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geneyesontle
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Topic: Three Friends vs Octopus Posted: February 05 2012 at 21:47 |
Both are great.
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: February 05 2012 at 21:56 |
Three Friends
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Posted: February 05 2012 at 21:56 |
Got the recent remasters of these last year. (Usually don't do that, but I had to have the original album covers!) I'm going to say Octopus.
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PabstRibbon
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Posted: February 05 2012 at 22:02 |
Three Friends is the best GG album IMO
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Finnforest
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Posted: February 05 2012 at 22:09 |
Love Octopus, really dislike 3F for some reason.
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Manuel
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Posted: February 05 2012 at 23:14 |
geneyesontle wrote:
Both are great. |
Yes, both albums are quite remarkable.
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Tapfret
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Posted: February 05 2012 at 23:20 |
Octopus is the sexy pick. But I love Peel the Paint too much,
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SaltyJon
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Posted: February 05 2012 at 23:28 |
Three Friends by far for me, though I do love Knots and The Advent of Panurge.
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Slaughternalia
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Posted: February 05 2012 at 23:28 |
Three Friends has so little of the Gentle Giant magic that I find in their other albums. Gotta love the last two tracks though. Octopus, however, is awesome front to back
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akaBona
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Posted: February 06 2012 at 00:39 |
Both are great, yes, but Octopus wins this round. One of my favourite albums of all time.
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Gentle Gryphon
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Posted: February 06 2012 at 01:59 |
Finnforest wrote:
Love Octopus, really dislike 3F for some reason.
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JS19
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Posted: February 06 2012 at 02:44 |
geneyesontle wrote:
Both are great. |
No they're not
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Posted: February 06 2012 at 02:53 |
I like both, but I think Three Friends is the greater of these two.
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Man With Hat
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Posted: February 06 2012 at 03:01 |
Both are quite good, but I'll give it to Octopus.
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Posted: February 06 2012 at 03:21 |
JS19 wrote:
geneyesontle wrote:
Both are great. |
No they're not |
Yes they are.
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Moogtron III
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Posted: February 06 2012 at 03:47 |
Good poll, because it's very difficult to choose.
Even though I think they did some heavier work to create Octopus, I vote for Three Friends. There's something about the album which I really like.
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Posted: February 06 2012 at 04:08 |
Three Friends for me, not so easy to grasp atmospherically and unique in their own discography.
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Blacksword
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Posted: February 06 2012 at 04:12 |
Octopus is the only GG album that I like from start to finish.
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Posted: February 06 2012 at 06:52 |
I wouldn't be without either but I give Octopus the edge.
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Posted: February 06 2012 at 07:43 |
3F by a hair, I do love Knots though
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