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"Big Six" by years (1969-1974)
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Poll Question: Pick your favourite year
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10 [14.93%]
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70, 71, and 73 are the only years all of the big six released music. Therefore, 69, 70, 72 and 74 should not be included?

So with that mentioned... 1971.
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73 followed by 72
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"1973: TfTO / SEbtP / LTiA / TDSotM / BSS / APP"

Imagine someone who doesn't know anything about prog reading this...
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1972: CttE / Foxtrot / ObC / Trilogy / Thick as a Brick

Not a huge fan of Obscured By Clouds but the other four smash every other year !
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1969: Yes / From Genesis to Revelation / In the Court of the Crimson King / More – Ummagumma / Stand Up

1970: Time and a Word / Trespass / In the Wake of Poseidon – Lizard / Atom Heart Mother / Emerson Lake & Palmer / Benefit

1971: The Yes Album – Fragile / Nursery Cryme / Islands / Meddle / Tarkus / Aqualung

1972: Close to the Edge / Foxtrot / Obscured by Clouds / Trilogy / Thick as a Brick

1973: Tales from Topographic Oceans / Selling England by the Pound / Larks' Tongues in Aspic / The Dark Side of the Moon / Brain Salad Surgery / A Passion Play

1974: Relayer / The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway / Starless and Bible Black – Red / War Child

Bolded are my favorites album from each band.
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Originally posted by Theprogelitist Theprogelitist wrote:

73 followed by 72

yeah this---very hard to choose so I thought about how often I still listen to the lineup.
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I'll give 71 another vote. I feel it's the most colorful year in question for these 6 bands. All of them released an album (or 2 in Yes' case) and all of these albums either sit among my favorite from each band or (in the case of Floyd) include at least one undeniable genre defining classic. 72 and 73 are of course artistic peaks in their own right, but I feel personally 71 sees each of these bands on an equal playing field, a concentration of pure potential energy the fruits of which had to be spread out over the next three years.
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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

70, 71, and 73 are the only years all of the big six released music. Therefore, 69, 70, 72 and 74 should not be included?

So with that mentioned... 1971.



And yet, I still went with 1974.
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Got to be 1973.
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Tough call, I went with 1972.  
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It's slightly more challenging when you lay out what came out each year...

...But 1972 gets it, like almost always.

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Originally posted by The Anders The Anders wrote:

"1973: TfTO / SEbtP / LTiA / TDSotM / BSS / APP"

Imagine someone who doesn't know anything about prog reading this...


It's a secret code!
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Originally posted by siLLy puPPy siLLy puPPy wrote:

Originally posted by Progosopher Progosopher wrote:

Great albums in all these years, but the best for me is '73 - all five stars (which is not the case for any of the other years).


73 for me too! The ultimate year of excess and prog pomp run amok!


Arguably the 1971-73 period was prog's halcyon days, when it was properly maturing, and before it started getting a bit overblown, pompous, and self-indulgent.

Discuss.
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Originally posted by The Anders The Anders wrote:

"1973: TfTO / SEbtP / LTiA / TDSotM / BSS / APP"

Imagine someone who doesn't know anything about prog reading this...
That would have been me back in September 2019 when none of those abbreviations meant anything to me either. Smile


Edited by Psychedelic Paul - April 24 2021 at 09:11
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1973
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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Originally posted by Progishness Progishness wrote:

Originally posted by siLLy puPPy siLLy puPPy wrote:

Originally posted by Progosopher Progosopher wrote:

Great albums in all these years, but the best for me is '73 - all five stars (which is not the case for any of the other years).


73 for me too! The ultimate year of excess and prog pomp run amok!


Arguably the 1971-73 period was prog's halcyon days, when it was properly maturing, and before it started getting a bit overblown, pompous, and self-indulgent.

Discuss.

A lot of prog haters would argue prog was always overblown and self indulgent, so it's hard to know where to draw that line. I usually seen it drawn at TFTO and TLLDOB, one of which does sit in the 71-73 period. But I think I agree for the most part. In these early years prog was still getting its bearings and discovering all it could do. Directly afterwards it started discovering more of what it couldn't do (keep Peter Gabriel around, release more than one PF album every two years, keep KC together, keep a consistent lineup in Yes, make a whole album song every JT album, keep making great ELP albums, etc.)
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The advances in technology played a part too - the prog bands were going into the studio with the attitude 'we've got all this wonderful latest equipment, so let's exploit it and see what we can get it to do'.  Advances in the studios themselves, and recording and production techniques also played a big part in the prog sound.  And this was all in the analogue era!


Edited by Progishness - April 24 2021 at 08:46
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

The world was created in 1969, as far as I'm concerned. God bless the omnipotent KC.

Amen brother Steve,

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