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The Mystical 
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 Posted: May 15 2013 at 15:37 |
1. I looooooove David Bowie's Never Let Me Down, along with all his other 80s albums. 2. I consider Selling England By the Pound to be the most overrated prog album of all time. 3. I love Big Generator and Open Your Eyes. Especially Big Generator. 4. Yes' Drama is one of my very favourite albums. 5. I love Collins Era Genesis.
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I am currently digging:
Hawkwind, Rare Bird, Gong, Tangerine Dream, Khan, Iron Butterfly, and all things canterbury and hard-psych. I also love jazz!
Please drop me a message with album suggestions.
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silverpot
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Posted: May 15 2013 at 15:46 |
 richardh wrote:
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I don't like anything I've heard from Gentle Giant. Can't put my finger on what's wrong with them, to my ears. They somehow lack charm and esprit.
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It was a struggle for me initially when I first bought the Edge Of Twilight compilation. One track though helped me get there more than any other - Playing The Game. Kerry Minnear's organ solo is just so lush and unforced. I love the feel of that track. I kind of agree about some of their tracks as you describe them.Maybe they were just a little bit too 'fiddly' at times for the sake of it. |
Yes, maybe they're too technical for me. I'll give them another listen. 
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Metalmarsh89
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Posted: May 15 2013 at 16:38 |
The Mystical wrote:
I consider Selling England By the Pound to be the most overrated prog album of all time. |
I wouldn't go that far, but I do agree that it is overrated. I much prefer Foxtrot, or the early post-Gabriel Genesis albums instead.
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Metalmarsh89
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Posted: May 15 2013 at 16:43 |
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Of King Crimson's first four albums, Islands is my favorite.
I find Yes's Relayer to be a quite overrated album.
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otto pankrock
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Posted: May 15 2013 at 18:46 |
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Love Eloy's Metromania. Dislike Planets. The first two tracks come off ok then it turns to cheese with the strings and female vocals.
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presdoug
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Posted: May 15 2013 at 21:47 |
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Love both the Tangerine Dream and Eloy debuts immensely. My least favorite Eloy is Floating.
Edited by presdoug - May 15 2013 at 21:51
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Ambient Hurricanes
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Posted: May 15 2013 at 22:34 |
Metalmarsh89 wrote:
The Mystical wrote:
I consider Selling England By the Pound to be the most overrated prog album of all time. |
I wouldn't go that far, but I do agree that it is overrated. I much prefer Foxtrot, or the early post-Gabriel Genesis albums instead.
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Same here, although I do think I prefer Selling England to W&W. I like And Then There Were Three, however, more than Selling England. Firth of Fifth, Dancing, etc are masterpieces but the album as a whole doesn't seem to match up to the more complex, meaningful, and coherent Foxtrot.
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I love dogs, I've always loved dogs
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richardh
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 01:14 |
otto pankrock wrote:
Love Eloy's Metromania. Dislike Planets. The first two tracks come off ok then it turns to cheese with the strings and female vocals. |
one problem with that album is that it was really part one of a concept and so feels too incomplete. I like the last track but it ends abruptly. As a whole perhaps not satisfactory but some of the playing on that album (drums and bass especially) is just too good to ignore.
I've always liked Metromania. Probably the best 'driving album'. Much more rockier and moving towards a sleeker AOR sound (but not too much).
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presdoug
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 10:47 |
richardh wrote:
otto pankrock wrote:
Love Eloy's Metromania. Dislike Planets. The first two tracks come off ok then it turns to cheese with the strings and female vocals. |
one problem with that album is that it was really part one of a concept and so feels too incomplete. I like the last track but it ends abruptly. As a whole perhaps not satisfactory but some of the playing on that album (drums and bass especially) is just too good to ignore. I've always liked Metromania. Probably the best 'driving album'. Much more rockier and moving towards a sleeker AOR sound (but not too much). |
Hi, Richard. What do you think of Inside? It's my personal favorite. I've never heard Planets or Metromania
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otto pankrock
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 19:37 |
presdoug wrote:
richardh wrote:
otto pankrock wrote:
Love Eloy's Metromania. Dislike Planets. The first two tracks come off ok then it turns to cheese with the strings and female vocals. |
one problem with that album is that it was really part one of a concept and so feels too incomplete. I like the last track but it ends abruptly. As a whole perhaps not satisfactory but some of the playing on that album (drums and bass especially) is just too good to ignore. I've always liked Metromania. Probably the best 'driving album'. Much more rockier and moving towards a sleeker AOR sound (but not too much). |
Hi, Richard. What do you think of Inside? It's my personal favorite. I've never heard Planets or Metromania |
Inside is one of the better of the early Eloy. Land of No Body is a little over stretched but still good. Future City has Tull all over it. The only thing missing is the flute.
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otto pankrock
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 20:24 |
otto pankrock wrote:
presdoug wrote:
richardh wrote:
otto pankrock wrote:
Love Eloy's Metromania. Dislike Planets. The first two tracks come off ok then it turns to cheese with the strings and female vocals. |
one problem with that album is that it was really part one of a concept and so feels too incomplete. I like the last track but it ends abruptly. As a whole perhaps not satisfactory but some of the playing on that album (drums and bass especially) is just too good to ignore. I've always liked Metromania. Probably the best 'driving album'. Much more rockier and moving towards a sleeker AOR sound (but not too much). |
Hi, Richard. What do you think of Inside? It's my personal favorite. I've never heard Planets or Metromania |
Inside is one of the better of the early Eloy. Land of No Body is a little over stretched but still good. Future City has Tull all over it. The only thing missing is the flute. |
Oh yeah, their Power and Passion album has some nice moments but it marred by the silly concept of a teenager using his father's science to go back in time! A particularly "cringe worthy " moment has our hero smoking-up a medieval princess in spoken word. Pure 70's hilarity.
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The.Crimson.King
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 22:51 |
otto pankrock wrote:
otto pankrock wrote:
presdoug wrote:
richardh wrote:
otto pankrock wrote:
Love Eloy's Metromania. Dislike Planets. The first two tracks come off ok then it turns to cheese with the strings and female vocals. |
one problem with that album is that it was really part one of a concept and so feels too incomplete. I like the last track but it ends abruptly. As a whole perhaps not satisfactory but some of the playing on that album (drums and bass especially) is just too good to ignore. I've always liked Metromania. Probably the best 'driving album'. Much more rockier and moving towards a sleeker AOR sound (but not too much). |
Hi, Richard. What do you think of Inside? It's my personal favorite. I've never heard Planets or Metromania |
Inside is one of the better of the early Eloy. Land of No Body is a little over stretched but still good. Future City has Tull all over it. The only thing missing is the flute. |
Oh yeah, their Power and Passion album has some nice moments but it marred by the silly concept of a teenager using his father's science to go back in time! A particularly "cringe worthy " moment has our hero smoking-up a medieval princess in spoken word. Pure 70's hilarity. |
OMG, I always cringe when I hear that section...it's just so...so...so... 
Inside was my 1st and favorite Eloy album..."Future City" is German Tull while "Land of No Body" is German Echoes...great stuff...
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Barbu
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 22:54 |
Melomaniac wrote:
I love Saga (that in itself is a statement) !
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richardh
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Posted: May 17 2013 at 01:42 |
presdoug wrote:
richardh wrote:
otto pankrock wrote:
Love Eloy's Metromania. Dislike Planets. The first two tracks come off ok then it turns to cheese with the strings and female vocals. |
one problem with that album is that it was really part one of a concept and so feels too incomplete. I like the last track but it ends abruptly. As a whole perhaps not satisfactory but some of the playing on that album (drums and bass especially) is just too good to ignore. I've always liked Metromania. Probably the best 'driving album'. Much more rockier and moving towards a sleeker AOR sound (but not too much). |
Hi, Richard. What do you think of Inside? It's my personal favorite. I've never heard Planets or Metromania |
Probably my favourite of the early albums although I prefer Eloy of the early eighties (Colours,Planets,Time To Turn) when they soaked their music in synths and had the wonderful bass playing of Klaus Peter Matziol.
Edited by richardh - May 17 2013 at 01:43
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presdoug
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Posted: May 17 2013 at 17:39 |
richardh wrote:
presdoug wrote:
richardh wrote:
otto pankrock wrote:
Love Eloy's Metromania. Dislike Planets. The first two tracks come off ok then it turns to cheese with the strings and female vocals. |
one problem with that album is that it was really part one of a concept and so feels too incomplete. I like the last track but it ends abruptly. As a whole perhaps not satisfactory but some of the playing on that album (drums and bass especially) is just too good to ignore.
I've always liked Metromania. Probably the best 'driving album'. Much more rockier and moving towards a sleeker AOR sound (but not too much). |
Hi, Richard. What do you think of Inside? It's my personal favorite. I've never heard Planets or Metromania |
Probably my favourite of the early albums although I prefer Eloy of the early eighties (Colours,Planets,Time To Turn) when they soaked their music in synths and had the wonderful bass playing of Klaus Peter Matziol. |
I will have to check out some early 80s Eloy 
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Aussie-Byrd-Brother
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Posted: May 17 2013 at 17:41 |
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Heh, I LOVE all of Eloy's 80's albums, except maybe that `Destination' one, or was that early 90's?
Even `Ra' gets my seal of approval, even though it's not highly regarded at all.
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progbethyname
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Posted: May 17 2013 at 21:23 |
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I like Tangerine Dream's Hyperborea better than Tangram and force Majour
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Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣
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Barbu
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Posted: May 19 2013 at 21:51 |
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Fish's album Suits is imho almost equally underrated.
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smartpatrol
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Posted: May 19 2013 at 22:12 |
mageestout wrote:
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I love Who Dunnit
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SECURITY!!!
Over here!
The one clutching the ABACAB album. He's the one!!!!! |
that's me :D
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Robert Placard
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Posted: May 19 2013 at 23:19 |
- A Passion Play is best Tull album
- Stormwatch is second best
- Atom Heart Mother is awesome from start to end especially track 1
- Rush's Signals is one of their best, only behind A Farewell to Kings of course
- I think Ulver's Nattens Madrigal is great
- The Resident's Third Reich and Roll is awful and The Tunes of Two Cities rocks
- (already said) Islands is a great album
- Frank Zappa's Civilization Phase III is super cool
and lastly...... - "Classical" music is better than Prog.
Edit: but just by a hair though.
Edited by Robert Placard - May 19 2013 at 23:20
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