Name a weak album with 1-2 amazing tracks
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Topic: Name a weak album with 1-2 amazing tracks
Posted By: Zitro
Subject: Name a weak album with 1-2 amazing tracks
Date Posted: June 15 2006 at 23:55
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Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: June 15 2006 at 23:59
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Most ELP albums. ELP - "The Three Fates"
Tarkus - "The Only Way," "Are You Ready Eddy?"
BSS- "Tocatta"
BM- "Black Moon"
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Posted By: Lofcaudio
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 00:00
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That's easy...The Wall
1) Comfortably Numb
2) Hey You
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 00:05
Holidays in Eden would be one if I could find one or two really good songs on it.  ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 00:09
Yes!!  The rest is crap!  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Lofcaudio wrote:Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 00:12
I can  .------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: Zitro
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 00:13
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I'm thinking of: Rick Wakeman's "Fields of Green": A bunch of weak tracks but it has an excellent cover of Starship Trooper. Rick Wakeman's "Cost of Living": again, lots of weak tracks with the classical masterpiece of Gone but not Forgotten I'm gonna hide after saying this one: Steve Hackett's "Voyage of the Acoltye" is just bad. Shadow of the Hierophant is a song that if done by Genesis, it would be my top 5 of them. Everything is great and the outro is magnificent!! |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 00:14
Yeah, there probably are, but I don't remember! Lemme guess..."The Party" and "100 Nights?" ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 00:15
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The Final Cut:
The Fletcher Memorial Home
Not Now John ------------- 
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Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 00:17
Those plus "Cover My Eyes" (I absolutely love that song, not Prog though) and "Dry Land" (again not very Prog). The others are mostly just OK. ------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 00:31
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Fragile:
Southside of the Sky
Heart of the Sunrise ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Masque
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 00:55
Funny that Holidays in Eden gets mentioned all the time when this type of subject comes up ? I like it I think its one of the best modern Marillion CD`s (and some of the others are overrrated coughmarblescough)there must be something wrong with me 
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 00:57
Yes, there is.  ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 00:57
Very interesting view. ------------- 
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Posted By: razifa
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 00:58
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Drama from Yes. The only good song is "Machine Messiah"
Duke from Genesis. The only good tracks are "Duke's Travel" and "Duke's End" ------------- ********** **razifa** ********** |
Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 01:22
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Gravy Train - Second Birth
Tolpuddle Episode
I had a dream ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: hamham
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 01:26
| on that one Aina album, I really enjoy the first track a lot but can't get into the rest :\ |
Posted By: Hierophant
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 01:33
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10,000 Days #1 & #2 ------------- 
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Posted By: soundsweird
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 01:48
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I have way too many albums that only have one or two worthy tracks on them; I don't want to single out any particular artist or group.
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Posted By: Rust
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 02:14
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Tormato
Madidrigal
Onward
Starless and Bible Black
The Night Watch
Fracture
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Posted By: Tony Fisher
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 02:53
Agree on the album, but I'd rate Heart of the Sunrise and Roundabout as the excellent tracks. Most of the rest is just filler or rubbish. |
Posted By: Rust
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 03:05
 ------------- We got to pump the stuff to make us tough from the heart Its astart What we need is awareness we cant get careless Mental self defensive fitness Make everybody see in order to fight the powers that be |
Posted By: Gog/Magog
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 03:27
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Islands by King Crimson -------------  |
Posted By: Baza
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 03:31
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Hero and Heroine - Hero and Heroine
A Trick of the Tail - Entangled (I guess many of you won't agree with me)
The Snow Goose - Rhayader (Again, I'm in a minority
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Posted By: Harold Demure
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 03:33
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Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
Thick As A Brick Part 1 & 2. What a pity that the rest is so weak...
But seriously probably most of Glass Hammer albums - they usually record one or two great songs, and the rest of the songs is rather poor. Eg. Lex Rex - Tales Of The Great Wars and another one, I don't remember the name, probably track 7 or 8. Chronometree - Empty Space & Revealer. The other good example is maybe Adonis by Anyone's Daughter. The song Anyone's Daughter is just AMAZING, whereas the rest is quite average (maybe I'll change my opinion after few more listens). And about Fragile:
I totally disagree with you. For me the album is an essential in prog music and a masterpiece, IMO BETTER than Close To The Edge. Where do you see (or hear) that filler? Cans And Brahms? Beautiful melody with participation of symphonic orchestra. We Have Heaven - OK, I agree if someone doesn't like it, although I think it's a good song. South Side Of The Sky - great riff, dynamic, melody - it has everything for me... Five Percent For Nothing - yes, this is a filler. Long Distance also has beatiful melodies and passages with a smooth transition to The Fish, which I always considered as a masterpiece. Mood For A Day - another masterpiece. Heart Of The Sunrise - OK, you like it, so I pass it over. Summing up, Fragile IS a masterpiece . That's my opinion, I know everyone can disagre with it, but I wanted to give some arguments for Fragile and "defend" this album, because I really think it deserves a place in the top 10 best albums of prog!
Sorry for off topic. ------------- You can choose a ready guide In some celestial voice If you choose not to decide You still have made a choice |
Posted By: Harkmark
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 03:46
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Selling England by the pound - Fifth of firth |
Posted By: Harold Demure
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 04:13
OK. I won't describe tracks one by one like I did with Fragile to convince someone to listen again and maybe change his opinion. I just can't understand how a prog fan can say that such prog classic albums are weak, cr*p etc. Again sorry for off-topic.
------------- You can choose a ready guide In some celestial voice If you choose not to decide You still have made a choice |
Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 04:17
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CLUTCHING AT STRAWS - White Russian
WINDOW OF LIFE - The Last Man On Earth and The Walls of Babylon OCTAVARIUM - Octavarium and These Walls I CAN SEE YOU HOUSE FROM HERE - Ice and Survival |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 04:28
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Test for Echo (Rush) - T4E, Driven Islands (KC) - The Letters, Ladies of the Road |
Posted By: Harkmark
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 04:32
I just think Trespass, Nursery Cryme and Foxtrot are much better than this one. The general atmosphere just does not appeal to me. |
Posted By: Marwin
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 04:35
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Supertramp - Brother Where You Bound |
Posted By: Kleynan
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 04:37
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The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 1. Astronomy Domine
2. Mathilda Mother
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You've just had a heavy session of electroshock therapy, and you're more relaxed than you've been in weeks. |
Posted By: Epitath
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 04:45
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Brain Salad Surgery. 1. Karn Evil 9
2. Jerusalem ------------- 
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Posted By: Australian
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 05:24
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Drama
Machine Messiah
Tempus Fugit ------------- 
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Posted By: GPFR
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 05:28
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Nursery Cryme Musical Box Fountain of Salmacis ------------- www.myspace.com/hail_peter 
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 05:34
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King Crimson - Islands: Prelude: Song of the Gulls and Islands. Beautiful tracks on an otherwise boring album. Rush - Caress of Steel: The Fountain of Lamneth. Under-rated epic, in my opinion. The rest of the album is pretty weak, although I still enjoy it. Those are the two I can think of at the moment. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 05:35
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The British Amon Düül's album "Meetings with Men-Machines -
Unremarkable Heroes of the Past" is only so-so, but the track "Burundi
Drummer's Nightmare" is top notch prog. Really wild and energetic. One
of my favourite prog songs.
-------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Losendos
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 07:13
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In the Wake of Poseidon : In the Wake of Poseidon and Pictutres of a city
The Final Cut Not now John
Totally disagree on Fragile which is a classic throughout
UmmaGumma Syspyphus Part 1 The Narrow way
Some Focus albums are like that but I don't remember them specifically
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 07:51
And what about "Cat Food"? By far the best track on the album! ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: BebieM
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 08:26
Hey! you're supposed to name the two best songs of the album, not the worst! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 08:42
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KC - ITCOTCK
The only non week track is 4 - Moonchild
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Posted By: Gaspy Conana
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 09:26
I don't know man. Giant Hogweed and Seven Stones are pretty awesome as well. Harold the Barrel is kinda fun too. ------------- i no wuts proggeir and u dont so their |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 09:30
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<< I like it I think its one of the best modern Marillion CD`s (and some of the others are overrrated coughmarblescough)there must be something wrong with me >>
I like both Holidays In Eden and Marbles; however, to compare Holidays with Marbles is apples and oranges. Holidays isn't very progressive, and because of the record execs, it was a step back from Seasons End. It took the brilliance of Brave to get them back to a certain degree of respectability. You talk with the band and they'll tell you that Holidays was more fluff and lightweight for their tastes (and keep in mind I like the disc). Now, Marbles just raised the bar, if anything. The sound of that disc (or those discs...depending on what you have) is light years ahead of what they've done...and what a lot of bands have done. Brave is still my favorite; but, I applaud Marillion for taking chances. It all started with Anoraknophobia, and Marbles just knocked it out of the park. I'm just hoping they keep it going. As for the subject at hand: Rush: Test For Echo - "Half The World" and "Driven" Spock's Beard: Feel Euphoria - "East Of Eden, West Of Memphis", "Shining Star", "Ghosts Of Autumn" Marillion.com - "Interior LuLu", "Go!" E ------------- 
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Posted By: erlenst
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 09:33
WHAT???????????????? Voyage of the Acolyte is a masterpiece. Oh my God.
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Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 09:33
They said weak album!
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Posted By: erlenst
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 09:35
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Shylock - Ile De Fievre. The titletrack is amazing.. Completely breathtaking. The rest is boring and experimental noodling. |
Posted By: Dirk
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 09:39
| King Crimson - In the court of the crimson king has in "Epitaph" and "In the court of the crimson king" 2 great tracks on a non remarkable album. |
Posted By: billbuckner
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 09:56
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Rush - Moving Pictures Tom Sawyer YYZ |
Posted By: fogwalker
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 10:29
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Thick as a Brick by the Tull.
Apart from the title track, it's pretty useless.
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Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 10:40
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I totally agree on this one. -------------  
RIP in bossa nova heaven. |
Posted By: GPFR
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 10:41
IDK, I liked them at first, but then they got boring fast, at least too me they did. ------------- www.myspace.com/hail_peter
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Posted By: johnobvious
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 11:49
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[QUOTE=razifa]Drama from Yes. The only good song is "Machine Messiah"
I think the only good tracks on Drama are Machine Messiah, Does it really happen, Tempus Fugit and Into the Lens. Oops sorry, thats 90% of the album ------------- Biggles was in rehab last Saturday |
Posted By: necromancing777
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 11:58
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Genesis: Invisible Touch...
I always thought Domino (In the Glow of the Night) and The Brazilian were great tracks. The rest of it can go jump in a trash barrel. ------------- 
"Your progressive hypocrites hand out their trash, But it was mine in the first place, so I'll burn it to ash." |
Posted By: johnobvious
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 11:59
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Supertramp- Even in the quietest moments Loveryboy and Fool's overture. Ther rest I can live without. He took a small apartment, above a shoe department. ------------- Biggles was in rehab last Saturday |
Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 12:00
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^ In the same vein, I always liked Home by the sea and Second home by the sea from Genesis - Genesis but the rest is weaker. -------------
RIP in bossa nova heaven. |
Posted By: MajesterX
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 12:16
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Spock's Beard- V 1. At the End of the Day 2. The Great Nothing. This is essentially half the album, to I would still give the album like 4/5 stars overall. The other songs are not really bad, just they are not to my liking. Goodbye to yesterday is a crappy ballad, Neal Morse seems to love making at least one on each album, Revalation I never liked, all on a sunday is not really prog at all, and thoughts pt. 2....wait...that is a great song....well 3 are great then...whoops |
Posted By: BePinkTheater
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 12:22
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Falling Into Infinity
New Mellenium, Lines in the Sand. ------------- I can strangle a canary in a tin can and it would be really original, but that wouldn't save it from sounding like utter sh*t. -Stone Beard |
Posted By: Moatilliatta
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 12:37
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Well, if I'm keeping it down to 1-2 strong tracks, a lot of albums would be ruled out, but here is what I can think of:
Camel - Breathless - Echoes and The Sleeper
- I Can See Your House from Here - Ice is really the only strong one, but Wait is also pretty decent
Dali's Dilemma - Manifesto for Futurism - Within a Stare, Miracles in Yesteryear
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Posted By: Rosescar
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 12:48
That one sprung to mind too. ------------- http://www.soundclick.com/rosescar/ - My music! "THE AUDIENCE WERE generally drugged. (In Holland, always)." - Robert Fripp |
Posted By: Negru Voda
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 13:00
Quoted for truth. |
Posted By: Mongo
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 13:28
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Well.. I don't think I would classify it as a weak album but..
Relayer - GOD, never could get into the other two songs
As for weak albums, pretty much everything I've heard by
The Flower Kings
Spocks Beard
The Tangent
one or two good songs on each ------------- "The options are ever fewer on the ground these days" Fish |
Posted By: XTChuck
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 13:33
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PINK FLOYD - THE FINAL CUT has 2 good tracks, "Hero's Return" and "Not Now John". The rest of the album is crap.  |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 13:54
A masterpiece with two tracks that you skip and one you find ok? You don't seem to fond of the album either.
It's probably due to a difference in that little thing called opinion. And I don't think the album is weak, I said Southside of The Sky and Heart of the Sunrise are amazing. That's 19mins of a 40 min album thats amazing. Hardly calling it weak just not an essential album. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Gog/Magog
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 14:32
"Out of Water" by Peter Hammill (his weakest solo album by far) -- "A
Way Out" the last track on the album is outstanding -- the rest is...
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Posted By: man@arms
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 15:00
| It's not prog, but Zeppelin's 'Presence' comes to mind. "Achilles Last Stand" and "For Your Life" rank among Zep's finest achievements. They rest of the album is quite a let down. |
Posted By: fogwalker
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 15:35
That's interesting -as "Out of Water" was the last Hammill album I bought and I found it disappointing too - I was kind of going off prog at the time anyway (it seemed that other bands I liked we're either doing nothing much (eg King Crimson), or were also releasing weak albums (e.g. Rush, Jethro Tull), and I was branching out into other genres.
Still, if you (and others) think that Ph improved after that, then maybe I'll start investing in his later output....
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Posted By: moodyxadi
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 17:41
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The Final Cut - The final cut is ok, the rest... Tormato - only first track and the whale thing (funny and kitsch)
Le Orme's album with Amico di Ieri (the one after ontrappunti) - only this song. ------------- Bach, Ma, Bros, Déia, Dante. |
Posted By: Harold Demure
Date Posted: June 17 2006 at 08:38
But these tracks on Fragile (Five Percent... and We Have Heaven) last about 3 minutes or something. And the rest is masterpiece, maybe you misunderstood me with Heart Of The Sunrise (it's probably the best on that album). BTW, the same is with Selling England. Two quite weak, but short tracks: I know what I Like and More Fool Me, but the rest is amazing and generally the album deserves to be called as essential. But I understand of course if you have different opinion.
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Posted By: Forgotten Son
Date Posted: June 17 2006 at 08:57
Fletcher Memorial Home? The only two I can think of at the moment are: Pink Floyd - Meddle: Echoes and One of These Days. Camel - I Can See Your House from Here: Ice. IMO, of course. |