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Poll Question: Mark your favourite album from this three.
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    Posted: November 09 2009 at 11:05
I Robot is my favorite by far.  The other two are nice though.
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Tales... is the best  APP album ever for me, though I Robot is extremely good too.
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I Robot - was the first album that introduced me to Alan Parson's Project. I like the other two as well, and though Pyramid is oft maligned, I personally think this is a good album overall.

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my APP top 3 would include both Tales of Mystery and Imagination and Pyramids but both would be trailing The Turn of a Friendly Card.  Tales over Pyramids here, but not by much.


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Originally posted by snobb snobb wrote:

So, Tales won? But they all are not bad at all!
 
Yup, there's no surprise Tales would win (by a considerable margin) in any Prog poll, although it would've been interesting to see how Turn Of A Friendly Card would do in such a poll.
 
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So, Tales won? But they all are not bad at all!
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I like all three, but I Robot wins the poll for me.
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I Robot

I liked Tales too, but thought Pyramid was poor. 
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Voted for Tales .... But I like Pyramid as well, some moments are very nice, but some - too pop oriented
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This is the easiest poll ever. From a consistency standpoint, "Tales ..." blows away anything APP ever did. The others have a few great songs, but "Tales ..." is quality all the way through.
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I've not heard Pyramids, so I wont vote, but I like the other two, I Robot being my favourite of the two. I like the elctronic feel and the strong melodies. The only other APP album I've heard, is the later 'Turn of a freindly card' which has its moments.
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Tales by far.  I Robot is uneven (which can be said of nearly all APP albums except for Tales) and Pyramid is more bad than good.
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(Hi Ivan, how's it going?)

Of these three, it was undoubtedly Tales that I prefer ... but actually my favourite Alan Parsons album is Turn of A Friendly Card ... even the pop/rock songs are good, and there are some unbelievably beautiful melodies in the title track and Nothing Left To Lose
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Tales of Mystery and Imagination is my favourite by far.
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Parson hit the scene with his best effort, something not many bands (musicians) do. Usually there is an evolution of their music to a point where the creative well becomes dry and the downhill coast begins. Parson took his long ride down the hill from the beginning. Tales was a fantastic effort, at the time and still to this day.
Everything after that was fair to un-listenable.
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All three, with a plus on I robot
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I like Tales of Mystery and Imagination the most.  I also love I-Robot, but thought Pyramids wasn't very good at all.  I also liked Turn of a Friendly card a lot...
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I was just listening to Tales yesterday - the newer remixed version with more Orson Welles' narration and added lead guitar.  Sounds fantastic and I was getting into it more than usual, maybe because I could listen to Orson talk for hours.  So Tales gets the vote.  Traditionally, I Robot has been my favorite, but I also recently listened to Pyramid and find it a very good album, in some ways better than I Robot.  All are great in my book.
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I Robot is my favorite, but these are all good.
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Tales or Robot are a tossup.  Both are excellent and still warrant play time today.  Pyramids I always felt was their weakest album until Gaudi.
 
 This time its Robot


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