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DT 1-2 punch, Part II

Started by cygnusx1jg, February 06, 2014, 08:12:32 AM

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Which of the following do you prefer?

I&W/Awake
52 (41.6%)
SFAM/SDOIT
73 (58.4%)

Total Members Voted: 125

ariich

Quote from: Dark Castle on February 06, 2014, 04:28:26 PM
Quote from: Kotowboy on February 06, 2014, 04:23:09 PM
Not sure how an album of 5 tracks can have a "lot" of filler :P

And The Great Debate is amazing.
Well if you look at it like that, then yeah, but if you go beyond "lol only 5 tracks" there's obviously a shit ton of music in those 5 tracks. And I find a lot of it passable.
That doesn't make it filler though. Filler isn't the same thing as "stuff I don't like".

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Dark Castle

Me saying it's filler is just my opinion, which you obviously don't have to agree with. And it's not that I dislike it, I just don't feel like a lot of it was necessary.

Shadow Ninja 2.0

Quote from: ariich on February 07, 2014, 10:35:01 AM
Quote from: Dark Castle on February 06, 2014, 04:28:26 PM
Quote from: Kotowboy on February 06, 2014, 04:23:09 PM
Not sure how an album of 5 tracks can have a "lot" of filler :P

And The Great Debate is amazing.
Well if you look at it like that, then yeah, but if you go beyond "lol only 5 tracks" there's obviously a shit ton of music in those 5 tracks. And I find a lot of it passable.
That doesn't make it filler though. Filler isn't the same thing as "stuff I don't like".

Well, there's no real way to determine what's actually "filler" unless you're part of the band that wrote it. So I guess "filler" is kind of up for interpretation.

I don't think SDOIT has filler, though.

KevShmev

Quote from: ariich on February 07, 2014, 10:35:01 AM
Filler isn't the same thing as "stuff I don't like".

Good luck convincing a lot of people of that.  I have been beating that same drum for forever.  :facepalm:

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AngelBack

Quote from: mikeyd23 on February 06, 2014, 08:38:37 AM
I would have to go with SFAM and SDOIT.  On any given day I would list I&W, SFAM, and SDOIT as my top three DT albums.  Where each album falls in my top three depends on the day, so all three are considered great in my mind.  Awake does fall lower in my rankings, and therefore pulls the I&W/Awake pairing below the SFAM/SDOIT pairing.


Pretty much this.

Octavarious

Quote from: tofee35 on February 06, 2014, 09:11:22 AM
SFAM and SDOIT cannot be beat. The musicianship, concepts, variety, production quality, hooks, creativity all go to SFAM and SDOIT. In my book it isn't close.

-Tof
This.

Dirty30

I cut my DT teeth with SFAM... SDOIT (the song, more than the album) is my personal holy grail, thus elevating the album into the stratosphere. :metal Sorry I&W and Awake... You're both great, but you're just not that high in my book.

Evermind

Would've voted for SFAM/SDOIT if not for the title track of the latter.

I&W and Awake.
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hefdaddy42

I&W and Awake.  I have them ranked 1 & 2.

But I have SFAM & 6DOIT ranked 3 & 4, so I can't really go wrong here.
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Theme Dreater

I love all four albums, but I hold I&W, Awake, and SFAM on a slightly higher level than SDOIT. My vote goes to the first choice.

Invisible

This is tough... My personal ranking is Awake, FII(would be higher and nº1 with the B Sides), SDOIT, I&W, Scenes. I guess I'll have to go with I&W/Awake, but it's an extremely tough choice. The best of KM vs. the best of JR, I might as well choose both any day, if you ask me tomorow I'll probably chose the other option, and so forth :lol.