Album Rating: 5.0

nah man it's cool

props

Album Rating: 5.0

I love this album so much. It's disturbed yet brilliant, and one of the more underrated albums here. Glad you gave this a review, Fripper.

you forgot a space here: "jazz-tingedBlue Afternoon"

had no idea The Mothers played on this. very surprising

This is sputnik not english class... Anyway is Tim really superior to Jeff? Not disagreeing cuz I really don't know Tim and definitely need to, but Jeff is like, really damn good so.

album rulz aghreed

Album Rating: 5.0

"This is sputnik not english class... Anyway is Tim really superior to Jeff? Not disagreeing cuz I really don't know Tim and definitely need to, but Jeff is like, really damn good so."



I always seek to improve my writing and I asked him to go over this.



Tim is far better. If Jeff lived, he would've most likely surpassed his father without a doubt.

However, it's pretty unfair of me to even compare the two when they were so different.

Which specific Tim songs would you say outshine Jeff's work? Because songs like Lover, you should've come over, mojo pin, and grace are so good that even imagining songs that are superior gives me the willies.

Yeah from what I know of Jeff's history he really wanted to distance himself from the legacy of his dad so I wouldn't be surprised if their music sounds completely different.

Album Rating: 5.0

here's a six song selection I'd say puts the old man over his son. But it's pretty much apples and oranges to compare them and comes down to personal preference.



Song to the Siren

Buzzin' Fly

Blue Melody

I Had a Talk With My Woman

I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain

Jungle Fire

Thanks for the list, will listen later and am prepared to be mindfucked

A few things I spotted:
"the haunting vocal to ”Starsailor”" - vocals*
"thesis waiting to written" - to be* written
"“cryptic”, hypnotic”, and “dissonant”" - add another " before "hypnotic"
Personally something about the use of "aural" rubs me the wrong way but that's just me ahah

Absolutely great choice for a review! This album is often nominated as a comparison to Aria by Alan Sorrenti, for its use of the voice as another instrument. You may want to give this beast a shot when you have 20 minutes to throw away (Jean-Luc Ponty is in it too): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptg0vtxa09o

Album Rating: 5.0

That's the spirit!

Album Rating: 5.0

funny thing, I've heard Aria before



also thanks for pointing those bits out, didn't even notice those

Album Rating: 5.0

Tim has more material than Jeff and I do like Starsailor better than Grace. No denying Jeff had so much promise for only one debut and some good unreleased stuff. Tim had already peaked and kinda fizzled out from what I've heard of his later material.

"funny thing, I've heard Aria before"
Oh sweet, did you dig?

Album Rating: 5.0

I found this while reading about Aria during the prog tourney. I think it was the Allmusic review. Aria is great too.

If you wished Aria was crazier, take a look at its follow-up (Come un vecchio incensiere all'alba di un villaggio deserto). The t/t is longer (23 mins) and it's plain insane

Album Rating: 5.0

Aria's cool yeah

I need to check this one.

Album Rating: 3.5

classic alb

Album Rating: 3.5

Not exactly.

I'm seduced by his voice's high capacity, but that's about it. Music is interesting here and there, but vocals and instruments seem too often disconnected from one another. I hesitate between a 3 or a 3.5.