Your Top 10 Favourite Prog Albums of 1985

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   An okay year for music, not so much for true prog.

1. COCTEAU TWINS Tiny Dynamine/Echoes on a Shallow Bay
2. THE DREAM ACADEMY The Dream Academy
3. TEARS FOR FEARS Songs from the Big Chair
4. PREFAB SPROUT Steve McQueen
5. DIF JUZ Extractions
6. KATE BUSH Hounds of Love
7. PROPAGANDA A Secret Wish
8. YELLO Stella
9. MINIMAL COMPACT Raging Souls
10. KIP HANRAHAN Vertical's Currency

11. EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL Love Not Money
12. CLANNAD Macalla
13. THE STYLE COUNCIL Our Favourite Shop
14. SADE Promise
15. PHAROAH SANDERS Shukuru
16. LOREENA McKENNITT Elemental
17. JANE SIBERRY The Speckless Sky
18. THE SMITHS Meat Is Murder
19. SUZANNE VEGA Suzanne Vega
20. DEAD CAN DANCE Spleen and Ideal

21. RY COODER Paris, Texas
22. ANNE PIGALLE Everything Could Be So Perfect
23. SIMPLY RED Picture Book
24. RUN-D.M.C. King of Rock
25. BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE This Is Big Audio Dynamite
26. GENE LOVES JEZEBEL Immigrant
27. PAUL HARDCASTLE Paul Hardcastle
28. BRIN FERRY Boys and Girls
29. CLAN OF XYMOX Clan of Xymox
30. PENDRAGON The Jewel

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BrufordFreak Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 25 2008 Location: Wisconsin Status: Online Points: 8480	Post Options Post Reply Quote BrufordFreak Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: August 27 2021 at 06:32
	An okay year for music, not so much for true prog. 1. COCTEAU TWINS Tiny Dynamine/Echoes on a Shallow Bay 2. THE DREAM ACADEMY The Dream Academy 3. TEARS FOR FEARS Songs from the Big Chair 4. PREFAB SPROUT Steve McQueen 5. DIF JUZ Extractions 6. KATE BUSH Hounds of Love 7. PROPAGANDA A Secret Wish 8. YELLO Stella 9. MINIMAL COMPACT Raging Souls 10. KIP HANRAHAN Vertical's Currency 11. EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL Love Not Money 12. CLANNAD Macalla 13. THE STYLE COUNCIL Our Favourite Shop 14. SADE Promise 15. PHAROAH SANDERS Shukuru 16. LOREENA McKENNITT Elemental 17. JANE SIBERRY The Speckless Sky 18. THE SMITHS Meat Is Murder 19. SUZANNE VEGA Suzanne Vega 20. DEAD CAN DANCE Spleen and Ideal 21. RY COODER Paris, Texas 22. ANNE PIGALLE Everything Could Be So Perfect 23. SIMPLY RED Picture Book 24. RUN-D.M.C. King of Rock 25. BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE This Is Big Audio Dynamite 26. GENE LOVES JEZEBEL Immigrant 27. PAUL HARDCASTLE Paul Hardcastle 28. BRIN FERRY Boys and Girls 29. CLAN OF XYMOX Clan of Xymox 30. PENDRAGON The Jewel
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Cristi Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Crossover / Prog Metal Teams Joined: July 27 2006 Location: wonderland Status: Offline Points: 45911	Post Options Post Reply Quote Cristi Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: August 27 2021 at 05:58
	Marillion - Misplaced Childhood Rush - Power Windows Fates Warning - The Spectre Within IQ - The Wake Pendragon - The Jewel Abel Ganz - Gullible's Travels North Star - Feel The Cold WatchTower - Energetic Disassembly Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue Iron Maiden - Live After Death

Sean Trane Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 20450	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sean Trane Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: August 27 2021 at 05:47
	no particular order outside their grade 12 Supertramp Brother Where You Bound 11 Harper, Roy Jugula 11 Hellebore Il y a des Jours 11 Kontrast Volume I & II 11 Present Le Poison Qui Rend Fou 11 Art Zoyd - Le mariage du ciel et de l'enfer 10 Dire Straits Brothers in Arms (that flipside is awesome) 10 Etron Fou Leloublan Face Aux Elements Dechaines bubbling under: 09 Contrevent Jeu de Paume 09 Debile Menthol Battre Campagne 09 IQ The Wake 09 Iron Maiden Live After Death 09 Litfiba Desaparecido 09 Lockwood Group, Didier Didier Lockwood Group 09 Uzeb Between the Lines 09 Wondeur Brass Ravir 09 Zazou, Hector Geographies Edited by Sean Trane - August 27 2021 at 08:04
	let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword

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	1. Art Zoyd - Le mariage du ciel et de l'enfer 2. Marillion - Misplaced Childhood 3. Present - Le Poison qui rend fou 4. Cocteau Twins - Aikea Guinea (EP) 5. Robert Wyatt - Old Rottenhat 6. Inner City Unit - The President's Tapes 7. The Enid - The Spell 8. IQ - The Wake 9. Pendragon - The Jewel 10. Frank Zappa - Meets the Mothers of Prevention

richardh Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 29684	Post Options Post Reply Quote richardh Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: August 27 2021 at 05:22
	1. Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love 2. IQ - The Wake 3. Eddie Jobson - Theme Of Secrets 4. Rush - Power Windows 5. Vangelis - The Mask 6. Tangerine Dream - Le Parc 7. Marillion - Misplaced Childhood 8. Jerry Goodman - On The Future Of Aviation 9. Suzanne Vega - s/t X. Simple Minds - Once Upon A Time struggled to do a top ten prog so ends up being top ten albums anyone

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	Here we are at the halfway point of the ~~middle ages~~ 1980s and this time I'm just barely able to fill this list with 10 albums. Do any of you fare much better? 1. Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue 2. Stubbs - The Prime Moving Lumps 3. Al Di Meola - Soaring Through A Dream 4. Frank Zappa - Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention 5. Present - Le Poison Qui Rend Fou 6. Rush - Power Windows 7. Jan Akkerman & Thijs Van Leer - Focus 8. Ozric Tentacles - Erpsongs 9. Beledo - Escape 10. Brian Eno - Thursday Afternoon Edited by Mirakaze - August 29 2021 at 03:16
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