Best Ever Albums

Re: [Closed] B1974 1AB: Silent Tongues vs. Eldorado, A Symphony

Listmeister — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 12:19:55 GMT

Author: Listmeister

Posted: 08/21/2014 16:19

Eldorado, please please please.... damn.

Silent Tongues 7-5 (0-3)

Re: [Closed] B1974 1AB: Silent Tongues vs. Eldorado, A Symphony

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 00:04:27 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/20/2014 04:04

I actually enjoy ELO when they're just doing fun pop songs, but this thing is a bit over the top for my taste. The Taylor album falls well short of my favorites of his, too. It's impressive, to be sure, but I don't feel compelled to go back. Went with neither.

Re: [Closed] B1974 1AB: Silent Tongues vs. Eldorado, A Symphony

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 14:51:31 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/19/2014 18:51

Vote to Silent Tongues. I enjoy Eldorado quite a bit mainly because it's fun, but Silent Tongues impresses me. It's my kind of jazz.

Re: [Closed] B1974 1AB: Silent Tongues vs. Eldorado, A Symphony

NickVolos — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 14:19:24 GMT

Author: NickVolos

Posted: 08/19/2014 18:19

Voted for Eldorado. Silent Tongues is not my kind of jazz... too free, abstract, technical...COLD.

Re: [Closed] B1974 1AB: Silent Tongues vs. Eldorado, A Symphony

NowhereMan — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 17:51:40 GMT

Author: NowhereMan

Posted: 08/18/2014 21:51

Eldorado. Brilliant, Especially the opening two tracks and the finale.

Re: [Closed] B1974 1AB: Silent Tongues vs. Eldorado, A Symphony

meccalecca — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:39:26 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 08/18/2014 15:39

RepoMan wrote:

Yeah, Eldorado's the first of two albums that I've really disliked so far in this tourney.

You guys are no fun. What's not to love about totally over the top AOR prog pop?

Well, it's not exactly ELO's best but I kind of love it.

Cecil Taylor may be agreater, but ELO's attempt to be the 70s version of the Beatles is something I've always appreciated for whatever reason.

Re: [Closed] B1974 1AB: Silent Tongues vs. Eldorado, A Symphony

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:20:02 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/18/2014 15:20

Yeah, Eldorado's the first of two albums that I've really disliked so far in this tourney. And they both happen to be in the same batch as I'm currently trying to figure out which album I like less - this or Crime of The Century. It's quite a battle. But, I think Eldorado's going to take it. There are probably more moments on Eldorado that are just flat out funny.

In comparison to trying to get through Eldorado, Silent Tongues was pretty easy on the ears and a welcome tonic. Taylor's Unit Structures has been blowing my mind over the past couple of weeks though.

Silent Tongues

Re: [Closed] B1974 1AB: Silent Tongues vs. Eldorado, A Symphony

Skinny — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 07:50:52 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 08/18/2014 11:50

Anything but ELO. That said, I'm probably being a bit unfair on Taylor there by suggesting it was a default, anti-ELO position, when I did enjoy his record. It's not my favourite jazz album in the tournament, but it was still cool. Vote to Taylor.

Re: [Closed] B1974 1AB: Silent Tongues vs. Eldorado, A Symphony

Graeme2 — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 07:44:30 GMT

Author: Graeme2

Posted: 08/18/2014 11:44

RepoMan wrote:

Great. You just made it the favorite. LOL.

😁

Re: [Closed] B1974 1AB: Silent Tongues vs. Eldorado, A Symphony

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 06:38:43 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/18/2014 10:38

Graeme2 wrote:

Cecil Taylor makes Trout Mask and The Pop Group sound like easy listening.

Great. You just made it the favorite. LOL.

Re: [Closed] B1974 1AB: Silent Tongues vs. Eldorado, A Symphony

Graeme2 — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 06:27:43 GMT

Author: Graeme2

Posted: 08/18/2014 10:27

Cecil Taylor makes Trout Mask and The Pop Group sound like easy listening.

[Closed] B1974 1AB: Silent Tongues vs. Eldorado, A Symphony

Listmeister — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 21:54:44 GMT

Author: Listmeister

Posted: 08/18/2014 01:54

Full disclosure. It's going to be impossible for me to write objectively about these two artists. One artist is one of my all-time favorites, the other represents a genre I'm not really that into. So, less said the better.

Anyway, here are the two albums.

Silent Tongues by Cecil Taylor, nominated by Kool Keith Sweat.

Eldorado, A Symphony By The Electric Light Orchestra by Electric Light Orchestra, nominated by Basdewit97.