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    Posted: July 04 2021 at 12:10
Originally posted by Mirakaze Mirakaze wrote:

1. King Crimson - Starless And Bible Black
2. Gentle Giant - The Power And The Glory
3. King Crimson - Red
4. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
5. Yes - Relayer
6. Area - Caution Radiation Area
7. Hatfield And The North - Hatfield And The North
8. Egg - The Civil Surface
9. Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Roxy & Elsewhere
10. Return To Forever - Where Have I Known You Before?

Honourable mentions (I'm going to start being generous with this section cause I feel bad leaving albums out every time):
- Camel - Mirage
- Gong - You
- Henry Cow - Unrest
- Kansas - Kansas
- Mahavishnu Orchestra - Apocalypse
- Miles Davis - Get Up With It
- Renaissance - Turn Of The Cards
- Samla Mammas Manna - Klossa Knapitatet
- Supertramp - Crime Of The Century
- White Noise - White Noise 2: Concerto For Synthesizer


I can't choose but your list is probably the closest to what i would pick too Wink

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KC-Red
Camel- Mirage
Yes-Relayer
Hatfield-Hatfield
Gryphon-Red Queen
Renaissance-Turn of...
Strawbs-Hero
KC-Starless
EGG-Civil Service
Roxy-Country 
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Hi,

Most already mentioned except Kevin Ayers.

Barclay James Harvest - Live
Camel - Mirage
Caravan - Caravan & the New Symphonia
Refugee - Refugee
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Gong - You
Focus    Hamburger Concerto    
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Hammill  The Silent Corner & The Empty Stage
PFM - L'Isola Di Niente
Ange - Au-delà du délire
Magma - Kohntarkosz
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Solar Fire
Kevin Ayers - The Confessions of Dr. Dream
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Triumvirat-Illusions On A Double Dimple
Libra-Musica e Parole
Synergy-Electronic Realizations For Rock Orchestra
PFM-The World Became The World
Dzyan-Electric Silence
Galactic Explorers-Epitaph For Venus
Wishbone Ash-There's The Rub
Terje Rypdal-What Comes After
Passport-Looking Thru
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1: Supertramp - Crime of the Century
2: Camel - Mirage
3: King Crimson - Red
4: Yes - Relayer
5: Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
6: Queen - Queen II
7: Hatfield and the North - S/T
8: Gong - You
9: Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
10: Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
11: Gryphon - Red Queen to Gryphon Three
12: Focus - Hamburger Concerto
13: Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory
14: PFM - L'isola di niente
15: Strawbs - Hero and Heroine

Honorable Mentions:
Arti e Mestieri - Tilt (Immagini per un orecchio)
King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black
Peter Hammill - The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage
Todd Rundgren's Utopia - S/T
Wishbone Ash - There's the Rub
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Yes - Relayer
Gong - You
Peter Hammill - In Camera
Hawkwind - Hall of the Mountain Grill
Hatfield and the North - Hatfield and the North
Eloy - Floating
Magma – Köhntarkösz
King Crimson - Red
Premiata Forneria Marconi - L' isola di Niente
Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge 

Honorable mentions:
Supertramp - Crime of the Century
Invisible - Invisible
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Solar Fire
Wigwam - Being
Miles Davis - Get Up With it
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Studio only.

Genesis TLLDOB.
Supertramp Crime of the Century
Camel Mirage
King Crimson Red
Renaissance Turn of the Cards
Strawbs Hero and Heroine
PFM L'isola de niente
Gentle Giant TPATG
Rick Wakeman JTTCOTE
BOC Secret Treaties
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1. GENESIS The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
2. UTOPIA Todd Rundgren's Utopia
3. MIKE OLDFIELD Hergest Ridge
4. SUPERTRAMP Crime of the Century
5. YES Relayer
6. PTARMIGAN Ptarmigan
7. TODD RUNDGREN Todd
8. FOCUS Hamburger Concerto
9. COS Postaeolian Train Robbery
10. BLUE ÖYSTER CULT Secret Treaties

11. ARTI & MESTIERI Tilt
12. DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES War Babies
13. STEELY DAN Pretzel Logic
14. PREMIATA FORNERIA MARCONI L'isola di niente
15. RENAISSANCE Turn of the Cards
16. GINO VANELLI Powerful People
17. QUELLA VECCHIA LOCANDA Il tempo della Gioia
18. STRAWBS Hero and Heroine
19. IDRIS MUHAMMAD Power of Soul 
20. FRUUPP Seven Secrets
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1. Supertramp: Crime of the Century
2. Genesis: The Lamb lies down on Broadway
3. Yes: Relayer
4. Rick Wakeman: Journey to the Centre of the Earth
5. Mike Oldfield: Hergest Ridge
6. Argent: Encore
7. David Bedford: Stars End
8. Barclay James Harvest: Everyone is Everybody Else
9. Traffic: When the Eagle flies
10. E.L.P.: Welcome Back My Friends...
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Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
Can - Soon Over Babaluma
King Crimson - Red
Yes - Relayer
Camel - Mirage
Egberto Gismonti - Academia de Dancas (not on PA)
Area - Caution Radiation Area
Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge
Henry Cow - Unrest
Magma - Kohntarkosz
(Manfred Mann's Earth Band - The Good Earth)
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no order:

1. Todd Rundgren's Utopia - s/t
2. Banzai - Hora Nata
3. Triumvirat - Illusions on a Double Dimple
4. Yes - Relayer
5. ELP - Welcome Back My Friends...
6. Hatfield & the North - s/t
7. SBB - s/t
8. Tadeusz Woźniak - Tadeusz Woźniak II (Odcień Ciszy)
9. Yonin Bayashi – Ishoku-Sokuhatsu
10. Czesław Niemen - Mourner's Rhapsody

But to be frank, I think 1975 had way more great albums.
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Tod Rundgren's Utopia - Utopia
Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory
King Crimson - Red
Frank Zappa - Roxy & Elsewhere
Gong - You
Hatfield and the North - s/t
Jethro Tull - War Child

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote kenethlevine Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 22 2021 at 13:41
I would have guessed that 1974 would be the hardest year to limit to 10 great releases but it turns out there are way more albums from 1975 that I consider great.  I guess some bands had peaked earlier while others had yet to peak, or peaked earliier and later while sagging in the middle!  I can only come up with these, in no particular order

Barclay James Harvest - Everyone is Everybody Else
Camel - Mirage
Grobschnitt - Ballerman
Jade Warrior - Floating World
Jethro Tull - War Child (not even close to their best)
Pierrot Lunaire - s/t
Renaissance - Turn of the Cards
Secos and Molhados - II
Strawbs - Hero and Heroine
Rick Wakeman - Journey to the..




Edited by kenethlevine - June 27 2021 at 09:02
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Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Jethro Tull - War child
King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe
Supertramp - Crime of the Century
Camel - Mirage
Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs (couldn't pass this one up, for whatever reason)
Yes - Relayer
Hatfield and the North - s/t
King Crimson - Red




Edited by Rednight - June 22 2021 at 11:53
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Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Yes - Relayer
Todd Rundgren - Todd Rundgren's Utopia
Kansas - s/t
King Crimson - Red
King Crimson - Starless And Bible Black
Gentle Giant - The Power And The Glory
Camel - Mirage
Le Orme - Contrappunti
Pekka Pohjola - Harakka Bialoipokku
Focus - Hamburger Concerto
Kayak - Kayak II

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ELP - Welcome Back My Friends,
Henry Cow - Unrest
Hatfield and the North - Hatfield and the North
Yes - Relayer
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
Gong - You
Egg - The Civil Surface
Todd Rundgren's Utopia - Todd Rundgren's Utopia
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe
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1. Magma - Köhntarkösz
2. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
3. Triumvirat - Illusions on a Double Dimple
4. Gong - You
5. Focus - Hamburger Concerto
6. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
7. Renaissance - Turn of the Cards
8. Supertramp - Crime of the Century
9. Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory
X. Yes - Relayer

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Yes - Relayer
Gentle Giant - The Power And The Glory
King Crimson - Red
Miles Davis - Big Fun
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Return To Forever - Where Have I Known You Before?
Camel - Mirage
PFM - L'Isola Niente
Herbie Hancock - Thrust
Murple - Io Sono Murple

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1. King Crimson - Red
2. Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory
3. Refugee - s/t
4. Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge
5. Supertramp - Crime Of The Century
6. Kansas - s/t
7. PFM - The World Became The World
8. Triumvirat - Illusions On A Double Dimple
9. Yes - Relayer
10. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Progmind Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 21 2021 at 16:06
King Crimson - Red
Genesis - The Lamb...
King Crimson - Starless And Bible Black
Camel - Mirage
Hatfield And The North - Hatfield And The North
Gentle Giant - The Power And The glory
Dzyan - Electric Science
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
Henry Cow - Unrest
Invisible - Invisible

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