How Our Top 25 Studio Albums Change Day After Day - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Alright well i'm gonna try to think of my top 25, this might just kill me, but I'll do my best:

10/10

1: Foxtrot - Genesis

2: Animals - Pink Floyd

3: From Silence to Somewhere - Wobbler

4: Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson

9.5/10

5: Moonmadness - Camel

6: Hand. Cannot. Erase. - Steven Wilson

7: Selling England by the Pound - Genesis

8: Mirage - Camel

9: Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

10: Nursery Cryme - Genesis

11: Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

Ok this is as far as I can get, there's too many albums I love and I cant possibly rank them

Have you already rated Laughing Stock or can it still get in?

Here´s mine at the moment:

1. Wigwam: Fairyport

2. Pink Floyd: Atom Heart Mother

3. King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King

4. Jethro Tull: Thick As a Brick

5. Family: Music In a Dolls House

6. Traffic: Mr. Fantasy

7. Yes: Fragile

8. Genesis: the Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

9. Magma: Magma (aka Kobaia)

10. Faust: Faust IV

11. Can: Tago-Mago

12. Comus: First Utterance

13. Caravan: In the Land Of Grey And Pink

14. Haikara: Geafar

15. Tasavallan Presidentti: Lambert Land

16. Colosseum: Valentyne Suite

17. Amon Düül II: Tanz Der Lemminge

18. Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells

19. Roy Harper: Stormcock

20: Kevin Ayers: the Confessions Of Dr. Dream And Other Stories

21. Rush: Hemispheres

22. Hawkwind: Warrior On the Edge Of Time

23. Procol Harum: Shine On Brightly

24. Moody Blues: In Search Of Lost Chord

25. Absoluuttinen Nollapiste: Pisara ja Lammas 2

Lewian wrote:

Have you already rated Laughing Stock or can it still get in?

Here my review http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=2307858

Amos Goldberg (professor of Genocide Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem): Yes, it's genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion.

Lewian wrote:

jamesbaldwin wrote:

Lewian wrote:

Have you already rated Laughing Stock or can it still get in?

Here my review http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=2307858

Interesting, this is obviously a well thought through review that you wrote after many mindful listenings. Still to me Laughing Stock feels closer and warmer (you call it cold) than Spirit of Eden. Runeii is so comforting and peaceful. And After The Flood has always featured among my ten best songs of all time, just because besides all the experimental and unusual sounds that even this song has, it is a rock of reliability in these otherwise unpredictable waters. As a Can fan I surely can appreciate a steady hypnotic rhythm. But of course we know that music appreciation is subjective... In a way it illustrates how giving numerical marks cannot do the art justice. I couldn't argue any other marking, but to me this album is beyond marking... but of course I'm not criticising you, I play that game myself...

I've seen your chart, and in fact Laughing Stock is in your main Top 10.

Then, you have written various Top 10, with O' Rang, Mark Hollis and even The Colour of Spring, you like Talk Talk very much, more than me... but I can understand your feeling, because we are talking about a great artist (Hollis) and his voice is full of emotions, so you can feel it hot.

I prefer Spirit of Eden but I can understand who prefers Laughing Stock or Mark Hollis' solo album.

But I dont see Can in your rankings.

Amos Goldberg (professor of Genocide Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem): Yes, it's genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion.

New ranking:

Rating 10

1) From H to He Who Am The Only One - Van Der Graaf Generator

2) Pawn Hearts - Van Der Graaf Generator

3) Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt

4) The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other - Van Der Graaf Generator

Rating 9,75/10

5) Silent Corner and The Empty Stage - Peter Hammill

6) In The Court Of... - King Crimson

Rating 9,5/10

7) Arbeit Mach Frei - Area

8) Starsailor - Tim Buckley

9) Spirit Of Eden - Talk Talk

10) Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

11) Red - King Crimson

12) Chameleon In The Shadow Of The Night - Peter Hammill

Rating 9,25/10

13) Music In A Doll's House - Family

14) Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd

15) Roxy Music - Roxy Music

16) First Utterance - Comus

17) Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant

18) Lorca - Tim Buckley

19) Tori Amos - Under The Pink

Rating 9/10

20) Islands - King Crimson

21) Fearless - Family

22) Aqualung - Jetho Tull

23) Trespass - Genesis

24) Faust - Faust

25) Quatermass - Quatermass

Amos Goldberg (professor of Genocide Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem): Yes, it's genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion.

New ranking:

Rating 10

1) From H to He Who Am The Only One - Van Der Graaf Generator

2) Pawn Hearts - Van Der Graaf Generator

3) Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt

4) The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other - Van Der Graaf Generator

Rating 9,75/10

5) Arbeit Macht Frei - Area

6) Silent Corner and The Empty Stage - Peter Hammill

7) In The Court Of... - King Crimson

Rating 9,5/10

8) Starsailor - Tim Buckley

9) Spirit Of Eden - Talk Talk

10) Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

11) Red - King Crimson

12) Chameleon In The Shadow Of The Night - Peter Hammill

Rating 9,25/10

13) Music In A Doll's House - Family

14) Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd

15) Roxy Music - Roxy Music

16) First Utterance - Comus

17) Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant

18) Lorca - Tim Buckley

19) PFM - Storia di Un Minuto

20) Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso

21) Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Darwin

22) Maledetti - Area

23) Tori Amos - Under The Pink

Rating 9/10

24) Islands - King Crimson

25) Fearless - Family

Amos Goldberg (professor of Genocide Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem): Yes, it's genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion.

BaldJean wrote:

I am currently in a Zeuhl phase, so I rank Zeuhl albums very high

Which Zeuhl albums do you love?

Amos Goldberg (professor of Genocide Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem): Yes, it's genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion.

My faves change a lot, especially being on this site and reading everyone's fantastic song/album lists all the time.

As of 31st December 2020, it would have to be:

North Sea Radio Orchestra - I A Moon

Cardiacs - Sing to God

Cardiacs - Heaven born and ever bright

Genesis - Trick of the tail

Ekseption - Trinity

VDGG - Pawn Hearts

Gentle Giant - Free Hand

Gentle Giant - The power and the glory

Frank Zappa - Hot Rats

Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother

National Health - Of Queues and Cures

Renaissance - Ashes are Burning

Atomic Rooster - Death Walks behind you

Grateful Dead - American Beauty

Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses

Levitating downwards,
atomic feedback scream.

New ranking:

Rating 10/10

1) The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other - Van Der Graaf Generator

1) From H to He Who Am The Only One - Van Der Graaf Generator

1) Pawn Hearts - Van Der Graaf Generator

4) Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt

Rating 9,75/10

5) Arbeit Macht Frei - Area

Rating 9,5/10

6) The Silent Corner and The Empty Stage - Peter Hammill

7) In The Court Of... - King Crimson

8) Starsailor - Tim Buckley

9) Red - King Crimson

10) Chameleon In The Shadow Of The Night - Peter Hammill

11) Spirit Of Eden - Talk Talk

12) In Praise of Learning - Henry Cow

Rating 9,25/10

13) Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

14) Music In A Doll's House - Family

15) Lorca - Tim Buckley

16) Roxy Music - Roxy Music

17) Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso

18) Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd

19) Third Ear Band - Third Ear Band

20) Darwin - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso

21) Storia di un Minuto - PFM

22) Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant

23) First Utterance - Comus

24) Stormy Six - Macchina Maccheronica

25) Maledetti - Area

Edited by jamesbaldwin - October 04 2021 at 17:28

Amos Goldberg (professor of Genocide Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem): Yes, it's genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion.