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Phish's Junta

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Topic: Phish's Junta

Posted By: aglasshouse
Subject: Phish's Junta
Date Posted: May 13 2016 at 14:29

Phish's independently released debut is perhaps the most favored album in the band's discography among the prog community. It was a success springboard for Phish and it the fans that it garnered eventually turned into a massive following. What are your guys' thoughts on it?

EDIT: I posted this in the wrong topic before so I'm moving it here.

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Posted By: hieronymous
Date Posted: May 13 2016 at 17:15

I got the cassette after seeing them live in 1990 at Clark University and loved it! I think the prog elements are very strong and what really drew me to them. I loved the fact they would play intricate fugue-like compositions that segued into crazy improvisation - "You Enjoy Myself" epitomizes this approach in my mind.

Saw them many times over the next 3-4 years, but by '95 didn't really like them nearly as much. Started seeing them again around 2010 and have gotten back into them - they still play stuff from throughout their career.