Tales from Topographic Incantations
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Topic: Tales from Topographic Incantations
Posted By: Dellinger
Subject: Tales from Topographic Incantations
Date Posted: April 07 2015 at 21:38
| Two double albums with 4 epic songs. Which one do you prefer? |
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Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: April 07 2015 at 21:45
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Incantations -------------  
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 08 2015 at 01:35
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Incantations good poll
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Posted By: freyacat
Date Posted: April 08 2015 at 01:41
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Yes, good poll! These albums belong together. I gave it to Tales, because that album opened my eyes to the long-form rock composition. But I listen to Incantations just as joyfully. I discovered Constance Demby's "Sunborne" last year, which takes me to the same place Incantations does. ------------- sad creature nailed upon the coloured door of time |
Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: April 08 2015 at 02:34
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Tales by a considerable distance. Two sides (The Revealing Science of God and The Remembering) are excellent and some of the best music Yes ever made. Having really loved the first three Mike Oldfield albums, I found Incantations a big disappointment. It's a long time since I listened to it, but large parts seemed to be based around one unimaginative scale, the guitar work was less stellar and there were far fewer interesting musical ideas than on albums such as Tubular Bells and Ommadawn. He was having exegesis treatment at the time he made Incantations and this apparently improved his mental state (cut his hair, became less depressed and more extroverted) but it also seemed to cure him of some of his talent and creativity! ------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: April 08 2015 at 02:49
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Incantations by about 1.5 star. ------------- 
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Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: April 08 2015 at 05:21
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IMHO both these albums contain about 40 minutes of great music...and then there's more. ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: April 08 2015 at 05:30
| Incantations is great but Tales is better. |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: April 08 2015 at 07:22
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Oldfield for me this time ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: April 08 2015 at 09:39
Tales---it has a special place in my heart.
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Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: April 08 2015 at 09:51
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Despite the hate it gets, TFTO will always be one of my favourite albums of all time. ------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |
Posted By: Imperial Zeppelin
Date Posted: April 08 2015 at 09:56
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Tails ------------- "Hey there, Dog Man, now I drink from your bowl." |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: April 08 2015 at 11:58
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Two masterpieces, but Tales wins - it has a more organic quality while Incantations is a bit programmatic. ------------- 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: octopus-4
Date Posted: April 08 2015 at 12:04
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I love both, but Incantations is one of the Oldfield's albums which I prefer. ------------- Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: snowsnow
Date Posted: April 08 2015 at 12:57
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Two classic albums IMHO Gave the nod to TFTO just because the opening song is one of the greats of prog!
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Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: April 08 2015 at 14:14
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Incantations by far for me. TFTO has never been one of my favourite Yes albums. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: April 08 2015 at 14:35
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i'm going with Tales, but doesn't Incantations have ONE FULL SONG instead of four separate ones? ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: Plunkster
Date Posted: April 08 2015 at 14:49
| Tales wins for me, but barely. I must say---no, I must scream loudly that their most underrated album is "Tormato". I love that album immensely. |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: April 08 2015 at 17:09
| I like Tales From Topographiczzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... . |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: April 08 2015 at 22:17
| Oh well, now I don't know which one I like better. I like more music on Incantations, and the last minutes are really magical. But The Revealing Science of God might be enough to tip the scale for Tales. No, I still think there's more to enjoy on Incantations. I love the whole first and fourth parts, and I enjoy most of the second one, even if the final vocal segment is somewhat overlong and flat compared to the final section on part 4. The third part is the one I enjoy the least. |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: April 08 2015 at 22:51
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In the afternoon : Tales In the evening : Incantations ------------- |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: April 08 2015 at 22:52
Pretty much my feelings here. ------------- 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. |
chopper wrote:Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 09 2015 at 01:38
sometimes less is more  . I have to admit I prefer Platinum over Tubular Bells so I'm not convinced about the 'cured him of his talent' comment albeit tongue in cheek I'm sure.Oldfield has had a magnificent career ( 'had' as Man On The Rocks is very poor in my estimation). His later albums are actually very good especially Guitars and Voyager and he explored some interesting areas mid period such Killing Fields and Amarok. Topographic Oceans is okay but compared to Close To The Edge its a bit of a snooze fest imo. The first track just seems to be stuck in neutral most of the time and this is especially annoying after such a brilliant intro. Incantations explores the beauty of repetition which in any other hands would have been dull. How do you make Philip Glass interesting? Let Oldfield loose on it.
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Posted By: Libor10
Date Posted: April 09 2015 at 10:37
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I love Mike Oldfield. I love Incantations. I absolutely adore Tales - maybe the best record Yes ever did (for me of course ;-) ). So my winner is obvious. Yes. ------------- 
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: April 09 2015 at 12:07
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Incantations has some great stuff but IMHO it could have been reduced to a single album, or to 1,5 album. TFTO has 4 great sides and I like the album as it is. Tales gets my vote.
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Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: April 09 2015 at 21:55
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Incantations. I do like TFTO quite a bit, but I like Incantations more so. ------------- Want to play mafia? Visit http://www.mafiathesyndicate.com" rel="nofollow - here . |
Posted By: Mista-Gordie
Date Posted: April 18 2015 at 16:52
| Both took me a couple listens to fully appreciate."The revealing science" is the best track of these two albums, but "Incantations" as a whole is much better. |
Posted By: Green Shield Stamp
Date Posted: April 18 2015 at 19:30
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Tales is a great album - especially the first two sides. Incantations is too long-winded and repetitive for me. ------------- Haiku Writing a poem With seventeen syllables Is very diffic.... |
Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: April 19 2015 at 18:10
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Tales. Incantations is still a mystery to me. |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: April 20 2015 at 02:10
| Tales from Topographic Oceans, though Oldfield's Incantations is excellent and last great Oldfield's album. |
Posted By: Komandant Shamal
Date Posted: April 20 2015 at 02:17
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^^^ i agree regarded Incantations.
And voted Tales.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 20 2015 at 14:07
Amarok |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: April 20 2015 at 20:44
Hmmm....both albums are too long winded, repetitive,..... and boring. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: proggman
Date Posted: May 21 2015 at 18:55
Mike Oldfield, Incantations.------------- 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. |