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WaywardSon 
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Posted: May 06 2006 at 09:30 |
Which do you think is their best studio album?
My vote goes to Rising with the debut album close behind.
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daz2112
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Posted: May 06 2006 at 10:06 |
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Love Rising but my fave has alway's been LLRR
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In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole
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aapatsos
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Posted: May 06 2006 at 11:56 |
Your avatar RycheMan, incredible album
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Raff
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Posted: May 06 2006 at 12:15 |
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"Rising" for me, followed by LLRR. Things began to go downhill with "Down to Earth", and I'd rather not say anything about the Joe Lynn Turner albums. I really can't stand his voice!
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Sean Trane
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Posted: May 06 2006 at 13:11 |
Rising is near perfect (exceptfor that bloody awfull filler Do you clse yor eys >> thankfully short
LLRnR has moments and the debut too
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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tdreamer
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Posted: May 06 2006 at 14:46 |
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Rising for me.
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chopper
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Posted: May 06 2006 at 15:07 |
 Sean Trane wrote:
Rising is near perfect (exceptfor that bloody awfull filler Do you clse yor eys >> thankfully short |
I like Do You Close Your Eyes, there's that filler word again. Who's to say it's a filler? The first 3 albums are all good, they lost in when Ronnie James Dio left. Rising is the best, followed by LLRNR.
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Tony R
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Posted: May 06 2006 at 15:10 |
Rainbow Rising. 
Definitely Prog-Related........  |
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salmacis
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Posted: May 06 2006 at 15:31 |
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'Rising' without a doubt. I agree 'Do You Close Your Eyes' is weak compared to the rest of the album, but it has two of the greatest prog rock epics by a non prog band in 'Stargazer' and 'Light In The Black' (the latter has one of the all time great solo sections ever recorded). Never really took to the Lynn Turner era, which was WAY too polished and airbrushed for Blackmore, imo. 'Down To Earth' with Bonnet was a top quality melodic rock album, though.
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glass house
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Posted: May 07 2006 at 06:34 |
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I agree with Salmacis, think Stargazer and Light in the Black are very,very good songs.
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Kord
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Posted: June 18 2006 at 08:25 |
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Rising
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R o V e R
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Posted: June 18 2006 at 15:09 |
Rising
Rainbow is my favourite
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NotAProghead
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Posted: June 18 2006 at 16:50 |
Rising.
The debut album is excellent too.
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Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour)
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Raff
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Posted: June 19 2006 at 10:32 |
They made four great albums, a decent one ("Down to Earth"), and three or four forgettable, AOR-ish albums. I can't stand Joe Lynn Turner's voice - I'd even take Graham Bonnet over him! 
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Fassbinder
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Posted: June 19 2006 at 11:46 |
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Rising
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Blacksword
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Posted: June 19 2006 at 12:48 |
Ghost Rider wrote:
"Rising" for me, followed by LLRR. Things began to go downhill with "Down to Earth", and I'd rather not say anything about the Joe Lynn Turner albums. I really can't stand his voice! |
My thoughts exactly!  Although I do have a weakness for 'Eyes of the World' from 'Down to Earth'
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Raff
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Posted: June 19 2006 at 12:59 |
"Eyes of the World" is quite a good track, though Graham Bonnet's voice gets somewhat on my nerves. The real letdown of that album, though, is the awful "Since You Been Gone" . And worse was yet to come.... 
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ClemofNazareth
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Posted: June 19 2006 at 20:34 |
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LLRR - title track and Lady of the Lake, Gates of Babylon, Kill the King are songs that just bounce into my head every once and a while and won't go away.
And love that album cover...
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"Peace is the only battle worth waging."
Albert Camus
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Blacksword
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Posted: June 20 2006 at 03:36 |
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Asyte2c00
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Posted: June 20 2006 at 18:00 |
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Its definitey something from the Dio era. My vote would be the last Dio album or Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow. The former album is an outstanding record.
Edited by Asyte2c00 - June 20 2006 at 18:00
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