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Topic: Top 10 Prog Albums (ANY Band)
Posted: August 29 2013 at 12:59

Just a straightforward "What are your top 10 favourite Prog rock albums. Try not to include like over 3 albums by one band and don't try to pick a purposely obscure album, just your straight out top 10

My personal favourites are:

1. Trespass - Genesis
2. In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson
3. Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
4. Foxtrot - Genesis
5. Shine On Brightly - Procol Harum
6. Crime Of The Century - Supertramp
7. Close To The Edge - Yes
8. A Farewell To Kings - Rush
9. Red - King Crimson
10. In The Land Of Grey And Pink - Caravan

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Posted: August 29 2013 at 13:11

1. Red - King Crimson

2. Godbluff - VDGG

3. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis

4. Unfolded Like Staircase - Discipline

5. Ghost Reveries - Opeth

6. Still Life - Opeth

7. Images and Words - Dream Theater

8. Pawn Hearts - VDGG

9. To Shatter All Accord - Discipline

10. Anno Domini High Definition - Riverside

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Posted: August 29 2013 at 13:15

1. Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull
2. The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
3. Foxtrot - Genesis
4. Hergest Ridge - Mike Oldfield
5. Crime of the Century - Supertramp
6. Hemispheres - Rush
7. In A Glass House - Gentle Giant
8. Still Life - Van der Graaf Generator
9. Si On Avait Besoin D'une Cinquième Saison - Harmonium
10. The Yes Album - Yes

Edited by Barbu - August 29 2013 at 19:49

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Posted: August 29 2013 at 13:28

Has been done before of course, but my list changes a bit during the years, so always interesting

1. Yes - Going For The One

2. Premiata Forneria Marconi.- L'Isola Di Niente

3. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon

4. Camel - Moonmadness

5. Egg - The Polite Force

6. UK - UK

7. Genesis - Selling England By The Pound

8. National Health - Of Queues And Cures

9. Caravan- In The Land Of Grey And Pink

10. Gentle Giant - Three Friends

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Posted: August 29 2013 at 13:36

This was hard. Had to limit myself to one album per band.

1. A Passion Play - Jethro Tull
2. Selling England by the Pound - Genesis
3. Godbluff - Van der Graaf Generator
4. De-Loused in the Comatorium - The Mars Volta
5. Agætis Byrjun - Sigur Ros
6. Weidorje - Weidorje
7. Quella Vecchia Locanda - Quella Vecchia Locanda
8. Red - King Crimson
9. Phanerothyme - Motorpsycho
10. Escenes - Gotic

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Posted: August 29 2013 at 13:56

1. Future Days - Can
2. Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd
3. Opera de Reims - Magma
4. Straight to the Krankenhaus - Secret Oyster
5. Passion Play - Jethro Tull
6. Third - Soft Machine
7. Tanz der Lemminge, or Yeti, depending on the day - Amon Duul II
8. Selling England by the Pound, or Lamb, depending on the day - Genesis
9. Close to the Edge - Yes
10. Mirage - Camel

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Posted: August 29 2013 at 14:15

Okay, limiting my list to what I think as purely prog rock (no jazz fusion, though Gong is close at times) and 1 album per band...

1. Pink Floyd - Meddle
2. Amon Duul II - Yeti
3. Gong - You
4. VdGG - Pawn Hearts
5. Yes - Relayer
6. Gentle Giant - Acquiring the taste
7. Comus- First Utterance
8. Caravan - In the land of Grey and Pink
9. Jan Dukes De Grey - Mice and Rats in the loft
10. Porcupine Tree - Up the downstair

Edited by Neelus - August 29 2013 at 14:16

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Posted: August 29 2013 at 14:32

This comes rather close:

1. Close to the Edge - Yes

2. Foxtrot - Genesis

3. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

4. Selling England by the Pound - Genesis

5. Unfolded Like Staircase - Discipline

6. Köhntarkösz - Magma

7. Part the Second - Maudlin of the Well

8. echolyn - s/t (2012 album)

9. Still Life - Van der Graaf Generator

10. Hemispheres - Rush

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Posted: August 29 2013 at 14:36

I'm too lazy to do one of these right now, so I'll just say a mix of Neelus' and HolyMoly's lists will do just fine(although they lack a bit of RPI Tongue

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Posted: August 29 2013 at 14:37

HolyMoly wrote:

1. Future Days - Can
2. Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd
3. Opera de Reims - Magma
4. Straight to the Krankenhaus - Secret Oyster
5. Passion Play - Jethro Tull
6. Third - Soft Machine
7. Tanz der Lemminge, or Yeti, depending on the day - Amon Duul II
8. Selling England by the Pound, or Lamb, depending on the day - Genesis
9. Close to the Edge - Yes
10. Mirage - Camel

That's a great number one you have there.

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Posted: August 29 2013 at 14:39

I agree.

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Posted: August 29 2013 at 19:46

Univers Zero	Ceux du Dehors
Mike Oldfield	Ommadawn
King Crimson	Larks' Tongues In Aspic
Black Sabbath	Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Pink Floyd	Animals
Comus	First Utterance
Ahvak	Ahvak
Eskaton	4 Visions
Hatfield And The North	The Rotters' Club
Henry Cow	Western Culture

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Posted: August 29 2013 at 20:16

I can narrow it down to twelve

Nursery Crymes

Islands

Io Sono Nota Libero

Lizard

M.D.K.

4 visions

Trespass

Animals

Bantam to Behemoth

First Utterance

Ceux Du Dehors

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Posted: August 29 2013 at 20:30

pfloyd wrote:

I can narrow it down to twelve

Nursery Crymes

Islands

Io Sono Nota Libero

Lizard

M.D.K.

4 visions

Trespass

Animals

Bantam to Behemoth

First Utterance

Ceux Du Dehors

Dun

I think all of those except Bantam are in my top 50, nice list Clap

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Posted: August 29 2013 at 20:38

^nice, I've noticed we have similar taste. I'm actually checking out Ahvak right now cause I saw it on your list :)

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Posted: August 29 2013 at 21:20

in alphabetical order

Lucas Bielejewski - 2 Fast 2 Swizzle
Cardiacs - The Seaside
Charts and Maps - Dead Horse
Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory
King Crimson - Lizard
maudlin of the Well - Part the Second
Rush - A Farewell to Kings
Rush - Permanent Waves
Yes - Close to the Edge
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe

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Posted: August 29 2013 at 21:45

Bridge Across Forever - Transatlantic

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

The Whirlwind - Transatlantic

Hybris - Anglagard

Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

Per Un Amico - PFM

Images And Words - Dream Theater

SMPTe - Transatlantic

V - Spock's Beard

Hemispheres - Rush

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Posted: August 30 2013 at 00:04

Limiting myself to 1 album per band...the top 6 haven't changed for years though the rest tends to move around...

Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts

King Crimson - USA

Jethro Tull - A Passion Play

Yes - Relayer

ELP - Brain Salad Surgery

Genesis - Nursery Cryme

Devil Doll - Eliogabulus

Ange - Le Cimetiere des Arlequins

Greenslade - Greenslade

Frank Zappa - YCDTOSA Vol 2 - The Helsinki Concert

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Posted: August 30 2013 at 00:35

First 20:
Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull
In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Close to the Edge - Yes
Foxtrot - Genesis
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Days of Future Passed - Moody Blues
Aqualung - Jethro Tull
The Yes Album - Yes
Larks Tongue in Aspic - King Crimson

Second 20:
Brain Salad Surgery - ELP
A Trick of the Tail - Genesis
Car - Peter Gabriel
Queen II - Queen
In A Glass House - Gentle Giant
Live with the Edmonton Symphony - Procol Harum
Low Spark of High Heeled Boys - Traffic
Santana III - Santana
Liege & Lief - Fairport Convention

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Posted: August 30 2013 at 01:00

Hamburger Concerto - Focus
Close To The Edge - Yes
In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson
Brain Salad Surgery - ELP
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Pathfinder - Beggars Opera
Nursery Cryme - Genesis
A Passion Play - Jethro Tull
The Six Wives Of Henry VIII - Rick Wakeman
Rajaz - Camel