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Tapfret 
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 Posted: July 02 2012 at 02:27 |
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I really like King Crimson's The Construkction of Light. Barely a 3 star album, I find some of Fripp's best work on this album. Lyrically pretty entertaining too: "And if Warhol's a genius, what am I?
A speck of lint on the penis of an alien"
Thraak was another I really liked.
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 02:37 |
Holger Czukay - "Movies" Popol Vuh - "Aguirre, The Wrath Of God" King Crimson - "Islands" King Crimson - "Discipline"
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Sheavy
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 03:07 |
Lizard by King Crimson - I think it's better than any other KC album. Autobahn and anything before it - Kraftwerk
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Blacksword
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 03:38 |
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^^^ Yeah, I'm suprised about Lizard by KC, being rated so low.
It's one of their best albums, imo.
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Moogtron III
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 04:06 |
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Of Queues And Cures by National Health - I don't think many people know about this album which is a shame because it's in my opinion the best Canterbury scene album
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Yes, I agree on that.
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JS19
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 04:29 |
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My favourite albums because I know so much about music that my favourite albums must be the best albums therefore albums that I like with low ratings people must have just had too limited intelligence to 'get' so I think I shall just enjoy lauding it over people that they don't understand those albums on an internet forum and sit at home listening to them thinking about how much better than everyone else I am and at the same time laughing at all the stupid people that enjoy simple music because simple music is for simple people and god I'm so intelligent compared to them
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dr prog
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 05:12 |
Abacus-Midway Pretty cool album. Alot better than previous album. Mild prog is quite often the best prog
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Epignosis
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 07:57 |
Moogtron III wrote:
pfloyd wrote:
Of Queues And Cures by National Health - I don't think many people know about this album which is a shame because it's in my opinion the best Canterbury scene album
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Yes, I agree on that.
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A great album that I have not reviewed yet.
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Epignosis
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 07:59 |
pfloyd wrote:
This is my first thread like this, thought it would be kinda interesting...
Black Chord by Astra - a very new album so maybe not enough people know about it, in my opinion it beats most albums from the 70's
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Excellent album that I have not reviewed yet.
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Everything by ELP - Seriously, how is Tarkus and Brain Salad Surgery not in at least the top 20? some of the most kick ass ballads of all time. there is a weird dislike for ELP by some of the people on this board.
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"Tarkus" is brilliant, but Tarkus has "Jeremy Bender" and "Are You Ready Eddy?" Not exactly prog brilliance.
As for Brain Salad Surgery, we get "Benny the Bouncer" and frankly, "Toccata" is just awful. Never liked it at all.
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Sagichim
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 09:46 |
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Another rated low albums that I can think of now are:
Orphaned Land's debut Sahara is no less than a masterpiece IMO and is rated very low. Another one is Arrow Head by Osage Tribe, which a few years ago was rated pretty high but now somehow is rated below 3 stars.
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Grape_Jam
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 09:51 |
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Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart
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irrelevant
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 10:08 |
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Cheer-Accident - Salad Days. It's one of the best avant-prog albums ever and it's currently rated at 2.22.
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Stevo
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 11:31 |
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UK- "UK"
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sleeper
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 11:46 |
It's amazing just how many really highly rated albums are being mentioned here (Like UK's debut in the post above mine), it really does seem that some people here think that if an album they really like has less than a 4.2 average it's being underrated!  I'll second the mention of Kayo Dot's Blue Lambency Downward, one of my favourite albums, I'm surprised it hasn't clicked more with Driver and general Avant/RIO fans, definiely better than a 3.2 IMO.
Edited by sleeper - July 02 2012 at 11:47
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Horizons
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 11:50 |
sleeper wrote:
It's amazing just how many really highly rated albums are being mentioned here, it really does seem that some people here think that if an album they really like has less than a 4.2 average it's being underrated!
I'll second the mention of Kayo Dot's Blue Lambency Downward, one of my favourite albums, I'm surprised it hasn't clicked more with Driver and general Avant/RIO fans, definiely better than a 3.2 IMO.
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Thank you, i was wondering why people are mentioning albums with ratings higher than 4.0....
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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Stevo
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 11:50 |
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Well the OP doesn't specify what rating system, so my answer is based on the general level of buzz around the album, as are a few others here I suspect.
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 12:55 |
Horizons wrote:
sleeper wrote:
It's amazing just how many really highly rated albums are being mentioned here, it really does seem that some people here think that if an album they really like has less than a 4.2 average it's being underrated!
I'll second the mention of Kayo Dot's Blue Lambency Downward, one of my favourite albums, I'm surprised it hasn't clicked more with Driver and general Avant/RIO fans, definiely better than a 3.2 IMO. |
Thank you, i was wondering why people are mentioning albums with ratings higher than 4.0.... |
The OP question is -What are some albums that you are surprised did not get higher rating?-
There are a few ways to clearly re-interpret this question. For example, I'm surprised "The Lamb" did not get a rating higher than 4.26 (as of the time of writing this post), albeit I don't really like this album but I hear people on this forum giving it so much praise, like "the best album ever" or "one of the best albums ever" or "a masterpiece", etc. The Softs' "Third" has 4.25, but it doesn't get as much mentioning.
Edited by Dayvenkirq - July 02 2012 at 12:56
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Big Ears
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 14:30 |
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ELP have their own list:
1. Brain Salad Surgery
2. Trilogy
3. Tarkus
4. ELP
5. Pictures at an Exhibition
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sleeper
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 14:42 |
Dayvenkirq wrote:
Horizons wrote:
sleeper wrote:
It's amazing just how many really highly rated albums are being mentioned here, it really does seem that some people here think that if an album they really like has less than a 4.2 average it's being underrated!
I'll second the mention of Kayo Dot's Blue Lambency Downward, one of my favourite albums, I'm surprised it hasn't clicked more with Driver and general Avant/RIO fans, definiely better than a 3.2 IMO. |
Thank you, i was wondering why people are mentioning albums with ratings higher than 4.0.... |
The OP question is -What are some albums that you are surprised did not get higher rating?-
There are a few ways to clearly re-interpret this question. For example, I'm surprised "The Lamb" did not get a rating higher than 4.26 (as of the time of writing this post), albeit I don't really like this album but I hear people on this forum giving it so much praise, like "the best album ever" or "one of the best albums ever" or "a masterpiece", etc. The Softs' "Third" has 4.25, but it doesn't get as much mentioning.
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There are plenty of albums we don't see getting mentioned on a daily basis that we know are quite highly liked, there's just too many highly rated albums for that, but when albums have hundreds of reviews and ratings, as most of whats been mentioned in this thread has, and the poster is saying that a 4+ average is surprisingly low, then I think they are going to have rather rediculous expectations for how the rest of us percieve music.
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sleeper
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 14:45 |
Stevo wrote:
Well the OP doesn't specify what rating system, so my answer is based on the general level of buzz around the album, as are a few others here I suspect. |
I think its pretty obvious the OP was reffering to this sites system, otherwise it would have been mentioned (If I'm wrong on this then the ct really has been put amongst the pidgeons.). And that UK album get's mentioned every single time there's a "which album do you think is underrated?" type of thread, so I think its got a very strong following.
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