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Tsevir Leirbag 
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 Posted: May 03 2009 at 15:46 |
It's very hard to say but I'll go with these:
1- Yes - Close To The Edge
I think this is my favourite album of all times
2- Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
I saw Waters live some time ago and it really got me into prog. Then I started to listen to this one and discovered the beautiful track that is Shine On
3- Genesis - Foxtrot
My favourite Gabriel's era album and it includes the first great epic I ever listened to
4- Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
Have you ever read those great lyrics?
5- Camel - Mirage
I discovered Camel with this album and it is now one of my favourite bands.
Edited by ProGR72 - May 03 2009 at 16:00
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Les mains, les pieds balancés
Sur tant de mers, tant de planchers,
Un marin mort,
Il dormira
- Paul Éluard
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: May 03 2009 at 15:07 |
 Trouserpress wrote:
The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse The Bonzos were the first band I truly obsessed over. A musical defence of silliness. Probably influenced my life more directly than any prog music as Vivian Stanshall's influence is still present in my writing and performance work.
Focus - Focus 3 My first taste of Prog. Need I say more?
Gentle Giant - Octopus The first PROG band that I truly obsessed over! A vital part of my life.
Samla Mammas Manna - Maltid The album that really got me in to RIO. Several years on from my Bonzo phase and I'm still a sucker for downright silliness...
Cardiacs - A Little Man and a House and the Whole World WindowWhen I first heard this I liked it a bit. Maybe punk's not so bad if it can influence music like this, I thought... A year later and not only had I become a raving fanatic intent on converting all my friends and acquaintances, I'd also inadvertantly become FAR more open-minded about music than I ever thought I would be. Cardiacs taught me how pop music works... backwards.
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you are the first person on this thread to name only albums which are on PA! 
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Stooge
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Posted: May 03 2009 at 10:44 |
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1) Metallica- Master Of Puppets (The album that got me interested in metal)
2) Beastie Boys- Hello Nasty (An album constantly in my high school music rotation)
3) Dream Theater- Awake (My introduction to prog. music, though I'd seen the band live a month or so before)
4) Death- Individual Thought Patterns (The Philosopher helped introduce me to extreme metal)
5) Weather Report- Heavy Weather (My introduction to jazz and fusion music)
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Lucent
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Posted: May 03 2009 at 08:50 |
Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin (Got me into rock music to begin with) Revelations - Audioslave (A release which took me out of the "classic rock" prejudice. I still love Audioslave as of today) Close To The Edge - Yes (My intro to prog rock) Images & Words - Dream Theater (My intro to prog metal. Kevin Moore is my keyboarding idol.) Still Life - Opeth (Got me to look beyond growls and into the music. Expanded my mind drastically as a musician)
NOTE: By no means are these my favourite albums of all time.
Edited by Lucent - May 03 2009 at 08:51
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The Hemulen
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Posted: May 03 2009 at 08:27 |
The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse The Bonzos were the first band I truly obsessed over. A musical defence of silliness. Probably influenced my life more directly than any prog music as Vivian Stanshall's influence is still present in my writing and performance work.
Focus - Focus 3 My first taste of Prog. Need I say more?
Gentle Giant - Octopus The first PROG band that I truly obsessed over! A vital part of my life.
Samla Mammas Manna - Maltid The album that really got me in to RIO. Several years on from my Bonzo phase and I'm still a sucker for downright silliness...
Cardiacs - A Little Man and a House and the Whole World WindowWhen I first heard this I liked it a bit. Maybe punk's not so bad if it can influence music like this, I thought... A year later and not only had I become a raving fanatic intent on converting all my friends and acquaintances, I'd also inadvertantly become FAR more open-minded about music than I ever thought I would be. Cardiacs taught me how pop music works... backwards.
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Anaon
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Posted: May 03 2009 at 07:30 |
Led Zeppelin "III" - The first cd I bought, when I was 11... I was so proud to own my first cd and play it  Nirvana "Nevermind" - I learnt to play the guitar because of this album Dream Theater "Live At The Marquee" - I was searching for a last cd for a shop offer and I took this one because of the cover artwork. I discovered progressive metal and then progressive rock thanks to this live album Marillion "Brave" - So many feelings when I listened to this album for the first time Yes "Close To The Edge" - It changed my life because I feel that I will never be able to write songs like that 
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emerson_wakeman
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Posted: April 30 2009 at 08:56 |
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ELP - Pictures at an Exhibition
Camel - Mirage
Grobschnitt - Solar Music Live
Pink Floyd - Dark side of the Moon
Colosseum - Live
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Valarius
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Posted: April 27 2009 at 14:39 |
Kiss - Destroyer
Metallica - ...And Justice For All
Megadeth - Risk
Dream Theater - Images and Words
Michael Jackson - Dangerous
Something like that, not really in any particular order though.
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ZowieZiggy
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Posted: April 27 2009 at 06:32 |
- Abraxas (from Santana): my first album ever (January 1971)
- Selling England By The Pound (Genesis)
- YesSongs (Yes)
- Horses (Patti Smith)
- The Clash (The Clash)
These really changed my life. Besides there are of course lots of great recordings I profundly love. A hundred or so (have a look at my 5 star ratings).
Take care.
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npjnpj
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Posted: April 21 2009 at 04:01 |
1) For me it all started in 1970 with Deep Purple In Rock.
2) A short while later along came Led Zeppelin 2
3) Then I heard Yessongs at a friend's house.
4) In 1975 someone introduced me to Frank Zappa's One Size Fits All.
5) Then it all flows along until a mate introduced me to Dream Theater's Scenes From A Memory.
Of course there were a lot of minor ones in between, but I'd name the above as my major landmarks.
Edited by npjnpj - April 21 2009 at 04:02
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el dingo
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Posted: April 21 2009 at 02:58 |
maninthejar wrote:
david bowie
the rise and fall of ziggy stardust and the spiders from mars
queen
queen 2
genesis
the lamb lies down on broadway
alice cooper
killer
deep purple
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 Most of these would have been in my top 10 or twenty - but we were only allowed five!
for Queen II - one of my all-time faves. I completely lost interest in them after Sheer Heart Attack.
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It's not that I can't find worth in anything, it's just that I can't find worth in enough.
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maninthejar
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Posted: April 19 2009 at 05:49 |
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david bowie
the rise and fall of ziggy stardust and the spiders from mars
queen
queen 2
genesis
the lamb lies down on broadway
alice cooper
killer
deep purple
made in japan.
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Zargus
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Posted: April 19 2009 at 05:32 |
el dingo wrote:
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Is that Led Zep IV, Sabbath's Vol. IV or both?  |
Sry for that i edited it its Led zeppelin ofc, IV or ZoSo well i usualy call it IV.  I dont like top 5 lists like this caus there is always more albums i whuld like to add... well after some thinking i changed paranoid & IV to whos next and the doors first album caus i think i got em earlier and that they where more important, in changing my music life.
Edited by Zargus - April 20 2009 at 09:00
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ghost_of_morphy
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Posted: April 19 2009 at 00:44 |
Telinstryata wrote:
Going by the stipulation that these are albums that have changed my life, I must be honest. Some of these are rather embarrassing now. |
I applaud you on entering the spirit of this post. I certainly am not proud of listing a Jefferson Starship album that I haven't listened to in nearly twenty years, but it definitely was a defining point of my life.
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angelmk
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Posted: April 18 2009 at 21:10 |
Genesis - Selling England by the pound Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift your skinny fists like antennas to heaven Amon duul 2 - Phalus dei Agalloch - The Mantle Pink Floyd - The Wall
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: April 18 2009 at 20:18 |
Lets see and in order:
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1.- In the mid 70's when i was a very small kid (10 or 11), I listened top 40 until I bought this album:
Uriah Heep - Look at Yourself
Still didn't knew it was Prog, as a fact i didn't had a clue what prog was, but found there was something better than top 40.
2.- To impress an older girl, I told her her strange music was great, she was listening this album:
Yes - Yessongs
My first steps into Prog.
3.- The first Prog album i bought with my allowance:
Rick Wakeman - Six Wives of Henry the VIII
Listened it so much, that was scratched all over.
4.- Discovered the best band ever:
Genesis - Foxtrot
This was the moment i decided to become a Proghead.
5.- Prog didn't die in 1978.
Anglagard - Hybris
Iván
Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - April 19 2009 at 11:41
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E-Dub
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Posted: April 18 2009 at 19:53 |
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Rush - Moving Pictures
This album forced me to listen to the music and structure of a song, which basically escaped me previously in my early years.
U2 - The Joshua Tree
This album changed the way I listen to music. Prior to this I just listened to hard rock and heavy metal.
Pat Metheny Group - Letter From Home
Metheny was one of my first introductions to jazz. Very light, airy and ethereal...really impacted me back in the 80's.
Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind
I remember seeing the video of "The Flight Of Icarus" on MTV and completely being blown away by it. Iron Maiden showed me that a metal band can, indeed, be complex and multi-layered.
Marillion - Brave
I think we all know how much I love this album--wasn't always the case, however. I remember not being all that blown away by it. One day it just suddenly hit me, and every subsequent listen forces me in deeper and deeper. A true masterpiece and the best thing Marillion has ever produced.
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Bodysnatcher
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Posted: April 18 2009 at 17:34 |
Genesis - The Lamb
Peter Gabriel - PG I
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Radiohead - OK Computer
No explanations.....probably it would be boring ! but these albums really changed my life at some point !.
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Just cos you feel it, it doesn´t means it´s there....
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el dingo
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Posted: April 18 2009 at 00:59 |
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It's not that I can't find worth in anything, it's just that I can't find worth in enough.
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Zargus
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Posted: April 17 2009 at 18:36 |
Dark side of the moon
In the court of the crimson king
Close to the edge
Who's Next
The Doors
Edited by Zargus - April 20 2009 at 09:00
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