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Chris S
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Posted: March 12 2014 at 03:57 | |||
What a totally negative thread...scraping the barrel stuff
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Chris S
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Posted: March 12 2014 at 05:31 | |||
Platinum....the perfect crossover album, one of Oldfield's prized jewel. Just shows how appalling opinions can be
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Svetonio
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Posted: March 12 2014 at 05:48 | |||
This is e.g. a far better crossover prog album (the term did not exist at that time, though) but extremely conspicuous as a bad album, although there are some strong tracks unlike Mr Oldfield's Platinium bullsh*tt |
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: March 12 2014 at 06:03 | |||
The OP is asking for the one album in an artists discography that ruins it. That means you think Platinum is the only bad album by Oldfield. I find your opinion unfathomable. There are easily half a dozen worse than Platinum. Platinum isn't top 3, but its certainly not bottom 1.
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Svetonio
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Posted: March 12 2014 at 06:21 | |||
Maybe I misunderstood the question from the OP, but after Platinium I lost interest for further Oldfield's work, and I was not the only one. Edited by Svetonio - March 12 2014 at 06:23 |
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: March 12 2014 at 06:52 | |||
The Final Cut ruins Pink Floyds list
Love Beach and the followup ruins ELP Big Generator ruins Yes Presto ruins Rush now for the flaming - theres always someone out ther in a negative thread who loves even this lot! |
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: March 12 2014 at 06:58 | |||
You did misunderstand
I happen to agree that TB through Incantations is by far the best period for Oldfield, I still like Crises, Platinum & QE2 but after that it drops off pretty dramatically. There's the occasional good album, Amarok & Songs Of Distant Earth for example, but otherwise not so much. Edited by Nogbad_The_Bad - March 12 2014 at 07:00 |
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Ian
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: March 12 2014 at 07:09 | |||
Tangerine Dream's remake attempt of Tangram was a low point I wasn't expecting.
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chopper
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Posted: March 12 2014 at 07:39 | |||
Well, I was just waiting for someone to mention Love Beach and Big Generator.
Have another listen to "I'm Running" from BG and then tell me it ruins Yes' discography.
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: March 12 2014 at 07:44 | |||
Extremely cheesy with poor production value and unmemorable compositions, whereas before they were putting out groovy hard-rocking psychedelia
The day that 1 track makes an entire album worth listening to is a sad day indeed not that I can really comment as I've never bothered to listen to Big Generator |
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Finnforest
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Posted: March 12 2014 at 11:25 | |||
I can't think of a single album that ever "ruined a discog" for me. Yes some of my fave bands have dud albums but I think of them more as pieces of the puzzle.
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dr wu23
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Posted: March 12 2014 at 11:53 | |||
Yeah...I have to agree with you. One bad LP doesn't "ruin a discography''....
and as Chris S said above it's a' "negative thread scraping the bottom of the barrel".
But then that seems to be a tradition here at PA.
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ghost_of_morphy
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Posted: March 12 2014 at 11:56 | |||
Big Generator, although not a masterpiece by any means, isn't quite as bad as it's reputation. On the other hand,Open Your Eyes is every bit as bad as it's reputation.
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Polymorphia
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Posted: March 12 2014 at 12:34 | |||
Strange Terrain was a pretty low point for Jan Dukes de Grey. They basically took all the strengths of those wacky psychedelic tracks they did as Noy's Band and turned them into weaknesses. It's almost embarrassing to listen to. On the other hand, that hasn't tarnished my appreciation for Sorcerers and Mice and Rats in the Loft.
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Metalmarsh89
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Posted: March 12 2014 at 15:52 | |||
That would be me. Presto is one of my favorites. |
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richardh
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Posted: March 12 2014 at 16:02 | |||
He couldn't continue doing things that way (months and months in a studio) , it wasn't healthy for him. Transition is a bad word perhaps but he wanted to explore a different way of working. I quickly became very fond of Platinum when I strapped on a set of decent headphones and there is plenty to enjoy. I don't believe he compromised his approach he just changed that's all. BTW have you heard Amarok? It was a bit of a return to his earlier style of music. A lot of people enjoy that who like the early stuff. |
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chopper
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Posted: March 13 2014 at 07:19 | |||
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Barbu
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Posted: March 13 2014 at 13:21 | |||
Put the bottle down, sunshine. |
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: March 14 2014 at 00:28 | |||
^ Indeed, Ocean is a high-point in the world of Eloy (and they had many peaks with very few troughs).
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verslibre
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Posted: March 14 2014 at 23:18 | |||
Outlandish. Ocean is a classic. |
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