What’s your biggest gripe with the top 100

LAM-SGC wrote: Point of order: I must ask, is the Top 100 supposed to be a prog top 100 representing progressive music or is it closer to the Top 100 favourite albums of forum members? It is an important distinction, because any Top 100 of prog that omits iconic albums from true progressive bands in place of metal, hard rock, pop and jazz albums is not worth much as a representative guide.

It's nothing more than a computer generated list. It shows albums that are generally universally loved, which also means that riskier or controversial albums are likely to be left out. Since experimentation and risk-taking are so important in the genre, this does mean that some important artists like Soft Machine or Captain Beefheart do get left out on the basis that they can be too experimental to resonate with many people (and there's nothing wrong with not enjoying these artists - prog isn't a competition to listen to the most experimental music).

It can be a very useful list if you're new to prog and you want to discover some of the greatest albums in the genre, but it's by no means comprehensive. Or if you're familiar with prog, it can help fill in some gaps you might have missed. Use it as a starting point, and then let your own opinions and tastes guide you along.

Neither, for that matter, do I, and therein lies the problem with the utterly daft idea of adding and rating artists, rather than albums. From memory, the Davis pantheon of albums started in the late 1940’s, when most of our prog heroes were still in nappies, and certainly the world had never heard of the phrase, because it didn’t exist, and yet they are on the site.

Nothing will change, though, so it is rather pointless moaning about it. The only reason I do is because I have just got back after yet another long couple of days away, and I am feeling distinctly grumpy 😡 

LAM-SGC wrote: Here's a novel idea, only include artists on PA that have called themselves prog or progressive at some point or where those words appeared on an album sleeve or in an official press release,book,documentary etc.

it does not work like that.

If you dislike PA so much, why are you still here?

Your negativity has got old. I don't see the point of your constant complaining.

Maybe it was a mirage that the Mirage album was ranked higher than Moonmadness, or maybe someone had a touch of Lunar Sea and ranked Mirage higher. Anyway, I'm going to set the record straight soon by giving Moonmadness five stars and Mirage four stars.