Best Prog Albums: Last But Not Least |
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Dellinger
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Many have said Bowie, and even though I have hardly heard any whole album from him (except Black Star), I have heard some compilations and live albums, and sort of checked out from which albums the songs come from and so on, and it wouldnl't surprise me one bit if Black Star ended being my favourite whole album from him (though there are indeed songs from other albums that I like better than any song on Black Star). As for other artists, I can hardly think of anyone whose last album would be my very favourite, but there are many whose last album has been very good indeed.
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Rednight
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Sadly a case of too many psychedelics.
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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essexboyinwales
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Wow! This album was a great disappointment to me after the three that came before it....
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nick_h_nz
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Only one album immediately springs to mind, and that is Bowie’s Blackstar. I honestly can’t think of another off the top of my head. The next two to mind are Bowie’s contemporaries, Lou Reed and Iggy Pop - but while I love Lulu and Free, and would put them in my top five albums from those artists, they’re probably not my favourite album (which is how I assume “best” is meant to be taken, and why it is inverted commas). Taking a quick glance through my CDs, I can add only four: Anathema - The Optimist The Jean-Paul Sartre Experience - Bleeding Star 22 - You Are Creating 3Ds - Strange News from the Angels Well, I could add more if I included bands and artists with only one or two albums to their name, but that would seem to somewhat defeat the purpose of the exercise. It would also be quite easy if I included what is presently the last album released by a band or artist, because in a lot of cases, the most recent album released is my favourite - but so long as the band is still active, chances are that it’s not really the last album. Even if an album seems to have been the last released, there is really no way of knowing if the band or artist might decide to come back. I found half a dozen albums, for example, that would have been my favourite last albums, had the bands not come back with new material years afterwards. Alice In Chains - “Tripod” At the Drive In - Relationship of Command Crowded House - Together Alone Faith No More - Album of the Year Screaming Trees - Dust Soundgarden - Down on the Upside |
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Psychedelic Paul
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I just tagged an album onto the end of my list at the top of Page 1 and you've already guessed which particular album that is without even looking.
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omphaloskepsis
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Il Cherchio D'oro- Il Fuoco Sotto La Cenere
Frost* - Day And Age L'Albero Del Veleno- Tale of a Dark Fate IZZ- Don't Panic UneXpect- Fables of the Sleepless Empire Nodo Gordiano- Sonnar Pure Reason Revolution - Euphnea La Maschera Di Cera- S.E.I. Witchwood- Before the Winter Far Corner- Risk Obiymy Doschu- Son Ellesmere- "Wyrd" Diablo Swing Orchestra- Pasifisticuffs Ciccada- Harvest Edited by omphaloskepsis - October 25 2021 at 06:17 |
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essexboyinwales
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Fair enough. We all see and hear things so differently |
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Deadwing
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Definitely, the only DT album without the excess, with strong arrangements, melodies and solos, that I can listen to the end without getting tired |
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Lewian
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That's... original. I mean I gave it four stars so I like it, too, but I wouldn't have imagined that somebody would put this on top of their albums. I thought and think it's a tough one to digest... for those who are familiar with and like their sound as well as for newbies. Good for you that you got into it.
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Logan
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Genesis - ...Calling All Stations...
"Stationed after a long string of mediocre albums going back to 1970, we shall never forgive your trespasses, this is where Genesis finally found its true calling. The debut was pretty good but it got bad fast, then came calling All Stations and the revelation is how relevant it become again. Sad the band didn't create more like this, but at least it ended on a high. In sum, it is a masterpiece that shines atop a stinking and steaming pile of manure that is Genesis' past." (I.N. Sane). Yes - The Quest "After a long, long epic quest to make a good album, finally Yes managed to make not just a decent album, but a most excellent one! It is unQUESTionably great, so say Yes to The Quest! (A. Luna Tickman). Really, David Bowie's Blackstar is the one that fits the brief best for me that I can think of when it comes to long careers and many albums. I won't say that it's better than a classic such as Hunky Dory (better is commonly so subjective anyway), but to me it is a superb culmination of a career and an outstanding and very significant work and worthy of positive recognition. |
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essexboyinwales
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You seriously think DoT beats all previous DT albums? Good grief..... |
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Still no idea who you're talking about... |
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Cardiacs - Guns
Landberk - Indian Summer Sinkadus - Cirkus Liquid Scarlet - II |
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Deadwing
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Frost* - Day And Age Pure Reason Revolution - Euphnea Pendragon - Love Over Fear Airbag - A Day in the Beach Lunatic Soul - Through Shaded Woods Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (ops, not anymore lol)
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Psychedelic Paul
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1986: It Bites - The Big Lad in the Windmill - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDXggR52G0b6TRXgN2WP0Lu 1988: It Bites - Once Around the World - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDlBWSadoH3mAPeiJxc295g 1989: It Bites - Eat Me in St. Louis - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDuoQp1jA6Y5SyTBIpi9jwV 1989: It Bites - Live in Tokyo - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCKl_ixRly6pSwtQEA-B05w 1991: It Bites - Thankyou and Goodnight - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCk-B8FcNcLyeTNheVrLash 2008: It Bites - The Tall Ships - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCyp0q_j9DdmDz1bpcoEPYW 2011: It Bites - It Happened One Night - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAwhb4LwD41J1r7Clzho0p8 2012: It Bites - Map of the Past - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDWJ7QZj4KyR2NqHKGMOLtx |
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Hrychu
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Stefan Renström was the main composer/brain behind the formation. Plus, his bass and piano playing was really unique and crucial to the sound. If they reform without him, it won't be the same band.
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essexboyinwales
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Eh?
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Hrychu
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Simon Says - Tardigrade is by far their best album. It's a pity the band broke up and due to Stefan Renström's death will never reform.
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essexboyinwales
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What about the one in between?...... Personally I love all 5 of their studio albums and wish they'd made a lot more. Great band
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Psychedelic Paul
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^ I'll go along with that too - the last two It Bites albums were much better than the first two.
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