Renaissance Albums from the Post-1970's Era |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: July 18 2020 at 02:56 |
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I hope this poll is not quite as "meh" as my recent post-1970's Pink Floyd albums poll.
* The two 1990's albums are by Michael Dunford's Renaissance, with Stephanie Adlington on vocals. Edited by Psychedelic Paul - July 18 2020 at 04:03 |
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Forget the first two in the list.
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Psychedelic Paul
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Yes, I'd rather forget the first two albums in the list too.
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— i.e. the ones nobody cares about.
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Psychedelic Paul
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At least I cared about Michael Dunford's Renaissance enough to include their albums in the poll and I also have "The Other Woman" album on CD.
Edited by Psychedelic Paul - July 18 2020 at 12:16 |
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Tom Ozric
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Time-Line isn’t too shabby either. And unfortunately I’m not familiar with the others on this list. Edited by Tom Ozric - July 18 2020 at 14:50 |
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kenethlevine
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I like Camera Camera but these days I go with "Grandine.." more often than not
I actually prefer "The Other Woman" to "tuscany".
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Psychedelic Paul
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^ It looks like Grandine il Vento is well-worth a listen, considering it's already picked up five votes in the first few hours.
I'm not a fan of the 1980's Camera Camera or Time-Line though. I'd much rather listen to the 1990's version of Renaissance with Michael Dunford and Stephanie Adlington.
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kenethlevine
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The song "Somewhere West of Here" which closes "The Other Woman" is absolutely brilliant. It could have been a song by ILLUSION with Jane Relf singing
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Psychedelic Paul
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I can't find "Somewhere West of Here" on YouTube, but I did find this Renaissance classic, sung by Stephanie Adlington.
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GRandine il Vento. Fantastic album.
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I'm the same. The first two are terrible. I don't know what people find in Camera Camera. Timeline is even worse. The rest are listenable though not wonderful compared to their 70's stuff.
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Psychedelic Paul
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^ Surprisingly, Camera Camera has already picked up a couple of votes, but then again, these polls always spring a few surprises. After all, someone who wishes to remain anonymous once voted for Calling All Stations as the best ever Genesis album.
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Tom Ozric
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Open your ears, folks - Camera Camera is a wonderfully sculpted Prog-Rock album of its time. The sounds may not be ‘70’s (duh) but what a wonderful album. Seems to me, that out of all the ‘major players’ of the era, Renaissance fared above average for sure. Neo-Prog before Neo-Prog was born.
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Thanks. I'll give Camera Camera another listen to see whether it's really a professional Hasselblad camera amongst prog albums, or whether it's just a budget-priced Polaroid Instamatic camera.
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Tom Ozric
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How about an Abacab vs. Camera Camera poll ?? The day I don’t make an error........... Edited by Tom Ozric - July 19 2020 at 05:16 |
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I would place Camera Camera second in the poll behind Grandine. More than credible update to their sound at the time
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Psychedelic Paul
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They are two Renaissance albums I definitely need to check out after seeing the results from this poll.
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I think Grandine is a slam dunk for you. Several songs are in the classic Renaissance tradition while a few, the title cut in particular, offer something new yet familiar. I still don't place it on the level of the 1970s classics but it's probably as good as we will get Re Camera Camera, it helps to approach it without expecting a rehash of the 1970s glories, though 2 of the tracks are truly every bit as good. I think the album deserved better than the thrashing it got in the press, though in Ottawa where I lived at the time it was fully embraced by the local FM station and I converted several classmates at college to the group, culminating in a packed concert at a local club. It was 1982 and people weren't clamoring for prog rock, even those who liked it a few years earlier. We appreciated that the band was still making good music in the new environment, but we did appreciate the Ashes are Burning encore! Of course, some of my mates were converted because of Annie Shame they didn't have a hit like Yes did around that time or they may have been able to stick around.
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