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« Reply #15 on: July 09, 2008, 12:11:27 pm »
Lawn Boy > A Live One > Rift > everything else...
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« Reply #16 on: July 09, 2008, 12:39:33 pm »
The White Tape
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« Reply #17 on: July 09, 2008, 12:40:25 pm »
Just doing studio albums and am not including \'Phish\' aka: \'The White Tape\', or \'The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday\', or \'The Siket Disc\'.

1. Rift
2. Junta
3. A Picture of Nectar
4. Lawn Boy
5. Hoist
6. Billy Breathes
7. Farmhouse
8. The Story of the Ghost
9. Round Room
10. Undermind

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« Reply #18 on: July 09, 2008, 01:00:07 pm »
i like hoist a lot, just not better than any of their other albums. as for RR and Undermind, i like them better than Micheal Jackson\'s last albums, but they don\'t touch Boyz II Men: II

that isn\'t to say that they are terrible, i just wouldn\'t pop them in to listen to. I get my fix for that type of music from other bands. Anyone who saw phish since RR came out probably knows that any songs from RR or Undermind usually diluted the energy of the show, or at least the set.

i do really like Grind and Mexican Cousin.
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« Reply #19 on: July 09, 2008, 01:10:21 pm »
Billy Breathes > Picture of Nectar> Rift >  Ghost > Farmhouse

Those are the only ones I own, so therefore the only ones I will rank.

I like alot of the songs off Round Room (Walls of the Cave, Waves, Peables and Marbles, Seven Below) so maybe that should get put on their too.
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« Reply #20 on: July 09, 2008, 01:11:43 pm »
Am I the only one who doesn\'t listen to Phish studio albums; I only listen to live shows.  I\'m pretty much the same way with the Grateful Dead also.
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« Reply #21 on: July 09, 2008, 01:13:25 pm »
My top 5
1. Junta  (to this day, i still get this stupid grin on my face when i hear Esther)
2. Rift
3. Billy Breathes
4. A Picture of Nectar
5. Hoist

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« Reply #22 on: July 09, 2008, 01:26:39 pm »
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Am I the only one who doesn\'t listen to Phish studio albums; I only listen to live shows.  I\'m pretty much the same way with the Grateful Dead also.


i don\'t listen to them often, but when i first started listening to phish i just bought their albums like i do with all other bands. at first i didn\'t know about concerts. i was just like "well, live albums usually don\'t have as good sound quality." then you start to realize what live music is all about.

same with the dead. first i was like American Beauty> Workingmans Dead> Terrapin Station. then i got Europe 72 and realized it was all about the live shit.

that said, studio albums are a totally different experience. I love popping in PB or Deuce every once in a while. gotta support the artists
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« Reply #23 on: July 09, 2008, 01:37:17 pm »
i get my phill on sirius 17 7:00 PM mountain time. live over studio 100%... i haven\'t listened to studio phish in years
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« Reply #24 on: July 09, 2008, 01:54:33 pm »
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Am I the only one who doesn\'t listen to Phish studio albums; I only listen to live shows.  I\'m pretty much the same way with the Grateful Dead also.


i am the same way.  for every 1 studio song i listen to, i probably listen to 250 live songs.  i dont own any studio phish albums, however i have over 200 live shows.
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« Reply #25 on: July 09, 2008, 01:55:03 pm »
Pebbles and Marbles
Walls of the Cave
Scents and Subtle Sounds
A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing
Two Versions of Me
Mock Song

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« Reply #26 on: July 09, 2008, 01:57:07 pm »
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Am I the only one who doesn\'t listen to Phish studio albums; I only listen to live shows.  I\'m pretty much the same way with the Grateful Dead also.


They rarely play tracks off Blues for Allah or Mars Hotel.

Also, the first release of AxomoxomoxA (yes there were two) has some really cool early electronic music on it (it was totally ruined in the second release, which the CD is based off of).
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« Reply #27 on: July 09, 2008, 02:00:24 pm »
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Am I the only one who doesn\'t listen to Phish studio albums; I only listen to live shows.  I\'m pretty much the same way with the Grateful Dead also.


i am the same way.  for every 1 studio song i listen to, i probably listen to 250 live songs.  i dont own any studio phish albums, however i have over 200 live shows.


Dude you are missing out. Phish , unlike almost every other "jamband", has consistently put together solid, if not totally amazing albums (with only a couple exceptions).

Billy Breathes
Nectar
Rift
Ghost
Farmhouse
Lawn Boy
Hoist
Junta
Round Room
Undermind

not counting live ones, "b-sides", Trey\'s college projects, etc
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« Reply #28 on: July 09, 2008, 02:19:26 pm »
See - I guess that\'s where I differ.  I can pop in Duece or RR or the first album and listen to it from start to finish.  With Phish and the Dead, I find myself skipping through tracks to get to something I want to hear.  I rarely do that with live shows; the exception would be the Dead - anytime I hear West LA Fadeaway, I can\'t hit the next button fast enough.
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« Reply #29 on: July 09, 2008, 02:22:55 pm »
Here\'s another fun one: favorite phish side project.

For me, it\'s Trey/Mike with the Benevento/Russo Duo
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