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Just wanted to say I'm stunned how many people listed both Wind and Tail in their top 3 Genesis albums. They're the most solid of the Collins albums (at least in terms of prog credentials) but to me they pale in comparison to every Gabriel album after the debut. Heck, Trespass is missing two of that line-up and is actually one of the most underrated/great albums they ever made.

Compare Squonk to the average song on Lamb - no comparison! I get that people have a soft spot for those albums, but to me not only the songwriting was starting to decline, but even Collin's playing was becoming less inventive/incisive already after his peak on Lamb, and it took a while for his singing to align well with his drumming facility (that happened by Duke I'd say, but by then the songwriting was REALLY in decline!) Not to mention the mixing of the drums starting to move towards the 80s sound, which always gives me a headache with the excessively tinny thudding toms (and it gets worse and worse on subsequent remasters).
MacGyver can do a super guitar solo with a broom and an elastic band. Can you do better?
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The Yes Album, Fragile, Close to the Edge 

Yawn. No offense but a lot of people(even Yes fans) seem to act as though these are the only Yes albums that matter. I think part of it is because of the lineup on those albums(especially the presence of Bill Bruford). 
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Irmin Schmidt

Axolotl Eyes
Toy Planet
Filmmusik Vol 3 & 4

Have only heard a small bit of 2018's Klavierstuecke yet, but it may end up in the top 3.
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Pink Floyd
Dark Side of the Moon,  Wish You Were Here, Animals

Genesis
A Trick of the Tail, Wind and Wuthering, Selling England...

King Crimson
The Court of the Crimson King, Red, Thrak

Camel
Snow Goose, Moonmadness, A Nod and a Wink

TD
Phaedra, Force Majeure, Zeit

Yes
The Yes Album, Fragile, Close to the Edge

Peter Gabriel
IV, III, Live Blood

Chicago
VII, V, II




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^ Noted, thanks.
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Originally posted by Barbu Barbu wrote:

I already know them and really enjoyed Sketches of Brunswick East.
If you like Sketches of Brunswick East, then you'd probably like Gumboot Soup. I think these two albums have a similar feel and the music of either album wouldn't sound too far out-of-place on the other album.
 
 
 
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Originally posted by I prophesy disaster I prophesy disaster wrote:

King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard:
Sketches Of Brunswick East
Polygondwanaland
Flying Microtonal Banana 
 
Two other albums that I enjoy about as much as the above albums are: Gumboot Soup and Eyes Like The Sky.
 
 
 
 
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Originally posted by dougmcauliffe dougmcauliffe wrote:

Originally posted by Barbu Barbu wrote:

Originally posted by I prophesy disaster I prophesy disaster wrote:


King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard:

Polygondwanaland
Flying Microtonal Banana
 
 
 
 

Items ordered.


Two great albums, you won’t regret
 
It should be noted that Polygondwanaland is a free digital download (although they did release it on CD about a year later).
 
 
 
 
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ELP

ELP 
Trilogy
BSS


Other than the title track I'm not that big into Tarkus; not that it's bad but I think the other three are over all a bit better.
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Okay...

Eno (song based)

Another Green World
Nerve Net
Another Day On Earth Taking Tiger Mountain (by strategy)

Eno (ambient)

Music for Airports
Thursday Afternoon Lux
The Shutov Assembly
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Originally posted by Fischman Fischman wrote:

Originally posted by dougmcauliffe dougmcauliffe wrote:

Originally posted by Fischman Fischman wrote:

KANSAS

Leftoverture
Somewhere to Elsewhere
Point of No Return


interesting choice with somewhere to elsewhere, I love Icarus II, Distant Vision, Myriad and The Coming Dawn, but most the stuff inbetween falls flat for me


For some reason, just about every song on the album resonates with me.  You're the first person I've ever heard single out Myriad, which is my favorite on the album and one of my favorite Kansas songs overall.  


Yeah it is a great song. Icarus 2 is amazing, Walsh’s aged vocals really elevate the song and I love the lyrics.
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Originally posted by Barbu Barbu wrote:

Originally posted by I prophesy disaster I prophesy disaster wrote:


King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard:

Polygondwanaland
Flying Microtonal Banana
 
 
 
 

Items ordered.


Two great albums, you won’t regret
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Univers Zero
Ceux De Dehors
Heresie
Uzed

Mike Oldfield
Ommadawn
Hergest Ridge
Incantations

Henry Cow
Western Culture
In Praise Of Learning
Leg End

King Crimson
Larks Tongues In Aspic
Red
In The Court Of The Crimson King

Genesis
Foxtrot
Trespass
Nursery Cryme

Radiohead
OK Computer
Kid A
In Rainbows

Cardiacs
Sing To God
A Little Man ...
On Land & In The Sea

Cheer-Accident
Fear Draws Misfortune
No Ifs Ands & Dogs
Putting Off Death

Pink Floyd
Animals
Ummagumma
Meddle

Vezhlivy Otkaz
Geese & Swans
Geranium
War Songs
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Tauk
Homunculus
Collissions
Sir Nebula

Antoine Fafard
Occultus Tramitis
Sphere
ProtoMundi

The Dregs
Unsung Heroes
What If
Dregs of the Earth

Alice Cooper
Love it to Death
Killer
Billion Dollar Babies

Pain of Salvation
One Hour by the Concrete Lake
The Perfect Element
Remedy Lane

Thank you Scientist
The first three less the EP

Frost*
The first three

Lonely Robot
The only three?

National Health
The only three

Elvis Costello
This Years Model
Trust
Armed Forces

Todd Rundgren and/or Utopia
Utopia
Hermit of Mink Hollow
Nearly Human

XTC
White Music
Skylarking
Oranges & Lemons

Brand X
Unorthodox Behavior
Moroccan Roll
Masques

The Aristocrats 
The Aristocrats
Culture Clash
You Know What...?

Bill Bruford solo and Earthworks
Feels Good to Me
One of a Kind
Earthworks Underground Orchestra

Joe Jackson
Look Sharp
I'm the Man
Laughter and Lust

Chick Corea Elektric Band
Beneath the Mask
Light Years
Eye of the Beholder

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers
Album of the Year
A Night in Tunsia
Free for All

Pat Metheny
Road to You
American Garage
Letter from Home

Jean-Luc Ponty
Enigmatic Ocean
Cosmic Messenger
Imaginary Voyage




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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by Prog Sothoth Prog Sothoth wrote:

ELP:
1. Tarkus
2. Emerson Lake & Palmer
3. Works Vol. 2
 

certainly a bit 'left field' on that one!

Kind of a new deal for me. Works 2 just totally clicked for me; I must be nuts. 
I just dig the clamorous nuttiness, the freakout jazziness, the barroom brawls and oddball short-takes on prog rock busting out of this thing. Even the Christmas tune is cool for nostalgia purposes, hearing it back in the late 80's-early 90's all the time pumping out of the canned "Christmas classics" music-feed from the speakers of the party goods store I worked at as a young lunatic.
I find the album to be a mess, but a glorious, entertaining mess that offers more fun for me than much of their more celebrated (and rather "bloated") 'works'.
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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Amon Düül 2:

The top three are in my opinion clear, but not which position they have. After a long inner debate:

1) Tanz der Lemminge
2) Yeti
3) Phallus Dei

 

No. 3 Wolf City!
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Mike Oldfield
Ommadawn
Hergest Ridge
Incantations

Vangelis
China
Heaven and Hell
Voices

Tangerine Dream
Ricochet
Pergamon (live)
Purgatorio

Jean Michel Jarre
Magnetic Fields
Rendez-Vous
The China Concerts

Rick Wakeman
Six Wives Of Henry VIII
The Legend of King Arthur and the Knights Of The Round Table
Criminal Record
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Originally posted by Prog Sothoth Prog Sothoth wrote:



ELP:
1. Tarkus
2. Emerson Lake & Palmer
3. Works Vol. 2


 

certainly a bit 'left field' on that one!
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