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Proving undoubtledy that you can compose music to anything, even an invasion of Martians utilizing massive tripod fighting machines. This is certainly my favorite album I've ever heard, and it has to be one of the best peices of music that has ever been created.
Look it up on Youtube, but make sure to find the videos with the listed play times.


Reccomended tracks:
Eve of War (9:06)
The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine (10:36)
Forever Autum (7:45)
Thunder child (6:07)

i have that album it is very good i got it about 7 years ago

I love this album! It's fantastic how the imagery of the Martian invasion is constructed so vividly in my mind from just the music alone (not including the dialogue and thought-provoking lyrics). Everyone involved with the project was incredible, and it's a shame that it's not as well recognized here in America. I love concept albums, which is how I stumbled across it, but it's interesting even if you just like the disco music of "The Eve of the War," or the quiet strumming guitars on "Forever Autumn." This is an album that has been on repeat on my music player for many weeks. Isn't it great?

Don't forget the the Heat-Ray solo in The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine, probably the most astounding moment of the entire album.

Is it just me, or does "Brave New World" sound both promising, insane, and somehow sinister at the same time?

The idea behind that one, I believe, is to show the lunacy of the plan, bring together Wells' point of view on society, and present an alternate ending to the story. In the original book, the artilleryman's plan is directly contrasted by the unimpressive trench him and his group of survivors have constructed, showing that although the plan is promising, it's destined to fail. I think Jeff Wayne was trying to bring that feeling across.

I love this thing. It's absolutely brilliant. It's much better to have the CD or LP version with all of the artwork included. Given that Steampunk as a genre is making waves right now, I'm surprised this album isn't getting more play. It's kind of a cult classic.

One of the contributors is also a member of the long-lived band The Moody Blues, who put out albums in the sixties, but who have toured as recently as two years ago.

It's a lot closer to H.G. Wells' novel than so many other versions that try to update it to whenever that particular version was done. (The Orson Welles radio version that caused panics was set in the 1930s when it was broadcast; the 50s movie version and the recent Spielberg / Tom Cruise versions were set in the 50s and 2000s respectively, etc.)

I heard it a few days ago at a friend. I thought it was pretty unique.

My dad had that album; in fact, Eve of War was one of the first songs I'd ever heard in my life. Wasn't until I was much older that he finally let my brother and I hear the rest of it, but it's still got a special place in my heart for that reason.

PrismWolf wrote:Reccomended tracks:
Eve of War (9:06)
The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine (10:36)
Forever Autum (7:45)
Thunder child (6:07)

Especially Thunder Child. I loved that song so much I actually wound up creating a character in The Noctem based around it (a sort of "Top Gun" pilot with Thunder Child as his callsign, both because his legal initials are the same as the sign, and because it's been arranged for him to meet a similar fate).

I watched that piss-poor Tom Cruise remake for just one reason: to see if and how this sequence was translated for the 21st century. . . Waited through all that crap just to see the aliens sink the freakin' ferry. Good god that pissed me off.

And FYI, Youtube is your friend:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkjKQmjLLxY
*jumps out of his seat and does air guitar to the. . . um. . . synthesizers*