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Re: Nekov's Top 50 album thread v. Not the greatest reviewer
« Reply #175 on: July 27, 2012, 03:59:17 PM »
Nothing wrong with 6 D's though it's not on my list. The second disc drags it down. If it only consisted of the first disc, it would be one of my favorites.

I feel the same about it as well. I did mention it as an honourable mention in my own top 50 though, which means it only just missed a spot. The first disc is just too damn good.
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Re: Nekov's Top 50 album thread v. Not the greatest reviewer
« Reply #176 on: July 27, 2012, 05:55:37 PM »
SDOIT... meh.






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Re: Nekov's Top 50 album thread v. Not the greatest reviewer
« Reply #177 on: July 28, 2012, 10:58:59 AM »
3 - Rush - Moving Pictures



I like this album a lot because I think here is where Rush was able to best do prog that is quite easy on the ears and hot having to go for really long songs to achieve doing great prog, The camera eye being the obvious exception. The whole album contains great riffs from Alex, a fantastic bass work by Geddy and of course Neil's unbelievable drumming. The only "weak" point in the album for me is Vital signs, not because it's a bad song but because it's not as awesome as the other ones.

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Re: Nekov's Top 50 album thread v. Almost there
« Reply #178 on: July 28, 2012, 11:00:02 AM »
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Re: Nekov's Top 50 album thread v. Almost there
« Reply #179 on: July 28, 2012, 11:22:21 AM »
As do I.  Damn near flawless album.  Agree on Vital Signs as well.
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Re: Nekov's Top 50 album thread v. Almost there
« Reply #180 on: July 28, 2012, 04:12:43 PM »
a perfect album

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Re: Nekov's Top 50 album thread v. Almost there
« Reply #181 on: July 28, 2012, 04:14:24 PM »
SDOIT  :heart :heart :heart :heart :heart :heart :heart

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Re: Nekov's Top 50 album thread v. Almost there
« Reply #182 on: July 28, 2012, 04:26:42 PM »
Nice SDOIT :tup, my fav DT album

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Re: Nekov's Top 50 album thread v. Almost there
« Reply #183 on: July 28, 2012, 04:29:39 PM »
Moving Pictures  :tup
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Re: Nekov's Top 50 album thread v. Almost there
« Reply #184 on: July 28, 2012, 04:30:55 PM »
I haven't discovered all of Rush's work yet, but as of now, I enjoy Hemispheres and Permanent Waves more than Moving Pictures.

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Re: Nekov's Top 50 album thread v. Almost there
« Reply #185 on: July 28, 2012, 05:00:35 PM »
Moving Pictures is great, but I seem to be one of the few who put the second half better than the first :p

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Re: Nekov's Top 50 album thread v. Almost there
« Reply #186 on: July 28, 2012, 08:16:51 PM »
I haven't discovered all of Rush's work yet, but as of now, I enjoy Hemispheres and Permanent Waves more than Moving Pictures.

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I will say that Moving Pictures IS still a solid album though.

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Re: Nekov's Top 50 album thread v. Almost there
« Reply #187 on: July 28, 2012, 09:42:18 PM »
Yeah, Moving Pictures is still great!

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Re: Nekov's Top 50 album thread v. Almost there
« Reply #188 on: July 28, 2012, 10:10:30 PM »
Moving Pictures is my fave :)

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Re: Nekov's Top 50 album thread v. Almost there
« Reply #189 on: July 29, 2012, 04:37:47 AM »
Great albums, especially Moving pictures. I also think that Vital signs is the weak point on the album, it really bothers me sometimes, I just don't like it. It might be the reason why I'd place five other Rush albums above Moving pictures...

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Re: Nekov's Top 50 album thread v. Almost there
« Reply #190 on: July 29, 2012, 04:38:53 AM »
Moving Pictures :hefdaddy
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« Reply #191 on: July 29, 2012, 09:30:04 AM »
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Re: Nekov's Top 50 album thread v. Almost there
« Reply #192 on: July 29, 2012, 01:52:09 PM »
MP is a great album, with only Vital Signs being not great. Chorus is fine but the reggae verse isn't.

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Re: Nekov's Top 50 album thread v. Almost there
« Reply #193 on: July 29, 2012, 04:20:42 PM »
This is a great top 10 thus far!  :coolio

The only I'd argue against is the Frost* album, which I like quite a bit, but don't genuflect to like a lot of proggers do. ;)

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« Reply #194 on: July 29, 2012, 08:11:42 PM »
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Re: Nekov's Top 50 album thread v. Almost there
« Reply #195 on: July 29, 2012, 08:31:07 PM »
This is a great top 10 thus far!  :coolio

The only I'd argue against is the Frost* album, which I like quite a bit, but don't genuflect to like a lot of proggers do. ;)

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Re: Nekov's Top 50 album thread v. Almost there
« Reply #196 on: July 30, 2012, 04:58:37 PM »
2 - King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King



To this day I still ask myself how it's possible that someone came out with this album. It is so strange and unique that not even they were able to match themselves further on in their carrer. The craziness in 21st century schizoid man, the beautiful and peaceful I Talk to the wind and the more depressing and classical oriented Epitaph is simply mixing in the same place and yet matching perfectly to the whole tone of the album in general is fantastic. Moonchild is the weak song here, it starts out really good but then drags on for way too long. And of course I can't forget to mention the awesome ending with In the court of the crimson king which as well as the rest of the songs sets an initial mood, navigates it and then goes and changes it. Masterpiece from every single point of view

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Re: Nekov's Top 50 album thread v. Almost there
« Reply #197 on: July 30, 2012, 06:44:02 PM »
Never did "get" this album.  Good songs, but wasn't ever a huge fan.
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Re: Nekov's Top 50 album thread v. Almost there
« Reply #198 on: July 30, 2012, 07:27:29 PM »
Moving Pictures, to me, is one of those perfect albums.

I'm not into King Crimson, but it looks like a good pick anyway. :)
would have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
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Re: Nekov's Top 50 album thread v. Almost there
« Reply #199 on: July 30, 2012, 07:41:28 PM »
ITCHYCOCK is brilliant (yes, I like repeating jokes). The only reason it wasn;t higher on my own list (it was mid-40s I think) was because of Moonchild. I detest that song, otherwise it's a pretty flawless album.

Epitaph is one of my all-time favourite songs. Great pick! :)
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Re: Nekov's Top 50 album thread v. Almost there
« Reply #200 on: July 30, 2012, 07:52:04 PM »
Why don't you give us a recap, ya bastard?
     

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Re: Nekov's Top 50 album thread v. Almost there
« Reply #201 on: July 30, 2012, 07:55:04 PM »
Now that you insulted me I will  :P

50 - The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request
49 - Anathema - Weather Systems
48 - The Police - Synchronicity
47 - Haken - Aquarius
46 - David Bowie - Earthling
45 - Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
44 - Pendragon - The Masquerade Overture
43 - Sumo - After Chabon
42 - John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess - An evening with John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess
41 - Pabo El Enterrador - Pablo el Enterrador
40 - Von Hertzen Brother - Love Remains the Same
39 - Iron Maiden - Powerslave
38 - Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials
37 - Angra - Angels Cry
36 - Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun
35 - Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
34 - Metallica - Master of Puppets
33 - The Flower Kings - Back in the World of Adventures
32 - Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth
31 - Transatlantic - SMPTE
30 - Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota - Gulp
29 - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 4
28 - Queen - The Works
27 - Yes - Fragile
26 - Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
25 - Soda Stereo - Cancion Animal
24 - Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment 2
23 - King Crimson - Discipline
22 - Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
21 - Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle
20 - Transatlantic - Bridge Across Forever
19 - Rush - Permanent Waves
18 - Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
17 - Haken - Visions
16 - Pink Floyd - Animals
15 - Rush - Power Windows
14 - Spock's Beard - Snow
13 - Pantera - Cowboys from Hell
12 - Queen - A Kind of Magic
11 - King Crimson - Red
10 - Dream Theater - Images and Words
9 - Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
8 - Yes - Close to the Edge
7 - Frost* - Milliontown
6 - Devin Townsend Project - Addicted
5 - Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
4 - Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
3 - Rush - Moving Pictures
2 - King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King
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Re: Nekov's Top 50 album thread v. Almost there
« Reply #202 on: July 31, 2012, 02:47:34 AM »
That's one classic prog record. It's not my favorite, though, I pretty much fall asleep during the latter half of Moonchild, but everything else is brilliant. I love how even you admit that your 2nd favorite album of all time has a weak song.  ;D

Also, can we guess #1? I think I know what it is, but maybe it's better not to spoil it.  ;D

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Re: Nekov's Top 50 album thread v. Almost there
« Reply #203 on: July 31, 2012, 03:29:43 AM »
Oh man, I do love ItCotCK. It is so good.
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Re: Nekov's Top 50 album thread v. Almost there
« Reply #204 on: July 31, 2012, 04:06:20 AM »
Also, can we guess #1? I think I know what it is, but maybe it's better not to spoil it.  ;D

Sure you can, there are probably a couple of people that already know it.

Oh man, I do love ItCotCK. It is so good.

it is  :)
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« Reply #205 on: July 31, 2012, 05:27:16 AM »
I'm going with a South American band.
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« Reply #206 on: July 31, 2012, 07:34:51 AM »
Is it...

The Amazing Blondel?
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Re: Nekov's Top 50 album thread v. Almost there
« Reply #207 on: July 31, 2012, 09:10:20 AM »
It's either Awake or Scenes. Still looking forward to the write-up despite being pretty sure I got it right. ;)

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« Reply #208 on: August 01, 2012, 09:22:20 AM »
1 - Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a memory



One day while I was still in high school I went out for lunch and found a friend just sitting on the sidewalk right around the corner listening to his disc man (mp3 players were not a thing yet) so I just went to say hi and the guy told me ""Dude, you need to listen to this, it's awesome"" and he gave me the headphones. Home was playing. I asked him what this was and that's the first time I ever listened to DT however by that time I was mostly into power and heavy metal so I was not interested in what I heard. A couple weeks later this same friend who was really trying to get me into DT made me listen to TGP, PMU and the mirror. Now those songs were really up my alley so I decided that I should start getting into this band a little more. After listening to some more of their songs, mostly metal I was really interested because this was something really new and I remembered my friend telling me that SFAM was their best work so I went and bought the album. Then I went home, put this record in my CD player and sat on my chair to listen. For the next 80 minutes the most amazing thing happened, I was taken to places I had never been before, I heard this melodies that flew all over the place, the rhythms were constantly changing and there was a display of musicianship that was beyond my beliefs.
I think it was Bosk that once said that what makes this record so special is that it changes the way you listen to music and in my case that is one of the reasons why it's my number 1 because after listening to this I was able to get into the prog rock world and as you can see in my list I really love prog rock.
It is also very special for me because it's probably the only album that no matter when I listen to it I enjoy it fully and never get bored with it

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Re: Nekov's Top 50 album thread v. Almost there
« Reply #209 on: August 01, 2012, 09:23:35 AM »
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