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Mormegil 
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Posted: July 08 2013 at 06:54 |
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The second half works for me.
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Welcome to the middle of the film.
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Posted: July 07 2013 at 20:43 |
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Can anyone think of any other bands whose 2nd half might be better than their 1st half? |
Fates Warning. Parallels To FWX
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Posted: July 07 2013 at 15:05 |
Stool Man wrote:
Can anyone think of any other bands whose 2nd half might be better than their 1st half? |
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Posted: July 07 2013 at 09:46 |
Stool Man wrote:
Can anyone think of any other bands whose 2nd half might be better than their 1st half? |
The Beatles.
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Posted: July 07 2013 at 06:37 |
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Can anyone think of any other bands whose 2nd half might be better than their 1st half?
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Posted: July 06 2013 at 23:00 |
I'll go for the middle period....
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Posted: July 06 2013 at 19:16 |
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The 2nd half by far for me. Too much mediocre psychedelic stuff IMO on the first seven. |
This. There are several albums pre-DSotM that I no longer listen to. The novelty of "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast" wore quite thin after a couple of listens. And that was in the 70s while I was stoned. 
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Posted: July 06 2013 at 16:00 |
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The first half is certainly preferable.
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Posted: July 06 2013 at 13:16 |
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The first halve, for me the second halve is a period of regression and production fetishism
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Posted: July 06 2013 at 09:33 |
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I really like both of them i just dont like the albums after "The Final Cut"
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Posted: July 06 2013 at 09:28 |
Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:
Really tough call for me, picked the second half because of Animals, WYWH & DSOTM but none of the others in the 2nd half make my top 10. It's a coin toss given that mix.
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Exactly the same thing for me, except I picked the 1st half.
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Posted: July 06 2013 at 08:44 |
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Really tough call for me, picked the second half because of Animals, WYWH & DSOTM but none of the others in the 2nd half make my top 10. It's a coin toss given that mix.
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Posted: July 06 2013 at 07:37 |
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Second half by far. Excepting the post-Waters material, every album from that period is amazing (yes, even The Final Cut).
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Posted: July 06 2013 at 07:27 |
I figured, but I thought it needed elaboration anyway. "Objectively" is kind of a hot button word around here, and it wasn't even quite what I meant. 
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Posted: July 06 2013 at 06:09 |
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I couldn't do without either. It's close, as the score confirms. I'd have to take the second half.
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Posted: July 06 2013 at 02:55 |
Wanorak wrote:
The 2nd half by far for me. Too much mediocre psychedelic stuff IMO on the first seven. |
This. Plus, I don't like Meddle. I legitimately almost fell asleep when I first heard it. While I was running on an elliptical and weight-lifting I might add. Echoes is more ambiance than substance IMO, and that's what I perceive as the reason the album has such a high position in the top 100.
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Posted: July 06 2013 at 02:45 |
infocat wrote:
Middle half (Ummagumma through Animals).
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This would blow all other options away. Anyway, it contains my 6 favourite PF albums + #10.
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Posted: July 06 2013 at 02:07 |
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First half with no doubts, Obscured By Clouds included even if the best Gilmour's solos went later.
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Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half.
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Posted: July 05 2013 at 23:49 |
HolyMoly wrote:
Triceratopsoil wrote:
HolyMoly wrote:
Objectively, the 2nd half is clearly better |
sez who
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Lemme rephrase that.
It's obvious to me that the 2nd half contains more skillfully crafted, fully realized albums, while I actually prefer listening to the rougher, more experimental stuff, so I voted for "first half". |
it's ok, I was teasing you 
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Posted: July 05 2013 at 21:44 |
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OK, with my vote I just tied first and second halfs.
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