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[Bupie]

Marillion - Family.

Maybe you are not Peter but Steve Hogarth after all 

Nightwish - Bye Bye Beautiful

[Steve Jones]

Maybe you are not Peter but Steve Hogarth after all 

Seems I'm a man of a thousand faces.  You'd think I could find a decent one amongst them, but no...

Nightwish - Bye Bye Beautiful

Storming tune, particularly fine video to go with it, too! 

[Teunis]

Just played: Rocket Scientists - Oblivion Days

np: Pink Floyd - Echoes

Track: Comfortably Numb

[Steve Jones]

Marillion - Happiness is the Road, Vol 2 

The 'official downloads' have certainly got me hooked.  I'm looking forward to the real thing immensely - one of the biggest releases of the year for little old me.

[Steve Jones]

Marillion - Live in Barcelona 1998

Excellent acoustic set with a nice Who 'Substitute' cover

[Bupie]

Seems I'm a man of a thousand faces. 

Storming tune, particularly fine video to go with it, too! 

Actually, I was watching the video while posting   

Ayreon - Hope

[Bupie]

A bunch of Def Lep's ballads :

Bringing on the Heartbreak
Two Steps Behind
Long Long Way to Go
Miss you in a Heartbeat
...

[Steve Jones]

Metallica - Death Magnetic.

I didn't comment on this before as having chucked it in the 'unlistenable' pile I wanted to dig it out and re-check before heaping scorn upon it.  If you've not noticed, I don't generally come on here to slag artists off.  However, a new day doesn't bring any new insights - I'd agree 100% with all those in headbanger land who're saying 'great music but exceptionally poor sound quality'.

Not the worst sounding CD I own, but certainly a contender.  Of course, we all have our own ideas about what is and isn't acceptable, and I wouldn't pick a fight with anyone who thinks DM is fine.  But I suspect this release is sufficiently iffy that it's inevitably going to upset a relatively large-ish number of people - purely a statistical thing.

To me it's unlistenable on an expensive hi-fi, unlistenable on a medium price one and unlistenable on a cheap one.  It's positively painful on an iPod or other nailed-to-my-head arrangement, but tolerable on the naff speakers on my PC that sound like they've got a rug thrown over them.

Cracking tunes, though, their strongest for a long time IMHO.  Put me down for a copy if they ever do a decent remaster! 

[Steve Jones]

Van Halen - 5150.

Not sure why I picked this one, except that it's showing as never played since I ripped it.  I'm more of a Van Halen than Van Hagar man, and always rated 5150 as my least favourite.  But b*gg*r me if it doesn't sound OK tonight!  Not brilliant, but not bad.

Perhaps pretty much anything sounds good after Death Magnetic? 

[maddox]

Pink Floyd - The Wall

[Steve Jones]

Rush - Snakes & Arrows Live.

[Deenfan]

Zoo - Z på maken

[maddox]

Rush - Snakes & Arrows Live.

Nice, very nice. 

[Steve Jones]

Tangent - Not as Good as the Book.

I love the Brand X, Jazz-Rock feel of 'Lost in London' in particular

[Deenfan]

Cinderella - Night songs

[Steve Jones]

Arena - Smoke & Mirrors

[Steve Jones]

Extreme - Waiting For the Punchline

[Steve Jones]

Just finished: Marillion - Remixomatosis.
Just started: The Reasoning - Dark Angel.

[PH]

Just finished: Marillion - Remixomatosis.

You mentioned Remixomatosis before.
Is it that good? It's only remixes by fans of an otherwise excellent album.

[Bupie]

Just started: The Reasoning - Dark Angel.

And so, is it good ?

NP Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet

I didn't think I would enjoy a Porcupine Tree album so much one day. It's just great from start to finish  Is Nil Recurring as good ?

[PH]

Is Nil Recurring as good ?

Yes! It's more of the same from Blank Planet.

[Steve Jones]

You mentioned Remixomatosis before.
Is it that good? It's only remixes by fans of an otherwise excellent album.

Very much to taste.  To me it's interesting but not essential.  With the official HITR download having saved me waiting for my deluxe edition of the new album to turn up, I've been in a bit of a Marillion frenzy and filling in some gaps in the collection.  So, with my completist hat on, it's a worthwhile buy - but I doubt if it'll be a regular play for me.

Personally I'd sooner spend money on some of the excellent Front Row Clubs live downloads.  Others, of course, might think Remixomatosis is the best thing on the planet!

[Steve Jones]

And so, is it good ?

I've only played it twice so far.  Initial reaction is yes, it's a good 'un, but it hasn't replaced the debut album in my affections as yet. But give it time...

[Steve Jones]

I didn't think I would enjoy a Porcupine Tree album so much one day. It's just great from start to finish  Is Nil Recurring as good ?

Of course it is!!! 

When I'm Emperor of the Galaxy, anyone not owning a full set of Porcupine Tree albums is lilkely to be pushed out of an airlock somewhere. 

[Bupie]

Yes! It's more of the same from Blank Planet.

Of course it is!!! 

OK, OK, guys, I put it on my shopping list right away 

When I'm Emperor of the Galaxy, anyone not owning a full set of Porcupine Tree albums is lilkely to be pushed out of an airlock somewhere. 

Maybe you could also think of banning of the galaxy (at least temporarily) people who don't want to enter "the other song title game contest"