What albums did you listen to today?

progbethyname wrote: Marillion-- The Strange Engine (I cannot believe how incredible the audio recording quality is on this album. I teared up like a big proggy baby when listening to Memory Of Water. The sheer warmth and clean background while Hogarth sings gave me goosebumps. Terrific album)

Nick, I greatly admire your undying devotion to `This Strange Engine', it's an album I've mostly always loved as well (Well, not `Hope For The Future', that's a bid of a dud! ). It stands out for being such a frequently acoustic based album for them, and there's really strong concise song-writing on it. It probably stands out so much more now considering how different many more recent Marillion albums are, much more freeform and stream-of-consciousness rambling passages - does that make sense, and do you know what I mean?

ANYWAY! The point I was trying to get to....have you heard a companion album to `Engine' called (if I remember) `Tales from the Engine Room', and it was a remix album? It wasn't instantly repulsive, and there was a dance remix of `Memory of Water' you might find interesting to hear! I do have the CD of it, but I don't play it too often.

Edited by Aussie-Byrd-Brother - October 05 2014 at 11:25

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: Sagichim wrote: Terpandre - S/T Sanhedrin - Ever After Ha, two of our old favourties, Sagi!    Have you thought about taking up flute so you can join Sanhedrin?!

Yeah, I'll start practicing right away!

Today

Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
Landberk - Riktig Akta
Landberk - One Man Tells Another
Can - Future Days
Chrome Hoof - Crush Depth

Marillion - Misplaced Childhood

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: Distillerie di Malto - Souno!

I'm not sure what is it about that band that gets me in comparison to other modern RPI bands but I guess you're right, it's their rougher unperfect sound and approach, but anyway the material is really good, I was actually pretty surprised they've released such a good album after their excellent debut which was about 13 years ago, I thought the band was dead years ago.

Genesis - Duke

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: progbethyname wrote: Marillion-- The Strange Engine (I cannot believe how incredible the audio recording quality is on this album. I teared up like a big proggy baby when listening to Memory Of Water. The sheer warmth and clean background while Hogarth sings gave me goosebumps. Terrific album) Nick, I greatly admire your undying devotion to `This Strange Engine', it's an album I've mostly always loved as well (Well, not `Hope For The Future', that's a bid of a dud! ). It stands out for being such a frequently acoustic based album for them, and there's really strong concise song-writing on it. It probably stands out so much more now considering how different many more recent Marillion albums are, much more freeform and stream-of-consciousness rambling passages - does that make sense, and do you know what I mean? ANYWAY! The point I was trying to get to....have you heard a companion album to `Engine' called (if I remember) `Tales from the Engine Room', and it was a remix album? It wasn't instantly repulsive, and there was a dance remix of `Memory of Water' you might find interesting to hear! I do have the CD of it, but I don't play it too often.

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: progbethyname wrote: Marillion-- The Strange Engine (I cannot believe how incredible the audio recording quality is on this album. I teared up like a big proggy baby when listening to Memory Of Water. The sheer warmth and clean background while Hogarth sings gave me goosebumps. Terrific album) Nick, I greatly admire your undying devotion to `This Strange Engine', it's an album I've mostly always loved as well (Well, not `Hope For The Future', that's a bid of a dud! ). It stands out for being such a frequently acoustic based album for them, and there's really strong concise song-writing on it. It probably stands out so much more now considering how different many more recent Marillion albums are, much more freeform and stream-of-consciousness rambling passages - does that make sense, and do you know what I mean? ANYWAY! The point I was trying to get to....have you heard a companion album to `Engine' called (if I remember) `Tales from the Engine Room', and it was a remix album? It wasn't instantly repulsive, and there was a dance remix of `Memory of Water' you might find interesting to hear! I do have the CD of it, but I don't play it too often.

Lol a dance mix of memory in the water? Don't know if I could handle that. Sounds tainted. Lol.
Anyway. Of course get what you mean about the song writing. For the most part I don't really focus too too much on the lyrics for the strang engine, but may I say the artwork for the album is really neat. Great packaging, but again the overall sound quality is bloody Dynomite. Haven't heard too many better. ;)
Tales from the Engine will have to sit on the back burner for now, but maybe one day I will put it with in my clutches. ;)
Great to see and hear you are STILL getting so much out of your music.
Spun a little RPI album today you may of heard of. ;)

Sunday and Today. (MON)

Iron Maiden-- Flight 666 (in 24/96 ;)
Threshold--For The Journey (man, I still really like what these guys can do. Great 2014 release)
Redemption--Live From the Pit ( this is the runner up only behind Eloy's Reincarnation for best LIVE album of 2014)
Best Of The Blues ( a collection of classic blues artists such as Billie Holiday, Muddy Waters, johnny lee hooker, lightnin' Hopkins and Leadbelly. )
IQ--EVER ( this album still after so many years is still such a joy.)
Lacuna Coil--Shallow life
P.F.M-- Per Un Amico ( holy sweetness, right Michael? ;)
Fields Of The Nephilim--Psychonaunt (maxi single)

Genesis by Genesis via cassette. The more I listen to it, the more I think that the 80s era wasn't that bad. This means I have to listen to ...And Then There Were Three, Duke and Abacab to verify it. Oh well, at least it convinced me to by the 1976 - 1983 albums on CD.

progbethyname wrote: Lol a dance mix of memory in the water? Don't know if I could handle that. Sounds tainted. Lol. Anyway. Of course get what you mean about the song writing. For the most part I don't really focus too too much on the lyrics for the strang engine, but may I say the artwork for the album is really neat. Great packaging, but again the overall sound quality is bloody Dynomite. Haven't heard too many better. ;) Eloy's Reincarnation for best LIVE album of 2014) P.F.M-- Per Un Amico ( holy sweetness, right Michael? ;)

Nick, I didn't so much mean the actual lyrics on that Marillion album, etc. Just that the album is very tightly composed with strong song arrangements. Have you listened to any of their last several albums? Marillion, even though frequently still delivering the goods, seem to fall back on these rambling, mumbling improvised pieces that can be a little dull. That's why an album like `Engine' stands out more.

Can I ask? Have you heard their `Holidays in Eden' album? That's one that cops a lot of sh*t for being `too commercial', but all I hear is a fine collection of strong melodic tunes with nicely contained but still exciting instrumental moments. After so many albums now of those `mumbly' moments, it's nice to race back to something more direct.

Hmmm, I may have to look into that Eloy live album. I'm a bit bummed out with them these days after their last studio album `Visionary' was such a tired nothing dud. I also got a recent live DVD of them that was called something like `The Official Bootleg' or something, and although it was nicely played, Frank B barely let rip with any big guitar solos....very let down.

Oh yeah, that second PFM album...pure perfection!

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: All fine albums there, Sam! I'll be honest, I really enjoy that `Better By Far' album by Caravan! Not exactly demanding or essential, but plenty of what I enjoy about Caravan is on that disc! It's got a quirky energy, lots of variety and colour, and I always get a laugh at their silly smutty songs like that `Look Out Behind You' track! `Focus 3...some people don't like the jazzy/fusion/improv sound on that one. I adore that album, but I can totally understand that others don't like it as much as `Hamburger Concerto' and `Moving Waves'.

I have to pay attention to Caravan's lyrics and I see that this is one of their qualities. I'll have to read them while I'm listening because it requires much more concentration than listening to portuguese music

I hope I didn't give the impression that I didn't like Focus 3. I really liked it, specially Anonymous Two, I couldn't stop toe-tapping on this one

Speaking of Symphonic and portuguese music, do you know "Ascenção e Queda" by Petrus Castrus? I'd like to have your objective opinion on this one, since I don't know if it's really good or the lack of decent portuguese prog makes me like it very much.

By the way, I read your Steve Roach review yesterday and I find it interesting. What can you recommend from him besides the album you reviewed?


Edited by Meltdowner - October 07 2014 at 07:11