Best of the worst
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Topic: Best of the worst
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Subject: Best of the worst
Date Posted: March 22 2017 at 18:37
| Now it's time for the best of the worst. :) |
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: March 22 2017 at 18:48
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If it's *best* of the worst, I'd have to go with Tormato; Abacab and Union close behind ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: DeadSouls
Date Posted: March 22 2017 at 18:58
| I'm not interested in any of these. |
Posted By: Pastmaster
Date Posted: March 22 2017 at 19:04
| Catfish Rising, followed by Momentary Lapse of Reason and Tormato. |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: March 22 2017 at 19:08
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3OAPP is a pretty good album ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: March 22 2017 at 19:14
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Hold Your Fire ------------- |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: March 22 2017 at 19:55
Indeed. The "other" category is pretty nonsensical here... there are lots of good albums but they're not part of "the worst" then, at least not for the voter. |
Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: March 22 2017 at 21:31
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Haven't actually heard Three of A Perfect Pair, though I doubt that it belongs in the ranks of most of these, but from the ones I do know I actually consider Tormato to be pretty good (just terribly produced). ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: March 22 2017 at 22:03
| Tormato---Abacab----three of a perfect pair----like all of them. |
Posted By: aglasshouse
Date Posted: March 22 2017 at 22:13
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Momentary Lapse (it's not actually that bad, yatta-yatta-yatta). ------------- http://fryingpanmedia.com |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: March 22 2017 at 22:52
| I really like most of these, believe or not, so I'm having a hard time picking one. Maybe Crest of a Knave, an album I really like (lots of guitar and quite bluesy), though Tormato, 3 of a Perfect Pair, Momentary Lapse, are all good albums for me. |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: March 22 2017 at 23:00
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A Momentary Lapse of Reason is an EXCELLENT album. Dogs of War Learning to Fly On the Turning Away Are three of the best PF songs ever. ------------- 
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Posted By: Thatfabulousalien
Date Posted: March 23 2017 at 00:15
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I go with Abacab for this one ------------- Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV. https://www.soundcloud.com/user-322914325 |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: March 23 2017 at 02:34
| I may be biased as Three of a Perfect Pair was the first KC album I ever bought (on cassette tape as a teenager in the eighties) and it turned me on to the band, but I like it a great deal. Nothing else on the list holds any interest for me really. |
Posted By: Flight123
Date Posted: March 23 2017 at 03:43
| ELP's Works Vol. 2; OK, a bit of a rag-bag but contains two of their best but over-looked instrumentals 'Apple Blossom' and 'Bullfrog' (which sees them in jazz fusion/avant garde territory and not a million miles away from Shamal era Gong) - I even like the jazzed-up 'Show me the way to go home'. It's eclectic nature does not sit easily with prog purists. |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: March 23 2017 at 07:58
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Have to give it to Hold Your Fire for this one. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: March 23 2017 at 08:40
| Tormato>Abacab>Momentary Lapse>Under Wraps |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: March 23 2017 at 09:14
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Oh, f', Crimso's 'Pair should win this one in spades. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: Flight123
Date Posted: March 23 2017 at 09:58
| ...but ELP are! |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: March 23 2017 at 10:26
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Both KC albums are way above the dreck that populates the majority of this list. ------------- 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: Quinino
Date Posted: March 23 2017 at 10:32
I'm all confused: voted KC for worst of the best and now again KC for best of the worst  Life is strange ! (but I do like TOAPP, what can I do?) |
Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: March 23 2017 at 11:03
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Tormato. -------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: Libor10
Date Posted: March 23 2017 at 17:49
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Tormato. No doubt here. And then Abacab, Three Of A Perfect Pair and A Momentary Lapse Of Reason. ------------- 
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: March 23 2017 at 18:22
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I don't understand the hate for Earthbound. The sound quality is not the best, but it's still classic King Crimson. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: March 23 2017 at 22:26
Not so sure about "Dogs of War" and "Learning to Fly" (though I do like them, specially "Dogs of War"), but "On the Turning Away" is indeed among my favourite songs from the band... from this album I would add "Yet Another Movie" as a standout track for me... but mostly because of the live version. |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: March 24 2017 at 09:05
------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: March 24 2017 at 11:00
All of them suck large volumes of suck......That's why the OP made this poll -------------   
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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: March 24 2017 at 12:44
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And so does the lion's share of Rush music since Grace Under Pressure. It sucks fantast-suck loads of suckiness to the point of suck-ly suck-hood in all its suck-dom. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: Varon
Date Posted: March 25 2017 at 01:53
 agree------------- Would you catch the final words of mine? Would you catch my words??? |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: March 25 2017 at 02:05
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The Gunner's Dream Two Suns In The Sunset The Final Cut is bad on a Pink Floyd standard, but it's not a bad album. I like Union, too. ------------- Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: March 25 2017 at 02:06
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And also Magma's Merci doesn't suck too much... ------------- Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: March 25 2017 at 06:27
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Of those I've heard, I would say Rush: Hold your fire is the best, and that is a three star album at best. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: King Manuel
Date Posted: March 26 2017 at 07:11
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Pink Floyd - The final cut! Brilliant album! Also some other good ones as well on this list, e.g. Rush- Hold your fire or Yes- Tormato ------------- Don't Bore Us, Get To The Chorus |
Posted By: Kepler62
Date Posted: March 26 2017 at 10:03
| Jethro Tull - Under Wraps. I actually like this album. I like the cloak and dagger themes. If you have read cold war thriller novels then you will get more out of this album. I think that I read somewhere that Martin Barre cited it as his favourite Tull album. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: March 26 2017 at 10:06
*spits beer on monitor* ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: March 26 2017 at 10:08
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Tormato by a hair over Abacab... Silent WIngs of Freedom wins this poll of generally lame albums... no album in the poll had anything that ruled quite like that on par with the best they ever did. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Darious
Date Posted: March 26 2017 at 11:31
Agreed ------------- Writing about truth is a little bit like getting your dick out in public and hoping no one laughs (Steve Hogarth) |
Posted By: socrates17
Date Posted: March 26 2017 at 21:13
| Three of a Perfect Pair hardly qualifies as the "worst" of anything. Earthbound, OTOH.... |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: March 26 2017 at 22:18
I expect you have some waterproof (or rather, beerproof) monitor, given all the beer spiting it gets. |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: March 26 2017 at 22:28
| mediocre Camel is still good |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: March 27 2017 at 15:32
I really only tossed it in there because the sound quality is so sub par.
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: March 27 2017 at 15:36
You're right it is. I probably should have chosen "Beat" instead. Even that one is not too bad.
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Posted By: Flight123
Date Posted: March 28 2017 at 02:22
No need to make excuses - most of these selections would be considered among the 'worst' overall. Good to see the love there for Works Vol. 2 - must have been my earlier post doing the trick!
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Posted By: BarryGlibb
Date Posted: March 28 2017 at 03:52
I like Under Wraps as well. You are correct, even though it is a synth-driven album, Martin Barre really loves Under Wraps. If you listen to it, Martin's guitar tone is synth-like throughout. Don't dismiss this album, it does have some really great tracks on it. |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: July 21 2017 at 11:38
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Went with Hold your Fire. Abacab was a close second. |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: November 21 2017 at 08:29
| Although there's nothing wrong with The Final Cut or Abacab, I voted for Tormato - it's not nearly as bad as I once thought... |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: November 21 2017 at 14:45
Final Cut is my fave Floyd album anyway so gets the vote. After that, I still think Tormato, Abacab & Momentary Lapse are very good albums. If I had to choose the best of what I really consider poor albums, it would be Earthbound. The sound quality sucks, the horrible jazz vamps are atrocious, but that version of Schizoid Man rips  ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: November 21 2017 at 15:31
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1. Tormato 2. Hold Your Fire 3. Three of a Perfect Pair 4. A Momentary Lapse of Reason ^Nothing wrong with any of those! ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: YESESIS
Date Posted: November 21 2017 at 15:46
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Giant for a Day is not bad, though I prefer Civilian(can jam out more to that one). Abacab is certainly not bad though far from my favorite Genesis album. And Tormato is absolutely not bad lol, in fact it's good. And good ole 'Love Beach' first on every list like this lol. And judge all you want but I'll just say.. I don't hate it
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Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: November 21 2017 at 17:17
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Tormato - while I respect those who don't get on with it, it is still a good album in my view and is unfairly treated (generally down to the tinny production) when you consider other Yes albums outside the classics. ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |
Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: November 21 2017 at 21:05
| There are some gems there, but not so much the albums themselves, but rather some of their individual tracks. I've never found a Camel album I didn't like, so maybe award it to Single Factor, although Momentary Lapse of Reason is pretty good as well. |
Posted By: maryes
Date Posted: November 23 2017 at 16:02
| TORMATO |
Posted By: Upbeat Tango Monday
Date Posted: November 23 2017 at 17:09
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Tormato > Abacab > Three of a Perfect Pair > Love Beach ------------- Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement. |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: January 02 2018 at 17:36
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One one too many schizophrenic tendencies... Three of a Perfect Pair. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: amity62
Date Posted: January 05 2018 at 07:10
| Tormato |