MABB's Choice: Top MA Albums
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political rant
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now political, that is something that I will NOT be needing you to answer in my place.
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F-B-C in that order.
Formulas is just too good. way too many awesome solos and it is just so solid.
Blessed is the best of the "classic" era MA in my opinion. Those three songs just listed above are some of my favorite MA tracks.
Covenant takes third because I just love the the power trio combination of Trey, Pete, and Dave. Another album filled with epic solos. This is my second favorite album if I ranked them by Trey's solo performances, with Formulas still reigning supreme.
FFF is one of the best albums of all time in any genre!
Formulas is just too good. way too many awesome solos and it is just so solid.
Blessed is the best of the "classic" era MA in my opinion. Those three songs just listed above are some of my favorite MA tracks.
Covenant takes third because I just love the the power trio combination of Trey, Pete, and Dave. Another album filled with epic solos. This is my second favorite album if I ranked them by Trey's solo performances, with Formulas still reigning supreme.
FFF is one of the best albums of all time in any genre!
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[quote name="zim"]
[quote name="Luke"]
[quote name="ManOfSteel"]1. Covenant
2. Heretic
3. Altars[/quote]
why HERETIC?[/quote]
i'll answer for him.. because HERETIC FUCKING OWNS :grimbeard: [/quote]
He answered right. From now on, I will let him answer my questions for me because he can read my mind.[/quote]
There's just too much I could say.
[quote name="zim"]
[quote name="Luke"]
[quote name="ManOfSteel"]1. Covenant
2. Heretic
3. Altars[/quote]
why HERETIC?[/quote]
i'll answer for him.. because HERETIC FUCKING OWNS :grimbeard: [/quote]
He answered right. From now on, I will let him answer my questions for me because he can read my mind.[/quote]
There's just too much I could say.
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Formulas and Covenant are tied!
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[quote name="Lumbergh"]Formulas and Covenant are tied! [/quote]
That's about how it is in my mind.
That's about how it is in my mind.
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Most people say A B and C, but I'm not too much a fan of B. I like F third most .
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i am alsoi not a big fan of b
[quote name="Extreme Noise Tara"]They are. [/quote]
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[quote name="abzu"]
[quote name="ManOfSteel"]
[quote name="zim"]
[quote name="Luke"]
[quote name="ManOfSteel"]1. Covenant
2. Heretic
3. Altars[/quote]
why HERETIC?[/quote]
i'll answer for him.. because HERETIC FUCKING OWNS :grimbeard: [/quote]
He answered right. From now on, I will let him answer my questions for me because he can read my mind.[/quote]
There's just too much I could say.[/quote]
im giving heretic a spin again. i forgot how much this album wins
Curse of Flesh and Praise the Strength
[quote name="ManOfSteel"]
[quote name="zim"]
[quote name="Luke"]
[quote name="ManOfSteel"]1. Covenant
2. Heretic
3. Altars[/quote]
why HERETIC?[/quote]
i'll answer for him.. because HERETIC FUCKING OWNS :grimbeard: [/quote]
He answered right. From now on, I will let him answer my questions for me because he can read my mind.[/quote]
There's just too much I could say.[/quote]
im giving heretic a spin again. i forgot how much this album wins
Curse of Flesh and Praise the Strength
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1) BLESSED ARE THE SICK
2) Altars of Madness
3) Covenant
:aodALWAYSOldSchool: :grimbeard:
:doubleoldpinecone:
2) Altars of Madness
3) Covenant
:aodALWAYSOldSchool: :grimbeard:
:doubleoldpinecone:
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Listening to Covenant of Death atm. This album wins so fucking much I want to spontaneously combust and jizz in my ashes.
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[quote name="zim"] I want to spontaneously combust and jizz in my ashes.[/quote]
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B- A- G
Formulas would be a very close 4th
Formulas would be a very close 4th
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just download the fuckers and then go buy them when you have the chance, atleast you would've heard them.
I mean.... you just cannot miss out on all the win that is Formulas! Or gateways, or heretic, or any other MA album.
I mean.... you just cannot miss out on all the win that is Formulas! Or gateways, or heretic, or any other MA album.
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[quote name="Void"]just download the fuckers and then go buy them when you have the chance, atleast you would've heard them.
I mean.... you just cannot miss out on all the win that is Formulas! Or gateways, or heretic, or any other MA album.[/quote]
I mean.... you just cannot miss out on all the win that is Formulas! Or gateways, or heretic, or any other MA album.[/quote]
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bats was the first i heard of m.a. and it absolutely floored me when it came out.i used to be into bands like motley crue etc.at the time.the heaviest band i listened to then was slayer.bats is actually my favorite album of all time from anyone.
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These days...hmm...I gotta say, I'm starting to like B more and more than A. Yeah, A and F has most of my favorite MA tunes but as far as entire album arrangements and album concepts are concerned...and the way the songs are tracked in sequence, I think I've seen the light and I gotta give credit to B to being my favorite MA album.
I need to retract my vote.
I need to retract my vote.
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how do we get a wow-spammer on the forum? is it my fault?
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[quote name="zim"]how do we get a wow-spammer on the forum? is it my fault? [/quote]
It is entirely your fault. You should be ashamed. Go write a KoRn song about it.
It is entirely your fault. You should be ashamed. Go write a KoRn song about it.
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I HATE YOU, CAN'T YOU FEEL THE PAIN
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I can play bass for you. I will just tune a bass guitar down real far then just smack it with my palm to the beat pretending to have my own variation or, "style," of slap bass and all of the little outcast-clique kids will love me. You'll feel right at home.
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B for having the Best songwriting and riffs
C for being an absolutely Classic death metal album and having a gnarly awesome production
F because it Fucking kicks ass!
C for being an absolutely Classic death metal album and having a gnarly awesome production
F because it Fucking kicks ass!
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Altars, Blessed and Covenant; it goes downhill from there (still good though)
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[quote name="Trypticon"]I really like Heretic. It's very magical and extreme in the same time. Cool drum beats and guitar parts. Very exotic production too. It's not some modern-clean-boring sound production,it's very catchy.Nasty, but tasty.
I vote for H[/quote]
:oldzeldawiniconthingy: This is correct.
I voted F as I used to listen to that album with headphones going to sleep reading the lyrics and having a think like a good little fanboy.
Am I the only person who doesn't really rate A as one of the best?
I vote for H[/quote]
:oldzeldawiniconthingy: This is correct.
I voted F as I used to listen to that album with headphones going to sleep reading the lyrics and having a think like a good little fanboy.
Am I the only person who doesn't really rate A as one of the best?
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I miss
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Blessed are the Gateways of Altars
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[quote name="Pentelesh"]I curse David Vincent's name for NOT wanting to learn those songs!!![/quote]
He did Bil ur sag though..give him time; these lyrics are fucking hard to master.
He did Bil ur sag though..give him time; these lyrics are fucking hard to master.
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It is quite a bit more involved than the Lovecraftian/Simonomicon pseudo-Akkadian in Lord of All Fevers and Plagues.
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[quote name="Mutilator"]
[quote name="Pentelesh"]I curse David Vincent's name for NOT wanting to learn those songs!!![/quote]
He did Bil ur sag though..give him time; these lyrics are fucking hard to master.[/quote]
I don't think lyrics are the problem, David's been performing since the 80's I think he'd be a pro at learning lyrics.
[quote name="Pentelesh"]I curse David Vincent's name for NOT wanting to learn those songs!!![/quote]
He did Bil ur sag though..give him time; these lyrics are fucking hard to master.[/quote]
I don't think lyrics are the problem, David's been performing since the 80's I think he'd be a pro at learning lyrics.
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[quote name="abzu"]It is quite a bit more involved than the Lovecraftian/Simonomicon pseudo-Akkadian in Lord of All Fevers and Plagues.[/quote]
Hehe, true. But it's still Treyish Sumerian
Hehe, true. But it's still Treyish Sumerian
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[quote name="Mutilator"]
[quote name="Pentelesh"]I curse David Vincent's name for NOT wanting to learn those songs!!![/quote]
He did Bil ur sag though..give him time; these lyrics are fucking hard to master.[/quote]
Yes, but he had had something like 3-4 years time to learn IE Summoning Redemption or other songs from Gateways and all he have pulled so far is one 2,5 minute song.
[quote name="Pentelesh"]I curse David Vincent's name for NOT wanting to learn those songs!!![/quote]
He did Bil ur sag though..give him time; these lyrics are fucking hard to master.[/quote]
Yes, but he had had something like 3-4 years time to learn IE Summoning Redemption or other songs from Gateways and all he have pulled so far is one 2,5 minute song.
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[quote name="Void"]
[quote name="abzu"]It is quite a bit more involved than the Lovecraftian/Simonomicon pseudo-Akkadian in Lord of All Fevers and Plagues.[/quote]
Hehe, true. But it's still Treyish Sumerian [/quote]
Yeah hehe a fun mish mash of Mesopotamian variants!
[quote name="abzu"]It is quite a bit more involved than the Lovecraftian/Simonomicon pseudo-Akkadian in Lord of All Fevers and Plagues.[/quote]
Hehe, true. But it's still Treyish Sumerian [/quote]
Yeah hehe a fun mish mash of Mesopotamian variants!
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Altars of madness
Covenant
Formulas fatal to the flesh
Covenant
Formulas fatal to the flesh
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Once again it's a battle between FFF and Covenant Rightly so too.
Ohh my vote of course goes to F. What an album!
Ohh my vote of course goes to F. What an album!
All I wanna do is zoom-a-zoom-zoom-zoom<br />
and a poom-poom - JUST SHAKE YA RUMP
and a poom-poom - JUST SHAKE YA RUMP
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FFF FTW!
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I voted in this a while ago, but don't think I revealed my choices.
Well, no longer shall ye be in suspense!
Altars Of Madness
Covenant
Yea, I know, that's two albums and the poll asked for three.
Counting is hard sometimes.
Well, no longer shall ye be in suspense!
Altars Of Madness
Covenant
Yea, I know, that's two albums and the poll asked for three.
Counting is hard sometimes.
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i was sick of seeing johnny's post being the last for so long, so i came up with a new top three.
covenant (because of rapture)
gateways (because of summoning redemption)
blessed (because of fall from grace)
covenant (because of rapture)
gateways (because of summoning redemption)
blessed (because of fall from grace)
[quote name="zim"]Treys solo tone actually sounds a bit thin to me on Domination. It's definitely got a wah sound to it, even if he's not moving it with food it sounds like he has it turned on.[/quote]
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What a trippy post. Good job, dammit, I agree.
Need a new signature? Why not Zoidberg? (V) (;,,;) (V)
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[quote name="FZRJunkie"]And speaking of H, howz bout that hypnotic, "is my CD skipping?" mini-apocalypse of a sonic maelstrom breakdown thing that occurs in the middle of Stricken Arise, which, if I've done my maths right, equals exactly 7 purple fuck-tonnes of concentrated, 100% holy fuck extract?[/quote]
dude you are awesome
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[quote name="zim"]
[quote name="FZRJunkie"]And speaking of H, howz bout that hypnotic, "is my CD skipping?" mini-apocalypse of a sonic maelstrom breakdown thing that occurs in the middle of Stricken Arise, which, if I've done my maths right, equals exactly 7 purple fuck-tonnes of concentrated, 100% holy fuck extract?[/quote]
dude you are awesome[/quote]
[quote name="FZRJunkie"]And speaking of H, howz bout that hypnotic, "is my CD skipping?" mini-apocalypse of a sonic maelstrom breakdown thing that occurs in the middle of Stricken Arise, which, if I've done my maths right, equals exactly 7 purple fuck-tonnes of concentrated, 100% holy fuck extract?[/quote]
dude you are awesome[/quote]
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best post of 3.0
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[quote name="Teignub"]best post of 3.0 [/quote]
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[quote name="FZRJunkie"]whereupon FZRJunkie goes against the grain, thereby pissing everyone off AND self-ostracizing, both simultaneously AND at the same time
1 - D for Domination; that's right that's what I fuckin said.
2 - G
3 - F
Though most people aren't really explaining why they like certain of MA's studio joints better, usually being A and C here and abroad, I believe that the fan faves here and elsewhere are A and C for the following reasons:
a.) A and C have that old school, black production
b.) A and C are the ones that the potentially opining fan heard first in life
c.) A and C have the more "evil" lyrics
Not only do I agree with this trident as basis for preference, the three bases for most fans liking the older albums, it is the same triumvirate of reason that causes me to prefer the newer albums. I mean, in addition to my belief that the band output has generally gotten better, a.) I prefer the newer production stylings and mixes, b.) I got into more recent MA albums first (don't let that fool you, kids. I'm in my 40s), and c.) I prefer the pseudo-Lovecraftian lyrics to the infant-entrails variety. Now, if people prefer the older, blacker, or exposed-to-first earlier joints that's cool, too, I just wish folks would say why--I mean, as long as we're typing crap about shit we dig onto the stupid interwebs, gimme something to read already. Don't just say, "Duh, I like this one. Oh and that one, too." Cuz, m'kay, that's nice, but FUCK.
Domination was the rift, the shift, the Big Change for most fans -- agreed? Yes, it's where MA "sold out", tried to be "more popular", etc. Or, perhaps they tried to be ... "better".
Who cares. For me, Domination was the album in the band's progression where the riffs took on a weirdness contrapuntal to the drumming resulting in polyrhythms that begat the same sort of strange, sonic helicopter collisions we now take for granted when we hear them on Gojira albums, or recent Nile efforts, you feel me? And, Trey's lead work began channeling Van Halen in a more toneful and freestyle way on this album....(And later, other of Trey's influences began materializing, oscillating into reality through Trey's JCM 900s and onto F, G, H: Marino, Trower, Hendrix.)
And what I liked about D continued to blossom with F, G, H. The groove and leads on the G album barely nudge past F, taking 2nd by a nose as MA's most cohesive joint, IMO currently, but oh how I love that Invocation Of The Continual One! And speaking of H, howz bout that hypnotic, "is my CD skipping?" mini-apocalypse of a sonic maelstrom breakdown thing that occurs in the middle of Stricken Arise, which, if I've done my maths right, equals exactly 7 purple fuck-tonnes of concentrated, 100% holy fuck extract?
Huh?[/quote]
[quote name="FZRJunkie"]I'm listening to Gateways for the 3rd time in a row tonight.
I realize I'm new and I just wrote a small book a few posts back and I'd hate to undo any of that glory by changing any of my grand declarations so soon but fuckin Gateways to fuckin Annihilation just clicked into position as probably my favorite metal album. Out of all metal, I'm saying. You know, ever. Usurping all the classics and old favorites. Undercutting past apogees. Flattening recent pinnacles. If you knew me you'd know what a holy shitter of an are-you-fuckin-shitting-me???? statement that really is for me to be saying all willy-nilly.
The first time I listened to it tonight, it was all lights out in my cabin in the woods, in the sweet spot at the vertex of each speaker's focus, looking up through a 22-foot ceiling's skylight at the stars around some big pines moving in the wind.
One realization during this listen was the very curious indeed manner of separating Parts 1 and 2 of the same escalating piece of rock and roll, being tracks 4 and 6, with a much faster track 5 placed in between; Parts 1 and 2 are called "He Who Sleeps", and "At One with Nothing". Part 2 does exactly what I want Part 1 to start doing around the time it abruptly ends, leaving me hanging. The main riff from Part 1 is used in a higher gear by Part 2 as soon as it starts. The 2 tracks share themes, and they share the main riff, and were it not for their being disconnected by the faster and much different-sounding "To the Victor the Spoils" tracks 4 and 6 could be connected and combined into a single, epic doom-groover. Weird that they did that. I'll have to delve deeper into the sonics (or perhaps only the lyrics) of the dividing track "To the Victor the Spoils" to detect if it really is Part 2 of a three-fold dealy-bob.
Another realization is that "I" is way more of a badass piece of rockin metal than I had quite comprehended metal could be only moments previous, in such a trippy way, too. I would be a good "I" album title, matter of additional point.
Even the fact that the swamp frogs from the intro can be heard throughout "Summoning Redemption" was an artistic choice that yields a response and a throwing of the horns from this alert listener as I up and reverse-flip from my cushiony couch surfaces only to return there upside-down and all willy-nilly as we move into the 3rd pummeling of "Ageless, Still I Am" this good eve.
Until next time, keep yer stick on the ice.[/quote]
Good posts, I hope that you don't happen to be a politician?
1 - D for Domination; that's right that's what I fuckin said.
2 - G
3 - F
Though most people aren't really explaining why they like certain of MA's studio joints better, usually being A and C here and abroad, I believe that the fan faves here and elsewhere are A and C for the following reasons:
a.) A and C have that old school, black production
b.) A and C are the ones that the potentially opining fan heard first in life
c.) A and C have the more "evil" lyrics
Not only do I agree with this trident as basis for preference, the three bases for most fans liking the older albums, it is the same triumvirate of reason that causes me to prefer the newer albums. I mean, in addition to my belief that the band output has generally gotten better, a.) I prefer the newer production stylings and mixes, b.) I got into more recent MA albums first (don't let that fool you, kids. I'm in my 40s), and c.) I prefer the pseudo-Lovecraftian lyrics to the infant-entrails variety. Now, if people prefer the older, blacker, or exposed-to-first earlier joints that's cool, too, I just wish folks would say why--I mean, as long as we're typing crap about shit we dig onto the stupid interwebs, gimme something to read already. Don't just say, "Duh, I like this one. Oh and that one, too." Cuz, m'kay, that's nice, but FUCK.
Domination was the rift, the shift, the Big Change for most fans -- agreed? Yes, it's where MA "sold out", tried to be "more popular", etc. Or, perhaps they tried to be ... "better".
Who cares. For me, Domination was the album in the band's progression where the riffs took on a weirdness contrapuntal to the drumming resulting in polyrhythms that begat the same sort of strange, sonic helicopter collisions we now take for granted when we hear them on Gojira albums, or recent Nile efforts, you feel me? And, Trey's lead work began channeling Van Halen in a more toneful and freestyle way on this album....(And later, other of Trey's influences began materializing, oscillating into reality through Trey's JCM 900s and onto F, G, H: Marino, Trower, Hendrix.)
And what I liked about D continued to blossom with F, G, H. The groove and leads on the G album barely nudge past F, taking 2nd by a nose as MA's most cohesive joint, IMO currently, but oh how I love that Invocation Of The Continual One! And speaking of H, howz bout that hypnotic, "is my CD skipping?" mini-apocalypse of a sonic maelstrom breakdown thing that occurs in the middle of Stricken Arise, which, if I've done my maths right, equals exactly 7 purple fuck-tonnes of concentrated, 100% holy fuck extract?
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[quote name="FZRJunkie"]I'm listening to Gateways for the 3rd time in a row tonight.
I realize I'm new and I just wrote a small book a few posts back and I'd hate to undo any of that glory by changing any of my grand declarations so soon but fuckin Gateways to fuckin Annihilation just clicked into position as probably my favorite metal album. Out of all metal, I'm saying. You know, ever. Usurping all the classics and old favorites. Undercutting past apogees. Flattening recent pinnacles. If you knew me you'd know what a holy shitter of an are-you-fuckin-shitting-me???? statement that really is for me to be saying all willy-nilly.
The first time I listened to it tonight, it was all lights out in my cabin in the woods, in the sweet spot at the vertex of each speaker's focus, looking up through a 22-foot ceiling's skylight at the stars around some big pines moving in the wind.
One realization during this listen was the very curious indeed manner of separating Parts 1 and 2 of the same escalating piece of rock and roll, being tracks 4 and 6, with a much faster track 5 placed in between; Parts 1 and 2 are called "He Who Sleeps", and "At One with Nothing". Part 2 does exactly what I want Part 1 to start doing around the time it abruptly ends, leaving me hanging. The main riff from Part 1 is used in a higher gear by Part 2 as soon as it starts. The 2 tracks share themes, and they share the main riff, and were it not for their being disconnected by the faster and much different-sounding "To the Victor the Spoils" tracks 4 and 6 could be connected and combined into a single, epic doom-groover. Weird that they did that. I'll have to delve deeper into the sonics (or perhaps only the lyrics) of the dividing track "To the Victor the Spoils" to detect if it really is Part 2 of a three-fold dealy-bob.
Another realization is that "I" is way more of a badass piece of rockin metal than I had quite comprehended metal could be only moments previous, in such a trippy way, too. I would be a good "I" album title, matter of additional point.
Even the fact that the swamp frogs from the intro can be heard throughout "Summoning Redemption" was an artistic choice that yields a response and a throwing of the horns from this alert listener as I up and reverse-flip from my cushiony couch surfaces only to return there upside-down and all willy-nilly as we move into the 3rd pummeling of "Ageless, Still I Am" this good eve.
Until next time, keep yer stick on the ice.[/quote]
Good posts, I hope that you don't happen to be a politician?