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Ha ha! Close to the Edge hits all of Quinino's and Micky's criteria. I'm a teacher who has various prog rock stuff on the wall to spark conversation of rock music to the younger generation. Interestingly one of my Physics A Level students last year asked me what album would best sum up what prog rock was all about, and while I thought about Dark Side of the Moon (the mainstream choice, perhaps), I went with Close to the Edge. He left for University before I could get his feedback. I'd like to think he's annoying his flatmates with our PA favourite albums as I write!
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Triumvirat-Illusions On A Double Dimple

I'm cheating a bit, because it is my favorite album, but apart from that, it has defined for me what a true prog album epitomises, and was also a personal gateway for me into collecting progressive rock and motivated me to take prog seriously.

Breathtaking vocals, a "stick you finger to The Man" lyrical outlook, astonishing symphonic technique, and raw, gutsy, "real" emotion in every breath of things.
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Going For The One

not my favourite by a long chalk but just has everything
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Close to the Edge for me. It has all the ingredients you could want in a prog album (except the great Roger Dean album cover)

I love Tales but I think it divides opinion too much to be called the quintessential prog album.
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ELP's Brain Salad Surgery. It may not be best prog album but it's the quintessential prog album in my book.
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micky, my man, you nailed it Beer
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Originally posted by Quinino Quinino wrote:

Double album
Cover by Roger Dean
Lots of synths
Enigmatic lyrics
Huge diversity of tempos & moods
Melodic yet complex
Divides opinions among afficionados & connoisseurs
Symphonic to the core
One of the best singers + One of the best guitarist + One of the best bassist + One of the best keyboardist + One of the best drummer

What else can you desire, Mr Bungle ?

you do realize that you described, perfectly, that the truly enlightened and wizened consider THE quintessential prog album

http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=83286
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^ Don't forget to add:  Double album: 1 song per side Wink

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Double album
Cover by Roger Dean
Lots of synths
Enigmatic lyrics
Huge diversity of tempos & moods
Melodic yet complex
Divides opinions among afficionados & connoisseurs
Symphonic to the core
One of the best singers + One of the best guitarist + One of the best bassist + One of the best keyboardist + One of the best drummer

What else can you desire, Mr Bungle ?
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The question is what is the definitive Prog Album for you? That doesnīt mean your favourite but what you think is Prog Rock in its Core. For Me it would be Lizard.. As it has that pure Prog feel about it. It just couldnīt be any other genre. And I think it has all the ingredients by which you could determine a prog album of any era so if you donīt know if its prog just compare it to Lizard and if you find similarities itīs pretty surely prog as this album has no moment where I could think anything else than (this is a prog one) and still its so diverse.
If anyone wants to know in a more exact manner what I am talking about I may add it in a few days or so.
I also want to give Nursery Cryme Credit for being quintessential Prog Album structurewise. And I am aware of the fact that itīs surely impossible to pin down the whole prog movement down to just one album (the honorable mentions arrive one per second in my mind) Sorry for my english this time. Hope there arenīt to many native speakers reading this
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