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Topic: Modern Battle of Albums Poll #32 Posted: July 04 2015 at 11:04
and finally... poll 64 of the first round of the PA's battle of the albums Next week the 2nd round starts..
Poll #32.
One vote, top 2 vote getters move on to 2nd round.
Vote for the album people.. not the group. If you don't know the album,
ask, google, youtube it. Lots of great music here man...
From Sweden
Pain of Salvation
From California
Spock's Beard
From England
Radio Massacre International
and finally... from England
Anathema!!
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Posted: July 04 2015 at 11:59
only Spock's Beard do we own anything by.. or even heard.
And Spock's Beard is not exactly. well.. let's say it was good and leave it at that. I don't care for retro prog. .at least unlike the Flower Kings.. they have some real talent..
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Posted: July 04 2015 at 13:44
BE, though I still say it's the wrong album for them, The Perfect Element is far better. I'm finding RMI quite interesting on first listen, though I doubt I'd give it to them over PoS.
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Posted: July 05 2015 at 19:25
Anathema - Judgement. What an excellent album. This is where they nailed down their trademark sound. Quite an emotional album with the occasional addition of piano and other keyboards, but still retaining that great heavy guitar sound, even with the slower tempo of their music.
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Posted: July 06 2015 at 07:32
It would ususally be an automatic vote for RMI for me. However, Emissaries is the only album of theirs that I really don't like much, so I'll cast a vote for V.
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Posted: July 06 2015 at 08:43
Horizons wrote:
Pretty weak list though.
Yup. V and Judgement (my favourite Anathema album, but I'm not crazy about them) are just OK in my book. Thought Be was pretty good though.
Almost broke my own rule of only voting for albums I've heard in full. Really enjoyed that Radio Massacre International track, will have to get that album someday.
But in the end I went with Pain of Salivation
sleeper wrote:
BE, though I still say it's the wrong album for them, The Perfect Element is far better.
Be is actually the first album from them I've enjoyed. I have Entropia and The Perfect Element, but they do nothing for me. If one of those had been here instead I would've gone with Anathema.
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Posted: July 06 2015 at 12:14
The Bearded Bard wrote:
Horizons wrote:
Pretty weak list though.
Yup. V and Judgement (my favourite Anathema album, but I'm not crazy about them) are just OK in my book. Thought Be was pretty good though.
Almost broke my own rule of only voting for albums I've heard in full. Really enjoyed that Radio Massacre International track, will have to get that album someday.
But in the end I went with Pain of Salivation
sleeper wrote:
BE, though I still say it's the wrong album for them, The Perfect Element is far better.
Be is actually the first album from them I've enjoyed. I have Entropia and The Perfect Element, but they do nothing for me. If one of those had been here instead I would've gone with Anathema.
I think most would agree that The Perfect Element or Remedy Lane are much better albums, BE is good but flawed with it's concept getting in the way of music.
As for Anathema, I love The Silent Enigma but anything after Eternity is a real bore, though Judgement can be good and miles ahead of everything else they've done since Alternative Snore.
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Posted: July 08 2015 at 20:11
POS
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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Posted: July 08 2015 at 23:03
I'd like to give POS a bit more time. It is quite interesting, Emissaries appears to have no hope I'm leaning towards this though sadly it's prospects are not looking all that chirpy.
V is a curates egg.
Emissaries I'm liking what I've heard thus far.
Judgement, or rather Anathema as a whole, I did not expect to like at all but its actually pretty damn good though "Hey you.. rotting in your alcoholic shell, Banging on the walls of your intoxicated mind" cuts a bit close to the bone. (No I am not an alcholic but yes I do drink too much) the more I hear, the more I'm liking.
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