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The best prog album of all time? |
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M27Barney 
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 Posted: May 23 2020 at 09:55 |
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Ridiculous...The candidate for this acolade hasn't been written yet....and never will be...
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Woon Deadn
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Posted: May 21 2020 at 04:59 |
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For me, definitely not Larks or CTtE or Red.
I think of Foxtrot without the first track and the very ending. I may think of Gentle Giant's Debut album or their Three Friends or TPATG. Spring and Fantasy made excellent debut albums. Cressida's Asylum is among my favourites, very vivid keyboards. GG's Three Friends is probably the one.
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Favourite Band: Gentle Giant
Favourite Writer: Robert Sheckley Favourite Horror Writer: Jean Ray Favourite Computer Game: Tiny Toon - Buster's Hidden Treasure (Sega Mega Drive/Genesis) |
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Posted: May 21 2020 at 03:03 |
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As expected I see a lot of people ranks CTTE as their all time favorite, I'll just say it's not in my top 20 although I would rate it 5 stars, for some reason the more obscure ones tend to connect with me more than the usual suspects. If I'd have to choose an album from the more well known bands it would be Red.
Otherwise my all time winners would be: Dun - Eros Hendrix - Band Of Gypsys (not prog) Maxophone - S/T Orphaned Land - Sahara |
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Mortte
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Posted: May 20 2020 at 22:22 |
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I think this has asked many times before, anyway Wigwam: Fairyport has been my all time best album in all the genres already many years!
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Sacro_Porgo
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Posted: May 19 2020 at 22:44 |
I don't think the Mona Lisa is the most perfect painting, just the most famous.
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Porg for short. My love of music doesn't end with prog! Feel free to discuss all sorts of music with me. Odds are I'll give it a chance if I haven't already! :)
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iluvmarillion
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Posted: May 19 2020 at 21:52 |
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Perfection doesn't exist because human beings aren't perfect. Even the most perfect painting, the Mona Lisa has a changing horizon and one half of her face slightly different to the other. If you look for perfection in a prog rock album you won't find it. If you look for the best you won't find that either because what's best today is relegated to something else the next day. And even if you settle on what is best, someone else will have another best and then which one is best, his or yours. Answer is they are both the best because no one opinion is superior to another.
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Logan
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Posted: May 19 2020 at 21:20 |
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While I commonly have problems with notions of best, other than perhaps best for the individual -- it is so subjective/ dependent on taste plus none of us have heard all of the albums -- and I could list many that I find superb, I will mention Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottom even if I don't think of it as particularly prog per se. Perfection is not how I'd describe the album. I find the album to be poignant. It's melancholy, but also playful.
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: May 19 2020 at 18:39 |
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^ Such a magical album........
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BaldFriede
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Posted: May 19 2020 at 17:50 |
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 BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
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Squonk19
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Posted: May 19 2020 at 15:28 |
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A quick check In case I did post last year.... it has to be...
Foxtrot! (I'm nothing but predictable at times!)  Edited by Squonk19 - May 19 2020 at 15:28 |
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“Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.”
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Sacro_Porgo
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Posted: May 19 2020 at 13:52 |
Hehe
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Porg for short. My love of music doesn't end with prog! Feel free to discuss all sorts of music with me. Odds are I'll give it a chance if I haven't already! :)
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Posted: May 19 2020 at 11:26 |
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I must update my Foxtrot comment from last year and say my favorite is Moonmadness, closely followed by Les Cinq Saison, Foxtrot still up there. I've found over time I'm not as keen on ranking and comparing albums because some stuff I like more than others simply depending on my mood or the day. I'm sure that those two are my top 2 favorites however.
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progaardvark
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Posted: May 19 2020 at 10:45 |
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5uu's - Hunger's Teeth
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Posted: May 19 2020 at 09:44 |
 And this is 2 |
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Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake."
Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
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geekfreak
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Posted: May 19 2020 at 09:43 |
 This albums in my all time top ten at 1 |
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Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake."
Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
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Posted: May 19 2020 at 05:07 |
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Easy. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue.
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: May 19 2020 at 03:25 |
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If I had already discovered ‘the best Prog album of all time’ (which is, to date, most likely Khan - Space Shanty) my record collection wouldn’t be taking up precious real-estate. There’s just too many perfect albums within all genres, to pick just one.
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Sacro_Porgo
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Posted: May 19 2020 at 02:30 |
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I don't have an absolute favorite, but Per Un Amico is probably every bit as great as whatever you pit it against, and consistent too!
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Porg for short. My love of music doesn't end with prog! Feel free to discuss all sorts of music with me. Odds are I'll give it a chance if I haven't already! :)
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Frenetic Zetetic
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Posted: May 19 2020 at 02:14 |
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"I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
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The Anders
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Posted: May 18 2020 at 09:31 |
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The Dark Side of the Moon.
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