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    Posted: December 10 2017 at 23:16
Really always loved the Wall, but I think Tommy is greater. To me it would be harder to choose between Ummagumma and Tommy.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 10 2017 at 15:37
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 08 2017 at 07:54
Originally posted by Argo2112 Argo2112 wrote:

Close, but I'm going with Tommy.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 08 2017 at 04:52
The Wall, by a brick...

Love Tommy too though
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 07 2017 at 21:10
Originally posted by cstack3 cstack3 wrote:

I voted for "Tommy" more for sentimental reasons than anything else.  "The Wall" is played to death on Chicago radio stations, I can't listen to it any longer. 

I agree that both bands had better, and consider "Who's Next" and "Quadraphenia" far superior products from The Who.  

I still like "Animals" the best of the modern Pink Floyd discography. 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 07 2017 at 17:07
Don't like The Who at all. The Wall is a pretty poor album, rescued from a 1* rating by Comfortably Numb and Run Like Hell. It is far worse than any album from AHM to Animals, their peak period.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 07 2017 at 12:20
Close, but I'm going with Tommy.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 07 2017 at 10:50
Tommy has some great moments but I'd say at least one third of it is filler. Very little filler on the Wall imo so I went with the Wall.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 07 2017 at 09:37
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 07 2017 at 09:07
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 07 2017 at 06:24
Got to go with Tommy. It's was the historical trendsetter for these types of albums.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 07 2017 at 06:11
Tommy gets the vote, but Comfortably Numb gets me every time.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 07 2017 at 02:46
Very close vote: 12 -12 currently! I'll vote for the Wall because it is an experimental concept album of outstanding diversity with several amazing tracks: Hey you, In the Flesh, Comfortably Numb, Mother etc.

 

Tommy gets rather repetitive: no wonder, as it's a long soundtrack. 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 07 2017 at 01:14
Gotta go with The Wall. Ambitious, a little convoluted but an excellent album.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 06 2017 at 23:58
I voted for "Tommy" more for sentimental reasons than anything else.  "The Wall" is played to death on Chicago radio stations, I can't listen to it any longer. 

I agree that both bands had better, and consider "Who's Next" and "Quadraphenia" far superior products from The Who.  

I still like "Animals" the best of the modern Pink Floyd discography. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 06 2017 at 23:31
I listen to the Wall more often. Anyway there's a strict relationship between the two and Privilege. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 06 2017 at 19:18
Very, very close indeed, but Tommy takes my vote.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 06 2017 at 18:59
Not the wall ... oh no
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 06 2017 at 18:54
I don't really care for either of these; there are better offerings available from both bands. But, of these two, The Wall. Now, if you had list Quadrophenia instead of Tommy, that would be a different matter...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 06 2017 at 17:34
Tieing vote!  Tommy is great (yet I prefer Quadrophenia) but it doesn't pack the same punch for me as does The Wall.
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