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Blacksword 
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Power and the Glory by a whisker.
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Xonty
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Posted: May 11 2014 at 09:47 |
The Power And The Glory is my favourite GG album, and SABB is probably my least favourite 70's KC album, but still pretty close. Gentle Giant for me 
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: May 11 2014 at 10:40 |
 BarryGlibb wrote:
Starless and Bible Black - P&tG is one of those albums that I feel is terribly overrated even though I think it is a 4 star album....go figure! |
Agreed. "The Night Watch" is superb, and one of my favorite KC songs. Certainly the best Wetton sang.
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Ruby900
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Posted: May 14 2014 at 03:30 |
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Don't like Power and glory at all, and although Starless is patchy, the best moments are incredible!
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"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
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HackettFan
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Posted: May 14 2014 at 22:15 |
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Starless and Bible Black.
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Mirror Image
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Posted: May 14 2014 at 22:41 |
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The Power and the Glory is so overrated like most of GG's albums are anyway.
Edited by Mirror Image - May 14 2014 at 22:42
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“Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov
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BarryGlibb
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Posted: May 15 2014 at 05:31 |
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^Yes, they are aren't they? Funny how such an overrated band can have so many overrated albums. AND...have 5 albums in the top 100 studio albums of all time on this site. There are too many people on this site that have no taste in prog at all.
Edited by BarryGlibb - May 15 2014 at 05:32
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Hercules
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Posted: May 15 2014 at 07:22 |
Mirror Image wrote:
The Power and the Glory is so overrated like most of GG's albums are anyway.
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You are entitled to your opinion, however misguided it may be.
In my personal opinion, I think all GG's albums are, if anything UNDERrated (and that from someone who really didn't like them from the 70s to about 2000, than they just "clicked").
I don't like KC much, but others do - so they're not overrated, are they?
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dr wu23
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Posted: May 15 2014 at 20:38 |
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KC Starless for me......I like The Power and The Glory but all of the Wetton period KC is simply awesome and Great Deceiver and Nightwatch are superb.
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: May 16 2014 at 05:06 |
Blacksword wrote:
Power and the Glory by a whisker. |
THIS!
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: May 16 2014 at 05:18 |
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This one from KC has been the record which has been sitting on the backburner for the longest, but recently I have started to realise just how brilliant Bible Black really is. The highs on that sucker tower just about anything other than maybe the lizard suite, most of Larks tongues, Islands title track and of course Starless:-)
GG's TPATG is not my kind of bag...not yet at least. I much prefer Acquiring the Taste, Octopus and Three Friends.
Edited by Guldbamsen - May 16 2014 at 05:22
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
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CharlesPL
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Posted: May 17 2014 at 22:46 |
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Starless and Bible Black
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Mirror Image
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Posted: May 17 2014 at 22:56 |
Hercules wrote:
Mirror Image wrote:
The Power and the Glory is so overrated like most of GG's albums are anyway.
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You are entitled to your opinion, however misguided it may be.
In my personal opinion, I think all GG's albums are, if anything UNDERrated (and that from someone who really didn't like them from the 70s to about 2000, than they just "clicked").
I don't like KC much, but others do - so they're not overrated, are they? |
Any band who is hyped to the hills is considered overrated, but our own subjectivity gets in the way here and is what separates each of us.
I wouldn't say my opinion is misguided at all. What yardstick are you using to measure whose opinion is 'misguided' or not? Who's to say that your opinion isn't the one that's actually misguided? You may not agree with my opinion but it doesn't mean this opinion is without merit. I have plenty of reasons as to why I think GG is overrated, but who really cares? You like them, I don't, so let's move along.
Edited by Mirror Image - May 17 2014 at 22:59
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Hercules
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Posted: May 22 2014 at 17:29 |
Mirror Image wrote:
Hercules wrote:
Mirror Image wrote:
The Power and the Glory is so overrated like most of GG's albums are anyway.
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You are entitled to your opinion, however misguided it may be.
In my personal opinion, I think all GG's albums are, if anything UNDERrated (and that from someone who really didn't like them from the 70s to about 2000, than they just "clicked").
I don't like KC much, but others do - so they're not overrated, are they? |
Any band who is hyped to the hills is considered overrated, but our own subjectivity gets in the way here and is what separates each of us.
I wouldn't say my opinion is misguided at all. What yardstick are you using to measure whose opinion is 'misguided' or not? Who's to say that your opinion isn't the one that's actually misguided? You may not agree with my opinion but it doesn't mean this opinion is without merit. I have plenty of reasons as to why I think GG is overrated, but who really cares? You like them, I don't, so let's move along.
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The point is not whether you think they're overrated or I think they are underrated; the consensus on here from a large number of people is that they are a highly respected, highly rated band with 5 albums in the top 100 on here.
Oh, and they're winning this poll, too.
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BarryGlibb
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Posted: May 23 2014 at 04:39 |
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^here, here!
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ProgMetaller2112
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Posted: May 24 2014 at 05:36 |
Mirror Image wrote:
Hercules wrote:
Mirror Image wrote:
The Power and the Glory is so overrated like most of GG's albums are anyway.
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You are entitled to your opinion, however misguided it may be.
In my personal opinion, I think all GG's albums are, if anything UNDERrated (and that from someone who really didn't like them from the 70s to about 2000, than they just "clicked").
I don't like KC much, but others do - so they're not overrated, are they? |
Any band who is hyped to the hills is considered overrated, but our own subjectivity gets in the way here and is what separates each of us.
I wouldn't say my opinion is misguided at all. What yardstick are you using to measure whose opinion is 'misguided' or not? Who's to say that your opinion isn't the one that's actually misguided? You may not agree with my opinion but it doesn't mean this opinion is without merit. I have plenty of reasons as to why I think GG is overrated, but who really cares? You like them, I don't, so let's move along.
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Wait, wait, wait. GG overrated
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“War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.”
― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four
"Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart
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mike1259
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Posted: July 23 2014 at 12:17 |
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I...can't...doit... and what is this feeling of anger?...
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KingCrInuYasha
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Posted: July 23 2014 at 12:24 |
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I'm not too sure. On the one hand, I find The Power And The Glory to be a more consistent record; on the other hand, Starless And Bible Black has better high points. As good as The Power... is, even the best songs on there can't touch "Fracture".
Edited by KingCrInuYasha - July 23 2014 at 12:25
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He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball!
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mike1259
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Posted: July 23 2014 at 13:03 |
KingCrInuYasha wrote:
I'm not too sure. On the one hand, I find The Power And The Glory to be a more consistent record; on the other hand, Starless And Bible Black has better high points. As good as The Power... is, even the best songs on there can't touch "Fracture".
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Well put!
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