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Poll Question: Which one is (definitely) better
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    Posted: November 24 2009 at 13:08
Kind of Blue for me - as good as A Love Supreme is, I don't actually enjoy listening to it that much - I actually prefer the criminally overlooked Crescent released earlier the same year.
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I much prefer Miles Davis overall, but between those two records I like A Love Supreme much more. When it comes to Miles I prefer his later works like Bitches Brew, In A Silent Way, Big Fun and On The Corner and when it comes to John Coltrane I think Ascension is my favorite work of his......
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  =One  can only wonder why Kind of Blue is so much behind in the poll, when all the recent repliers prefer Kind of Blue.
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I may have no real 'knowledge' of jazz, and love The Flower Kings, but Kind of Blue is something special. I too could listen to 'So what' multiple times without growing bored
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Kind of Blue. It ain't #1 for nothing, and I don't think any other will ever top it, both in sales and in aesthetics. I could listen to "So What" multiple times every day.
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A Love Supreme easily. Probably my favorite Jazz album ever.
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A Love Supreme. I never really got the attraction to Kind Of Blue. I don't even think it's Miles' best pre-1970 album. Round' About Midnight proved to be far more interesting to me and Love Supreme far more interesting than Kind Of Blue.
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Kind of Blue is claimed to be the best selling jazz album ever, and with its 50th anniversary just passed* still selling well - perhaps reflecting a great appeal to non-jazz fans than other recordings.
 
 
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Both are amazing and essential. A Love Supreme feels like perfect expression the whole way through, a musical poem. I'm going with it.
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I both like two presented albums. And, I went to "Kind of Blue".

"Expression" feels the album of John Coltrane ultimate in me.

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Both of these albums are amazing. I would rather not choose, but I think I prefer A Love Supreme.
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Love Supreme, but they really don't compare. Something like Olé Coltrane vs Sketches of Spain would have made sense. Or Out to Lunch - A Love Supreme.
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Through a process of random selection, I chose Love Supreme.  Both are excellent albums...if they had been up against Mingus' Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, though, both would have lost for me. 
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'A Kind of Blue' for me, but I love so many Miles albums from this period (eg 'Round About Midnight', and 'Someday My Prince Will Come' are fantastic albums - but they rarely get a mention). ' A Love Supreme' is also a great album in every sense of the word.  A close second for me would be, not Giant Steps but, My Favorite Things.
 
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Kind of Blue, not easily though. ..
A Love Supreme is so great too
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Originally posted by mrcozdude mrcozdude wrote:

Originally posted by LiquidEternity LiquidEternity wrote:

A Love Supreme. Never found a better jazz record anywhere. Plus, Kind of Blue is a bit too downbeat for most of it, and so I lose interest. I prefer Miles's Milestones or Tribute to Jack Johnson, anyways.
 
Have you heard the whole sessions of a tribute to jack johnson?I tried to listen to it all in one day.It was impossible.


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Sorry - got to buck the trend here - both wonderful albums, but for me, Kind Of Blue is not only the ultimate Mile Davis album, but the jazz album; mellow, loose yet tight, musicians all on the same wavelength...

I don't know how many times I've listened to this album, but I hear different nuances every time.

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A Love Supreme reigns supreme. Love the album.
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