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Post by admin on Mar 20, 2008 22:11:18 GMT
Pick a favourite......
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Post by störmwatch on Mar 21, 2008 1:32:22 GMT
difficult choice as each one has its high points and some a few low points as well.
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Post by electrocutas on Mar 21, 2008 12:03:59 GMT
They are all excellent But all very different Where one may appeal to someone another may not. Personally I really enjoy them all as I enjoy a Very wide range of music.
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Post by TM on Mar 21, 2008 16:51:24 GMT
I have to go with SLOB myself since it is the quintessential Ian Anderson solo album. But I too like them all...well, except for the orchestral album. That's not really Ian on that one. It's some imposter.
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Post by silkenmist on Mar 22, 2008 12:18:13 GMT
I will have to go with Divinities....I love every song on this albumn.
Silken...
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Post by geoffcb on Mar 23, 2008 11:54:26 GMT
I will have to go with Divinities....I love every song on this albumn. Silken... I wish S L O B was a Tull album! G E O F F
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Post by admin on Mar 24, 2008 20:22:08 GMT
I will have to go with Divinities....I love every song on this albumn. Silken... I wish S L O B was a Tull album! G E O F F Good call! I think SLOB is one of IA's best works and can stand up (no pun intended) against anything in the Tull back catalogue. I'd much rather he did shows with his solo material than the orchestral thing. I'd love to hear some of those songs done live, particularly as they were written around his singing voice now so he should hit all the notes.
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Post by quizzkid on Mar 25, 2008 16:39:59 GMT
I went for WiL, mainly because i think it was a major risk on IA's part as it wasn't an album that pandeered to fan or critic. I do agree though that SLOB and Divinities are both good albums and that SLOB should have been a Tull album.
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Post by admin on Mar 26, 2008 21:02:26 GMT
I went for WiL, mainly because i think it was a major risk on IA's part as it wasn't an album that pandeered to fan or critic. I do agree though that SLOB and Divinities are both good albums and that SLOB should have been a Tull album. I must confess I do think WIL sounds a bit dated to me now but there are some excellent songs on there. Toad In The Hole stands out as a favourite for me as being very Tull despite all the electronics. I do remember my jaw hitting the floor and thinking "WTF is this?" when I bought the LP. And that was just looking at the cover! But what I'd give for an IA nowadays who's prepared to try something that different.
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Post by quizzkid on Mar 28, 2008 18:48:18 GMT
I must confess I do think WIL sounds a bit dated to me now but there are some excellent songs on there. Toad In The Hole stands out as a favourite for me as being very Tull despite all the electronics. I do remember my jaw hitting the floor and thinking "WTF is this?" when I bought the LP. And that was just looking at the cover! But what I'd give for an IA nowadays who's prepared to try something that different. I'm with that, again like UW it's an album that is undervalued I think. Would like to hear some of the stronger tracks re-worked, rather than the continual repeats of LitP and Bouree.
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Post by TullSkull on Mar 30, 2008 22:15:54 GMT
Divinities for me.
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Post by tullistray on Apr 16, 2008 22:27:18 GMT
They all have greatly entertained me at one time or another but SLOB is a stone jewel with Rupi's not far behind.
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Post by SilverHamer on May 4, 2008 14:46:58 GMT
I couldn't vote because I don't like any of them...
KIDDING! Actually I like them all equally. And SLOB has my vote, mostly because that seems to be the one that I listen to most often, and for no other reason but that it is the only one that I've gotten around to loading in my iPod...LOL.
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Post by admin on May 4, 2008 20:39:30 GMT
I couldn't vote because I don't like any of them... KIDDING! Actually I like them all equally. And SLOB has my vote, mostly because that seems to be the one that I listen to most often, and for no other reason but that it is the only one that I've gotten around to loading in my iPod...LOL. Lol, that's as good a reason as any I guess!
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Post by warchild on May 11, 2008 0:23:41 GMT
Mine would have to be Rupi's Dance. I love them all.
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Post by maddogfagin on May 21, 2008 16:16:58 GMT
Divinities just gets the nod over the others but all are good and I still listen to them all. Would be nice to have a solo album of IA and DP together - now there's a thought.
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Post by admin on May 21, 2008 20:53:24 GMT
DP? Dave pegg......or Dee Palmer.....or Doane Perry... Time for a new poll btw guys? Anyone care to start one?
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Post by maddogfagin on May 22, 2008 17:49:18 GMT
Actually meant Peggy, but three albums would do.
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Post by steelmonkey on Jun 21, 2008 2:58:10 GMT
Each solo album has worthy high points and numerous songs that are either perfect solo outings or songs that should been given the full Tull treatment,,,usually NOT the ones that end up on Tull tours...i mean, Water Carrier is really just Fat Man III ( Tall thin girl, was obviously Fat ManII). I wish Tull would perform 'Lost in Crowds'...an overlooked masterpiece that belongs next to Velvet Green or Acres Wild on the Tull fantasy i-pod. My favorite, only just barely, is Secret Language...so many great songs and, in my memory, mingled in with Dot Com as a burst of amazing material but all the solo albums are worth 'Later that same lifetime' listenings.
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Post by ryanwhite on Jul 9, 2008 20:56:18 GMT
SLOB is the best overall. WIL is interesting but the synth makes it garrulous after a while. Rupi has one good song on it. Orchestral albums should not even be part of this.
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Post by ryanwhite on Jul 9, 2008 20:58:33 GMT
Almost forgot about Divinities---John Tesh with an English accent. After the first song, the rest of the album is a New Age snooze-fest.
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Post by steelmonkey on Jul 13, 2008 2:22:28 GMT
Yeah, Rupi had some filler but more than one good song...One GREAT song and at least 4 or 5 good ones....a step down from SLOB, for sure.
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Post by steelmonkey on Jul 13, 2008 2:24:30 GMT
Oh yeah...a PS to your PS....wouldn't pay a nickel to hear or see John Tesh but he's admitted in numerous interviews that while others were travelling deadheads, he was following Tull from city to city toting up 40 or more gigs...think it's the shared initials?
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Post by yvonne on Jan 28, 2009 15:26:17 GMT
I have them all and of course like them all, but my favourite of these is
The Secret Language Of Birds
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Post by fatman on Feb 16, 2009 16:24:55 GMT
I think SLOB is an absolute masterpiece, Ian's best material of the last two decades. I could do without the instrumentals and the Fatman retread Water Carrier, but aside from those it's a brilliant solo album. In my opinion it ranks with Ian's finest acoustic material, especially Circular Breathing and The Jasmine Corridor, which is sort of a sequel to Wond'ring Aloud. One critic called SLOB "height of powers stuff." I agree.
Jeff
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Post by steelmonkey on Feb 16, 2009 22:13:15 GMT
SLOB was an amazing album...water carrier was actually a tall thin girl retread...which was a fatman retread....and wasn't white innocence, though a pretty song on it's own merits, a sad hack at budapest II?
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Post by fatman on Feb 16, 2009 23:42:28 GMT
Each solo album has worthy high points and numerous songs that are either perfect solo outings or songs that should been given the full Tull treatment,,,usually NOT the ones that end up on Tull tours...i mean, Water Carrier is really just Fat Man III ( Tall thin girl, was obviously Fat ManII). I wish Tull would perform 'Lost in Crowds'...an overlooked masterpiece that belongs next to Velvet Green or Acres Wild on the Tull fantasy i-pod. My favorite, only just barely, is Secret Language...so many great songs and, in my memory, mingled in with Dot Com as a burst of amazing material but all the solo albums are worth 'Later that same lifetime' listenings. I agree with you about Lost in Crowds. That and Not Ralitsa were the two best from Rupi. Raft of Penguins and Hand of Thumbs were very good too, so was My Old Black Cat. Two Short Planks , while I wouldn't call it a great song, is one of Ian's catchiest pop numbers, with a sparkling acoustic guitar sound, and a really energetic flute bridge. So, I would say Rupi has six good or great songs, but there are some embarassing moments, too, like the lyrics to the title track, the Pigeon Song and Photoshop, or Fatman IV, if you will. Griminelli's Lament was a languid, though tolerable, instrumental, until I grew to absolutely loathe it after it was played in successive tours five or six years in a row. Calliandra Shade is another song off Rupi I didn't really like because of its verbosity and weak vocals. A Week of Moments has some nice keyboards, but the song inexplicably lapses into Roots/Divinities-era middle eastern territory. I rate Rupi two-and-a-half out of four stars, whereas SLOB I give four out of four. Jeff
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Post by steelmonkey on Feb 22, 2009 3:53:44 GMT
There was something about Rupi's dance that made the sum less than the total of the parts....truly a bunch of good songs...a couple okay song and a few turds in the punchbowl.....I hated Grinnelli's Lame-meant the first time I heard it....maybe the inane liner notes dragged it down....funny old thing, dumb liner notes.
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Post by earsoftin on Apr 1, 2010 15:04:17 GMT
SLOB for me - a fine collection of melodies. Two that stand out for me (but don't seem to get a mention here) are the lovely fragment Set-Aside (how I would love to hear that developed!) and Sanctuary.
But I want to stand up (pun not intended) for Divinities. Not a proper comparison as it's such a different project but I think there are some nicely developed themes. No idea who John Tesh is (and sounds like I don't want to - right?) but here's a thought about In Defence of Faith. This idea may have been put in my head by the title, but it seems to me a very English piece of music. I think its the organ, but it evokes for me quiet English country churches with that musty feel of history to them. I'm sure I've seen somewhere Ian talking about being laid to rest in a Wiltshire churchyard. The Defence of Faith bit of course evokes Henry VIII as 'Defender of the Faith' and the Anglican settlement. What I like about this is that I recall what I think was a Rolling Stone review asking why in My God Ian has a pop at the 'bloody Church of England in chains of history'. It often seemed such a soft target (and the Isle of Wight version seemed to indicate he had other targets in mind) and certainly not the Presbyterianism of his youth. It's one of those lines that makes you think Tull are a quintessentially English band - which, of course, is not strictly true. But perhaps this is Ian making a form of musical peace with an old enemy - laying the Anglicanism of Blackpool Grammar School to rest?!
Or perhaps this is me making far too much of one song title! I like Divinities, though, but wouldn't compare it with the others, especially as I understand that Andy Giddings had a good deal of input.
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Post by broadsword on Apr 1, 2010 16:55:07 GMT
SLOB/Divinities/Rupis' Dance - I can't split them, I listen to all 3 frequently.
As for Walk Into Light, why is it so damned expensive? Is it because it's rare? If so, why is it rare? I just checked Ebay, no copies available but a few vinyl versions for around £5. Checked Amazon, 2 available for £45 and 1 for £100. There's a copy available from the US currently at $19.99, but the condition is described as "acceptable", whatever that means.
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