Tales from Topographic Oceans |
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coleio
Forum Senior Member Joined: February 06 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 272 |
Topic: Tales from Topographic Oceans Posted: August 14 2007 at 10:01 |
You Choose.
I personally love it. Grandiose on a scale hardly ever seen |
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Eat heartily at breakfast, for tonight, we dine in Hell!!
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Vompatti
Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: October 22 2005 Location: elsewhere Status: Offline Points: 67386 |
Posted: August 14 2007 at 10:06 |
It's not one of my favourite Yes albums, but I still like it.
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Padraic
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 16 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Status: Offline Points: 31169 |
Posted: August 14 2007 at 10:10 |
Never heard of it, tell me more!
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Shakespeare
Forum Senior Member Joined: July 18 2006 Status: Offline Points: 7744 |
Posted: August 14 2007 at 10:11 |
Only 2 choices? No in-between steps?
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laplace
Prog Reviewer Joined: October 06 2005 Location: popupControl(); Status: Offline Points: 7606 |
Posted: August 14 2007 at 10:12 |
it sucks, but neither of these options appeal to me because I don't mind that it's pretentious and overbearing, just that it's not got any good music on it.
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Chicapah
Prog Reviewer Joined: February 14 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 8238 |
Posted: August 14 2007 at 10:25 |
I loved it when it came out and I will always feel the same. Wonderful peaks and valleys to immerse oneself in.
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"Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain
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1800iareyay
Prog Reviewer Joined: November 18 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2492 |
Posted: August 14 2007 at 10:27 |
I agree with lapace. The problem isn't with pretentiousness, it is with the lack of truly good music on it.
Edited by 1800iareyay - August 14 2007 at 10:36 |
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Padraic
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 16 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Status: Offline Points: 31169 |
Posted: August 14 2007 at 10:33 |
C'mon man, God is right there in the first track! |
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1800iareyay
Prog Reviewer Joined: November 18 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2492 |
Posted: August 14 2007 at 10:36 |
ah crap. foiled once again by my illiteracy
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dedokras
Forum Senior Member Joined: December 04 2006 Location: Bulgaria Status: Offline Points: 635 |
Posted: August 14 2007 at 10:38 |
It is pretentious, over the top, pompous prog but... I don't mind as long as I don't have to listen to it more than twice a year :)
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ian picken
Forum Senior Member Joined: June 25 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 127 |
Posted: August 14 2007 at 10:47 |
Its the dogs swingers, its what its all about , long, epics songs that you have to really scratch at the surface to get into, then you can sink into them forever. Most prog albums i can think of the long epic track is normally the best.
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fuxi
Prog Reviewer Joined: March 08 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 2459 |
Posted: August 14 2007 at 10:55 |
In my opinion, it is neither.
It's not "pretentious" or "overblown" because Anderson and Howe had very serious intentions when they were trying to make it, and some of the time they even succeed in conveying the emotions they wanted to convey (especially on the original Side One). If you want something overblown, try THE MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF KING ARTHUR AND THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. On the other hand, it's not the epitome of anything, because it contains too many weak moments. But I must admit I gave it a five-star review. |
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Badabec
Forum Senior Member Joined: November 14 2005 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 1313 |
Posted: August 14 2007 at 10:58 |
I guess the peak of Progressive Rock (but can you still call it rock or do you have to say symphonic music?). However it is brilliant and one of my favourite Yes albums. But boys and girls, I needed sooooo much time to get into that stuff... ^^
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Mesmo a tristeza da gente era mais bela
E além disso se via da janela Um cantinho de céu e o Redentor - Antônio Carlos Jobim, Toquinho & Vinícius de Moraes - Carta ao Tom 74 |
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febus
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / In Memoriam Joined: January 23 2007 Location: Orlando-Usa Status: Offline Points: 4312 |
Posted: August 14 2007 at 11:10 |
The same for me
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dave-the-rave
Forum Senior Member Joined: January 04 2006 Location: NY metro area Status: Offline Points: 276 |
Posted: August 14 2007 at 11:48 |
Perfectly fabulous. 'Revealing Science' and 'Ritual' are the best pieces, but having the other two makes the whole package that much richer.
I was a high school senior when TFTO came out, and my best friend and I loved it from the first listen. It seemed a very logical extension of CTTE. I also think it really does achieve a true symphonic construction using rock instruments. I listen almost exclusively with headphones. Slip on the cans, press play, and spend 20 or 40 minutes in a completely different time and place. For me, all the 'early man, forgotten civilizations' stuff is absolutely there. Go forth, sit down... and listen. |
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Shakespeare
Forum Senior Member Joined: July 18 2006 Status: Offline Points: 7744 |
Posted: August 14 2007 at 13:45 |
It's pretentious: I don't care.
It's boring: I'm a minimalist. Don't care. There's nothing on this album that I hate, yet I don't love it enthusiastically. It'd good, it's not a classic. |
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The Miracle
Prog Reviewer Joined: May 29 2005 Location: hell Status: Offline Points: 28427 |
Posted: August 14 2007 at 17:55 |
Second option isn't too far fromw what I think about it... my favorite Yes album.
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Bj-1
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 04 2005 Location: No(r)Way Status: Offline Points: 31157 |
Posted: August 14 2007 at 18:09 |
It's one of my favorites from them. It shares the 2nd place of my favorite Yes albums together with Relayer, IMO.
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
EXERIOR Experimental tech/death/progmetal from Norway! |
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ProgBagel
Prog Reviewer Joined: May 13 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2819 |
Posted: August 14 2007 at 19:09 |
I will remain commentless until more then 3 listens.
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The Green Tank
Forum Senior Member Joined: November 06 2005 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 244 |
Posted: August 14 2007 at 19:33 |
My fave Yes album. I could listen to it all day.
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