's Terrifyer when it came out, but that's not prog... Same with Agoraphobic Nosebleed's Altered States of America,

Lets see, prog, deffinitely Marillion's Clutching at Straws, Fates Warning's Awaken the Guardian, Queensryche's Operation Mindcrime, Spiral Architects-Sceptic's Universe, Genesis' Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. All of these I listened to endlessly when I firts got them, some of them I return to again and again, actually just about all of them haha.

Oh yeah, and I'm still listening to Nevermore's This Godless Endeavor, I've been having all sorts of enfatuation periods with that since it came out. Again not prog, but deffinitely a great album.

For me a huge episode of infatuation began with Miles Davis Bitches Brew. It started there and sent me into a finger clicking roller coaster of Jazz mania. Ornette Coleman, Charles Mingus, tonnes of sampler discs. I totally disregarded all rock- it was Jazz or nothing baby. Then I found Frank Zappas Hot Rats (great album) which led me to Captain Beefheart. Since Beefheart I,ve never been the same.

Oh I guess I didn't understand. my love for those albums up there never really decayed :P.

Infatuation - All Dream Theater (went through a period of lust but got very bored) and Tubular Bells

Endless Love - In the Court of the Crimson King, Brain Salad Surgery, Operation: Mindcrime, Close to the Edge, Octopus and Animals

Cant think of anythink in prog but I used to listen to the Chili Peppers a lot, but hadly listen to them anymore.

Dream Theaters Scenes From A Memory I listen to at least 2 or 3 times a week and still love it as much as I did the first time I heard it.

As for an album that I started of liking but not loveing before it grew on me would be Genesis, Foxtrot. At the time I got it I thought this is ok but a bit weird,  now it's my second favourit album after SFAM.

I treat all albums with that expectation one gets when opening a box of chocolates...

• Infatuation: Yes - Close to the Edge - I played it endlessly for weeks when I first got it. Now it is on the odd occassion. The same with Jethro Tull's - Aqualung; ELP's - "Trilogy" and "Tarkus".
• Kate Bush - Aerial - I am still playing this almost on a daily basis since it has been released. Don't get tired of listening to this album which I now consider to be her "Magnum Opus".

I find that I give albums thorough listenings for about two or three weeks before they are retired for a while and as my mood for different genres of music changes.

If I have to think of musical infatuation, I would probably remember the time - over 20 years ago - when I used to listen to a lot of heavy metal and buy a lot of albums as well. Now I've still got the records (vinyl is too valuable to be thrown away carelessly), but I wouldn't dream of listening to most of them, let alone buying them in their CD versions. There are exceptions, of course - Metallica's peerless "Master of Puppets", most of Iron Maiden's earlier production, something from Megadeth, Judas Priest.... - but, to tell the truth, my fascination with metal has waned.

As to endless love.... the list would be quite long: Yes's "The Yes Album", "Fragile" and the immortal CTTE, most of KC's albums up to 1974, ELP's "great six", Genesis' SEBTP, Pink Floyd with Roger Waters, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin.... I love them now as I loved them the first time I ever heard them.