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Cristi
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chopper
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I like Sigur Ros but it's TT for me easily, they did make the best album of all time after all.
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Progmind
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Mellotron Storm
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I voted Sigur Ros and am surprised at how one sided this is. I have an appreciation for Talk Talk but enjoy Sigur Ros' music more.
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jamesbaldwin
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Spirit of Eden is one of my fave albums ever.
No album by Sigur Ros touch that peak. I love Laughing Stock and Hollis solo too. But... But... If I don't consider Hollis solo, Talk Talk can offer just two great albums (The Coulour of Spring is very good but not great) Instead Sigur Ros can offer many great albums, more than Talk Talk. So, it's not easy to choose. I see few votes for Sigur Ros, so I vote them. I have seen them in concert and it was wonderful. |
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BrufordFreak
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I find Sigur Rós always interesting and engaging whereas I've never made it through a Talk Talk album without my attention straying. It's like driving a car long distances: you get there but can't remember how you did so.
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Drew Fisher
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Lewian
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I know that you distinguish between your personal taste and an assessment using more "objective" criteria. Is this assessment of Colour of Spring personal or meant to be more general? Obviously I also only have my subjective view, but I think that if we don't ask for "progginess", it is one of the best art rock/pop albums ever, with brilliant songs, fascinating variety, and groundbreaking arrangements that paved the way for what was to come.
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Psychedelic Paul
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Talk Talk, but only for their first three Synth-Pop albums.
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Progmind
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Hi Psychedelic Paul!! I enjoy every album of talk talk, but i only consider synth pop - New Romantic their first 2 albums, "The Party Is Over" and "It´s My Life", "The Colour Of Spring" its a very different style, sophisty - Art pop and really great
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Psychedelic Paul
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Their first classic album is still my favourite Today and every day.
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jamesbaldwin
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Well, looking back at my reviews, I gave 4 stars to The Color of Spring, so I consider it a remarkable album. I love Living in Another World, to which I am also romantically linked (the video was one of those that struck me most in my adolescence), and Happiness is Easy. I consider Lifes What You Make It and Time It's Time weak but not bad songs, and overall the album seems heterogeneous to me, between great songs, still quite commercial ones and two unripe but interesting songs (April 5th and Chameleon Day) that advance into a new direction, that of the post-rock of Spirit of Eden. All in all it is a "transition album", but there are also masterpieces among the transition albums. I don't know if The Colour of Spring is one of the best pop / art-rock albums ever, probably in my ranking it wouldn't be in the very first places of this hypothetical ranking, but it could be in the top places of the pop / art-rock albums of the Eighty. In fact, I am attached to Talk Talks not only because I consider them musically great, but also because I am attracted to Hollis' dramatic voice and to the human and musical journey he has made. Talk Talk is a very strange group with a unique coherence: in 5 albums it has produced 4 different genres of music, going more and more in the direction of experimentation free from any commercial reasoning. I love this kind of courage. Sigur Ros are indebted to them, like any other Post-rock group. I have not listened to Sigur Ros'albums with the same attention and consistency used for Talk Talk, but I had promised myself to do so after seeing them in concert 4 years ago. At least 4 of their albums, maybe 5, seemed remarkable to me, but I still have to evaluate them in a "scientific" way. Of course, unlike Talk Talk they have already had the time to repeat themselves, and to release albums (some of the latest ones) due more to mastering the "tricks of the trade" than to the most genuine inspiration. |
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3 years ago I'd have said Sigur Ros but I've been loving the classic later Talk Talk albums the last couple of years and SR took a bit of a hit with my recent live experience. So today it's an easy TT win.
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Ian
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