Curiosity
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Topic: Curiosity
Posted By: Abstrakt
Subject: Curiosity
Date Posted: February 20 2007 at 09:31
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The meaning of this thread is to post albums that you are curious on, And then let the people that owns that album tell their opinion and such. I'm curios on thease at the moment:
Please help me out. Thanks! |
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: February 20 2007 at 09:55
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Nice idea for a thread! Stratosfear is the only one I've heard from your list. If you like their other albums you won't be disappointed with Stratosfear, especially the title track is awesome. My list: Talk Talk - Laughing Stock Magenta - Revolutions Roger Waters - The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking Curved Air - Air Conditioning Yes - Time and a Word Rush - Vapor Trails David Sylvian - Blemish |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: February 20 2007 at 10:36
Both Hatfield's are excellent canterbury stuff. Hackett's album is great as well, very similar to Gabriel-era Genesis at times. Product is very uneven plus a bit different to other Brand X albums. Stratosfear reminds me of JMJ at times, very good stuff, I like it slightly better than Phaedra.  ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Abstrakt wrote:Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: February 20 2007 at 10:39
Similar to Spirit of Eden, perhaps more experimental and complex. Both albums are brilliant, but it is an acquired taste. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: February 20 2007 at 13:08
Rotters club is a nice combo of what I think cantembury is at its best, its not really my style, but I can tell you its good. The musicianship is mindblowing without being in your face, something really rewarding! Voyage is a great album, Hackett proved that not only Banks and Rutherford could compose in Genesis. The good thing about this album is that Collins plays drums and sings and Rutherford plays bass...so it´s almoust a Genesis album...there is even a song, Star of sirius, which many call "the Genesis song Genesis never recorded"...but the best by far is Shadow of the Hierophant. ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: February 20 2007 at 13:54
| If many people makes lists, it would be very helpful if you quote eachother so it doesn't get messy. |
Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: February 20 2007 at 14:00
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Great idea Abstrakt! I'm curious about:
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: February 20 2007 at 14:05
Fantastic and really mindblowing album. Great place to start, because which albums you'll get next depends on which part of it you like.
The first couple of minutes is extreamly fast thrash-influenced stuff. If you like that, get "Contradictions Collapse"
If you'll like the über-complex and varied part around 5:00-11:00 or so, get "Destroy Erase Improve" and/or "Chaosphere".
If you prefer the last part, The bloody dark and heavy part at 11:00-20:00 (like me), you should get "Nothing" and/or "Catch 33".
Excellent album/EP overall!
WARNING: if you're unfamiliar with polyrhytms, insane time signatures, and insane guitar solos, it will crack your brain. Enough said.
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: February 20 2007 at 14:08
Add to my curiosity list:
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Posted By: kazansky
Date Posted: February 20 2007 at 17:17
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Nice thread !
My list : Kamelot - Early albums up to Karma Derek Sherinian - Blood of the Snake Spock's Beard - Spock's Beard, Feel Euphoria Green Carnation - The Quiet Offspring ------------- The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us. |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: February 20 2007 at 17:37
What can you tell me about this albums:  ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: eddietrooper
Date Posted: February 20 2007 at 18:25
I love that album. When I was a child my brother played the instrumental "Elegy" over and over on his cassette player. When I grew up I didn't stop until I found the Tull album that included that track. It was such a beautiful melody. The album was Stormwatch. Not a masterpiece but I think it's a good album, one of their darkest, and the last hard rockin' one before their 80's synth-driven albums.
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Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: February 20 2007 at 18:31
Well... if you want more metal works, then Entropia (probably their most complex album) and One Hour by the Concrete Lake will be your best choices. Their first two albums of the new millennium, The Perfect Element and Remedy Lane, are the two best albums to start with, as they have all of the elements of the previous two but expand upon them with some very symphonic and gorgeous acoustic moments. BE is a good album if you can take overly pretentious concepts, it is the least "metal" album they've made, but there are still heavy moments. Scarsick is a bit of a misfire by them according to some, but I like it as much as BE. It's their heaviest album since OHbtCL but it is a lot more stripped down and not nearly as complex. ------------- 
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Posted By: Mikerinos
Date Posted: February 20 2007 at 18:44
All of their albums are worth it, although I wouldn't quite call any of them "essential." Most consider The Polite Force their best, but I'm quite fond of The Civil Surface (people tend to overlook this one). To me, all three of their albums are a solid 4 stars (I prefer the 2nd and 3rd to the debut, but thats just me). ------------- 
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: February 21 2007 at 05:11
A really good piece of modern prog. Features both the epic (A guy named sid), the fast rocker (Onomatopoetic), and the Emotional Song (Shining Star).
It's a great album, if you don't compare it to something else. A few poppy moments, thought.
I recommend you to buy the 2CD set together with "Don't try this at home".
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: February 21 2007 at 05:14
Updating my list:
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: February 21 2007 at 13:26
Bizarre kraut mixed with RIO. Really good, but definitely an acquired taste! ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: February 21 2007 at 13:28
From The Withwood is one of their best albums, though I recommend you to start with Ghosts or Hero & Heroine first. Olias is very Yes-ish at times, only more acoustic and very trippy. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: February 21 2007 at 13:40
Nice one to have, but necessarily a priority. ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!" 
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: February 21 2007 at 13:55
I can recommend both, especially the first. Turn on the music, close your eyes and let the music get you. Instant favorites on the first album will probably be "The Black Riders / Flight to the Ford" and "Lothlorien". -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: eugene
Date Posted: February 21 2007 at 17:21
From this list I can wholeheartedly recommend:
Steve Hillage - Green
Both Hatfield & the North albums
if you like Canterbury/psychedelic/jazzy stuff
and Voyage of Acolyte - masterpiece of prog, sounding like lost Genesis (Gabriel -era) album ------------- carefulwiththataxe |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: February 22 2007 at 02:52
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Thanks alot people!
Still a bit Left:
Asia - Asia
Asia - Aria
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells II
Atheist - Elements
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Posted By: eugene
Date Posted: February 22 2007 at 05:36
Do not know Atheist - metal probably ???
Stay away from Asia unless you like pop/AOR with one or two occasional prog-elemets, which are hard to find in their music anyway.
TBII is a pale parody (sequel ?) on TB, and to me is completely uninteresting, I am not the biggest fan of Mike Oldfield anyway....
Maybe a bit too harsh statements above, but as long as you wanted to hear subjective opinions - it should suits you fine...
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Posted By: kazansky
Date Posted: February 22 2007 at 05:45
also updating list 
Kamelot - Early albums up to Karma Derek Sherinian - Blood of the Snake Spock's Beard - Spock's Beard Green Carnation - The Quiet Offspring Enslaved - any album Blackmore's Night - Village Lantern ------------- The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us. |
Posted By: eugene
Date Posted: February 22 2007 at 06:11
Blood of the snake - suprisingly good heavy fusion here, with only couple of downright weak funny tracks
SB - definitely best of post Neal era, with about 50 pct material being good prog-rock.
Blackmore's Night - this is ridiculous already....always the same old primitive tricks, completely unispired, repetitive and ultimately boring.
Do not know the rest and not that I really want to....
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Posted By: kazansky
Date Posted: February 22 2007 at 06:15
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thanks a lot ------------- The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us. |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: February 22 2007 at 08:43
You have already heard Elements, at least you listened to it a while back.
Tubular Bells II is like a modern re-thinking of the original Tubular Bells album, only less good.
The Asia albums are just poppy hard rock with a few proggy moments. Still kinda good. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: February 22 2007 at 11:45
Did I? If i did, it was only the sample on PA
Any idea which albums i should get from Asia?
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Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: February 23 2007 at 08:29
Two excellent albums from Captain Spillage full of spacey keyboards, funky-but-not-too-funky bass and wonderful guitar. Some lyrics are a bit cringeworthy but I heartily recommend all of Hillage's albums apart from And Not Or / For To Next. ------------- "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." |
Posted By: darkmatter
Date Posted: February 23 2007 at 11:11
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- Anathema - Alternative 4 - Anathema - A Natural Disaster - Wolverine - Still - No-Man - Returning Jesus - IQ - Dark Matter And that's all I can think of off the top of my head, but I'm sure there are more. |
Posted By: billbuckner
Date Posted: February 23 2007 at 12:16
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Dixie Dregs - California Screamin'
(Never have heard DD before)
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Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: February 23 2007 at 12:23
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OSI - Office of Strategic Influence -------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: February 23 2007 at 13:36
Sounds great!
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: February 25 2007 at 10:40
Havn't heard that one, but i can strongly recommend "What If?".
Great mixture of jazz/fusion and country elements
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Posted By: cuncuna
Date Posted: February 25 2007 at 10:54
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• Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells II: New age kind of. Nota that bad if compared with later releases on the same "series", but still, not something to regard as a "must" purchase.
Steve Hillage - Motivation Radio: It has good moments, and it is definitely something to have around, but the last two tracks are just poor. Hatfield & the North - Hatfield & the North: must be good for canterbury adepts. I just like the opening and the end, good mellow songs. I would choose that "News from babel" album in wich Robert Wyatt is featured as guest. This one is too flat, with those "let's all jam over the same bass line forever" moments taking over the %80 of the album . Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte: A must have item. Beautiful work. ------------- ¡Beware of the Bee! |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: February 25 2007 at 11:01
| Thanks, cucuna! |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: March 03 2007 at 06:06
New List:
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Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: March 03 2007 at 06:12
This album doesn't appeal to some Yes fans since Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman are not present (well they are on the remaster - which I don't have) It is a good album but does have some pop elements. Chris Squire, Alan White, and Steve Howe do a good job of keeping the Yes sound even without Jon and Rick. I liked it lot and like as much as Fragile. |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: March 03 2007 at 06:35
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I've heard "Machine Messiah" and "Tempus Fugit" before, and it sounds quite nice. Might get my hands on it soon! |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 03 2007 at 08:29
I'll just post my review of Olias of Sunhillow here:JON ANDERSON — Olias of SunhillowReview by ../Collaborators.asp?id=2608 - BaldFriede (Friederike)PROG REVIEWER
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What would one expect from a solo album by a Yes-member? Probably some intrumental
virtuosity. But then Jon Anderson is the singer, and he plays ALL the instruments himself,
so perhaps we should look for something else. And we certainly find it: Atmosphere.Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: March 03 2007 at 08:33
Another list for me:
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Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: March 03 2007 at 08:51
A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms : This one is my less favorite album from them since it isn't pretty varied and generic at times, although the song "3 libras" is really beautiful. Their "13th Step" album is significantly better IMO. ------------- 
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 03 2007 at 08:54
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Of Gong I highly recommend "You", which in my opinion contains the best drumming ever. Listening to the drums in "Master Builder" just blew me away, and I wanted to become a drummer too (and succeeded). The other musicians are no slouches either, and when they jam the music just flows and flows.
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: March 03 2007 at 21:36
APC, Get most Tool albums first.
Gaucho, excellent stuff, but I doubt you'll like it. Listen before buying.
Frizzle Fry, their best album!
Drama, their best post-TFTO release, IMO. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: MusicForSpeedin
Date Posted: March 03 2007 at 22:04
Frizzle Fry is amazing.
All of the songs are great.
Perhaps you won't like Les' voice if have never heard it before, but the music makes up for it. I love his voice personally.
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: March 03 2007 at 22:17
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Ayreon: The Final Experiment Ayreon: Actual Fantasy Can: Monster Movie (comparable to Ege Bamyasi and Future Days) Gong: Flying Teapot Gong: Espresso Spock's Beard: Beware of Darkness Van Der Graaf Generator: The Least We can Do Is Wave to each Other ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: March 03 2007 at 22:20
Expresso is my favorite Gong album. Excellent, colourful Jazz-fusion! Teapot is a very good Psych/Space album.
The VDGG one isn't as good as it's followers, but still a very good album! Check it out. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: March 03 2007 at 23:44
Not quite as good as Ege or Tago, and with a slightly less distinctively-Can sound. Mooney is quite manic at times, and totally different from Damo. The songs are pretty solid. Yoo Doo Rite has a great groove, but would have been best cut to about 5 minutes (and I LOVE the other long Can songs!) Ultimately, recommended for a fan of Tago and Ege, as it's better than Soundtracks. You will also want Future Days, and Soon over Babaluma and Landed are also worth your money. -------------   |
Posted By: Flyingsod
Date Posted: March 04 2007 at 02:22
The best there is Drama. One of my all time favs. You already said your interested so I won't elaborate cept to say go ahead and get the remaster. It actually has tracks that they worked on with Jon and Rick. I gotta say it... Im glad as hell Rick left at that time, he was in high cheese form. There is a reason a tomato is splattered all over the cover of Tormato. Onward is pretty but short, On the silent wings of freedom Is actually pretty cool but the rest is very much on the crappy side imo. It also has the worst yes song ever. Gaucho imo is not Steely Dans best work. It does have a few nice songs. I'll assume you have some others by them, if not try them first. I'd say by this used, not worth a premium price. Baldfriede, Olias of Sunhillow is One of my favs. I like what ya said about it but I will have to add ( to possibly warn others ) that it is probably the first new age album. To those wondering about it don't let that scare you. If you like spacey atmospherics you'll like. it also has great and grand melodies. ------------- This space intentionally left blank |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: March 04 2007 at 03:22
From Wyatt i only have "End of an Ear", which is quite inaccessible.
It's like Avant Garde Jazz-rock with wierd voices and effects. I don't think you'll like it. At least get some other Canterbury/Jazz-rock first.
From Gong, i would recommend the whole Radio Gnome Invisible Trilogy (Flying Teapot, Angel's Egg, You).
Excellent Psychedelic jazzy stuff.
And you should also take a look at their 76-79 era with albums like"Shamal" & "Gazeuse".
It has very little to do with earlier Gong, this era is much more fusion orientated with exotic instruments like Flute, Marimba, Oriental Percussion.
Very Yummy band!
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Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: March 04 2007 at 03:27
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What an interesting, i.e. good, thread! I shall compile me own list post haste! ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: Flyingsod
Date Posted: March 04 2007 at 18:00
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Easily available to me are Peter Hammils; Gematria and This Fathers Day. I think they are 10 bucks each on decent vinyl. what are these two like?
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Posted By: Nowhere Man
Date Posted: March 04 2007 at 20:23
Whistler, did you mean to spell Aqualung, "Aqualing" in your sig? ------------- 
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Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: March 05 2007 at 04:29
I have to agree that End of an Ear is the least accessible of Wyatt's solo albums. Try Rock Bottom, then Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard or Live At Drury Lane.
Most of the music is pretty laid-back with Wyatt's melancholy vocals lending a wonderful atmosphere. On Rock Bottom's more up-beat tracks (e.g Little Red Riding Hood... and Little Red Robin Hood... ) there's a fantastic driving, soaring feel that carries you along. Superb!
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: March 05 2007 at 11:20
Even more:
So many more i want |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: March 05 2007 at 13:26
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: March 06 2007 at 10:29
Thanks for the help once again, björnar! 
One more:
 Does it sound better than the original?
The original sounds a bit boring, i think. The patterns are a bit "unclear"
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Posted By: cuncuna
Date Posted: March 06 2007 at 10:37
CAN: Monster movie.- If you are expecting something like Future days or Ege bamyasi, better buy their "Soon over babalooma" album. Monster movie is a great album, but most likely to sound like an experimental early version of Sonic youth. ------------- ¡Beware of the Bee! |
Posted By: cuncuna
Date Posted: March 06 2007 at 10:45
Eloy: the power and the passion.- Primitive, predictable and boring. Not a single song shows the spark that appeared in their space albums. I would even dare to say that Metromania is a better purchase than this one. Primus: Sailing the seas of cheese is a better work if compared to Frizzle Fry, wich is somewhat too long a derivative sometimes. But I truly believe that Primus is a colateral effect of the "Comercial album" by the Residents. Yes: Tormato.- If someone yells horrible things at you, that's better than listening to tormato. Yes: Drama.- sounds like one of those meals you can eat anyway, but covered with tons of mustard and other sauces. Only as an 80's consolation item. ------------- ¡Beware of the Bee! |
Posted By: cuncuna
Date Posted: March 06 2007 at 10:54
Robert wyatt: Rock bottom and Donde están are the most obvious choices. Then, get the "Letters home" album by News from babel. ------------- ¡Beware of the Bee! |
Posted By: Flyingsod
Date Posted: March 06 2007 at 21:44
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The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys I pretty jammy. No grand overly complex counterpointed intellectual composiitons here. Some great music in a vein similar to the Allman bros but less southern. not southern at all really. Fates Warning, one of my favs when they first appeared on the scene but I'm not a big fan of upper register operatic vocals. ------------- This space intentionally left blank |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: March 09 2007 at 09:07
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A couple more:
All of those were avaible at a very cheap price (used) at my favorite record store. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: March 09 2007 at 09:24
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: March 09 2007 at 09:26
I agree. Traffic and John Barleycorn Must Die are much better. It's still a nice album though.
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: April 28 2007 at 10:11
Thought i'd bring back this thread with a new list.
And some Metal stuff:
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: April 29 2007 at 02:12
And some Metal stuff:
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: April 29 2007 at 02:14
| ^ Thanks alot anyway! |
Posted By: Apsalar
Date Posted: April 29 2007 at 07:32
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: April 29 2007 at 08:14
| Well, i have several albums by "Death", So getting into Posessed and Opeth's debut shouldn't be a problem |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: May 28 2007 at 02:09
A Couple of new ones:
Looking for something diffrent from Gentle Giant & King Crimson
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Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: May 28 2007 at 08:44
Sky Moves Sideways is very Pink Floyd-esque- very space and chill-out typte stuff. Signify retains a lot of the spaciness from the TSMS but condenses it into slightly shorter songs. It has quite a few instrumentals which are awesome. Stupid Dream sees slightly poppier songs and fairly different from the earlier stuff. In Absentia starts to incorporate more of the metal sound into the songs and incorporates more of the spaciness from the earlier albums into the songs Fear of a Blank Planet is kind of like Deadwing...but not. I don't know, it's kind of hard to describe, so just get it, it's great! All of these albums are excellent, but I would start out with Signify and In Absentia. What do you already have by GG and KC? |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: May 28 2007 at 10:16
By GG: Only "Aquiring the taste" yet on CD By KC: Nothing on CD. "In the Court of the Crimson King", "In the Wake of Poseidon", "Lizard", "Islands", "Earthbound", "Larks Tongues in Aspic", "Three of a Perfect Pair" as well as the bootleg "Of Terse Economy" as .mp3
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Posted By: magnus
Date Posted: May 28 2007 at 12:14
This one got me into PT. I was hooked from the very beginning of 'Blackest Eyes'. The album has this spacey feel to it, with poppy moments scattered here and there(like the verse/chorus of Blackest Eyes), and I personally find it a very easy album to fall in love with. ------------- The scattered jigsaw of my redemption laid out before my eyes Each piece as amorphous as the other - Each piece in its lack of shape a lie 
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: May 28 2007 at 13:46
| Thanks! |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: May 28 2007 at 13:58
Agreed - a brilliant album, with good vocals by Philip Collins Esq..
Incidentally, There is a tenuous (and in R J Godfrey's eyes, contentious) link between this album and The Enid's In The Region Of The Summer Stars, as both are based upon the Tarrot.
I'm curious about Magna Carta ~ Lord of Ages ------------- What? |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: May 28 2007 at 16:49
Definitely get "In A Glass House" by GG- their best album out of all of them in my opinion. For KC, definitely check out "Discipline" and "Red."
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Posted By: Visitor13
Date Posted: June 01 2007 at 03:05
| Is King Crimson's 'Thrakattak' worth getting? |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: June 01 2007 at 08:55
| What I've read, it's full of "messy" improvisation, and not many Album-tracks. |
Posted By: debrewguy
Date Posted: June 01 2007 at 19:00
My two cents - the best part of the album is the cover sticker that warns buyers that it contains instances of musical improvisation ... and a sticker (  )------------- "Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case. |
Posted By: Visitor13
Date Posted: June 02 2007 at 13:24
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Album tracks? Do you mean composed pieces? Are there any at all on that album? I'm pretty certain all the tracks there are improvised. I love 'messy' impros, BTW, free jazz (broadely understood) is my favourite music nowadays!
Similarly, would anyone here recommend the Projekcts 4-CD boxset? |
Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: June 02 2007 at 15:43
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I love the ProjeKcts, I hate THraKaTTaK.
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 02 2007 at 18:00
I recommend both. TA is MUCH more avant-garde like, where as the projeKcts usually sound "unmessy", even though theres lots of improv.
TA is definitely more for either the diehard KC fan or for people with experimental ears...its rewarding still. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Visitor13
Date Posted: June 03 2007 at 06:25
| Ok, cool, thanks! I'll get both. |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: June 28 2007 at 04:18
and growing... |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: June 28 2007 at 09:27
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: June 28 2007 at 09:58
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Thanks
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Posted By: Barla
Date Posted: July 01 2007 at 14:29
Great idea to start a thread like this!!  As for me:
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: July 01 2007 at 16:06
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: July 01 2007 at 17:11
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Posted By: fungusucantkill
Date Posted: July 01 2007 at 17:28
Those Rage Against the Machine albums are great Personally my favorites are Renagades and Evil Empire. Some Killer Tracks on there. but also they dont have a song that i dont like
As for the Queesryche album, Empire was a not as popular item next to Operation Mindcrime and such. But yet still a good album. -------------  
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: July 02 2007 at 03:15
Many of those, if not all, is sold really cheap (59kr, $8) at my favorite record store. So i'm wondering if they are worth getting.
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Posted By: Apsalar
Date Posted: July 02 2007 at 06:16
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These three are my favourite releases:
Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark Bathory - Blood Fire Death Bathory - Hammerheart Under the sign of the Black Mark, is the rawest out of the three Blackened thrash. Blood Fire Death shows their viking/folk roots coming through. Hammerheart is a viking metal album through and through, more of an epic feel. For 59kr you cannot go wrong! |
Posted By: Dalezilla
Date Posted: July 02 2007 at 06:33
Excellent album!
Perfect for a rainy summer day. Their best album in my opinion. Definitely worth it! |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: July 04 2007 at 05:43
Thanks!
But i found an even cheaper store with even better stuff (Much more Prog)
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: July 29 2007 at 13:32
More:
... And ever growing |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: August 01 2007 at 03:38
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Blind Guardian - Any Album
Jeff Beck - Wired
Radiohead - Kid A
Radiohead - Amnesiac
Radiohead - Ok Computer
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Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: August 02 2007 at 21:40
Sorry for not being very descriptive when talking about their electronic albums. It's quite hard to try and explain it, really. You should read the reviews written about them. They can describe their sound far more better than me.-------------
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: August 03 2007 at 03:26
Thanks! 
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: August 19 2007 at 04:07
Since my birthday's coming up, i'm curious about a bit more unusual&expensive stuff:
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Posted By: magnus
Date Posted: August 19 2007 at 06:04
Now, I haven't heard their first two albums, but I've heard they are lacking, especially in terms of sound quality etc(e.g. my brother tells me Romeo's guitar tone sucks; sounds like he's playing on a guitar with strings of plastic  )The Divine Wings of Tragedy: Essential. The three first songs are quite hard-hitting, brilliant tracks, and then you have the epic Accolade, which is one of the best tracks they ever made. A few more very good tracks, like the Egypt-sounding Pharaoh, and to top it off, a very good epic title track. I'm guessing I'd give this album 5 stars in a review. The Twilight in Olympus: A somewhat overlooked transition between the album before and after, this is still a very good effort by Symphony X. The album starts off brilliantly with Smoke and Mirrors, which smoothly transitions into Church of the Machine. Those two and In the Dragon's Den are my favourite tracks. The rest of the album is great, although it doesn't really keep my attention the way TDWoT or V do. 4 stars? V - The New Mythology Suite: Essential. Basically a concept album about mythological things(for lack of a better word ). I haven't completely put myself into what it's about, but you hear a lot about Atlantis and such. Both filled with tracks that are very strong standing alone, and a really great 'big picture'. 5 stars?Paradise Lost: I'm thinking best album of the year. It's really heavy, and Russel Allen's vocals are incredible! Get it NOW! :edit: and when it comes to Porcupine Tree - In Absentia, I don't really think you can go wrong with it... May seem a bit poppy, the songs are really catchy, but in a good way(of course  ). Blackest Eyes alone made me a Porcupine Tree fan------------- The scattered jigsaw of my redemption laid out before my eyes Each piece as amorphous as the other - Each piece in its lack of shape a lie
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