Steven Vs Steve 2015 Edition
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Topic: Steven Vs Steve 2015 Edition
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Subject: Steven Vs Steve 2015 Edition
Date Posted: April 08 2015 at 22:18
  ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: April 08 2015 at 22:20
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Hackett -------------  
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: April 08 2015 at 22:25
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Not really in love with either, but I'll give it to Hackett. ------------- 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: Horizons
Date Posted: April 08 2015 at 22:31
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I still can't believe that Hackett artwork is real. Holy hell that's terrible. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: April 08 2015 at 22:36
My copy of the Hackett's on the way, but although the Wilson disc is certainly a fine album....Man, I don't know...I feel like's it's a lot of surface thrills and not a lot of depth to warrant retuning to over and over? It's very well played and has tons of variety, but it feels like a background listen already. I personally don't feel the urge to delve any deeper with it, and I don't get a lot of excitement from it, even though it's merits are many.  Then again, maybe it's me that's wrong in failing to see it's `brilliance' along with the rest of the world? Very likely...  It doesn't help that a lot of people, even some close friends of mine, have been batting on about it for weeks now like it's the single greatest accomplishment Mr Wilson has ever delivered - let's calm the f**k down right there, people!  |
Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: April 08 2015 at 22:37
Word...and as bad as the wolves are, it's that sh*tty photoshopped skyline in the corner that my eye is drawn to over and over. |
Horizons wrote:Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: April 08 2015 at 23:03
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SteveG ------------- |
Posted By: Pastmaster
Date Posted: April 09 2015 at 00:32
| Never heard Steve Hackett, and 'Hand.Cannot.Erase.' was good but not amazing. No vote. |
Posted By: Quirky Turkey
Date Posted: April 09 2015 at 01:17
Apparently the photo with Steve and the wolves is actually a real photo. But it's been processed so much that it doesn't look it. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 09 2015 at 01:23
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Wolflight is the best Hackett album since To Watch The Storms. Hand.Cannot.Erase is the best Wilson album since the last one  Both are contenders for my album of the year so I am going for a 'tie'.
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Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: April 09 2015 at 08:19
This ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: aglasshouse
Date Posted: April 09 2015 at 08:34
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I don't really like either that much but if I would have to pick I'd go for Wilson. ------------- http://fryingpanmedia.com |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: April 09 2015 at 08:34
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Posted By: aglasshouse
Date Posted: April 09 2015 at 08:36
Let's not get TOO narcissistic now. ------------- http://fryingpanmedia.com |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: April 09 2015 at 09:35
Lol---supposedly his friend in Italy has rescued wolves he's domesticated and the pic is real. The pic looks like something you'd get on a tee shirt in Alaska gift shop Haven't got my copy of either but they are on their way. Have to say as a huge Hackett fan ---the parts I've heard sound similar to what he's been doing--was hoping for a new direction.
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: April 09 2015 at 09:38
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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: April 09 2015 at 10:04
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Neither one is all that spectacular. I think Darktown was Hackett's last really great album and Wilson's solo stuff doesn't resonate with me like Porcupine Tree did when I first heard them. So while it may be a tie neither is my favourite. ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: April 09 2015 at 10:20
| I love Steve Wilson's record, but Steve Hackett's "Wolflight" takes my vote. Both albums have great, fantastic music though. |
Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: April 09 2015 at 12:20
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While Wolflight is the best album Hackett has done since Defector, Wilson once again makes a very strong case for the best album of the year. ------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: April 09 2015 at 13:49
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I much prefer Steven Wilson, this time. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: April 09 2015 at 14:37
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A Steves poll that omit the G man should not be taken seriously. ------------- |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: April 09 2015 at 15:23
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Hackett. Can't get into Wilson's albums. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: April 09 2015 at 16:04
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Hand Cannot Erase is astonishing - considerably better than TRTRTS. Clearly the likely album of the year. Until Wolflight came out - now I'm not so sure. I'm going for a tie. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: April 09 2015 at 16:14
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I haven't listened to Wolfight yet. I liked the new Steven Wilson a lot. |
Posted By: freyacat
Date Posted: April 10 2015 at 10:14
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These are obviously both great albums. But Steve Hackett just amazes me. His old Genesis bandmates are all at the threshold of the nursing home, and here he is, crafting album after album of intriguing, complex, rich, and varied music, some of the best of his whole career. If you were to know nothing about the two musicians, just set these albums side by side, I am not sure you could tell which musician was old enough to be the other's father. But I give it to Steve Hackett, because his album has twice the range of Steven Wilson's Being the generous fan of progressive rock that he is, I think Wilson would even agree with me! ------------- sad creature nailed upon the coloured door of time |
Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: April 10 2015 at 10:29
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...hmm....that's a tough one. Hand. Cannot. Erase is a quality album, although it hasn't quite moved me like The Raven that Refused to Sing... Steven's a true genius, but would love to see PT back in the game in the years to come. Wolflight is getting a lot of airplay at present, and is broader in style and more challenging. Positive vibes on the first listen, but is continuing to grow on me more and more. Currently neck and neck...both fine albums from the current icons of the UK prog world...but I should be able to come off the fence in the near future. ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |
Posted By: proggman
Date Posted: April 26 2015 at 08:17
Steven Wilson, Hand. Cannot. Erase.------------- 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: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: April 26 2015 at 08:28
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: April 26 2015 at 08:41
What...the wolves are real and Hackett was replaced by a body double? ------------- 
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Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: April 26 2015 at 08:58
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At first I liked Wilson's better--but the last third doesn't do it for me---right now it's Hackett--a rich epic listening experience.
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Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: April 26 2015 at 09:07
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Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: April 27 2015 at 00:00
| I clearly need to give Wolflight another spin because this album is just not doing it to me. I can't find any track here remotely as good as "Turn This Island Earth". The Steven Wilson album on the other hand is album of the year so far for me. |