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Posted: June 27 2016 at 12:26 |
Five songs that are frequently cited as weak links, masterpiece-ruiners, utter crap, etc.
Pick which one you like the best.
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Posted: June 27 2016 at 12:31 |
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Hey, Pigs on The Wings is a really good entrance!!
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Posted: June 27 2016 at 12:40 |
Pigs on the Wings is good.
Providence on the other hand makes my ears bleed.
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Posted: June 27 2016 at 14:05 |
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We Have Heaven is one of the best tracks on the album :/
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Posted: June 27 2016 at 14:14 |
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Pigs on the Wing is superb in its context, I think, and gets my vote. Great to have those two parts bookend the album (hardly a weak link, it helps tie the whole thing together for me).
We Have Heaven I really like. It plays a wonderful role in Fragile for me. After hearing it South Side of the Sky is that much more powerful (provides great contrast). A lot of albums where some call certain tracks filler or nonsense would be lessened by removing such tracks.
Edited by Logan - June 27 2016 at 14:21
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Posted: June 27 2016 at 14:34 |
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Yes just over Pink Floyd.
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Posted: June 27 2016 at 14:36 |
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We Have Heaven is a pretty great tune.
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Posted: June 27 2016 at 14:47 |
Have always liked We Have Heaven so it gets my vote. As far as Providence goes, there were a few better improvs on that tour (like The Golden Walnut) that would have been a better choice 
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Posted: June 27 2016 at 14:55 |
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If in KC song was Peace-A Beggining and Peace - An End , i would definitly choose this KC track.
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Posted: June 27 2016 at 14:58 |
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To me, We Have Heaven is not junk, it's a core track added on the album to display Anderson's singing skills and the kind of spirit that moved Yes at the time.
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Posted: June 27 2016 at 14:58 |
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I don't think any of these are bad tracks at all; several represent sides of the bands that we don't often hear and they set off the more typical tracks well. My vote went to Aristillus, which provides a punchy intro to my favorite Camel album. I note that many of these are concise and short - just the opposite of the stereotypical progger's favorite tracks.
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Posted: June 27 2016 at 15:20 |
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Pigs on The Wing
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: June 27 2016 at 15:32 |
 Logan wrote:
Pigs on the Wing is superb in its context, I think, and gets my vote. Great to have those two parts bookend the album (hardly a weak link, it helps tie the whole thing together for me). |
I'm scratching my head on that one. Never heard the song referred to in the negative.
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Posted: June 27 2016 at 15:52 |
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I appreciate the experimentation with atonal music in Providence. It's very hard to follow, but as the piece goes on, it develops and gets more character - which is very well done IMO. Ultimately you could say: sophisticated composition in a different way.
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Posted: June 27 2016 at 16:26 |
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We Have Heaven and More Fool Me are considered weak tracks? I never thought of them as such.
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Posted: June 27 2016 at 16:38 |
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Posted: June 27 2016 at 16:44 |
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Posted: June 27 2016 at 17:33 |
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More Fool Me is ok but out of place and I guess I think Selling England... would be a better album without it. The rest I like and wasn't aware they were considered weak links.
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Posted: June 27 2016 at 18:27 |
What???? I has this exact same idea earlier this morning  But now I won't have to make the polls! P.S Aristillus is actually one of my favorite songs by Camel
Edited by A_Flower - June 27 2016 at 18:28
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Posted: June 27 2016 at 22:34 |
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Providence and Aristillus weak tracks? My a$%! And it's Providence.
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Weak Tracks (1)
