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[maddox]

Symphony X - Eve Of Seduction

[maddox]

Liquid Tension Experiment - When The Water Breaks

[maddox]

Neal Morse - I Am Your Father

[Deenfan]

That was very discreet, Deenie   

Congrats, looking forward to listening to it   

Nicky.

Thanks! Yeah, I look forward to not listening to it any more...

[The Butterfly Man]

NP  Thought Chamber:  Angular Perceptions   

Tom and Mad, definitely an album for you.

Difficult to compare, but Yngwie, SyX, Zero Hour come to mind.

Thanks Nicky, I'll do some research when I get home this afternoon!

NP (on the iPod): Pain Of Salvation - Thorn Clown

Tom

[The Butterfly Man]

NP: Thought Chamber - Silent Shore (on MySpace)

So far so good, although I wouldn't compare them with SyX...

Tom

EDIT: Now on is the song 'God Of Oblique'. Here I can spot a lot more SyX-references, especially in the vocal department! I like!!!!

[Nicky007]

NP: Thought Chamber - Silent Shore (on MySpace) ... I like!!!!

Angular Perceptions is an album about which one can say without a twinge:  This is a masterpiece !

I'm beginning to get into the lyrics. They're masterly too. Written by Michael Harris.

Tom, this is a must.

Steve, what do you say ?


NP  Magnum:  Les Mort Dansant  (on Storyteller)  (on repeat)

Yes, this is a classic, a very special song (not because the title is in French, Bups), a profound reflection about war, really makes you wonder ......

OK, Deenie, I'm getting into Magnum now 

Nicky.

[Steve Jones]

Angular Perceptions is an album about which one can say without a twinge:  This is a masterpiece !
Tom, this is a must.
Steve, what do you say ?

Definitely a must from where I'm sitting.  I'd rate it up there with Riverside/Sieges Even/Sylvan/Beardfish as Best of (New) Breed.  Some great sounding bass-work on there, too.

NP: O.S.I. - Office of Strategic Influence.  The bonus disc at the moment, the one with the cover of 'Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun' 

[maddox]

Beardfish - Sleeping In Traffic pt I

First spin. I've no idea what i will find inside of this.

[Iggy]

On the way home Abydos

NP Thought Chamber

[Nicky007]

NP  Enchant:  Break

I have their latest four albums. Ted's fine singing on Angular Perceptions inspired me to give Enchant some spins, so the next few days ....

I had problems with their latest Tug Of War (2003) - it lacked melody, and sounded a bit too much like some Blood, Sweat and Tears kinda smooth jazzy thingy - and now I read in some Amazon reviews by long-term Enchant fans that it had been rushed, and that Enchant had lost some inspiration lately, so I'v started this time with Break (1998). It does grip me, so 

Sieges Even and Marillion come to mind, also lyrically (strange, huh?), so we're talkin bout smooth elegant prog with topnotch musicianship and intelligent lyrics - and there's quite some melody and nice atmospheric synths on Break. Maybe Paxi for a change.

Anyone else here into Enchant ?

Nicky.

[Nicky007]

Beardfish - Sleeping In Traffic pt I

Beardfish seem to be getting popular in the Room. Can you guys give us a characterisation ?

Nicky.

[maddox]

Beardfish seem to be getting popular in the Room. Can you guys give us a characterisation ?

Nicky.

Not me. Not right now.

Still trying to decide what my thoughts are when it comes to Beardfish.

First reaction: it's strange.

[Steve Jones]

First reaction: it's strange.

Yes indeed.  But then I was brought up on strange, so I took to it like a duck to things that ducks like. 

Difficult to draw comparisons in that it's not in the easy 'should suit fans of Dream Theater' mould beloved of Amazon reviewers.  A common comparison is Gentle Giant and I can see where folk are coming from, although all my GG stuff is vinyl and I can only just remember when I last played it.  Classic keyboard prog, but a bit zany as in Frank Zappa.  Some quote hints of Genesis, but that's not what first sprang into my mind - even though one track sounds very (I think?) 'For Absent Friends'-like.

I'm currently trying to get to grips with their earlier 'The Sane Day' which hasn't grabbed me in the fairly immediate way that SiT 1&2 did.  It's growing on me, though! 

[Steve Jones]

Mike Rutherford - Smallcreep's Day.

Not sure why I'm spinning this one so much of late.  It's not the greatest album in the world, but when I'm in the right mood I must admit I do enjoy it.

[maddox]

  It's growing on me, though! 

Hopefully not literally.  

NP> Fish - 13^th Star

[Nicky007]

Hopefully not literally.  

Stevie Dischands 

Nicky.

[Steve Jones]

Stevie Dischands 

Progsthetic limbs? 

[Deenfan]

OK, Deenie, I'm getting into Magnum now 

Nicky.

I knew you'd come around. Paradise awaits...

[The Butterfly Man]

NP: Marillion - Clutching At Straws

Still one of my favourite Marillion-albums of all time.

Tom

[PH]

Arena - Pepper's Ghost
Just finished The Shattered Room.
4.The Eyes Of Lara Moon

With that beautiful middle section + guitar solo. That's pure magic!

-Paco

[Bupie]

I own that album too. Indeed, it's a great one. With 'The Smile Has Left Your Eyes' as an absolute highlight .

Yes, with a great guitar solo that you don't find on the studio version  We're talking about Asia Live in Mockba here.

NP: Marillion - Clutching At Straws

Still one of my favourite Marillion-albums of all time.

Indeed 

Anyone else here into Enchant ?

Nicky.

I have their debut, A Blue Print of the World (double CD SE  ) and their last two, Blink of an Eye and Tug of War and I like them all. Give TOW another try since it's a very good album : the opening, Sinking Sand is a killer with an incredible bass line ! I also have the Live at Last DVD. Great band, their only problem being a lack of diversity in the songwriting : the quality is always here but it's more or less the same pattern throughout an album. But being a SX fan, Nicky, that should not bother you 

NP Dire Straits - Communiqué
     Fish - Return to Childhood
     Kansas - Two for the Show

Too bad nobody else is on Kansas here since IMHO they are were by far the best US prog band before Dream Theater came along. But I wo'nt try Ten times  to convince you ...

[The Butterfly Man]

Too bad nobody else is on Kansas here since IMHO they are were by far the best US prog band before Dream Theater came along. But I wo'nt try Ten times  to convince you ...

I saw Kansas live in 2005 at the Arrow Rock Festival in Holland. Up to this day the only song of theirs I know is 'Dust In The Wind' but they were actually quite good. Still, I liked DT better that day (well, not only on that day hehe)...

NP: Fish - 13th Star

I'm in a fishy mood today.

Tom

[Nicky007]

Give TOW another try since it's a very good album : the opening, Sinking Sand is a killer with an incredible bass line !

See, Bups, the problem I have with TOW is that it's the first two songs that I find so drab that I lose interest. But I will return to TOW. I just wanna do some of the other Enchant albums first. I remember hearing some good stuff later on on TOW.

But being a SyX fan, Nicky, that should not bother you 

I don't agree at all. I find SyX very diverse and exciting all thru, particularly Paradise Lost. They're one of my fave groups.

Too bad nobody else is into Kansas here.

Wrong: I am, although they're too lite to be one of my fave groups.

But I won't try Ten times  to convince you ...

Well, some people need to have things spoonfed  

I still insist that The Twilight Chronicles is in league with Contagion in all ways ... but OK, stubborn is stubborn (not me)   

Nicky.

[Nicky007]

Paradise awaits...

Do Magnum package and send the 72 virgins to fans ? 

Nicky.