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Matt Group: Admins Posts: 1186 Joined: Nov. 2002 Posted: Sep. 19 2011, 16:11 I have been listening to Crises again recently and realised that if I were to list my favourite tracks in order now it would be quite a different order from when I first heard it. When I first heard it, my order of preference was (I think) something like this, favourites 1st: 1) Moonlight Shadow 2) Foreign Affair 3) Crises 4) Shadow on the wall 5) Taurus III 6) In high places When I listen to it now my favourites are more like this: 1) Crises 2) In high places 3) Moonlight Shadow 4) Foreign Affair 5) Shadow on the wall 6) Taurus III My views on some of the tracks (in high places particularly) seem to have changed with the years. So, this topic not for Crises in particular but have your views on favourite tracks changed with time? -------------- "I say I say I say I say, what's got three bottles and five eyes and no legs and two wheels" Back to top

Milamber Group: Musicians Posts: 2275 Joined: Feb. 2010 Posted: Sep. 19 2011, 16:27 With TB, HR and O I originally preferred part One over Two. These days I'm more drawn towards part Two esp Ommadawn.. Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Sep. 20 2011, 02:11 I didn't used to be keen on Incantations part 2, particularly the Hiawatha song - couldn't wait for it to end. But over time I have warmed to it and now it's on a par with part 1, 3 and 4. -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

bob the screamer Group: Members Posts: 108 Joined: Jan. 2011 Posted: Sep. 20 2011, 12:28 Hmm... actually not much at all for me. My "order" of albums is pretty much the same as ten years ago strangely enough. -------------- New free album out: http://www.bobthescreamer.com/music/twinety-twine/ Back to top

3Wheeler Group: Members Posts: 828 Joined: Aug. 2007 Posted: Sep. 20 2011, 12:33 Sometimes youve just got to go with the Random Player... -------------- We're Flying Aeroflot, We've Got Reservations. Back to top

Scatterplot Group: Members Posts: 1981 Joined: Dec. 2007 Posted: Sep. 20 2011, 13:20 From my posts of late, it's obvious I've lost a lot of enthusiasm in Mike's music, not due to just simple replicative fade, but his attempt to re-sell his whole catalog(eventually) thru "remix/remasters". He won't be dismissed by any means, I've gotten "fade" from many others, Doors, Steely Dan, so many others American and British. Old age(you try being 50) does that. But the Hiawatha part mentioned prior......this is one MO piece I keep coming back to just as much as The Inner Child. It is mesmeric beyond belief. One of my jimboard top tens...... -------------- We raise our voices in the night Crying to heaven And will our voices be heard Or will they break Like the wind Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Sep. 20 2011, 15:43 MoTS was a grower. At first I prefered the main "Harbinger" themes. Now I hear the album more as a whole. "The Tempest" used to be way down the list - now it's at the top.   Revised - 1 The Tempest 2 Musica Universalis 3 Aurora 4 Silhouette 5 Prophesy 6 Harmonia Mundi 7 Shabda 8 Empyrean 9 On My Heart (reprise) 10 On My Heart 11 The Other Side 12 Animus 13 Harbinger 14 Harbinger (reprise) Previously - 1 Musica Universalis 2 Silhouette 3 Harbinger 4 Harbinger (reprise) 5 On My Heart 6 On My Heart (reprise) 7 Prophesy 8 Harmonia Mundi 9 The Tempest 10 Aurora 11 Shabda 12 Empyrean 13 Animus 14 The Other Side -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

larstangmark Group: Members Posts: 1767 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: Sep. 20 2011, 17:31 I used to think that Poison Arrow was a standout track from Discovery when the album came out (I was 12). Now I think it's so-so and propably next last (Saved by a Bell is by far the worst). When I first heard QE2 I was quite fond of Conflict, a track that I now skip everytime I listen to the album. I think it's too overwrought and busy. It used to be my #2 fac on the album, now it's down there with the cover versions. But for the most part my first impressions of the albums seem to last. When I first heard Earth Moving I only really noticed Innocent and Holy. I still rank Innocent as the best track, but closely followed by Bridge to Paradise and See the Light. And those two songs left no impression at all to begin with. -------------- "There are twelve people in the world, the rest are paste" Mark E Smith Back to top

Chris Ibberson Group: Members Posts: 88 Joined: Aug. 2011 Posted: Oct. 25 2011, 10:39 When I bought TSODE I was decidedly unimpressed by the whole album.It was a case of  Let There Be Light and not a great deal else. However since joining the forum I gave it another chance and.... I really love it now, particularly "Only Time" "Chamber/Hibernaculum" "Magellan" and of course the "Intro/LTBL" A complete U turn in my affections. Should the day arise when I don't love Argieres or Wonderful Land, then its time to tag my toe... -------------- Diana Luna Lucina Back to top

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