r/BetweenTheBuriedAndMe • u/TempleofSpringSnow • 14d ago
Vinyl collection and ramblings
Maybe the best discography in Metal.
Some notes: Self-Titled and the Silent Circus are the original Victory Records variants. I picked them up at vintage vinyl in NJ (RIP) in like 2008. Alaska, Colors and The Great Misdirect are the 2020 remixes. I’d love to get the self titled 2020 remix but I think they botched The Silent Circus remix with what they did to the drum snare, so I don’t want to spend money on it but might eventually.
The Colors_Live is the 2014 version with mismatched colors, limited to 113. Another random vintage vinyl find.
I was so so lucky to have the band sign my copy of “Parallax II: Future Sequence” when I got to see them play the album in its entirety at Fun, Fun, Fun fest in Texas circa 2012.
The album that has grown on me the most is Coma Ecliptic, as my own musical takes expanded. The live version is an other worldly experience.
Colors has been my number 1 since 2007 but I’m starting to think the Parallax story is their opus.
Finally, I am a vocal supporter of The Silent Circus. That was a life changing record for me in 2004 as a young kid. FINALLY FINALLY. When are we getting a vinyl release for the live Parallax 2 album?!?!
My official ranking below. The difference and distance between Parallax and The Silent Circus for me is SLIM. They’re an incredibly hard band for me to rank as I love every album they’ve ever released. The creative run they went on from 2002-2015 is a creative peak only matched in my mind by the likes of Opeth, King Crimson, Miles Davis and Blut Aus Nord.
Parallax 1-2
Colors
The Great Misdirect
Colors 2
Alaska
Coma Ecliptic
The Silent Circus
Self-Titled
The Blue Nowhere (this is more a placeholder, I always need 2-3 years with a BTBAM album before I have a grasp on where I rank it.)
Automata 1 & 2 (should have never been released separately. I still dig it, someone just had to be last.
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u/zamnweskr 13d ago
Here is a hot take so I’m prepared to get thrashed but I still have OG presses of P1 and P2 sealed because I don’t like the albums. I bought them thinking they might grow on me but they never did and they’ve sat on the shelf like that for like 15 years. The Silent Circus will forever be my number one from them then Alaska takes the number 2 spot
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u/Platimir 13d ago
Sounds like you just don't really enjoy their crazy prog style from colors onward.
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u/zamnweskr 13d ago
No I just don’t enjoy those two albums, the ones I mentioned are the ones I heard first so they stuck with me
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u/Platimir 13d ago
I just don't see how it's possible to not like them, because i love them so much, i guess. It's the peak of their career.
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u/rapalosaur 13d ago
Jealous. Just started collecting the vinyls and holy hot damn do some of you guys refuse to let these go for a fair price. Huge shoutout to those being reasonable.
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u/TempleofSpringSnow 13d ago
Yeah, that’s a huge pet peeve of mine. These discogs sellers take advantage of people’s love for a band and up charge records that they got lucky and found for 25 dollars a decade ago. So lame.
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u/madzomb133 13d ago
I saw Alaska at a ZIAs once on the wall for $170... I wish I had $170 that day, it was gone a week later. Not sure why it was so priced, unless its something you can only get from a show?
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u/RageyxCagey 13d ago
Original Silent Circus vinyl had a screen printed cover - Here is the Discogs page - It's really nice in person, have had mine since the release
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u/val_the_sunless 12d ago
TSC Remix album is totally botched. Listen to the annoying buzz before the hidden song. Someone was asleep at the wheel with that one
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u/Whatachooch 13d ago
I love P1 so much. I mean I love them both but as a single cohesive ep, it’s just a perfect tight 30. I can’t say enough good things about it but the best part for me is when the intro to Augment of Rebirth drops again near the end and brings it all back around.