Overrated Masterpieces? - Progressive Rock Music Forum

I'd be definitely be voting 'None' if it was an option. These are all genre-defining moments to me, all brilliant albums in their own unique way, and I personally can't imagine my collection being complete without owning all of these, which I do ;)

This one's easy: DSotM

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I voted for ITCOTCK. as I wrote elsewhere the album consists of a prog song, a pop song, a tearjerker, a song of which the first two minutes are a pop song and the rest an experimental jam session that hardly anyone likes (including many who gave this album a 5 star rating although the jam session takes up almost a fourth of the album) and another prog song. hardly enough to give the album its almost mystical status of being "the first prog album"

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I guess I would understand In The Court if I was born in that Time but I actually prefer the second one. And I think Frankyboy did prog far earlier on absolutely free yet I do understand that it set some important standards, but I think the others on the list actually set far more of them.

Edit: Although I have to admit that structure wise Selling England set some standards that led many retroprog bands into traps that make their songs (especially long tracks) very inconsistent in parts.

Edited by GrafHaarschnitt - September 15 2018 at 06:42

All very good albums, but I'll have to go with ItCotCK for similar reasons as mentioned above. It definitely does ride more on historical significance than the quality of the music. That being said the songs are great, but it's very clear that prog had a lot of progressing to do after the album.

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I love every one of those albums except for DSOTM, which I like well enough but don't need to ever hear again, so it's the easy choice for me. On the other hand, only TAAB and ITCOCK are full blown masterpieces in my view, so to some extent I also view CTTE and SEBTP as slightly overrated.

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In my opinion (and that's purely personal), I think all of them are overrated to some extent.

None of them would make my top 5 albums. SEBTP would make the top 10 and CTTE and DSOTM would make my top 50. TAAB would be in the top 100 and ITCOTCK wouldn't make the top 1000, despite its immense significance.

Funny. None of these are anywhere near my top ten - or fifty... or even hundred but I still don't consider them to be overrated.

Ditto (though I voted JTull--it is not in my Top 500--but that's a preference thing. I just think Side Two is plain "boring.")

I too feel that all five have flaws, some severe enough that I just can't rate them with a full five stars, BUT I agree with the significant role each has had in the legitimization of "prog": DSotM 250 consecutive weeks on Billboard's top selling albums list; the undeniable influence ItCotCK has had on other musicians; the length of time TaaB spent as the #1 Album on my Detroit radio stations; the threatric sensation Gabriel and Boys made while on their tours (I had friends/acquaintances that followed them from venue to venue on their pre-Lamb USA tours.)

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I went with ITCOTCK. I love Schizoid man, Maybe my favorite KC song but I just can't get in to the rest of it.

It's a significant album , don't get me wrong but I do feel it gets a little too much praise sometimes.

From the list I play TAAB and DSOTM the least....but I don't think any of them are 'overrated'.

All those have many votes from various types of prog fans so the mix of views are probably just right...imho.

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Poll Question: Which of these do you feel may be a bit overrated?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Close to the Edge - Yes	14	[14.43%]
Dark Side of The Moon - pink Floyd	31	[31.96%]
In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson	12	[12.37%]
Selling England by the Pound - Genesis	16	[16.49%]
Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull	24	[24.74%]
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