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Points: 16130 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 20 2005 at 06:57
Originally posted by fandango fandango wrote:

Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Going for the One - Yes

Didn't like at all at first. Looking back I dont even know why! It's my second favourite Yes album, now and in my top 10 albums of all time!

Shadowlands - Glass Hammer

I was put off at first by the production, and what a 'rip off' I thought it was of 70's English prog. Now I love it. I dont care how derivative it is, the songs are brilliantly constructed and full of memorable melodies and rich harmonies.

The Seventh House - IQ

I actually thought this was too bland and poppy when I first heard it  I listen to it a couple of times, but I think I was just switched off to most neo prog. Then I heard a saxophone and that was it. I didn't want to know! Now I think it's their best ever!

GFTO: Very similar experience to me, although I could just take it or leave it at first.

Shadowlands: Not heard this one, but I was in two minds about Lex Rex, so I decided to go with Chronomotree, which has now left me in three minds...

The Seventh House: Loved it from the start, as I saw them in concert supporting the album (inc a brilliant version of erosion)  although I've always been slightly put of by the saxophone!

I always felt that saxophones in prog are a no go area, UNLESS they are used in an imaginitive and/or suitable way. David Jackson of VDGG, for example is a prog sax master, KC's use of sax is good, as is Hawkwinds (albeit very badly played )

But soulfull, or poppy sax in prog is not appropriate IMO..

Despite this, the IQ songs where it's used are very strong songs, and this compensates for the sax.
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Points: 3254 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 20 2005 at 07:18
ah i thought the the title said growlin albums...hmm im outa here
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Originally posted by R_DeNIRO R_DeNIRO wrote:

This "Growing albums" is one of the reasons why I think is really necesary the oportunity of change the albums votes. Sometimes you think a record it's a 3 stars album, time after you realize that it's a 4 stars or even a masterpiece, but Ooops, you voted in the past and cannot change it.  


Then you might want to leave it a while before you write the review.
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Gentle Giant - Octopus
Genesis - The Lamb Lies down on Broadway. The first time I listened
to the whole thing I was pretty disappointed but when I bought the
lp two years later I was spellbound and it became my favourite
Genesis album along with Nursery Cryme
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Happened to me with Jethro Tull - TAAB, had the album for a good while but only recently discovered its brilliance! Mahavishnu Orchestra - inner Mounting Flame also took a while to fully appreciate, but now its one of my favourite albums.
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  • Genesis -  The Lamb Lies down on Broadway
  • Yes - Tales From The Topographic Oceans
  •       - Going For The One

and... the list would be infinite...

Just BE!
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I've said it once before. When I got King crimson's "Staless & bible black" I was very dissapointed. After few listens I just left it. And I was a crimson lover then (and now). After 20 years (no mistake - twenty years) I said to myself let's check it again and fell in love with it immediately. I think this is kind of a world record (not a very positive one though).

I agree with the claim every complex album needs time and for me it took a while with Yess' "Close to the edge" and "Fragile" which I realy love now.

I strongly support Sigod that one should review an album only after he felt he knows and understands the album very well.
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Henry Cow - Unrest
Faust - Faust IV
Can - Tago Mago
Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn

I like them all a bunch now.
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  • "Aqualung" - Jethro Tull
  • "Awake" - Dream Theater
  • "A momentary lapse of reason"- Pink Floyd
  • "The Sentinel" - Pallas
  • "Lizard" - King Crimson

 
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King Crimson - Islands (still hasn't quite grown on me yet...)
Henry Cow - Western Culture (still hasn't quite grown on me yet either...)
Univers Zero - 1313
Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
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Yes - Tales from a topografic ocean, and still i dont quite "get" the second disk..
We want... a shrubbery!
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SB- Snow

First one that i can think of
Dig me...But don't...Bury me
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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JADE WARRIOR "Released"

When I first listened this ten years ago, I was interested about YES and GENESIS. The jazz, etnhic and rock elements of this were too confusing to  me then, but now it feels like totally great album. A true five-starer!  

Originally posted by CrazyDiamond CrazyDiamond wrote:

That pic is fun!  I got inspired and I'll go sleeping...
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For me it was Nursery Cryme. I thought it was decent with a few standout
tracks when I first got it. Now I love it. I can't even believe I didn't think it
was a masterpiece at first.
One likes to believe
In the freedom of music
But glittering prizes
And endless Compromises
Shatter the illusion
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Pawn Hearts. I hated it. 

Great was my ignorance.
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  • Supertramp - Some Things Never Change (From 2 to 4 stars)
  • Supertramp - Slow Motion (2.5-3.5)
  • Pink Floyd - The Wall (3-4)
  • Steve Hackett - Cured (2-3)
  • Gentle Giant - Interview (3.5-4.5)
  • Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage (3-4)

 
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patrick moraz - timecode

my appreciation raised by about 2 stars, certainly my highest ranking difference for an album.

however, timecode is still a very ordinary album: i would say 50% is good and 50% is bad



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Much of Pink Floyd.  I was a kid when a lot of their stuff came out and just didn't like it, but can really get into it now.
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This: To all those who started to grow on PoS
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Points: 6336 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 21 2005 at 21:02

a Van der Graaf Generator recompilaion...its not about the album, but about the band...cant believe I didnt liked it for about 7 or 8 mounths

Now...GENIUS!!!
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