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Fairport Convention - 'Liege & Lief': Really nice mix of traditional folky jigs and a bit of rock jamming. Add Sandy Denny with flowers in her hair and I'm all set. Pleasing stuff, and I really dig Tam Lin.

The Pentangle - 'Basket of Light': More folk prog with some rock thrown in, and this one's right up there. It's like I want to roam the English countryside and guzzle so much tea that I could flood the Fens. 
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Tangerine Dream - Dream Mixes 3
Camel - Live at BBC 1977 (Recorded on the same day as the concert in Hammersmith Odeon that got into "A Live Record" but with many tracks from "Rain Dances" that I never heard live before. I finally discovered which strings synth Bardens use on it.)
Black Mountain & Peter Brötzmann - s/t (Stoner Jazz Cool)
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (First listen to this artist. It's a really good album.)
Harald Grosskopf - Synthesist


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Thinkman - The Formula
Oh Land - Oh Land
Sarah Kirkland Sinder - Unremembered (with Shara Worden, Padma Newsome, DM Smith and the Unremembered Orchestra)
Heart - beautiful Broken
St. Vincent - St. Vincent
Mirah - Changing Light
Agnes Obel  - Citizen of Glass (album of the year, for sure)
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Electric Swan - Swirl In Gravity  (Piacenza, Italy  2012)   Female fronted 70s style hard rock 
Arrowhead - Atomsmasher  (Sydney, Australia  2013)   Hard rock, stoner rock trio
Tia Carrera - The Quintessential  (Austin, Texas  2009)   Instrumental hard rock, stoner, jam trio
Pyrior - Oceanus Procellarum  (Berlin, Germany  2011)   Heavy instrumental, desert, fuzz, stoner rock 
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Yojo - Abduction - First listen for this one. Jazz fusion meets post rock. The results are well-done, but the subdued nature of the album made me doze off a little after a few tracks. I'd say more but I really zoned out after about 20 minutes. Oh well, I'll give them another shot; the stuff that I was alert for was, as I said, quite well-done.

Garybaldi - Nuda - Discovered this one a month or two ago and got around to revisiting it. Not one of my all-time RPI favourites, but this one has some redeeming features of its own. These guys were great at rocking out and we hear that very nicely on this debut. Not to say that they were just a "hack-and-slash" blues rock outfit; they certainly get some beautiful sections in, namely 26 Febbraio 1700. Of course, it's worth putting this one on just to hear them sing "James Brown, a sex-a-machine!" LOL

Machiavel - Jester - Very, very cool album from a Belgian outfit. Surprisingly, I found a used CD of this for $3 in a Vancouver record shop not too long ago. Last thing I expected to see, well, anywhere, quite frankly. As I said, very nice stuff. Lots of dramatic vocals/lyrics and keyboard wizardry to be appreciated. 

Wet Willie - Wet Willie - My first time listening to these guys. Yeah, they were definitely second tier Southern Rock. The riffs, licks and songwriting are all quite a few leagues behind Skynyrd, the Allmans, the Marshall Tucker Band, or even the Outlaws and Hatchet, but it's inoffensive blues rock. I prefer the rockers to their attempts at ballads (Faded Love), which are completely cold and unengaging. Not a bad record overall, but I don't think I'll bother looking at their other material. 
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Kayo Dot - "Hubardo"
Kayo Dot - "Coyote"
Steely Dan - "Aja"
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Purson - 'Desire's Magic Theatre': I can't seem to decide if I absolutely love this album or unequivocally hate it. It's like marriage but a lot cheaper. Some great music; some odd production choices. Interesting.

Obscura - 'Akroasis': One of my very fav sci-fi prog/tech/death/extreme/metal/w**k/stuff band's latest release. An obvious 'Collaborator top albums 2016' choice by me, and of course me alone so I should vote high!

Jolin Tsai - 'Muse': I seriously need to stop listening to this dancing diva, but all the persistent "sh" syllables spread everywhere like jimmies on an ice-cream scoop are just too sexy. Yay for Taipei.
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I adore Ian. I think he's my kinda rockmusician. A renaissance man of some sorts, like Phil Collins or Mike Oldfield.
Is there anything he can't do? He's a remarkable lyricist, very political and biting. (except for Fish and Geoff Mann, not much happening in Prog).

He sets his mind to something; "hey let's make a rocknroll album" or "I feel like folk" or "let's make an whole instrumental flute album". He delivers every time.

Sure he's a hard fellar to share the spotlights with, but hey, aren't Frank Zappa, Miles Davis to name but a few, not exactly the same?

To me, Ian is a genius, and although I don't like anything he put out, I have to admire his skills, performance, deep lyrics, raising environmental issues and above all: Humour.
He's also the only progmusician who doesn't want to be a progact. Thick as a Brick was even meant sarcastic, to make fun of conceptalbums and overindulgent progrock.

He must be laughing his sombrero off, that it's one of the most appreciated progalbums. But hey, didn't he and his band beat Metallica at the heavy metal awards. Now that's a big f**k you.... Love it....
Who has humour in prog? Tull does, even the bandname is humourous.

That all being said, Martin Barre is really an underrated heavy rock and blues guitarist. Holy moly, can that dood play......


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Originally posted by ALotOfBottle ALotOfBottle wrote:

Originally posted by Meltdowner Meltdowner wrote:

Popol Vuh - Affenstunde (Strange album, this is both scary and soothing Tongue Quite impressive for 1970.)

I know! But I really think it deserves a higher rating than it gets here on PA. First two Popol Vuh records are some of my krautrock favorites! Excellent album!
Having read both positive and negative reviews, I can understand both points of view, it's not for everyone. I'm not familiar with Popol Vuh as I'd want, even if Hosianna Mantra was one of the three albums that got me into Krautrock.
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I actually find Ian Anderson's vocals have aged better than most of his contemporaries, partly because of his self-awareness. Most 70's rock vocalists can leave something to be desired, and even groups I really like (Yes, Gentle Giant) are tough to introduce to people because of the vocals. I don't even like JT except for their two concept albums, but the vocals themselves feel timeless, specifically because they embrace a specific time and setting. Weird old folkish guy? Great! In general, JT aged much better than most prog groups. 
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I know how you feel Michael. There are acts/albums I try to get into every once in a while simply because I feel I should like them or at the very least give them a shot to see what all the fuss is about. Tales From Topographic Oceans and Guru Guru's UFO are two albums I keep coming back to...with much the same resultLOL 
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I don't mind `Moving Pictures', it's pretty easy to put on in the background at work. I'll have to start giving it proper close listening eventually.

I don't think `Love, Fear...' is a bad album by any means, and I certainly don't think Riverside have come close to a poor album yet, but it still feels lightweight and all surface thrills. I also think the more `commercial' songs on `Shrine...' are stronger than the ones on `Love...'. But like I said, all good.

Actually, that wasn't really three Dull's in a row, I just lumped them together for the sake of that list...but to my shame, I have to admit I recently bought three remaster Tull Cd's - `Stormwatch', `Heavy Horses' and `A' for a few dollars each off a local Ebay vendor. I figured just get their `classic' period ones and give them all a fair listen...but it still hasn't helped change my opinion of them much. `Warchild' (which I picked up a few months back) absolutely did my head in on the drive into work today, I found most of it (and by It, I mean Anderson ) unbearable.

Yeah, `Force Majeure' is a ripper album from them (despite that crappy little moment! [LOL[), probably one of their closest to being `proggy'? I know a lot of people have issues with the final track on that, which I think is a little overlong and repetitive, but hardly bad at all!
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Not really progressive but it has plenty of catchy melodies that I frequently hum or whistle or play whenever I pick up the bass. In the end it stays with me more than many full blown Prog albums Tongue

I'll have to try other albums as well. So far I think that, just like VdGG, are JT respectable for the influence they had on other bands (plenty of Italian ones) even if I don't really like them.

Quite accessible too, FM was the first TD album (the fourth overall) I really enjoyed at first listen. The second track is the flawless one in my opinion, one of their best... I don't recall the title though, just like most TD songs LOL
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I don't know what it is about Ian's vocals that really rub me the wrong way, guys! There's this (well, this is how I interpret it! ) smug, know-it-all quality that grates on me, and the wordy lyrics just add to that. Sadly I don't find the lyrics interesting enough to properly look into and research to know what they're on about either, which I'm sure would enhance the JT experience a bit more if I clicked with that side of things.

I do like parts of `A Passion Play' (will probably give that one another listen tomorrow), and oddly I didn't mind `Too Old to Rock N Roll,...', perhaps because I'm not much of a Tull fan I don't feel let down by that one as much as many of the big fans do. I also kind of liked `The Broadsword and the Beast', which was a lot more keyboard heavy. `Songs from the Wood' sounded much more interesting to me ears as well.

Sigh, I think we'll get there eventually!
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Heh...I kinda feel the same about Ian's vocals. I'd love it if Tull were an instrumental act. He always makes me think of an old pipe smoking grandfather with a hangover.
That being said, Stand Up and A Passion Play are both great albums...and incidentally also the only ones I listen to these days. 
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Originally posted by Aussie-Byrd-Brother Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:

Originally posted by Kingsnake Kingsnake wrote:


'jeez, why even listen to Jethro Tull, when you're just going to bash it.
I hope you had fun with it, and I hope even more, that deep down inside, you love it, but are afraid to admit it Clap

I'm not setting out to bash them. They're a band I don't particularly like for a number of reasons, but I'm curious to explore their classic period and just beyond, and picking up a few of their remastered CD's cheaply seems like the best way to do it (I'm assuming everyone is moving on to the Steven Wilson versions). That way, if I still don't like them, I haven't wasted too much money on them, and besides, I own plenty of albums I don't particularly like, but it's all a part of having an interesting and wide-ranging extensive collection.

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Just wondering. I hope you find this one Tull-song you do like, they've done so many different things.
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Cai - First album (forgot the name)

`Más Allá De Nuestras Mentes Diminutas'!

(and only because I looked it up on the Archives and copy/pasted it!

Bit of a classic that one for me, mate. Short and sweet and awesome all the way.
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SBB - Memento...
Grobschnitt - S/T
Manna/Mirage - Blue Dogs
Kevin Ayers - Whatevershebringswesing
England - Imperial Hotel EP
Cai - First album (forgot the name)
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Tangerine Dream - Force Majeure

Sam, this has become kind of become a `background listen' album I play at work a lot, so I don't pay too much attention to it these days. But I went to the gym after work and listened to the whole thing on headphones, and it felt like listening to it for the first time all over again! So many minute little details, an endless stream of fascinating themes and ideas. I also forgot how much live drumming is on that one.

Anyway, I've got a Tangerine Dream CD folder I always keep in the car, and as soon as I got back there I dug it out, but would you believe the only album that wasn't in it was `Force Majeure'?!

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'jeez, why even listen to Jethro Tull, when you're just going to bash it.
I hope you had fun with it, and I hope even more, that deep down inside, you love it, but are afraid to admit it Clap

I'm not setting out to bash them. They're a band I don't particularly like for a number of reasons, but I'm curious to explore their classic period and just beyond, and picking up a few of their remastered CD's cheaply seems like the best way to do it (I'm assuming everyone is moving on to the Steven Wilson versions). That way, if I still don't like them, I haven't wasted too much money on them, and besides, I own plenty of albums I don't particularly like, but it's all a part of having an interesting and wide-ranging extensive collection.

*** EDITED to remove snarky comment...life's sh*tty enough without getting into nonsense with internet peoples ***

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Originally posted by Meltdowner Meltdowner wrote:

Popol Vuh - Affenstunde (Strange album, this is both scary and soothing Tongue Quite impressive for 1970.)

I know! But I really think it deserves a higher rating than it gets here on PA. First two Popol Vuh records are some of my krautrock favorites! Excellent album!


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