| Author |
 Topic Search  Topic Options
|
Mirror Image 
Forum Senior Member
Joined: December 13 2011
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 2111
|
 Posted: May 11 2014 at 15:05 |
 Andrea Cortese wrote:
World Record anyone?
Not even you, Meurglys? |
Why do people thumb their noses at World Record? I haven't heard it, but what's wrong with it? Is there a compositional shift? Does it seem less focused than other VDGG albums?
Edited by Mirror Image - May 11 2014 at 15:16
|
|
“Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov
|
 |
Andrea Cortese
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: September 05 2005
Status: Offline
Points: 4411
|
Posted: May 11 2014 at 15:30 |
|
I love that album. Wondering is amazing. Hammill makes up for lost warm and delicate vocals. As a matter of fact from Godbluff he'd been putting a strange anger into his voice.
|
|
Mirror Image
Forum Senior Member
Joined: December 13 2011
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 2111
|
Posted: May 11 2014 at 16:11 |
Andrea Cortese wrote:
I love that album. Wondering is amazing. Hammill makes up for lost warm and delicate vocals. As a matter of fact from Godbluff he'd been putting a strange anger into his voice. |
I've already heard, and love, Godbluff, what should I listen to next? Pawn Hearts? Still Life?
|
|
“Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov
|
|
Andrea Cortese
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: September 05 2005
Status: Offline
Points: 4411
|
Posted: May 12 2014 at 00:40 |
|
I think you should start with H to He and Pawn Hearts.
|
|
Andrea Cortese
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: September 05 2005
Status: Offline
Points: 4411
|
Posted: May 12 2014 at 04:24 |
|
... then, next step could be World Record, IMO.
|
|
Mirror Image
Forum Senior Member
Joined: December 13 2011
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 2111
|
Posted: May 12 2014 at 04:26 |
Andrea Cortese wrote:
I think you should start with H to He and Pawn Hearts. |
Cool, thanks. I keep reading that Still Life is the next logical step after Godbluff. How do you feel about this album? It seems to have a low rating as well.
|
|
“Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov
|
|
Andrea Cortese
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: September 05 2005
Status: Offline
Points: 4411
|
Posted: May 12 2014 at 04:31 |
^^^
I own all of their 70s albums on cd (plus Trisector) and love all of them.
Still Life is a strong record (La Rossa is a personal favourite) but to me is a bit too verbose and wordy. I rather prefer Godbluff and World Record.
You should probably go along in chronological order in order to tell the subtle changes in Hammill's singing.
Edited by Andrea Cortese - May 12 2014 at 04:33
|
|
Kirillov
Forum Senior Member
Joined: September 03 2011
Location: Wales
Status: Offline
Points: 700
|
Posted: May 12 2014 at 05:03 |
|
Another vote for Still Life
|
|
Ruby900
Forum Senior Member
Joined: April 03 2009
Location: UK
Status: Offline
Points: 739
|
Posted: May 14 2014 at 03:33 |
|
Pawn hearts. Incredible, challenging and yet oddly beautiful all at the same time...
|
|
"I always say that it’s about breaking the rules. But the secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place". Rick Wakeman
|
|
AtomicCrimsonRush
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: July 02 2008
Location: Australia
Status: Offline
Points: 14256
|
Posted: May 16 2014 at 05:18 |
Own em all but Pawn Hearts was thefirst Iheard and the quintessential VDGG album
followed by TLWCDIWTEO and HTHWATOO
|
|
|
|
bloodnarfer
Forum Senior Member
Joined: April 15 2010
Location: Austin, TX
Status: Offline
Points: 2162
|
Posted: May 16 2014 at 10:51 |
AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:
followed by TLWCDIWTEO and HTHWATOO |
You kinda just blew my mind that those are the real acronyms for those albums 
|
|
|
|
CharlesPL
Forum Newbie
Joined: September 21 2013
Location: Cracow,Poland
Status: Offline
Points: 31
|
Posted: May 17 2014 at 01:34 |
|
Pawn Hearts or Still Life.
|
|
Prog 74
Forum Senior Member
Joined: March 16 2014
Location: USA
Status: Offline
Points: 171
|
Posted: May 17 2014 at 08:17 |
|
Pawn Hearts. One of my all-time favorite albums period.
|
|
mike1259
Forum Newbie
Joined: July 12 2014
Location: Midwest
Status: Offline
Points: 22
|
Posted: July 23 2014 at 12:54 |
|
Quiet Zone/Pleasure Dome
This was the last VDGG album I seriously auditioned and it's to my mind one of their most even albums. I fiercely love Pawn hearts and HtoHE yet QZ/PD is in my personal top ten of all time. fwiw
|
|
Saperlipopette!
Forum Senior Member
Joined: December 20 2010
Location: Tomorrowland
Status: Offline
Points: 10017
|
Posted: July 23 2014 at 15:06 |
mike1259 wrote:
Quiet Zone/Pleasure Dome
|
It is a fantastic album. More of a complex new wave-album than classic prog. Certainly a little overlooked and among the four or five VdGG-albums I consider to be flawless.
|
|
|
|
The Doctor
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: June 23 2005
Location: The Tardis
Status: Offline
Points: 8543
|
Posted: July 23 2014 at 15:16 |
Mirror Image wrote:
Andrea Cortese wrote:
I think you should start with H to He and Pawn Hearts. |
Cool, thanks. I keep reading that Still Life is the next logical step after Godbluff. How do you feel about this album? It seems to have a low rating as well. |
Still Life is one of my favorites, although Godbluff is my absolute favorite album, Still Life has my favorite VDGG song on it: Childlike Faith in Childhood's End. I'm also fond of La Rossa (another of my top 10 Vandie songs). The other 3 songs are not bad either. All in all, I would place this at number 3, just behind Pawn Hearts.
|
|
I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?
|
|
addictedtoprog
Forum Senior Member
Joined: July 16 2014
Location: india
Status: Offline
Points: 1422
|
Posted: July 23 2014 at 15:46 |
|
Pawn Hearts..
|
|
bloodnarfer
Forum Senior Member
Joined: April 15 2010
Location: Austin, TX
Status: Offline
Points: 2162
|
Posted: July 23 2014 at 16:04 |
|
Well, I already commented but forgot to vote. H to He for me
|
|
|
|
Billy Pilgrim
Forum Senior Member
Joined: September 28 2010
Location: Austin
Status: Offline
Points: 1505
|
Posted: July 23 2014 at 19:44 |
|
Still Life, best all around Album. I can do without some parts of Plague and Arrow and Scorched earth leave me cold sometimes. Every song on Still Life is excellent.
|
|
siLLy puPPy
Special Collaborator
PSIKE, JRF/Canterbury, P Metal, Eclectic
Joined: October 05 2013
Location: SFcaUsA
Status: Offline
Points: 14717
|
Posted: July 23 2014 at 22:06 |
|
This is a no brainer. The one that's playing of course!
|
|
Donate monthly and keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.
/PAlogo_v2.gif "Progarchives.com Homepage")
The Best Van Der Graaf Generator album
