Albums that you hated but have grown on y
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Topic: Albums that you hated but have grown on y
Posted By: NecroManiac
Subject: Albums that you hated but have grown on y
Date Posted: November 15 2007 at 06:40
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I used to hate Close to the Edge but after a few listens it grew on me. Certainly overrated but a fine album regardless. The Lamb lies down on Broadway was a disappointment at a first listen, but on the second go it just clicked and is now my second favorite Genesis album after Foxtrot. Pink Floyd's first album has never been a favorite, but I've learned to tolerate it enough to buy the recent anniversary release. The only King Crimson albums I've gotten into on first listen were ItCotCK and Red, and while I don't love all of them as much as them I certainly appreciate most of them now. Anybody have a similar experience? ------------- 
What's yer faovrite album? =^_^= |
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: November 15 2007 at 07:43
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Not so much a single album for me as a whole band.
Rewind the scene to 28+ years ago, you've meet a girl for the first time and are going through her LP collection (like you do
 , come on, we've all done it  ) 'got, got, no got, got, got, don't want, got, got, eeuw... f no!' ... with that 'eeuw'-phemism being reserved exclusively for Barclay James Harvest... In my experience no boy ever owned a BJH album, they were always bought and liked by girls, in fact no boy would even admit to liking them just to impress the girls - it just wouldn't work. So it was no real suprise to me to find a BJH album amid any girl's LP collection, just eeuw...
So imagine my face when 25 years ago my wife admited to liking BJH, and Mockingbird in particular (we don't have an emote for it, its' somwhere between
 and  )A quarter of a century later, I don't know whether I'm mellowing with old age, or just use it to counter-balance the more extreme stuff I listen too, but I don't mind BJH now and again, I still don't like them enough to listen to a whole album, but I can manage to eat my dinner while listening to them and I have to admit that She Said is a pretty impressive song.
Who knows, may be in another 25 years I'll be able to cope with 'Octoberon' from beginning to end. ------------- What? |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: November 15 2007 at 07:52
You have a prog-wife, Dean? 
------------- "PA's own GI Joe!" 
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Posted By: proggy
Date Posted: November 15 2007 at 08:40
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Nektar - A Tab in the Ocean
Camel - Moodmadness
Roxy Music - Siren
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: November 15 2007 at 08:47
I have an eclectic-crossover-prog-related-wife   ------------- What? |
andu wrote:Posted By: andu
Date Posted: November 15 2007 at 08:49
 ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!"
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Posted By: fuxi
Date Posted: November 15 2007 at 09:52
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It's true that you mellow with age. I now enjoy all kinds of singles from the classic disco period (Bee Gees, Abba, Hot Chocolate, even Lipps Inc.) - stuff that would have got me running for the nearest DOOR when it was first released. Really, it's great for car tapes. And having teenage daughters helps. But the Village People is where I draw the line!
More seriously, it took me years to fully accept Led Zep. Now they're one of my favourite bands. |
Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: November 15 2007 at 09:54
When I was at school i had a couple of friends (both male) who were into prog. One had all the King Crimson and Van der Graaf Generator LPs, the other had all the BJH albums. My friends went on to become the rhythm section for an anarcho-punk band!
To get nearer to the topic, I bought the U Totem album after reading a fantastic review but I really didn't like the singing. With some computer guddling I edited out the vocal sections leaving an excellent album! ------------- "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." |
Posted By: Lofcaudio
Date Posted: November 15 2007 at 10:12
| Gentle Giant - Octopus |
Posted By: darkmatter
Date Posted: November 15 2007 at 10:31
| I didn't like Tool at all a few years ago, my brother use to listen to them a lot and I'd hear them too often. I didn't like metal much then, and they're songs sounded to much alike to me. But a couple of their albums, Ænima and Undertow grew on me over time, and I really started to enjoy them. It took a much longer time for me to really like Lateralus. |
Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: November 15 2007 at 10:55
Well I love Barclay James Harvest, I have to say. They have a grasp of melody that some modern symphonic prog I could mention does not. I have to say I feel their work has aged better than The Moody Blues', who BJH are always unfavourably compared to. But I can see why they wouldn't appeal to people. AFAIK, the members of the BJH forum are mostly male though...including myself.
Whilst I always liked songs on it, I didn't play Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' very much. Over the past few months, I can't get enough of it and think it's a masterpiece. I can't say that for 'A Momentary Lapse Of Reason' but I have to confess, it's a hell of a lot better than I remember it being.
Sometimes it goes the other way. Uriah Heep's 'Innocent Victim' and 'Fallen Angel' I used to play a lot, now I find little to like about them!
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Posted By: cynthiasmallet
Date Posted: November 15 2007 at 11:11
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Marillion- Clutching at Straws
Genesis- Selling England By The Pound Caravan- For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night ------------- Would you like to watch TV, or get between the sheets, or contemplate the silent freeway, would you like something to eat? |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: November 15 2007 at 11:18
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Bursting at the Seams by Strawbs. First heard it when it was released but thought it was all like Part of the Union - I guess that track totally coloured my view. I ignored Strawbs completely as a result until I met a true Strawbs fanatic about 7 years ago who MADE me listen properly. I now own their entire discography from All Our Own Work to Deadlines and have bitterly regretted nearly 30 wasted years when I didn't listen to them. Tears and Pavan, Flying, Down By The Sea, Lay Down, Lady Fuschia and The Winter and the Summer are all out of the very top drawer - but I still can't listen to Part of the Union or Thank You!!!! ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: November 15 2007 at 12:39
| My first Genesis album, Selling England. Took me like 20 listens and finally I understood it. Still no masterpiece likes it is made out to be though. Excellent regardless. |
Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: November 15 2007 at 13:00
| King Crimson -- Lizard |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: November 15 2007 at 13:05
Well, I'm afraid there is only one prog-(not-yet)-wife here   ... You see, some guys have all the luck!Back to the topic at hand, I can't remember any albums I actually hated that have grown on me. If I don't like an album at the first listen, it's quite unlikely I'll ever listen to it again willingly - as is the case of most of the DT albums I own bar Images & Words. However, I distinctly remember an album which didn't impress me too much at first listen, and then became one of my favourites - UK's debut album. |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: November 15 2007 at 13:19
I have a prog-related girlfriend. Although perhaps she might qualify as a Xover prog girlfriend. 
As for the topic: I had trouble originally getting into Gentle Giant at all. I had their disc Free Hand and for whatever reason, the first few years I listened to it, it never quite gelled with me. Then I thought to give them another try, about a year and a half ago, and suddenly, I got it. I love all their albums up to Interview now and they are one of my three favorite bands. Of course, I never hated the album or the band, I just didn't see what the big deal about them was until I finally "got it." ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: Utah Man
Date Posted: November 15 2007 at 13:34
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group: RIPAILLE album: "La Vieille Que L'on Brûla" this one is /was an acquired taste, but it is a truely brilliant work. one of the finest progressive rock albums to come out of france. |
Posted By: Sckxyss
Date Posted: November 15 2007 at 17:52
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Magma - .M.D.K.
Can - Tago Mago
Henry Cow - Western Culture
All three were my introductions to their respective genres, and all are quite experimental, so it's understandable why I didn't enjoy them at first. (actually, I pretty much hated them!) But, now they're among some of my favourite albums
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Posted By: oddentity
Date Posted: November 15 2007 at 21:34
How does that work with One Nail Draws Another? I personally love the vocals. Emily's voice is pure, yet earnest and artistic. |
Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: November 16 2007 at 04:07
Unfortunately the vocals did nothing for me, not the kind of singing I like. Luckily most of the songs had just a couple of parts with vocals. The song structure meant it was easy to cut out the vocal sections and make the flow of the remaining parts seem natural. I cut out about 15 minutes in total from the album, leaving 45-46 minutes of instrumentals. ------------- "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." |
Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: November 17 2007 at 01:00
Riverside - Rapid Eye Movement 
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: November 17 2007 at 15:47
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Yes - The Yes Album King Crimson - Islands The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute These three are good examples of albums I initially didn't think much of, but later grew to love. |
Posted By: darkmatter
Date Posted: November 17 2007 at 15:53
I really liked it from the start, but I'm starting to like it close to the same level as their first two albums! |
Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: November 18 2007 at 10:11
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King Crimson's Lizard (at least Cirkus and LIzard) has really grown on me. I now find it difficult to believe that I used not to like it that much. I blame Indoor Games. Genesis' A Trick of the Tale, I didn't like at first. It's still not my favourite, but I now appreciate it. About it really. For individual songs, Sailor's Tale (from KC's Islands) has gone from disliked to loved. |
Posted By: Teh_Slippermenz
Date Posted: November 18 2007 at 19:11
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"Peter Gabriel I". Used to think it was dreadful with flops like "Excuse Me" and "Waiting for the Big One", (I really only used to like "Moribund the Burgermeister", "Solsbury Hill", MAYBE "Down the Dolce Vita", and "Here Comes the Flood", but that was it, I didn't like the album as a whole) but now I like it a lot more. I'd have to say also "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" by Genesis, I completely forgot about it once I bought "Selling England by the Pound". *smacks self repeatedly* I SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT SELLING ENGLAND FIRST!!!! Anyway, now I've come to appreciate that one a lot more as well. |
Posted By: Sckxyss
Date Posted: November 20 2007 at 02:16
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Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: November 20 2007 at 03:20
------------- "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." |
Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: November 20 2007 at 03:43
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My first taste of 80 King Crimson was Discipline and for some reason I really didn't like it after my first listen, I tried it a few more times over a fortnight but still didn't really like it. Then at the end of the fortnight I was looking around a record fair and happened to find a copy of Three of a Perfect Pair for £5 and decided it was worth the risk, side one of TOAPP didn't really do anything for me but side 2 blew me away and since then I've began to love both Discipline and side 1 of TOAPP. |