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SouthSideoftheSky
Special Collaborator
Symphonic Team
Joined: June 29 2008
Location: Close To The...
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Points: 1869
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Posted: December 09 2009 at 09:22 |
It was a close call between The Visitor and Contagion, which are both 5 star albums IMO. I voted for Contagion, but another day I might have voted for The Visitor. Contagion is perhaps more original (not implying that The Visitor is not original!)
Immortal? is an excellent album too (4 stars), but I definitely perfer Songs From The Lion's Cage over that one. It is a near masterpiece for me (4,5 stars)! Solomon has become one of my all time favourite songs and Jericho and Crying For Help IV are sublime. The only track I don't like very much on that album is the New Age-like Crying For Help III but overall those instrumental tracks give great variation to the album.
Pride and Pepper's Ghost are also very good albums (3,5 stars).
Great, great band!
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SouthSideoftheSky
Special Collaborator
Symphonic Team
Joined: June 29 2008
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Posted: December 09 2009 at 09:25 |
...with such a great discography so far, this gives great expectaions for the band's upcoming album The Tinder Box!
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rod65
Forum Senior Member
Joined: January 28 2010
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Points: 248
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Posted: May 06 2010 at 17:30 |
Tough to decide between The Visitor and Contagion. My vote for the former was largely emotional: it was the album through which I discovered Arena, and I have a special attachment to it. As I type this, I've got Immortal? on my headphones.
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Morningrise
Forum Senior Member
Joined: March 18 2009
Location: Buenos Aires
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Points: 2766
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Posted: May 06 2010 at 19:28 |
It really could be any of them. But I'll give my vote to Songs From The Lions Cage, which is a personal favourite. Tracks like Out Of The Wilderness, Jericho or Solomon deserve some more recognition, hence, my vote to this amazing debut.
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Nightfly
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: August 01 2007
Location: United Kingdom
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Points: 3659
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Posted: May 07 2010 at 05:20 |
Always had a soft spot for Immortal? so that gets my vote. Must admit to not having heard their debut though.
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dennis6876
Forum Newbie
Joined: April 03 2009
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Points: 2
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Posted: June 20 2010 at 09:58 |
sinkadotentree wrote:
For me it's between "Immortal?" and "Pepper's Ghost" chose the latter because it's just getting no respect here. |
agree, the more i listen the better i like it.
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E-Dub
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: February 24 2006
Location: Elkhorn, WI
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Points: 7910
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Posted: June 20 2010 at 09:59 |
The Visitor followed by Immortal? and Contagion.
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Thandrus
Forum Senior Member
Joined: February 05 2007
Location: Georgia
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Points: 402
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Posted: September 14 2011 at 12:59 |
The Visitor for me. Perfection, pure and simple.
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Man With Hat
Collaborator
Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Canterbury Team
Joined: March 12 2005
Location: Neurotica
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Points: 166178
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Posted: September 14 2011 at 16:34 |
I only have the first four (seems I stopped one to soon), but of those The Visitor over Pride.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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colorofmoney91
Prog Reviewer
Joined: March 16 2008
Location: Biosphere
Status: Offline
Points: 22774
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Posted: October 01 2011 at 18:55 |
I'll be an outcast and choose Pepper's Ghost. I'm honestly not sure why I enjoy that album more than the others...
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King Manuel
Forum Senior Member
Joined: October 16 2010
Location: South Africa
Status: Offline
Points: 952
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Posted: October 02 2011 at 12:02 |
Roland113 wrote:
Contagion is in my top ten albums and gets my vote. |
It is also in my TOP 10!
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