TPE VS Awake
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Topic: TPE VS Awake
Posted By: ppl
Subject: TPE VS Awake
Date Posted: November 17 2011 at 07:06
| Superb magnificent masterpieces of their kind no doubt.King of Loss vs Lie,Reconciliation vs Erotomania...so which one shall win? |
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Posted By: Anthony
Date Posted: November 17 2011 at 07:41
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Awake is so overrated. Give me the live versions of those tracks over the studio versions any time. ------------- Future prosperity lies in the way you heal the world with love (Introitus - The hand that feeds you) |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: November 17 2011 at 08:18
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Awake. Maybe the best early DT album ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Shevrzl
Date Posted: November 17 2011 at 09:06
| The Perfect Element by far. The best thing beside Remedy Lane coming from PoS. |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: November 17 2011 at 09:08
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Awake is a really good, but The Perfect Element is the best album ever recorded IMO. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: ck86
Date Posted: November 17 2011 at 13:59
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These polls keep getting more difficult to pick a favourite. No vote from me because my post count is too low (?) but I'd pick Awake because I am a Dream Theater fan before a PoS fan, even though both bands are among my favourites. Awake is by far Dream Theater's darkest album and TPE is Pain of Salvation's darkest album among a lot of dark albums. The guitar solos on Awake are brilliant as well as the overall musicianship, and the lyrical content is bizarre but fitting given the situation with Kevin Moore. The whole album fits together as a masterpiece as does TPE, however I find myself listening to Awake a lot more than TPE. The Perfect Element is unique in that it has a lot of weird layering and transitions that are original and work, but I feel that they don't really add anything to the compositions. Idioglossia for example is almost hard to listen to because of the overdone layering. Awake is all brilliant and complex compositions without a single weak track on the album and a complete change of pace from Images and Words. It showed a darker side from DT that they were able to move on from while PoS beat the "we're sad, dark artists" horse to death. It's nice to see PoS get some recognition on this forum though and to be holding their own against DT in these polls. |
Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: November 17 2011 at 14:47
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Snow Dog wrote:Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: November 17 2011 at 15:28
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Awake is a masterpiece TPE is perfection. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: November 17 2011 at 15:32
| I've never liked Awake |
Posted By: Prog Geo
Date Posted: November 17 2011 at 15:43
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Awake!
------------- Sonorous Meal show every Sunday at 20:00 (greek time) on http://www.justincaseradio.com |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: November 17 2011 at 15:52
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Hey I finally get to vote for DT! ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: November 17 2011 at 16:20
| Awake. |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: November 17 2011 at 18:18
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Awake is possibly my favorite DT album. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: TheMasterMofo
Date Posted: November 17 2011 at 18:48
| I went with Awake, as it's my second favorite DT album... If the PoS choice had been Remedy Lane instead of Perfect Element, I probably wouldn't even have voted because that'd be an impossible choice to make. |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: November 17 2011 at 20:36
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The Perfect Element, but Awake is one of my fave DT albums. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Garden of Dreams
Date Posted: November 19 2011 at 08:28
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I have never been a huge fan of Awake. It has some good songs but some songs are a little too metal oriented for me. ------------- Just give it all an hour by the concrete lake. |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: November 20 2011 at 08:31
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Awake, best DT album.
TPE is excellent though. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |