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    Posted: May 10 2021 at 12:23
The second of six decades in the history of Prog-Rock and what a decade it was! I could have easily chosen ten favourite prog albums from each year during the classic 1970's era, but I somehow managed to narrow it down to just one choice, which could have been a totally different selection on a different day. If you want to choose more than one album for each year, then that's fine too. Let's Rock! Smile

1970: Bachdenkel - Lemmings 
1971: Spring - Spring
1972: Khan - Space Shanty
1973: Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning
1974: Refugee - Refugee
1975: Rick Wakeman - The Myths & Legends of King Arthur & the Knights of the Round Table
1976: Camel - Moonmadness
1977: England - Garden Shed
1978: Richard Wright - Wet Dream
1979: Tony Banks - A Curious Feeling


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Here's mine. Looking forward to the years 2000 to 2020 the most. Thanks for doing these Paul.

70: David Bowie - The Man Who Sold the World
71: Yes - The Yes Album
72: Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
73: Gentle Giant - In a Glass House
74: King Crimson - Red
75: Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All
76: Kansas - Leftoverture
77: Steely Dan - Aja
78: U.K. - U.K.
79: Bruford - One of a Kind
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Some very tough choices, I'll go with:-

70 - Amon Duul II - Yeti
71 - VDGG - Pawn Hearts
72 - Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
73 - King Crimson - Larks Tongues In Aspic
74 - Hatfield & The North - s/t
75 - Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
76 - Art Zoyd - Symphonie Pour Le Jour Ou Bruleront Les Cities
77 - Pink Floyd - Animals
78 - National Health - Of Queues & Cures
79 - Henry Cow - Western Culture
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1970: Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die1
1971: Pink Floyd - Meddle
1972: Yes - Close to the Edge
1973: Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
1974: Magma - Köhntarkösz
1975: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
1976: Van der Graaf Generator - Still Life
1977: Klaus Schulze - Mirage2
1978: Rush - Hemispheres3
1979: UK - Danger Money'

11970 was a year with three peaks. The other two: Tim Buckley - Lorca and CSN&Y -Déjà Vu
2Another one that would qualify: Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood
3Indexi - Modra Rijeka could also be mentioned.
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I could pick a different arrangement on another day if I'm in a different mood. The mood right now is:

1970: Van der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One
1971: Genesis - Nursery Cryme
1972: Yes - Close to the Edge
1973: Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
1974: Yes - Relayer
1975: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
1976: Camel - Moonmadness
1977: Pink Floyd - Animals
1978: U.K. - U.K.
1979: Emmanuel Booz - Dans quel état j'erre
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1970- ELP  (Tull-Benefit, KC-Poseidon, )
1971- Yes-YES Album ( Tull-Aqualung, Genesis-Nursery Cryme)
1972- Yes-CTTE ( Genesis-Foxtrot, Khan)
1973- Genesis-SEBTP (KC-Larks Tongues, Floyd-Dark Side)
1974- KC-Red (Hatfield, KC-Starless)
1975- Hatfield-Rotters (Hackett-Voyage, Kansas-Song)
1976- Camel-Moonmadnes (Gensis-Trick, Kansas-Left)
1977- Tull-Songs (Rush- Farewell, Nat Health)
1978- UK (Nat Health-Qeues, Tull-Horses)
1979- Eloy-Silent (Uk-Danger, )

*hard to choose as I had many that were tied in those years*
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70: Jethro Tull- Benefit
71: Yes - The Yes Album
72: Yes- Close to the Edge
73: Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon .... Jethro Tull- Passion Play
74: Yes- Relayer
75: Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here .... Jethro Tull- Minstrel in the Gallery
76: Genesis- A Trick of the Tail 
77: Rush- A Farewell to Kings .... Jethro Tull- Songs From the Woods
78: Rush- Hemispheres .... Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses 
79: Pink Floyd- The Wall

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70- Spirit - The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus
71- Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
72 - Santana - Caravanserai
73 - Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
74 - Supertramp - Crime of the Century
75 - Harmonium - Si on Avait Besoin d'une Cinquieme Saison
76- Genesis - Trick of the Tail
77- Circus - Movin' On
78- Grobschnitt - Solar Music Live
79- Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Live Rust.






Edited by Sean Trane - May 11 2021 at 01:02
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I tried, but I can't do it.  It's impossible to narrow it down to a favorite, especially between the years 70-74.
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1970 - Web - "I Spider"
1971 - Caravan - "In The Land Of Grey and Pink"
1972 - Genesis - "Foxtrot"
1973 - Pink Floyd- "Dark Side of the Moon"
1974 - King Crimson - "Red"
1975 - Quiet Sun - "Mainstream"
1976 - Camel - "Moonmadness"
1977 - Jethro Tull - "Songs From The Wood"
1978 - Bubu - "Anabelas"
1979 - Univers Zero - "Heresie"
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I think what we really need is everyone's Top 10 list of prog albums year by year, from 1967 thru' to 2020, then I can assign points to your top album choices as per usual. I've quickly realised it's really hard to narrow it down to just one favourite album for each year, so in the words of Orange Juice, maybe I should just "Rip It Up and Start Again". Smile




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Impossible to compile really seeing as many classic prog albums were released in the first half of the decade.
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OK, let's give it a try.
70 - Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant.
71 - Fragile - Yes.
72 - Close to the Edge - Yes.
73 - 6 Wives of Henry the VIII - Rick Wakeman.
74 - Hamburger Concerto - Focus.
75 - Wish you were Here - Pink Floyd.
76 - Tales of Mystery and Imagination - The Alan Parsons Project.
77 - Animals - Pink Floyd.

And I don't really know how to go for the last two years. I guess I might go with The Wall for 79, but I don't really remember an option for 78... I guess Incantations from Mike Oldfield or Equinox from Jean Michel Jarre.
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This is remarkably easy:

1970 - Miles Davis Bitches Brew
1971 - VDGG Pawn Hearts
1972 - Yes Close to The Edge
1973 - King Crimson Larks' Tongues in Aspic
1974 - Gentle Giant The Power and The Glory
1975 - Frank Zappa One Size Fits All
1976 - Camel Moonmadness
1977 - Eloy Ocean
1978 - U.K. U.K.
1979 - Henry Cow Western Culture

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1970: Soft Machine - Third
1971: Genesis - Nursery Cryme
1972: Genesis - Foxtrot
1973: Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
1974: Gentle Giant - The Power And The Glory
1975: Steve Hackett - Voyage Of The Acolyte
1976: Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail
1977: Brand X - Moroccan Roll
1978: National Health - National Health
1979: Tony Banks - A Curious Feeling
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1970: Genesis - Trespass 
1971: Gentle Giant - Acquiring The Taste
1972: Genesis - Foxtrot
1973: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
1974: Yes - Relayer
1975: Harmonium - Si on avait besoin d'une cinquième saison
1976: Kansas - Leftoverture
1977: Anthony Phillips - The Geese And The Ghost
1978: Rush - Hemispheres
1979: Pink Floyd - The Wall
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Originally posted by Spaciousmind Spaciousmind wrote:

I tried, but I can't do it.  It's impossible to narrow it down to a favorite, especially between the years 70-74.


Originally posted by Progishness Progishness wrote:

Impossible to compile really seeing as many classic prog albums were released in the first half of the decade.


It's not so bad. I am generally not one to accept limiting to one album, or comply strictly with the demands, but it's not like this is anything to be cast in stone (just another PP thread), so I went ahead and actually found it relatively easy, precisely because I didn't give a hoot. Smile
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OK I'll give it a stab.

1970 - Emerson Lake & Palmer - S/T [honourable mention: Curved Air - Air Conditioning]
1971 - Pink Floyd - Meddle [honourable mentions: ELP - Pictures at an Exhibition; Focus - Moving Waves; Led Zeppelin - Untitled]
1972 - Yes - Close to the Edge [honourable mentions: Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick; Santana - Caravanserai; Moody Bluess - Seventh Sojourn]
1973 - Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon [honourable mentions: Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells; Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy]
1974 - Focus - Hamburger Concerto [honourable mention: Yes - Relayer]
1975 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here [honourable mentions: Camel - The Snow Goose; 10cc - The Original Soundtrack; Renaissance - Scheherazade & Other Stories]
1976 - ELO - A New World Record [honourable mention: Camel - Moonmadness]
1977 - Pink Floyd - Animals
1978 - Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine
1979 - Pink Floyd - The Wall

[OK some of my picks are crossover or prog related, but they are the albums that mean the most to me]


Edited by Progishness - May 11 2021 at 02:13
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Hmmm:

1970 - Genesis - Trespass
1971 - Gong - Camembert Electrique
1972 - Yes - Close to the Edge
1973 - ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
1974- Magma - Kohntarkosz
1975 - Henry Cow - In Praise of Learning
1976 - Genesis - A Trick of the Tail
1977 - Hawkwind - Quark, Strangeness and Charm
1978 - National Health - National Health
1979 - Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings
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Originally posted by Progishness Progishness wrote:

Impossible to compile really seeing as many classic prog albums were released in the first half of the decade.
I found it an almost impossible task too (along with many others here), so I'm going to completely redo this thread, and then we can name our ten favourite prog albums from each individual year, instead of each decade - although I might struggle to name ten favourite prog albums for each year when we get well beyond the classic 1970's era. Smile
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