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Horizons 
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 Posted: March 27 2011 at 19:04 |
I believe its post count, i cant remeber. 
edit: the porcupine ninja'd the question
Edited by Horizons - March 27 2011 at 19:04
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king prog
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Posted: March 27 2011 at 18:49 |
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cool thanks for letting me know
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DisgruntledPorcupine
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Posted: March 27 2011 at 18:44 |
 king prog wrote:
i am not sure why you cant vote it my be an old post. i don't think i actually.
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You'll need 50 posts before you can vote. Rule to prevent people from making accounts to rig polls.
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king prog
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Posted: March 27 2011 at 18:40 |
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nope wont let me vote.
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king prog
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Posted: March 27 2011 at 18:40 |
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i am not sure why you cant vote it my be an old post. i don't think i actually.
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TheLionOfPrague
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Posted: March 27 2011 at 18:19 |
king prog wrote:
Deferntly Dark side of the moon. the greatest album every made
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I agree. I love "Selling England" too, but there's nothing like Dark Side IMO.
PS: I can't vote in the poll, why?? Do I need to have more posts??
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I shook my head and smiled a whisper knowing all about the place
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king prog
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Posted: March 27 2011 at 18:15 |
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Deferntly Dark side of the moon. the greatest album every made
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Phideaux
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Posted: March 27 2011 at 17:40 |
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I do not want to vote in this poll because both are very important albums for such different reasons, in my opinion.
Whereas I probably never need to listen to Dark Side again, I do consider it to be a perfect sounding album. Do I love the music? Not particularly. It's so slick and works so well and I think of it as inhabiting the ideal structure with the best lyrics, greatest sound, total nuance and mind f**k. However, I now know it and there's not much that will surprise me. It works completely on the surface (but the surface is like a hundred billion pixels of resolution)
Selling England??? Not really the best Genesis album for me. I probably don't need to hear that album either. But, if I did hear it, I would be surprised by something and shocked by the clunky lyrics in one of the songs, the bad filler songs, the sublime main songs. It's evocative and dangerous and sad and quite raw. Almost the opposite of Dark Side (which is really very light...) Selling England is much darker for these ears.
Two required readings!
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jean-marie
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Posted: March 27 2011 at 17:33 |
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two great albums, hard choice but as i listen more often to dark side
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dedokras
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Posted: March 27 2011 at 10:46 |
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Both great albums, have to go with Dark Side though
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http://mlyk.bandcamp.com/
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Libor10
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Posted: March 27 2011 at 10:29 |
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Selling England anytime anywhere... In fact Pink Floyd isn't among my top 5 bands, more to it I prefer Floyd's Wish You Were Here over TDSOTM. Maybe even Medley :-)
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Thandrus
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Posted: March 27 2011 at 07:42 |
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The Genesis' one, without any question, for me.
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tdfloyd
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Posted: March 27 2011 at 01:10 |
SEBtP not the best Genesis album
No Contest for Floyd
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Jozef
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Posted: March 27 2011 at 00:22 |
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Ouch, tough poll. Both are progressive rock classics, but I'm going to have to go with "Selling England By the Pound". Definitely more representative of the genre, especially with songs such as "Firth of Fifth", "Dancing With the Moonlit Knight", and "The Cinema Show". Heck, I think every song on there is great personally.
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Dellinger
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Posted: March 27 2011 at 00:07 |
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Really hard choice, two excellent albums. I'm a bit inclined to think that Selling has greater peaks, specially Moonlit Knight and Firth of Fifth, and to a bit lesser extent Cinema Show, and this songs are greater examples of prog than anything on Dark Side... however, Dark Side wins as a whole listening experience, as stated before, it doesn't have anything like Epping Forest or More Fool Me... even the lesser (On the Run) or more pop (Money) songs from Dark Side are an integral part of the album and I wouldn't do without them, even if I don't like them so much. So, in the end, I'm going for Dark Side.
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Posted: March 26 2011 at 22:54 |
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Both in my top 3.Tough choice but Dark Side Of The Moon is my pick.
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: March 26 2011 at 22:19 |
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DSotM is consistently excellent all the way through, conceptually, lyrically and musically; whereas Selling England has the inane "Battle of Epping Forest" and the middling "More Fool Me" and "I Know What I Like".
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...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined
to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology...
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Posted: March 26 2011 at 20:02 |
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Posted: March 26 2011 at 19:51 |
iluvmarillion wrote:
The Quiet One wrote:
Selling England by the Pound is an excellent prog rock album from the 70s, a true classic of the genre and has some of the band's finest moments.
Dark Side of the Moon is a work of art, no genre required. A classic of all-time, a masterpiece. And that's coming from someone who has listened to to the album less than SEbtP. |
Two great masterpieces. Like comparing Monet to Renoir? |
Or like comparing Storm Thorgerson (and team) to Betty Swanwick.
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Earendil
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Posted: March 26 2011 at 19:36 |
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Bahhh... Selling England is so much better!
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