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Poll Question: Continuing a recent trend: What is your favorite song?
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12 [30.77%]
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I think that putting lyrics on Albinoni’s adagio is the worst thing ever done by Renaissance. My personal opinion, of course.
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I am one of the very few people who voted (or will vote) for Cold is Being...
Allbinonni's Adagio in G Minor is a fantastic piece of work, not to mention the heavenly voice of Annie Haslam...
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I'm with the majority here, but Black Flame is a close second.
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Perhaps my favorite Renaissance lp as some have already said....Black Flame has always been my favorite .
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Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

An excellent album. The second side is practically flawless, but Cold is Being is simply one of the most incredible things I've heard. Annie Haslam's voice is just wonderful. A pity the lyrics are so depressing!
Running Hard, Black Flame and Mother Russia are also marvellous.
Agree. Except I don't find the lyrics to Cold is Being depressing. I would have found uplifting lyrics set to a funeral tune depressing though. Mother Russia is the grandest of them all - so I voted for it. 
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Went for "Things I Don't Understand."
Came to this album rather late, but it's now a favourite. 
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Mother Russia is a masterpiece, but in the live version on Carnegie Hall
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^I guess they couldn´t have put it very joyful lyrics. You know it´s quite common piece in the funerals.
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An excellent album. The second side is practically flawless, but Cold is Being is simply one of the most incredible things I've heard. Annie Haslam's voice is just wonderful. A pity the lyrics are so depressing!
Running Hard, Black Flame and Mother Russia are also marvellous.
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^^^ Yup. Would add Ashes Are Burning to that list. All three driven in equal parts by Annie and Tout and no orchestra. Love Tout's variations on that performance of Things I Don't Understand.
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Originally posted by rogerthat rogerthat wrote:

Surprised at the lack of love for Things I don't Understand.  Giving it the vote.  Here's a beautiful live performance of it:




Agreed! The song that got my vote and, next to Trip to the Fair, the song I most associate with Annie and gang.
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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

This is hard. Can't bring myself to vote against either Running Hard or Mother Russia. Both of these are so good that it'd be criminal to only vote for one of them. OK I give it to Running Hard because Mother Russia has already so many votes, but really both of these are the kind of 100% music that when you listen to them there's nothing else in the world.

Speaking of Running Hard, here's a great, great performance of the song.  Played quite a bit faster than the studio cut seemingly.  Annie's C6 in the vocalise makes the jaw drop.
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Surprised at the lack of love for Things I don't Understand.  Giving it the vote.  Here's a beautiful live performance of it:





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This is hard. Can't bring myself to vote against either Running Hard or Mother Russia. Both of these are so good that it'd be criminal to only vote for one of them. OK I give it to Running Hard because Mother Russia has already so many votes, but really both of these are the kind of 100% music that when you listen to them there's nothing else in the world.
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There’s so much beauty in melancholia, as Black Flame displays. Sad, yet exquisitely beautiful.
Love all the albums, including Time Line !
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I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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The only albums I've heard from this band are this and Ashes are Burning(love Carpet of the Sun). The song that I remember most from this one is Things I Don't Understand, so I voted for it. Like her voice a lot, I should start getting back into them. 
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Mother Russia.
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