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    Posted: September 23 2021 at 03:13
Another meager year... Unhappy This time I'm having to resort to giving the top spot away to an album originally recorded in 1976, and the bottom of this list is just about scraping the bottom of the barrel.

1. Yezda Urfa - Sacred Baboon
2. Ozric Tentacles - Pungent Effulgent
3. Allan Holdsworth - Secrets
4. Cardiacs - On Land And In The Sea
5. Jean-Luc Ponty - Storytelling
6. Fred Frith - The Top Of His Head
7. Earthworks - Dig?
8. Thinking Plague - In This Life
9. Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
10. Adrian Belew - Mr. Music Head
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Gongmaison - Gongmaison
Ozric Tentacles - Pungent Effulgent
Cardiacs - On Land And In The Sea
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
...very slim pickings; we were waiting for the 90s!
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Love the two first, the three following are also really good, and I quite like the rest.

After Dinner - Paradise of Replica
Sub. S. Ritual + Pacific 231 - 9 Mélodies Blessées
Rabih Abou-Khalil - Bukra
Opus Avantra - Strata
Tangle Edge - In Search of a New Dawn
António Emiliano - Fausto Fernando Fragmentos
Faust - 71 Minutes of Faust
Art Zoyd - Nosferatu
Sarah Hopkins & Alan Lamb - Sky Song
Vasilisk - Acqua
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Probably the hardest eighties poll to find ten prog albums for, but I'm already looking forward to the nineties polls. Smile

Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
Eric Clapton - Journeyman
The Enid - Final Noise
Peter Gabriel - Passion (soundtrack)
Annie Haslam - Annie Haslam
Jade Warrior - At Peace
Anthony Phillips - Missing Pieces 1: Finger Painting
Tears for Fears - The Seeds of Love
Vangelis - Themes
Rick Wakeman - Black Knights at the Court of Ferdinand IV


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Marillion - Seasons End
Fates Warning -  Perfect Symmetry
Dream Theater - When Dream and Day Unite
Rush - Presto
Jadis - Jadis
It Bites - Eat Me In St. Louis
Watchtower - Control and Resistance
Titan Force - Titan Force
Voivod - Nothingface
Black Sabbath - Headless Cross
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Much better selection this year than 1988...

1. Yezda Urfa - Sacred Baboon
2. Social Tension - Macbethia
3. Thinking Plague - In This Life
4. Vermilion Sands - Water Blue
5. Ozric Tentacles - Pungent Effulgent
6. Devil Doll - The Girl Who Was Death
7. The Work - Rubber Cage
8. Cardiacs - On Land and in the Sea
9. Marillion - Seasons End
10. Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe

Honorable mentions:
Boredoms - Soul Discharge
Djam Karet - Reflections from the Firepool
Hecenia - Legendes
Amon Düül II - Fööl Moon
Pulsar - Görlitz
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1. THE CURE Disintegration
2. KATE BUSH The Sensual World
3. JULIA FORDHAM Porcelain
4. SWING OUT SISTER Kaleidoscope World
5. PAZZO FANFANO DI MUSICA Pazzo Fanfano di Musica
6. BLUE NILE Hats
7. MARY BLACK No Frontiers 
8. TEARS FOR FEARS The Seeds of Love
9. PAT METHENY GROUP Letter from Home
10. JANE SIBERRY Bound by the Beauty

11. PETER MURPHY Deep
12. THE NEVILLE BROTHERS Yellow Moon
13. XTC Oranges and Lemons
14. PETER GABRIEL Passion
15. INDIGO GIRLS Indigo Girls
16. NEIL YOUNG Freedom
17. STEVE REICH Different Trains
18. CARDIACS On Land and Sea
19. YOUNG MC Stone Cold Rhymin'
20. SIMPLY RED A New Flame 

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HECENIE Légendes
LISA STANSFIELD Affection
THE STONE ROSES The Stone Roses
PRIMUS Suck on This!
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1. Thinking Plague - In This Life
2. Cardiacs - On Land and in the Sea
3. Naked City - Knitting Factory 89
4. Ozrics Tentacles - Pungent Effulgent
5. Birdsong Of The Mesozoic - Faultline
6. Voivod - Nothingface
7. The Work - Rubber Cage
8. Vezhlivy Otkaz - s/t
9. Djam Kharet - Reflections from the Firepool
10. Miriodor - Live 89
11. Lindsey Cooper - Oh, Moscow



Edited by Nogbad_The_Bad - September 23 2021 at 09:52
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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

LISA STANSFIELD Affection

Kudos for mentioning Lisa Stansfield in a thread about favourite prog albums!
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

LISA STANSFIELD Affection

Kudos for mentioning Lisa Stansfield in a thread about favourite prog albums!
 
I don't know if This is the Right Time to say this, but I have some Real Love and Affection for Lancashire lass Lisa Stansfield too, and I say that with all Sincerity. Wink
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Another poor year, but I may look into Ian's list to see if I can update or upgrade


12        Tangle Edge    In Search of A New Dawn 

12        Lenny Kravitz        Let Love Rule       

11        Cooper, Lindsay          Oh, Moscow    

11        Noir Désir       Veuillez Rendre l'âme (ŕ Qui Elle Appartient)             

10        Nuova Era       Dopo l'Infinito

10        Ozric Tentacles - Pungent Effulgent       


Bubbling under:

09        Contrevent      Youkali      

09        Martino, Pat    The Return  

09        Red Hot Chili Peppers            Mother's Milk            

09        Temiz, Okay    Dervish Service (aka Dervis)

09        SR Vaughan & Double Trouble         In Step              

09            Zazou, Hector - Geologies      

Edited by Sean Trane - September 23 2021 at 09:37
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In no order

Cardiacs - On Land and In The Sea
Voivod - Nothingface
Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry
The Blue Nile - Hats
XTC - Oranges and Lemons
Faith No More - The Real Thing
Watchtower - Control & Resistence
The Lilac Time - Pradise Circus
Tears for Fears - Seeds Of Love

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Thinking Plague - In This Life
Tangled Edge - In Search Of A New Dawn
Slint - Tweez
The Work - Rubber Cage
The Cure - Desintegration
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Originally posted by Progmind Progmind wrote:

Voivod - Nothingface

No idea why I missed this one, will add.
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A far better year than 1988, 1989 goes up to 11!

1. Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - s/t
2. Saga - The Beginner's Guide to Throwing Shapes
3. The Blue Nile - Hats
4. Marillion - Seasons End
5. Trevor Rabin - Can't Look Away
6. The Silencers - A Blues for Buddha
7. Tears for Fears - The Seeds of Love
8. Simple Minds - Street Fighting Years
9. Tony Banks - Bankstatement
10. Mike Oldfield - Earth Moving
11. Andy Summers - The Golden Wire
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I forgot 'Oh, Moscow' - so great to see much of it performed live at the Lindsay Cooper tribute concerts in 2014.
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

LISA STANSFIELD Affection

Kudos for mentioning Lisa Stansfield in a thread about favourite prog albums!

Just as couldn't in 1972 when there was NO SUCH THING AS "PROG", I cannot/will not separate great music--music that progresses the boundaries of enjoyable aural and proprioceptive stimuli--into arbitrarily created categories. It's all progressive! It's all great music! It should ALL be celebrated!
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Marillion - Seasons End
Kate Bush - The Sensual World
Rick Wakeman - Sea Airs
IQ - Are You Sitting Comfortably?
Madonna - Like A Prayer
Rush - Presto
Tears For Fears - The Seeds Of Love
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - s/t
Dream Theater - When Dream and Day Unite
Jethro Tull - Rock Island Pinch
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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

  Zazou, Hector - Geologies
Very fond of his 1984-album Géographies, so maybe I should check out this one.
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Unusual year in that all my favorites are ranked highly.

1. Watchtower - Control and Resistance 
2. Voivod - Nothingface
3. Thinking Plague - In This Life
4. Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry
5. Alan Holdsworth - Secrets
6. Art Zoyd - Nosferatu
7. Kings X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska
8. Djam Karet - Reflections from the Firepool 
9. Robert Schroeder - Pegasus
10. Peter Gabriel - Passion


Edited by Tapfret - September 24 2021 at 02:21

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Originally posted by Rick1 Rick1 wrote:

I forgot 'Oh, Moscow' - so great to see much of it performed live at the Lindsay Cooper tribute concerts in 2014.


Amazing three-part performance at the Barbican. Haven't returned to London since, but I saw Zappa Plays Zappa dthe next day and Wyatt's retirement and bookpublishing launch on the sunday.
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