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The.Crimson.King 
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 Posted: October 16 2013 at 19:19 |
 Neo-Romantic wrote:
HemispheresOfXanadu wrote:
Thick as a BrickDark Side of the Moon Fragile Crime of the Century Lateralus
Definitely need more. I'd probably start with Opeth and Edge of Sanity. Then King Crimson, more Tull, Gentle Giant, Townsend, Focus, Rush, Floyd, Genesis... in addition to the dozens of other non top-100s I want. All I can say is I hope I get some iTunes cards or music store giftcards for my birthday or christmas. Or I might actually have to spend my own money.  |
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Neo-Romantic
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Posted: October 16 2013 at 20:45 |
The.Crimson.King wrote:
Neo-Romantic wrote:
HemispheresOfXanadu wrote:
Thick as a BrickDark Side of the Moon Fragile Crime of the Century Lateralus
Definitely need more. I'd probably start with Opeth and Edge of Sanity. Then King Crimson, more Tull, Gentle Giant, Townsend, Focus, Rush, Floyd, Genesis... in addition to the dozens of other non top-100s I want. All I can say is I hope I get some iTunes cards or music store giftcards for my birthday or christmas. Or I might actually have to spend my own money. |
Don't forget about Van der Graaf Generator |
Wiser council I have rarely seen |
Why thank you sir  So Hemispheres, not sure how you feel about peer pressure, but..... well, you can trust the two of us. We'd never steer you wrong But in all seriousness, don't pass up that group. Everyone is divided on them, but there's something significantly respectable about music that so pointedly forces you to take a side.
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gr8dane
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Posted: October 16 2013 at 20:46 |
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HemispheresOfXanadu
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Posted: October 18 2013 at 11:00 |
Neo-Romantic wrote:
The.Crimson.King wrote:
Neo-Romantic wrote:
HemispheresOfXanadu wrote:
Thick as a BrickDark Side of the Moon Fragile Crime of the Century Lateralus
Definitely need more. I'd probably start with Opeth and Edge of Sanity. Then King Crimson, more Tull, Gentle Giant, Townsend, Focus, Rush, Floyd, Genesis... in addition to the dozens of other non top-100s I want. All I can say is I hope I get some iTunes cards or music store giftcards for my birthday or christmas. Or I might actually have to spend my own money. |
Don't forget about Van der Graaf Generator |
Wiser council I have rarely seen |
Why thank you sir So Hemispheres, not sure how you feel about peer pressure, but..... well, you can trust the two of us. We'd never steer you wrong But in all seriousness, don't pass up that group. Everyone is divided on them, but there's something significantly respectable about music that so pointedly forces you to take a side. |
Do I have a choice?  Okay, okay--I'll check them out a bit more. I was shifting from classic prog to tech metal when I first tried them out so I wasn't paying that much attention at the time.
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The.Crimson.King
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Posted: October 18 2013 at 13:24 |
HemispheresOfXanadu wrote:
Neo-Romantic wrote:
The.Crimson.King wrote:
Neo-Romantic wrote:
HemispheresOfXanadu wrote:
Thick as a BrickDark Side of the Moon Fragile Crime of the Century Lateralus
Definitely need more. I'd probably start with Opeth and Edge of Sanity. Then King Crimson, more Tull, Gentle Giant, Townsend, Focus, Rush, Floyd, Genesis... in addition to the dozens of other non top-100s I want. All I can say is I hope I get some iTunes cards or music store giftcards for my birthday or christmas. Or I might actually have to spend my own money. |
Don't forget about Van der Graaf Generator |
Wiser council I have rarely seen |
Why thank you sir So Hemispheres, not sure how you feel about peer pressure, but..... well, you can trust the two of us. We'd never steer you wrong But in all seriousness, don't pass up that group. Everyone is divided on them, but there's something significantly respectable about music that so pointedly forces you to take a side. |
Do I have a choice? Okay, okay--I'll check them out a bit more. I was shifting from classic prog to tech metal when I first tried them out so I wasn't paying that much attention at the time. |
Hey Hemispheres, if you find yourself in a classic prog mood, go after Pawn Hearts first. It's in my top 3 all time prog albums and I believe it's VDGG's finest work. "The Least We Can Do" and "H to He" are also great albums when you're in a classic prog frame of mind. If you're looking for a harsher sound, go after "Godbluff", "Still Life", and "World Record"...
Have fun 
"Maelstrom of my memory is a vampire and it feeds on me, now staggering madly over the brink I fall" - Peter Hammill
Edited by The.Crimson.King - October 18 2013 at 13:24
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rushfan4
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Posted: October 18 2013 at 13:40 |
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I have 75 of the top 100. Just filled out 5 of them last week with an Italian prog purchase. Ordered 3 from PFM and 2 from Banco. Received them a couple of days ago, but haven't listened to them yet. Prior to that I finally got Godbluff a couple of months ago. It was pretty good. I've not really been able to get into VDGG. I don't care for the cat strangling saxophone from H to He and Pawn Hearts. Their first two albums were pretty good though. I've not heard Still Life yet.
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Neo-Romantic
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Posted: October 18 2013 at 14:16 |
rushfan4 wrote:
I have 75 of the top 100. Just filled out 5 of them last week with an Italian prog purchase. Ordered 3 from PFM and 2 from Banco. Received them a couple of days ago, but haven't listened to them yet. Prior to that I finally got Godbluff a couple of months ago. It was pretty good. I've not really been able to get into VDGG. I don't care for the cat strangling saxophone from H to He and Pawn Hearts. Their first two albums were pretty good though. I've not heard Still Life yet.
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The sax tone on Still Life is slightly less obtrusive than the others. It's all-around a much more mature release. You might like it. It's the definitive "grower" album.
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Metalmarsh89
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Posted: October 18 2013 at 14:32 |
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Any recommendations from the 51-100 range? I've heard of many of the bands in that range, such as Gentle Giant, Hatfield, Discipline, Pain of Salvation, and Mars Volte, among others. However ELP is the only album I have from there, and Camel is the only other one I've listened to. Suggestions?
PA top 100 can't be too wrong (accept possibly recent albums). Everyone has a say here.
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sleeper
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Posted: October 18 2013 at 17:23 |
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^You can't go wrong with these 4 for starters.
Hatfield and the North- s/t
Pain of Salvation- The Perfect Element
Discipline- To Shatter All Accord
maudlin of the Well- Part the Second
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: October 18 2013 at 17:43 |
My top recommendations from the 2nd 50 are:-
Zappa - Grand Wazoo Caravan - Land Of Grey & Pink Magma - KA Gong - You Hatfield - s/t Gentle Giant - Octopus Tangerine Dream - Rubycon Tool - Laterus Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
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Ian
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dr wu23
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Posted: October 18 2013 at 18:09 |
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Just curious......is there anyone on the board who has all 100....?
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
Haquin
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The.Crimson.King
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Posted: October 18 2013 at 18:18 |
Hey Metalmarsh89, here's my must-have list from 51+
Still Life - VDGG Power and the Glory - Gentle Giant Acquiring the Taste - Gentle Giant Voyage of the Acolyte - Hackett
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Neo-Romantic
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Posted: October 18 2013 at 18:50 |
Metalmarsh89 wrote:
Any recommendations from the 51-100 range? I've heard of many of the bands in that range, such as Gentle Giant, Hatfield, Discipline, Pain of Salvation, and Mars Volte, among others. However ELP is the only album I have from there, and Camel is the only other one I've listened to. Suggestions?
PA top 100 can't be too wrong (accept possibly recent albums). Everyone has a say here.
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I'm also going to throw my 2 cents in here and emphatically suggest Opeth's Ghost Reveries. It's in my top 5 and is a true desert island album for me. I can't brag on it enough! Blackwater Park is good too. And so is The Inner Mounting Flame by Mahavishnu Orchestra. Second Life Syndrome by Riverside is one that seems to fluctuate between the upper and lower 50 quite often, so I don't know if you'd be including that or not, but if so, I highly recommend that one too. The others I'd recommend have already been suggested by others who beat me to the punch
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dr wu23
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Posted: October 18 2013 at 19:17 |
I would add these 3 from the later half of the list
ELP-same
Renaissance-Scheherazade
Khan-same
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ghost_of_morphy
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Posted: October 18 2013 at 19:19 |
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In the Land of Grey and Pink and Mekanik Destrukiw Kommandoh are probably the two must not miss albums in the second 50.
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Michael678
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Posted: October 18 2013 at 19:22 |
Metalmarsh89 wrote:
Any recommendations from the 51-100 range? I've heard of many of the bands in that range, such as Gentle Giant, Hatfield, Discipline, Pain of Salvation, and Mars Volte, among others. However ELP is the only album I have from there, and Camel is the only other one I've listened to. Suggestions?
PA top 100 can't be too wrong (accept possibly recent albums). Everyone has a say here.
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Neo-Romantic
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Posted: October 18 2013 at 21:16 |
^Really, dude... 
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zravkapt
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Posted: October 19 2013 at 00:11 |
Metalmarsh89 wrote:
Any recommendations from the 51-100 range? I've heard of many of the bands in that range, such as Gentle Giant, Hatfield, Discipline, Pain of Salvation, and Mars Volte, among others. However ELP is the only album I have from there, and Camel is the only other one I've listened to. Suggestions?
PA top 100 can't be too wrong (accept possibly recent albums). Everyone has a say here.
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I'll join in too. Take notice of the albums that keep reappearing in different people's lists. Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo Magma - K.A. Gong - You Gentle Giant - The Power And The Glory Hatfield & The North -s/t Le Orme - Felona e Sonora Tangerine Dream - Rubycon The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium Tool - Lateralus Gentle Giant - Acquiring The Taste Caravan - If I Could Do It All Over Again..... Soft Machine - Third Steve Hackett - Voyage Of The Acolyte
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Magma America Great Make Again
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Cthulhu42
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Posted: October 19 2013 at 20:25 |
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31here. And like Metalmarsh, they're almost all in the first half of the list; the only ones I have from 60 and below are the two PT albums and the Tool one.
Edited by Cthulhu42 - October 19 2013 at 20:28
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iamathousandapples
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Posted: October 19 2013 at 23:23 |
[QUOTE=Metalmarsh89] Any recommendations from the 51-100 range? I've heard of many of the bands in that range, such as Gentle Giant, Hatfield, Discipline, Pain of Salvation, and Mars Volte, among others. However ELP is the only album I have from there, and Camel is the only other one I've listened to. Suggestions? PA top 100 can't be too wrong (accept possibly recent albums). Everyone has a say here. [/QUOTE ]
I could recommend a lot of them.
Deloused for starters. It's probably the best and most unique prog metal album out there. Then Riverside and Pain of Salvation, as they are also really great prog metal bands with great albums, although Riverside tends to drift more Floydian and Pain of Salvation goes towards stuff like Fates Warning and such. Both albums are definite must haves though.
If you're into more traditional metal or just a fan of concept albums, Operation: Mindcrime is a must have. It's up there with The Wall if you ask me.
Misplaced Childhood is definitely the best neo-prog album and neoprog tends to be kind of divisive in the community so if you're into that kind of thing you should go for it, and if you've never heard any well this is probably the album to start. That or Clutching at Straws which somehow didn't make the cut.
Also Scheherazade is an amazing album, at least listen to the ending song on it because it's simply a beautiful piece of honest symphonic prog.
Edited by iamathousandapples - October 19 2013 at 23:27
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