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Poll Question: Your favorite from this German neo prog band?
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    Posted: June 24 2007 at 17:37
I got Deliverance a long time ago and didn't think much of it at the time.  I thought it was for the most part a fairly bland early Marillion ripoff.  I ignored the band until Posthumous Silence came out and I heard great things about it.  I absolutely loved that album.  Since then I've heard Presets, which I also think is a brilliant album, X-Rayed and Artificial Paradise.  Both are decent efforts, but no match for their latest two.  I've recently gone back and listened to Deliverance again, thinking that maybe I would have a different feeling about it after hearing more of their stuff.  Nope.  Still think it's a fairly bland early Marillion ripoff.  But they have gotten so much better with time. 
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Originally posted by The Doctor

  But they have gotten so much better with time. 


I agree with that man
Artificial Paradise have that 20 minute long game but the rest is just Dead...  Posthumous Silence is  most professional album and their best work !
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I bought Presets and dislike it immensly - it is the most disappointing album I have heard in many years and the first time that following a 'recommendation' from the PA has ever turned up a complete dud. Dead

Nothing on this Earth would encourage me to listen to anything else by them.


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Originally posted by darqdean

I bought Presets and dislike it immensly - it is the most disappointing album I have heard in many years and the first time that following a 'recommendation' from the PA has ever turned up a complete dud. Dead

Nothing on this Earth would encourage me to listen to anything else by them.



That bad haaaaaaa...I haven't heard it yet...but  it got StarStarStar - 3.36 From 17 ratingsConfused




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Originally posted by Komodo dragon

Originally posted by darqdean

I bought Presets and dislike it immensly - it is the most disappointing album I have heard in many years and the first time that following a 'recommendation' from the PA has ever turned up a complete dud. Dead

Nothing on this Earth would encourage me to listen to anything else by them.



That bad haaaaaaa...I haven't heard it yet...but  it got StarStarStar - 3.36 From 17 ratingsConfused


True, however - 3.3 should mean Good (3) to Essential (4) by the rating definitions.


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Originally posted by micky

damn... thought this was a David Sylvian thread LOLWink
 
The old one's are the best eh?
Similar thing happened on the Porkies site on the Sylvan thread. Ermm


hahha.. yeah.. something like that.....   just be thankful he has a fanclub of ...what.. one here LOL
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I've downloaded their 4 most recent albums from eMusic and so far I really enjoy their sound.  I thought these were their only 4 since that is all that eMusic has listed.  I will have to track down Deliverance and Encounters.  Listening to Plane of  Truth right now from PS,  very nice guitar solo.  I also really like their singer's voice.  I guess I might say that I highly recommend this band to those rare prog fans out there like me who like their prog to be somewhat more accessible.
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Posts: 66 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 07 2007 at 17:31
Originally posted by rushfan4

I've downloaded their 4 most recent albums from eMusic and so far I really enjoy their sound.  I thought these were their only 4 since that is all that eMusic has listed.  I will have to track down Deliverance and Encounters.  Listening to Plane of  Truth right now from PS,  very nice guitar solo.  I also really like their singer's voice.  I guess I might say that I highly recommend this band to those rare prog fans out there like me who like their prog to be somewhat more accessible.
 
Excellent!
 
I can thoroughly recommend Encounters and Deliverance.
Great , great band.
 
Watch out for their dvd which will be released early in 2008.
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I paid a good chunk of money for the now out-of-print Deliverance and it's my least favorite.

As for Presets, it's OK, but a step back after the amazing Posthumous Silence. The title track to Presets is friggin' amazing, though.

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Posthumous Silence is a masterpiece.  Although I also like Presets and Artificial Paradise quite a bit as well.  Don't care much for Deliverance though.  It seems like a rather dull imitation of Fish-era Marillion.  A couple of decent songs, but it's not an album that holds together very well for me.  Posthumous, Artificial and Presets are all excellent IMO, but PS is the best of the bunch. 
 
Embarrassed  I forgot that I said almost the very same thing 6 months ago in this same thread.  Must be old age or alcohol abuse. 


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I have X-Rayed but haven't paid much attention on it (damn mp3s...)
I have recently bought AP through EBay and I'm in the progress of discovering it
Thus far, it sounds at least interesting
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Originally posted by The Doctor

Posthumous Silence is a masterpiece.  Although I also like Presets and Artificial Paradise quite a bit as well.  Don't care much for Deliverance though.  It seems like a rather dull imitation of Fish-era Marillion.  A couple of decent songs, but it's not an album that holds together very well for me.  Posthumous, Artificial and Presets are all excellent IMO, but PS is the best of the bunch. 
 
Embarrassed  I forgot that I said almost the very same thing 6 months ago in this same thread.  Must be old age or alcohol abuse. 


same here....  both I guess... LOL

can't believe Secrets of the Beehive or Brilliant Trees isn't an option... haven't heard those albums.  Need to explore more of this albums...
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