The Prog Rock Album Club

Anteater · 10-05-2012, 12:04 PM

I'd love to make this thread work too -- but there just aren't enough active progheads around to give it the participation it deserves. :/

Unknown Soldier · 10-05-2012, 02:24 PM

I'm one of those guilty of not participating but I should. I think the reason that this doesn't work is that the democratic process of voting for albums just takes too long and draws away from actually listening to the albums. My recommendation is that the thread manager in this case Trollheart picks an album and we all discuss the album over the week, Trollheart then picks at random or however he wants to do it another member to pick an album for the following week and so on, Trollheart every three or four albums can also choose another himself.

Metal Wars works like this and since I've started it, I found the thread has to adapt to survive, which it has.

Big Ears · 10-05-2012, 02:36 PM

An excellent idea, Unknown Soldier (taking turns to suggest an album).

Guybrush · 10-05-2012, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

I'm one of those guilty of not participating but I should.

As we're all generally here to enjoy ourselves and not do work, we should all be completely free in choosing what to do with our time here and so noone should really feel like they have to spend time here doing something they don't want to. So, I don't believe in blaming people for album clubs not working. As Ants writes, there are just too few people interested in this. It's just hard for a prog rock album club to survive in this kind of environment.

No album club should be fueled by guilty consciences. Participation should always be completely optional. Or that's how I see it at least!

Unknown Soldier · 10-06-2012, 02:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tore

As we're all generally here to enjoy ourselves and not do work, we should all be completely free in choosing what to do with our time here and so noone should really feel like they have to spend time here doing something they don't want to. So, I don't believe in blaming people for album clubs not working. As Ants writes, there are just too few people interested in this. It's just hard for a prog rock album club to survive in this kind of environment.

No album club should be fueled by guilty consciences. Participation should always be completely optional. Or that's how I see it at least!

I agree with what you're saying here, but since starting my own journal I'm really into discussing albums now in more detail. So if this gets up and running again I'm in.

Trollheart · 10-08-2012, 05:09 AM

All right then, we'll give it one more go.
Here's the one I've selected, great prog rock album from the early eighties, a band who are no longer together and whose pinnacle I believe was reached through this album.

Fact and fiction ---- Twelfth Night --- 1982
Here's the Wiki article for background
Fact and Fiction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It's an album that's pretty much bookended by two epics, the opener "We are sane", which runs for 10:27, and the not-quite-closer "Creepshow", which hits almost the twelve minute mark, coming in at 11:57. There are other good tracks too --- in fact, I wouldn't really rate any of the tracks as bad --- but these two I believe portray the best this album has to offer.

Interested to hear what you think. Let's give it two weeks, to allow everyone time to hear the album and formulate a view on it, and we'll all meet back here to discuss it.

Anyone who can't get the album and needs a link, PM me.

Oh, and I also reviewed it in my journal, if you want some more inspiration...

Last chance saloon? Saddle up, prog pardners!

Unknown Soldier · 10-08-2012, 09:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trollheart

All right then, we'll give it one more go.
Here's the one I've selected, great prog rock album from the early eighties, a band who are no longer together and whose pinnacle I believe was reached through this album.

Fact and fiction ---- Twelfth Night --- 1982
Here's the Wiki article for background
Fact and Fiction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It's an album that's pretty much bookended by two epics, the opener "We are sane", which runs for 10:27, and the not-quite-closer "Creepshow", which hits almost the twelve minute mark, coming in at 11:57. There are other good tracks too --- in fact, I wouldn't really rate any of the tracks as bad --- but these two I believe portray the best this album has to offer.

Interested to hear what you think. Let's give it two weeks, to allow everyone time to hear the album and formulate a view on it, and we'll all meet back here to discuss it.

Anyone who can't get the album and needs a link, PM me.

Oh, and I also reviewed it in my journal, if you want some more inspiration...

Last chance saloon? Saddle up, prog pardners!

I'll listen to it in the next few days. I understand that giving people 2 weeks is good, but it also drags things out too much and the thread can lose focus, but I'll leave it to you as you're the boss here.

Big Ears · 10-08-2012, 11:50 AM

Two weeks seems sensible to me.

Trollheart · 10-08-2012, 06:00 PM

Look, I'm easy, but both US and Ant have their own journals and Ant has another offsite blog to run, plus he's obviously devising some more fiendish plans to get "that pesky ant!"

(sorry, that's an aardvark, isn't it?) so I thought 2 weeks was a decent amount of time, not to rush people. But if everyone thinks they can do it in one, then that's fine by me. Whatever suits yaz.

jackhammer · 10-09-2012, 06:01 PM

Always preferred XII by Twelfth Night although it is far more commercial. I should give Fact Or Fiction more of a listen though.

10-08-2012, 05:09 AM	#6 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	All right then, we'll give it one more go. Here's the one I've selected, great prog rock album from the early eighties, a band who are no longer together and whose pinnacle I believe was reached through this album. Fact and fiction ---- Twelfth Night --- 1982 Here's the Wiki article for background Fact and Fiction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It's an album that's pretty much bookended by two epics, the opener "We are sane", which runs for 10:27, and the not-quite-closer "Creepshow", which hits almost the twelve minute mark, coming in at 11:57. There are other good tracks too --- in fact, I wouldn't really rate any of the tracks as bad --- but these two I believe portray the best this album has to offer. Interested to hear what you think. Let's give it two weeks, to allow everyone time to hear the album and formulate a view on it, and we'll all meet back here to discuss it. Anyone who can't get the album and needs a link, PM me. Oh, and I also reviewed it in my journal, if you want some more inspiration... Last chance saloon? Saddle up, prog pardners! __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

10-08-2012, 06:00 PM	#9 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Look, I'm easy, but both US and Ant have their own journals and Ant has another offsite blog to run, plus he's obviously devising some more fiendish plans to get "that pesky ant!" (sorry, that's an aardvark, isn't it?) so I thought 2 weeks was a decent amount of time, not to rush people. But if everyone thinks they can do it in one, then that's fine by me. Whatever suits yaz. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

10-09-2012, 06:01 PM	#10 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Always preferred XII by Twelfth Night although it is far more commercial. I should give Fact Or Fiction more of a listen though. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

10-05-2012, 02:36 PM	#3 (permalink)
Big Ears Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Hampshire, England Posts: 434	An excellent idea, Unknown Soldier (taking turns to suggest an album).

10-08-2012, 11:50 AM	#8 (permalink)
Big Ears Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Hampshire, England Posts: 434	Two weeks seems sensible to me.