Best Ever Albums

Re: The Who's "Quadrophenia" vs. Pink Floyd's "Th

LedZep — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 14:23:58 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 12/22/2016 19:23

Really two of the most acclaimed concept albums. I love The Who, but I find it challenging to listen to Quadrophenia in its entirety, Tommy was much better IMO. The Wall is not only one of the most famous concept albums ever, it is also one of the best.

Re: The Who's "Quadrophenia" vs. Pink Floyd's "Th

Mountandrew — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 14:22:14 GMT

Author: Mountandrew

Posted: 12/22/2016 19:22

I personally didn't care for The Wall too much. So gotta vote for Quadrophenia.

Re: The Who's "Quadrophenia" vs. Pink Floyd's "Th

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 13:58:09 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/22/2016 18:58

Yes I agree. On performance level Q tops it easily except for guitar solos of course.
What I was refering as "high points" are songs that come to mind to the general public at first tought (like TW has In the flesh, Confortably, Mother, Run like hell, Another brick...) and Q doesn't have really much standout songs (maybe I should have used the word "hit") like Tommy or Who's Next have. Kind of the same that happens with Exile on main St. The total is far bigger than the separate parts.

Quadrophenia is one of those few albums that everytime I finish it I say out loud "that's it, this is the best ever done!".

Re: The Who's "Quadrophenia" vs. Pink Floyd's "Th

Fischman — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 20:23:43 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 12/22/2016 01:23

albumceleste wrote:

The two are good but Quad is consistently better IMO.

It's like The Wall has stronger peaks but greatest lows; and Q on the other hand is a solid marble from start to finish on all aspects (songwriting, production, performance, coherence, etc)

At least that's how I see it (and I've would chosed TW if I was asked this same question 20 years ago tho, so maybe age has something to do with it also).

The Wall definitely has the lowest lows, but I think Quad has the highest highs as well. For me, there simply aren't any higher highs than The Real Me, 5:15,and Love Reign O'er Me.

Re: The Who's "Quadrophenia" vs. Pink Floyd's "Th

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 20:09:17 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/22/2016 01:09

The two are good but Quad is consistently better IMO.

It's like The Wall has stronger peaks but greatest lows; and Q on the other hand is a solid marble from start to finish on all aspects (songwriting, production, performance, coherence, etc)

At least that's how I see it (and I've would chosed TW if I was asked this same question 20 years ago tho, so maybe age has something to do with it also).

Re: The Who's "Quadrophenia" vs. Pink Floyd's "Th

Daydreamer — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 17:55:33 GMT

Author: Daydreamer

Posted: 12/21/2016 22:55

The Wall is probably the best double album ever.

Re: The Who's "Quadrophenia" vs. Pink Floyd's "Th

Fischman — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 14:29:01 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 12/21/2016 19:29

Quad by a long shot, for a whole lot of reasons. Chief among them in this case: Floyd doesn't have Entwistle!

(or Daultrey or Moon for that matter).

Re: The Who's "Quadrophenia" vs. Pink Floyd's "Th

zdwyatt — Thu, 14 May 2015 21:36:09 GMT

Author: zdwyatt

Posted: 05/15/2015 01:36

Kiki wrote:

Has Comfortably Numb for a start which is way better than all The Who have done.

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Re: The Who's "Quadrophenia" vs. Pink Floyd's "Th

poppmusic — Thu, 14 May 2015 20:07:36 GMT

Author: poppmusic

Posted: 05/15/2015 00:07

This is a contentious question, isn't it? Both albums are crazy ambitious. "The Wall" got way popular for doing so while "Quadrophenia" has always remained a cult classic. Perhaps that's why Quadrophenia so wins out for me.

Re: The Who's "Quadrophenia" vs. Pink Floyd's "Th

Decurso — Wed, 13 May 2015 11:29:44 GMT

Author: Decurso

Posted: 05/13/2015 15:29

Norman Bates wrote:

Most things are better than The Wall, so Quadrophenia.

What he said.

Re: The Who's "Quadrophenia" vs. Pink Floyd's "Th

Anonymous — Tue, 12 May 2015 19:38:10 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/12/2015 23:38

The Wall is perfectly balanced lyrically throughout. It's the only concept album I've found where if you skip just one song you miss an important development of the story or theme.

Re: The Who's "Quadrophenia" vs. Pink Floyd's "Th

newbands1 — Mon, 11 May 2015 11:10:48 GMT

Author: newbands1

Posted: 05/11/2015 15:10

Both of my least favorite classic double albums.I'm not that big a LZ or hard rock fan and even so I prefer Physical Graffiti.

Re: The Who's "Quadrophenia" vs. Pink Floyd's "Th

craola — Mon, 11 May 2015 11:09:22 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 05/11/2015 15:09

I voted for the Lamb, but the Wall would be my second choice. Quadrophenia is good too.

All three have major flaws that are canon to double album releases. All three would've been better as 8-12 track albums that sit around 40-45 minutes.

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shoopadoowop — Mon, 11 May 2015 10:04:25 GMT

Author: shoopadoowop

Posted: 05/11/2015 14:04

The Wall definitely.

Re: The Who's "Quadrophenia" vs. Pink Floyd's "Th

Jimmy Dread — Sun, 10 May 2015 04:01:48 GMT

Author: Jimmy Dread

Posted: 05/10/2015 08:01

I voted equal...

...'cos they're both guff. They're like the LP equivalents of a pair of Crocs. Now stop arguing about this bollocks and listen to some Jorge Ben.

Re: The Who's "Quadrophenia" vs. Pink Floyd's "Th

Anonymous — Sat, 9 May 2015 20:15:52 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/10/2015 00:15

The Wall is a far better album than Quesitonphobic. Has Comfortably Numb for a start which is way better than all The Who have done. Those who don't like The Wall have obviously never had an ego or an ego at all.

Re: The Who's "Quadrophenia" vs. Pink Floyd's "Th

RockyRaccoon — Sat, 9 May 2015 17:11:42 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 05/09/2015 21:11

The Wall is a fantastic album and you peoole are crazy.

Quadrophenia is a very good album, but not as good as The Wall. Whenever it comes to The Wall or The Final Cut, I always feel like the only one at the defense of those albums (cause I love them both) but I could also be crazy.

Re: The Who's "Quadrophenia" vs. Pink Floyd's "Th

goeie-oko — Sat, 9 May 2015 16:21:33 GMT

Author: goeie-oko

Posted: 05/09/2015 20:21

I mean, they're both great, even if the wall is over the top as hell. They're actually both in my top 20, but I'm going to have to go for the wall here, since it's the more epic and grandiose of the two, and I am a Pink Floyd fanboy so...

Re: The Who's "Quadrophenia" vs. Pink Floyd's "Th

badseed — Sat, 9 May 2015 14:40:57 GMT

Author: badseed

Posted: 05/09/2015 18:40

Quadrophenia is musically better; I prefer The Wall. Although both are arguably the last good/great album from each band, neither has the replay value that most of the earlier albums do. Honestly, due to a handful of wicked acid trips (are we allowed to talk about that here?) I've probably watched the film version of The Wall a couple times in the last year. Haven't listened to either album all the way through in years. I'd say The Wall is the 6th, maybe 7th best Pink Floyd album. I'd put Quadrophenia as The Who's 4th best.

Re: The Who's "Quadrophenia" vs. Pink Floyd's "Th

Anonymous — Sat, 9 May 2015 14:08:02 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/09/2015 18:08

The wall and I have history, and I don't look back on it fondly. Back when Roger Waters went on that tour, I couldn't get away from the wall. My uncle wouldn't stop preaching it's masterful construction and declaring Waters' lyricism and "message" as something akin to Dylan meets Jesus. I practically had to learn to love the thing out of necessity. He even dragged me a performance of to the aforementioned tour. It was a technically visually impressive experience, and while it works marginally better as a multimedia thing than an album, I still had a lot of trouble even sitting through the first disc, especially when he dove into truly Bono-esque theatrics. If anything this kind of early omnipresent exposure only made me resent the thing that much more in retrospect. I don't even necessarily hate it, but I've come to find it unrelentingly annoying. Over time I've just cared less and less about anything Waters.

Quadrophenia is decent enough. I'd take The Who Sell Out and Live at Leeds any day though. Still, it gets my vote