well i'd have to go with "tales from topographic oceans" which was surrounded by Close to the Edge, Yessongs and Relayer. lol i know im gonna get some chit but thats life.lol
Okay, I'll piss some people off here...
Dark Side of the Moon -- coming in between Meddle and WYWH, this album is rather pedestrian.
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway -- okay, it's very good, but Selling England and Trick are great.
Magical Mystery Tour -- well, more of an EP -- is a turd when placed between Sgt Pepper's and the White Album.
Cobra handling and cocaine use are a bad mix.
I wouldn't say Tales is regarded as good. I've seen nothing by criticism about it from a lot of YES fans, the general public and even members of the band! It's always cited (By prog hating journalists) as being one of the albums that helped bring in punk... If anything I'd say it's an album hyped as being not very good, which is a shame, as some of it is very good indeed. Its main crime is that it's too much and too long.
I'm not saying this is Jubal's reason for not liking The Final Cut, but sometimes on PE I'll see someone dislike an album or a piece of music because it has an overall depressing or negative tone. This drives me crazy, because obviously a lot of the best art (written, musical, visual) has a depressing or negative tone and to me that's never been a reason to dislike a work of art. Personally, the lyrical content or subject matter is the least important aspect to me, even though it can still play an important part in shaping the whole.
RE: Barclay James Harvest's Gone to Earth, I love the album. Hymn and Poor Man's Moody Blues boring? I remember the description on the Laser's Edge site proclaiming it the best BJH album, and I probably agree.
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I don't think there is much basis for this argument and you'd be kind of on an island with this opinion. I suspect that people actually just like the album as opposed to "giving it a pass."
Personally, I might even rate FTR a little higher than Blue or C&S. It's a simply astonishing piece of work, IMO.
The thread title works without the falsly(sic). I don't like that word being there either.
Starting with the most obvious one:
1. Yellow Submarine - placed between The Beatles and Abbey Road
2. WYWH - placed between DSOTM and Animals
3. Lamb - placed between SEBTP and Trick
4. A - placed between Stormwatch and Broadsword
5. Time Fades Away- placed between Harvest and On The Beach
Another vote for The Final Cut as a favourite PF album, it's the only one I still find really moving. The post Waters albums were awful, although Division Bell was a big improvement on the one before.
I would say that Lamb is overrated, compared to SEBTP and TOTT, there's tons of filler on it.
Not really a fan of TFTO or Relayer either although albums before and after were great.
Fugazi seems much weaker than the other Fish era Marillion albums.
Not sure if any of these are considered masterpieces though, TLLDOB probably is.
Hmm (thinks...).
I love VDGG but I only think they got going with Pawn Hearts. Are people mad for the early albums?
I was really disappointed when I got to hear the much vaunted original of In The Region Of The Summer Stars by The Enid last year after having had the re-recorded 1984 version since the 80's. For years people had been telling me that the original was superior but it sounds really weak compared to the later version.
I hate false prog fans.
This is nothing but a negative thread, a chance to bash albums other feel are great. Why, what is the point? Why not celebrate what you like instead of dedicating a thread to what you don't? We all debate the merits or lack there of for all kinds of music on this site, but to start off a topic only looking for negatives makes little sense to me.
^ Yep, you're right. Hopefully, it'll turn into an underappreciated albums thread by accident.
I always thought Final Cut was weak but the Gilmour album that followed was only marginally better. The problem was on the former Waters could write great lyrics but the melodies were strong on only a couple songs, a problem that was beginning to develop on The Wall. The problem with Momentary Lapse of Reason was we had none of Waters insights and barbed humor, just a lot of Floyd music by the numbers. Like most groups, Floyd was a sum of its parts and worked best when everyone was working together.
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I always thought that Shakin like a human being was a bit of a filler album for Kim Mitchell - between Akimbo Alogo and Rockland. (although sales dont seem to show it)
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