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Poll Question: Which album is your favourite?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
30 [31.91%]
22 [23.40%]
9 [9.57%]
15 [15.96%]
4 [4.26%]
8 [8.51%]
6 [6.38%]
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    Posted: August 17 2014 at 22:20
Fragile the best album. But Tull the best band with the inclusion of Life is a long song EP.
The Yes album is full of songs made in 1970. Time and a word is songs made in 1969.
All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock.
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Yes, Fragile.
When he rides, my fears subside.
For darkness turns once more to light.
Through the skies, his white horse flies.
To find a land beyond the night.
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This lot is really tough - Fragile, I think, for today....
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The Yes Album as my sentimental favorite. This was my first in-depth exposure to Prog. Fragile right behind it.The rest behind.
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Crim>Floyd>Tull>Yes (Fragile)
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torn between The Yes Album, Fragile, & Meddle. i picked Fragile but that could change.
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24 before my love and I'll be there then Mr. Wakeman solos~ Cool

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King Crimson. Again.
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This is the most difficult of these polls so far without doubt.

A selection of seminal albums of such great quality, this shows how good a year for prog 1971 was.  Two from Yes in the same year as well!!  This is particularly tough for me.  As a Floyd fan I absolutely love Echoes and One of These Days but the rest of Meddle is I feel of a much lower standard than that, still overall a 5-star album.  I'm not usually that partial to Tull or KC but the selections here are my favourite from each of them.  Nursery Cryme is great as are both the Yes albums, although the solo pieces spoil the flow of Fragile in my opinion. Tarkus is a fabulous album too.

Honestly I could pick any of these on a given day, but this time I'll go with Meddle - it needs the vote!!
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Originally posted by Formentera Lady Formentera Lady wrote:

Fragile

Given your avatar I thought you might have voted differently........Wink
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Fragile without question for me!

I won't lie, this was a tricky poll!
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Originally posted by Wanorak Wanorak wrote:

Aqualung again. I hate the production on Nursery Cryme and find Fragile disjointed.

I always thought Aqualung's production was pretty bad, and songs like Wondering Aloud disrupted the flow (even if they were quite pretty), but I guess that's just me Smile
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all are excellent minus King Crimson , my vote is Emerson, Lake And Palmer - Tarkus (4.04)
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Originally posted by Wanorak Wanorak wrote:

Aqualung again. I hate the production on Nursery Cryme and find Fragile disjointed.


Tend to think that Fragile has 'filler' rather than being disjointed. Its interesting to me that none of the albums in the list are perfect in terms of flow , concept or not having some less impressive stuff. Each album in the list has amazing tracks though.

I went for Fragile although it was a close run thing with Tarkus. Both albums feel to me like a leap forward and while ELP produced arguably their greatest masterwork with the Tarkus suite  I think Yes had the edge with their trio of symphonic masterworks that inhabit Fragile and the filler is at least interesting.
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Wanted so much to go for Aqualung, but not against The Musical Box
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Aqualung again. I hate the production on Nursery Cryme and find Fragile disjointed.
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