One II
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Topic: One II
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Subject: One II
Date Posted: June 05 2025 at 17:43
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One II looks at some albums from 2001, 2011 and 2021. One vote. I can't say I'm very impressed with some of my choices here, but there's a several I'm really into. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: June 05 2025 at 17:52
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Actually going through the 15 I'd I'm pretty happy with this one. I had dropped a few I had planned to include just before posting this. Last minute changes. Again I'm trying to list more known ones and less obscure ones. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Big Sky
Date Posted: June 05 2025 at 18:01
| Steven Wilson. I like the Transatlantic and Tool albums too. |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: June 05 2025 at 18:06
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Present > Wilson, Radiohead, Tool, Ske, Discipline, elephant9 ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: June 05 2025 at 18:13
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Several nice albums here, Stephan Thelen, Jordsjo, Ske... still Radiohead wins it for me. ------------- I make typos so you see I'm not a machine, but I may be a machine pretending to not be a machine. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: June 05 2025 at 18:30
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Radiohead's Amnesiac for sure for me, but I also like the Present, Ske, Trees Speak and Elephant9 albums. I should be more attentive to Shamblemaths. I have heard that Transatlantic album, but it did not resonate with me. Of course what is superb/sublime, interesting or moving to me may be banal/bland or disagreeable and evoke no passion or interest in another. ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 05 2025 at 22:28
| GFD |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: June 05 2025 at 23:45
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: June 06 2025 at 00:42
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^omg -that's got to be the ugliest cover art I've seen my entire life. -Amnesiac |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: June 06 2025 at 00:48
| Ske |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: June 06 2025 at 00:57
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Shamblemaths > Discipline > Jordsjø ------------- 
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: June 06 2025 at 09:04
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Tool - Lateralus ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: June 06 2025 at 11:10
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Lateralus ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: June 06 2025 at 11:59
I could easily vote for this one. One of my favourite modern double albums. Consistently great. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Big Sky wrote:Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: June 06 2025 at 20:36
When I see names like Kerman, Trigaux and Chevalier I know I'm in for a treat. And Ske's album is generally worshipped it seems by Avant fans. I just never "got it" but I love Yugen. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: June 06 2025 at 23:33
I can't believe how much I connected with Amnesiac. It and Kid A are my "go to" Radiohead records but I like several others by them, just not as much. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: June 06 2025 at 23:37
The only 3 star record(in my opinion) I put up there was the Transatlantic one. I much prefer other albums by them. Of course its getting the most votes.  ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: June 07 2025 at 04:07
+1 ------------- Heaven is waiting but waiting is Hell |
Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: June 07 2025 at 04:08
It really hasn’t….. ------------- Heaven is waiting but waiting is Hell |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 07 2025 at 07:11
^ ripping off the Eloy covers for Time To Turn and Colours as well. The bums are nice and in proportion though compared to the Eloy one 
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: June 07 2025 at 08:31
THE ugliest?!  I've seen worse, much worse than the Pendragon one. Maybe a bit kitschy, but ugly, i don't know about that. |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: June 07 2025 at 08:35
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I've gone for Transatlantic; it's my favourite of theirs... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: June 07 2025 at 08:39
I certainly think it's 'of its time' and if you didn't know the Pendies, you'd say the album was Neo-Prog... I don't think their 90's - early 00's covers are ugly, but formulaic and not the sort of artwork I found inspiring. ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: June 07 2025 at 09:46
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: June 07 2025 at 11:10
It's been a much beloved and lauded album with many people at PA. It was due to reading very positive comments on it at this site that I bought it in either 2004 or 2005. I bought a few albums at the time due to comments here that did not do it for me; Spock's Beard's Snow was one of them. ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: June 07 2025 at 15:57
I couldn't get into Snow at all, maybe my least favourite of theirs, at least of what I've heard. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: June 08 2025 at 03:32
Too many double CDs fall into the 'enough quality material for a single disk' category, of which this is probably one...along with a plethora of Flower Kings albums. ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: June 08 2025 at 03:37
I revisited the Transatlantic album recently and for me personally, it still really stands up as a quality Symphonic Prog release; one of the best of the era. I also think Spock's V is a very strong album too, but those either side of it, Day For Night and Snow, less so. DfN just sags in the middle quality wise while Snow should have been a single disk; it simply doesn't retain my interest all the way through... ... which would be a good thread subject...how many Double Studio Albums have been released which wouldn't have benefitted from some judicious editing!! ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: June 08 2025 at 17:01
This is my least favourite of the four covers that have in that similar style. I'm not big on "The World" either. But I feel The Window Of Life and The Masquerade Overture have really interesting covers with lots of details that connect with the songs. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: June 09 2025 at 09:08
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Lots of neat stuff in this list. Voted for Present. ------------- ---------- 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 |