My Top 10 Favorite Devin Townsend Songs

heroic15397 (62)in #music • 7 years ago

Devin Townsend is a Canadian songwriter, vocalist, guitarist and record producer.

He sang the lead vocals on the Sex & Religion album by famous guitarist Steve Vai. Since then he has collaborated with many more other musicians and lead his own projects, namely, Strapping Young Lad, The Devin Townsend Band, Devin Townsend Project, and Casualties of Cool.

His music has been described at times as ambient or electronic, and some other times as new-age, but could more generally be categorized as heavy metal, progressive (metal), and (hard) rock.

He's got a theatrical personality, adds a lot of humor to the high-quality music he produces, and looks like never taking himself too seriously.

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One thing I learned researching for this post, is that his style has been compared to Frank Zappa and Phil Spector. The latter which I had never heard the name before. The comparison lies in that all three of them have been known to use a music production formula call the Wall of Sound. Another name for it is the Spector Sound where duplicating the recording part for an instrument can result in a dense sound overcoming the poorest of playing material.

Heavy multitracked layering has become a trademark for Devin Townsend along with his versatile vocal delivering.

The only CD I got in my possession by Devin Townsend is The Retinal Circus, a live album.

I bought it after I had discovered him while surfing on YouTube. His music is not the only one I got acquainted with from spending long hours jumping from one suggested video to the other. If you don't what it sounds like, here is your chance to hear it, and who knows, maybe to love it too.

10- Lucky Animals by Devin Townsend Project

(Album: Epicloud ; Album Released: September 18, 2012)

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9- Vampira by The Devin Townsend Band

(Album: Synchestra ; Album Released: January 31, 2006)

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8- Juular by Devin Townsend Project

(Album: Deconstruction ; Album Released: June 20, 2011)

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7- War by Devin Townsend

(Album: Infinity ; Album Released: October 21, 1998)

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6- Kingdom by Devin Townsend Project

(Album: Epicloud ; Album Released: September 18, 2012)

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5- Grace by Devin Townsend Project

(Album: Epicloud ; Album Released: September 18, 2012)

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4- Daddy by Casualties of Cool

(Album: Casualties of Cool ; Album Released: May 14, 2014)

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3- Deadhead by The Devin Townsend Band

(Album: Accelerated Evolution ; Album Released: March 31, 2003)

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2- Life by Devin Townsend

(Album: Ocean Machine: Biomech ; Album Released: July 21, 1997)

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1- The Mighty Masturbator by Devin Townsend Project

(Album: Deconstruction ; Album Released: June 20, 2011)

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the-fillosopher (51) 7 years ago

Cool post, Dev is awesome! My favourite album by him would be 'Ziltoid The Omniscient'.

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heroic15397 (62) 7 years ago

Thanks for the input, I'm not familiar with the albums per se. Next time I want to get my hands on a CD, this one shall be at the top of my list. :-)

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nullldata (25) 7 years ago (edited)

Ziltoid Monologue

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rocking-dave (57) 7 years ago (edited)

Devin is a bit too weird for my taste, but still quite cool! I've also had the chance to catch The Devin Townsend Project live a few times :)

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heroic15397 (62) 7 years ago

I guess to each his own, but I totally get what you're saying. His style is quite cheesy at times. lol

Lucky you! ;-)

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rocking-dave (57) 7 years ago

I usually don't mind cheesy at all and I generally don't even mind weird and strange, but I guess his madness is simply not on my wavelength (for lack of a better term). After all, music is art and it's all totally subjective.

But I certainly respect the guy immensely and like him quite a lot too.

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heroic15397 (62) 7 years ago

Well put, you're totally right about the subjectivity regarding appreciation of music and art in general. And I would even add that this subjective appreciation is sometimes hard to put into words. Sometimes we simply like it or we don't, it either touches a chord with us or it doesn't.

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I agree. Very well said!

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I will share this post to my friends because he also loved music and rockstar! I know he will loved this. Thank you for sharing very informative.

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Hope your friend will love indeed. Thank you for your comment and for sharing this post!

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My Top 10 Favorite Devin Townsend Songs

10- Lucky Animals by Devin Townsend Project

9- Vampira by The Devin Townsend Band

8- Juular by Devin Townsend Project

7- War by Devin Townsend

6- Kingdom by Devin Townsend Project

5- Grace by Devin Townsend Project

4- Daddy by Casualties of Cool

3- Deadhead by The Devin Townsend Band

2- Life by Devin Townsend

1- The Mighty Masturbator by Devin Townsend Project

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