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Poll Question: Which album do you prefer?
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    Posted: April 22 2019 at 12:10
I have always been disappointed that MO didn't do more than 2 really good albums...while the later ones are ok ,the first 2 are killer.
One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
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heard interviews from Fripp saying in around the time of recording Larks, he had to put restraining order on himself from listening to Mahavishnu Orchestrs. He was very much a fan and sucked up alot of impulses from album like Birds of Fire.
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As much as I love Octo and Larks, that second Mahavishnu album had an incalculable impact on jazz-rock artists.  

BoF for the win ~
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Octopus
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'Tongues' by a knockout.
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I checked out Birds of Fire some years ago on YouTube because of the strong reviews from that album, but it didn't really grab me and didn't try to listen to it any more times.
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Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

I'm guessing birds has so few votes because most people aren't as familiar with it as the others. Anyone else think that's a strong possibility? I'm sure it might still be in last place but not by this much if more people knew about it.


Possibly. I hadn't heard this album for over 15 years. I'm giving it a spin right now, and musicaly it's pretty stunning. The guitar playing and drumming are out of this world.

It is very good, but it's a jazz/rock album and if you tend to prefer songs, you're gonna vote for one of the other two.


I haven't listened to the album in over a decade, but it's still in my collection. I prefer the other albums in this poll over it, and I love a great deal of JRF. MO is not amongst my favourites in JRF (love Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Placebo, Embryo, Nucleus, early Weather Report etc. etc.),

I got into MO a long time ago and have the first four albums (Visions of the Emerald Beyond is probably my favourite by MO), but I also mostly went off MO a long time ago (perhaps there is certain lack of subtlety and not the ambiance/ mood and space to breathe that appeals to me).

In terms of technical musicianship, it is very strong, but the music doesn't really speak to me. There's plenty of other music that involves John McLaughlin that I much prefer.

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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

I'm guessing birds has so few votes because most people aren't as familiar with it as the others. Anyone else think that's a strong possibility? I'm sure it might still be in last place but not by this much if more people knew about it.


Possibly. I hadn't heard this album for over 15 years. I'm giving it a spin right now, and musicaly it's pretty stunning. The guitar playing and drumming are out of this world.

It is very good, but it's a jazz/rock album and if you tend to prefer songs, you're gonna vote for one of the other two.
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

I'm guessing birds has so few votes because most people aren't as familiar with it as the others. Anyone else think that's a strong possibility? I'm sure it might still be in last place but not by this much if more people knew about it.

Either that or because it's straight up jazz fusion.  The votes might be reversed if this site was "Fusion Archives."  
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I'm guessing birds has so few votes because most people aren't as familiar with it as the others. Anyone else think that's a strong possibility? I'm sure it might still be in last place but not by this much if more people knew about it.
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Larks
Octopus
Birds
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Three of the best albums ever recorded.
But LTIA is genius.
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Three good ones. I went with Birds of Fire. 
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love all 3 but

Octopus
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All really good, but went with Octopus. 
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Larks Tongues very easily.
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Originally posted by For Nobody's Bush For Nobody's Bush wrote:

God, the father, Jesus Christ, the son, or the Holy Ghost. Which one do you love the most. C'mon?! That said, I guess today I would say Larks.

Don't believe in any of them but thats a no-brainer. The son was peace loving, gentle and non-judgemental while his father was a pompous, ill-mannered and blood-thirsty psychopath. 
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Three great albums, but I pick Larks'
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