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fudgenuts64 
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 02:50 |
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Hard one for me, I gotta think about this. All are really good but Up The Downstair and Stupid Dream probably tie it for me.
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 03:02 |
Stupid Dream and On The Sunday Of Life are both fantastic. I'll go with the former.
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 03:08 |
Like a record stuck in the final groove, I constantly mention that `Signify' is not only Porcupine Tree's defining moment, but one of the best modern progressive albums. A beautiful blend of prog, ambient, gothic, dance, hard rock and psych.
`Up The Downstair' is also superb, but only the original version, not the `remixed' one with the live drums. It totally changed the sound of the album, where it used to blend the programmed/dancy drums with prog, with new one removed that dance element altogether, somewhat ruining the inventive and truly progressive sound it first had!
`Sunday' is a gorgeous 80's influneced psych/pop knockout, and the first of their run of more indie-rock albums `Stupid Dream' beautifully changed the focus to a more song-based direction without letting go of the prog rock style.
Only `The Incident' is a slight disappointment, a good album on it's own, but the metal/harder elements were starting to sound a little tired, and the whole thing kind of suggested a bit of a step-back and rethink approach might be best for a while...cue the band being put on hold as we speak. 
But really, not an even remotely bad album among this bunch! What a band! 
Edited by Aussie-Byrd-Brother - May 16 2013 at 06:36
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King Crimson776
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 03:18 |
Stupid Dream is their best.
In Absentia is one of their worst.
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 04:05 |
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The Incident. Never understood the hate for it.
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Kotro
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 04:16 |
 King Crimson776 wrote:
Stupid Dream is their best.
In Absentia is one of their worst. |
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 04:55 |
This poll is asking for the 'Best 3 star P.T. album' - I don't get it  .................
Or should it be 3 of the best P.T. albums ??
Anyway, to answer the question - the best '3 star' album would have to be 'Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape'
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 04:58 |
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I don't own Signify, but out of the others, I'd have to say Stupid Dream.
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 05:02 |
Tom, I thought it meant `Best of the PTree albums that are currently on 3 star ratings on the Archives, but now that I've checked, pretty much all of their albums are mostly at about 4 stars, so now I don't understand either! 
Unless these are the albums that the original poster feels are 3 star albums?
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 05:14 |
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I know three of five of them. Up The Downstairs is my favorite in the list. Never heard "Sunday" and "Incident".
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 05:24 |
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On the Sunday of Life.
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 05:24 |
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Picked Up the Downstair, with Signify a close second. The Incident is fine; three stars is about right for it.. OTSOL and Stupid Dream are two of my least favorites from PT.
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 06:31 |
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The Incident.
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 07:02 |
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Yeah, I'm not certain I understand the criteria either but oh well, from these, I have to go with Signify as one of the best in their entire career. For me, In Absentia and Signify are Porcupine Tree's two best albums. This was an easy vote for me. I do love The Incident and Stupid Dream but no contest when compared to Signify.
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Blacksword
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 07:20 |
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Signify.
One of their best albums imo. Not far behind In Absentia. Level with Deadwing, and slightly ahead of FOABP, and better than any of the others listed by quite a large margin.
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 07:36 |
Tom Ozric wrote:
This poll is asking for the 'Best 3 star P.T. album' - I don't get it .................
Or should it be 3 of the best P.T. albums ??
Anyway, to answer the question - the best '3 star' album would have to be 'Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape' |
I assume he means between 3 and 4. 'Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape' is 2.44.
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 07:45 |
What ? Stupid Dream is rated 3 stars ???
It's one of their best albums (in my humble opinion, that is)...
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 08:05 |
Melomaniac wrote:
What ? Stupid Dream is rated 3 stars ???
It's one of their best albums (in my humble opinion, that is)... |
Actually 3.97
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 08:08 |
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Went for Signify, but I like material on all these
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progmatic
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 08:55 |
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1. Signify
2. Stupid Dream
3. Up the Downstair (original)
4. The Incident
5. On the Sunday of Life
The first three are awesome beyond belief, IMHO. Signify is one of my favorite albums ever, by anyone.
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