Dire Straits - Love over Gold

[Supreme]

the best prog rock album.............RUSH - Moving Pictures

I consider that the best rock album.

Possibly the best album (IMO)

 

[plastic penguin]

Is Marillion prog rock ?

Just ****.

 

[BigH]

Are Radiohead Prog rock?

 

[tomlinscote]

No

 

[BigH]

No

But Rush are?

 

[stevebrock]

Which cd do you have?

Vertigo - 800 088-2

its really quiet

 

[Anonymous]

Wikis def of Prog Rock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_rock

 

[stevebrock]

Just listened to the CD, to be honest its not that bad, just very very quiet however i prefer the Vinyl now I have heard it

 

[BigH]

Which cd do you have?

Vertigo - 800 088-2

its really quiet

Should be OK : http://www.dr.loudness-war.info/details.php?id=15003

Quiet usually means not so compressed, think it starts off quiet and then gets louder.

 

[stevebrock]

Which cd do you have?

Vertigo - 800 088-2

its really quiet

Should be OK : http://www.dr.loudness-war.info/details.php?id=15003

The dr is ok isnt it, its just quiet so need to push the voliume up

 

[BigH]

Wikis def of Prog Rock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_rock

Thanks, I largely agree with that, just a bit confussed by suggestions of Rush and Marillion. I see in there Radiohead are mentioned in the 3rd wave. For me it was King Crimson, ELP, Yes, Pink Floyd and Genesis etc.

 

[John Duncan]

Is Marillion prog rock ?

Just ****.

@char_lotte - yes it is
@pp - no it isn't

 

[BigH]

Which cd do you have?

Vertigo - 800 088-2

its really quiet

Should be OK : http://www.dr.loudness-war.info/details.php?id=15003

The dr is ok isnt it, its just quiet so need to push the voliume up

Yes a bit like classical and then it gets loud, if it starts off loud its got no head room. The later cds are louder but have less DR.

 

[stevebrock]

just done a direct comparison

for the same volume on my Brio

Vinyl 10 o clock

CD 11 o clock

 

[John Duncan]

the best prog rock album.............RUSH - Moving Pictures

I consider that the best rock album.

Possibly the best album (IMO)

Undoubtedly (IMO as well, obv).

 

[BigH]

just done a direct comparison

for the same volume on my Brio

Vinyl 10 o clock

CD 11 o clock

But does that not depend on the cartridge?

 

[Anonymous]

just done a direct comparison

for the same volume on my Brio

Vinyl 10 o clock

CD 11 o clock

But does that not depend on the cartridge?

Yes but as a rule of thumb it is usually the other way round

 

[char_lotte]

Grace Under Pressure for me but under no circumstances Presto..

 

[stevebrock]

just done a direct comparison

for the same volume on my Brio

Vinyl 10 o clock

CD 11 o clock

But does that not depend on the cartridge?

yes it does, but the CD is very quiet compared to other CDS of the same period

 

[BigH]

Yes but as a rule of thumb it is usually the other way round

Thats true.

 

[Supreme]

Grace Under Pressure for me but under no circumstances Presto..

Fantastic album!!

 

[John Duncan]

Some interesting points here, but I think we're threadcrapping a bit so have started a post here...

 

[the record spot]

are you saying the CD is better than the VINYL Spockfish?

Quite possibly; the original is meant to be excellent. There are several where the CD trounces the vinyl for me. Pretty comfortably at that too.

 

[toyota man]

Dire Straights and Yes - 'Owner of a lonely heart' were hot favs for the hi-fi dealers in the 80's from what I can remember.

Both truly bloody awful 😉

Now I'm not having that. IMO (obv) 90125 is the best prog rock album (for some value of 'prog') ever.

Really, would not even get into my top 3 Yes albums, Prog rock was over by about 1978.

Have a listen to Big Elf Cheat the gallows prog rock is still alive and kicking also have a listen to Coheed and Cambra

 

[lindsayt]

I have Private Investigations on 12" single. It's a very good recording with some pleasantly startling dynamics. Sounds better than the vinyl album version.

I like their first 3 albums. Very well recorded with a good set of songs. Their 1st album is bass heavy, but still a fine recording. Communique's pretty bass heavy too, but not as much as their 1st album.