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Psychedelic Paul 
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^^ My opinion is divided on that issue.
 Anyway, I'm sure I can't be the only one here who dislikes those ten albums. Can I?  Zeit is a 2-star album for me too.
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Cristi
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I have a strange relationship with this album. Sometimes I say "this is awesome", other times "wtf is this thing?!". Edited by Cristi - May 08 2023 at 08:10 |
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Posted: May 08 2023 at 08:07 |
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You can't be divisive on your own Paul.
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Saperlipopette!
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Zeit by Tangerine Dream is an album I personally love that's quite divisive: review by greenback 
What a shame!
The music consists in 2-3 humming refrigerators at the same time, plus a portative fan that
turns back and forth to make the anyway inexistent rhythm, and finally a coming cluster of
threatening killer bees! There are tons of albums better than this one to describe the desolation once you go alone on Mars! The album is even not minimalist! Rating: 0.5 star |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: May 08 2023 at 07:55 |
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I agree. I should've chosen Discipline instead.
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Posted: May 08 2023 at 07:54 |
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It's in my top 5 all-time and favorite KC album
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Frets N Worries
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Posted: May 08 2023 at 07:46 |
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I mean, don't get me wrong, I love that album, i just don't see how people could put it in their top 3, or maybe even 5, it's still a great album, just KC has done better things.
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Posted: May 08 2023 at 07:38 |
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Agree
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Cristi
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Posted: May 08 2023 at 07:34 |
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Definitely, classic KC is beloved by most. I think the KC albums from 1981 to 2003 are more divisive.
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Hardly divisive, 89% rate is Excellent or Essential and 3% Poor or Fan Only.
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Frets N Worries
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Posted: May 08 2023 at 07:24 |
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Well I mean... KC also has 'Red' and 'In the Court of the Crimson King' and 'Discipline', LTIA is GOOD, don't get me wrong, but not as good as the others I just mentioned, personally... maybe better than Islands.
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Cristi
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Posted: May 08 2023 at 07:20 |
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Interesting point of view. As much as i enjoy The Wall (and i played it to death at some point), it's not even top 5 PF for me. The Final Cut is one of my least favorites from PF as well, some nice ideas here and there, but underwhelming compared to what came before.  |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: May 08 2023 at 07:19 |
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I'm glad someone agrees with me.
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YES, i think the wall is the Best PF album, and The Final Cut is the worst. It's weird, but that's how I think. Also I think Larks' Tongues in Aspic is a bit overrated, yes.
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Paul - they aren't divisive if you're the only one who doesn't like them
The Final Cut always gets lots of press as divisive. Yes - Topographic Oceans seems to be considered overblown by some.
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As a rule I'd say, the divisive albums can be those which in general are middle-rated, and not those which are low- or high-rated, as there's a majority agreement about the latter ones. Edited by David_D - May 08 2023 at 08:23 |
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quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
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Psychedelic Paul
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My Top 10 Divisive Albums from the Eclectic Prog category. Well, they're divisive to me anyway, even if to no one else here.
 1982: Adrian Belew - Lone Rhino - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcwhA_ngTLUYrfB9nJPjDQuy1rcsJHLyg 1979: Robert Fripp - Exposure - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZA3qLXj8bA 1972: Gentle Giant - Three Friends - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnfBLo1A3pU 1981: Steve Hackett - Cured - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYUkNbC5UxJEBBQVLgHSVzk 1980: Peter Hammill - A Black Box - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m3B3WZe6eGAdK1oQryOqsb3FJqoU1oBgk 1977: Island - Pictures - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEY0qBilPgU 1973: King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nwJdj92uwTS0jn09Tykvmx9WUoNiW2HYo 2012: Motorpsycho - The Death-Defying Unicorn - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5nTFZl1ZJY 2000: Thieves' Kitchen - Head - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mOaabTilQ7duqDvPoP6fyuuhqbkhOJsb0 1972: Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kOWdkl7AREpLB5vkYkhbv94GHycru9xHY |
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Posted: May 08 2023 at 06:35 |
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If we are talking 'Second Generation' bands, then I can't think of anything that divided opinion quite as much as The Mars Volta did during the early days of this forum...
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Posted: May 08 2023 at 06:26 |
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Not sure whether Van der Graaf Generator's ALT counts as divisive, or it's just that I like it and nobody else... Some would say that the whole VDGG catalogue is divisive, even their generally acknowledged best albums. |
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Cristi
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Posted: May 08 2023 at 06:14 |
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Dream Theater - Awake - it's become a love it or hate it kind of album. It was a quite relevant, important album when it came out. Quite influential as well.
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Saperlipopette! wrote:
What a shame!
The music consists in 2-3 humming refrigerators at the same time, plus a portative fan that
turns back and forth to make the anyway inexistent rhythm, and finally a coming cluster of
threatening killer bees! 