Album Of The Week #2

by **Bobbi Flekman** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 4:41 am

Eric Johnson - Ah Via Musicom.

A guitarist that is flash, but doesn't have to show it off every second...

Just listen to the Wes Montgomery inspired East Wes or Cliffs Of Dover! Release that new album already!!!

by **doggy** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 8:25 am

AOTW is "Alive At Wacken" by Twisted Sister.
The old boys still got it.
Oi Kenny give Mark a ring, if you still haven't got your parcel yet !

by **Kenny** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 9:02 am

doggy wrote:AOTW is "Alive At Wacken" by Twisted Sister.
The old boys still got it.
Oi Kenny give Mark a ring, if you still haven't got your parcel yet !

yeah it was here when I got home from work yesterday Dog......have to say on first listen to 'Octavarium' I agree with Tali's assessment, but it needs more spins......

by **Taliwakker** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 9:04 am

Kenny wrote

My AOTW is Spock's beard - Feel Euphoria......my first go at this band, and it really is good stuff! More melodic, and mostly more mellow than I expected, some of the melodies are really quite beautiful.

Its your second go....i sent you 'The Light' a while ago and you reckoned it blew goats :lol:

Feel Euphoria is actually considered the worst SB album....or maybe you like NDV's voice better than Neal Morse.

by **Kenny** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 9:08 am

Taliwakker wrote:Kenny wrote
My AOTW is Spock's beard - Feel Euphoria......my first go at this band, and it really is good stuff! More melodic, and mostly more mellow than I expected, some of the melodies are really quite beautiful.

Its your second go....i sent you 'The Light' a while ago and you reckoned it blew goats
Feel Euphoria is actually considered the worst SB album....or maybe you like NDV's voice better than Neal Morse.

yeah.....maybe.
I only ever read good reveiws about 'Feel Euphoria' though......gonna gove 'Octane' a go now.

by **Taliwakker** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:49 pm

Octane is good

by **maidenman77** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 3:13 pm

my AOTW is Yngwie Malmsteen - Inspirations

Not too shabby and some quality vocal work from Jeff Scott Soto, Joe Lynn Turner and Mark Boals

by **Taliwakker** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 3:31 pm

Yeah...one of my fave Malmsteen albums. The version of In The Dead of Night is the best song on that album....that song really helped get me into Allan Holdsworth.

by **SnakeLady** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 4:54 pm

Oh well ......... if you listen to a cd 3 times in one day, that could count for album of the week aswell couldn't it :lol:

Porcupine Tree - Dead Wing

by **Serendipity** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 5:37 pm

SnakeLady wrote:Oh well ......... if you listen to a cd 3 times in one day, that could count for album of the week aswell couldn't it

Porcupine Tree - Dead Wing

That's an album I'd love to hear more of.

The only song I know is Arriving Somewhere But Here. Wonderful song!
btw I think you may like Opeth - Damnation as well, if you like this.

My AOTW is Shadow Gallery - Room V. I couldn't stop playing Tyranny after I heard Room V, so I haven't really gotten around to listen to Room V properly.

Anyway, what I mean is that I liked Room V at first listen so much, that I felt I had to know Tyranny (to which Room V is a sequel) much better to completely grasp the awesomeness of Room V.

by **SnakeLady** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 5:52 pm

Serendipity wrote: That's an album I'd love to hear more of. The only song I know is Arriving Somewhere But Here. Wonderful song!
btw I think you may like Opeth - Damnation as well, if you like this.

you will here more of it!
Don't know Opeth but you could be right indeed.

by **Bobbi Flekman** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:31 pm

Serendipity wrote:My AOTW is Shadow Gallery - Room V. I couldn't stop playing Tyranny after I heard Room V, so I haven't really gotten around to listen to Room V properly.

So actually you are saying that Tyranny is your AOTW...

by **Serendipity** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 8:52 pm

Bobbi Flekman wrote:
Serendipity wrote:My AOTW is Shadow Gallery - Room V. I couldn't stop playing Tyranny after I heard Room V, so I haven't really gotten around to listen to Room V properly.
So actually you are saying that Tyranny is your AOTW...

No!

If it hadn't been for Room V, I wouldn't even have listened to Tyranny! I already heard at first listen how excellent Room V was. That I've played Tyranny so much was only to enhance the listening experiemce of Room V even further. See? It all makes perfect sense! :lol:

by **Taliwakker** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 11:39 am

Pagan's Mind-Enigmatic Calling. I really got into these guys from hearing Jorn's last album. The guitarist and drummer played on it. In Pagan's Mind the musianship really gets stepped up a notch or two.

by **Penny** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:16 pm

The only Pagan's Mind I've heard is Celestial Entrance and it's pretty good.

AOTW for me is still Brainstorm's Liquid Monster. Love it!!!

by **SnakeLady** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 3:58 pm

I've been listening to Opeth - Damnation

by **Taliwakker** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:37 pm

Snakey wrote

I've been listening to Opeth - Damnation

Good girl Snakey...and good girl S-dip

seeing as you are in a bit of a Steven Wilson zone lately Snakey i recommend you try a band called Paatos and their cd Kallocain. Its kind of mellow with a chick singer...mixed by Wilson...sounds a bit like a good version of Portishead.

by **Kenny** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 6:19 pm

I've been listening to 'Balls to Picasso' by Bruce Dickinson this week......

by **doggy** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:10 am

ATOW is "Silent Company" by Australia's own Black Majesty.
They do a great cover of Jon English's "6 Ribbons".

by **SnakeLady** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 9:03 am

Taliwakker wrote:Snakey wrote
I've been listening to Opeth - Damnation

Good girl Snakey...and good girl S-dip

yes we are good girls :wink:

seeing as you are in a bit of a Steven Wilson zone lately Snakey i recommend you try a band called Paatos and their cd Kallocain. Its kind of mellow with a chick singer...mixed by Wilson...sounds a bit like a good version of Portishead.

Don't know them ....... but one thing that scares me a chick singer, most of the time I don't like a chick singer. Only Heart :wink:

by **Jonny B** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:54 am

I will be a bit late with an AOTW. I sent out my first cd order in 3 months and it hasn't arrived yet. Up on the table will be Robin Beck 'Do You Miss Me,' Broke N Blue 'The Waiting,' and Harem Scarem 'Overload.'

Despite my strong bias towards female rock, I have a hunch that HS will dominate.

by **Bobbi Flekman** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 7:19 pm

Since I'm going to MA this saturday, I thought it was prudent to get reacquanted with their last, so...

Mostly Autumn - Storms Over Still Water. Hope they play Carpe Diem at the gig! And Ghost In Dreamland!

by **Jonny B** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 12:53 pm

And...(drum roll)...my AOTW is...Not HS "Overload!"

Overall, I thought the album started really strong, but then when the ballads started setting in, the album just seemed to get progressively weaker. "Weight of the World" is still their greatest, seemingly untopable album.

Robin Beck's new album isn't another "Trouble Or Nothing," but it's definitely her best post-ToN AOR effort to date.

So my AOTW will go to Broke N Blue "The Waiting." The Swedish Female Rock invasion continues with a sophomore effort that is stronger and a little harder-edged than their debut. I was a bit surprised by the use of a male singer on a few tracks, but both singers compliment very well. A review in the female rock forum to follow on my next day off.

by **Jonny B** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 11:48 am

The Broke N Blue review has been posted. Check out the female rock forum to check it out.

by **Penny** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:54 pm

Sentenced - Funeral Album for me this week. It's a good album to go out on. It's maybe slightly more progressive than their earlier stuff, so maybe it's a good time for them to finish.

by **Taliwakker** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:19 am

XsavioR-Caleidoscope...very prog and Queen influenced vocal harmonies. Goran Edman is great as usual and the guitar playing is fucking ridiculous :lol:

damn those swedes know how to handle an axe i tell ya.

by **Kenny** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:23 am

JLT - Joe Lynn Turner. Classic voice, great tunes.

by **Bobbi Flekman** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 6:42 pm

Kiss - Psycho Circus

by **doggy** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 8:25 am

"Fused" by Iommi/ Hughes is my ATOW.

by **Jonny B** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 10:56 pm

My AOTW remains the same this week. Broke N Blue "The Waiting"

However, the new Harem Scarem is starting to sink into my skull a little better...but...I...just...can't...get...over...the weak ending of 3 straight ballads. It kills any momentum the album had beforehand.

MR

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