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Originally posted by zeqexes zeqexes wrote:

Ok - today I found SEBTP in a CD shop, and bought it. I just listened to it. I like it - but not really "More Fool Me" or "The Battle of Epping Forest".
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^Pretty much like everyone else.
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Ok - today I found SEBTP in a CD shop, and bought it. I just listened to it. I like it - but not really "More Fool Me" or "The Battle of Epping Forest".
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In general, I do not like to make recomendations ... because things were so different in so many different places, that if you take some of these lists and go for a few of them, you do not learn that other countries also had some awfully nice music ... that you missed!
 
It's too easy ... to not know that Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Brazil, Canada, Sweden, Finland, Holland, Poland, Czechslovakia (sp!), Argentina, Japan, Australia ... and so many other countries ... that also had unreal and far out stuff ... that you will never know, understand or appreciate!
 
That said ... I am not sure that the "top ten" listed at PA is not a great list ... with the exception (as I said above) that it tends to sound the same or be way too similar for you to get the nuances or the difference!


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(Album) Dance of the Age of Enlightenment
 
 
(Album) Just As I Thought
 
 
(Album) True Stories
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go with close to the edge

or the soft machine third 

but my personal fav. genesis foxtrot
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Get all of them first.
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Originally posted by SaltyJon SaltyJon wrote:

I don't know if it's been mentioned or not, but as far as Yes goes, I personally think the Yes Album is better than CttE, Relayer, Fragile, etc. etc. etc. 



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Originally posted by thellama73 thellama73 wrote:


Originally posted by zeqexes zeqexes wrote:

Ok guys - thanks for the suggestions. I've come up with a short list of CDs that I'd like to get:
Close to the Edge
Selling England by the Pound
Foxtrot
Fragile
Tarkus
Red
Thick As A Brick
Wish You Were Here
Now to decide which I will buy first...Tongue
It's a very good list. Get Red first, it is great.


Play SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND. it'll knock you on your ass! 😝
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I don't know if it's been mentioned or not, but as far as Yes goes, I personally think the Yes Album is better than CttE, Relayer, Fragile, etc. etc. etc. 
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^Close to the Edge then. It is the best of the first four.

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Originally posted by thellama73 thellama73 wrote:

Originally posted by zeqexes zeqexes wrote:

Ok guys - thanks for the suggestions. I've come up with a short list of CDs that I'd like to get:

Close to the Edge
Selling England by the Pound
Foxtrot
Fragile
Tarkus
Red
Thick As A Brick
Wish You Were Here

Now to decide which I will buy first...Tongue


It's a very good list. Get Red first, it is great.

Haha, now I'm probably going to get heaps of people telling me which to get first. I think I'll get one of the first 4 listed first, because both Fragile and Foxtrot are in my local CD store, and I can order CTTE and SEBTP cheap online.
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Originally posted by zeqexes zeqexes wrote:

Ok guys - thanks for the suggestions. I've come up with a short list of CDs that I'd like to get:

Close to the Edge
Selling England by the Pound
Foxtrot
Fragile
Tarkus
Red
Thick As A Brick
Wish You Were Here

Now to decide which I will buy first...Tongue


It's a very good list. Get Red first, it is great.
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Points: 1238 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 24 2012 at 22:59
Ok guys - thanks for the suggestions. I've come up with a short list of CDs that I'd like to get:

Close to the Edge
Selling England by the Pound
Foxtrot
Fragile
Tarkus
Red
Thick As A Brick
Wish You Were Here

Now to decide which I will buy first...Tongue
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Points: 12789 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 24 2012 at 19:00
I would think going with the top 10 albums in the home-page would do nicely, and from there you might want to check the next 10, and depending on what you liked you might want to choose what you want to seek next.
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Points: 16952 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 24 2012 at 18:49
Originally posted by sleeper sleeper wrote:

Originally posted by Moogtron III Moogtron III wrote:

^^ 
Good beginners' list Thumbs Up
Interesting that you took Waterloo Lily from Caravan in your list.


Only have three Caravan albums and the one I didnt mention was In the Land of Grey and Pink, which I find imensly dull.
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^ Yes they fly under the radar but their first two albums are gems.
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Originally posted by timothy leary timothy leary wrote:

Finch.........any album

Glad someone said it!! My favorite instrumental band.

Beyond Expression almost seems to me like an instrumental baby from Close To The Edge and Red, but that's just me.

I'd also recommend Stadacone by Sloche, Todd Rundgren's Utopia, and Crime of the Century by (of course) SUPERTRAMP
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All I have to say is that this website(PROG ARCHIVES) is pretty accurate when it comes to listing essential prog or who is the most highly rated in the prog universe. I think the 70's revolve around GENESIS, PINK FLOYD, YES and VANGELIS. You really are getting the best with these bands. Trust me. Go explore.
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Lizard - King Crimson
Starless and Bible Black - King Crimson
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