From the Sublime to the ridiculous!
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Topic: From the Sublime to the ridiculous!
Posted By: M27Barney
Subject: From the Sublime to the ridiculous!
Date Posted: February 03 2014 at 09:39
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Eg.
Going for the one.......Tormato and to a lesser extent..... Moving Pictures......Signals Wind & Wuthering......And then there were three ------------- Play me my song.....Here it comes again....... |
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: February 03 2014 at 09:45
I wouldn't describe Tormato, ATTWT or Signals as ridiculous. Tormato is significantly worse that GFTO, and I would concede that Circus of Heaven is somewhat ridiculous... 
I actually think ATTWT and Signals are generally pretty strong albums. However, 90125 - Big Generator perhaps.. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: M27Barney
Date Posted: February 03 2014 at 09:57
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Twas a figure of speech ! better title than "two albums in sequence the latter being a lot worse than the previous release" ------------- Play me my song.....Here it comes again....... |
Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: February 03 2014 at 10:39
Except in the case of your last two examples that simply isn't true. But hey, it's all a matter of taste. With that in mind: Pink Floyd: Meddle -> Obscured by Clouds Animals -> The Wall King Crimson Red -> Discipline Porcupine Tree Fear of a Blank Planet -> The Incident Steve Hackett Defector -> Cured
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M27Barney wrote:Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: February 03 2014 at 23:24
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I honestly can't think of any 'sublime to ridiculous' examples but
ELP-BSS to Works Vol 1 almost qualifies for me. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 03 2014 at 23:51
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- Saga to Images at Twilight - Killers to Number of the Beast - Liquid Tension Experiment 2 to Spontaneous Combustion - Signals to Grace Under Pressure |
Posted By: twseel
Date Posted: February 04 2014 at 00:05
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Oldfield: Amarok -> Heaven's Open ------------- 
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: February 06 2014 at 20:36
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Troll : Minstrel in the Gallery ~ Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll ------------- |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: February 07 2014 at 02:00
I agree, though I still like Tormato.
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Posted By: tupan
Date Posted: February 07 2014 at 04:15
Wat ------------- "Prog is Not Dead and never has been." (Will Sergeant, from Echo And The Bunnymen) |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 07 2014 at 04:26
^ Yeah I know I'm mostly alone on that-- maybe you had to be there  . |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 10 2014 at 10:10
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5 stars down to 2 stars: Pink Floyd The Wall to The Final Cut IQ The Wake to Nomzamo Marillion Seasons End to Holidays In Eden |
Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: February 10 2014 at 10:49
| Sublime has always been kind of a ridiculous band to me. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 10 2014 at 10:50
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Iron Maiden: Seventh Son... to No Prayer for the Dying Yes - GFTO to Tormato (I agree) Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers to House of Blue light Genesis - Duke to Abacab Dream Theater - Awake to Falling Into Infinity I'll be back with more examples. None of the albums i mentioned are ridiculous, they are just weaker than the first mentions. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 11 2014 at 14:36
I did think about the Genesis one that you mention but its just that I'm not convinced Duke is anything more than 4 stars and Abacab probably no worse than 3 stars (although I hated it when it was released). It was the radical change in their musical emphasis that grated more than any massive drop in standards. Dodo/Lurker is also one of my favourite Genesis tracks.
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Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: February 11 2014 at 18:36
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Jon Anderson went from Olias of Sunhillow to the almost unlistenable Song of Seven (only the title track redeems it.) It would be difficult to find a larger fall. ------------- 
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Posted By: The Glide
Date Posted: February 12 2014 at 02:58
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Mayhem - De Mysteriss Dom Sathanas - Grand Declaration of war
Gorguts - from wisdom to hate - colored sands Atheist - unquestionable presence - elements At the gates - terminal spirit disease - slaughter of the soul My bloody valentine - loveless - mbv cynic - focus - traced in air Pendragon - not of this world - believe ------------- I've created an atmosphere where I'm friend first, boss second. Probably entertainer third. |
Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: February 12 2014 at 06:19
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Focus - Hamburger Concerto>Mother Focus ------------- rotten hound of the burnie crew |
Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: February 13 2014 at 16:38
Not as familiar with Rush's "transition" from Moving Pictures to Signals, but you are spot-on about Yes and Genesis! With Genesis, it might be understandable with the departure of Steve Hackett at that point. But, Yes? After such a great album as GFTO, what were they thinking releasing Tormato? 'Ridiculous' is the polite word for it (no doubt...)
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: February 13 2014 at 18:19
VDGG - debut The Aerosol Grey machine to The Least We Can do is wave to each other Obviously the reverse is the case - being that the debut is nowhere near as good as TLWCDIWTEO
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: February 13 2014 at 18:22
On the other hand the Sublime  was followd by World Record - not the worst album but a real shade down in quality -------------
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