RESULTS!! - Ultimate PA Album List 2016

6. King Crimson – Lark’s Tongues in Aspic

            2297 pts            16 votes                                                ▲ 5

                                    (#1 tamijo, #2 zravkapt, #3 Nogbad the Bad, #5 Formentera Lady, #9 addictedtoprog)

“ A compendium of controlled explosions, composed improvisation and cool metallic groove. 'Larks Tongues in Aspic' has a very professional and refined sound, that of five virtuosos who are in complete control of their music, yet manage to simultaneously be crazy, maniacal and very fun… The first track remains a truly intense musical experience every time it comes around again, and there are no other compositions like it… as shockingly brilliant as the debut” - thehallway

“If you only buy one King Crimson studio album, make it this one. Here Fripp re-invents the group and creates music superior to anything the band had done previously… This is the only studio album to feature Jamie Muir. This guy *influenced* Bill Bruford. How the hell do you influence Bruford?.. Crimson were always better live, but they never made a more consistent and better sounding album.” – zravkapt (#2)

Top 5 tomorrow.

Edited by Kazza3 - February 04 2016 at 19:40

3 ~ Floyd
1 ~ Genesis
1 ~ Yes left now.

Animals in the top 5 but not TAAB? I don't think I'll lose any sleep over that.

No. Thick should be in the top five. No no no. 

4. Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here

            2494 pts            18 votes                                                ▼ 2

                                    (#2 floflo79, #5 emigre80,#6 jonross14)

“How does one follow the success of DSOTM without making a carbon copy of the successful album? Well, you reinvent yourself completely… The absence part is a bit of an autobiographical theme, with Syd Barrett's ghost appearing a second time… WYWH certainly ended up equalling [Dark Side] in the heart of fans. Among the three Floyd creators, this is where they worked best together and shared the workload evenly, and where Floyd is at the top of their game.” – Sean Trane

“This is one of the Floyd's most poignant moments. Moody synthesizers, shimmering organ parts, tight guitar parts, well thought-out arrangements, careful songwriting, various timbres and harmonies going hand in hand, the sincere lyrics about longing for the old company, and different levels of perceiving the emotional rock bottom really fill up the album. As far as I can see, these are the very things that define this album as an immortal classic every human being with enough soul must have in possession.” – Dayvenkirq (#22)

2. Pink Floyd – Animals

            2807 pts            18 votes                                                ▲ 5

                                    (#4 infernalfrog, #5 Nogbad the Bad/sleeper, #6 RoeDent, #7 sublime220)

“But what makes this sound even greater is a turn in the band's direction, the inevitable turn towards (relative) simplicity after a period of elaborate experimentalism and/or bombast. There's no orchestra, no saxophone, no female backing vocals, no guest musicians, but just a band which wants to make rock music: rock music which shoots directly in your face (and in your brain), raw power, but at neither place bland or overlong… It's Roger Waters' split personality which shapes the lyrical component of the music: the man fighting for human rights, for peace and against fascism, but also the man who realises how hard these aims are to achieve, and who sometimes fails to live up to his own expectations: the dichotomy between hope and despair, between wishful and pessimistic thoughts… it could be a chance for everyone to see and feel that life is also so much more than the greed, egoism and opportunism in our world.” - Einsetumadur

“Animals finds Pink Floyd looking at the waves of angry young men in "I hate Pink Floyd" shirts and thinking to themselves "Hey, you know what? *We* hate Pink Floyd too!"… a murky, mildly grimy sound miles away from the clean, sterile atmosphere of Wish You Were Here, in which they explore thematic territory that is just as angry, cynical and accusatory as the punks were dredging up….  the band appear to have recognised the mood of the time, as well as the increasing gap growing between them and their audience… Waters and Gilmour's compositions and the band's overall performance on Animals speaks to a powerful desire to return to the underground… a third masterpiece in a row for a band who at this stage could do no wrong.” - Warthur

Thanks to everyone who participated, and I hope people have enjoyed following along- I certainly enjoyed running it!

Edited by Kazza3 - February 05 2016 at 21:18

Few comments:

I know this is a popularity contest and Floyd is the most popular band, so I'm not that surprised even if I don't like PF that much myself.

I'm more puzzled by Abbey Road making it into the top 10, since it's an uneven record. The second side is the best thing ever recorded by The Beatles, but the first side is a complete disaster.