Best Album Ever Survivor: Somewhere In Time wins

Vote for your least favourite album

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Forostar said:
So, I rather see a less known, hidden gem go further than the Beatles.
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When I say this I mean that I have to like the album more than a certain Beatles album. It's not that I must have a less known album in the finals only because of that reason. So, at the bottom of this story: it comes down to subjective taste.
 
And I am not mourning for the loss of British Lion. I already knew in advance many people don't find it great.
The cool thing is that it drags along lots of other imo irrelevant albums.

By the way: Led Zeppelin, Adrian Smith and Soundgarden barely survive this round, unless 5 votes means elimination. :D
 
Forostar said:
When I say this I mean that I have to like the album more than a certain Beatles album. It's not that I must have a less known album in the finals only because of that reason. So, at the bottom of this story: it comes down to subjective taste.
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Whatever. After all it's only a game isn't it?? ;)

Well, I would do whatever it takes to kill British Lion only to see dog's face :dancinggeek: , so.. Oh wait. Not kill. Torture it. :devil2:
 
Forostar said:
But Mob Rules and The Devil You Know are imo not among Sabbath's best albums, nor are they among the best work Dio ever sang on.
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+1 on the The Devil You Know. Entirely mediocre in the context of Dio's overall body of work.
And it's not in the top half of the 2009-2012 group.
I read the fact it is leading among the new albums as an indication voters picking what they simply don't like or haven't heard first.
 
I like those as well, particularly LLR&R, but I was sticking to the truly great ones.
 
mckindog said:
Which ones were those, KD?
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Badmotorfinger, RATM, Ten, and Nevermind. :( I also quite like BS, but I agree that it's not all that consistent. RATM and Ten are my favorite albums from the respective artists.

The Devil You Know is mediocre for a Dio album, but I still prefer it to many of these albums. If I didn't hear it, though, I didn't vote for it with the exception of the Avenged Sevenfold album. It's kinda unfair to write off something without hearing it (unless it's A7x).
 
Mosh said:
I wouldn't consider Mob Rules or Devil You Know among the best Dio albums. Only Heaven and Hell holds a candle to Dio's Rainbow stuff.
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I respectfully disagree (obviously). I think Mob Rules is slightly better than Heaven and Hell. H&H obviously has the classic title track and "Children of the Sea," each of which is admittedly better than anything on Mob Rules. However, Mob Rules is more consistent. I particularly love the less-heralded second side/half of the album. "Country Girl" is an all-time great Iommi riff, "Falling Off the Edge of the World" is simply awesome, particularly the opening bars, "Slipping Away" a great rocker, and "Over and Over" is a terrific album closer. Plus, it has "Turn Up the Night" which rivals "Neon Knights" as an opener, and "Sign of the Southern Cross" is a classic epic. And then there's the title track, which completely kicks ass. (Btw, the Deluxe Edition has, as a bonus track, the rough cut version that was used in the movie Heavy Metal, which I think is even better than the album version; the Deluxe Edition also has the complete Live at Hammersmith album as disc 2, which is much better than Live Evil, plus it has the great Andy Pearce remastering, so it is probably the best $20 you'll ever spend!) At the very least, Mob Rules belongs in the same conversation as Heaven and Hell and the classic Dio/Rainbow albums, and should not be lumped in with the lesser The Devil You Know (which, again, I still like).
 
The Sign of The Southern Cross is amazing. I fell in love with that track when I heard it on the Live Evil album.
Turn Up The Night just straight up rocks.
Country Girl and Falling off The Edge of The World - Two often forgotten but amazing tracks.
 
I like the title track, The Mob Rules, the best. That solo section with its pounding bass, it launches with Dio's voice dying away.... That bass playing sounds like a direct influence for Harris galloping style as in The Trooper.
 
Cornfed Hick said:
I respectfully disagree (obviously). I think Mob Rules is slightly better than Heaven and Hell. H&H obviously has the classic title track and "Children of the Sea," each of which is admittedly better than anything on Mob Rules. However, Mob Rules is more consistent.
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I find H&H to be more consistent. The first side alone destroys Mob Rules, in my opinion.

I particularly love the less-heralded second side/half of the album. "Country Girl" is an all-time great Iommi riff, "Falling Off the Edge of the World" is simply awesome, particularly the opening bars, "Slipping Away" a great rocker, and "Over and Over" is a terrific album closer.
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Yea, Country Girl and FOtEotW are both awesome.

Plus, it has "Turn Up the Night" which rivals "Neon Knights" as an opener, and "Sign of the Southern Cross" is a classic epic. And then there's the title track, which completely kicks ass.
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I don't think Turn Up The Night is even close to being as good as Neon Knights, which is one of the greatest heavy metal openers. Like Foro said, it is a copy. I'll take the first 4 songs on H&H over everything on Mob Rules, except Southern Cross and the title track. I just don't think it is as good an album.

(Btw, the Deluxe Edition has, as a bonus track, the rough cut version that was used in the movie Heavy Metal, which I think is even better than the album version; the Deluxe Edition also has the complete Live at Hammersmith album as disc 2, which is much better than Live Evil, plus it has the great Andy Pearce remastering, so it is probably the best $20 you'll ever spend!)
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That sounds awesome, I haven't been able to find it in stores though.

and should not be lumped in with the lesser The Devil You Know (which, again, I still like).
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Well yea, I think Mob Rules is much better than The Devil You Know.
 
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