Alice Coltrane albums POLLED (now fixed)

world galaxy or ptah, journey is really good but its never felt as immersive for me as either of those two. i've heard more of these than i can keep straight tbh

"After reading your comments here over the years, I have no idea what you get out of music."

Can what your or I get out of music, especially after posting here thousands upon thousands of times over nearly a decade on a variety of topics that possible produce contradictory statements, be summarized by a word or two?

C'mon, where's the love for Ptah? Probably the best anthem she did.

And it was Huntington that made me bump the tambourine/sleighbells thread (though I didn't really get the answer I wanted, since I wanted to come out of it and into some sort of '60s r&b shake—even a revivalist '60s r&b shake—but every song I remember with that sound actually starts differently, and HAM has such a great fade… Maybe I'll go into Black Root by Kirk…)

Yeah I think I prefer Ptah to Journey, actually! How can anyone deny "Blue Nile"?

see i feel like blue nile fits more w/ the vibe on journey

Man, Ali Rashied's playing is so menacing and propulsive on UC; esp. on "Battle At Armageddon" where it's literally battling with the organ.

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wow!

World Galaxy in the house

Had a journey in satchidananda and world galaxy double header today, doldrums successfully vanquished. Fair reult on this poll, both stunningly beautiful but world galaxy does shade it.

Really wanna get a copy of 'Divine Songs' on Vinyl...from what I've heard of It it sounds fantastic...

I want to shout out for Huntington Ashram, that's a good record.

I prefer Lord of Lords when it comes to those albums with strings; it is the most majestic. Although her own playing has been submerged completely into the dense sound world by this point in her career I still find it unbeatable. Ptah is the one overall, though. I love her piano playing so much more than her harp and the opening of the album is just so perfect and dramatic.

Huntington Ashram is amazing, probably my third choice. Ron Carter's bass ostinato in the first song, with the low thump and then the slide back up, is just about the tastiest thing ever!

I'd probably rank them Journey, Ptah, Huntington as my first 3. I've never had a copy of world galaxy and I think my MP3 is a not-great vinyl rip. I've always liked Trancendence as well.

besides Journey, what are her vamp-iest albums, if you know what i mean?

All the small group ones, but Ptah probably exceeds Journey in straight up vamping

I am not especially familiar with Monastic Trio though my memory says it is characteristically good stuff.

"I prefer Lord of Lords when it comes to those albums with strings; it is the most majestic."
It's incredible, and certainly delivers majestic. Sounds like a collision between eastern influences, old movie soundtracks and Zorn. It is something else.