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Dellinger 
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Posted: April 07 2015 at 21:38 |
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Two double albums with 4 epic songs. Which one do you prefer?
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Posted: April 07 2015 at 21:45 |
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Posted: April 08 2015 at 01:35 |
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Posted: April 08 2015 at 01:41 |
Yes, good poll! These albums belong together. I gave it to Tales, because that album opened my eyes to the long-form rock composition. But I listen to Incantations just as joyfully. I discovered Constance Demby's "Sunborne" last year, which takes me to the same place Incantations does.
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Posted: April 08 2015 at 02:34 |
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Tales by a considerable distance. Two sides (The Revealing Science of God and The Remembering) are excellent and some of the best music Yes ever made. Having really loved the first three Mike Oldfield albums, I found Incantations a big disappointment. It's a long time since I listened to it, but large parts seemed to be based around one unimaginative scale, the guitar work was less stellar and there were far fewer interesting musical ideas than on albums such as Tubular Bells and Ommadawn. He was having exegesis treatment at the time he made Incantations and this apparently improved his mental state (cut his hair, became less depressed and more extroverted) but it also seemed to cure him of some of his talent and creativity!
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"And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!"
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Posted: April 08 2015 at 02:49 |
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Incantations by about 1.5 star.
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Posted: April 08 2015 at 05:21 |
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IMHO both these albums contain about 40 minutes of great music...and then there's more.
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Posted: April 08 2015 at 05:30 |
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Incantations is great but Tales is better.
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Posted: April 08 2015 at 07:22 |
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Oldfield for me this time
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Prog On!
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Posted: April 08 2015 at 09:39 |
Tales---it has a special place in my heart. 
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Posted: April 08 2015 at 09:51 |
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Despite the hate it gets, TFTO will always be one of my favourite albums of all time.
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There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark...
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Posted: April 08 2015 at 09:56 |
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Tails
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Progosopher
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Posted: April 08 2015 at 11:58 |
Two masterpieces, but Tales wins - it has a more organic quality while Incantations is a bit programmatic.
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The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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Posted: April 08 2015 at 12:04 |
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I love both, but Incantations is one of the Oldfield's albums which I prefer.
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Posted: April 08 2015 at 12:57 |
Two classic albums IMHO
Gave the nod to TFTO just because the opening song is one of the greats of prog!
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Posted: April 08 2015 at 14:14 |
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Incantations by far for me. TFTO has never been one of my favourite Yes albums.
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Posted: April 08 2015 at 14:35 |
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i'm going with Tales, but doesn't Incantations have ONE FULL SONG instead of four separate ones?
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Posted: April 08 2015 at 14:49 |
Tales wins for me, but barely. I must say---no, I must scream loudly that their most underrated album is "Tormato". I love that album immensely.
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Posted: April 08 2015 at 17:09 |
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Posted: April 08 2015 at 22:17 |
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Oh well, now I don't know which one I like better. I like more music on Incantations, and the last minutes are really magical. But The Revealing Science of God might be enough to tip the scale for Tales. No, I still think there's more to enjoy on Incantations. I love the whole first and fourth parts, and I enjoy most of the second one, even if the final vocal segment is somewhat overlong and flat compared to the final section on part 4. The third part is the one I enjoy the least.
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