Texas King Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 The prog album of your choice is?I will go with Leftoverture slightly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Though it's not my all-time favourite Styx album, I do love The Grand Illusion. Â Winner. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dwarf Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Leftoverture.Kansas at their very best! And Magnum Opus as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Leftoverture Nothing by Styx matches Leftoverture or POKR in my opinion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 I've said this before. i should adore Styx. it's right up my alley. but Deyoung screws it ALL up for me. Leftoverture. Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 I've said this before. i should adore Styx. it's right up my alley. but Deyoung screws it ALL up for me. Leftoverture. Mick I know what you mean. Kansas at their worst are still really enjoyable. Even though I'm not keen on he last three or four albums of Kansas...they are all really enjoyable in their own right! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 I've said this before. i should adore Styx. it's right up my alley. but Deyoung screws it ALL up for me. Leftoverture. Mick I know what you mean. Kansas at their worst are still really enjoyable. Even though I'm not keen on he last three or four albums of Kansas...they are all really enjoyable in their own right! not knocking you. but i Cannot believe you don't like the new record more. it's classic Kansas. um......with a new line up, lol. but it's easily a top 10 kansas album for me. Ya never know i guess, lol Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 I've said this before. i should adore Styx. it's right up my alley. but Deyoung screws it ALL up for me. Leftoverture. Mick I know what you mean. Kansas at their worst are still really enjoyable. Even though I'm not keen on he last three or four albums of Kansas...they are all really enjoyable in their own right! not knocking you. but i Cannot believe you don't like the new record more. it's classic Kansas. um......with a new line up, lol. but it's easily a top 10 kansas album for me. Ya never know i guess, lol Mick I hear it. It's a throwback. A carbon copy. Sounds exactly like the seventies.  Nothing sounds original or stands out as something better than what came before. I just feel that it's a really good Kansas cover band. It has nothing I haven't heard them do before and better and to me...it's a 6/10 at best. I have the same disappointment with the last Paradise Lost album. I'm just hearing the same old same old and it lacks something that makes it forgivable for me. Like I said earlier today about Foreigner, they lack variety and yet it works for me. Kansas new album reminds me of everything I love about Kansas but it has nothing new to say and sadly I just don't love it. I've tried I just find it very run of the mill. Like Dream Theater I can't knock the talent on display...but like Dream Theater all the right ingredients don't necessarily make a great album. It sounds like Kansas but it doesn't have the songs that make Kansas best work magic to my ears. I don't need Fraroc chiming in correcting me either. I'm glad it's gone down well. I followed the band on Facebook. I was pumped for this album. I am not enamoured with it. But never mind. I actually think the last album was better...that one with the plane on the front (I think it had a plane). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super25Smasher Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 I can't pick. Both are masterpieces. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 (edited) Can I vote for Point of Know Return? Edited November 3, 2016 by goose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 (edited) I've said this before. i should adore Styx. it's right up my alley. but Deyoung screws it ALL up for me. Leftoverture. Mick I know what you mean. Kansas at their worst are still really enjoyable. Even though I'm not keen on he last three or four albums of Kansas...they are all really enjoyable in their own right! not knocking you. but i Cannot believe you don't like the new record more. it's classic Kansas. um......with a new line up, lol. but it's easily a top 10 kansas album for me. Ya never know i guess, lol Mick I hear it. It's a throwback. A carbon copy. Sounds exactly like the seventies. Nothing sounds original or stands out as something better than what came before. I just feel that it's a really good Kansas cover band. It has nothing I haven't heard them do before and better and to me...it's a 6/10 at best. I have the same disappointment with the last Paradise Lost album. I'm just hearing the same old same old and it lacks something that makes it forgivable for me. Like I said earlier today about Foreigner, they lack variety and yet it works for me. Kansas new album reminds me of everything I love about Kansas but it has nothing new to say and sadly I just don't love it. I've tried I just find it very run of the mill. Like Dream Theater I can't knock the talent on display...but like Dream Theater all the right ingredients don't necessarily make a great album. It sounds like Kansas but it doesn't have the songs that make Kansas best work magic to my ears. I don't need Fraroc chiming in correcting me either. I'm glad it's gone down well. I followed the band on Facebook. I was pumped for this album. I am not enamoured with it. But never mind. I actually think the last album was better...that one with the plane on the front (I think it had a plane). oh no i'm not correcting you. i agree with your points actually, lol but to me Kansas went so far off course........i'm back to severly disliking 80's Kansas again.........it was so great to have that sound back for me. And the 90's record was pretty bad as well. Mick Edited November 3, 2016 by bluefox4000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 I've said this before. i should adore Styx. it's right up my alley. but Deyoung screws it ALL up for me. Leftoverture. Mick I know what you mean. Kansas at their worst are still really enjoyable. Even though I'm not keen on he last three or four albums of Kansas...they are all really enjoyable in their own right! not knocking you. but i Cannot believe you don't like the new record more. it's classic Kansas. um......with a new line up, lol. but it's easily a top 10 kansas album for me. Ya never know i guess, lol Mick I hear it. It's a throwback. A carbon copy. Sounds exactly like the seventies. Nothing sounds original or stands out as something better than what came before. I just feel that it's a really good Kansas cover band. It has nothing I haven't heard them do before and better and to me...it's a 6/10 at best. I have the same disappointment with the last Paradise Lost album. I'm just hearing the same old same old and it lacks something that makes it forgivable for me. Like I said earlier today about Foreigner, they lack variety and yet it works for me. Kansas new album reminds me of everything I love about Kansas but it has nothing new to say and sadly I just don't love it. I've tried I just find it very run of the mill. Like Dream Theater I can't knock the talent on display...but like Dream Theater all the right ingredients don't necessarily make a great album. It sounds like Kansas but it doesn't have the songs that make Kansas best work magic to my ears. I don't need Fraroc chiming in correcting me either. I'm glad it's gone down well. I followed the band on Facebook. I was pumped for this album. I am not enamoured with it. But never mind. I actually think the last album was better...that one with the plane on the front (I think it had a plane). oh no i'm not correcting you. i agree with your points actually, lol but to me Kansas went so far off course........i'm back to severly disliking 80's Kansas again.........it was so great to have that sound back for me. And the 90's record was pretty bad as well. Mick I enjoy the eighties. And for whatever reason I LOVE Drastic Measures.  But it's not like I could sing that eras praises over the seventies. I am not exaggerating...seventies Kansas is one of the most precious eras of any band in my collection. If they ended with Monolith...they'd likely be a top ten band for me. Drastic Measures aside, after Monolith I tend to really need to be in the mood for generic AOR.  Seventies Kansas is deeply precious to me...like...that word precious...they really are special. Seventies Kansas kind of destroyed Rush for me. I am sure you probably noticed that haha! And from Kansas came King's X and then Sonata Arctica. These three bands all hit me in the exact same spot.  Oh I can't stop rambling but I truly adore Kansas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbobby10 Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 The Grand Illusion to me is one of those albums that I think is flawless from beginning to end, and I never get tired to listening to it. I don't feel the same for Leftoverture 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Ways Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Grand illusion for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djflex Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Kansas  I hate styx Sorry styx fans 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 The prog album of your choice is?I will go with Leftoverture slightly. Love it! GRAND ILLUSION! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Kansas I hate styx Sorry styx fans You hate Dennis DeYoung!  I don't care for Gowan either! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your_Lion Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Love them both, but it's got to be Leftoverture But given the choice, I'd pick Song for America 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Both albums are great but Kansas wins this easily for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Kings X >>Kansas>>>Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Styx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Kings X >>Kansas>>>                Styx Yaaaaassssss Although as much as I love Kansas they are a teensy bit below that level as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 I love King's just as much as i lover Kansas.  i'm talking King's x vs. 70's Kansas. KX vs. 80's Kansas- KX Bitch slaps 80's Kansas over the planet, lol Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 I love King's just as much as i lover Kansas.  i'm talking King's x vs. 70's Kansas. KX vs. 80's Kansas- KX Bitch slaps 80's Kansas over the planet, lol Mick If we count ONLY seventies Kansas...this is equal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicHead Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Kansas. If the Styx album were Pieces of Eight, then the vote would be that much harder for me. (Grand Illusion is my second-favorite Styx album.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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