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Poll Question: OK, if the big six didn't satisfy back then, who else did?
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    Posted: March 08 2017 at 05:56
Us proggers were struggling back then (see 'big six' poll) - but what was the best source of relief 30-ish years ago?
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I voted Camberwell Now as should be expected from the other poll, but boy, Berlin is so strong that I find it really tough not to vote for that one. 

Edit: By "should be expected" I don't mean that I expected them in the other poll, I rather meant that people who read the discussion in the other poll should expect me to vote Camberwell Now.


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The last poll was more about gauging what PA'ers thought about how the big six fared 30 years ago and the quality of their offerings...
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Originally posted by Flight123 Flight123 wrote:

The last poll was more about gauging what PA'ers thought about how the big six fared 30 years ago and the quality of their offerings...

Fair enough, and I don't think that the fact that others posted different mid 80s albums was meant as a criticism of that poll. Certainly it wasn't meant like that by me.
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Camel, Tangerine Dream.
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Not familiar with Camberwell Now. What do they sound like?
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On youtube you can find pretty much all they ever recorded.
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Quite the tough call between AZ And SN.

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Points: 32690 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2017 at 10:38
After listening to music from the albums that I didn't yet know in the poll, it still came down to the ones I mentioned in other thread. I voted for Berlin over Les Morts Vont Vite. I also love Art Zoyd's other 80's albums.

This is one of the tracks that first got me heavily into Art Zoyd from their 1985 album:
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Stationary Traveller and Clutching at Straws are both almost 5* albums.
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My vote: Underwater Sunlight. That was one of the last albums (I'm including the soundtrack for Near Dark, which would appear the following year) Tangerine Dream released at the end of a really hot streak that began with Phaedra. It was the last album they put out where it sounded completely different, with many new sounds and samples, than the previous album. Also, "Song of the Whale" is a side-length treasure, with one of Edgar Froese's finest guitar solos on record.
 
From the list, I also enjoy Clutching at Straws quite a bit, as it's my favorite Marillion album.
 
Camel's Stationary Traveller is also wonderful.
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From this list, Underwater Sunlight followed by Clutching at Straws.
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Went with Marillion this time
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Marillion followed by Camel.
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Points: 6446 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2017 at 17:48
Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:




I'm gonna vote for them just cuz I liked that.

ETA: I now officially have heard at least one track from each of those albums; how many other people who voted can say that?




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Points: 8571 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2017 at 23:44
Have to go with The Deep One. Even though the taste for that woman's semi-tones is a slippery acquisition. 

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Stationary Traveller got my vote as it is an excellent album. 
Although I consider Marillion to be one of my very favourite bands, I consider Clutching At Straws to be one of their poorer albums 
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