1978: Attahk of the killer Tormato

Spacegod87 wrote: As I've stated before, Tormato was the first prog LP I ever bought, and I still maintain that the album is not as bad as people say.  I think it is enjoyable and fun and I'm not ashamed to admit that I love it.

Tormato. Madrigal is a great song. Not many people like it, but that's ok. I love it.

nice poll !

Magma not by much

I don't know exactly why, but I'll go for YES on this one. I like both albums, but I prefer Yes.

dr wu23 wrote: Please......don't make me choose.]

I won’t attahk you with rotten tormatoes if you choose not to.

Perhaps I should have included the options “I’d rather be attahked by a killer tormato...” than suffer through these albums and “I’d rather attahk you with rotten tormatoes ...”and make you suffer.

While I love Attakh and find it so much fun, it’s surely not an album for every one.

Logan wrote: Mortte wrote: Not big Attahk-fan (I think it´s Magma´s worst album right after Üdü Wüdü) but it´s still better than Tormato, so my vote goes to it. That is an unusual opinion, not that there's anything wrong with unorthodox opinions of course. Most people, as I'm sure you're aware but at least in the interests of a larger audience that may not know Magma well perusing this thread, put Merci lower than both Üdü Wüdü and Attahk (I haven't heard Magma's latest). I like Merci particularly for the B side. Üdü Wüdü has never been a favourite of mine -- been years since I last listened to it. I like the particular energy of Attahk.

Attahk was the first album I heard from Magma, just because it was the only their album in the local library and that was time when I didn´t have spotify, also in youtube there wasn´t then whole albums. I thought about Attahk then that it was really personal album, but it just didn´t hit me, I believe because it´s quite fusion nature. Because I had long loved 1966-1972-albums, I thought I should listen at least their first album from 1970. Some years ago someone put it into youtube and I loved it immediately. But it was last year, when buying ticket to Magma gig about half years before the gig, I started to listen their whole discography. About Üdü Wüdü I know also one friend who wasn´t very excited about it, I recommended the first album and he also liked it much more. I don´t put Merci very high, but I think it´s much warmer album than Attahk or Üdü Wüdü. I think their after Merci-albums are all great, well maybe Rïah Sahïltaahk loses the original, but on the other hand it´s also so short that easily not be called album. Felicite Thösz & Sl*g Tanz are also really short, but anyway new material and love them a lot!

I rate Attakh pretty highly on the Magma scale. I love most everything they did, but that one hits the spot like none other when I’m in a certain mood. Tormato isn’t bad (underrated in my view) but Magma wins easily for me.

Logan wrote: ^ For me it's Nono, that one just really gets to me, but Dondai is great. I like the whole album. At first the track I loved was "Liriïk Necronomicus Kahnt'. That was one of the first songs I heard of Magma (before I had the album), and the fun weirdness I loved. I guess it relates to the first Magma song I loved, which is ""Iss" Lanseï Doïa" off 1001° Centigrades, as it is also fun and put a big smile on my face. "Hhai" was another early favourite, and it makes me feel good. For me, Attahk is feel good, uplifting music, and I can move to it. When the record ends, I usually feel great, despite that irritating high frequency noise. Kobaia, 1001° Centigrades, Retrospektïẁ (Parts I+II) and Attahk are the album I tend to return to the most.

Although they are so much more than just fun (including very, very dark) - Magma to me is really the most fun band in the universe. More often than not there's something fundamentally joyous to their musical bombastic arrangements, use of voice and general theatrics. The out there wickedness of some of their early stuff such as Stöah, Ki Ïahl Ö Lïahk mm... (including the ones you mention) makes me smile and even laugh a lot more often than most "funny" Zappa-songs.