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Topic: The Dillinger Escape Plan
Posted: December 11 2011 at 09:50

Which album by The Dillinger Escape Plan is your favourite?

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Posted: December 11 2011 at 13:07

Wow, PA really doesn't like poor Dillinger. They get slammed in reviews, never get mentioned, and no-one votes on their polls.

Anyway, Option Paralysis is a stonker of an album, closely followed by Ire Works with Miss Machine and Calculating Infinity just a tad aggressive for aggression's sake for me.

C'mon people, warm to the Dillinger.

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Posted: December 11 2011 at 16:01

JS19 wrote:

Wow, PA really doesn't like poor Dillinger. They get slammed in reviews, never get mentioned, and no-one votes on their polls.

Well that's because they are complete crap, I guess. In my view, they have no place in these archives whatsoever, being about as progressive as The Wombles.

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Posted: December 11 2011 at 17:20

Hercules wrote:

JS19 wrote:

Wow, PA really doesn't like poor Dillinger. They get slammed in reviews, never get mentioned, and no-one votes on their polls.

Well that's because they are complete crap, I guess. In my view, they have no place in these archives whatsoever, being about as progressive as The Wombles.

Oh dear, I think someone got a tiny bit upset LOL

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Posted: December 11 2011 at 18:12

DEP is not an easy band to love, admittedly. Coming from a metal background, I like 'em. Favorite is Miss Machine, followed closely by Ire Works.

Also don't forget Irony Is a Dead Scene, the EP they did with Mike Patton, featuring a cover of Aphex Twin's "Come To Daddy".

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Posted: December 11 2011 at 18:20

zappaholic wrote:

DEP is not an easy band to love, admittedly.

Indeed. I, for one, don't like them, but they do have some decent songs. Their albums, however, are mostly boring IMHO.

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Posted: December 11 2011 at 18:40

Hercules wrote:

JS19 wrote:

Wow, PA really doesn't like poor Dillinger. They get slammed in reviews, never get mentioned, and no-one votes on their polls.

Well that's because they are complete crap, I guess. In my view, they have no place in these archives whatsoever, being about as progressive as The Wombles.

Alright, I'm not their biggest fans myself, but they're extraordinarily talented musicians and some of their time signatures are downright absurd. You can not like them but saying they're not progressive is just patently false.

Anyhow, my fav is Calculating Infinity.

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Posted: December 11 2011 at 19:28

Hercules wrote:

JS19 wrote:

Wow, PA really doesn't like poor Dillinger. They get slammed in reviews, never get mentioned, and no-one votes on their polls.

Well that's because they are complete crap, I guess. In my view, they have no place in these archives whatsoever, being about as progressive as The Wombles.

Edited by Horizons - December 11 2011 at 20:25

Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.

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Posted: December 11 2011 at 19:55

CCVP wrote:

zappaholic wrote:

DEP is not an easy band to love, admittedly.

Indeed. I, for one, don't like them, but they do have some decent songs. Their albums, however, are mostly boring IMHO.

Yeah Caio, that's how I feel about them too.

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Posted: December 11 2011 at 20:23

Option Paralysis on this list, but it changes all the time.... but no really i think Irony Is a Dead Scene is my favorite TDEP release.

In which way is their albums... boring?!

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Posted: December 11 2011 at 22:11

Option Paralysis is the one that actually sounds like music the entire way through, the others all have their moments though.

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Posted: December 11 2011 at 22:20

JS19 wrote:

Wow, PA really doesn't like poor Dillinger. They get slammed in reviews, never get mentioned, and no-one votes on their polls.

Yep, quite underrated here.

And who said they don't belong in the archives....... LIES!!!!

I'm not sure which album I like most because I've only heard some a couple of times. Ire Works and Option Paralysis seem the most varied with great tracks on each. Miss Machine seems the weakest to me but not without good parts. And Calculating Infinity, the one I have listened to most is some great crazy mathcore. But for reasons given, I don't think I'll vote yet. But I'm interested in what you all think!

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Posted: December 12 2011 at 04:59

I've only heard Option Paralysis so no vote, but I've got to admit, despite the fact they've got all the elements of a band I'd love I found that album rather boring, certainly British band Rolo Tomassi do the same thing far better on their second album Cosmology.

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Posted: April 20 2013 at 16:49

Tough one. All of them are great, going with the debut though. What I really like about DEP is that they keep evolving with every new release. New sounds, new approach, never the same old stuff. I don't what get too fancy over the "progressive" label, but DEP are by far definitive examples of musician breaking borders, by today's standard and the past's.

Edited by Fox On The Rocks - April 20 2013 at 16:53

Poll Question: Which DEP album is your favourite?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Calculating Infinity	4	[40.00%]
Miss Machine	1	[10.00%]
Ire Works	2	[20.00%]
Option Paralysis	3	[30.00%]
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