Another "not actually bad albums" poll
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Topic: Another "not actually bad albums" poll
Posted By: Cristi
Subject: Another "not actually bad albums" poll
Date Posted: May 31 2022 at 08:35
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Borrowing the idea from the previous poll (Doug's)... For the fun of it, choose, post your choice, leave a comment.
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: May 31 2022 at 08:46
| Haven't heard all of these but I like Big Generator so that gets my vote. |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: May 31 2022 at 08:53
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I don't generally listen to 'bad' albums so I don't have many of these. I really don't like Gilmour - About Face at all. The Pink Floyd - More album is pretty good if you are into that era, there's a bunch of good stuff on it. That gets my vote. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: May 31 2022 at 09:33
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Gilmour > ELP > GG ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: May 31 2022 at 09:46
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The only two I really have any affection at all for are Floyd and Rush. Rush, barely, but I do actually really quite like More. I wasn’t even aware anyone thought it was a bad enough album to qualify as “not actually bad”. It’s not a particularly well known album in the Floyd discography, but I thought it was pretty well appreciated by those who do know it? 🤷🏻♂️ ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: May 31 2022 at 09:50
it's one of the lower rated PF albums here on PA. One of my favorites from Pink Floyd.
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nick_h_nz wrote:Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: May 31 2022 at 09:52
None of the albums in the poll I find as "bad", but many others do. Also a couple of albums in the poll have a bad reputation, undeservingly I dare say (Big Generator, Slaves and Masters).
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: May 31 2022 at 10:01
I thought Michael Jackson was Bad, but Weird Al Yankovic is Even Worse!  By the way, am I supposed to vote for the "baddest" (ie. least favourite) album in the poll, or the album I like the most of all?
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: May 31 2022 at 10:06
The poll question is "What's your favorite out of these?" What is your difficulty here?  |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: May 31 2022 at 10:12
Sorry, I missed that. My favourite is David Gilmour and least favourite is Gentle Giant, obviously.
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: May 31 2022 at 10:22
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I don't know all of these and those I know are OKish. More has some very good bits, and I'm wondering whether I should support Manfred Mann for his, let's say, far from diabolical album, as chances are nobody else will do that, but the most honest vote would probably go to Camel even though this isn't anywhere near great. It has Ice though. |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: May 31 2022 at 10:24
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First vote for Emerson, Lake & Powell's self-titled. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: May 31 2022 at 10:42
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Presto and Big Generator from this lot . . . ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: May 31 2022 at 10:46
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You Can say that I want More In other words, the Pink Floyd for me. EDIT: And to be more suitably relevant, a favourite of mine off More: Cirrus Minor ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: May 31 2022 at 10:51
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^ video unavailable for me What song did you post there?
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: May 31 2022 at 10:57
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^ It was Can's "I Want More", I edited to another video embed of the same song, and added a Pink Floyd. ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: May 31 2022 at 10:59
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Posted By: Heart of the Matter
Date Posted: May 31 2022 at 11:06
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I'm giving a spin to my old Slaves And Masters vynil, and guess what: it's not actually bad, at all . The other albums aren't bad either, but underrated maybe.
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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: May 31 2022 at 11:21
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Went with Presto here. Not my favorite Rush album but defiantly had some good moments. Love Available Light, wonderful little hidden gem on that album.
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: May 31 2022 at 12:28
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I find most of these enjoyable albums, although not near the masterpieces these artists are known for. My favorite is probably About Face by David Gilmour. ELPowell, Big Generator, and Presto also get regular play. ------------- 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: Progfan1958
Date Posted: May 31 2022 at 12:59
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Obviously not as progressive as most of their previous albums, but Gentle Giant's "Civilian" is a solid set of songs and very well played. I saw them perform on the 1980 tour for this album, and they were still in peak form and mixed both new and old pieces seamlessly. It a shame that this band was not a success financially, because they were unique, talented, and very tuneful. ------------- Progfan1958 "Peace to you all" "La paix est avec vous" "Pax vobiscum" "Al salaam a'alaykum" "Vrede zij met u allen" "Shalom aleichem" |
Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: May 31 2022 at 13:25
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Second vote for the Emerson, Lake, and Powell album. Nothing against Carl Palmer, but this album is one of my all-time favorites. My second choice from this list would be Manfred Mann's Criminal Tango. It's not as good as Watch or Chance, but it's still a very solid album, especially "Side One".
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: May 31 2022 at 13:28
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Posted By: EduTatsumi
Date Posted: May 31 2022 at 14:17
| Camel - I Can See Your House From Here |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: May 31 2022 at 14:41
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More is clearly the outlier here ------------- 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: Duddick
Date Posted: May 31 2022 at 15:16
| I too wasn’t aware More was classified as a bad album. I love it, hence my vote. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: May 31 2022 at 15:23
It's one of the low rated PF albums on PA. I never understood why.
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: May 31 2022 at 15:48
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: May 31 2022 at 16:05
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I don't feel qualifed to vote, and I don't feel like doing an effort to qualify as there's a handul of albums here that I suspect will be a huge waste of listening time - and my life really. But isn't More kind of great? I Can See You're House From Here is mostly very nice as well. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: May 31 2022 at 17:07
Don't take it as an insult, Civilian is a good album, I've always liked it. I meant "not actually bad" in a positive way, as in "worth it". |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: May 31 2022 at 17:11
You sound rude and honest in the same time.
Only AMLOR is rated lower.
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Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: May 31 2022 at 18:42
| I really enjoy most of these albums, so it was hard to vote for one in particular. At the end, I voted for Camel. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: June 01 2022 at 00:12
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More is on the bottom of my PF studio albums ranking, but still pretty good. However, About Face gets my vote. In the context of a "not actually bad year", this is an outstanding album, ------------- 
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: June 01 2022 at 01:40
I don't particularly enjoy Brain Salad Surgery or Tarkus so I won't ever listen to Love Beach. "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results". I'm not insane. -Except for Civillian which I've heard, and didn't find much to enjoy - I've been turned off by far more critically acclaimed albums that I've actually checked out by the rest of the bands in the poll. So I'm only moderatly interested in them in the first place.
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Posted By: Rick1
Date Posted: June 01 2022 at 01:51
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ELPowell - great album - put it against what their contemporaries were doing in the 80s... I have revisited More thanks to the wonderful Nick Mason tour. That comes second.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: June 01 2022 at 01:53
thanks for explaining
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: June 01 2022 at 01:58
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I voted Rush: Presto, purely because I don't think it is a bad album at all. Admittedly, it was when their love affair with synthesisers was at a height, which dates it to a specific period, but a lot of the songs are great. Otherwise, I would have voted for Eloy: Destination, which really isn't that bad either. I'm not sure whether forum members either think it's a bad album or they just haven't heard it, which is why it's stuck on '0' still, but even though it's far from classic Eloy, as an album in it's own right, it's quite respectable. Deep Purple's Slaves & Masters on the other hand is fairly abject....
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Posted By: VianaProghead
Date Posted: June 01 2022 at 02:47
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There are some good albums here, really, but I chose David Gilmour - About Face.
------------- "PROG IS MY FERRARI". Jem Godfrey (Frost*) |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: June 01 2022 at 03:47
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As some don't understand why More even qualifies to be listed here, I say that although I have no problems with that album, I indeed don't think it's particularly strong as an overall listen. There are some four or so tracks on it that I really like, but overall it has this "soundtrack effect" with quite a bit of stuff that serves the soundtrack purpose in the first place (I've never seen that film so I don't know how well it works there), but is not (at least for me) particularly interesting or worthwhile as a standalone listen. If an album has 50-60% of such stuff, it's no reason really to criticise it (it's OK for soundtracks to be like that), but it will be nowhere near the better albums of that band in my personal appreciation. |
Posted By: Hiram
Date Posted: June 01 2022 at 07:27
| Pink Floyd - More. I don't rate the album very high, but Cirrus Minor and The Nile Song save a lot. |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: June 01 2022 at 12:04
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I like Rush, Camel and Pink Floyd albums |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: June 01 2022 at 12:28
| Camel Pink Floyd D Gilmour |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: June 01 2022 at 12:29
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I love Pink Floyd’s More Along with Ummagumma their most under appreciated albums -------------  https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: June 01 2022 at 13:19
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I think More isn't a bad album at all. I also like Civilian. ------------- 
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