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Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Offline Points: 43942 |
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It's time to Focus more Light on the subject of Dutch Prog by selecting our own personal Top 12 albums from a Cargo-load of Dutch masters. Welcome to the Machine, as they're just one of the 57 varieties of artists from the classic golden years of Dutch Prog (some of whom disappeared without Trace after releasing just one album). There's an Avalanche of great music to Sustain the interest, varying from the gentle folk of Chimera and Flairck, to the jazzy sound of Alquin, the symphonic splendour of Earth and Fire and the hard rocking sound of Golden Earring. Vive la Differences! It's all here. It turned out to be an almost impossible task to choose a Top 10, so the ideal Solution seemed to be to Spin it out and make it a Top 12 to give this poll more Scope. There's a vast Pantheon of Ekseptional Dutch Prog out there just waiting to be explored on the internet and it's all available totally Tax Free!
My Top 12 Dutch Prog Albums (so far) ![]() Jan Akkerman - Close Beauty (2019) Alquin - Marks (1972) The Chris Hinze Combination - The Hunter (1987) Differences - The Voyage (1985) Earth and Fire - Song of the Marching Children (1971) Finch - Galleons of Passion (1977) Focus - Moving Waves (1971) Lady Lake - No Pictures (1977) Light - Light (1995) Sustain - Sustain (1978) Tax Free - Tax Free (1971)* Trace - Trace (1974) * All-time favourite album ![]() Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 26 2021 at 05:38 |
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Nogbad_The_Bad ![]() Forum & Site Admin Group ![]() ![]() RIO/Avant/Zeuhl & Eclectic Team Joined: March 16 2007 Location: Boston Status: Offline Points: 21363 |
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I only own 9 Dutch albums, these are those
Brown vs. Brown - Odds and Unevens Blast - A Sophisticated Face Supersister - Present From Nancy Blast - Wire Stiched Ears Blast - Stringy Rugs Flairck - Back Alive! Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - From the Stairwell Supersister - To the Highest Bidder Flairck - Bal Masque |
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Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Offline Points: 43942 |
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My 5-star favourite by Flairck is "Kamers/Chambers" which is worth checking out if you haven't already heard it.
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In no particular order:
Jan Akkerman - Jan Akkerman Jan Akkerman & Kaz Lux - Eli Flairck - Gevecht Met De Engel
Flairck - Variaties Op Een Dame Focus - Hamburger Concerto Focus - Moving Waves Focus - 3 Focus - Mother Focus Supersister - Present from Nancy Supersister - To the Highest Bidder Supersister - Pudding in Gesteren |
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Saperlipopette! ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: December 20 2010 Location: Tomorrowland Status: Offline Points: 12542 |
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Supersister - Present for Nancy
Earth and Fire - March of the Marching Children Association P.C. Earwax Supersister - To the Highest Bidder The Chris Hinze Combination - Mission Suite Alquin - Marks Jasper van't Hof - The Selfkicker Het Pandorra Ensemble - IIISupersister - Pudding En Gisteren Association - Sun Rotation Mr. Albert Show - Warm Motor Earth and Fire - Earth and Fire ...and that's pretty much all I got Edit: I removed tech-thrashers Cryptosis, which I was surprised to stumble over at PA. I love their album (Bionic Swarm), but I don't really think it belongs here in this context. Besides I remembered Jasper Van't Hof is Dutch, and included my favorite album by him instead.
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miamiscot ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 23 2014 Location: Ohio Status: Online Points: 3630 |
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They will all be albums by Kayak, Trace, Focus, Supersister and Finch for me!!!
Still can't get into Earth And Fire.
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Lewian ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: August 09 2015 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 15216 |
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I'm not really qualified here as I don't know enough, but some others have posted lists with albums from four bands only, so chances are I'm not alone. I'm doing it because my favourite Dutch band KONG is missing up to now; I'll just amend their discography with a few other albums I know... (I also know Ekseption and Flairck, but I don't like them that much. and I'll put Association P.C. in despite not being sure about whether they should count as Dutch.) Association P.C. - Erna Morena Kong - Phlegm Kong - Earmined Jan Akkerman - Live Montreux Kong - FreakControl Kong - Merchants of Air Focus - Hamburger Concerto Jan Akkerman - s/t Kong - Push Comes to Shove Supersister - To the Highest Bidder Association P.C. - Sun Rotation Kong - Stern |
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tribalfusions ![]() Forum Groupie ![]() Joined: August 21 2018 Location: Bouncing around Status: Offline Points: 84 |
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Nice list and thread however I noticed you only have 2 entries from after 1987. Do you really not like any Dutch prog that much from the last 35 years or so?
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Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Offline Points: 43942 |
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^ No, it's simply that there aren't enough hours in the day to listen to everything and I've mainly been featuring Dutch artists from the golden era in my Classic Clog Prog Blog. I'm currently on the letter "F" for Focus, so I still have a long way to go to reach the end of the alphabet.
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Not a very diverse list on my part... turns out my knowledge of my own country's progressive rock scene may be more limited than I thought ![]() 1. Supersister - Present From Nancy 2. Focus - Moving Waves 3. Supersister - Pudding En Gisteren 4. Focus - Focus 3 5. Focus - Hamburger Concerto 6. Dier - Hamer 7. Solution - Solution 8. Jan Akkerman & Thijs Van Leer - Focus 9. Association PC - Sun Rotation 10. Supersister - Iskander 11. Trace - Birds 12. Focus - Focus Con Proby
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progaardvark ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Crossover/Symphonic/RPI Teams Joined: June 14 2007 Location: Sea of Peas Status: Offline Points: 52964 |
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This is tricky, an entire country's worth of music! Lots and lots to pick from and there's a lot from the 1970s I haven't listened to yet.
1. Focus - Hamburger Concerto 2. Finch - Beyond Expression 3. Trace - Birds 4. Earth and Fire - Song of the Marching Children 5. Focus - Moving Waves 6. Ayreon - The Human Equation 7. Supersister - To the Highest Bidder 8. Blast4tet - Sift 9. Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle 10. Mangrove - Beyond Reality 11. Cliffhanger - Cold Steel 12. Differences - The Voyage Honorable mentions: Knight Area - Under a New Sign Flamborough Head - Unspoken Whisper Finch - Glory of the Inner Force Kayak - See See the Sun Ayreon - The Theory of Everything Nice Beaver - The Time It Takes Argus - The Outsider Trion - Pilgrim Cliffhanger - Not to Be or Not to Be Mirror - Daybreak Mangrove - Facing the Sunset NoVoX - NoVoX PBII - Plastic Soup Sky Architect - Excavations of the Mind Bonfire - Bonfire Goes Bananas '75 Cargo - Cargo Ulysses - The Gift of Tears Lethe - Lethe Egdon Heath - Him, the Snake and I Molassess - Through the Hollow Trace - Trace
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1. Alquin - The Mountain Queen 2. Nine Stones Close - Leaves 3. Focus - Focus II (aka Moving Waves) 4. Nice Beaver - The Time It Takes 5. Focus - Hamburger Concerto 6. Supersister - To the Highest Bidder 7. Machine - s/t 8. Alquin - Best Kept Secret 9. Kayak - See See the Sun X. Golden Earring - Seven Tears Y. Alquin - Marks Z. Earth & Fire - Song of the Marching Children |
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presdoug ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 24 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 8780 |
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Solution-Divergence
Alquin-Marks Ekseption-0.04 Focus-Focus 3 Solution-Solution Solution-Cordon Bleu Alquin-The Mountain Queen Supersister-Iskander Kayak-Royal Bed Bouncer Focus-Moving Waves Golden Earring-Moontan Jasper van't Hof-Live Montreux 1978
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Kayak - See See The Sun Kayak - Kayak IIKayak - Royal Bed Bouncer Kayak - The Last Encore Kayak - Merlin Bard Of The Unseen Kayak - Seventeen Kayak - Out Of This World Trace - Birds Focus - 8 Silhouette - Beyond The Seventh Wave
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In no particular order Focus - Focus 3 Solution - Solution Golden Earring - Moontan Golden Earring - Seven tears Focus - Hamburger Concerto Supersister - To the Highest Bidder Finch - Glory of the Inner Force Cargo - Cargo Supersister - Present From Nancy Blast - Wire Stiched Ears Poetica in Silentio - Poetica in Silentio Spinvis - Spinvis |
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prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
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Basically Mr. Arjen Lucassen's output, with The Human Equation at the top!
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Great poll Psychedelic Paul! ![]() In no particular order Cargo - Cargo Differences - The Voyage Supersister - Present From Nancy Focus - Moving Waves Lady Lake - No Pictures Cliffhanger - Not To Be Or Not to Be Kayak - See See The Sun Supersister - To The Highest Bider Focus - 3 Finch - Beyond Expression Trace - Birds |
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Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Offline Points: 43942 |
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Thanks! On account of the renewed interest in this poll, it might be a good time for me to organise a Top 12 German prog albums poll too. ![]() |
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1. Supersister - To the Highest Bidder 2. Ayreon - The Human Equation 3. Focus - Moving Waves 4. Earth and Fire - Song of the Marching Children 5. Ayreon - 01011001 6. Focus - Hamburger Concerto 7. Supersister - Present from Nancy 8. Ekseption - Trinity 9. Finch - Glory of the Inner Force 10. Silhouette - Across the Rubicon 11. Ayreon - Theory of Everything and, wow, cant believe it, but that's all the Dutch Prog I have ![]() |
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In no particular order:
Kong - Phlegm Pestilence - Spheres Phlebotomized - Skycontact Ayreon - The Human Equation Supersister - Present for Nancy Earth and Fire - Song of the Marching Children Focus - Moving Waves Sky Architect - Excavations of the Mind Kayak - See See the Sun Knight Area - Under a New Sign Guilt Machine - On this Perfect Day Stream of Passion - Embrace the Storm
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