Author Topic: The Pendulum Appreciation-Thread (Read 12245 times)

Zantera · « **on:** December 03, 2010, 10:42:28 AM »

I think this band deserves a thread.
Pendulum is an electronic rock-band, drawing a lot of influences from Drum N Bass (early Pendulum mostly), but lately also a lot of different genres, i'd even say Progressive music. (The Tempest especially)
They have released 3 albums, but apart from them there's a lot of tracks from the early days, and there's a "Greatest Hits" containing a lot of these songs.
I know a few people here on the forum knows about them, mainly (i think) because Steven Wilson collaborated with them on their last album, resulting in the song: The Fountain.

Anyhow, album-ranking:
1. Hold Your Colour
2. Immersion
3. In Silico

Favorite songs would include: Still Grey, Plastic World, Girl in the Fire, Hold Your Colour, The Tempest, Visions, The Fountain, Encoder and The Island. (both parts)

Now appreciate.

Gorille85 · « **Reply #1 on:** December 03, 2010, 10:50:58 AM »

I only have Immersion but I love it! Great band!

Zantera · « **Reply #2 on:** December 03, 2010, 01:00:40 PM »

You should check out more!
Some really great stuff.

bmc · « **Reply #3 on:** February 15, 2011, 02:59:37 AM »

just discovered Immersion. Fucking amazing album.

Zantera · « **Reply #4 on:** February 15, 2011, 04:15:28 AM »

Great to see some more love.

glaurung · « **Reply #5 on:** February 15, 2011, 04:27:55 AM »

Same as them, Immersion is the only album I've heard, but it is pretty cool.

tri.ad · « **Reply #6 on:** February 15, 2011, 06:35:57 AM »

I have In Silico and this album is really good. I love Propane Nightmares and The Tempest is an amazing closer. There's probably no song that's less than good on this album.

I haven't got Immersion yet (and won't do so because I want to cut down on buying CDs when I need to save money), and I'm not sure if the fact that Steven Wilson collaborated on one track is worth it. I listened to the samples on Amazon and wasn't too impressed, to be honest.

jag66 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 15, 2011, 07:48:28 AM »

1. Hold your colour
2. Immersion
3. In Silco

All their songs are crap apart from the one Steven Wilson was in

Kosmo · « **Reply #8 on:** February 15, 2011, 08:13:24 AM »

You people who don't have Hold Your Colour. Lol.

Zantera · « **Reply #9 on:** February 15, 2011, 08:29:23 AM »

My rankings still hasn't changed since last time, overall I think that early Pendulum has more gems then newer Pendulum.
Songs like Spiral, Still Grey and Minds Eye that are "B-sides" from the early days are just fantastic, sadly they can't be found on an album from what I know, but I have some "Greatest Hits" on my computer, which is 29 songs with pretty much all of (most of) Hold Your Colour, plus a lot of other great songs.

faemir · « **Reply #10 on:** February 15, 2011, 01:25:29 PM »

Immersion>>>Hold Your Colour>>>>>>>>>In Silico

Hold Your Colour has some great stuff, but some of it drives me crazy (tarantula vocals

).
In Silico was a joke apart from a few songs.
Immersion is consistently great \o/

Zantera · « **Reply #11 on:** February 15, 2011, 03:09:05 PM »

Hold Your Colour has a few songs I'm not TOO excited about, like Tarantula and Slam, but the highs on Hold Your Colour are way higher then the highs on Immersion.

HarlequinForest · « **Reply #12 on:** February 15, 2011, 09:29:30 PM »

Immersion is pretty much the only electronic album I've listened to. I think it's amazing.

Kosmo · « **Reply #13 on:** February 16, 2011, 12:33:30 AM »

Slam is like a dirty stain on Hold Your Colour, easily my least favourite Pendulum song.

Zantera · « **Reply #14 on:** February 16, 2011, 03:06:05 AM »

Personally I think Tarantula is my least favorite on that album, but Slam would fall under the same category as Showdown, they are both good, but slightly repetitive and suffers from being a bit overplayed.
HYC >>>>> Immersion >>> In Silico.
With that said, I still think all three albums are great.

wjc · « **Reply #15 on:** February 16, 2011, 03:11:11 AM »

*appreciates*

jag66 · « **Reply #16 on:** February 16, 2011, 05:38:20 AM »

Yeh was never a fan of in silico. Hold your colour has some ace tunes such as the title track and fasten your seatbelts

faemir · « **Reply #17 on:** February 16, 2011, 12:00:56 PM »

Quote from: Zantera on February 15, 2011, 03:09:05 PM

but the highs on Hold Your Colour are way higher then the highs on Immersion.

nup. The Island > HYC.

DarkEternalNight · « **Reply #18 on:** February 16, 2011, 02:45:19 PM »

Checked out Immersion because of Steven Wilson and this whole album is amazing.

Zantera · « **Reply #19 on:** February 16, 2011, 02:45:35 PM »

Yeah no.
I really like Immersion, but comparing it to Hold Your Colour is retarded, HYC is at least 2 dimensions better.

faemir · « **Reply #20 on:** February 16, 2011, 02:52:58 PM »

Quote from: Zantera on February 16, 2011, 02:45:35 PM

Yeah no.
I really like Immersion, but comparing it to Hold Your Colour is retarded, HYC is at least 2 dimensions better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvdf5n-zI14

Zantera · « **Reply #21 on:** February 16, 2011, 03:09:06 PM »

I kinda miss oldschool Pendulum tbh.

Immersion was a step up from In Silico, but the best songs are still from the early days.

DarkLord_Lalinc · « **Reply #22 on:** February 16, 2011, 04:10:41 PM »

I just got into this band, and let me say I loved what I heard. Really interesting textures and atmospheres.

wjc · « **Reply #23 on:** February 22, 2011, 06:24:19 AM »

Listened to the second half of In Silico today for the first time properly, it has some cool ideas and would have been quite passable as a prog album if it had been produced and arragned as more of a prog album (Pendulum as a whole sounds like utter crap it is probably the drum and bass sound). As it is it's crap though

Sigz · « **Reply #24 on:** February 22, 2011, 10:01:52 AM »

>doesn't like drum and bass
>listens to Pendulum and complains about the drums and bass sound

Zantera · « **Reply #25 on:** February 22, 2011, 11:01:08 AM »

Yeah indeed.

HarlequinForest · « **Reply #26 on:** February 22, 2011, 12:20:53 PM »

Quote from: wjc on February 16, 2011, 03:11:11 AM

*appreciates*

Quote from: wjc on February 22, 2011, 06:24:19 AM

Listened to the second half of In Silico today for the first time properly, it has some cool ideas and would have been quite passable as a prog album if it had been produced and arragned as more of a prog album (Pendulum as a whole sounds like utter crap it is probably the drum and bass sound). As it is it's crap though

Kosmo · « **Reply #27 on:** February 22, 2011, 01:58:21 PM »

Quote from: wjc on February 22, 2011, 06:24:19 AM

Listened to the second half of In Silico today for the first time properly, it has some cool ideas and would have been quite passable as a prog album if it had been produced and arragned as more of a prog album (Pendulum as a whole sounds like utter crap it is probably the drum and bass sound). As it is it's crap though

Ravenheart · « **Reply #28 on:** February 22, 2011, 02:24:47 PM »

I have Immersion, and it's really cool. The Fountain gets all the love 'round these parts, but I think The Island Parts 1 & 2, Watercolour, Witchcraft, Immunize, and Encoder are all really good, too.

wjc · « **Reply #29 on:** February 22, 2011, 03:55:54 PM »

Quote from: Sigz on February 22, 2011, 10:01:52 AM

>doesn't like drum and bass
>listens to Pendulum and complains about the drums and bass sound

https://i.imgur.com/gPOxH.jpg

>implying I didn't like drum and bass

I never said I didn't like drum and bass, rather that the songs on that album would have benefitted from a more rockish sound being as it was fairly [prog] rock-oriented...

Zantera · « **Reply #30 on:** February 23, 2011, 02:58:39 AM »

Voyager probably has the most badass synthesizers I've ever heard in a song, evar.
At least for Pendulum.

Zantera · « **Reply #31 on:** March 11, 2011, 03:49:37 AM »

Encoder

Chino · « **Reply #32 on:** March 29, 2011, 08:18:31 PM »

I've used Pendulum in a video I made a while back

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G5uSBTgtYE

FretMuppet · « **Reply #33 on:** March 30, 2011, 12:36:24 AM »

I absolutely love Encoder, such a fantastic song. The Fountain is also one the the best. I thank Steven Wilson for getting me into this stuff!

Zantera · « **Reply #34 on:** March 30, 2011, 02:22:08 AM »

All you Immersion-people really should check out the rest of their stuff.
In Silico has some really good songs, and Hold Your Colour remains my favorite album by them.

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