Abacab: Yea or Nay?

Oriphiel · 03-25-2018, 11:34 AM

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The Batlord · 03-25-2018, 11:37 AM

Neay. The title track is fun aside from that damn solo, but other than that the album can suck a big fat one.

Anteater · 03-25-2018, 11:45 AM

It would be the greatest album of all time if it had the song "Illegal Alien" instead of 'Man On The Corner'.

~~Dude111~~ · 03-30-2018, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Neay. The title track is fun aside from that damn solo, but other than that the album can suck a big fat one.

I agree......It isnt that good...

Now FACE VALUE on the other hand is excellent!

Chula Vista · 03-30-2018, 04:39 PM

It worked at the time of its release. In hindsight, not so much.

Dodo/Lurker is one of the best post Hackett songs they ever did IMO though.

Neapolitan · 03-30-2018, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

It worked at the time of its release. In hindsight, not so much.

Dodo/Lurker is one of the best post Hackett songs they ever did IMO though.

The best way to respond to that line of thinking goes back to what Louie once said. Someone approached Satchmo about blowing some snazzy Jazz riff from the roaring 20s on his trumpet. (This incident happened either in the forgettable 40s or nifty 50s) Armstrong retorted in his hallmark rough sounding voice:"If it was good then, it's good now!"
Abacab was good then, and it's good now.

Chula Vista · 03-31-2018, 03:17 AM

Next to Susan Dey, your avi........

Trollheart · 03-31-2018, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Dude111

I agree......It isnt that good...

Now FACE VALUE on the other hand is excellent!

That's probably the only Collins album I'd even think of listening to these days. Very low-key, mostly quite depressing ("The Roof is Leaking", "You Know What I Mean", "If Leaving Me is Easy") and pretty brutal and honest, given that it was written during his divorce. Second album is okay but really not a patch on that, and after that he just rockets off into the stratosphere and becomes yet another bland pop star. I hate his work now. He did well with Genesis after Gabriel left, though.

The Batlord · 03-25-2018, 11:51 AM

Okay so now we know it's terrible.

Anteater · 03-25-2018, 12:04 PM

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Okay so now we know it's terrible.

I'm sure there's an ABACAB lover in there yearning to be free, just waiting for the right moment to burst out in a shower of blood and rainbows.

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Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	It worked at the time of its release. In hindsight, not so much. Dodo/Lurker is one of the best post Hackett songs they ever did IMO though. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

03-31-2018, 03:17 AM	#7 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Next to Susan Dey, your avi........ __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”