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Posted: April 05 2011 at 20:37

I just can't go against "Firth of Fifth."

PROG ON!!!

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Posted: April 04 2011 at 20:54

Originally posted by DisgruntledPorcupine

DisgruntledPorcupine wrote:

Only two of SEBtP's songs are great to me. Dancing and Cinema. I Know What I Like isn't bad, but it's nothing special. Firth of Fifth is boring, although the intro is pretty great. More Fool Me is just awful. Battle of Epping Forest sounds like someone took all the average parts of a good album and glued them together rather poorly. After the Ordeal is just a filler which fails to contribute to the album at all (unlike the Dark Side fillers). And Aisle of Plenty is just an outro.

I see you are disgruntled. I disagree with nearly everything you said except about Cinema.

seems as though this poll will be the decider of better 5 album, Floyd or Genesis. The others went 2-2.

Edited by Steven Brodziak - April 04 2011 at 20:55

Well, there it is. (Amadeus)

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Posted: April 04 2011 at 10:12

Edited by DisgruntledPorcupine - April 04 2011 at 10:13

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Posted: April 03 2011 at 12:23

SEBTP, by far. DSOTM is not even prog rock

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Posted: April 02 2011 at 16:29

Dark side has much more soul than SEBTP. SEBTP just doesnt move me, it feels forced. I also dont like the folky sound that album has. Dark side has the music, the concept, and the best artwork of all time IMO.

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Posted: April 02 2011 at 01:16

couldn't choose

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Posted: April 01 2011 at 18:04

SEBTP

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Posted: April 01 2011 at 17:02

Very close poll! When this poll hits 2nd page it will be closed.

Well, there it is. (Amadeus)

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Posted: March 30 2011 at 07:12

Selling England by the Pound

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Posted: March 30 2011 at 03:22

Both are fabulous, absolutely essential albums.

An interesting thing is to compare the production on these two classics. Considering they were recorded about six months apart (if memory serves me rightly) DSOTM, which I'm sure came slightly earlier of the two, is absolutely light years ahead in terms of production.

I'll just give the nod to DSOTM, a truly timeless classic that sounds as good as it did back in the 70s.

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Posted: March 29 2011 at 21:05

DSOTM is really the album that got me genuinely interested in music. It's got my vote.

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Posted: March 29 2011 at 14:18

Dark Side is a perfect album, while Selling England has it shares of flaws.

Edited by overmatik - March 29 2011 at 14:19

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Posted: March 28 2011 at 19:55

I definetly like more Dark side of the moon

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Posted: March 28 2011 at 16:48

Dark Side Of The Moon !!!

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Posted: March 28 2011 at 14:48

Dark Side

You must be joking.....Take a running jump......

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Posted: March 28 2011 at 10:32

I had DSOTM before SEBTP, it was probably 2 years later when I purchased my first copy of SEBTP. Although over the past 20 years I have listened to Selling England 10x more than Dark Side. So I pick Selling England By the Pound, main reason is the whole album is 100% listenable, each song is excellent.

I find myself skipping thru a lot of Dark Side.....its just a phase I assume. It is probably the most important album in art/psychadelic rock history.

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Posted: March 28 2011 at 10:11

both are amazing.....but Dark Side

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Posted: March 28 2011 at 07:13

Gandalff wrote:

richardh wrote:

The two most overrated prog albums up against each other. Ah bless.

What´s the criteria for overrating or underrating, please? I mean that´s very subjective. Using this logic, I can admit the adjective "overrated" to whatever album which I want and nobody can disprove it.

Agree. The word overrated means only that a person doesn't like something as much as most other people do.

In my view these albums are deservedly ranked among the very best ever made. I voted DSOTM for the simple reason that I like it slightly more than SEBTP.

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Posted: March 27 2011 at 22:36

SEBTP

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Posted: March 27 2011 at 21:15

Just helped Dark Side widen the gap a little bit. Listened to it last night on the way back from Fresno and almost forgot how orgasmic this album is in it's entirety.

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Poll Question: Final part of Genesis vs Floyd
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Dark Side of the Moon	74	[52.11%]
Selling England by the Pound	68	[47.89%]
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