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CD Audio I have it ★★★★

26 jul 16

A decent but not thrilling start (volumes from the first to the ninth), thrilling and unique from 10 to 65, has somewhat lost its way with the Caesar the Clown saga (ridiculous saga!), only to return to high levels thanks to the legendary Doflamingo... I stopped there because I got fed up, it’s too long... :(

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COX
26 jul 16

Is the Punk Hazard saga ridiculous? But there are epic moments like Zoro vs. Monet, Vergo vs. Law, and Doflamingo's arrival! The post Dressrosa arc deserves a lot instead. The Zou arc (which has been concluded for a while now) is one of the best in the entire work.
tonysoprano
26 jul 16

The saga of Doflamingo is unique... the best is that of Marineford...
that of Punk Hazard makes me anxious, too predictable and not unexpected enough for the standards of OP.
tonysoprano
26 jul 16

Don't take it the wrong way... @[COX]
tonysoprano
26 jul 16

I still have the last 30 chapters to go through.
COX
29 jul 16

I don't take it personally; your judgment is your own, just like mine, after all. I don't agree that Punk Hazard is predictable.
tonysoprano
29 jul 16

I'm not saying it sucks, just that the absolute unpredictability of Marineford is lost.

CD Audio I have it ★★★★

Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Tarkus

4 sep 16

What a shame, they could have really hit it big. The titular suite is ridiculous at times, and way too long. The second half, beautiful, makes it even more frustrating. A great opportunity wasted.

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sergio60
25 jan 17

every opinion is sacred but.....tarkus is more so....the suite is simply magnificent with no weak moments and it flows by all too quickly....the B side has the flavor of filler with the sole exception of only way featuring the Bach-like insert of the fugue, the rest would also be good (for the rest of the prog groups) but not by the standards of ELP at that moment....

CD Audio I have it ★★★★

Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Emerson, Lake & Palmer

4 sep 16

A good debut for ELP, very inspired, although they suffer from slight prolixity in some long tracks (Take A Pebble) that could have lasted 2 or 3 minutes less, even if they are beautiful and powerful. Good first impression, as they say. But definitely not a masterpiece. Too immature.

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hjhhjij
4 sep 16

Well, you're obsessed with immaturity in the wrong records. These were very mature, all coming from significant experiences that had been made and finished ;) Probably the one about excessive prolixity is more focused and mature, but that's just my opinion.
tonysoprano
4 sep 16

I find this one by Brain Salad Surgery more verbose.
tonysoprano
4 sep 16

There are moments when I feel bored, and others that are very exhilarating.
hjhhjij
4 sep 16

Of tastes.
tonysoprano
4 sep 16

I like them, but sometimes I don't understand where they want to go with it, so many poorly managed ideas at certain points, wordy and sometimes even boring. Tarkus becomes deadly dull after 5 minutes.
hjhhjij
4 sep 16

And I prefer that of Karn Evil :D But I agree with the concept. It's not that they had poorly managed ideas, it's that they always focused too much on technical performance (where they were monsters) compared to composition (which I think Emerson has always been somewhat limited in). Just a bunch of show-offs. Except for Lake, bassist, singer, and when he felt like it, also a great songwriter. All the short songs of the band are his, and to me, they are the best things in their albums.
tonysoprano
4 sep 16

Lake should not be touched, Palmer was a great drummer, the blame was on Emerson, there were ideas. Poorly managed.
sergio60
25 jan 17

Well... defining E.L.P. as an immature work is absolutely incorrect. It has all the hallmarks of a masterpiece, with the significant addition of having opened a highway for all the upcoming bands (given that the Nice had only blazed the trail and that only Emerson had the courage to continue straight in that direction). Forty years later, it still sounds fresh, intriguing, and grandiose. Keep in mind that in the 70s, they had an immense following—far more than M. Jackson...

File Audio I have it ★★★★★

Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Brain Salad Surgery

4 sep 16

The best album by Emerson, Lake And Palmer, technically analyzed in almost every detail, with that wonder of Karn Evil Nine which rightfully enters among the best suites of all time. It would be a record worthy of the title masterpiece, it’s a shame there’s a filler, namely "Benny The Bouncier" that disrupts the balance. They came very close to the title of masterpiece. A magnificent album.