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Your 10 Favourite Prog Albums of 1970 |
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enigmatic 
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 Topic: Your 10 Favourite Prog Albums of 1970Posted: February 05 2022 at 08:52 |
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What a great year in music! One of my favorite years with massive number of magnificent prog-rock albums and prog-rock related.
I am so glad to see few lesser known bands on couple lists (Marsupilami, Beggars Opera, T2, Supersister, Web). My Top 20 of 1970 Prog Albums: 1. King Crimson - Lizard 2. Van der Graaf Generator - H to He Who Am the Only One 3. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer 4. Van der Graaf Generator - The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other 5. Marsupilami - Marsupilami 6. King Crimson - In the Wake of Poseidon 7. Soft Machine - Third 8. Egg - Egg 9. Caravan - If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You 10. Genesis - Trespass 11. Gracious - Gracious! 12. Web - I Spider 13. Rare Bird - As Your Mind Flies By 14. Supersister - Present From Nancy 15. Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant 16. East of Eden - Snafu 17. Julian's Treatment - A Time Before This 18. Fairfield Parlour - From Home to Home 19. T2 - It'll All Work Out in Boomland 20. Beggars Opera - Act One HM - few non-prog or prog related albums: Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Black Sabbath - Paranoid Bobby Hutcherson - Now! Locomotive - We Are Everything You See Steamhammer - Mountains Wishbone Ash - Wishbone Ash |
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Saperlipopette!
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Posted: July 16 2021 at 15:15 |
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I've got an extreme amount of favorite albums released in 1970, but I went for these ten: Magma - Kobaïa Soft Machine - Third King Crimson - Lizard Can - Soundtracks Jethro Tull - Benefit Amon Düül II - Yeti Van der Graaf Generator - H to He Who Am the Only One Pentangle - Cruel Sister Supersister - Present From Nancy Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes - N°2 Plus these five that may not be "prog" as such, but somewhat related in one way or another: Pearls Before Swine - The Use of Ashes Linda Perhacs - Parallelograms Miles Davis - Bitches Brew Brigitte Fontaine & Art Ensemble of Chicago - Comme à la radio Jan Garbarek Quartet - Afric Pepperbird
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Posted: July 16 2021 at 06:40 |
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That year is surprisingly stacked! Today I'll take:
10. Beggar's Opera. Act One 09. Atomic Rooster. Death Walks Behind You 08. Gentle Giant. s/t 07. T2. It'll All Work Out in Boomland 06. King Crimson. In the Wake of Poseidon 05. Emerson, Lake & Palmer. s/t 04. Van der Graaf Generator. The Least We Can Do is Wave to Each Other 03. Genesis. Trespass 02. Van der Graaf Generator. H to He Who Am the Only One 01. King Crimson. Lizard HM: Black Widow. Sacrifice Cressida. s/t Pink Floyd. Atom Heart Mother Rare Bird. As Your Mind Flies By Raw Material. s/t Okay, so pretty much any album between #2 to #8 deserves TOP3 and WOULD get there on another day. I'm constantly changing my mind on VDGG's internal battle, for example, and there was time I vouched for Gentle Giant's debut to be their best. Loads of five star albums in there. T2 always makes my day, although they left my heavy rotation a decade ago, similar to Atomic Rooster - a band I almost considered equal to Uriah Heep in high school. Also a great year for less touted bands, Cressida, Rare Bird, Beggar's Opera, it's all gold - and I still left out fringe prog stuff, i.e. Santana, Lucifer's Friend, Miles... FAT YEAR |
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Posted: July 15 2021 at 17:54 |
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King Crimson - Lizard Amon Düül II - Yeti Van der Graaf Generator -The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other Miles Davis - Bitches Brew Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer Linda Perhacs -Parallelograms Soft Machine - Third Van der Graaf Generator - H to He Who Am The Only One Can - Soundtracks
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Posted: July 15 2021 at 09:13 |
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1. CARAVAN If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You
2. CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG Déjà Vu 3. EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER Emerson, Lake & Palmer 4. SOFT MACHINE Third 5. VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR H to He, Who Am the Only One 6. JOHN McLAUGHLIN Devotion 7. SUPERSISTER Present from Nancy 8. GENTLE GIANT Gentle Giant 9. GENESIS Trespass 10. LARRY CORYELL Spaces 11. AHORA MAZDA Ahora Mazda 12. STEELEYE SPAN Hark! The Village Wait 13. DREAMS Dreams 14. ALICE COLTRANE Ptah, The El Daoud 15. SANTANA Abraxas 16. EGG Egg 17. CHICAGO II 18. KING CRIMSON Lizard 19. JAN GARBAREK Afric Pepperbird 20. YES Time and a Word |
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Posted: July 06 2021 at 10:19 |
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ELP-ELP King Crimson-In The Wake Of Poseidon Colosseum-Daughter Of Time Atomic Rooster-Death Walks Behind You Quatermass-Quatermass Wishbone Ash-Wishbone Ash Beggars Opera-Act One If-If Genesis-Trespass
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Posted: June 26 2021 at 15:51 |
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ELP s/t
Genesis Trespass Gentle Giant s/t Caravan if I could etc Zep 3 Tull Benefit Zappa Hot Rats Sabbath Paranoid. Purple In rock Bowie TMWSTW |
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Posted: June 25 2021 at 18:46 |
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Not familiar enough, of course, but; 2. Van der Graaf Generator - The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other
3. Supertramp - s/t 4. Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother 5. Jethro Tull - Benefit 6. Chicago - Chicago II ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III 8. Black Sabbath - Paranoid 9. David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World X. Deep Purple - Deepl Purple In Rock Absolutely love "The Least We Can Do" and "Benefit". |
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Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant Van der Graaf Generator - The Least we can do is Wave to Each Other Van der Graaf Generator - H to He Who Am the Only One Black Sabbath - Paranoid King Crimson - In the wake of Poseidon King Crimson - Lizard Genesis - Trespass High Tide - High Tide Emerson Lake & Palmer - Emerson Lake & Palmer
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Posted: June 24 2021 at 08:05 |
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Not one of my favorite years for some reason...
Chicago - Chicago II Emerson, Lake & Palmer - s/t King Crimson - Lizard The Moody Blues - A Question Of Balance Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother Genesis - Trespass Van Der Graaf Generator - H to HE Web - I Spider Traffic _ John Barleycorn Must Die Comus - First Utterance Yes - Time And A Word Gentle Giant - s/t
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Posted: June 23 2021 at 11:17 |
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Posted: June 23 2021 at 10:00 |
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Amazing Blondel - Evensong Paul Brett Sage - s/tGenesis - Trespass Jethro Tull - Benefit King Crimson - In the Wake of Poseidon/Lizard (the weakest of the albums but, combined, hard to ignore) Moody Blues - Question of Balance Pearls Before Swine - Use of Ashes Alan Stivell - Reflets Strawbs - Dragonfly Traffic - John Barleycorn Edited by kenethlevine - June 27 2021 at 18:51 |
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Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother Van der Graaf Generator - The Least we can do is Wave to Each Other Van der Graaf Generator - H to He Who Am the Only One King Crimson - Lizard Can - Soundtracks Amon Düül II - Yeti Caravan - If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You Soft Machine - Third Santana - Abraxas Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation
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Posted: June 15 2021 at 12:56 |
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ELP - s/t
Cressida - s/t Caravan - If I Could Do It All Over Again Atomic Rooster - Death Walks Behind You Yes - Time and a Word Atomic Rooster - s/t Brian Auger Trinity - Befour Trees - On The Shore Comus - First Utterance Santana - Abraxas Edited by Cactus Choir - June 15 2021 at 12:57 |
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Posted: June 14 2021 at 20:48 |
Wanted to add some honorable mentions: King Crimson - In The Wake of Poseidon Miles Davis - Bitches Brew Santana - Abraxas Spirit - Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus T2 - It'll All Work Out in Boomland VdGG - The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other
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Posted: June 03 2021 at 23:44 |
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1: Emerson, Lake & Palmer - S/T
2: Caravan - If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You 3: Genesis - Trespass 4: King Crimson - Lizard 5: Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die 6: Van der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One 7: Soft Machine - Third 8: Amon Düül II - Yeti 9: Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice - Jesus Christ Superstar 10: Deep Purple - Deep Purple in Rock
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Quatermass - s/t
ELP -s/t King Crimson - In The Wake Of Poseidon Beggars Opera - Act One (this is like 'hyper Emerson' if you love keyboards. Absolutely barmy and brilliant!) Atomic Rooster - s/t Moody Blues - A Question of Balance King Crimson - Lizard Chicago - II Gentle Giant - s/t plus one non prog album: Derek and the Dominoes - Layla and other assorted love songs |
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Posted: May 27 2021 at 04:11 |
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Santana - Abraxas Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III Black Sabbath - Paranoid Groundhogs - Thank Christ for the Bomb Out of Focus - Wake Up Twink - Think Pink Emerson Lake & Palmer - S/T David Bowie - The Man Who Sold the World Amon Düül II - Yeti George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
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Posted: May 27 2021 at 02:37 |
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G'day mates! I was caught on the hop by seeing Marsupilami's excellent album included on a couple of lists, because I somehow skipped it from my original list, so I've jumped right in and added it belatedly.
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Posted: May 27 2021 at 00:56 |
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King Crimson - 'Lizard' Soft Machine - 'Third' Led Zeppelin - 'Led Zeppelin III' King Crimson - 'In the Wake of Poseidon' Gentle Giant - S/T Deep Purple - 'In Rock' VdGG - 'The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other' VdGG - 'H to He, Who Am the Only One' ELP - S/T Frank Zappa - 'Hot Rats' Honorable mentions: Black Sabbath - S/T Black Sabbath - 'Paranoid' Herbie Hancock - 'Mwandishi' Jethro Tull - 'Benefit' Santana - 'Abraxas'
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