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Poll Question: You know the drill, pick your fave
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    Posted: August 09 2008 at 05:31
I've been obsessed with this band lately, so here's a poll.  Hopes & Fears was my favorite until just now.  I'm in the middle of listening to TWAIIT and it's definitely the best of the three (I had neglected it for a long time...)

Hopes & Fears and Winter Songs are about equal in my mind.  At the moment, I prefer Hopes & Fears but they're really interchangeable.

Amazing band.

In before Lappy: best band ever.  Also, Art Baers.
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I voted for Hopes & Fears, but I'm already having buyers remorse.  I need to listen to all of these albums a bit more.  I'm in the category of "I love Henry Cow, and like but don't love Art Bears".  I may even prefer News From Babel, but their records could use some more plays as well.
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Art Bears are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than News from Babel.
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Great band, their 3 albums are excellent but the one that moves me more is Wintersongs
 
By the way Pnoom!, i invite you to give your opinion this poll http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=50057&KW=dagmar+krause

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Points: 7606 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 09 2008 at 13:37
voted for my favourite album

re: News from Babel - never felt Wyatt fit their sound or that their songs were all that great. and the lol describing the impossible curvature of Klein's bottle arch-dorkness of their lyrics is a little too much
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So did you vote for Hopes & Fears or The World As It Is Today?
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The World as it is Today was my first and remains my sentimental favourite.  It's between that and Winter Songs, which is brilliant , I think, and like the debut considerably as well.  I haven't been listening to much AB over the last months, as I rather overplayed AB and related projects.  As for News From Babel, since it's been mentioned, I bunt myself out on that -- absolutely loved it, but after a while it seemed a little, well, shallow.  Still play it and like it considerably.

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Edited by Logan - August 10 2008 at 00:53
Just a fanboy passin' through.
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Exatcly the same as Logan. All of it.
Over land and under ashes
In the sunlight, see - it flashes
Find a fly and eat his eye
But don't believe in me
Don't believe in me
Don't believe in me
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Winter Fears, eh?
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Originally posted by laplace laplace wrote:

voted for my favourite album

re: News from Babel - never felt Wyatt fit their sound or that their songs were all that great. and the lol describing the impossible curvature of Klein's bottle arch-dorkness of their lyrics is a little too much


See, I like that Wyatt one a lot better, for whatever that's worth.
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I also like Letters Home a lot and didn't actually like the Krause track as much. LOL

I haven't heard enough Art Bears to be able to vote... but I am also preferring New from Babel. Wink
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I found Hopes and Fears randomly in a Mitchell Book's (dunno if it's national) for $3. Jeluz?

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Points: 3241 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 10 2008 at 12:30
Winter Songs, but that's only at the moment.
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Winter Songs, though all 3 albums are essential.
'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'

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Points: 933 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 10 2008 at 14:34
how can anyone like HC but not AB? 
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