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    Posted: November 10 2021 at 00:40
Misplaced Childhood - Marillion

The Wake - IQ

Metal Fatigue - Allan Holdsworth

Hounds of Love - Kate Bush

The Jewel - Pendragon

Le Poison Qui Rend Fou - Present

Meetings With Menmachines - Amon Düül (UK)

Old Rottenhat - Robert Wyatt

Power Windows - Rush

Reminiscencias - Iconoclasta
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Originally posted by Progmind Progmind wrote:

I forgot to include Differences - The Voyage, great album!

I have Prog Line to thank for discovering the outstanding Dutch band, Differences. Their second and final album "A World of Difference" (1992) is well-worth a listen too. Thumbs Up
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IQ, Marillion, Pendragon....that's it!
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I forgot to include Differences - The Voyage, great album!
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Not a great year for prog, so I've had to pick 'n' mix some classic non-prog albums to make a Top 10. Geek 

Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Differences - The Voyage
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
The Enid - The Stand 2
Annie Haslam - Still Life
Jethro Tull - A Classic Case
Propaganda - A Secret Wish
Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
Vangelis - Mask
Rick Wakeman - Live at Hammersmith
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Clannad - Macalla
Outer Limits - Misty Moon
Pererin - Yng Ngolau Dydd

honorable mentions:

Magma (Argentina)-La Transformacion 
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
Pale Acute Moon - Newtopia
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Originally posted by cstack3 cstack3 wrote:

Originally posted by Frenetic Zetetic Frenetic Zetetic wrote:

I can't think of a single prog album from 1985 that I enjoy, lmao.

Thanks, I thought there was something wrong with me!  LOL

I appreciate everyone's contributions as it jogs my imperfect memory!  Sting's "The Dream of the Blue Turtle" was a fine effort and great little movie to boot!  
agreed. I looked it up for my 1984 selection and found I was a year out then forgot about when I did my 1985 selection lol.
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Originally posted by Frenetic Zetetic Frenetic Zetetic wrote:

I can't think of a single prog album from 1985 that I enjoy, lmao.

Thanks, I thought there was something wrong with me!  LOL

I appreciate everyone's contributions as it jogs my imperfect memory!  Sting's "The Dream of the Blue Turtle" was a fine effort and great little movie to boot!  
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Originally posted by Progmind Progmind wrote:

Rain Parade - Crasinhg Dream
The Dukes Of Stratosphere - 25 O´Clock
Present - Le Poison Qui Rend Fou
IQ - The Wake
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
The Black Sun Ensemble - The Black Sun Ensemble
Zut Un Feu Rouge - Who´s Afreud
Hellebore - Il Y A Des Jours
Tears For Fears - Songs From the Big Chair
Shub - Niggurath - Shub - Niggurath

I forgot about The Black Sun Ensemble.  Fantastic album
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Rain Parade - Crasinhg Dream
The Dukes Of Stratosphere - 25 O´Clock
Present - Le Poison Qui Rend Fou
IQ - The Wake
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
The Black Sun Ensemble - The Black Sun Ensemble
Zut Un Feu Rouge - Who´s Afreud
Hellebore - Il Y A Des Jours
Tears For Fears - Songs From the Big Chair
Shub - Niggurath - Shub - Niggurath
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1985 has no perfect albums, so ranking them after the clear winner, Power Windows, was difficult. As I remember that year, it seems that most of these were released just a few short weeks before 1986.

1) Rush - Power Windows
2) Mike Rutherford - Mike and the Mechanics
3) Asia - Astra
4) Eddie Jobson - Theme of Secrets
5) Pete Townshend - White City
6) Supertramp - Brother Where You Bound
7) The Firm - The Firm
8) Jon Anderson - 3 Ships
9) Robert Plant - Shaken'n'Stirred
10) Red 7 - Red 7 
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1.  Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
2.  IQ - The Wake
3.  Rush - Power Windows
4.  The Jesus and Mary Chain- Psycho Candy
5.  The Alan Parsons Project - Stereotomy
6.  Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
7.  Present - Le Poison Qui Rend Fou
8.  Supertramp - Brother Where You Bound
9.  Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal 
10. Ozric Tentacles - Erpsongs
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1985 - lots of great music, very little of it on PA. I had the resolution to only allow a very few artists not listed on PA into my lists, I have already listed Irmin Schmidt and may use Mick Karn later - those that I thoroughly believe should be here. Alas, I only have nine albums to be listed from PA in 1985, and no release by Schmidt or Karn, so I'll introduce Einstuerzende Neubauten here, and if I do that, there's no position for that  album other than the top spot. I hope it's not going to be a habit, I'd really like to stick to the rules (or rather my interpretation of them Wink), normally.

Edit: I found some more that weren't correctly dated on my machine, so the Neubauten are out of competition now and there's an actual PA top ten.

(Einstuerzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch)

Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
David Sylvian - Alchemy - An Index of Possibilities
Art Zoyd - Le mariage du ciel et de l'enfer
IQ - The Wake
Present - Le Poison Qui Rend Fou
Legendary Pink Dots - Asylum
Robert Wyatt - Old Rottenhat
Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal
Ozric Tentacles - Erpsongs
Clannad - Macalla


Edited by Lewian - September 01 2021 at 17:14
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Art Zoyd - Le mariage du ciel et de l'enfer
Hellebore - Il y a des jours
Present - Le poison qui rend fou
Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Shub-Niggurath - Shub-Niggurath
Paga - Paga
Nazca - Nazca
Yoshihiro Kanno - Tenshi no tamago ongaku hen / Mizu ni sumu
Robert Wyatt - Old Rottenhat
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I can't think of a single prog album from 1985 that I enjoy, lmao.

"I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021
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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

An okay year for music, not so much for true prog.


7. PROPAGANDA A Secret Wish



completely forgot about that one. Total masterpiece in my book with some serious prog backing.
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I don't own much from 1985, so some of these are scraping the bottom of the barrel and I can't even complete a top 10.

1. Present - Le poison qui rend fou
2. Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
3. Differences - The Voyage
4. Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue
5. Rush - Power Windows
6. Supertramp - Brother Where You Bound
7. IQ - The Wake
8. The Alan Parsons Project - Stereotomy
9. Multi-Story - East/West
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Here's mine, as usual country by country for a closer look at what was happening around the world (I was pretty lenient for some countries and entries):

BRAZIL:

Sagrado Coração da Terra- Sagrado Coração da Terra

SPAIN:

Carles Benavent- Peaches With Salt

NORWAY:

Jan Garbarek Group- It's OK to Listen to the Gray Voice

AUSTRALIA:

Frank Gambale- Brave New Guitar

GERMANY:

Uli Jon Roth/Electric Sun- Beyond the Astral Skies

SWEDEN:

Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force- Marching Out
Silver Mountain- Universe

ARGENTINA:

Fito Páez- Giros
Soda Stereo- Nada personal

CANADA:

Rush- Power Windows
UZEB- Between the Lines
Saga- Behaviour

ITALY:

Barrock- Barrock
Alice- Gioielli rubati
Arti & Mestieri- Children's Blues
Banco- E via

FRANCE:

Jean-Luc Ponty- Fables
Sixun- Nuit blanche
Paga- Paga
Foehn- Faëria
Ange- Fou!

JAPAN:

Kenso- Kenso III
Outer Limits- Misty Moon
Gerard- Empty Lie, Empty Dream
Prism- Nothin' Unusual
Paradigm Shift- Paradigm Shift
Pale Acute Moon- Newtopia


UNITED KINGDOM:

Allan Holdsworth- Metal Fatigue
Patrick Moraz • Bill Bruford- Flags
Marillion- Misplaced Childhood
IQ- The Wake
Omega- The Prophet
Demon- Heart of Our Time
The Enid- The Stand
Robert Wyatt- Old Rottenhat
Asia- Astra
Dire Straits- Brothers in Arms
Level 42- World Machine
Gary Moore- Run for Cover
The Firm- The Firm
Kate Bush- Hounds of Love
Sting- The Dream of the Blue Turtles
Tears for Fears- Songs From the Big Chair
Eurythmics- Be Yourself Tonight
Go West- Go West


UNITED STATES:

Scott Henderson and Tribal Tech- Spears
Al Di Meola- Soaring Through a Dream
Al Di Meola- Cielo e Terra
Jeff Berlin- Champion
Oregon- Crossing
Pat Metheny Group- The Falcon and the Snowman
Harvie Swartz- Urban Earth
Wayne Shorter- Atlantis
Don Grolnick- Hearts and Numbers
Bill Evans- The Alternative Man
Miles Davis- You're Under Arrest
Weather Report- Sportin' Life
Chick Corea- Septet
Richie Beirach- Antarctica
Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Jack DeJohnette- Standards Vol. 2
Paul Motian Trio- It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago
Paul Motian Quintet- Jack of Clubs
Ralph Towner & Gary Burton- Slide Show
Bill Frisell- Rambler
Steve Morse Band- Stand Up
Dio- Sacred Heart
Alcatrazz- Disturbing the Peace
However- Calling
North Star- Feel the Cold
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Present - Le Poison Qui Rend Fou 
Etron Fou Leloublan - Face Aux Elements Dechaines 
Art Zoyd - Le Mariage du Ciel et de L’Enfer  
Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal  
Iron Maiden - Live After Death 
Shub-Niggurath - Introduction  
5uu's - Bel Marduk and Tiamat
The Dukes Of Stratosphear - 25 O' Clock  
Cooper, Lindsay - The Golddiggers
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Better than its reputation:

Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Hellebore - Il y a des jours
Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal
Art Zoyd - Le mariage du ciel et de l'enfer
Orkiestra Ósmego Dnia - Czekając na kometę Halleya
Sergei Djokanov - The Green Desert
Shub-Niggurath - Shub-Niggurath (cassette release)
Present - Le Poison Qui Rend Fou
Benjamin Lew & Steven Brown - A propos d'un paysage
Cybe - Cybonesië: Tropische Klankbeelden
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