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    Posted: July 27 2021 at 12:07
Some Prog Folk bands have been as ephemeral as the proverbial Dragonfly, but the Strawbs have been Ringing Down the Years now for well over half a century with an impressive discography that's positively Bursting at the Seams with 25 albums. The Strawbs debut album - recorded in 1967 - which they were proud to call All Our Own Work, featured the Hero and Heroine of Prog Folk: Dave Cousins and Sandy Denny. Dave Cousins has been the driving force behind the Strawbs throughout their long career and Sandy Denny is of course best-known now for her association with Fairport Convention, where her haunting refrains still conjure up the Ghosts of halcyon days gone by, unlike the Grave New World we live in now. The Strawbs diverse albums are much more than Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios though. They released a whole string of classic albums in the early 1970's to meet various record company Deadlines. The Strawbs folky songs From the Witchwood range anywhere from Folk Rock to Baroque & Roll with some of their Deep Cuts being a full-on Prognostic experience. Their latest album was released earlier this year, but who knows if that will be their final Settlement. Let's hope not. Don't Say Goodbye to the Strawbs just yet, as there may be still more to come. Smile

 
 
Simply list your Top 7 Strawbs albums in order of preference and then I'll assign the usual system of points to your listings:-
 
1st album - 12 points
2nd album - 8 points
3rd album - 6 points
4th album - 4 points
5th album - 3 points
6th album - 2 points
7th album - 1 point

Here's my Top 7 to get the poll underway:-

1. Prognostic (12 points)
2. Ghosts (8 points)
3. The Broken-Hearted Bride (6 points)
4. Hero and Heroine (4 points)
5. Grave New World (3 points)
6. All Our Own Work (2 points)
7. Just a Collection of Antiques & Curios (1 point)

The Strawbs Albums

4 stars 1967: Sandy Denny & the Strawbs - All Our Own Work - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEajvlj8fmpXQyPuFUtf-KZH
4 stars 1971: Just a Collection of Antiques & Curios - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYx0cWbH53qIsdk0_EVmKxY
 


Edited by Psychedelic Paul - July 28 2021 at 05:17
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coincidence, i was listening to the wakeman/weaver albums era strawbs (but should really be called the hudson-ford years)  all day today

1-  antiques & curios
2-  witchwood
3- grave new world
4- dragonfly




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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

f$coib-ncidence, i was listening to the wakeman era strawbs all day today

I only discovered Rick Wakeman was once a member of the Strawbs at the beginning of this year. Embarrassed
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I don't know their full story, not their full discography, but, in my opinion, there really wasn't a bad album released during the first half of the 70s--and Dave Cousins' voice has aged well--different, but well.

1. My favorite, by far, is Ghosts, the only Strawbs record that earns five stars from me.
2. Hero and Heroine
3. Grave New World
4. Songs from the Witchwood
5. Deadlines 
6. Dragonfly
7. Bursting at the Seams 
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the first 4 are pretty close to equal. Amazingly, their last 2 albums sneak into the top 7.  Really
1.  Ghosts
2.  Grave New World
3.  Bursting at the Seams
4.  Hero and Heroine
5.  From the Witchwood
6.  Settlement
7.  Ferryman's Curse
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1) Hero And Heroine
2) Ghosts
3) Grave New World
4) Witchwood
5) Antiques And Curios
6) Dragonfly
7) Strawbs (s/t debut)
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1. Hero & Heroine
2. Ghosts
3. Grave New World
4. From the Witchwood
5. Bursting at the Seams
6. The Ferryman's Curse
7. Dragonfly

(Antiques & Curios might get a place, but I haven't heard it completely, and what I've heard, the live sound quality is not very good.)
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Steve and  I are on the same page...exactly.  Smile

1) Hero And Heroine
2) Ghosts
3) Grave New World
4) Witchwood
5) Antiques And Curios
6) Dragonfly
7) Strawbs (s/t debut)
I could substitute Bursting At The Seams for either Strawbs or Dragonfly.


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1- Hero & Heroine (my all-time #1 prog album)
2- Ghosts
3- Grave New World
4- The Ferryman's Curse
5- Ringing Down the Years (underrated) 
6- From the Witchwood
7- Burning For You 
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In A Dramatic Turn of Events, two classic Strawbs albums are in joint first place after eight rounds of voting:-

1. Hero & Heroine (64 points)
1. Ghosts (64 points)
3. Grave New World (47 points)
4. From the Witchwood (29 points)
5. Just a Collection of Antiques & Curios (19 points)
6. Prognostic (12 points)
7. Dragonfly (11 points)

8. Bursting at the Seams (10 points)
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1. Ghosts
2. Hero and heroine
3. Bursting at the seams
4. Grave new world
5. From The Witchwood
6. Nomadness
7. Burning for you
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I'm only properly familiar with four Strawbs albums, but the one that floats my boat the most is From the Witchwood, so my selection would be:

1. From the Witchwood
2. Hero and Heroine
3. Grave New World
4. Ghosts
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1. Hero and Heroine
2. Grave New World
3. Ghosts
4. From the Witchwood
5. Just a Collection of Antiques And Curios
6. Bursting At The Seams
7. Dragonfly


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Top 7 update after three more rounds of voting:-

1. Hero & Heroine (92 points)
2. Ghosts (86 points)
3. Grave New World (65 points)
4. From the Witchwood (48 points)
5. Just a Collection of Antiques & Curios (22 points)
6. Bursting at the Seams (18 points)
7. Prognostic (12 points)
7. Dragonfly (12 points)
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Hero and Heroine
Grave New World
Ghosts 
Witchwood
Bursting
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Top 7 update with Earl of Mar's votes added:-

1. Hero & Heroine (104 points)
2. Ghosts (92 points)
3. Grave New World (73 points)
4. From the Witchwood (52 points)
5. Just a Collection of Antiques & Curios (22 points)
6. Bursting at the Seams (21 points)
7. Prognostic (12 points)
7. Dragonfly (12 points)
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Hero and heroine
Ghosts
Grave new world
Bursting at the seams
Deadlines
Collection of antiques and curious
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Top 7 update with MellotronWave's votes added:-

1. Hero & Heroine (116 points)
2. Ghosts (100 points)
3. Grave New World (79 points)
4. From the Witchwood (52 points)
5. Bursting at the Seams (25 points)
6. Just a Collection of Antiques & Curios (24 points)
7. Prognostic (12 points)
7. Dragonfly (12 points)
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just one
1. Grave New World
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To my ears The Strawbs were never very good at this rock-thing. This somewhat ruins quite a few of their albums for me. I always enjoy a handful - or at least a trio of songs on all their "classics". But there's too much half assed singalong pubrock (post 1970/1971), with Status Quo-like riffs in the mix. I have an extremely low tolerance for that. The end of the otherwise stunning opener Autumn on Hero and Heroine seriously annoys me so much I've made my own five minute-edit of it. But in their aqoustic folk/psych mode it's all quite lovely - and I love all their early easternflavored excursions. I've never checked out any of their post-70's albums.
 
1 From the Witchwood (1971)
2 Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios (1970)
3 All Our Own Work (1967/1973)
4 Dragonfly (1970)
5 Strawbs (1969)
6 Bursting at the Seams (1973)
7 Grave New World (1972)
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