Meticulous Thought Input

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These are 7 albums I consider have benefitted from a lot of time spent in refining the music, arrangements, instrumentation, lyrics and overall consistency. I know there are many more equally well thought out albums but these are my picks.Apart from playing favourites, which album do you think has the most thoughtful consideration to composition, arrangement, instrumentation, performance and lyrics? 

Poll Question: Which album do you feel is the most meticulously thought out recording
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Larks Tongues In Aspic - King Crimson	4	[10.81%]
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis	15	[40.54%]
Close To The Edge - Yes	9	[24.32%]
Aja - Steely Dan	4	[10.81%]
Crime Of The Century - Supertramp	0	[0.00%]
Before And After Science - Brian Eno	1	[2.70%]
Abbey Road - The Beatles	4	[10.81%]
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Dr. Occulator Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 04 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 627	Topic: Meticulous Thought Input Posted: October 07 2015 at 17:53
	These are 7 albums I consider have benefitted from a lot of time spent in refining the music, arrangements, instrumentation, lyrics and overall consistency. I know there are many more equally well thought out albums but these are my picks. Apart from playing favourites, which album do you think has the most thoughtful consideration to composition, arrangement, instrumentation, performance and lyrics?
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HackettFan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 20 2012 Location: Oklahoma Status: Offline Points: 7946	Posted: October 07 2015 at 19:42
	That's two for the Lamb. 100% of the vote. Hope we run away with this.

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	CTTE
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	Road
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someone_else Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: May 02 2008 Location: Going Bananas Status: Offline Points: 23993	Posted: October 08 2015 at 03:20
	Lamb


Hercules Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: June 14 2007 Location: Near York UK Status: Offline Points: 7024	Posted: October 08 2015 at 03:49
	I saw Rick Wakeman interviewed about CTTE. He himself was frustrated by the enormous amount of time the others spent arguing, debating, refining and honing every note on the album. He just wanted to get out for a pint and a curry.
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b_olariu Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: March 02 2007 Location: Romania Status: Offline Points: 5531	Posted: October 08 2015 at 04:33
	The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis

O666 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 20 2009 Location: TEHRAN-IRAN Status: Offline Points: 2618	Posted: October 08 2015 at 05:16
	LAMB is my first and CTTE is my second choice.

Flight123 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 01 2010 Location: Sohar, Oman Status: Offline Points: 1399	Posted: October 08 2015 at 07:26
	Despite Eno's use of systems theory, I have to go with the Dan on this!

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	Of this list, Larks. Not on this list, Thick as a Brick.

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	Larks' or Aja. I can't choose.
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dr wu23 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 22 2010 Location: Indiana Status: Offline Points: 20451	Posted: October 08 2015 at 13:34
	That's an interesting word....and I think all of those albums were done with great care but I suppose CTTE and Lamb were the most 'complex' in terms of structures. But it is well known that Steely Dan were very specific and took great care to record, write , and decide upon musicians for their music so I would put them in the running also. I'm sure Fripp et al also took pains to get it the way they wanted. I have no idea how 'meticulous' the other albums were in their making .
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Triceratopsoil Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 03 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 17995	Posted: October 08 2015 at 13:34
	Eno was a very detail-oriented musician and producer

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	Either Genesis or KC. I'll go the former this time.
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	Lark
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BrufordFreak Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 25 2008 Location: Wisconsin Status: Offline Points: 7954	Posted: October 08 2015 at 20:38
	Seems The Lamb shouldn't qualify since the lyricist/singer came in after all the music was done. In Bill Bruford's bio he comments on the number of hours of discussion, practice and nitpicking went into Close to the Edge.
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	The Lamb. What a trip!
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