Favorite Inspirational Album (Instrumental-based)

Edited by Raccoon - August 12 2012 at 00:36

How about a section for `Other'?!

Just that I would have voted `Sanhedrin - Ever After' - I suppose it's an uplifting instrumental prog album! Full of beautiful, soaring melodic guitar solos and warm keyboards!

I do like Camel's `Snow Goose' (which is probably the obvious winner here!), but I find it a little too....pretty sometimes? I much prefer all their other albums on either side of it!

Deleted the Tangerine Dream choices since it's really not too inspirational, same with Passion, but I'll leave that. And made 'Other'! Sorry, I forgot about that 

I'm thinking this poll will be a nearly tied between The Geese & The Ghost and The Snow Goose. Huh, never noticed the similar names..

Racoon! It's actually kind of difficult working out what exactly equals inspirational!

At work right now I just finished listening to Anima Morte's `The Nightmare Becomes Reality', which is sort of a `horror soundtrack/Goblin' styled instrumental album, and although it's dark in places, it's got these beautiful uplifting melodic passages too, so I was thinking `Man, even an album like this can be inspirational and uplifting!'

I think you'll get some very interesting responses in this poll!

I mean albums that invoke beauty, or just uplifts your emotions. Songs like The Lover by The Enid is a perfect example. It isn't complex, or exciting, but has a lovely feel that brighten your feelings. Nearly puts a smile upon your face.

At least that's my belief of what 'inspirational' means. Songs that really make you think, and put a strong emotion out. Doesn't have to necessarily be beauty, but a strong uplifting emotion just by instruments.

If you don't like any of these, pick 'Other' and pick an album that 'moved' you.

For some reason I was thinking the whole ItRotSS wasn't a inspirational album altogether, but it really is. My bad, even though you already voted, I'm changing Escenes to ItRotSS. Perhaps we'll have more competition in this poll with that choice anyways.

I like every one of these albums, particularly the Geese and the Ghost and the three Enid albums (the original of In the Region of the Summer Stars is better than the re-recorded version, despite what the sleeve notes say!), but The Snow Goose is simply the most astonishing album ever recorded.

Other:

I dont know about inspirational but I chose other for Hiromi Uehara's Spiral, my favorite instrumental album.