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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 14 2012 at 14:20
Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Originally posted by LinusW LinusW wrote:

A jumbled mess of accessible and cryptic, catchy and obtuse, atmospheric and hard-hitting, minimalistic and bombastic.

Inconsistent, but fairly interesting.

3,5 stars, really!!


Did you just review yourself`?LOL


In a way, I guess. Same point you were trying to make about mixing things up, but with a twist LOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 14 2012 at 14:25
Well, I'd rate myself a 7, but only because I am wearing short shortsCool No album does that...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 14 2012 at 14:31
Originally posted by Textbook Textbook wrote:

Tie between:

Quadrophenia by The Who
 
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Six by Mansun
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 14 2012 at 16:29
 Genses The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 14 2012 at 19:54
Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

Originally posted by prog4evr prog4evr wrote:

Yes - Going For The One.  Track #1 - the title track - is the least progressive, and the most commercial.  Track #2 is the masterfully beautiful "Turn of the Century."  Track #3 is "Parallels" in which a massive church pipe organ propels a driving (mostly) 4/4 rock beat, with excellent guitar and bass playing as well.  Track #4 is another pensive, hypnotically wonderful ballad called "Wondrous Stories."  Track #5 - the incomparable mini-prog epic (15 + minutes only) - is "Awaken" - absolutely one of my most favorite prog songs of all time.  If I could own only one album to represent all my varied tastes in rock & prog-rock music, this would be the one, hands down...

This. A marvellous post to describe a marvellous album.

Although my personal favourite album is Marbles, followed closely by Brave, I really couldn't imagine being without GFTO, my introduction to prog "proper", and still as wonderful today as it was 36 years ago.
Thank you, Steve!  I haven't given proper time to listening to Hogarth-era Marillion (I prefer Fish-era), though I have heard myriad times over that Brave is one of their best...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 14 2012 at 20:03
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 15 2012 at 07:28


A bit predictable, but somehow touching. Melancholic and full of hope. Often feels like quoting something someone else has already said. A good listener.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 15 2012 at 09:29
This is tough because my tastes are all over the place. Probably Permanent Waves though because of the melancholy and mood. It like a grey album and the cover in black and white is perfect. Of course it does get explosive at times and i love that.
 
"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 15 2012 at 10:52
As far as personality goes, this one, easily:
 
 
The album "Distortion" by At Sea.  You can listen to it here: http://atseaband.bandcamp.com/album/distortion
 
With regard to musical tastes, my tastes are so eclectic that it's almost impossible to pick one.  Maybe this for incorporating great melodies, atmospheres (well...occasionally), killer riffs, abrasive dissonance, and balls-to-the-wall heaviness:
 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 15 2012 at 12:47
Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

 
Wow, didn't expect to see this thing listed here.  I'm a big Cerberus Shoal fan but this one did absolutely nothing for me...
 
"Peace is the only battle worth waging."

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 15 2012 at 12:54

Probably Heart's 'Dreamboat Annie', Concrete Blonde's 'Bloodletting' or the first Violent Femmes album, but if I had to pick a prog one this would be way up on the list (and in keeping with a Cerberus Shoal theme):

"Peace is the only battle worth waging."

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 15 2012 at 12:58
Lately it's been this one:



... unfortunately.

Stop the world and let me get off.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 15 2012 at 13:25
Of late, at least, it's been the soundtrack, Sette Note in Nero.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 15 2012 at 14:13

This night wounds time.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 15 2012 at 15:29
^ Sorry, I don't know this one. No text -> hard to ID.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 15 2012 at 16:27
^Porcupine Tree — Stupid Dream
This night wounds time.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 16 2012 at 20:45

My reply, just a face...




everything this man does... is me

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 16 2012 at 20:46
Originally posted by ole-the-first ole-the-first wrote:

^Porcupine Tree — Stupid Dream

Great pick!

By the way, love the coop avatar :)

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2014 at 05:34
Originally posted by Dayvenkirq Dayvenkirq wrote:

Originally posted by Dayvenkirq Dayvenkirq wrote:

Nursery Cryme ... for now. 

S@#$w it. I'll change mine to PF's Meddle. It's pretty muscular, there is more of rock, and there is some filler about me ("San Tropez" and "Seamus"), and if I wanted to make an album, it would probably have some filler on it too. Hell, I already have one now! Other than that, I want power and I want ambient (like in folk). Meddle matches my personality and musical tastes better than Nursery Cryme.
Nope. It's changed for me.


This guy has put a few things I've dreamed of putting into my music: strong classical influences (can't identify the style), diversity in genres, a riff-based rocker, sound experiments, strong memorable moments, drama. The guy just packed it all. Way ahead of me. 37 goddarn years. Man.

This may be my final answer. It's a journey before finding yourself.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2014 at 07:04
Kinda hard without just naming my favorite album.

I grew up on '70s classic rock, Boston, Styx, Kansas, REO, Ted Nugent, etc. Got into metal by the late '70s, prog as well (besides Kansas)

Prog metal is still my favorite genre, but even then you have different sub-genres…..

Maybe one of Enchant's albums?

They are proggy, not metal but they did rock out hard occasionally, and had a bit of '70s sound to them as well.

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