The Comprehensive Spectrum, E.A.R. and Sonic Boom Discography POLL

Based on the past couple of shows, I'm ready to vote for On The Wings Of Mercury

Chris, I just wrote you an email a few minutes ago.

Can't be anything other than "Highs Lows and Heavenly Blows".

I've been *really* into "Live at the Dream Palace" lately, I might pick that 2nd over "The Koner Experiment".

OH GOD, JUST... CAN'T... ARGGHHGHGHGGH.

I do love Highs, Lows etc. but I'm also a massive stan of Forever Alien.

But then again, the EAR stuff is something so totally... DIFFERENT that I can't really compare.

New album, though... NEW ALBUM? I'm with Barrus on that one.

I'm most tempted to go for Soul Kiss but there are really about half a dozen I could go for, depending on my mood.

A valiant effort, ilxor, but you left off my favorite, the "True Love Will Find You In the End" ep.

Soul Kiss. I also have Phenomena 256 but don't love it.

But the REAL best thing Sonic Boom's ever done was an exclusive track for Asltralwerk's "Excursions in Ambience: The Third Dimension" comp.

If any EAR gets a vote, I'll be shocked.

Anyway for albums it's Soul Kiss edging Highs, Lows and/or Spectrum, but the singles/EP stuff from the early period is probably Sonic's best non-S-3 stuff so What Before Came After is getting my vote (which contains the entirety of the True Love Will Find You In The End EP, I believe.)

I hate it all. All my various AMG reviews are just lies.

an album like soul kiss would be any other group's career highlight, but he's done a ton of other great stuff too. i probably play the what came before after comp the most out of anything. that thing is so strong from beginning to end. i have stuff like forever alien and undo the taboo on vinyl, but for some reason i don't play them much. i sold my owsley ep and i should have kept it cuz the package was so cool. AND i sold my pristine copy of the first solo album and this was one of the dumbest things i've ever done cuz i really like it and i've never seen another one. (e.a.r. stuff i tend to buy used on cd and never play. even though i like the idea of them.)

Right, I'm going to vote for E.A.R. just to prove you wrong, ha ha!

But that means I have to dig out my actual vinyl collection... eep. Things may fall on me if I go in the cupboard of doom.

tie a rope to something solid and then round your waist before you go in, just in case.

I'm more worried about things falling *out* and hitting me. If a Bentley Rhythm Ace fell on me, that could give me concussion, you know!

A near complete list, but the absence of Sonic Boom & Sunray's 'Music for the Dreamachine' amazes me! A brilliant record, that.

I'll delve into Spectrum/EAR/SB soon - not a crime, to say the least - but for now I'm thinking this for me will be between Köner Experiment, Highs Lows, Soul Kiss and the frighteningly beautiful Forever Alien.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Oh god, I've still not made up my mind. I might panic vote.

Oh sod it, I closed my eyes and voted for Forever Alien. Mainly because I couldn't find my copy of Highs Lows and Heavenly Blows.

I voted for Forever Alien too - several light years ahead of its time with a gloriously insane tour.

Come On Pilgrim is done, I'm gonna go listen to Forever Alien now. Or maybe The New Atlantis comp. Don't know. Argh. Decisions.

I don't know these records, sorry. Are they ultra stoner, very, very slow records?

Um... no. Well, some of them are. Depends. It's very varied. Some of them are blinding amphetamine records, some of them are droning buzzing LSD records, some of them are thudding throbbing smack records, some of them are mind-melting DMT trip records (no, quite literally!) It's all over the (candy) shop.

this is so frustrating. I can only find about 5 of my Spectrum and EAR and Sonic Boom albums - which is, granted, a lot, but still only a tiny portion of my actual collection. I don't even know how much of it is even in this country.

Yeah, the opening slithers of "Feels Like I'm Slipping Away" just came on, and I'm thinking I made the right choice.

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Hahaha. Well that's a lot to try to figure out. I do like The Darkside's All That Noise, but no one really cares about that post-Spacemen 3 thing, I think.

LOTS OF PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THE POST-SPACEMEN TING.

Especially around here. Barrus and I will beat them up if they don't.

If you like The Darkside, go for earlier Spectrum, because that's the most Spacemen-like.

Probably best if you don't dive head first into, like, Phenomena 256 or Data Rape or something.

What Came Before After is a good entre into that sort of stuff.

But the thing is, I like the Darkside's All That Noise more than Spacemen 3. So now you're going to beat me with a billy club. But that's okay, I forgive you.

Oh, Bimblepaws.

I'm not going to beat you, but we might have to send you for re-education.

Time for me to go to sleep now, sorry. Very tired, drunk, etc.

'Music for the Dreamachine' is indeed excellent. My favorite here is 'Beyond the Pale'.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

i forgot to vote, but the top three are my faves, so, there ya go.

Yesssssssss

https://youtu.be/GFsppY8r1_4

A holiday single with Dean and Britta? Why sure.

https://sonicboomspacemen3.bandcamp.com/track/i-wish-it-was-like-xmas-everyday-a-little-bit-deeper-feat-dean-britta

All Things Being Equal is so goddamn good, my favorite thing I've heard from him in decades

What could I do but care...

lord you know I tried...