Five albums that changed your life

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   1. Pink Floyd - Animals

This was probably the first album I ever became truly addicted to. Every day I'd put it on and listen to it repeatedly, especially "Dogs" which is still one of my all time favorite songs to date. When I'd go to bed I'd put it on and wake up with some random track playing off the album. Even five years after first hearing it I can still enjoy this album thoroughly through and through.

2. Rush - The Spirit of Radio (Greatest Hits 1974-1987)

When my dad first bought this for me back in 2006 I liked about half the tracks, but it wasn't anything I paid much attention to. About six or seven months later I dug it out of a dresser drawer and gave it a listen again. From that point on I knew Rush was going to be one of my favorites. Every song captivated me in some way that I can't explain. The Canadian trio has remained, and will remain, my favorite artists of all time.

3. Blue Öyster Cult - Secret Treaties

I actually bought this on a whim. I had a best of for BÖC and was looking to get into studio albums. I browsed around some forums and kept seeing that Secret Treaties was being hailed as the best album. So I went to my local store and bought it. From start to finish, this instantly became a classic for me. I couldn't find a single thing wrong with this album, and even to this day can't find a flaw.

4. David Gilmour - On An Island

I have always been a David Gilmour fan. Even when I didn't know about his solo career I obsessed over his guitar work and vocals with Pink Floyd. When I heard about the Remember That Night concert was going to be played in theaters, I knew I had to go. As soon as I left the concert presentation I went out and bought this album. A few months later I picked up guitar like I had always wanted to do because of him.

5. King Crimson - Islands

I had heard of King Crimson for a while but had never looked into them. While I really enjoyed every single album for its own creativeness that came from the band at the time, this album has always intrigued me most. I'm not sure why really, but I typically come back to this one album every so often and give it a good listen. 

Notable bands/albums that are not prog related:
They Might Be Giants - Dial-A-Song 
Sentenced - Crimson
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
The Killers - Sam's Town
Iced Earth - Dark Saga

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LastDaysofParadise Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: September 27 2009 Location: South Carolina Status: Offline Points: 45	Posted: September 28 2009 at 19:41
	1. Pink Floyd - Animals This was probably the first album I ever became truly addicted to. Every day I'd put it on and listen to it repeatedly, especially "Dogs" which is still one of my all time favorite songs to date. When I'd go to bed I'd put it on and wake up with some random track playing off the album. Even five years after first hearing it I can still enjoy this album thoroughly through and through. 2. Rush - The Spirit of Radio (Greatest Hits 1974-1987) When my dad first bought this for me back in 2006 I liked about half the tracks, but it wasn't anything I paid much attention to. About six or seven months later I dug it out of a dresser drawer and gave it a listen again. From that point on I knew Rush was going to be one of my favorites. Every song captivated me in some way that I can't explain. The Canadian trio has remained, and will remain, my favorite artists of all time. 3. Blue Öyster Cult - Secret Treaties I actually bought this on a whim. I had a best of for BÖC and was looking to get into studio albums. I browsed around some forums and kept seeing that Secret Treaties was being hailed as the best album. So I went to my local store and bought it. From start to finish, this instantly became a classic for me. I couldn't find a single thing wrong with this album, and even to this day can't find a flaw. 4. David Gilmour - On An Island I have always been a David Gilmour fan. Even when I didn't know about his solo career I obsessed over his guitar work and vocals with Pink Floyd. When I heard about the Remember That Night concert was going to be played in theaters, I knew I had to go. As soon as I left the concert presentation I went out and bought this album. A few months later I picked up guitar like I had always wanted to do because of him. 5. King Crimson - Islands I had heard of King Crimson for a while but had never looked into them. While I really enjoyed every single album for its own creativeness that came from the band at the time, this album has always intrigued me most. I'm not sure why really, but I typically come back to this one album every so often and give it a good listen. Notable bands/albums that are not prog related: They Might Be Giants - Dial-A-Song Sentenced - Crimson Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son The Killers - Sam's Town Iced Earth - Dark Saga
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	1- ELP: Tarkus 2-KING CRIMSON : Descipline 3-GENESIS : The Lamb Lies Down on the Broadway 4-PINK FLOYD : The Wall 5-MARILLION: Fugazi

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	Yes - Fragile Mothers of Invention - Uncle Meat Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti Caravan - In the Land of Gray and Pink Jethro Tull - A Passion Play

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	following some sort of timeline: Incubus - Make Yourself The first band I fell in love with was Incubus, and what an amazing record Make Yourself is. I guess it was like, 10 years ago when I first listened to this album and I still love it how I did back in those school days. Helloween - Keeper of the seven keys part II Oh man so many memories come to my head with this album. Amazing record, great and funny songs. A completely enjoyable ride and one of my favourite metal closers ever. Also, Michael Kiske was a big inspiration for me in my singing (2 years ago I could sing almost every Helloween song, now I have some problems with the high notes due to cigarretes ) Symphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy My first prog metal record. Nothing to say here. Pain of Salvation - Entropia Amazing record and one of my favorites thus far. It was the first PoS record I bought, and really got me into prog. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King Well my first prog rock record. Completely changed my perception of music.
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	Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon, The Wall YES - Close to the Edge Deep Purple - Made in Japan Genesis - Foxtrot

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	Yes: Fragile (First prog album I ever bought. That was in the mid eighties) King Crimson: In the court of the crimson king (Guaranteed that I always be a prog fan) Rush: Permanent waves (Before listening to this album I thought Rush was lame heavy-band...) Le Orme: Felona e sorona (First really impressive theme(conceptual)-album that I heard) Riverside: Out of myself (It hit so hard when i listened to it for the first time, that I would remain Riverside-fan even if it would have been their only 'gem'... fortunately other gems followed)
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