Two Concept Albums
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Topic: Two Concept Albums
Posted By: The Mystical
Subject: Two Concept Albums
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 03:01
 
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Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 03:02
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Lamb, easily
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 03:07
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The Lamb ------------- 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: Hercules
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 03:33
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The Wall has some very good moments, but The Lamb has rather more.
If the Lamb had been edited down to a single album of just the best bits, it could have been a work of near genius.
But The Lamb is left way behind by Subterranea, which is probably the most comparable concept album to it and a masterpiece. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 03:34
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The Wall. -------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: Rando
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 03:35
Oh, The Lamb! ------------- - Music is Life, that's why our hearts have beats - |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 03:44
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The Lamb. ------------- 
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Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 03:58
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The Lamb by a mile, but The Wall is epic so what does that make The Lamb? ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 06:44
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lambs
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 06:45
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Chris S wrote:Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 07:09
| gahhh!!!!! i cannot vote on this or any other polls, can someone tell me what i should do to have me allowed to vote in polls because the website cant tell me |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 07:48
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The Lamb is totally brilliant. Every bit of it. The Wall is very good too but The Lamb beats it. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 07:57
Hello Michael, this should answer your question. From the "Frequently Asked Questions" section: Why can't I create polls or vote in existing ones? Poll creation and voting is only available to forum members with higher ranks than Newbie. Once you've posted 100 messages on the forum, you'll be able to vote in prog polls. This was introduced on the forums to avoid people creating fake accounts to mess with the polls. Link to the FAQ section: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=13080" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=13080 ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 08:00
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Also, I'm having a very hard time deciding how to vote in this poll. I think the Lamb is the most interesting and elaborate concept album ever written, but I also have enjoyed The Wall for most of my life - while the storyline isn't as deep or thought provoking as the Lamb, it's still pretty heavy. And purely musically, it might have a slight edge. Abstain for now. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 08:14
| Easily the Lamb---a deep epic masterpiece of some amazingly beautiful music. |
Posted By: frankbostick
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 08:55
| The Wall, easily. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 09:19
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The Lamb gets the vote, fairly easily, but I've a lot of time for The Wall. It was my introduction to Floyd and I still love it. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: progmatic
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 09:19
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The Lamb Lies Down on The Wall and crushes it. I loved Floyd until The Wall. I find it far too condescending and commercial, a far cry from albums like Meddle, DSOM and WYW. The fact that radio stations played "Another Brick in the Wall" 1,000 times a day until I wanted to destroy my radio didn't help much. ------------- PROGMATIC |
Posted By: geneyesontle
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 09:32
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Meeeeeeeehhhhhhhhh in New York ------------- Poseidon wants to Acquire the Taste of the Fragile Lamb - Derek Adrian Gabriel Anderson, singer of the band Geneyesontle |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 09:42
| Both remarkable albums by two fantastic bands. I voted the Lamb, just because personal taste, but the Wall is not far behind. |
Posted By: Neo-Romantic
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 09:45
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The Lamb. It's a work of art that makes me tear up every single time I hear it. It's such an overwhelming musical masterpiece and my appreciation for it grows with every listen. The Wall is pretty good, but it has nothing on the Lamb. |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 11:02
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Lamb. I can't listen to The Wall front to back. And Lamb has Tony Banks! ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 11:19
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The Lamb. They're both epic works but while I listen to The Lamb regularly I rarely ever listen to The Wall. ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: Ambient Hurricanes
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 11:22
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I was just thinking yesterday about the timelessness and brilliance of the Lamb's story: a man enslaved by selfishness going on a journey where he eventually finds himself only when he sacrifices his own desires for the life of another. A common trope, but brilliantly told with The Lamb's quirky story and beautiful imagery. The Wall is a good album too...but it's not even close for me. ------------- I love dogs, I've always loved dogs |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 11:27
I think it's about childbirth. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 11:34
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The Wall for me. I've not really been able to get into the Lamb in its entirely, although there are some decent individual tracks included within it. Funnily enough, I actually enjoy the Rewiring Genesis (with Nick D'Virgilio) tribute to the Lamb more than the Lamb itself. ------------- 
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Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 11:35
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One for Lamb, my good man . . .
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 11:44
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The Wall is boring. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 11:48
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 11:53
I'm not listening to it at all nowadays  ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 12:00
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The Wall, because it's behind in the poll.
The live album is better than the studio album.
The live video is better than the live album.
The film is better than the live video.
Maybe the Broadway show will be better than the film? Depends on the jokes Roger Waters is adding.
The Wall was never just about the album, it was envisaged from the beginning to be an album and a live show and a film. That makes it better than The Lamb.
Each album is a double. If you were to remove the best half of the songs from each album, the remaining version of The Lamb would be better than the remaining version of The Wall. If you doubt this, try it for y'self. Decide your own order of preference for all the songs on each album, then try only listening to the lesser half and see which you prefer. The lesser Wall songs are worse than the lesser Lamb songs.
But as we're considering two double albums in this poll, then The Wall (as a whole) is better than The Lamb. ------------- rotten hound of the burnie crew |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 12:08
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The Wall for me The Lamb is pretty awesome as well ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 13:17
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The Lamb for me, just a little bit more interesting. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 14:03
I'm in this boat even though I'm not crazy about the Lamb. Maybe it's because when my friend Joe comes over we have to put the goddamn thing on. Then I have to listen to him dribble on and on about how great it is. ------------- |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 14:36
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What comes across as mere obscurity and weirdness in The Lamb is actually an indication of the multiple depths the album and story explore. Every time I listen to it, I hear something new, and it is all coherent. The are many mythological aspects to it and it follows the classic hero's journey sequence. This means to me that it hits at a more fundamental level of the human psyche. The Wall is great too, and more emotional, but it doesn't go as deep at does The Lamb. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 14:47
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I don't even think The Wall is more emotional, sure it has an obvious storyline that is saddening (i guess), but it's paired with lackluster execution and simplicity that doesn't want me coming back for more. The Lamb has... The Lamia, 32 Doors, Carpet Crawlers, NYC, Light Dies... among other sections and such. Those satisfy me more than anything on The Wall - combined or not. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 15:12
Regarding the pair as live shows, I think they were both incredible but I give the edge to The Lamb. Building a physical wall to illustrate Pink's alienation from the audience was conceptually brilliant, but I always consider The Lamb tour (with it's 3 video screens, Slipperman costume, dual Rael's, etc...) to be the ultimate high point of theatrical prog. What I can't believe is that a video of a complete Lamb performance has never surfaced. ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 16:48
This  ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Takeshi Kovacs
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 17:48
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Think I prefer The Wall.
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Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 18:25
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The Lamb doesn't excite me at all and I never thought of it as a masterpiece, far from it.
The Wall is one of those albums that is bigger than just the sum of the songs on the album, it's definitely not the best and not my fav Floyd album but for my taste it's better than The Lamb.
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Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 20:20
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I really enjoyed the Rewiring Genesis version too! It really brought new life to the album with great arrangements. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 20:35
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The Wall. Lamb is half a good album. Even though it's odd to say, The Wall is far more consistent story-wise and more compelling from a character standpoint. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 20:52
Lamb, purely for the music. Though with The Wall I can at least understand some of the story.
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Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: June 19 2013 at 23:16
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Also in my opinion the Lamb has aged a lot better. I thought i would never say it about a Floyd album cos even though I love the Wall it has not aged as well and classics generally do not age like other music does ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: June 20 2013 at 00:54
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The layers of THE LAMB are just too incredible and tear apart Pink Floyd's WALL into smithereens.
No contest for me. The lamb. Hands down. It's one of Genesis's very best albums. Wow. Peter Gabriel went out on a massive high note leaving genesis. ;) ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: Eria Tarka
Date Posted: June 20 2013 at 01:07
| Lamb |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: June 20 2013 at 03:55
| The Wall has quite some good songs, but The Lamb has many, many good songs, so The Lamb it is. |
Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: June 20 2013 at 06:00
| Both albums are flawed in my opinion, but I've voted for the one that has Comfortably Numb on it. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: June 20 2013 at 07:21
I remember those days. We had the radio on at work then and it used to be on all the time.
The Lamb has more depth and variety, The Wall is ok but I find it a tad boring.
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Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: June 20 2013 at 08:32
wow... Im speechless how did i not see that question in that section anyway, oh well, thx though ALOT
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Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: June 20 2013 at 13:13
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Another one for The Lamb. -------------  
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Posted By: VOTOMS
Date Posted: June 20 2013 at 13:39
| easily lamb. the wall is a commercial concept imo |
Posted By: jude111
Date Posted: June 20 2013 at 20:12
I feel that way about The Wall too.
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: June 20 2013 at 22:08
| The Wall, easily. Neither albums are among my very favourite onea from each band, but I find The Wall's concept much more satisfying and better worked. And I at least like most of the songs, though I miss the longer songs with more instrumental passages from earlier albums (which is true about The Lamb too). On The Lamb there are very few songs that I actually like, whatever concept it has just doesn't interest me, and Gabriel's singing seems more annoying than ever (and it has less instrumental passages, which means it has more Gabriel singing). |
Posted By: Ambient Hurricanes
Date Posted: June 20 2013 at 22:18
I think that's at least one aspect of the story, but really one of the great things about the album is that it's so deep that it can be about many things. ------------- I love dogs, I've always loved dogs |
Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: June 20 2013 at 22:41
"The Wall" movie is one of the main reasons I'm here!  This artsy film-student could not look away from the glorious spectacle and it made me look further into the genre. When I found out that Rush and Pink Floyd were part of this magical genre called "Progressive Rock" I was a goner  The Wall! |