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N-sz 
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Posted: August 04 2013 at 22:52 |
Which of these do you like best?
Sorry that there's no reason for these being compared except that I'm waiting for all of these in the mail so I wanted to know what people's favorites of these are, and what you think about them. Hopefully that's okay--making a poll just for that reason. Plenty of these polls seem pretty random to me. I think the last three have an obvious advantage over the others here. I'm rooting for Earth Moving anyway. Everyone loves an underdog. I can't wait to hear all of these!
Edited by N-sz - August 04 2013 at 22:53
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The.Crimson.King
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Posted: August 05 2013 at 00:22 |
^ Wow, you have some great listening coming your way 
Godbluff
followed closely by Per Un Amico and The Power and the Glory
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b_olariu
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Posted: August 05 2013 at 00:42 |
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Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory
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Moogtron III
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Posted: August 05 2013 at 01:21 |
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Per Un Amico - PFM where great in the early period of their existence.
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Man With Hat
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Posted: August 05 2013 at 01:23 |
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Western Culture over Godbluff.
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Posted: August 05 2013 at 01:35 |
 b_olariu wrote:
Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory
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my favourite album by them 
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tamijo
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Posted: August 05 2013 at 02:17 |
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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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antonyus
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Posted: August 05 2013 at 02:34 |
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Godbluff
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someone_else
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Posted: August 05 2013 at 02:54 |
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Godbluff.
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N-sz
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Posted: August 05 2013 at 03:14 |
The.Crimson.King wrote:
^ Wow, you have some great listening coming your way
Godbluff
followed closely by Per Un Amico and The Power and the Glory |
Yes, I think this may be one of the best orders of music I've made yet. I feel confident I'll love all of it (my expectations for Earth Moving aren't exactly high, but I love Mike Oldfield so much I'm trying to get everything in chronological order and I think I'll like anything he does).
Can't wait to hear Godbluff. And this will not only be my first experience of PFM, but the first RPI album I'll have ever heard!
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Hercules
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Posted: August 05 2013 at 03:57 |
They're not called Giant for nothing! The Power and the Glory wins this easily for me.
I am getting into PFM more now, so Per Un Amico has risen from 3 to 4 stars in my estimation. I also like the two Oldfield albums, but the other three do nothing for me.
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sleeper
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Posted: August 05 2013 at 06:18 |
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Godbluff
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Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Snow Dog
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Posted: August 05 2013 at 06:24 |
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Islands is a great album, especially The Wind Chimes. It is amazing. Earth Moving is truly awful though and it isn't easy for me to say that being a huge fan of Mike.
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snowsnow
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Posted: August 05 2013 at 06:35 |
Godbluff out of these.
As artists go I much prefer Mike Oldfield in your list - the bloke's a genius.
But I'm afraid I think the two you've ordered (Islands and Moving Earth) are amongst his weakest efforts (IMHO). Are these two albums completing your Oldfield collection - because he has done so much better.
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Mormegil
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Posted: August 05 2013 at 06:42 |
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Going with Godbluff for this poll.
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Welcome to the middle of the film.
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N-sz
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Posted: August 05 2013 at 10:09 |
snowsnow wrote:
Godbluff out of these.
As artists go I much prefer Mike Oldfield in your list - the bloke's a genius.
But I'm afraid I think the two you've ordered (Islands and Moving Earth) are amongst his weakest efforts (IMHO). Are these two albums completing your Oldfield collection - because he has done so much better. |
I'm going in chronological order actually. A lot of times if I like a musician/ band enough and know I'm going to get all of their albums at some point, I like to get them in order so that while I'm discovering their music, I'm also noticing how they developed as composers and musicians. Just a personal preference. So it is to complete the collection, just more early on : ) I think I'll at least really like Islands. None of his works have disappointed me yet. Discovery is also rated pretty low, but I really like about half of it and the rest is still okay to me.
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frankbostick
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Posted: August 05 2013 at 10:51 |
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PFM
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Wanorak
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Posted: August 05 2013 at 11:09 |
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Godbluff ahead of TPATG and the Oldfield albums.
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A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!!
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snowsnow
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Posted: August 05 2013 at 11:39 |
N-sz wrote:
snowsnow wrote:
Godbluff out of these.
As artists go I much prefer Mike Oldfield in your list - the bloke's a genius.
But I'm afraid I think the two you've ordered (Islands and Moving Earth) are amongst his weakest efforts (IMHO). Are these two albums completing your Oldfield collection - because he has done so much better. |
I'm going in chronological order actually. A lot of times if I like a musician/ band enough and know I'm going to get all of their albums at some point, I like to get them in order so that while I'm discovering their music, I'm also noticing how they developed as composers and musicians. Just a personal preference. So it is to complete the collection, just more early on : ) I think I'll at least really like Islands. None of his works have disappointed me yet. Discovery is also rated pretty low, but I really like about half of it and the rest is still okay to me. |
Well I hope you enjoy them both.
I actually think some of his ratings on this site are on the low side. As you say, Discovery should be higher and I think Platinum also (IMHO).
I'm particularly surprised that Hergest Ridge and Incantations are rated below a 4. Each to their own of course...
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Posted: August 05 2013 at 12:00 |
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Western Culture, easily my favorite HC album. Pity I haven't listened to it in ages.
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