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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 19 2015 at 16:45
Yesterday:

Ulver - Perdition City
Ulver - Shadows of the Sun
Cult of Luna - Salvation
Cult of Luna - Somewhere Along the Highway
Cult of Luna - Vertikal
Cult of Luna - Vertikal II

Can't seem to really get into Ulver, however hard I try. CoL, on the other hand, I just love. One of my absolute favourite metal bands. 

Today:

Thantifaxath - Sacred White Noise
Opeth - Pale Communion
Mastodon - Once More 'Round the Sun
Animals as Leaders - The Joy of Motion

Originally posted by Aussie-Byrd-Brother Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:

Opeth - Pale Communion - OK, I'm just going to say it...I find this album a crushing bore. And no, I'm not some metalhead pissing and moaning that `They're not metal anymore'! There's no excitement, very little energy, and the band seem to just be going through the motions. I even put on `Ghost Reveries', and although I'm not a massive fan of that one, it practically crackles with variety and energetic moments by comparison. Can someone tell me if the second half gets any better, because I've tried this album about ten times now, and I never leave it on long enough to get there...  
I'm not completely sold on PC either. A slight improvement from Herritage, perhaps, but not by much. I think they should stick with what they do best, making metal albums. Then again, I'm not big on their metal albums either. LOL I'd say no, Michael, the second half's not much better/different.

That AaL album really hit me today though. Man is it good! Feel it should make my top 10 list for 2014, but what to do, there's just no room for it. What album should it replace? Must think on that for a bit.
Originally posted by Meltdowner Meltdowner wrote:

Syd Barrett - The Madcap of Laughs (Awful album, I couldn't even listen to the whole thing Dead)
I remember that one being quite good, but it's been a while since I last spun it. Must give it a listen again soon, to reaffirm my judgement of it.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 19 2015 at 17:22
^ I would rather listen to 'The Final Cut', and I rated that album with 1 star Stern Smile How can this album have the same rating as 'A Saucerful of Secrets'? Confused
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 20 2015 at 10:52
Originally posted by Meltdowner Meltdowner wrote:

Originally posted by Aussie-Byrd-Brother Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:


Sam, I think both of those Jarre albums are decent. `Chants' is to my ears the stronger of the two (if only because many parts of `Equinoxe' sounds like a very safe remake of `Oxygene', if a lovely remake all the same!). They each have parts that annoy me, but I certainly don't regret picking them up cheap. I have `Rendezvous' on the way to me right now as well!

Can I ask, is `Chronologie' from 1993 worth getting? I can grab it for a few dollars if you say yes!

I haven't heard that particular Roach one. I recently picked up `Atmospheric Conditions' and `Vine, Bark and Spore', so I'll give them a listen in the next day or so...maybe tonight!

Thanks about the Asia album review, but I wouldn't be in a hurry to listen to it! It was a very generous three stars....
Cool that you prefer Chants! (I just realised I always wrote the title wrong because Chants is not Fields like the English title; Fields in French is Champs but it's read the same way as Chants (which has the same meaning in English)... nice pun Tongue) I agree with you about Equinoxe but I still prefer it over Chants, because I can't take it seriously, too many funny songs in it: what do you think about the last track? LOL
Approach Rendez-vous carefully, it has that over-produced 80's sound Dead

If you ask me, I prefer Chronologie to Rendez-vous (and Zoolook by the way), it has some very nice songs but also some forgetable ones..... including the 90's dance single, Part 4: I recall it sounded good when I was a kid but it sounds terribly dated now LOL The first track is quite good though Smile
Also check his next album, Oxygene 7-13: it has the 70's sound, but you'll probably find it more original than Equinoxe Wink

I'll try that Asia album the next time I'm in a AOR mood. Really cool cover though Smile


Oh yeah, that last track absolutely killed me, Sam! Like some kind of stupid polka waltz or someting! Cheers for your thoughts on those other two. I have heard `Zoolook' and didn't like it, but I loved how different and (probably) experimental it was for Jarre at the time. Appreciate it more than actually like it, I suppose.

Glad you liked Magenta's `Seven, it's a beauty, eh?! I came across it many years ago, discounted to a few dollars in a heavy-metal bargain bin in a local music store! (I guess the cover does look a little metal!). I picked it up, and I was thinking `Hmmmm, I'm absolutely sure Magenta is a prog band....', so I took a chance....worked out very well, I own all their albums now. The only dud moment on that disc....when Rob Reed (I assume it's him?) sings lead vocals near the final sections of the first track! Just awful! Leave the singing to the lovely lady!

Ha, you cracked me up with `Madcap Laughs'...I have not spun that in years. Used to adore it. It's kind of like listening to a mind unravelling live on tape.... I've got a Syd box-set, and it has a lot of alternate takes that head off in all directions. From what I recall really reading up on it, it wasn't unusual for each take to sound totally different to the last, due to Syd's scattered mind. Pretty sure it's members of the Soft Machine backing him up on that one? Anyway, point I'm trying to get at is that I think the story behind it is probably more interesting that the actual music?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 20 2015 at 13:55
That track is also on Les Concerts en Chine but with the title The Last Rumba, so it's suposed to be a Rumba. That's exactly my opinion about 'Zoolook', but I still prefer it over 'Rendez-vous'.

I really like their Yes influences (without losing originality) and her voice is incredibly sweet Approve I don't know if it's Rob, he never sings on Sanctuary Tongue

I feel alone on this one, there isn't a single 1 star review of it Cry This isn't progressive nor spacey nor psychedelic nor beautiful acoustic work: this is simply pathetic. The compositions are very childish, the musicianship doesn't exist (it's like everyone is completely uninspired and playing against their will) and the songs seem like they can crumble apart at any second because of anything, most probably Syd. I think its rating is a slap in the face to those great musicians/bands who do their best work and play their hearts out and get lower ratings than this. What rating would this have if it was released by someone else?
And I knew the story behind before listening to it Ermm

Today:
Asia - Alpha
Amon Duul II - Wolf City
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 20 2015 at 16:37
Guthrie Govan - Erotic Cakes
The Aristocrats - s/t
The Aristocrats - Boing, We'll Do It Live!
The Aristocrats - Culture Clash
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 21 2015 at 07:34
I love this album
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 21 2015 at 09:04
so far,
 
Alquin-Marks-it brings back great associations, and has sentimental value for me.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 21 2015 at 09:29
Today its raining around my residence so i started with...
Radiohead- ok computer(paranoid android)
Marillion-script for a jester's tears
Seventh wonder-mercy falls
Genesis-foxtrot
Iq-road of bones
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 21 2015 at 10:27
Popol Vuh-Gesang der Gesange
Musique de la Grece Antique
Ancient Egypt-Ali Jihad Racy
Rickie Lee Jones
Elizabethtown-Nancy Wilson
Japanese Melodies For Flute And Harp-Sakura-Rampal-Laskine
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 21 2015 at 16:44
Originally posted by The Bearded Bard The Bearded Bard wrote:

Guthrie Govan - Erotic Cakes
Awesome album Thumbs Up

Today:
Michael Pinnella - Ascension (I think I'll have to update my list Smile)
Rick Wakeman - No Earthly Connection (Ironic title this is more earthly than Journey, as in less pompous Tongue)
Annot Rhül - Leviathan (Very nice Space Rock album from last year)
Renaissance - Ashes are Burning (This album is incredibly sweet Approve)
Petrus Castrus - Mestre (An interesting Prog portrait of the insurgent portuguese society of the early 70's, I can really feel their pain Ouch Probably not very good for non-portuguese listeners, but it's also not known here: I only found out about them here Confused)
PFM - Un Minuto (Better than the live version of Per Un Amico, but still not very interesting as a live album)
Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past OST (It's incredible how great these video game soundtracks were made with such tecnological limitations. Now these limitations don't exist but many companies don't seem to care about what original music they put in their games Ermm)


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 22 2015 at 06:24
on the way to work:
 
Genesis - Nursery Cryme
The Cars - Candy-O
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 22 2015 at 15:42
Three Suns - Abalone
OSI - Office of Strategic Influence
Three Suns - Absent Settlements
Renaissance - Turn of the Cards
Rick Wakeman - Criminal Record
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 22 2015 at 23:38
The last couple of days:

Seven Impale - City of the Sun
Lunatic Soul - s/t
Lunatic Soul - II
Beardfish - 4626
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2015 at 03:09
Spoke Of Shadows - S/T
Dream The Electric Sleep - Heretics
Dzyan - Electric Silence
Vita Nova - S/T
Bo Hansson - Attic Thoughts
Bo Hansson - Music Inspired By Watership Down
Moving Gelatine Plates - Moving (1980)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2015 at 06:41
My all time favourite live album:
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2015 at 17:17
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Fabio Zuffanti - La Quarta Vittima (Great album Clap)
Banda do Casaco - Dos Benefícios dum Vendido no Reino dos Bonifácios
Tangerine Dream - Edgar Allan Poe's The Island of the Fay (Best post-80's album I heard until now. Heard it one hour before I read the news Cry)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 24 2015 at 14:22
Originally posted by Meltdowner Meltdowner wrote:

Originally posted by The Bearded Bard The Bearded Bard wrote:

Guthrie Govan - Erotic Cakes
Awesome album Thumbs Up
Indeed!

Wednesday:

Jü and Kjetil Møster - Jü Meets Møster
Animals as Leaders - The Joy of Motion
Hedvig Mollestad Trio - Shoot!
Hedvig Mollestad Trio - All of Them Witches
Hedvig Mollestad Trio - Enfant Terrible

Thursday:

El Doom & the Born Electric - s/t
Ruphus - New Born Day
Ruphus - Ranshart
Ruphus - Manmade

Yesterday:

Høst - Live & Unreleased
Tusmørke - Riset bak speilet
Agusa - Högtid

Today:

Uriah Heep - Salisbury
Uriah Heep - Look at Yourself
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards
Uriah Heep - Magician's Birthday
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 24 2015 at 20:54
Yesterday:

Klaus Schulze - Mirage
Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation
Tangerine Dream - Alpha Centauri
Tangerine Dream - Zeit
Tangerine Dream - Atem
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon
Tangerine Dream - Ricochet
Tangerine Dream - Sorcerer
Tangerine Dream - Stratosfear
St. Vincent - St. Vincent
IQ - The Road of Bones
King Crimson – In The Court of the Crimson King
Yes - Relayer
Klaus Schulze - X
Kraan - Kraan
Tangerine Dream - Encore

RIP Edgar..
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 24 2015 at 22:16
Toto Blanke - Spider's Dancce
Carmen - Fandangos In Space 
John Abercrombie - Timeless
Iliad - Distances
Steve Hunter - Swept Away
The Enid - In The Region Of The Summer Stars
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 24 2015 at 23:00
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