PA Top 9 - Out Of Order (Part 3)
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Topic: PA Top 9 - Out Of Order (Part 3)
Posted By: zravkapt
Subject: PA Top 9 - Out Of Order (Part 3)
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 23:19
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Sorry Godbluff, you were up against some stiff competition. ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 23:47
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Red! ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: February 26 2015 at 00:13
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Red for me. Doesn't come off as too much musically and yet still delivers killer chops and wonderfully emotive playing. I'd almost go to say that I prefer Fallen Angel to anything on the other albums. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: February 26 2015 at 00:15
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Historically, WYWH. Lately, probably Red. ------------- https://dreamwindow.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - My Music 
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 26 2015 at 00:20
| Wish You Were Here |
Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: February 26 2015 at 00:37
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Close to the edge. -------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 26 2015 at 02:03
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3 of my favourite albums voted Red
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: February 26 2015 at 03:05
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1 Close To The Edge 2 Wish You Were Here 3 Red Two very good albums and one I just don't like. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 26 2015 at 03:18
This. ------------- 
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Hercules wrote:Posted By: Imperial Zeppelin
Date Posted: February 26 2015 at 05:53
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Yes ------------- "Hey there, Dog Man, now I drink from your bowl." |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: February 26 2015 at 07:12
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CTTE (yeah man!!) WYWH Red ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: progmatic
Date Posted: February 26 2015 at 07:48
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It was close (to the edge) Wish you were here to help me make my choice Red with embarrassment at being so indecisive. Went with Yes because it is fabulous from first to last moment. Floyd second only because Have a Cigar is just a bit too commercial for my tastes Red is third as the most uneven of the three albums, although it has my favorite song of any of the three: Starless, which might just have the most awesome conclusion to any song ever! ------------- PROGMATIC |
Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: February 26 2015 at 08:51
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Floyd goes 3 for 3. CTTE was not far off but Red was by a lot. Good thing Godbluff wasn't on there though. ------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: February 26 2015 at 10:14
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1. Red 2. WYWH 3. CttE Godbluff would've taken second place for me had it been included here. -------------  
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Posted By: Libor10
Date Posted: February 26 2015 at 10:35
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Yes, this one is tough. After a consideration I gave vote to Red, but I should say I did it with bleeding heart as CttE is fantastic album and so is WYWH. ------------- 
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Posted By: TerLJack
Date Posted: February 26 2015 at 10:35
| For me, these are all the best albums of these band's careers. It then comes down to which is my favorite band out of the three. It's Yes, with much reservation. |
Posted By: Varon
Date Posted: February 26 2015 at 10:54
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Red WYWH ______ ______ ______ CTtE ------------- Would you catch the final words of mine? Would you catch my words??? |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: February 26 2015 at 11:07
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From my review of CTTE: "Speaking of Offord, he is almost the sixth member here. He basically took a bunch of half-finished ideas and edited them into the title track. The first 8 minutes of said title track is some of the greatest 8 minutes in all prog ..... This was also the last album with Bruford(for a very long time). His drumming is missed on future Yes albums" From my review of WYWH: "On this album Mason only uses one kick/bass drum. He was one of the first rock drummers to use a double-bass drumkit. On WYWH he could have been replaced by a drum machine. Like DSOTM there is some sax and female backup vocals. The sax playing here is awful. It sounds like an intrusion, it doesn't compliment the music at all. The female vocals are almost pointless and don't add anything like they do on DSOTM. The lyrics may be some of Waters' best, like the classic line: "The band is just fantastic, that is really what I think/Oh by the way, which one's Pink?" But the music is some of the most uninteresting they had done up to this point. Most of the time they sound like they are on auto-pilot. Just going through the motions. Before this album they attempted to make an album called Household Objects. All the instruments would be...household objects. That concept sounds more interesting than almost anything here. At the beginning of "Shine On" you can hear some wine glasses recorded for the aborted album" From my review of Red: "Featuring possibly the lamest album cover in Crimson's entire discography, this is a very heavy album for the mid-70s. David Cross is now gone and the band are left as a "power trio". Fripp ended the band after this was recorded but before it was released. Oddly enough, some former members of Crimson appear here as if the whole thing was planned as a swan song to begin with. Crimson co-founder Ian McDonald plays sax and in fact wanted to rejoin the group and continue without Fripp. Wetton and Bruford wanted to continue as well, but Fripp decided there would be no KC without him. Bruford would be a session musician for a few years; Wetton joined Uriah Heep; and McDonald ended up in Foreigner. Besides McDonald, Mel Collins also plays some sax. In addition, some of the reed players from the Sinfield-era are present as well. Not only do some of the guest musicians recall earlier Crimson, but Red has some similarities to ITCOTKC as well. Both have 5 songs, one of them being a pointless improvisation. The first tracks on both albums are also the most rocking. The second songs on both albums are ballads. The last songs on both albums are the most varied. On Red, Bruford is getting more interesting as a drummer and Wetton's singing is improving" I voted for Close To The Edge ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: February 26 2015 at 12:01
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1. Close to the Edge (ADER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) 2. Wish You Were Here 3. Red ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: February 26 2015 at 12:01
This
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Posted By: bloodnarfer
Date Posted: February 26 2015 at 12:11
this exactly ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ramza1316" rel="nofollow - www.last.fm/user/ramza1316 https://open.spotify.com/user/1211221845" rel="nofollow - https://open.spotify.com/user/1211221845 |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: February 26 2015 at 12:12
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CTTE, Red, WYWH |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: February 26 2015 at 13:18
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CTTE ------------- |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: February 26 2015 at 13:47
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Red, an almost perfect album. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: progadicto
Date Posted: February 26 2015 at 14:29
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CttE ------------- ... E N E L B U N K E R... |
Posted By: snowsnow
Date Posted: February 26 2015 at 15:29
| CTTE just edging out WYWH |
Posted By: emigre80
Date Posted: February 26 2015 at 15:40
same for me, maybe a bit more than edging.
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 26 2015 at 17:15
more like comparing a Testarossa to a Pinto.... both will get you where you want to go.. one does in style man... and with fist pumping.. white knuckle joy... One powered by a finely tuned V12 Turbo Squire... the other a clogged V4 Waters ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: February 27 2015 at 08:38
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KC is probably my favorite prog band but in this case I'm going with CTTE....Red next...then WYWH bringing up the rear. If Red had another track on it other than Providence I would have picked Red. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: emigre80
Date Posted: February 27 2015 at 11:51
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: February 27 2015 at 21:24
| This is the most difficult of the 3 polls, between CttE and WywH, but I must go with Floyd, my favourite album from my favourite band (CttE would be my favourite album from my second favourite band, actually). |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: February 28 2015 at 02:14
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Red ------------- 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: zravkapt
Date Posted: June 28 2016 at 17:36
------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: DeadSouls
Date Posted: June 28 2016 at 18:19
| WYWH |
Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: June 28 2016 at 20:05
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Close to the Edge is the only masterpiece here. The other two are 3 star albums for me. ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: MFP
Date Posted: June 28 2016 at 20:11
| Close to the Edge |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: June 28 2016 at 21:24
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All great Red > WYWH > CTTE ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Modrigue
Date Posted: June 29 2016 at 03:06
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Wish You Were Here for me ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqf2srRfppHAslEmHBn8QP6d_eoanh0eW" rel="nofollow - My compositions |
Posted By: O666
Date Posted: June 29 2016 at 09:44
| RED with no doubt ! |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: June 29 2016 at 20:55
------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: Upbeat Tango Monday
Date Posted: July 01 2016 at 00:48
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CTTE >>>> Red >> WYWH ------------- Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement. |
Posted By: aglasshouse
Date Posted: July 01 2016 at 00:49
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Wish You Were Here. By a longshot. ------------- http://fryingpanmedia.com |
Posted By: Pastmaster
Date Posted: July 01 2016 at 01:47
Same
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