Okay we have Octopus (seeded 4) against Three Friends (seeded 6)

http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=72648&PN=1 - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=72648&PN=1

Sorry?

Paul the Octopus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oktopus-Orakel_Paul_mit_Schuh.JPG">
Paul in his http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquarium - tank , next to a football boot with the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Germany - German flag colours
Other appellation(s)	"Paul" Oktopus Paul die Krake Pulpo Paul
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species - Species	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus_vulgaris - Octopus vulgaris
Sex	Male
Born	January 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weymouth,_England - Weymouth, England , or in the waters off http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elba - Elba, Tuscany, Italy
Died	26 October 2010 (aged 2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberhausen,_Germany - Oberhausen, Germany
Occupation	Exhibit Psychic Football Pundit 2008–2010
Known for	Preselecting boxes corresponding with the winners of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany_national_football_team - Germany's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football - football matches
Owner	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Life_Centres - Sea Life Centres (aquarium keeper: Oliver Walenciak)
Named after	A poem by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Lornsen - Boy Lornsen , Der Tintenfisch Paul Oktopus

Paul the Octopus (reportedly hatched January 2008; died 26 October 2010) ^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_the_Octopus#cite_note-0 - [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_the_Octopus#cite_note-death-1 - [2]} was a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_octopus - common octopus from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weymouth - Weymouth , England, who lived in a tank at a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Life_Centres - Sea Life Centre in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberhausen - Oberhausen , Germany. ^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_the_Octopus#cite_note-2 - [3]} Paul became internationally famous for correctly predicting the winner of each of Germany's seven matches at the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup - 2010 World Cup , as well as the final.

Paul's selections were designed so that he was presented with two boxes containing food in the form of a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mussel - mussel , each box marked on the outside with the flag of a national http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football - football team in an upcoming match. His choice of which mussel to eat first was taken as indicating his prediction of a win for the country whose flag was on that box. These selections were correct in four of Germany's six http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_UEFA_European_Football_Championship - Euro 2008 matches, and in all seven of their matches in the 2010 World Cup. He also correctly selected a win for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain_national_football_team - Spain against the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_national_football_team - Netherlands in the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_Final - World Cup Final on 11 July by eating the mussel in the box with the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Spain - Spanish flag on it. ^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_the_Octopus#cite_note-3 - [4]} His "predictions" were 100% (8/8) correct for the 2010 World Cup and 86% (12/14) correct overall. However, the keeper at the aquarium states that Paul was not the same octopus that predicted the results for the 2008 UEFA European Football Championships. ^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_the_Octopus#cite_note-4 - [5]} Paul was retired after the 2010 FIFA World Cup and died soon after.

Oh that Paul.

He was a tw@

 

The best of they're work is still Acquiring the Taste for me.

(This is almost as tough as choosing between your own children...)

 

Octopus was a massive disappointment for me as my first GG album

 

OK, but my vote go to: Octopus.

 

thx

Have you been hiding somewhere? He's a newbie and newbie's can't vote.

 

Its been so long I forgot!

Maybe Octopus shows more the brilliance and versatility of GG, but Three Friends is a more enjoyable listen for me, so I vote for the Friends.

It's a recent rule change so you obviously missed it.

Tree Friendsi find a bit confused but with some exelent highlights, where i find Octopus to be very relaxed, and solid all the way trough. My vote goes to Octopus.

 

NB: Havent followed the match, How did the "The Glass House" come down ?

Would have expected that to be a favorite.  

 

Octopus beat Glass House in the semi final. 32 to 27.

Falling against the Gaint Octo, that a worthy exit.

 

This is a toughie, probably my two favorite GG albums. I'll go for Octopus today.

Doubltless, I cast my vote to the mighty Octopus, first Giant record I ever heard, and that I loved at first hearing.

35-29

Be my guest!