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Magnum Vaeltaja 
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Posted: January 24 2016 at 09:04 |
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Some great pastoral albums. Take a pick for your favourite.
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: January 24 2016 at 09:17 |
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Days of Future Past, an album that literally defined pastoral in rock. Of the ones in the poll, definitely Harmonium.
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Posted: January 24 2016 at 09:21 |
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I would not call any of these albums "pastoral".
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Posted: January 24 2016 at 10:02 |
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All great albums, went for Harmonium, which is the only one I consider pastoral of these. If I'm going for pastoral I typically reach for Mike Oldfield, Ommadawn or Hergest Ridge.
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Posted: January 24 2016 at 10:15 |
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Harmonium with no doubt. The Geese and the Ghost is a great album though
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Posted: January 24 2016 at 10:37 |
Harmonium easily. Another more or less pastoral recommendation, from recent years: Camelias Garden's You Have a Chance.
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Manuel
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Posted: January 24 2016 at 11:14 |
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A very, very hard list to choose from. I will go with Anthony Phillips, but all are quite excellent.
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Posted: January 24 2016 at 11:28 |
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Nowadays I'am coming back more on Anthony Philips than the others albums putted in the list...
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Posted: January 24 2016 at 11:37 |
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Harmonium by a fair margin.
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
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Posted: January 24 2016 at 12:03 |
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Gryphon is a masterpiece , more medieval than pastoral , though!
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Posted: January 24 2016 at 13:27 |
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Trespass just over the Geese and the Ghost.
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Posted: January 24 2016 at 14:10 |
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The best pastoral album is Avait but my personal favourite is Trespass.
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Posted: January 24 2016 at 14:22 |
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Though one... I go with Anthony Phillips album... Think is a little more "pastoral" than the others...
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Posted: January 24 2016 at 14:44 |
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All of them are excellent - except Harmonium which is just pleasant.
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Posted: January 24 2016 at 14:53 |
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Trespass, it's a classic for me :D
Edited by fudgenuts64 - January 24 2016 at 14:56
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Posted: January 24 2016 at 15:59 |
Came looking for Trespass, and was not disappointed  That said, Si On Avait and The Geese And The Ghost are both undoubtedly 5-stars, even though I've seriously overplayed them both. Also my favourite Gryphon album by a fair margin, but I think I've only heard the whole thing once through so I definitely need to revisit it.
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Posted: January 24 2016 at 16:28 |
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Harmonium
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Posted: January 24 2016 at 19:34 |
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Gryphon
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
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Posted: January 24 2016 at 19:48 |
Does pastoral mean it has to be about the wood, trees ,and the countryside...? I like Trespass above but some of these give me that pastoral feel also.... Fantasy Cressida Strawbs (any of the early ones but I like hero and heroine) Moody Blues-On The Threshold... BJH-Once Again Celeste-st
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Posted: January 24 2016 at 19:57 |
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How exactly pastoral is The Knife?
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Pastoral Albums
