Delfín
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Posted: Aug. 10 2010, 06:30 |
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Quote (Ugo @ June 19 2002, 23:47) |
Yes, I have.
Mike's: Amarok. Non-Mike's: APP's Eye In The Sky.
My opinion is based on nothing else but the fact that I like those two albums more than I like Ommadawn. :wink: |
Hi Ugo, i'm really surprised about this answer. Not because I don't like the Alan Parsons Project, which I love, being somewhere between my second or my fifth rock band of all time.
But I'm really surprised that you put 'Eye in the Sky' above 'Ommadawn'. I know that record very well, and being a very good one, I would never say it's better than 'Ommadawn'. It's obvious a rather subjective and loose question, but I consider 'Eye in the Sky' a very good, commercial pop/symphonic rock album with gems like 'Eye in the Sky', 'Silence and I' and 'Old and Wise' (I really think the sad ones are the best in this album) but only an average one amongst the rest of other albums from the Project, unarguably inferior than 'Tales...', 'Pyramid', 'Stereotomy' or 'Freudiana' (the last one being my favourite from them).
The other choice, 'Amarok', is however much more predictable, not in vain you are regarded by me and many others as a devoted Amarokian, which leaves no doubt about the question. I wouldn't be able to say right now which one from 'Ommadawn' or 'Amarok' I prefer, as I would rate both with a 9/10, and 'Eye in the Sky' would have an 8/10.
Just opinions. For me there are better albums than 'Ommadawn', but not much more than 15 or 20. In the MO ranking, I would place it between 5th - 8th. I prefer TB 1, 2 and 2003, Incantations, Five Miles Out, and consider equal TB 3, HR, and Discovery.
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