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Best Wishbone Ash album ever

Wishbone Ash (first album)
5
5%
The Power of Eternity
1
1%
New England
14
15%
No Smoke without Fire
4
4%
Argus
44
46%
Pilgrimage
8
8%
There's the Rub
10
10%
Bona Fide
2
2%
Number the Brave
2
2%
Other (please specify in a follow up post)
6
6%
 
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Re: Best Wishbone Ash album ever

Postby Nizzy on Sun Feb 21, 2010 8:23 pm

As they were on the day they were born, then There's The Rub. On reissue, the first remaster of Argus, thanks to the three bonus tracks. TTR just got Locked In stuck on its rear end.
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Re: Best Wishbone Ash album ever

Postby wishbonefoz on Thu Oct 28, 2010 12:24 pm

Its Pilgrimage for me. Not only do you get that great front cover shot, you also get a smashing selection of pictures of the band inside the gatefold. Music's not bad either :D
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Re: Best Wishbone Ash album ever

Postby trackmate on Wed Nov 17, 2010 5:06 pm

Like most, I voted a few months ago for Argus, without actually thinking about it too much but as time goes by, and particularly after the recent tour I am coming to the realisation for me, the best album ever may actually be Power of Eternity :D
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Re: Best Wishbone Ash album ever

Postby makossaman on Wed Nov 17, 2010 7:50 pm

Can´t see anyone considering Wishbone Four...Give me a reason!! Even if a bit more "acoustic" than the other albums its very down to earth and of great melodiocity. Might be as underestimated as Front Page News which I grew up with...
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Re: Best Wishbone Ash album ever

Postby david resch on Wed Nov 17, 2010 9:38 pm

They are almost all so good, with Argus and New England being my favorites, but damn, Illuminations is awful good, with really long, progressive guitar workouts... I think the team of Muddy and Andy has a truly great album in them, if they would just stretch out, and go in a slightly more progressive direction.....
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Re: Best Wishbone Ash album ever

Postby Mallyboy on Thu Nov 18, 2010 2:17 pm

I voted, of course, for Argus: is there really any other choice? In fact, it may be more interesting to have this poll minus this mighty milestone in rock history. I was, however, really pleased to see Number The Brave among the nominations because I think this is a sorely neglected collection and one which, at its time of release, I rather undervalued, particularly in the wake of 1981's line-up cahnges. Nearly 30 years on, however, and I think it has really endured as a high quality Ash release. The title track, Open Road, and Underground are all unquestionably up there with the best songs in Wishbone's catalogue, and all are deliciously different from each other too.

But elsewhere there are treats to be discovered as well: Loaded, Rollercoaster, Kicks On The Street ,are all filled with tasteful power, colour and precision while Rainstorm is, in my opinion, the most criminally underrated song in the whole Wishbone Ash canon: listen again to the beautifully intricate twin lead break midway through the song - it's just awesome. The only blemishes are That's That - a pretty tedious sub-Blind Eye romp - and a pointless cover od the great Get Ready: leave it to Smoky!

If you don't have a copy of this record I would advise you to go out and secure it somehow; if you've virtually forgotten it, then re-discover a lost treasure created by a short-lived incarnation of the band we all love.
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Re: Best Wishbone Ash album ever

Postby spider on Tue Dec 14, 2010 8:55 pm

I went with Illuminations as well, followed closely by Bonafide, with Argus coming in at a very close 3rd. :o ;)
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Re: Best Wishbone Ash album ever

Postby Cosmic Ash on Fri Dec 17, 2010 5:28 pm

spider wrote:I went with Illuminations as well, followed closely by Bonafide, with Argus coming in at a very close 3rd. :o ;)
I'm actually more shocked that anything trumped Bonafide with you, than I am that Argus came in 3rd. :o :lol: 8-)
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Re: Best Wishbone Ash album ever

Postby Nizzy on Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:17 pm

Good shout by the Spiderman. Illuminations was something else. I remember walking into Tower Records in Glasgow, seeing it on the racks and going "Yass! They live!".
Took it home and listened to nothing else for about a month. A.P. :ugeek: and Roger Filgate :shock: were a dream team-up.
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Re: Best Wishbone Ash album ever

Postby Cosmic Ash on Thu Dec 23, 2010 2:37 am

Nizzy wrote:Good shout by the Spiderman. Illuminations was something else. I remember walking into Tower Records in Glasgow, seeing it on the racks and going "Yass! They live!".
Took it home and listened to nothing else for about a month. A.P. :ugeek: and Roger Filgate :shock: were a dream team-up.
That, they were. And a fine recording it is. ;) 8-)
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