RESULTS!! - Ultimate PA Album List 2016

30. The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

            1030 pts            9 votes                                                  ▲ 20

                                    (#2 Polymorphia, #5 sublime220)

“When this record hit the racks and airwaves in 1967 it changed the alignment of the planets... It is seamless and flows with sublime near- perfection from one song to the next. Just reading down the roster of songs leaves me shaking my head even now. It's got everything a great recording requires. And there may never be another song composed like "A day in the Life" ever again… This is the apex of the most influential band of all time.” - Chicapah

29. Can – Future Days

            1042 pts            8 votes                                                  ▲ 112

                                    (#7 zravkapt, #8 BaldFriede)

“This is maybe their most complete and organic work: a model of musical grace, subtlety, and near-telepathic rapport. It's certainly the easiest on the ears of all their early, more challenging efforts, but like any true Krautrock classic the album was always worlds away from anything resembling prototypical Prog Rock… a more optimistic side of the otherwise subversive Krautrock experience.” – Neu!mann

28. Gentle Giant – Octopus

            1070 pts            10 votes                                                ▼ 16

                                    (#8 tamijo/floflo79)

“A wild, complex ride, Octopus is a succinct album, packing in as much punch as it can in its short 34 minute duration. The album is a great starting point for those new to Gentle Giant as it marks a turning point between the band's two stylistic eras… its songs are consistent in their inconsistency and controlled in their chaos… an excellent gem” – Magnum Vaeltaja (#31)

27. Radiohead – OK Computer

            1089 pts            8 votes                                                  ▲ 14

                                    (#3 Polymorphia, #6 zravkapt)

“The attention to detail is quite stunning, and is easily missed by a casual listen. Even the individual sounds made by each instrument have been carefully considered and honed so that the sound is pretty close to perfect. Melodically, harmonically, texturally, rhythimcally and formally it is one of the strongest and most consistent albums of all time.” – Certif1ed

26. Radiohead – Kid A

            1106 pts            9 votes                                                  ▲ 30

                                    (#1 Polymorphia, #6 sublime220, #7 Nogbad the Bad)

“This album takes the height of experimental rock music, multilayered sounds, bittersweet vocals, haunting melodies and depressing lyrics, and fused it with some mild electronica to create their weirdest and most experimental album yet… This is a stunning piece of music, incredibly original and accessible once you have got past the difficult change in style… Radiohead prove that they can follow a masterpiece with another masterpiece and are definitely one of the greatest bands in existence.” - frenchie

25. Pink Floyd - Meddle

            1156 pts            9 votes                                                  ▼ 11

                                    (#1 Dean)

“like [Atom Heart Mother], Meddle is an eclectic mix of space-rock, folk, and epic symphonic soundscapes. However, this album is more mature, sophisticated, and well-rounded than its excellent predecessor. At this point, Pink Floyd had completely shed the often uninteresting noddling that marked their early career and established themselves as a staggering musical force… I feel like I'm in some sort of oceanic bliss whenever I listen to it.” – Anthony H.

24. Yes – Tales From Topographic Oceans

            1180 pts            8 votes (#1 emigre80)                            ▲ 57

                                    (#1 emigre80, #9 micky/Kazza3)

“Never before in the context of rock has anything to this scale been done.. much less by a group on top of the music world… This album may have been more concise but at what cost.. the shear majesty and scope of the music that's what… and what we love progressive rock for is ambition, reaching for the stars, and exploding the popular notions of what rock is and should be. In that this album accomplishes in spades.” – micky (#9)

23. The Beatles – The Beatles (The White Album)

            1195 pts            10 votes                                                ▲ 38

                                    (#7 floflo79, #8 jonross14, #10 Formentera Lady)

“The consistency and versatility featured on The White Album is truly remarkable considering its 90+ minute run… a collection of 30 compositions recorded at the peak of the band's creativity which doesn't necessarily mean that the individual moments here surpass any of their other classics. What this album offers its listeners is a continuous stream of quality material without once showing a sign of weakness… By far the longest and most ambitious project the Beatles would ever undertake.” – Rune2000

22. King Crimson - Lizard

            1247 pts            10 votes                                                ▲ 16

                                    (#2 tamijo, #3 Formentera Lady, #8 Magnum Vaeltaja, #9 BaldFriede)

“"Lizard" ventures into largely unknown territory… some of the band's most beautiful, lyrical woodwind arrangements can be found counteracted by some of the funkiest, most refined heavy jazz soundscapes to be found in prog … Many other reviewers warn of this album being one of the more difficult King Crimson albums to get into though I couldn't find that to be less true… it delivers some of the most beautiful, most creative and most varied output in the band's catalog.” – Magnum Vaeltaja (#8)

21. The Mars Volta – De-Loused in the Comatorium

            1248 pts            9 votes                                                  ▲ 15

                                    (#2 addictedtoprog, #8 Kazza3)

“Two guys became famous in a post-hardcore band, got bored, and released all of their pent-up frustration and creativity in a crazed, genre-mashing explosion of sound and light- and then managed to pack that explosion into tight, polished, hook-filled songs that are bursting at the seams. Listen to it, preferably right now.” – Kazza3 (#8)