4 Long Albums with White Covers
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Topic: 4 Long Albums with White Covers
Posted By: ebil0505
Subject: 4 Long Albums with White Covers
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 22:05
The similarity just came to me one day, and now EVERYone knows  So which one is your favorite? I honestly can't decide.  ------------- "I like to think oysters transcend national barriers." - Roger Waters |
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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 22:35
| It would have to be the Beatles. I mean, on that album they did it all, didn't they (for the time)? |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 23:25
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Genesis ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 23:33
| love the lamb cover---- |
Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 23:36
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Definitely the Camel one. ------------- Want to play mafia? Visit http://www.mafiathesyndicate.com" rel="nofollow - here . |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 01:28
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I prefer them in the exact order listed. Very convenient. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 02:30
| Snow Goose ( I assume we are voting for the music not the artwork). I'm not a massive fan of 'doubles'. |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 02:38
| The Beatles, of course. |
Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 03:14
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The Snow Goose. -------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 03:22
| I always like to vote for Camel, but in this list I prefer The Lamb . |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 03:30
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1 THe White Album 2 The Lamb 3 The Wall 4 The Goose ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 03:57
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Easy to make a ranking: 1. The Snow Goose 2. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 3. The Beatles 4. The Wall ------------- 
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Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 05:42
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The Wall for me, and wasn't The Snow Goose just a single album?? ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 06:02
Are we rating the album or the cover? Either way, The Lamb 
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Posted By: tboyd1802
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 07:21
| A Lamb followed by a Goose... |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 07:25
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The Goose. Best album of all time for me. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Imperial Zeppelin
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 09:22
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The Snow Goose, even though it's not very long. ------------- "Hey there, Dog Man, now I drink from your bowl." |
Posted By: RoeDent
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 09:38
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The Snow Goose isn't long at all. |
Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 09:52
Should have made a fifth option, this flawless vintage Italian beauty: CELESTE - Principe di un Giorno http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=191" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=191 All of the four options here are superb albums, but I don't even recall the last time I dug out `The Wall' or `The White Album', probably not in at least ten years now? I'd have to go with Camel, because its the only one of these I still listen to regularly. |
Posted By: bloodnarfer
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 11:27
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All are great, but its got to be 1. Lamb 2. White Album 3. The Wall 4. Snow Goose ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ramza1316" rel="nofollow - www.last.fm/user/ramza1316 https://open.spotify.com/user/1211221845" rel="nofollow - https://open.spotify.com/user/1211221845 |
Posted By: ebil0505
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 11:29
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Snow Goose isn't that long but i felt it needed to be included cuz it's a white cover and it has a lot of songs (short though they are). Also, we're voting for the music  just to clarify------------- "I like to think oysters transcend national barriers." - Roger Waters |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 12:44
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The White Album; I love the diversity in the songs. Also, in some pieces they just kick ass!! ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 19:33
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The snow-white lamb on the wall ------------- |
Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 22:44
That's not a fair question, I own and love all 4 above  bah and dang if I had to pick it would be the Wall. No it would be The Beatles white album,... arghhh I don't know  
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Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: October 31 2014 at 08:28
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The Lamb just ahead of The Snow Goose. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: October 31 2014 at 08:49
------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Kati wrote:Posted By: CosmicVibration
Date Posted: October 31 2014 at 10:45
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Not sure if I should vote since I have not heard The Snow Goose by Camel. On the other hand, I cant fathom it being more impressive than The Lamb.
Note to self: purchase Snow Goose |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: October 31 2014 at 18:30
It's not. The Lamb is far more dynamic, varied and adventurous. But the Snow Goose is serenely beautiful in a way no other album comes close to being and the various passages flow seamlessly into one another in such a way that you really have to play the whole thing in one go. Some call it boring, and if you like your music full of frenetic action, one could well find it so. It's an album to put on when you are ready to relax and chill. Both tell a story, but the Snow Goose does it without words, using musical textures to portray characters and events. The lyrics and sleeve notes on The Lamb tell the story (which I'm not that keen on) but you have to read Gallico's book first to have a full appreciation of the Snow Goose's genius. If you don't have the Snow Goose, I cannot recommend it too highly. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 01 2014 at 05:02
| ^Nice comments although I find Lamb a bit weak in places.It has way more ideas though. Consistency v Ideas. |
Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: November 01 2014 at 08:20
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The Beatles. ------------- rotten hound of the burnie crew |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: November 01 2014 at 08:32
 more to be found in terms of great song writing, great music, and outright creativity on perhaps any one side than any of those others had in the whole album. Much less taken as a whole.------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: November 01 2014 at 18:31
Apart from While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Mother Nature's Son, I think The White Album is utterly ordinary. i was brought up in The Beatles era and I never "got" them or why they were so revered. And the hippy trippy s**t they surrounded themselves with left me completely cold. All the other albums here are vastly more creative and interesting, even if The Lamb and (particularly) the Wall are rather patchy. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: November 01 2014 at 18:35
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The Beatles and it's not even close. The Wall would be a distant second. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: November 01 2014 at 18:44
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Sacrilege - I've NEVER heard Beatles' White Album........ As for albums with a white cover - give me Italy's Celeste S/T, Motorpsycho's Death Defying Unicorn or even Yatha Sidhra's A Meditation Mass over these in the list...... |
Posted By: Prog Sothoth
Date Posted: November 01 2014 at 19:04
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Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: November 01 2014 at 22:49
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Not even Genesis great ideas for The Lamb caught me enough to put it amongst my favourite prog albums, though there are some genuine moments like 'Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats' and 'Riding the Scree'. The Snow Goose quite clearly appeals to me with a deeper atmosphere, at times even flerting with a genuine classical mood, and at last often sounding boring for who definitely doesn't get its style nor its whole message. I consider myself a lucky man for NOT having had to read Gallico's book in order to have a full appreciation of the Snow Goose's genius, in fact it IS one of my favourite albums. -------------  "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 02 2014 at 02:51
Me neither ELP - Works Vol II is another to add to the list. ELP's move towards Boogie Woogie and Jazz was not best received by many though
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: November 02 2014 at 04:02
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^ I like both of the Works albums. Good one
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: November 02 2014 at 06:40
wow man. That really blows my mind. I could understand if one was still fighting acne and digging DT, but it surprising me musical nuts of a certain age haven't heard it. It is... like going to church.. being a Christian.. yet not even having read a single page of the bible. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: November 02 2014 at 09:35
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The Beatles and I hate to say that it even far outweighs my beloved Genesis. As I said in my review, this album is a rite of passage for any music lover. It may be tough to get into at first but more is revealed with each listen. It is probably the only album that reveals the entire scope of what they were capable of. ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: November 02 2014 at 10:02
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shame more Genesis fans aren't like you HT It isn't even close. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Kentucky_Hawkwindage
Date Posted: November 02 2014 at 10:07
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Thee Wall ------------- "Nobody's Gonna Change My World That's Something To Unreal" Lyrics that i live my life by-from Black Sabbath's Technical Ecstasy's track You Won't Change Me |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: November 02 2014 at 12:24
Yes....The Beatles ...White LP forever. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: November 03 2014 at 00:25
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There's Presence (with matching white lettering for the title), Station To Station and Wish You Were Here, Mothers Live in 1971 to think of as well. Oh and Bad Company's Desolation Angels. ,what was the question. Oh yes.
You cannot decide which is my favourite. So how would I know? ;) Is it the art or the content btw? Of the selection it is . |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 03 2014 at 01:56
I probably should explain a bit. I grew up with the Beatles music and love so many of their songs but the sonic qualities (or rather lack of) on their albums leaves me a bit cold. I hardly ever play Sgt Peppers or Revolver for that matter and so I just haven't bothered to venture beyond that. So basically I'm quite happy to hear them occasionally. I don't listen to In The Court very much either similar reasons that it just isn't great sound wise. I need some punch. Basically I don't listen to much sixties music although I will make an exception for Love Forever Changes and Chicago's debut.
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: November 03 2014 at 16:59
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I had a feeling it might be something like that. btw bonus McClappies for the Chicago debut mention. What a great album!  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Prog_Traveller
Date Posted: November 03 2014 at 20:32
| I voted for the Wall.Lamb has too much filler on it imo. |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: November 03 2014 at 23:55
| OK - Chicago IV. Great quadruple live set !! And I think, as a bassist, Pete Cetera nailed it. No Jaco or Percy, but perfect for the band. |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: November 05 2014 at 07:59
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The Wall is my fave from the list. ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: November 05 2014 at 09:27
That was the missing album from this thread! Recorded at Carnegie Hall, right? The first handful of Chicago albums were ground breaking. I have a couple of them remastered and yearn for the time 'IV can be injected into my collection. By the way, FYI, David Gilmour added his talents to a couple of songs on a Cetera album in the late '80s. |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: November 05 2014 at 09:47
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The Lamb... ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: November 09 2014 at 18:46
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Hmmm... the alternative choices you've all mentioned are all as wonderful as the poll choices. Think I'll make a personal list of all the albums mentioned, and one that wasn't: 1) The Beatles The Beatles 2) The Death Defying Unicorn Motorpsycho &
Stale Storlokken 3) Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd 4) Chicago (II) Chicago 5) Principe di un Giorno Celeste 6) The Snow Goose Camel 7) Chicago IV Chicago 8) A Meditation Mass Yatha Sidhra 9) The Wall Pink Floyd 10) Station to Station David Bowie 11) Fillmore East, June 1971 Frank Zappa
& The Mothers of Invention 12) The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Genesis 13) Presence Led Zeppelin |
Posted By: Goodsir
Date Posted: November 09 2014 at 18:58
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Lamb Lies Down for sure ------------- "Every wave is tidal, if you stick around" - Elliott Smith |
Posted By: proggman
Date Posted: November 15 2014 at 20:19
Pink Floyd, The Wall.------------- When he rides, my fears subside. For darkness turns once more to light. Through the skies, his white horse flies. To find a land beyond the night. |
Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: November 16 2014 at 00:34
Think of The White Album as three separate solo albums by Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison. There's enough material there to suggest to me that all three would qualify as candidates for the greatest album in the history of popular music. In fact, nothing any of The Beatles did in their subsequent solo careers comes close to what they contributed to The White Album. The shame of it is that The White Album lacks any cohesive whole to it due to the infighting going on in the studio at the time and the inability of George Martin to bring the warring factions together. |