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essexboyinwales 
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Bitterblogger
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Posted: May 22 2015 at 22:32 |
Abbey Road ELP (debut) Lamb Led Zeppelin (debut) LTIA Meddle Smile Yessongs
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Green Shield Stamp
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Posted: May 22 2015 at 11:35 |
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1. Genesis - The Lamb (musical bildungsroman of huge complexity - crammed full of mythological and religious allusions as well as clever references to pop culture. This deeply symbolic album would fill many hours of repeated plays on the island challenging the listener to get completely to grips with Gabriel's vision)
2. Gabriel Yared - The English Patient OST (would bring a real sense of the desert to the desert island - also my fav movie soundtrack)
3. Keith Jarrett - La Scala (I never tire of hearing these amazing live piano improvisations. From wild, spastic, explosions of dissonance to heart-meltingly beautiful lyrical passages, this is a timeless album)
4. Vaughan Williams - 3rd Symphony (beautiful, melancholy evocation of the English Pastoral, but also an elegy for the First World War)
5. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon (the album that started my love affair with prog)
6. The Smiths - The Queen is Dead (reminds me of a very close friend who sadly died a few years ago)
7. Elvis Costello - Blood and Chocolate (brilliant Beatlesy melodies with clever, acerbic lyrics)
8. Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn (just a great album!)
Edited by Green Shield Stamp - May 22 2015 at 14:14
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Haiku
Writing a poem
With seventeen syllables
Is very diffic....
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essexboyinwales
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Posted: May 18 2015 at 10:56 |
I love these lists, but they're so hard... ...but... ...today.... Weather Systems - Anathema Blue Sky - Devin Townsend Project Image And Words - Dream Theater The Human Equation - Ayreon Brave - Marillion Tubular Bells II - Mike Oldfield The Seventh House - IQ Selling England By The Pound - Genesis 
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Terakonin
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Posted: May 17 2015 at 18:44 |
Yessongs - Yes Red - King Crimson In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson Days Of Future Passed - The Moody Blues Grace - Jeff Buckley Discipline - King Crimson Bryter Layter - Nick Drake Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
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You left a note in your perfect script
Stay as long as you like
I haven't left your bed since
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Moogtron III
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Posted: May 17 2015 at 14:31 |
 richardh wrote:
Moogtron III wrote:
richardh wrote:
Mirror Image wrote:
Chris S wrote:
As it stands:
Genesis - The Lamb Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn Yes- Yessongs Caravan - Waterloo Lily Camel- Moonmadness Van Morrison - Veedon Fleece Talking Heads - Remain In Light |
Nice list, especially the Genesis, Pink Floyd, and Camel. Don't know if I've heard Yessongs. This is a live album, correct? I can't remember. |
It is although the production is a bit sh*t even for a live album 
I actually prefer Yesshows with superb renditions of Ritual and Gates Of Delirium. |
I like Keys To Ascension a lot, which has great versions of Siberian Khatru, America and Starship Trooper. |
Yep great version of America on Keys but I would take Yes Symphonic over Keys personally. |
Haven't listened to that one. Actually, avoiding all "Symphonic" albums. Now you're making me curious. I must try that one out!
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King Manuel
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Posted: May 17 2015 at 02:25 |
I have to pack eight albums. That’s what I would pack today
(might slightly change if you ask me some other day)
Dream Theater – When Dream and Day Unite
Jethro Tull – Thick
as a brick
Anathema – We’re here because we here
Dave Matthews Band – Before these crowded streets
Yes – Close to the edge
Emmylou Harris – Wrecking Ball
Transatlantic – The Whirlwind
Rush – A show of hands
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Don't Bore Us, Get To The Chorus
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Cailyn
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Posted: May 17 2015 at 01:10 |
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The Who -- Quadrophenia
Bruckner -- Symphony #9
Kansas -- Always Never the Same
Tori Amos -- Little Earthquakes
Vaughan Williams -- Tallis Fantasia/Symphony #5
Acoustic Alchemy -- Arcanum
Rush -- Chronicles
Paul Simon -- There Goes Rhymin' Simon
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http://www.cailynmusic.com
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sublime220
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Posted: May 17 2015 at 00:00 |
How does one do this? I'd break down in tears if I didn't have more than 100 albums on an island.
Genesis - Selling England (was going to pick Foxtrot but I already can play Supper's Ready, music and vocals, using my mouth so that would lose about half the album) Gentle Giant - Octopus (the only album where every song is in my top 100 songs of all time) Pink Floyd - Animals (so I can always remember what animal noises sound like) Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists... (my night album) King Crimson - Red (would've made my list even if Starless was the only song on it) The Mars Volta - De-Loused (I can't even explain why. It's just perfect) Jethro Tull - TaaB (the greatest 44 minutes in musical history) Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica (The Holy of all Holys)
Would've chosen other things, but alas, this is a prog forum, not a music forum.
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There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark...
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akaBona
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Posted: May 16 2015 at 17:46 |
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Magma - Studio Zünd (never leave far from your house without Magma music)
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (an album that changed everything)
Hatfield And The North - 1st (Canterbury masterpiece)
National Health - Of Queues and Cures (see above)
Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (all time top 5 album)
Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans (Yes, my introduction to prog music, this is nowdays their best one)
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (no one can live without this)
King Crimson - USA (this band was always best in live)
Gentle Giant - Playing The Fool (always will love this band and especially this live album)
Premiata Forneria Marconi - Per Un Amico (no way I could survive without something from Italy)
Edited by akaBona - May 16 2015 at 17:55
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garfunkel
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Posted: May 16 2015 at 00:37 |
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Simon and Garfunkel- Sounds of Silence (love of music started here)
ELP- Trilogy (first prog I'd heard)
Gentle Giant- In a Glass House
Pink Floyd- Atom Heart Mother
Genesis- Foxtrot
Penguin Cafe Orchestra- s/t (great instrumentals)
Jethro Full- Songs from the Wood (Sitting around fire)
King Crimson- Red (I've never heard it, so why not bring it along to an island?) Or would Islands be more appropriate?
I've changed my mind can I bring along another couple hundred?
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The Bearded Bard
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Posted: May 15 2015 at 17:08 |
Dean wrote:
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Dean wrote:
dr prog wrote:
Why limit to 8? Just list a bunch |
Because it is based on Desert Island Discs, a BBC radio programme that has been running since since the 1940.
Over that 70+ year period there have been literally 100s of guests, each of whom have chosen exactly 8 records to take to their desert island. Not 7, not 9, not 40, not 800 but exactly f**king 8. In 1958 Aaron Copland was a guest on the programme and while he did choose one of his own records to take with him, he managed to whittle the extensive list of records that he undoubtedly liked to precisely 8 f**king records. Not 7, not 9, not 40, not 800 but exactly eight f**king records. David Bowie has been a guest on the show - he selected precisely 8 f**king records. Not 7, not 9, not 40, not 800 but exactly eight f**king records. Yehudi Menuhin was a guest on the programme - guess how many f**king records he chose... go on, have a wild f**king guess... did you guess 40? did you think he could only manage a list of 7 records? No. He chose 8 records, not 7, not 9, not 40, not 800 but exactly eight f**king records.
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Dean wrote:
dr wu23 wrote:
Damn pedants and their 8 only ...I didn't even get to name my favorite classical album....cough...Ralph Vaughan Williams....Fantasia On A Theme by Tallis...cough.
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To be pedantic. It is not pedantry since the number "8" is central to the format of the radio programme and therefore not a minutiae of detail, nor is exceeding the said number a minor error in need of correction. It's like asking the genie for four wishes, you can try but you'll only get three. That's not pedantry, that's the genie rules. Just as you cannot feed 12 CDs into an 8 CD auto-changer, you can try but it's not going to work. That's not pedantry, that's the Sony 8 CD auto-changer maximum capacity. If you went on the radio programme carrying 12 albums then Kirsty Young would very politely explain the format of the programme to you and still only play eight of your selection. That's not pedantry, that's the programme format. Obviously inspired by that radio programme the OP asked for your 8 albums to take to a desert island and why, not 12, not 40, not 800, he did however set a precedent for listing additional albums that just missed the list for those would like to make mention of more albums than the prescribed 8. So if you want to give a shout-out to Ralph Malph and his Fantasia then do so.
However, to be pedantic - this thread is in a sub forum of the Prog Music Lounge and thus should ideally contain only Prog Albums, or to be more pedantic should only contain albums listed in the PA archive. That, after all, is the reason for this forums existence - to discuss the music listed in the database. Fortunately the thread police do not enforce this stipulation too rigorously (nor should they). |
So ten albums then?
Okay, okay, eight albums.
Four classics from the classic era:
Jethro Tull - "A Passion Play" Genesis - "Selling England by the Pound" Gentle Giant - "In a Glass House" King Crimson - "Red"
Four modern classics:
Motorpsycho - "The Death Defying Unicorn" Jaga Jazzist - "Live with Britten Sinfonia" The Mars Volta - "De-Loused in the Comatorium" Mastodon - "Crack the Skye"
I'll be kicking myself for not choosing something by Led Zeppelin, "Physical Graffiti" or "How the West Was Won" for example, but this thread is in a progressive music lounge after all.
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Catcher10
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Posted: October 07 2014 at 17:19 |
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Rush-Moving Pitchers (Because there is some kick-a$$ music on this album)
Pink Floyd-DSOTM (Stare at the night sky...and listen)
Led Zeppelin-III (Again, kick a$$ music)
Dream Theater-ToT (My one prog-metal album to thrash and air-drum to)
The Who-Who's Next (are you kidding me...!!)
Diana Krall-Live in Paris (Not much better female vocals than this..)
Prince-Purple Rain (Dude is musical greatness)
Earth, Wind & Fire - All n All (One of the best albums ever recorded)
Michael Jackson-Off the Wall (Pop music genius)
The last three albums to keep me happy, dancing and smiling..The last thing I want to listen to is depressing prog rock on an island by myself...
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HackettFan
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Posted: October 07 2014 at 15:22 |
richardh wrote:
^ no Voyage Of The Acolyte  |
So that's what must've brought my MSR down a notch.
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Zenbadger
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Posted: October 07 2014 at 05:46 |
Wilson is a volleyball of few words...
Grateful Dead - Dicks Picks 28 Nice lengthy Jams with a great setlist. If I coukd take only 1 Dead album it would probably be this one.
Van Morrison - Veedon Fleece The Voice, the mystery, the moods, the fleece? Masterpeice.
Genesis - Selling England By The Pound Tough choice between this and the Lamb. This album is like Englsih heritage.
Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance Priest and a bottle or whiskey...
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Phish - Live At The Roxy 93 This is the album where Phish suddenly made sence to me. Been a huge fan ever since! Sublime performance of Harry Hood.
Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking Sandy...
Crosby Stills and Nash - Self Titled "Say, can I have some of your purple berries
Yes, I've been eating them for six or seven weeks now
Haven't got sick once
Prob'ly keep us both alive"
Played all of these to death, never tired of them!
Edited by Zenbadger - October 07 2014 at 06:19
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richardh
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Posted: October 07 2014 at 01:28 |
^ no Voyage Of The Acolyte
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HackettFan
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Posted: October 06 2014 at 19:10 |
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Naked and Afraid and Musically Equipped:
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Frank Zappa - Shut Up N Play Yer Guitar (all 3 discs counted as one)
Steve Hackett - To Watch the Storms
Steve Hackett - Beyond the Shrouded Horizon
Steve Hackett - Guitar Noir
Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings
Jade Warrior - Released
Jethro Tull - Aqualung (normally I would go for some other choices, but Aqualung would lift my spirits alongside a bonfire)
My Musical Survival Rating, or MSR, is a 9.5
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midnightmadness
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Posted: October 05 2014 at 01:47 |
Wind & Wuthering - Genesis Midnight Mushrumps - Gryphon Moonmadness - Camel In the Land of Grey and Pink - Caravan Ommadawn - Mike Oldfield Voyage of the Acolyte - Steve Hackett Acquiring the Taste - Gentle Giant The Polite Force - Egg
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ten years after
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Posted: September 18 2014 at 02:57 |
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Yessongs
Woodstock
Dark Side of the Moon
Sticky Fingers
Trilogy
Foxtrot
Caravanserai
Very 'eavy Very 'umble
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ebil0505
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Posted: September 17 2014 at 23:56 |
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1. Yessongs - Yes (Favorite Album)
2. Per Un Amico - PFM (I need something from Italy)
3. Selling England by the Pound - Genesis (Best song writing in Prog)
4. Pawn Hearts - VdGG (To unleash the evil inside)
5. M.D.K. or K.A. - Magma (either one works but I need Magma in my life)
6. Animals - Pink Floyd (Perfect concept album)
7. If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You - Caravan (Canterbury, man)
8. Islands - King Crimson (Do I really need to explain)
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