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Joined: April 05 2006
Location: @ wicker man
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Posted: February 23 2018 at 12:40
Mortte wrote:
Any of them aren´t bad album, but Yes sounded the most itself already in it´s first album. Also of course thinking it´s the best of those three.
To me VdGG sounded like itself on that album about as much as Yes did on its debut. Genesis, on the other hand, had a less mature sound. I think that both Yes and VdGG started strong out of the gates, whereas the Genesis album feels like a prequel band. One may claim that the "Yes" album sounds more like the classic Yes that many Prog fans laud than "The Aerosol Grey Machine" sounds like the classic era of VdGG that many Prog fans laud, but I hear a follow-through with those albums leading into subsequent ones, whereas Genesis had a more significant change.
Like in "Octopus" you can hear the later "out-there" VdGG (has its excesses, and I don't altogether like it, but it certainly is one of the most progressive tracks off any of these three albums):
And in other tracks you can hear VdGG's softer side.
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Some stats for fun:
In terms of the ratings at ProgArchives:
"Aerosol..." has a 3.26 with 569 ratings "From Genesis..." has 2.58 with 1047 ratings "Yes" has 3.24 and 1197 ratings
At rateyourmusic:
Aerosol has a 3.34 with 1,180 ratings From Genesis has a 2.90 with 2,239 ratings Yes has a 3.40 with 2,647 ratings
Joined: May 28 2005
Location: Germany
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Posted: February 23 2018 at 15:36
I love "The Aerosol Grey Machine". it has a lot of strong tracks (most notably "Octopus", "Necromancer", "Aquarians", "Running Back" and "Into a Game", but "Orthentian St." ain't bad either. and the title track is a nice silly little ditty). I can only recommend: "Buy an Aerosol Grey Machine for your own home - today"
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Joined: March 12 2005
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Posted: February 23 2018 at 16:15
Just one breath and it's instant death...
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Joined: April 03 2015
Location: Darlington, UK
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Posted: February 23 2018 at 17:24
The Yes debut is the strongest by far - although heard the Genesis debut last week after a gap of some time and I actually rather liked it for its pastoral quaintness and tail-end of the psychedelic era feel. I love 'The Conqueror' - but can't explain why!
Edited by Squonk19 - February 23 2018 at 17:25
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