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    Posted: August 27 2021 at 00:17
Here we are at the halfway point of the middle ages 1980s and this time I'm just barely able to fill this list with 10 albums. Do any of you fare much better?

1. Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue
2. Stubbs - The Prime Moving Lumps
3. Al Di Meola - Soaring Through A Dream
4. Frank Zappa - Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention
5. Present - Le Poison Qui Rend Fou
6. Rush - Power Windows
7. Jan Akkerman & Thijs Van Leer - Focus
8. Ozric Tentacles - Erpsongs
9. Beledo - Escape
10. Brian Eno - Thursday Afternoon


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1. Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
2. IQ - The Wake
3. Eddie Jobson - Theme Of Secrets
4. Rush - Power Windows
5. Vangelis - The Mask
6. Tangerine Dream - Le Parc
7. Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
8. Jerry Goodman - On The Future Of Aviation
9. Suzanne Vega - s/t
X. Simple Minds - Once Upon A Time

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1. Art Zoyd - Le mariage du ciel et de l'enfer
2. Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
3. Present - Le Poison qui rend fou
4. Cocteau Twins - Aikea Guinea (EP)
5. Robert Wyatt - Old Rottenhat
6. Inner City Unit - The President's Tapes
7. The Enid - The Spell
8. IQ - The Wake
9. Pendragon - The Jewel
10. Frank Zappa - Meets the Mothers of Prevention
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no particular order outside their grade

12        Supertramp    Brother Where You Bound    

11        Harper, Roy    Jugula

11        Hellebore        Il y a des Jours      

11        Kontrast          Volume I & II   

11        Present           Le Poison Qui Rend Fou

11        Art Zoyd - Le mariage du ciel et de l'enfer           

10        Dire Straits     Brothers in Arms   (that flipside is awesome)

10        Etron Fou Leloublan   Face Aux Elements Dechaines 


bubbling under:  

09        Contrevent      Jeu de Paume   

09        Debile Menthol          Battre Campagne      

09        IQ        The Wake    

09        Iron Maiden         Live After Death       

09        Litfiba  Desaparecido  

09        Lockwood Group, Didier        Didier Lockwood Group   

09        Uzeb    Between the Lines    

09        Wondeur Brass           Ravir

09        Zazou, Hector Geographies 



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Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
Rush - Power Windows
Fates Warning - The Spectre Within
IQ - The Wake
Pendragon - The Jewel
Abel Ganz - Gullible's Travels
North Star - Feel The Cold
WatchTower - Energetic Disassembly 
Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue
Iron Maiden - Live After Death 
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An okay year for music, not so much for true prog.

1. COCTEAU TWINS Tiny Dynamine/Echoes on a Shallow Bay
2. THE DREAM ACADEMY The Dream Academy
3. TEARS FOR FEARS Songs from the Big Chair
4. PREFAB SPROUT Steve McQueen
5. DIF JUZ Extractions
6. KATE BUSH Hounds of Love
7. PROPAGANDA A Secret Wish
8. YELLO Stella
9. MINIMAL COMPACT Raging Souls
10. KIP HANRAHAN Vertical's Currency

11. EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL Love Not Money
12. CLANNAD Macalla
13. THE STYLE COUNCIL Our Favourite Shop
14. SADE Promise
15. PHAROAH SANDERS Shukuru
16. LOREENA McKENNITT Elemental
17. JANE SIBERRY The Speckless Sky
18. THE SMITHS Meat Is Murder
19. SUZANNE VEGA Suzanne Vega
20. DEAD CAN DANCE Spleen and Ideal

21. RY COODER Paris, Texas
22. ANNE PIGALLE Everything Could Be So Perfect
23. SIMPLY RED Picture Book
24. RUN-D.M.C. King of Rock
25. BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE This Is Big Audio Dynamite
26. GENE LOVES JEZEBEL Immigrant
27. PAUL HARDCASTLE Paul Hardcastle
28. BRIN FERRY Boys and Girls
29. CLAN OF XYMOX Clan of Xymox
30. PENDRAGON The Jewel

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Better than its reputation:

Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Hellebore - Il y a des jours
Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal
Art Zoyd - Le mariage du ciel et de l'enfer
Orkiestra Ósmego Dnia - Czekając na kometę Halleya
Sergei Djokanov - The Green Desert
Shub-Niggurath - Shub-Niggurath (cassette release)
Present - Le Poison Qui Rend Fou
Benjamin Lew & Steven Brown - A propos d'un paysage
Cybe - Cybonesië: Tropische Klankbeelden
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Present - Le Poison Qui Rend Fou 
Etron Fou Leloublan - Face Aux Elements Dechaines 
Art Zoyd - Le Mariage du Ciel et de L’Enfer  
Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal  
Iron Maiden - Live After Death 
Shub-Niggurath - Introduction  
5uu's - Bel Marduk and Tiamat
The Dukes Of Stratosphear - 25 O' Clock  
Cooper, Lindsay - The Golddiggers
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Here's mine, as usual country by country for a closer look at what was happening around the world (I was pretty lenient for some countries and entries):

BRAZIL:

Sagrado Coração da Terra- Sagrado Coração da Terra

SPAIN:

Carles Benavent- Peaches With Salt

NORWAY:

Jan Garbarek Group- It's OK to Listen to the Gray Voice

AUSTRALIA:

Frank Gambale- Brave New Guitar

GERMANY:

Uli Jon Roth/Electric Sun- Beyond the Astral Skies

SWEDEN:

Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force- Marching Out
Silver Mountain- Universe

ARGENTINA:

Fito Páez- Giros
Soda Stereo- Nada personal

CANADA:

Rush- Power Windows
UZEB- Between the Lines
Saga- Behaviour

ITALY:

Barrock- Barrock
Alice- Gioielli rubati
Arti & Mestieri- Children's Blues
Banco- E via

FRANCE:

Jean-Luc Ponty- Fables
Sixun- Nuit blanche
Paga- Paga
Foehn- Faëria
Ange- Fou!

JAPAN:

Kenso- Kenso III
Outer Limits- Misty Moon
Gerard- Empty Lie, Empty Dream
Prism- Nothin' Unusual
Paradigm Shift- Paradigm Shift
Pale Acute Moon- Newtopia


UNITED KINGDOM:

Allan Holdsworth- Metal Fatigue
Patrick Moraz • Bill Bruford- Flags
Marillion- Misplaced Childhood
IQ- The Wake
Omega- The Prophet
Demon- Heart of Our Time
The Enid- The Stand
Robert Wyatt- Old Rottenhat
Asia- Astra
Dire Straits- Brothers in Arms
Level 42- World Machine
Gary Moore- Run for Cover
The Firm- The Firm
Kate Bush- Hounds of Love
Sting- The Dream of the Blue Turtles
Tears for Fears- Songs From the Big Chair
Eurythmics- Be Yourself Tonight
Go West- Go West


UNITED STATES:

Scott Henderson and Tribal Tech- Spears
Al Di Meola- Soaring Through a Dream
Al Di Meola- Cielo e Terra
Jeff Berlin- Champion
Oregon- Crossing
Pat Metheny Group- The Falcon and the Snowman
Harvie Swartz- Urban Earth
Wayne Shorter- Atlantis
Don Grolnick- Hearts and Numbers
Bill Evans- The Alternative Man
Miles Davis- You're Under Arrest
Weather Report- Sportin' Life
Chick Corea- Septet
Richie Beirach- Antarctica
Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Jack DeJohnette- Standards Vol. 2
Paul Motian Trio- It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago
Paul Motian Quintet- Jack of Clubs
Ralph Towner & Gary Burton- Slide Show
Bill Frisell- Rambler
Steve Morse Band- Stand Up
Dio- Sacred Heart
Alcatrazz- Disturbing the Peace
However- Calling
North Star- Feel the Cold





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I don't own much from 1985, so some of these are scraping the bottom of the barrel and I can't even complete a top 10.

1. Present - Le poison qui rend fou
2. Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
3. Differences - The Voyage
4. Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue
5. Rush - Power Windows
6. Supertramp - Brother Where You Bound
7. IQ - The Wake
8. The Alan Parsons Project - Stereotomy
9. Multi-Story - East/West
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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

An okay year for music, not so much for true prog.


7. PROPAGANDA A Secret Wish



completely forgot about that one. Total masterpiece in my book with some serious prog backing.
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I can't think of a single prog album from 1985 that I enjoy, lmao.

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Art Zoyd - Le mariage du ciel et de l'enfer
Hellebore - Il y a des jours
Present - Le poison qui rend fou
Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Shub-Niggurath - Shub-Niggurath
Paga - Paga
Nazca - Nazca
Yoshihiro Kanno - Tenshi no tamago ongaku hen / Mizu ni sumu
Robert Wyatt - Old Rottenhat
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1985 - lots of great music, very little of it on PA. I had the resolution to only allow a very few artists not listed on PA into my lists, I have already listed Irmin Schmidt and may use Mick Karn later - those that I thoroughly believe should be here. Alas, I only have nine albums to be listed from PA in 1985, and no release by Schmidt or Karn, so I'll introduce Einstuerzende Neubauten here, and if I do that, there's no position for that  album other than the top spot. I hope it's not going to be a habit, I'd really like to stick to the rules (or rather my interpretation of them Wink), normally.

Edit: I found some more that weren't correctly dated on my machine, so the Neubauten are out of competition now and there's an actual PA top ten.

(Einstuerzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch)

Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
David Sylvian - Alchemy - An Index of Possibilities
Art Zoyd - Le mariage du ciel et de l'enfer
IQ - The Wake
Present - Le Poison Qui Rend Fou
Legendary Pink Dots - Asylum
Robert Wyatt - Old Rottenhat
Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal
Ozric Tentacles - Erpsongs
Clannad - Macalla


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1.  Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
2.  IQ - The Wake
3.  Rush - Power Windows
4.  The Jesus and Mary Chain- Psycho Candy
5.  The Alan Parsons Project - Stereotomy
6.  Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
7.  Present - Le Poison Qui Rend Fou
8.  Supertramp - Brother Where You Bound
9.  Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal 
10. Ozric Tentacles - Erpsongs


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1985 has no perfect albums, so ranking them after the clear winner, Power Windows, was difficult. As I remember that year, it seems that most of these were released just a few short weeks before 1986.

1) Rush - Power Windows
2) Mike Rutherford - Mike and the Mechanics
3) Asia - Astra
4) Eddie Jobson - Theme of Secrets
5) Pete Townshend - White City
6) Supertramp - Brother Where You Bound
7) The Firm - The Firm
8) Jon Anderson - 3 Ships
9) Robert Plant - Shaken'n'Stirred
10) Red 7 - Red 7 
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Rain Parade - Crasinhg Dream
The Dukes Of Stratosphere - 25 O´Clock
Present - Le Poison Qui Rend Fou
IQ - The Wake
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
The Black Sun Ensemble - The Black Sun Ensemble
Zut Un Feu Rouge - Who´s Afreud
Hellebore - Il Y A Des Jours
Tears For Fears - Songs From the Big Chair
Shub - Niggurath - Shub - Niggurath
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Originally posted by Progmind Progmind wrote:

Rain Parade - Crasinhg Dream
The Dukes Of Stratosphere - 25 O´Clock
Present - Le Poison Qui Rend Fou
IQ - The Wake
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
The Black Sun Ensemble - The Black Sun Ensemble
Zut Un Feu Rouge - Who´s Afreud
Hellebore - Il Y A Des Jours
Tears For Fears - Songs From the Big Chair
Shub - Niggurath - Shub - Niggurath

I forgot about The Black Sun Ensemble.  Fantastic album
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Originally posted by Frenetic Zetetic Frenetic Zetetic wrote:

I can't think of a single prog album from 1985 that I enjoy, lmao.

Thanks, I thought there was something wrong with me!  LOL

I appreciate everyone's contributions as it jogs my imperfect memory!  Sting's "The Dream of the Blue Turtle" was a fine effort and great little movie to boot!  
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote richardh Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 01 2021 at 00:42
Originally posted by cstack3 cstack3 wrote:

Originally posted by Frenetic Zetetic Frenetic Zetetic wrote:

I can't think of a single prog album from 1985 that I enjoy, lmao.

Thanks, I thought there was something wrong with me!  LOL

I appreciate everyone's contributions as it jogs my imperfect memory!  Sting's "The Dream of the Blue Turtle" was a fine effort and great little movie to boot!  
agreed. I looked it up for my 1984 selection and found I was a year out then forgot about when I did my 1985 selection lol.
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