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The Hemulen 
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I'm currently listening to "Familjesprickor" by Zamla Mammaz Manna for the bajillionth time and it suddenly struck me that over the course of the five or so years I've spent with this album it has never been anything less than perfect to my ears. It was perfect on first listen and it's still perfect now.
Most albums take a listen or two to really get into and many will slowly lose their impact on repeated listens, but what albums can you think of which you just "got" immediately and years later still haven't lost their shine? |
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Snow Dog
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Selling England By The Pound All my vcery favourite albums I suppose. Edited by Snow Dog - February 04 2012 at 05:56 |
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Coldness doth get away with the badness.
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JS19
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Frances The Mute
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Ambient Hurricanes
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Hemispheres
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"The hero's journey is the journey from strength to weakness."
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AlexDOM
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Still Life by Opeth and Focus by Cynic
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Guldbamsen
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Heldon's Stand By is the first one that springs to mind. I still love it dearly. I think, and I'm just speculating here, that it also has something to do with the given mental state and your surroundings at the time of listening. I had my first listen to Stand By in the woods during a walk all by myself. It was summer and I was nearly sober. Something about that experience always pops back into my head whenever I listen to it now- even if I find the overall ambiance and feel of the record has much more to do with the ocean. It feels blue somehow.
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
- Douglas Adams |
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Fox On The Rocks
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Foxtrot and Selling England By The Pound. The Lamb has actually grown on me a lot. It's probably my 3rd favourite behind Foxtrot and Selling England. Also, The Return Of The Giant Hogweed from Nursery Cryme has grown on me as well. I was never big about the song at first, but now I realize how well the piece is structured and composed. Pete's vocals still turn me off a bit though.
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Tapfret
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There are a lot of them. All brilliant for different reasons
Neblenest - Nova Express Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Io Sono Nato Libero Voivod - Nothingface Bondage Fruit II Surman/Krog/Rypdal/Storass - Nordic Quartet Exivious Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries ...I could go on and on. It would be easier to name the bands that seemed brilliant at first and lost their luster quickly. |
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presdoug
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Triumvirat-Mediterranean Tales, Illusions On A Double Dimple and Spartacus
Quatermass-Quatermass Eloy-Inside Pell Mell-Marburg Libra-Libra Nektar-A Tab In The Ocean Passport-Looking Thru Dedalus-Dedalus Il Baricentro-Sconcerto must be others-these are what come to mind first |
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"and what music unites, man should not take apart"--Helmut Koellen
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wilmon91
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Saga - Behaviour
For some reason, impossible to get tired of.
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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The Human Equation by Ayreon
The Wall - PF Victims of the Modern Age - Star One Ziltoid - Devin T Pawn Hearts - VDGG so many more...
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Gentle Gryphon
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King Crimson - CotCK
Steve Hackett - Voyage Of The Acolyte Just can't get enough of those.. |
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rogerthat
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Dark Side, dark side and dark side.
Also, Meddle, Aja, SEBTP, Moving Pictures.
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MoodyRush
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Hm... Maybe Si On Avait Besoin D'une Cinquième Saison. And possibly Blomljud...
 But with my favorite albums, those were albums I had to grow into. I don't have any strong emotions about "deeply loving" an album at first listen. Even my favorite albums sometimes sound dull to my ears. I find I need to be in a mood or hankering for an album to completely enjoy it.
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Follow me down to the valley below.
Moonlight is bleeding from out of your soul. -Lazarus |
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Horizons
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Kudos to you for being able to digest that monster in 1 listen. From Within - Anekdoten Hemispheres - Rush Nursery Cryme - Genesis
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Persuasion deflowers your sympathy.
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Equality 7-2521
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The only album I can think of is Circle Takes the Square - As Roots Undo
I'm surprised it happened once even. There's no reason that you should be able to appreciate a work fully the first time that you hear it. |
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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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The Miracle
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Very few such albums, all of my favorites that I can think of took some time to get into, from a couple listens to a couple years. Aqualung is the closest ones that comes to mind.
This one too. 
Iknorite. My first TMV was Deloused, and on the first listen I was like "WTF is this sh*t??", even thought of selling it. In another week I was in love. I was much more prepared for Frances, though it did take a couple days to digest. Edited by The Miracle - February 10 2012 at 15:51 |
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sagichim
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there are so many , but if i'll pull out somethingfrom the list that really doesn't get much attention is ...
solar fire by manfred mann...no less than a masterpiece!! |
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The Bedlam In Goliath
Darwin!
Ghost Reveries
A Little Man A House and the Whole World Window
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Canterzeuhl
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'Acquiring the Taste' instantly tasted good for me and still does.
'Tubular Bells' too.
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