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kenethlevine 
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Posted: April 24 2014 at 22:37 |
 dr wu23 wrote:
Lotta love for Hergest Ridge.......
I know I'll get bricks tossed my way but I have always thought his stuff to be boring at times and certainly not my idea of prog rock or even crossover prog. I used to put it on for background music while reading before falling asleep..
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Hergest is a bit sleepy at times. Have you heard Taurus 2 from "5 Miles out"? I'm not sure how far you could get into sleep with that one. Same with Amarok, although I was not a big fan of it at all
Edited by kenethlevine - April 24 2014 at 22:37
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Posted: April 24 2014 at 17:31 |
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Not my most played Gabriel album. but beats the others out easily.
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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dr wu23
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Posted: April 24 2014 at 17:30 |
Lotta love for Hergest Ridge.......
I know I'll get bricks tossed my way but I have always thought his stuff to be boring at times and certainly not my idea of prog rock or even crossover prog. I used to put it on for background music while reading before falling asleep..
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
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Andrea Cortese
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Posted: April 24 2014 at 06:30 |
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Hergest Ridge by far!!
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kenethlevine
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Posted: April 22 2014 at 21:38 |
TMB, my fave 1960s album from them Glad to see PG so far behind
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Posted: April 22 2014 at 19:35 |
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TMB
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"Nobody's Gonna Change My World That's Something To Unreal" Lyrics that i live my life by-from Black Sabbath's Technical Ecstasy's track You Won't Change Me
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Posted: April 21 2014 at 20:56 |
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I only know Hergest Ridge, and selection from Lost Chord. However, I wouldn't be surprised if Oldfield's album ended up being my favourite of this. Those 70's Oldfield albums are untouchable.
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Posted: April 21 2014 at 16:49 |
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I gotta go with Hergest. That theme in the second half of part 2 is one of Oldfield's most epic moments.
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"I like to think oysters transcend national barriers." - Roger Waters
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Svetonio
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Posted: April 21 2014 at 16:31 |
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Hergest Ridge
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Posted: April 21 2014 at 13:17 |
Hergest Ridge, by far!! It took me 0.000984726 of a second to arrive at that decision. 
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Posted: April 21 2014 at 09:36 |
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3 excellent albums
Passion gets my vote
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Prog On!
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proggman
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Posted: April 20 2014 at 19:11 |
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I like all three, but I'll vote for Mike Oldfield Hergest Ridge.
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When he rides, my fears subside.
For darkness turns once more to light.
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Posted: April 20 2014 at 18:12 |
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Hergest Ridge, no hesitation. Incidentally I don't think Gabriel's would stand a chance against MB or MO. Although his soundtrack album was good.....that's it, it was just good.
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Posted: April 20 2014 at 18:01 |
Oldfield!! 
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Posted: April 20 2014 at 17:17 |
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Oldfield
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I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
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Posted: April 20 2014 at 11:29 |
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All excellent, but the nod goes to Hergest Ridge.
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A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!!
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Barbu
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Posted: April 20 2014 at 11:24 |
Hergest Ridge 
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Posted: April 20 2014 at 11:03 |
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Being that today is Easter, I chooseth PG's Passion. Great album. Hergest Ridge is my least favorite on this list even though I generally prefer Oldfield to the others.
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The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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dr wu23
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Posted: April 20 2014 at 10:53 |
No contest for me....has to be In Search of the Lost Chord.
I like Oldfield and Gabriel but they always sounded more like film soundtracks (Passion of course being a film track,,,) to me than 'prog albums'.....and please don't ask me to explain that.
Edited by dr wu23 - April 20 2014 at 10:54
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: April 20 2014 at 09:23 |
Ay and away I go with Mike.  Not that I don't like old Moodies and I don't have that PG soundtrack so it has to come in last but I have seen the movie...
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