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A_Flower 
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 Topic: Fish Out of Water - Chris Squire
Posted: June 30 2015 at 15:04 |
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In honor of Chris's passing...
Silently Falling for me
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Moogtron III
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Posted: June 30 2015 at 15:17 |
Yes, that's my choice as well. Wonderful album, it always makes me happy. All the songs are good too, no weak spots.
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Progosopher
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Posted: June 30 2015 at 15:26 |
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I am about halfway through listening to it right now! Going with the current leader, followed by Lucky Seven, Safe (Canon Song), Hold Out Your Hand (a great opener), and finishing with You By My Side.
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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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micky
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Posted: June 30 2015 at 16:55 |
Safe (Canon Song) for the Mick 
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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Man With Hat
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Posted: June 30 2015 at 17:02 |
 Moogtron III wrote:
Yes, that's my choice as well.Wonderful album, it always makes me happy. All the songs are good too, no weak spots. |
Pretty much! I'll give Lucky Seven a vote as it currently as none, but really, I could vote for all of them.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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questionsneverknown
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Posted: June 30 2015 at 17:17 |
I've always had a real soft spot for this album. Went with Hold Out Your Hand, though I think what I really love is the feeling that the album as a whole possesses.
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The damage that we do is just so powerfully strong we call it love
The damage that we do just goes on and on and on but not long enough.
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SquonkHunter
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Posted: June 30 2015 at 18:23 |
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As someone said in a review back then, it is the "lost" Yes album.
Edited by SquonkHunter - June 30 2015 at 18:24
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"You never had the things you thought you should have had and you'll not get them now..."
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Dellinger
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Posted: June 30 2015 at 21:51 |
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Silently Falling for me. Safe is my other favourite, but that one kind of stretches a bit too long.
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The.Crimson.King
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Posted: June 30 2015 at 22:20 |
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Just gave this album a fresh re-listen last night after many years...much better than I remember it. Anyway, "Hold Out Your Hand" for me...still remember seeing the video of this performance back in '75 with Bruford.
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A_Flower
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Posted: June 30 2015 at 23:35 |
Dellinger wrote:
Silently Falling for me. Safe is my other favourite, but that one kind of stretches a bit too long. |
Very true. The first buildup is really good though
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The-time-is-now
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Posted: July 01 2015 at 00:07 |
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Safe.
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 One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D
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octopus-4
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Posted: July 01 2015 at 01:23 |
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I consider Silently Falling a masterpiece
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Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half.
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Posted: July 01 2015 at 02:39 |
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This is a very hard choice. A five star album with three qualifying songs: Hold Out Your Hand, Silently Falling and Safe (Canon Song). I vote for Safe today, the more because it gets less votes than it deserves.
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Posted: July 01 2015 at 05:42 |
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Cannot choose one as, to me, they all blend into a glorious completeness. Has to be listened to from beginning to end (one of the few advantages of CDs).
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Posted: July 01 2015 at 05:43 |
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Silently Falling but I nearly voted for You By My Side as it only has 1 so far and it's also a great song.
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AEProgman
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Posted: July 01 2015 at 07:39 |
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Have loved this album the first time I heard it. I could have voted for almost any of them, but I went for the song that I liked immediately during the first time I heard it, Lucky Seven. Loved how playful and jazzy it is.
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Posted: July 01 2015 at 08:04 |
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This is tough--Moraz and Bruford on Silently are so great----so thats my choice this week
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Manuel
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Posted: July 01 2015 at 08:38 |
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I like this album so much, I always seen it as a whole, and not separate songs, so it's hard for me to choose one particular piece. Just listened to it yesterday, to honor the late Chris Squire, and as usual, was a delightful experience, though bitter-sweet this time around.
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Posted: July 01 2015 at 09:37 |
A_Flower wrote:
Silently Falling for me |
Agreed.
Moogtron III wrote:
Yes, that's my choice as well.Wonderful album, it always makes me happy. All the songs are good too, no weak spots. |
Agreed
micky wrote:
Safe (Canon Song) for the Mick 
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That's a close second. (But why for the Mick?)
AEProgman wrote:
Have loved this album the first time I heard it. I
could have voted for almost any of them, but I went for the song that I
liked immediately during the first time I heard it, Lucky Seven. Loved
how playful and jazzy it is. |
The same happened to me. When I first heard the album, Lucky Seven was also my favourite. But the others grew on me.
SquonkHunter wrote:
As someone said in a review back then, it is the "lost" Yes album.
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I would not call it a lost Yes album. I would call it an album between Yes and King Crimson. Too jazzy for Yes and too Yessy for King Crimson (sorry for the pun, could not resist).
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