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Progmind
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Topic: Equal Ratings: Yes Posted: August 18 2014 at 17:54 |
Polymorphia wrote:
I don't like either, but Big Generator quite easily.
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Svetonio
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Posted: August 18 2014 at 12:35 |
Heaven & Earth
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Michael678
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Posted: August 18 2014 at 12:27 |
Xonty wrote:
Heaven And Earth, but I reckon it will get an obviously higher rating than Big Generator in a couple of months...
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it already has in just a few days after that comment was posted.
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digdug
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Posted: August 18 2014 at 10:55 |
I finally listened to Heaven & Earth
Wow, it is bad.
Big Generator gets my vote.... which doesn't mean it's good ... but it's definitely better than H&E as far as i 'm concerned.
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Posted: August 15 2014 at 02:35 |
Confession time. I've not heard either of these.
I just was never inspired to get Big Generator, I really disliked the Yes of that era. I've not got round to H&E yet but probably will do as I really like Davison.
Am I missing anything?
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Michael678
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Posted: August 14 2014 at 15:51 |
overall BG is probably my least favorite album of theirs that i have heard but i still like it. so H&E it is.
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Posted: August 12 2014 at 06:05 |
I've got to go with Big Generator on this one.
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Posted: August 12 2014 at 03:35 |
Big Masturbator
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Posted: August 12 2014 at 02:46 |
Big Generator.
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Posted: August 12 2014 at 01:09 |
Wanorak wrote:
Big Generator by a wide margin for me. It has some punch and great guitar work from Trevor Rabin. H & E is very sleepy and nobody really stands out. Production wise BG is a masterwork IMO; it just sounds great. H&E does not sound great. I was expecting better sound from Roy Thomas Baker! |
BG was very much part of that eighties 'big sound' thing which I mostly hate. Its okay and better than what Pink Floyd were doing on A Momentary Lapse Of Reason or Emerson Lake and Powell. However a proper eighties band Simple Minds were better than all of them at that time!
H&E is actually wonderfully produced imo. It doesn't need a punch. I don't need to be knocked down at my time of life. Happy to listen to a delicate laid back and sweet offering. Makes a change from much modern day prog with is metal based and so self consciously dark.
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Posted: August 12 2014 at 00:02 |
Haven't listened enough yet to H&E. Big Generator is a two stars album for me.
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Posted: August 11 2014 at 21:28 |
Big Generator by a wide margin for me. It has some punch and great guitar work from Trevor Rabin. H & E is very sleepy and nobody really stands out. Production wise BG is a masterwork IMO; it just sounds great. H&E does not sound great. I was expecting better sound from Roy Thomas Baker!
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Posted: August 11 2014 at 20:34 |
Maybe it's because I had the cassette growing up, but Big Generator is by far my favorite album outside of the classic period of 71-77. It's a 9/10 in my mind, and a pretty high 9 at that. Heaven and Earth was bearable, but just barely. Really the only notable song on there is Subway Walls. I'd call it a 6/10
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Posted: August 11 2014 at 20:30 |
Xonty wrote:
Heaven And Earth, but I reckon it will get an obviously higher rating than Big Generator in a couple of months...
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Well it should it is really a tasteful album with lot's of great playing---not to mention it has a very tasty prog epic in Subway Walls which is more then I can say for the other low rated Yes albums. Great summer listen for me--I mean it doesn't always have to be Sound Chaser at this point in my life and in their career. Someone called Howe the BB KING of prog recently---his playing on this album is so cool--love to listen to him---as he approaches 70---he still plays with the exuberance of a 17 year old.
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Polymorphia
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Posted: August 11 2014 at 19:50 |
I don't like either, but Big Generator quite easily.
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Posted: August 11 2014 at 18:13 |
Man With Hat wrote:
Oy. I rather drink my own urine.
Big Generator I guess. |
You made me laugh man, you really did
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Posted: August 11 2014 at 17:27 |
Oy. I rather drink my own urine. Big Generator I guess.
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Xonty
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Posted: August 11 2014 at 17:08 |
Heaven And Earth, but I reckon it will get an obviously higher rating than Big Generator in a couple of months...
Edited by Xonty - August 11 2014 at 17:08
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Posted: August 11 2014 at 15:10 |
I am really enjoying Heaven and Earth right now, so it gets my vote. Although, I liked Big Generator when I first got it too.
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genbanks
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Posted: August 11 2014 at 15:05 |
I must say that Big Generator
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