Favourite Solo 33 and a Third Album
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Topic: Favourite Solo 33 and a Third Album
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: Favourite Solo 33 and a Third Album
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 01:33
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The third and final poll in the solo albums series. David Gilmour gets my vote this time around. I have a feeling Mike Oldfield is going to win this poll.
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 01:59
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MO ------------- 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: b_olariu
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 02:23
| Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 02:43
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As much as I wanted to vote for "Peter Hammill - The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage" or even "Robin Trower - For Earth Below", I decided to vote for "Peter Gabriel - Melt". ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 03:26
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Tubular Bells, Hergest Ridge and Ommadawn have never really done it for me. I much prefer his later stuff, like QE2, Discovery and the Lake and Five Miles Out - though I'm definitely in the minority on this. I own several albums on the list, but the only one I play regularly is Spectral Mornings. As usual with Hackett, it's a bit hit and miss, but the hits (Every Day, Clocks - The Angel of Mons and Spectral Mornings) far outweigh any negatives. So an easy choice. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Braka1
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 03:38
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For me this came down to Eno's 'Another Green World' and Gabriel's 'Melt'. AGW is certainly the more important album. I'd go so far as to call it one of the most influential art rock albums ever recorded. It was Bowie's favourite album during the later 70's and clearly a major influence on his 'Berlin' trilogy, as well as having an immense influence on the ambient movement and everything that developed around and out of that. I think most critics would vote for it over 'Melt', but it's also a somewhat remote album for me in some ways. Of the four early 'song' oriented Eno albums it's the one I turn to least (it's also the least song-oriented of the four, with the instrumental tracks really being more the focus). So I think objectively it might be the better album, but 'Melt' was just such a big part of my late teen years, and spent so many countless hours on my turntables, I'm giving it the nod. In hindsight it has perhaps a couple of slight mis-steps (I'm not sure whether 'Family Snapshot' is great, or whether it teeters too close to being melodramatic), but they're dwarfed by the classics, 'Intruder', 'And Through the Wire', 'Biko', 'Games without Frontiers' and 'I Don't Remember'. ------------- Believe me Pope Paul, my toes are clean |
Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 03:40
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It's not very proggy but Melt gets my vote here; there's not a single song on it that I don't love. Spectral Mornings and Let The Power Fall are very important to me as well though; a painful choice this was. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 04:54
I agree with you about Mike Oldfield's Hergest Ridge - I've never really been able to get into that pastoral album either and it's the only one of Mike Oldfield's albums from his early period that I've never gone out and bought. It's only ever been a three-star album for me, whereas Tubular Bells and Ommadawn are both five-star albums from my point of view.
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Hercules wrote:Posted By: progmatic
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 04:56
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I went back and forth among three albums: Steve Hackett, Mike Oldfield and Kate Bush. As much as I love "Ommadawn" side one, side two isn't as good so I tossed Oldfield. Now it's down to my favorite Kate Bush album and one of if not my favorite Steve Hackett work. Guess I'll vote Bush. No, wait, Hackett. No, wait, Kate. Wait a minute ... last time I voted Bush we got Dick Cheney. Hackett it is. Kudos to Ian Anderson, Eno, Peter Hammill, Rick Wakeman and Roger Waters for excellent efforts as well. Thumb's down on Annie's album and Pete Bardens' as well. Thank you very much to Kevin Ayers. ------------- PROGMATIC |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 04:58
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Peter Bardens - Heart to Heart (1979) I enjoy this from time to time, and it deserves at least 1 vote.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 04:59
I just discovered to my delight yesterday that David Bowie is listed on ProgArchives, so I'm very much looking forward to choosing my eight favourite songs for the Make Your Own David Bowie Album thread.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 05:02
It's good to see Peter Bardens pick up at least one vote. I love Peter Bardens' psychedelic first album The Answer (1969). I recently bought it on CD for £11, having ordered it specially.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 05:04
That's hilarious!
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 05:09
it's the only Bardens album I enjoy.
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Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 05:27
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Spectral Mornings, just ahead of Melt. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 06:05
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Ommadawn ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: TerLJack
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 06:20
| I love Jon's Animation, but I love Gabriel's third album more. |
Posted By: DarkTower
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 07:36
| Amongst this list, I prefer Waters' Amused to Death. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 08:09
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Jon Lord's Sarabande is surprisingly good and the best by far of his (semi-laughable) classical-wanabe solo career. And TBH, outside his Ashton collabs, I never paid attention to the rest of his solo discography
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 08:24
I loved Jon Lord's Gemini Suite album too and gave it a glowing five-star review recently. At least I know what "TBH" means now. I used to think it meant The Band of Horses. I'm really surprised that Peter Gabriel's "Melt" album is out-performing Mike Oldfield's "Ommadawn" in this poll.
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 08:25
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Eno...love all his early ones and Green World is very good imho. Also like,,,Bush, Ayres, Gabriel, Trower..... ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 08:54
| This is a hard one. Way to many to choose a favorite, so I won't vote this time around. |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 09:06
| Had to give Anthony Phillips a vote even though the correct answer is Mike Oldfield. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 09:18
Mike Oldfield was the correct answer for me too.
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Posted By: LAM-SGC
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 12:21
| Just a small thing, Syd only made two solo albums. Opel is a compilation and had nothing to do with it. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 12:36
I know, but thanks for telling me anyway.
The third Syd Barrett Opel album was a compilation of out-takes and demos from his 1970 recordings, but at least it gives me the opportunity to include a third Syd Barrett album in this poll for the benefit of his many fans here.  |
Posted By: LAM-SGC
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 12:42
Ah, fair play to you then. I've got a very rare Syd collection in addition to the 2 solos and Opal, it was issued by Caroline Records and came with a badge, a cloth bag and a glossy photo. I've also got Syd's Peel Sessions. |
Posted By: Foxprog
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 12:53
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Ommadawn, just for the first part |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 14:09
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Waters, followed by Hammill, Hackett and Gilmour. ------------- 
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Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 14:37
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Of these, I selected the amazing "Another Green World" by Eno. It was the first time I heard Percy Jones on fretless bass...I had to sit up and say 'What in the Hell is THAT??" Sublime performances by Robert Fripp as well, one of Eno's best. Here, have some! ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 19:57
| How can I choose between Myths and Legends and Ommadawn, two of my favourite albums ever... I might give Ommadawn a slight edge, but since Arthur seems bound to get much less votes, I'm going with that one. |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 21:08
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AGW ------------- |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 21:29
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Melt is one of the great albums of the 80s. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 22:10
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Spectral Mornings ------------- A curse upon the heads of those who seek their fortunes in a lie. The truth is always waiting when there's nothing left to try. - Colin Henson, Jade Warrior (Now) |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 22:34
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Ommadawn but Spectral Mornings and Another Green world are close
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Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: February 10 2020 at 22:35
I also prefer Oldfield's 80s albums, but I do love TB, Ommadawn and the PLatinum Suite, less so Hergest Ridge and Incantations
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: February 11 2020 at 00:03
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Some of my very favorites are on here, such as Ommadawn, Spectral Mornings, and Melt. There are also a lot of other albums I greatly enjoy, but my vote goes to Brian Eno. Another Green World is not just a good album, nor is it one that defines a genre (or sub-genre), but is in fact one that transcends genre; it is one of those albums that has a special quality to it that almost defies description. It is not just a listen, it is an experience. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 11 2020 at 00:30
| Ommadawn as it's one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard. Nothing else on this list gets close. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 11 2020 at 01:02
I totally agree. I love Tubular Bells and Ommadawn too, but I'm not a big fan of Hergest Ridge or Incantations. This poll result has been surprising to me, because Peter Gabriel is currently leading the poll, one vote ahead of Mike Oldfield, when I was expecting it to be a battle for first place between Mike Oldfield and Steve Hackett.
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Posted By: Dopeydoc
Date Posted: February 11 2020 at 15:00
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Spectral Mornings. |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: February 11 2020 at 23:57
| Whatevershebringswesing |
Posted By: Enchant X
Date Posted: February 12 2020 at 04:31
Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn 
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 12 2020 at 05:39
| The results of this poll are going to be very close indeed - Mike Oldfield, Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett are all currently battling it out for first place. |
Posted By: progmatic
Date Posted: February 12 2020 at 15:13
Finally a vote for Ayers. Thank you very much. ------------- PROGMATIC |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 12 2020 at 15:55
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I'm really surprised David Gilmour's On an Island has only picked up one vote so far. It's my personal favourite David Gilmour album, although I voted for Mike Oldfield in this poll.
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Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: February 12 2020 at 15:58
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It was tough to choose something over the wonderful Ommadawn - but Spectral Mornings has too many special memories for me... and that title track still resonates. ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 12 2020 at 16:06
The most surprising result of all was the second solo album poll which Robin Trower went on to win by a comfortable margin, although he's not doing nearly so well in this poll.
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Posted By: progmatic
Date Posted: February 12 2020 at 16:08
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Bridge of Sighs is a fantastic album. ------------- PROGMATIC |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 12 2020 at 16:21
I agree. I listened to my 5-CD box set of the first five Robin Trower albums just a couple of weeks ago. He might be added to ProgArchives one day, with any luck.
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Posted By: progmatic
Date Posted: February 12 2020 at 16:27
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I saw Robin Trower and Johnny Winter, same show, on the banks of the Cuyahoga River. Trower opened and was phenomenal. He thanked the crowd for "coming to see ME!" Winter was not impressed. He came out, muttered "I'm glad to see a few people stuck around to see me," and launched into the greatest blues playing I have ever seen. NOTHING in his recorded repertoire, studio or live, even comes close to what he did that day. That said, Trower was better. ------------- PROGMATIC |
Posted By: Hiram
Date Posted: June 05 2022 at 22:57
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Bump. Peter Hammill > Brian Eno > Mike Oldfield |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: June 06 2022 at 06:16
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Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn (1975) ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: June 06 2022 at 13:14
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Sides, Ommadawn, and Melt are all amazing albums. Spectral Mornings is sabotaged by that joke song at the end of "Side One". But I must go with Tony Banks The Fugitive as the stand-out album of this poll.
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Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: June 06 2022 at 15:23
| Peter Hammill Silent corner just ahead of a bunch of others LPs : Steve Hackett , Brian Eno, David Gilmour, Peter Gabriel..) |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: June 06 2022 at 15:24
indeed 
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: June 06 2022 at 16:31
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It's going to be tough to unseat Gabriel and Oldfield in this poll buy Stormcock by Roy Harper would have gave them a run for thier money. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |