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Fox On The Rocks 
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Posted: May 28 2011 at 19:02 |
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For me its Still Life. Godbluff is just a pinch behind.
Edited by Fox On The Rocks - May 28 2011 at 19:05
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The Truth
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Posted: May 28 2011 at 19:18 |
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I'll be a no-vote. Tie between Pawn Hearts and Still Life.
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: May 28 2011 at 20:17 |
I answer this question differently every time this poll is made.
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"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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Slaughternalia
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Posted: May 28 2011 at 20:30 |
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Pawn Hearts for me. Haven't listened to much of their stuff, but I really like what I've heard
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TheGazzardian
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Posted: May 28 2011 at 21:02 |
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Pawn Hearts with Still Life just barely behind.
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DisgruntledPorcupine
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Posted: May 28 2011 at 21:03 |
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Before I would've said Godbluff, but now Still Life.
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Harry Hood
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Posted: May 28 2011 at 21:52 |
Pawn Hearts. It's up there with "Close To The Edge" as one of the most perfectly constructed albums of all time. A beautiful and mindblowing experience from beginning to end.
There's a reason they played "Lemmings" for their very first on-stage reunion. And why at least half the album appears in their setlist for any given concert.
Their other albums are great too, but Pawn Hearts just holds up as something incredibly timeless.
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Morningrise
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Posted: May 28 2011 at 21:56 |
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It's always the same answer for me: Pawn Hearts.
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Harry Hood
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Posted: May 28 2011 at 22:01 |
Also, Mr. Fox, your avatar is sexy as hell. 
I think this is my first time seeing a picture of young P. Hawk as a mic-only frontman. Goddamn he pulls it off so well. I think I'm in love. 
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Posted: May 28 2011 at 22:02 |
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Pawn Hearts
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Man With Hat
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Posted: May 28 2011 at 22:31 |
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H to He, just ahead of Pawn Hearts.
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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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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: May 28 2011 at 23:04 |
 Equality 7-2521 wrote:
I answer this question differently every time this poll is made. |
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cannon
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Posted: May 28 2011 at 23:27 |
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Pawn Hearts followed closely by H to He.
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: May 28 2011 at 23:28 |
Man With Hat wrote:
H to He, just ahead of Pawn Hearts. |
Likewise
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
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King Manuel
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Posted: May 29 2011 at 01:56 |
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Pawn Hearts, just ahead of Godbluff.
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Sean Trane
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Posted: May 29 2011 at 02:10 |
The Least We Can, but I'm really surprised Godbluff has so few votes     
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I'm guessing that Trisector won't get many votes, but it's in my top 5
Grounding In Numbers is also good, but Trisector is soooooooo much better.
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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ten years after
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Posted: May 29 2011 at 02:31 |
The Least We Can Do is my favourite as well, slightly ahead of Pawn Hearts, Pawn Hearts has a very consistent musical theme whereas Least .... is more varied in style.
I've never understood why Refugees was not a hugely famous song.
I suspect that most people whose favourite VDGG era is 1975/76 prefer Still Life to Godbluff.
Edited by ten years after - May 29 2011 at 02:31
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Atoms
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Posted: May 29 2011 at 03:38 |
Since VdGG is my favorite band, my favorite album by them changes pretty much from day to day, today it looks like this, but tomorrow is propably gonna be completely different.
1. Godbluff 2. Still Life 3. Quiet Zone 4. Pawn Hearts 5. The Least We Can
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friso
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Posted: May 29 2011 at 03:52 |
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Pawn Hearts is there creative peak.
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Sean Trane
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Posted: May 29 2011 at 04:05 |
ten years after wrote:
The Least We Can Do is my favourite as well, slightly ahead of Pawn Hearts, Pawn Hearts has a very consistent musical theme whereas Least .... is more varied in style.
I've never understood why Refugees was not a hugely famous song.
I suspect that most people whose favourite VDGG era is 1975/76 prefer Still Life to Godbluff.
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Funny thing is that Godbluff received 4 votes since my post...
Godbluff is has one weaker track, IMHO..... Sleepwalkers.
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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