Posted by Pete on 10/3/2009, 5:21 am
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The Hold Your Fire thread got me thinking about other instances where my ratings of two adjacent albums differ by 3 points or more.
Here goes:
Genesis: Selling England by the Pound 14
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 11 (-3 points)
King Crimson: In the Wake of Poseidon 12
Lizard 7 (-5 points)
Islands 9
Larks' Tongues in Aspic 12 (+3 points)
Pink Floyd: The Final Cut 13
A Momentary Lapse of Reason 9 (-4 points)
Roxy Music: Siren 11
Manifesto 6 (-5 points)
Rush: Fly by Night 11
Caress of Steel 8 (-3 points)
2112 12 (+4 points)
Power Windows 12
Hold Your Fire 7 (-5 points)
Yes: Time and a Word 11
The Yes Album 14 (+3 points)
Close to the Edge 15
Tales from Topographic Oceans 10 (-5 points)
Going for the One 13
Tormato 8 (-5 points)
Drama 11 (+3 points)
90125 12
Big Generator 9 (-3 points)
Open Your Eyes 9
The Ladder 12 (+3 points)
Several things interest me here:
(a) All of these are from the discographies of prog bands - not a single exception.
(b) Where the quality drops by 3 points or more, the second album is, very often, a failed attempt at remaking the first.
(c) The fact that the Yes discography is all over the place cannot be blamed on their erratic line-up, since GFTO and Tormato were made by the same five guys, as were 90125 and BG.
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