Rank Your Magma
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Topic: Rank Your Magma
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Subject: Rank Your Magma
Date Posted: September 09 2021 at 08:51
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List the Magma albums you have in order of preference. For me, starting with my current favourite album: 1: Kobaïa 2: 1001° Centigrades 3: Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh 4: Attahk 5: Üdü Ẁüdü 6: K.A I confess that the reason I started this thread is because I am finding it difficult to contain myself about how impressed I am with Magma's debut album. And it's not like I'm new to the music of Magma, making Kobaïa all the more impressive. This one really hits the sweet spot. ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: September 09 2021 at 09:05
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Between studio, lives etc. I have too many to want to rank all of them. Kobaïa is my favourite Magma album. 1001° Centigrades would be my second favourite studio album, followed by Attahk. Wurdah Itah is up there too if it counts. I'll list the first seven to spring to mind: 1. Kobaïa (don't think Magma ever bettered their debut, amazing start) 2. Rétrospective Vol. 1 & 2 (I love Theusz Hamtaahk on this and prefer this MDK to the studio) 3. 1001° Centigrades (a masterful follow-up album) 4. BBC 1974 Londres (love this version of T.H. as much as on Retrospective, sometimes more) 5. Live (Hhai) (a wonderful live and good place for many to start with Magma imo) 6. Attahk (makes me think of my trip to Mexico -- I love this album more than many and it is one I return to often. Still sounds fresh to these ears) 7. Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré (of the modern ones, I much prefer this to KA) |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: September 09 2021 at 09:18
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I still don't have the debut, I should probably correct that. 1. Trilogie Theusz Hamtaahk 2. Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh 3. Köhntarkösz 4. Hhai / Live 5. Köhntarkösz Anteria 6. Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré 7. Retrospektiw Vol. 1 & 2 8. BBC 1974 Londres 9. Udu Wudu 10. Félicité Thösz 11. Attahk 12. Zess ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: September 09 2021 at 10:04
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Thinking of each release as how much I enjoy it as one full work from
beginning to end - and not how much I treasure certain highlights,
places Retrospektiw and Opéra de Reims quite low on the list. As I only
really ever revisit about 1/2 and 1/3rd of each. However those 21 minutes of
Šlaǧ Tanƶ , I always play in full. 1. Kobaïa 2. 1001° Centigrades (I sort of think of it as Kobaïa side E & F) 3. Üdü Ẁüdü 4. Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh 5. Köhntarkösz 6. Ẁurdah Ïtah / Tristan et Iseult7. Attahk 8. Šlaǧ Tanƶ 9. Retrospektiw Vol. 1 & 2 (love Theusz Hamtaahk, but again, not a fan of Didier Lockwood's playing on MDK) 10. Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré 11. Concert 1976 - Opéra de Reims 12. Köhntarkösz Anteria 13. Live (Hhai) 14. Zëss : Le jour du néant 15. Magma - Merci 16. Félicité Thösz ------------- 
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Posted By: CosmicVibration
Date Posted: September 09 2021 at 11:56
An impossible task to rank my Magma collection. I have them all except for the newest one. Anyone view it yet?ESKÄHL 2020 Bordeaux - Toulouse - Perpignan |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: September 09 2021 at 12:30
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If your Magma collection has too many albums to rank, you can rank just the top albums and list the remaining albums unranked. ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: CosmicVibration
Date Posted: September 09 2021 at 13:25
| ^ the challenge is that they're all too good. Most bands are fairly easy to list my preferences, not so when it comes to Magma. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: September 09 2021 at 13:34
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This is much harder than for other bands, I find them all more or less equally enjoyable. Maybe like this: Mekanik Destruktiw Komandoh Udu Wudu Kohntarkosz Kobaia Live Hhai Attahk K.A. ...but it feels like a random permutation as would any other ranking. |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: September 10 2021 at 00:42
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Lewian wrote:Posted By: zwordser
Date Posted: September 10 2021 at 09:25
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Well, gotta admit, (and seems a bit strange even to myself), K.A. has become my favorite home-listening from Magma. Most of their other music I prefer to see live/videos more than anything (to date, probably the best concert experience I've had!). 1. K.A. 2. Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh 3. 1001° Centigrades 4. Kobaïa 5. Zess 6. Köhntarkösz 7. Üdü Ẁüdü 8. Ẁurdah Ïtah / Tristan et Iseult 9. Attahk ...and the rest, haven't listened to enough to have an opinion.
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Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: September 11 2021 at 22:22
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Wurdah 1001 Attahk Kohn Udu ------------- All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock. |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: September 12 2021 at 06:31
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Though I love the live performance videos and think these experiences are the most powerful, I'm going to rate studio albums only. 1: Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh 2. Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré 3: Üdü Ẁüdü 4. Ẁurdah Ïtah / Tristan et Iseult 5: K.A 6. Félicité Thösz 7. Šlaǧ Tanƶ 8. 1001° Centigrades 9. Kobaïa 10. Zess 11. Köhntarkösz ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Rick1
Date Posted: September 21 2021 at 04:02
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Studio albums: 1. MDK 2. Kohntarkosz 3. Udu Wudu 4. Attahk 5. Wurdah Itah 6. 1001 Centigrade 7.Kobaia 8. Emehntehtt-Re 9. Merci 10. K.A
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: September 21 2021 at 08:52
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Hi, I vote for the album that CV has to sing with the orchestra. I have a feeling that is what he has imagined for a long time, but it might be asking too much of his friends and musicians to do by themselves, and it would not feel the same to him. That album alone, is above and beyond most for me. ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: TheEliteExtremophile
Date Posted: September 21 2021 at 12:46
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Retrospective 1/2/3 KA Emehntett-Re Live/Hhai MDK Udu Wudu Felicite Thosz Attahk Sl*g Tanz Kobaia Kohntarkosz 1001 Centigrade Zess ------------- https://theeliteextremophile.com" rel="nofollow - Check my reviews of recent prog releases! |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: September 21 2021 at 14:48
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1. Kobaïa 2. 1001° Centigrades (I sort of think of it as Kobaïa side E & F) 3. Üdü Ẁüdü 4. Live Hhaï 5. Köhntarkösz ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: September 21 2021 at 18:24
Understood, but I have close to 30 Magma albums, which is a reason I just wanted to cover and comment on some of the highlights for me. ------------- Just a fanboy passin' through. |
Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: September 24 2021 at 16:46
Kobaia and mdk are the weakest of the lot  ------------- All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock. |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: September 24 2021 at 20:53
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Too many to rank, and so hard to pick favorites. I tend to listen to their live material more than studio, which is rare for me. I think Magma and Swans are the only bands where I really get into their live albums consistently. But here’s some favorites, off the top of my head: Attahk Live Hhai Opera de Reims Kobaia Bobino 1981 Kohntarzosz Zess Ementehtt Re ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: enigmatic
Date Posted: December 04 2021 at 09:55
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1. Köhntarkösz 2. 1001° Centigrades 3. Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh 4. Üdü Ẁüdü 5. Kobaïa
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Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: December 04 2021 at 13:41
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The labour-saving answer: 1. Köhnzert Zünd 2. Studio Zünd 3. The other bits ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: December 04 2021 at 13:54
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1. 2: 1001° Centigrades 2a. Üdü Ẁüdü 2b. Attahk ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: December 27 2021 at 01:07
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First place - Wurdah Itah Joint Second - almost everything else Last place - Merci ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |