Raymondo Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Family..... It's only a Movie. Too "American" for most family fans but I love it and still play it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 [quote name='phil.c60' timestamp='1484999899' post='3220260'] Deep Purple's "Come Taste the Band". Most Purple fans hated it as there was no Richie, but I liked it and still play it from time to time now. [/quote]I don't like it because a, it ain't good and b, Tommy Bolin ain't that good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raymondo Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 [quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1485007503' post='3220346'] I don't like it because a, it ain't good and b, Tommy Bolin ain't that good. [/quote] Isn't that the point of this thread; Albums you personally like but are deemed to be poor by the majority? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 [quote name='Raymondo' timestamp='1485009093' post='3220362'] Isn't that the point of this thread; Albums you personally like but are deemed to be poor by the majority? [/quote]Sorry, wrong thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 I never understood why Tales of Topographic Oceans was so vilified. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil.c60 Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 [quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1485009472' post='3220368'] Sorry, wrong thread [/quote] And wrong opinion...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Rush: Presto and Roll The Bones, vilified even by Rush fans, but I like them both - a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Metallica - St Anger Well, the first half at least; I like the snare sound, I like the guitar tone, I like they were trying to revist their thrash roots. Cymabls sound sh*te though and the second half of the album is remarkably ropey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Kate Bush - The Dreaming. Critical opinion seems to be that Hounds of Love is her masterpiece, but give me The Dreaming any day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raymondo Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 [quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1485009472' post='3220368'] Sorry, wrong thread [/quote] Oh no need for an apology I should have put a smiley after my comment to show that I was not being abrasive... So if anything ...my apologies to you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrenochrome Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 [quote name='Barking Spiders' timestamp='1484932001' post='3219852'] ...Flock of Seagulls... [/quote] Missing [if I had a photograph of you] is in our set ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Two of my suggestions have already been mentioned: Presto - Rush One Hot Minute - RHCP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 [quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1485015715' post='3220442'] Rush: Presto and Roll The Bones, vilified even by Rush fans, but I like them both - a lot. [/quote] Roll The Bones is one of my favourite Rush albums [quote name='ras52' timestamp='1485016606' post='3220452'] Kate Bush - The Dreaming. Critical opinion seems to be that Hounds of Love is her masterpiece, but give me The Dreaming any day! [/quote] The Dreaming is without a doubt my favourite Kate Bush Album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliasMooseblaster Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 [i]Six [/i]by Mansun. The NME referred to it as a "taste apocalypse"; they loved [i]Attack of the [/i][i]Grey Lantern[/i], probably because it was a much better fit to the narrow definition of cookie-cutter indie and Britpop they had decided were the only fashionable genres of music worth promoting at the time. "Don't Mansun realise prog-rock died out 20 years ago?", they opined. Well the NME can do one as far as I'm concerned (not just regarding that review, but more generally). [i]Six[/i] is exactly the sort of sprawling, schizophrenic hot mess that drew me into progressive rock in the first place. If Mansun had pressed on in that direction (and, you know, not fallen out with each other), I do wonder whether they could have been favourably compared with Radiohead further down the line. Oh, and since a few people have brought up Deep Purple... [quote name='guyl' timestamp='1485004852' post='3220304'] Also saw Deep Purple live after the Abandon album. Everyone around me moaned that Steve Morse wasn't Ritchie Blackmore. But he didn't try to be, and I thought did a great job. A refreshing new take on Deep Purple classics. [/quote] ...I really quite liked [i]Abandon[/i]. A bit patchy in places, but as long as you're braced for the fact that it won't sound like Deep Purple MkII at their peak, it's a pretty solid album. Ditto [i]Rapture from the Deep.[/i] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikel Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1485012785' post='3220410'] I never understood why Tales of Topographic Oceans was so vilified. [/quote] True. Not my favorite but it was great live. I saw the tour when they started by playing the whole 4 song double album straight off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevvo66 Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 (edited) Elbow ,asleep in the back ,a very dark album ,especially, powder blue . Which mr Garvey wrote about two drug addicts he observed one day while in the pub ,a tragic love story, a modern day Romeo and Juliet Edited January 21, 2017 by kevvo66 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julesb Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 [quote name='phil.c60' timestamp='1484999899' post='3220260'] Deep Purple's "Come Taste the Band". Most Purple fans hated it as there was no Richie, but I liked it and still play it from time to time now. [/quote] Love this album Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 [quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1485015715' post='3220442'] Rush: Presto and Roll The Bones, vilified even by Rush fans, but I like them both - a lot. [/quote] Not my favourite Rush albums - but far from their worst. There are a couple of stinkers apiece but that's always been par for the course with Rush, and the worst thing about these albums is Rupert Hine's anaemic production. And his horrid, nasal BVs, of course. But otherwise some great playing, writing and a few proper Rush classics. On the subject of Rush, I'll raise you Vapor Trails - seems to be universally despised by Rush fans but for me stands out as probably their best post-80s work. Genuinely challenging & inventive musically, and the best & most genuine lyrics of Pearts career, considering the very dark place from which they came. The production of the original release was dreadful (a theme with Rush, IMO) but not enough to overshadow the music, and the later remix fixed most of those issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 [quote name='phil.c60' timestamp='1485015415' post='3220436'] And wrong opinion...... [/quote]Is there such a thing as a wrong opinion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1485012785' post='3220410'] I never understood why Tales of Topographic Oceans was so vilified. [/quote]Me neither, I like it. Except side three, side three's dreadful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 [quote name='Raymondo' timestamp='1485016719' post='3220453'] Oh no need for an apology I should have put a smiley after my comment to show that I was not being abrasive... So if anything ...my apologies to you [/quote]Friends yay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 [quote name='ras52' timestamp='1485016606' post='3220452'] Kate Bush - The Dreaming. Critical opinion seems to be that Hounds of Love is her masterpiece, but give me The Dreaming any day! [/quote] I think the dreaming is one of the best Kate Bush albums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1485012785' post='3220410'] I never understood why Tales of Topographic Oceans was so vilified. [/quote] I think it is more the way the band were at the time, rather than the music itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 [quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1485031105' post='3220627'] Me neither, I like it. Except side three, side three's dreadful. [/quote] And it'll probably come as no surprise that some people - such as me - think side three is the best! (It's side four that's a let-down for me.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1485012785' post='3220410'] I never understood why Tales of Topographic Oceans was so vilified. [/quote] Because (and I say this as a huge Yes fan) it's one OK album's worth of material smeared thinly across four sides of vinyl... Even Mr Wakeman thinks so. It's a shame that when Steve Wilson was given the job or remixing and recutting TFTO he only did alternate mixes and an extended version using some outtakes. What I would LOVE to hear is Mr Wilson being given free reign to take all the 24/48 track master tapes and recut them into 45 minutes of stunning Yes music! Now that would be a very special "Special Edition"! [quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1485015715' post='3220442'] Rush: Presto and Roll The Bones, vilified even by Rush fans, but I like them both - a lot. [/quote] I'm rather fond of those two albums having seen Rush for the third time on the Roll The Bones tour. I can even cope with the lame rap on the title track. There are a few tracks on Presto that drag abit (Dreamline and the Pass spring to mind) but I even like songs like Anagram. [quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1485027294' post='3220587'] On the subject of Rush, I'll raise you Vapor Trails - seems to be universally despised by Rush fans but for me stands out as probably their best post-80s work. Genuinely challenging & inventive musically, and the best & most genuine lyrics of Pearts career, considering the very dark place from which they came. The production of the original release was dreadful (a theme with Rush, IMO) but not enough to overshadow the music, and the later remix fixed most of those issues. [/quote] Agreed, there are some cracking (if raw and almost disturbing) songs on VT but that original release was a nightmare to listen to. It's no surprise that it's one of the albums that always gets showcased when people write articles about the "Loudness Wars", over compression and digital clipping in post 90s rock music. I really found it so very tiring on the ears to listen to but because of the lack of dynamic range. As you say, the remixed and remastered version is a huge improvement and lets the songs breathe a little and the intensity of the writing and performance shine through on their own terms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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