Moonmadness vs Octopus
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Topic: Moonmadness vs Octopus
Posted By: Argo2112
Subject: Moonmadness vs Octopus
Date Posted: January 05 2021 at 07:19
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Looks like every one is doing album polls lately so I thought this would be a good one. (Plus we can answer the age old question, who would win in a fight, a Camel or an Octopus?)
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 05 2021 at 07:20
Octopus is great but Moonmadness is greater. 
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Posted By: Ronstein
Date Posted: January 05 2021 at 07:23
Eight legs beats four 
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 05 2021 at 07:24
Moonmadness has four legs?
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Ronstein wrote:Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: January 05 2021 at 07:30
It's sheer Lunar Sea for me! 
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: January 05 2021 at 07:32
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Moonmadness. Octopus is the only GG album I enjoy, but can't compare to the best of Moonmadness. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: January 05 2021 at 07:59
| This one is hard. Both albums are at the same lebel for my taste. I cannot vote. |
Posted By: TerLJack
Date Posted: January 05 2021 at 08:08
| Moonmadness may be more consistent, but the high points of Octopus outweigh Camel for me. |
Posted By: Theprogelitist
Date Posted: January 05 2021 at 08:11
| Really difficult but Octopus |
Posted By: VianaProghead
Date Posted: January 05 2021 at 08:26
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Very difficult choice. I love both albums. Anyway, "Moonmadness" is my favourite album of Camel and "Octopus" isn't. It's only one of my favourite albums of Gentle Giant. So, "Moonmadness" of Camel must be.
------------- "PROG IS MY FERRARI". Jem Godfrey (Frost*) |
Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: January 05 2021 at 08:32
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Super albums both. But Octopus - just. ------------- Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: January 05 2021 at 09:11
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GG. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: January 05 2021 at 09:21
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I'm much more of a Gentle Giant fan generally but in this case I think I prefer Moonmadness. |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: January 05 2021 at 10:16
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My two favorite albums by these bands. Voted Moonmadness. ------------- 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: Earl of Mar
Date Posted: January 05 2021 at 10:18
| Octopus. I honestly think it is one of the very best prog albums ever made. A masterpiece. Love Camel but Mirage is my personal fave. |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: January 05 2021 at 10:25
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GG ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: January 05 2021 at 10:26
| Octopus - Gentle Giant |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: January 05 2021 at 11:18
| Octopus |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: January 05 2021 at 11:45
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Octopus for me ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Awesoreno
Date Posted: January 05 2021 at 12:27
Well, there is that wolf on the cover...
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: January 05 2021 at 12:39
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Moonmadness but not by much....
------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Dopeydoc
Date Posted: January 05 2021 at 14:32
| GG |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: January 05 2021 at 15:34
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Close, but ... Moonmadness. ------------- 
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: January 05 2021 at 16:33
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Octopus ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: January 05 2021 at 19:10
| Moonmadness, easily. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: January 05 2021 at 22:06
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GG ------------- 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: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: January 05 2021 at 22:48
| Gentle Giant is the superior band but Moonmadness is the superior album. |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: January 05 2021 at 23:51
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Even though GG is my preferred band, I give this one to Camel. Moonmadness is their best effort IMHO and I prefer In A Glass House and all that came after to most of Octopus anyway. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 06 2021 at 03:03
| Eight legged thingy |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: January 06 2021 at 06:11
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Moonmadness is damn near flawless while Octopus is a lesser 'Giant album for me. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: January 07 2021 at 11:20
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Camel +1 ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: January 07 2021 at 12:20
For my money, two of the best prog records of all time (not a particularly hot take eh?), but with that said, Moonmadness IS my favorite record of all time, soooo....
------------- The sun has left the sky... ...Now you can close your eyes |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: January 07 2021 at 23:00
Nah, they're both up there for sure! Octopus is the best full-Shulman bro affair, even though I prefer nearly everything that came after because I get off on super-tech/busy stuff LOL .Moonmadness is Camel at their absolute peak IMHO. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: January 08 2021 at 08:34
| Easy, easy vote for Octopus. GG absolutely on fire. Panurge alone is more interesting than the entire Moonmadness album as far as I am concerned. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: January 08 2021 at 09:28
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Every time I see one of these two-album polls pop up again, I have to check to see if I've already voted.
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Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: January 08 2021 at 11:00
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Moonmadness ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |