Bands That Can Do No Wrong

Originally posted by hobocamp King Crimson Led Zeppelin Steely Dan

Everything from Steven Wilson is perfect.

Originally posted by akaBona Magma

Agreed, though others would disagree.

Although a Yes and Jethro Tull fan for the last 35 years or so, and a listener to most other bands of that ilk i can honestly say that Transatlantic would be the only band that has done no wrong in the entirety of their catalogue ( probably due to the relatively few releases though! ).

Originally posted by akaBona Originally posted by Logan Originally posted by akaBona Magma Agreed, though others would disagree. we might be minority, but that does not mean that others are right ...

Absolutely, it doesn't.  I've seen quite a bit of derision for Merci, yet I find that album highly enjoyable form start to finish. Very underrated album, I believe. I once bashed it myself before properly listening to it.  Very stupidly, I even did the same for the related Offering albums at one time, which I love.

I'd like to go further than saying Magma to say Christian Vander, but there are quite a few Christian Vander-led albums that I haven't heard outside of Magma, and I know that some of those are not highly regarded by many who have heard them, but that doesn't mean anything and I wouldn't dismiss them because of that.  I have liked every Christian Vander album I have heard -- all of the Magma and Offering (I tend to like to think of Magma/ Offering as one project), his Tristan et Iseult and To Love, and albums from his jazz groups.

Another artist that I have found very consistently enjoayble, and has done a lot of work that I love, is Robert Wyatt.  I love all of his solo albums, and alove his work  he's done work on various projects, from Soft Machine and Matching Mole to various albums he contributed to such as drumming on Ayers' Joy of a Toy, and ones he's sung on such as the Michael Mantler ones (love those albums) and on News From Babel, John Greaves' Songs, as well as Henry Cow's in Concerts.  I even enjoyed his rendition of the Monkees I'm a Believer for that Top of the Pops TV show.

It may sound like I'm getting really silly, but I'd like to hear Wyatt do a laid back version of MDK.

Another artist whose albums I like very much is Igor Wakhevitch -- love all of his albums under his name. Thierry Zaboitzeff, Alain Eckert, Daniel Denis, and Chris Cutler as some other artists names that spring to mind for me in terms of immense enjoyment from works -- not that I've heard everything they've done.

Outside of PA parameters, though  I would like to see him in PA, is Egisto Macchi, and I love so much Morricone (I have a PA member to think for turning me on to a lot of Morricone music and turning me onto Egisto Macchi, as well as a lot of other excellent music).

Back to bands: Though not  a band name in a sense, The Mwandishi players is a group of musicians that seriously impress me, and with band names in PA, I like all of the many Art Zoyd albums I have, and think all of Univers Zero's and Present's albums very good.  And of course trhere are many bands that didn't release many albums that I think uniformly excellent.

Bands can do no wrong.  In the end it is all the fault of those that love them.

I suspect a lot of people who say that Magma's "Merci" is terrible probably haven't listened to more than a few minutes of it.  It's a nice album.  I really love the Bobino 1981 live release from around that time too.

Very few don't flounder. The bands with albums I loved the most, at least those with more than 2 albums, eventually release dogs.  The one that comes to mind is Canvas Solaris. 5 outstanding albums before disbanding.

Put me down for Jethro Tull / Ian Anderson. I've liked every thing the man has put out. I had to laugh when the comedian David Spade asked about iPods, "Do you have to have the entire Jethro Tull collection in your hand?" or words to that effect. 

My iPod is loaded with everything I have by Tull / Anderson. LOL

Pink Floyd is close for me, I just can't get into The Final Cut. Peter Gabriel is another one for me, if he releases a disc, I buy it instantly. 

A guilty pleasure of mine is Kansas. Some may say they're not progressive, some say they are. I love their work and think they are underrated by most critics. 

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