Best TMV Studio Album
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Topic: Best TMV Studio Album
Posted By: YYZed
Subject: Best TMV Studio Album
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 17:00
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To celebrate the release of Amputechture, and the ability to speak of it without being flamed now that it has been officially released, I give you this poll.
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Posted By: Kleynan
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 17:17
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I currently regard Amputecthure as the best, but I will listen to them all before I vote. I'm not entirely sure... ------------- 
You've just had a heavy session of electroshock therapy, and you're more relaxed than you've been in weeks. |
Posted By: lunaticviolist
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 17:26
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I'm really not feeling Amputechture yet. It has some awesome
moments, but it sounds as if they were all put in a blender and burned
on to the CD. De-loused and Frances had flow, Amputechture has
too many random transitions between and inside songs. Frances will always be my favorite because it was the first one I heard. ------------- My recent purchases: 
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Posted By: lightbulb_son
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 17:32
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Where is the "I just cannot get this band!" option? ------------- When the world is sick Can't no one be well But I dreamt we were all beautiful and strong 
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Posted By: Tony Fisher
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 17:41
Seconded. I really cannot listen to them. |
lightbulb_son wrote:Posted By: Kleynan
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 17:43
I pity you!  -------------
You've just had a heavy session of electroshock therapy, and you're more relaxed than you've been in weeks. |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 17:47
Thirded...  ... the same, i just dont like them..------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: Gravity Eyelids
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 17:51
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Amputechture ------------- Into this wild Abyss the fiend Stood on the brink of Hell and looked a while, Pondering his Voyage. |
Posted By: Kleynan
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 17:53
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Oh whatta hell! I pick Amputechture. Volta keep expanding their sound, and the adding of brass instruments fits very nicely. -------------
You've just had a heavy session of electroshock therapy, and you're more relaxed than you've been in weeks. |
Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 17:55
Don't you think this is too early to vote? I mean Amputechture just came out today. 
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Posted By: Spiderprog
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 18:09
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Amputechture! They just keep getting better and better. I always wanted to know what it would feel like to witness the growth of a great band in the scale of Genesis and Yes in the seventies. It seems that with The Mars Volta I'm getting what I wished for. I can't wait to see what they will do next. |
Posted By: YYZed
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 18:35
Many have had it for a while. -------------
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Posted By: GoldenSpiral
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 18:41
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DELOUSED!!!!!! They're all good, but Deloused was more focused than these last two. I also wish they would progress a bit more with their sound. They obviously have tons of talent and potential, but 3 albums of bombastic noodlish w**kery is enough, they should experiment with something else for a while. ------------- http://www.myspace.com/altaic" rel="nofollow - http://www.myspace.com/altaic ALTAIC "Oceans Down You'll Lie" coming soon |
Posted By: ResidentAlien
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 18:46
| Amputechture is amazing... and this is coming from someone who up until hearing Amputechture for the first time yesterday, derided everything TMV laid hands on. Can't stand their past albums, but this new one is rocking my world! Excellent, excellent, excellent album. |
Posted By: Forgotten Son
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 19:11
| I'm just not "getting" Amputechture. Deloused for me, by far their most cohesive album, IMO. |
Posted By: Tony Fisher
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 19:14
Please don't! I've just played some to my 18 year old son, who is training to be a a musician, and his comment was "turn that crap off, it's an absolutely horrible racket" so it's not just me. TMV polarise opinion. I'm pleased you love them. But I don't. |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 19:14
I see were's all taking time and letting Amputechture "sink in."  ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 19:31
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haven't heard the new one.... need to check it out I guess.....
------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Uroboros
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 19:41
They had quite a lot of brass on Frances too (Miranda and Cassandra in particular
 ). De-loused suffers from a slight "sameness" problem - it's soometimes hard for me to distinguish a song from another. It's cohesive and a convincing punch in the face, but it's not as multitextured as the following two.
I've listened to Amputechture pretty intensely and... yes, it's... it's extremely good, I mean... it's everything you would expect and more, and it can either give you a headache or leave you mesmerized and wanting to hear it again and again (or both). But I just can't seem to like it as much as Frances.
Songs like "Meccamputechture" and "Viscera Eyes" and even "Tetragrammaton" after a while are a bit too linear, which can become observable after a few listens. Not much chord variation or rhythm changes in them, although they add layers and layers of things by the end of the song. I see that as a small fault of the album, whereas in my book Frances is the perfect example of an album that is anything but linear.
Right now, Frances has literally everything I can dream I want to listen to in the course of one album, so I choose it as my favourite. Still, Amputechture is definitely the best of 2006 so far and a wonderful experience to have. ------------- Tous les chemins qui s’ouvrent à moi ne mènent à rien si tu n’es plus là |
Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 19:43
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Amputechture.
I got it today after school, went into my room and blasted it.
My conclusion: Deloused and Frances are just warm ups for this beast. -------------  
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Posted By: Harry Hood
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 21:25
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I accidently voted Amputecture when I meant to vote for Deloused.
The new album is far from perfect, but I love the direction they're going in. If they continue to make songs as great as "Day Of The Baphomets", their next album could be their masterpiece. ------------- 
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Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 21:46
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I've only heard Amputechture once since I bought it earlier today. Maybe when I give it some more listens I'll make my vote. -------------
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Posted By: Legoman
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 23:00
| Frances. |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 23:12
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Amputechture, and not cause it just came out (had it for some time now, gonna buy it tomorrow) or because im some hardcore TMV freak; i do enjoy them quite a bit. however i chose their latest because after re-listening to their catalouge thus far, Amputechture has just overall better material and shows a very good direction for the band. at first few listens it overwhelmed me, i heard good parts here and there but i didnt understand the connections in each song, except Viscera Eyes, i got into that one right away. now i that i understand the album, it's just a monster of an album and is definitly essential, which i dont think too many albums these days are, unfortunately. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm 
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Posted By: OpethGuitarist
Date Posted: September 12 2006 at 23:15
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Deloused wins easily IMO. Brilliant record ------------- back from the dead, i will begin posting reviews again and musing through the forums |
Posted By: Paulieg
Date Posted: September 13 2006 at 10:32
| Deloused for me. Not a hard choice since it's the only release I have and have heard from them. I will definitely be buying their two other studio albums though. It took a few spins to get into them and I like them more and more with each spin. |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: September 13 2006 at 10:54
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Wow, I can't believe Amputechture has such a lock on this. I'm just
giving it my first listen so I'll wait to vote, but disregarding
Amputechture I'd pick Frances The Mute.
------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: blbx93
Date Posted: September 13 2006 at 11:06
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I am not sure how long the average poster has been listening to ampuctechture, but I have listened to it three times through, and I thing you are crazy to put it above Deloused in the Comatorium.
Deloused is a masterpiece. |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: September 13 2006 at 11:38
| Frances the Mute gets my vote. When I really concentrated and listened to it in detail, I finally realised its status as a masterpiece. |
Posted By: OpethGuitarist
Date Posted: September 13 2006 at 11:59
How you can make a judgement like that after one day of having it is beyond me. Deloused, for me, is by far their best album. I think their "punk" sound fits them more aptly and works much better for them than say "Viscera Eyes" which is a decent but not really entertaining attempt at being Pink Floyd. ------------- back from the dead, i will begin posting reviews again and musing through the forums |
Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: September 13 2006 at 17:22
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AMputechure hasn't passed deloused in my opinion just yet. Maybe after a few listens it will, but as of now, Deloused by far -------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: September 13 2006 at 17:23
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I just find FTM only slightly better than De-Loused. I will purchase the new one in a day or so. |
Posted By: Uroboros
Date Posted: September 13 2006 at 17:44
Being Pink Floyd?  ------------- Tous les chemins qui s’ouvrent à moi ne mènent à rien si tu n’es plus là |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: September 13 2006 at 17:58
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Amputechture, they have done what I hoped they would on this album.
------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: September 13 2006 at 18:23
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Amputechture is great but I still stand by Frances.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Kleynan
Date Posted: September 13 2006 at 18:32
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Lol, I dig your signature -------------
You've just had a heavy session of electroshock therapy, and you're more relaxed than you've been in weeks. |
Posted By: The Green Tank
Date Posted: September 13 2006 at 20:21
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Torn between De-loused and Amp, but gotta choose the latter. Been listening to it a lot. ------------- 
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