Norway vs Sweden
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Topic: Norway vs Sweden
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Subject: Norway vs Sweden
Date Posted: July 19 2019 at 03:58
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Which of these two albums do you think is better?: Wobbler (Norway) - From Silence To Somewhere (2017) All Traps On Earth (Sweden) - A Drop Of Light (2018)
My initial thought was that "A Drop Of Light" was the preferred album, but lately I've come to think that "From Silence To Somewhere" is the better album, so much so that I recently used it as an example of "What is Progressive Rock?". "A Drop Of Light" was also considered, but it fell a little bit short of what I was looking for.
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Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: July 19 2019 at 05:28
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Only heard Wobbler, so they get the nod. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: July 19 2019 at 05:42
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Wobbler. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: July 19 2019 at 06:31
| Heard both. Wobbler. Al traps on earth is good but lacks the melodies that wobbler excels in |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: July 19 2019 at 06:40
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Matching two albums that both won the AotY contest hands down is a good base for a poll, even though the results so far may reflect otherwise. I'd pick Wobbler (five stars against four, the #3 in my 2017 list versus the #14 in 2018).
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Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: July 19 2019 at 09:22
| Wobbler get my vote also, and I also think that All Traps on Earth is great, just not as good as Wobbler. |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: July 19 2019 at 09:47
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Two great modern Prog albums that have (deservedly) made it onto the All-Time Top 100!!! But that Wobbler LP is better.
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: July 19 2019 at 14:05
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This is one where I could have gone for the "both equally" option. There are times my mood will be better satisfied with Traps, but most days, I'd probably go with Wobbler (so I just barely leaned that way). So a vote for the Norwegians it is. Now if we look across prog in its entirety, I'd probably give the nod to the Swedes overall. But if we start talking Classical, I'm back to the Norwegians... or more likely the Finns if I can expand across all the north country. And in totally unrelated news from the north, I also dig Viking Metal.
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Posted By: Foxprog
Date Posted: July 19 2019 at 14:08
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A drop of a light easily, way better atmoshpere and transitions |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: July 19 2019 at 14:47
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Wow. I didn't expect this to be such a blowout. ATOE for me. ------------- 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: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: July 19 2019 at 15:18
| For a second I thought this was going to be about soccer. Lol. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: July 19 2019 at 20:01
| I don't remember both albums so well, but I did buy the Wobbler one because I did like it. I checked All Trapps on Earth and didn't really do much for me, so Wobbler it is. However, I did think this would be closer, given all the love that All Traps on Earth got last year. |
Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: July 20 2019 at 19:41
| I want to add something about all traps on earth, there are some jaw droppingly good moments, but I think it runs a little long and it sounds a bit to samey by the end. But it is a very good album. |
Posted By: Dopeydoc
Date Posted: July 21 2019 at 15:53
| Sweden! |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: July 22 2019 at 05:27
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Date Posted: April 14 2020 at 10:03
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