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paganinio 
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 Topic: Hours of Wealth in Contemporary ProgPosted: August 10 2011 at 07:06 |
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Hours of Wealth in Contemporary Prog, criteria:
1. List some albums.
2. The main point is that this album should make you feel like there's a world of progressive rock music within, after you hear this one album you feel like you've heard five.
3. Album must be released after 1999. At the same time, it brings you the good memories of 70s prog because there's a world of progressive rock music within.
4. Album is at least 60 minutes long (an hour of wealth).
My choices:
1. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Metal meets 70s symphonic prog! The mellotron flows so subtly yet so clearly. A wealth of diverse material here. Great dynamic range.
2. Negura Bunget - Om
A wealth of folk instruments, prog folk meets black metal! Also got great dynamic range with hypnotic ambient passages. Godlike. |
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: August 10 2011 at 07:25 |
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^ I thought you preferred lack of dynamic range? :P
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: August 10 2011 at 22:47 |
          Sorry, writing about this music is too much like dancing about architecture. Edited by Slartibartfast - August 10 2011 at 22:50 |
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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richardh
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Posted: August 11 2011 at 00:58 |
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Magenta - Revolutions (ambitious double CD debut with folk,symphonic elements) Kayak - Merlin,Bard Of The Unseen (cheesey rock opera based on the well trodden King Arthur legend)
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mrbean667
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Posted: August 11 2011 at 02:28 |
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Devin Townsend- Terria: This album really takes you somewhere. There are so many genres and layers within that it's possible to hear something new every single time I listen to it.
Ayreon- The Human Equation: Good God man, there's too much cheese! Despite this, I am constantly amazed by Arjen's achievement. Tool- Lateralus: Yeah, maybe not 'prog' but it's definitely progressive. I only discovered it recently but the sheer length of the album and its mystical overtones really make it a rich album. Opeth- Blackwater Park: One of the first prog albums I bought, and damn, it's a masterpiece. It's hard to find the exact words to describe its majesty, other than that every song tells a unique story, yet plays a role in the makeup of the record. /gush Edited by mrbean667 - August 11 2011 at 02:30 |
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ghost_of_morphy
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Posted: August 11 2011 at 11:09 |
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[/QUOTE] Funny how the two that I really like don't have groups or titles on them. You should clue people in. :) |
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: August 11 2011 at 18:01 |
I see... And you're not going to help... why?  |
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Horizons
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Posted: August 11 2011 at 18:32 |
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<--- Destined Solitary - Beardfish.
Edited by Horizons - August 11 2011 at 18:33 |
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Alitare
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Posted: August 11 2011 at 19:07 |
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Devin Townsend (if I were to pick only one) - Terria
Ayreon (if I were to pick only one) - The Human Equation Pain of Salvation (if I were to pick only one) - Perfect Element, part 1 Opeth (if I were to pick only one) - Blackwater Park Death - Sounds of Perseverance Cynic - Focus Radiohead - Kid A maudlin of the Well - Bath/Leaving Your body Map (And Part the Second, too, dammit) Riverside - Second Life Syndrome I didn't follow the 'hour' part. It's too much trouble for me, and I prefer shorter albums to longer, usually. |
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infocat
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Posted: August 11 2011 at 22:32 |
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Ancestors Of Sound Mind [2009]
Godspeed You! Black Emperor “lift yr. skinny fists like antennas to heaven!” [2000] The 60 minute thing kind of limits options... Edited by infocat - August 11 2011 at 22:38 |
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