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Poll Question: Pick your favourite:
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6 [10.34%]
11 [18.97%]
10 [17.24%]
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This is one of those albums that is uneven upon first listen. Certain parts stand out more than others hence the many 3 stars or even less, however as i listened to this over the years the other tracks and segments within all the tracks began to stand out more until one day i found all the parts of all the tracks to work so well together. So sometimes some parts are my favorites and other times others are. It's a bloody brilliant album that plays the listener as much as the listener plays the music! No favorite tracks but it is a favorite album. Top 100 for sure
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Points: 12418 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 01 2016 at 10:10
I vote for The Ancient, though I love the whole album.
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Been listening to Tales a lot lately and what a masterpiece of prog it is----Love sides one and two but the whole thing makes musical sense to me. Talk about a piece of music that has aged well with time---at least for me.
Voted Side One---the chanting opening and closing---Howes amazing guitar---and one of Ricks bests solos.
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Originally posted by LearsFool LearsFool wrote:

"The Ancient", where Howe's mania that had been so random and mediocre for the past side and a half calms down, grows up, and clicks.


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it took a long time for that one to grow on me.. but when it hit.. it hit like a ton of bricks.

Love all 4.. but the Ancient sounds nothing like anything they did... and now firmly in my top 5 prog tracks of alltime. Manic, hypnotic, brutal... then flip a switch.. and one of the most beautiful pieces of prog I've ever heard. It is the masterpiece of the masterpiece... and as I've often said.. it is the key to unlocking the brilliance of the album.  Get The Ancient.. get the album.
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1) Revealing
2) Remembering
3) Ritual
4) The ancient - can't listen to this  - though I like the acoustic part at the end.
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The Revealing Science of God, easily, for me. It would also be interesting a poll about which of the names we like best... I find them all really beautiful and intriguing... both parts of the names, like they put "The Revealing Science of God - Dance of the Dawn", there's "Giants Under the Sun" (paired with "The Ancient" I think).
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"The Ancient", where Howe's mania that had been so random and mediocre for the past side and a half calms down, grows up, and clicks.
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I love Tales. 

1. The Ancient
2. Ritual
3. Revealing
4. Remembering 

The easiest 5-star rating I've ever given and their best album imo. 

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I've been absolutely enamoured by Tales lately, hence, a poll. 

Also, I figured we don't need a 90th thread about Moving Pictures this week. Wink

Which of these four monumental pieces do you consider the highlight of the album?
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