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Fernandi 
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which is the best Arena album?
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Rune2000
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Posted: November 30 2009 at 07:23 |
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I haven't heard "Songs From The Lion's Cage" and "Pride" but based on most reviews they're not considered to be among Arenas best albums. I honestly never managed to get into "The Visitor" although I did try playing it 5-6 times.
 Here is my opinion: The Visitor < Pepper's Ghost < Immortal? < Contagion 
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Roland113
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Posted: November 30 2009 at 07:27 |
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Contagion is in my top ten albums and gets my vote.
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zbida
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Posted: November 30 2009 at 07:33 |
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A strong pair: The Visitor & Immortal.
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Posted: November 30 2009 at 08:44 |
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Close thing for me between Immortal, The Visitor and Contagion. I went for Contagion in the end. Hopefully a definitive edition which includes the tracks on the two EPs in their correct places will be with us sometime soon.
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Posted: November 30 2009 at 09:35 |
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Contagion is the sum of it all. Well-crafted and inspired, with an attention to detail. Every song is worth listening to, and it all flows together into a perfect concept album with a coherent story. There is no showing off here, no songs that are unnecessarily long. Good melodies and good musicianship abound. This album is an example of progressive rock and should be better known.
Don't get me wrong, I think both Immortal? and The Visitor are excellent and I love them as dearly as one can love an album. But this is it for me, the culmination of everything that Arena was.
Peace.  Edited by Dorsalia - November 30 2009 at 09:36 |
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terryl
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Posted: November 30 2009 at 10:58 |
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tough choice between immortal and visitor. I only voted immortal because it is falling far behind, otherwise it's a tie.
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friso
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Posted: November 30 2009 at 11:18 |
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Conagion, Immortal? and The Visitor are my top three. Contagion is the first progressive album I listened to!
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bluegecko
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Posted: November 30 2009 at 11:18 |
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Togh choice between Visitor, Immortal? and Contagion.
I will go with Immortal because of Moviedrome and Waiting for the Flood...
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Posted: November 30 2009 at 12:58 |
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Immortal is well...immortal
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Posted: November 30 2009 at 13:26 |
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I feel that musically The Visitor and Contagion are evenly matched, but I just like how the songs flow on Contagion more. So I'll take that one.
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Der Ketzer
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Posted: November 30 2009 at 16:45 |
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the Visitor is a very best Album
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Posted: November 30 2009 at 17:17 |
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contagion or the visitor
since i cant remember anything from contagion right now, i'm going with the visitor. both are pretty much flawless albums in my book. |
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Posted: November 30 2009 at 23:04 |
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For me it's between "Immortal?" and "Pepper's Ghost" chose the latter because it's just getting no respect here.
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Posted: November 30 2009 at 23:14 |
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All are awesome. Voting is silly.
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Posted: December 08 2009 at 10:36 |
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Posted: December 08 2009 at 11:08 |
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I always like very much the Pride cd. Looks like i am the only one!
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Posted: December 08 2009 at 11:29 |
I like 'Sirens' but not much else from Pride. I think it suffers from poor production.
The two best albums are IMMORTAL & CONTAGIUN by a country mile and are classics. THE VISITOR is too neo prog sounding for me and lacks aggression. PEPPER'S GHOST sounds like a band who have run out of ideas. I hope they return with some quality after a long hiatus!
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