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Rednight
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Topic: Unorthodox Behaviour vs. Moroccan Roll Posted: July 29 2016 at 19:09 |
Both fine albums unfairly commented on through the years as Phil's side project. Simply put, which one would you say tops the other in your ear?
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Posted: July 29 2016 at 19:26 |
Great Poll, Moroccan Roll gets my vote. Both are five star albums but Moroccan Roll is in my top 3 fav. albums of all time
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Posted: July 29 2016 at 23:06 |
More rock 'N' roll !! It has Malaga Virgen. But I have to say my all-time fave track by this X branded band is 'Ish' off the Livestock album.
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Posted: July 30 2016 at 06:53 |
Moroccan Roll for me, too. I think my favourite off of Unorthodox Behaviour would have to be Born Ugly, but I find their sophomore album to be more consistently strong.
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Posted: July 30 2016 at 07:41 |
Moroccan Roll it is; only Livestock tops it IMHO. The first 3 Brand X albums are the greatest fusion albums ever made. John Goodsall (who many are unaware played under alias with Atomic Rooster!) has the speed of McLaughlin and DiMeola but with more emotion and rock elements. Percy Jones is hands-down my favorite bass player ever, and back in the day Phil Collins was one heckuva drummer (Just listen to Nuclear Burn off their debut). And Robin Lumley's keyboards are right up there as well -- much preferred him to Peter Robinson and others that followed. (I'm not leaving out Morris Pert, it's just that the above four are so musically superior to 99% of their peers it is mindboggling.)
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Posted: July 30 2016 at 07:42 |
I guess I'm one of the few who prefers the debut...and by quite a vast margin. I really dig Morrocan Roll but it lacks the raw punch and unadulterated joy that literally zooms through Unorthodox Behaviour. It also happens to feature Phil's absolute finest drum work ever. That being said, I rather enjoy Morris Pert's exotic percussion splashes and would've loved to hear them incorporated in the debut.
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Posted: July 30 2016 at 07:50 |
Of the few Brand X albums I have I always thought Unorthodox Behaviour is the better album, it's also the only one I still spin if that ever happen.
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Posted: July 30 2016 at 08:42 |
I cannot vote. l love these two albums so much, l cannot choose between them.
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Posted: July 30 2016 at 09:20 |
Moroccan Roll. Happy memories of buying it when it was released.
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Posted: July 30 2016 at 16:22 |
progmatic wrote:
Moroccan Roll it is; only Livestock tops it IMHO. The first 3 Brand X albums are the greatest fusion albums ever made. John Goodsall (who many are unaware played under alias with Atomic Rooster!) has the speed of McLaughlin and DiMeola but with more emotion and rock elements. Percy Jones is hands-down my favorite bass player ever, and back in the day Phil Collins was one heckuva drummer (Just listen to Nuclear Burn off their debut). And Robin Lumley's keyboards are right up there as well -- much preferred him to Peter Robinson.
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Johnny Mandala !!! Jones is INSANE on the bass. You have to see him in Soft Machine. His style doesn't really fit the music but just a joy watching him play. PhilCo is on fire on Nuclear Burn. No doubt, one of my favourite drummers for sure. Lumley slightly over Robinson.
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Posted: July 30 2016 at 16:35 |
Unorthodox Behaviour
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Posted: July 31 2016 at 01:14 |
for me it is the debut as well. it is jazzier
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Posted: July 31 2016 at 01:43 |
^ I love technical understanding and jamming, and knowing what to do with this gift........
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Posted: July 31 2016 at 11:37 |
LOVE 'em both--though my favorite Brand X album is Product.
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Posted: July 31 2016 at 11:50 |
Tough, tough choice. The only reason I'll vote is to vote for Moroccan Roll, and that's because it was the first Brand X album I ever heard. But they're both outstanding examples of prog-fusion.
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Posted: July 31 2016 at 11:56 |
Behaviour
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Posted: July 31 2016 at 13:49 |
Funny, I bought both of these CDs just yesterday. I'll let you know.
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Posted: July 31 2016 at 13:53 |
Both are delish but the man staring through the blinds really smokes
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Posted: July 31 2016 at 14:04 |
verslibre wrote:
Tough, tough choice. The only reason I'll vote is to vote for Moroccan Roll, and that's because it was the first Brand X album I ever heard. But they're both outstanding examples of prog-fusion. |
^this
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Posted: August 01 2016 at 01:40 |
Got Morroccan Roll when on sale at Woolworths! (Long ago). Best thing I ever got from there... I found it astonishingly good. Probably because it is... ;)
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