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All albums have flaws and to think otherwise is ridiculous.

If I liked an album initially then it's pretty rare for me to press 'reject' all of a sudden. Selling England By The Pound doesn't appear as 'magical' as when I started to listen to it about 30 years ago but its still worth a listen occasionally.

The Wall is getting a lot of mentions and that's understandable . It was once very important to me but I hardly listen to it now. Too 'operatic' maybe.

ELP - Tarkus is the album that got me into prog but I hardly listen to it now. Side One is a bit bland and very unexciting compared to the stonking live version. Side Two has a mix of stuff but it doesn't really gel. There is plenty of ELP I enjoy but basically the first 3 albums don't quite do it for me nowadays so I tend to concentrate on the Trilogy/Brain Salad Surgery period. It's such a shame they didn't continue in this vein for a another album or tow but none of them had any real desire to do so it seems.
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Pretty much anything in Neo-Prog and Prog Metal. Impressed me for a while, but just does not have the staying power of the classics.

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Dream Theater, in its entirety, as a band, catalog, and entity.

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I'm not bold enough to mention any prog bands because i've found prog to be a revolving door thats pending on my own emotional state of mind at the time . I've taken the time to read everybody's comments and I agree these are good examples but it works this way for me for example yesterday I might not enjoy something as much as tomorrow I will pending on my emotional state and connection. This is why I'm not big on writing reviews are rating albums as well because I`m always changing my mind especially with prog, When an album makes a huge impression on me I remember back to those times and reflect upon them , Script For A jester's Tear by Marillion comes to mind, I don't get the same blown away experience but it's earned its place on the top shelf from my reflecting on how much I use to love it. I hope that makes some sense I know what I mean but it's hard to put into words. Prog for me is an ever revolving door related by the chapters in my own life and what I`m going through at the time Tongue 

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Not anything prog, but I was heavily into Led Zepp in my early twenties, and listening to their albums now is definitely underwhelming. 

Not saying they're bad, not at all, but I don't get the excitement I used to get from their music anymore.
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

All albums have flaws and to think otherwise is ridiculous.

If I liked an album initially then it's pretty rare for me to press 'reject' all of a sudden. Selling England By The Pound doesn't appear as 'magical' as when I started to listen to it about 30 years ago but its still worth a listen occasionally.

The Wall is getting a lot of mentions and that's understandable . It was once very important to me but I hardly listen to it now. Too 'operatic' maybe.

ELP - Tarkus is the album that got me into prog but I hardly listen to it now. Side One is a bit bland and very unexciting compared to the stonking live version. Side Two has a mix of stuff but it doesn't really gel. There is plenty of ELP I enjoy but basically the first 3 albums don't quite do it for me nowadays so I tend to concentrate on the Trilogy/Brain Salad Surgery period. It's such a shame they didn't continue in this vein for a another album or tow but none of them had any real desire to do so it seems.


I guess it can depend upon what one means by flaws. I'm not convinced that all albums are inherently flawed, but it's the little imperfections that can make an album feel more special, unique, and personal to me. That's a reason why I often like lives -- it's not so sanitised, clean or seemingly over-produced. I can think of various albums/recordings that got it right for me.

To me my 1962 von Karajan conducted recording of Beethoven's 9th is perfection. It might well be flawed to a bigger audiophile than me.

Sometimes I went off albums simply because I overplayed them or my tastes changed direction. There are many films I loved that also lost their lustre after repeat viewings. I know them so well and in watching them again they seem not to reveal anything new to me.

I used to love Gentle Giant's Free Hand, but that's not an album I feel like returning to, and haven't wanted to listen to it in well over a decade. I used to love ELP's Trilogy, but the last time I tried it I just couldn't get through it.

The Wall is one that I think will always be special to me, even if I rarely feel like returning to it now. I don't have the issues with it that some do. I would not wish to lose a single track from it.

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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

First ones that spring to mind are Pink Floyd's The Wall & The Final Cut, I was a bit of a Floyd fanatic when they came out but those two in particular aren't to my tastes any more.
I'm in the opposite side. I didn't like The Final Cut initially, but now is one of the Floyd albums that I spin more, especially after a live performance by Pink Floyd Legend, a good cover band.
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No Prog LP's come to mind but I enjoyed every Red Hot Chili Peppers album for a spin or two...
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For me I think it may be more of a 'how many times I've listed to it' kinda thing (i.e. overexposure). I'm not sure I like the music any less, just that it's so ingrained in my brain that I can hear the whole thing before it hits the platter. Like 'Grumpyprogfan' mentioned, I pretty much know if I like something after a very few listens.
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^ I think it's one thing to be sick of something after tons of great listens and being overly familiar with it, that is a common occurrence for me. I think this thread is mostly targeted towards albums that you liked right away, but perhaps repeated listens never matched that initial excitement or maybe things you really don't like stood out more and you quickily tired of it... hard to specifically say what I mean but you get the jist...
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Around 2001 to 2005 I tried to get into bands such as The Strokes, Franz Ferdinand and The Raveonettes who were praised by almost everyone at the time. I sort of kept saying to myself that it was good, but I gradually gave up on them. I don't listen to these things anymore, and I really don't think they are interesting.

The opposition: It took me very long time to learn to appreciate Kraftwerk. I guess I must have had some built-in reservations because of all the electronics, but now I really love it.


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Originally posted by Spacegod87 Spacegod87 wrote:

Not anything prog, but I was heavily into Led Zepp in my early twenties, and listening to their albums now is definitely underwhelming. 

Not saying they're bad, not at all, but I don't get the excitement I used to get from their music anymore.


I feel very much the same (perhaps with the exception of Led Zeppelin II which I still really enjoy). I also suspect rock critics of overrating them mindlessly, describing them as the band of the 1970's. I can think of many 70's artists who are much more interesting from an artistic point of view.
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Eh? Who put SEBTP? No one got fed up with DSOTM yet? WHY FOOKIN NOT!!!!
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Originally posted by M27Barney M27Barney wrote:

Eh? Who put SEBTP? No one got fed up with DSOTM yet? WHY FOOKIN NOT!!!!

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Funny enough^ DSOTM and to a lesser degree Meddle are the only Floyd albums that actually do anything for me anymore.
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by M27Barney M27Barney wrote:

Eh? Who put SEBTP? No one got fed up with DSOTM yet? WHY FOOKIN NOT!!!!

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I rarely listen to it myself, I overplayed it at some point. I still think it's a great album so just relax... Big smileLOL

I rarely listen to DSOTM any more due to overplay but I don't actively cringe if it comes up on shuffle.
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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by M27Barney M27Barney wrote:

Eh? Who put SEBTP? No one got fed up with DSOTM yet? WHY FOOKIN NOT!!!!

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I rarely listen to it myself, I overplayed it at some point. I still think it's a great album so just relax... Big smileLOL

I rarely listen to DSOTM any more due to overplay but I don't actively cringe if it comes up on shuffle.

I was referring to SETB. 
DSOTM is great, I've never grown tired of it. 
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I sometimes find that some albums I lose interest in tend to occur after I have discovered a lot of other better stuff (or what I think is better at that specific time). Sometimes I go back to those albums I lost interest with and they click with me again. It's sort of like my interest travels in waves, like superimposed sine curves. 
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I actually have a hard time thinking of albums that fall into this category. Usually, if anything, it's the other way around and albums grow on me over time. However, one that does spring to mind for me is "Banks of Eden" by the Flower Kings. The first time I heard it I thought it was great but the second time I didn't think that much of it. I liked it better than the follow up but I think with both albums the bonus disc was better than the proper album. 

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Originally posted by M27Barney M27Barney wrote:

Eh? Who put SEBTP? No one got fed up with DSOTM yet? WHY FOOKIN NOT!!!!

I was fed up with when I first heard it! It has no 'mystical' appeal that SEBTP has. My feelings will never change towards DSOTM as it has no hidden secrets whereas clearly SEBTP has tons more going on. If your feelings CAN change towards something then generally that means its NOT bland!


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