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Zenith 
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Posted: January 23 2006 at 16:02 |
Genesis-The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway. When it comes to prog.
Deep Purple - Made in Japan. When it comes to related. (prog?)
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salmacis
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Posted: January 23 2006 at 15:39 |
Interestingly, the two double albums I see as the most important in prog aren't included here; 'Third' by Soft Machine and '666' by Aphrodite's Child. Both were, and still are, musically groundbreaking that can't be compared to other albums of the genre.
Of those there, I'd choose 'TFTO'. It's in many respects a watershed release for the band and for prog in general. I think it's a masterpiece and love every minute of it and in many respects was perhaps the most musically complex, dense and ambitious album in the genre that I've encountered thus far, but it seems to be the most controversial and critically mauled album of the whole genre. It was here, almost exactly, that the backlash against prog began and words like 'pretentious', 'pompous' and 'overblown' started to get trotted out. Prior to that, from reviews I've seen anyway, prog was considered a very vibrant, hugely innovative genre indeed. For me, albums like 'A Passion Play', 'Ummagumma' and 'Works Volume 1', even though these have some merit, are more worthy of the huge lashings of scorn TFTO received however...
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Gentle Tull
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Posted: January 23 2006 at 15:23 |
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I voted TFTO, because I don't get tired of it because of it's complexity. However, the Lamb is close to it, and I would have voted Physical Graffiti if it was a choice.
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ummagumma08
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Posted: January 23 2006 at 14:01 |
Magma - Magma (Kobaia) (1970)
Amon Düül II - Yeti (1970)
Can - Tago Mago (1971)
Are my personal favourites, I really don't know (and don't care) which is the most important (whatever that means) 2LP.
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SirPsycho388
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Posted: January 23 2006 at 13:47 |
Physical Graffiti
Quadrophenia
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
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Strangers passing in the street by chance two separate glances meet and I am you and what I see is me. And do I take you by the hand and lead you through the land and help me understand the best I can
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troy
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Posted: January 23 2006 at 13:36 |
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The Wall then TFTO, and a shout for SDOIT
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SUNSET IS AN ANGEL WEEPING
HOLDING OUT A BLOODY SWORD
NO MATTER HOW I SQUINT I CANNOT MAKE OUT WHAT IT IS POINTING TOWARD
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Winter Wine
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Posted: January 23 2006 at 13:19 |
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway for me...
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Posted: January 23 2006 at 13:11 |
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Close call between The Wall and The Lamb, but The Wall was the album that got me into prog, so I guess it's the most important for me.
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ANDREW
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Posted: January 22 2006 at 20:52 |
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Miles Davis - Bitches Brew : Great jazz-rock album with great musicians!!!
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Publius84
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Posted: January 22 2006 at 17:13 |
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The Wall
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Prog is in my heart, in my mind, in my soul...
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Bj-1
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Posted: January 22 2006 at 17:10 |
Supertramp's Paris
Jean-Michel Jarre's The Concerts In China
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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daz2112
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Posted: January 22 2006 at 16:52 |
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Genesis-The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway...Possibly one of the best albums ever made!
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In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole
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Posted: April 26 2005 at 09:41 |
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Can - Tago Mago
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PROGMAN
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Posted: April 26 2005 at 08:41 |
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The Wall what a masterpiece !!
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CYMRU AM BYTH
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Posted: April 26 2005 at 08:16 |
 maani wrote:
Alucard:
Vlado did not specify "concept" album, simply double-LP. In this regard, despite the fact that The Bealtes was not conceived as a "whole," it is unarguably among the most important and influential albums ever. Indeed, overall, it might be even more influential (musically) than Sgt. Pepper. Given that it was released in 1968, it pre-dates virtually all "seminal" prog albums except Piper and Days of Future Passed, including In the Court. In this regard, it contains more "proto-prog" material than anything they had done up to that time - and that material, in turn, was extremely influential in prog (as well as other genres). Songs like Wild Honey Pie, I'm So Tired, Yer Blues, Everybody's Got Something to Hide, and especially Helter Skelter (to say nothing of Revolution 9!) were not simply ahead of their time, but you can hear their influence on the future of prog, including Court.
Historical "importance" is a very discernable thing, and has little to do with the conceptual nature of an album, or even whether one likes it or not. The Beatles (White Album) is, as I said, without question, the most important of the albums listed.
Cluster One:
How on God's earth could I have forgotten Physical Graffiti! Excellent call!
Peace.
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Oops,I should read more carefully, in the list I agree,still I think it's overrated.There are great songs : While my guitar..,Back in the USSR,Dear Prudence,Blackbird, Julia, Happiness.., I'm so tired , RevolutionN°1(mostly Lennon)but a lot of weak songs too Martha my dear, I will, Rocky Racoon,Glass Onion,(mostly McCartney) They should have cut it down to one record. So here are some more for "the Top of the 2LP":
Jimi Hendrix : Electric Ladyland, Stevie Wonder : Songs in the key of live, Rolling Stones Exile on main street
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VLADO
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Posted: April 26 2005 at 03:53 |
Cluster One wrote:
I voted for "The Lamb" out of those offered, but there is absolutely NO DENYING that "The White Album" is a massive landmark in the history of music.
Other faves:
"Physical Graffitti"
"Seconds Out"
"Black Crowes - Live"
"Quadrophenia"
"The Wall"
"TFTO"
Was STING's "Nothing Like The Sun" a double album? (The copy I own, which I love, is only a single offering...)
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1. Obviously, there were 1LP and 2LP versions released, but I do not know if the content was the same:
"Nothing Like The Sun - LP - A&M 1987 release 2 LP set with 4 page insert. - 10.49 USD"
2. Sorry, I have forgotten a lot of 2LPs in this poll, especiall, physical grafiti should have been in. But, collectively, it seems that for prog fans the most important is Beatles. I have been always telling that they vwere one of the most progressive.
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...and in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make...
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maani
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Posted: April 26 2005 at 00:27 |
KE9:
You are right, of course: Welcome Back was a 3-LP set, and Vlado specifically said "LP."
Thanks for the correction.
Peace.
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valravennz
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Posted: April 25 2005 at 20:52 |
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"Music is the Wine that fills the cup of Silence"
- Robert Fripp
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Posted: April 25 2005 at 20:49 |
marktheshark wrote:
Karnevil, that lower photo is from the Let It Be sessions not the White Album. Good shot though! Is that album in the other pic yours? Looks like it's in pretty good shape. |
Yes i know it is..Just the first late beatles photo i had
Another just for you mark
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marktheshark
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Posted: April 25 2005 at 20:47 |
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Karnevil, that lower photo is from the Let It Be sessions not the White Album. Good shot though! Is that album in the other pic yours? Looks like it's in pretty good shape.
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How could I forget "Mellon Collie.."?? To me it was perhaps the best dbl album of the 90's and the best that The Smashing Pumpkins/Billy Corgan ever did. If an album deserves to go classic from this era, this would have to be it!!