In A Glass House vs. Wind & Wuthering |
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Mr. Mustard
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Posted: May 24 2013 at 13:11 |
Random observation I made when listening to classical music. In a Glass House seems more Baroque influenced with the counterpoint and overall complexity, while W&W is probably more Romantically charged. Both are amazing, but which one do you like more?
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Progosopher
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W&W has been one of my absolute favorite albums ever, so I have to give it my vote.
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The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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proggy
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Not even close...Gentle Giant is generic...Wind is a stone cold masterpiece. Beautiful playing by Hackett
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MFP
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In A Glass House.
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Larree
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In a Glass House.
I stopped listening to Genesis after TOTT.
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Melomaniac
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Pardon me, what makes GG generic ? No other band sounds remotely close to GG... The amount of instruments played by each member alone makes this band anything but generic, and we're not even talking about the intricate vocal arrangments, and I could go on...
While Wind and Wuthering is a good album, my vote goes to Gentle Giant's Glass House...
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Man With Hat
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Neither is my favorite by them, but I'll go with GG, barely.
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tamijo
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Glass
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Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours
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smartpatrol
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Glass House is real good, but it's overrated in my eyes.
Wind and Wuthering is a masterpiece. |
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Blacksword
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WAW. No contest.
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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The.Crimson.King
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Went with Wuthering. I've never liked the production on Glass House, it always sounds "thin" to me where Wuthering is incredibly lush and atmospheric. I much prefer the live version of "The Runaway/Experience" on "Playing the Fool" to the studio version.
Besides, "Blood on the Rooftops" is one of my top 3 favourite Genesis songs.
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Horizons
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Why do that if W&W is a 5* album and Trick is a 2*
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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smartpatrol
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More like a 5* album and a 4.5*
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The.Crimson.King
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For me, Wuthering could never be a 5* with "Your Own Special Way". Now if they'd swapped that for "Inside and Out" it would be a different story
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smartpatrol
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I think Your Own Special Way, although a bit cheesy, is a very beautiful song
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It's a great song.
Trick is a snorefest. :P
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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twosteves
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This.
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someone_else
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In a Glass House: 5/5
Wind and Wuthering: 4.5/5 I give them a tie.
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Earthmover
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Meh. I listened to Wind and Wuthering once and it was pretty meh.
On the other hand, In a Glass House is one of my Gentle Giant favorites.
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brainstormer
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I think a lot of 70's bands were still in the "crunchy rock" sound engineering mode. I admire GG but its kind of like VDGG, it doesn't have a "sonic vision" like even King Crimson seems to have. There is something about the way some bands just expect the notes to carry the vision, without the engineering kicking in, which in the 70's was only happening in a select few bands, perhaps those who were early adapters of all the in's and outs of new recording/processing technology. GG and VDGG are great bands, but sound more like listening to some classical music today. They just don't have the sweeping engineering work that a lot of prog bands have. Even Novalis, Gong and Hawkwind I think were better engineered.
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