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Psychedelic Paul 
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1. Dark Side of the Moon 2. Moonmadness 3 In the Court of the Crimson King 4. Selling England by the Pound 5. Mirage 6. Close to the Edge 7. Foxtrot 8. Nursery Cryme 9. Fragile 10. Wish You Were Here 11. Animals 12. Relayer 13. Thick as a Brick Red (not in my Top 100) Godbluff (not in my Top 100) Pawn Hearts (not even in my Top 1000) Larks' Tongues in Aspic (not even in my Top 1000) Moving Pictures (a known unknown) Hemispheres (a known unknown) Per un Amico (an unknown unknown)
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Saperlipopette!
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Posted: October 05 2021 at 02:58 |
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I never actually made such a list but I still know that the bottom four aren't anywhere near my top 1000... or 2000. I pretty much like-or love the rest of the albums (I've fallen a little out of love with Relayer in the last couple of years): Red - King Crimson Pawn Hearts - Van Der Graaf GeneratorIn the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson Nursery Cryme - Genesis Mirage - Camel Godbluff - Van Der Graaf GeneratorSelling England by the Pound - Genesis Per Un Amico - Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull Close to the Edge -Yes Fragile - Yes Larks' Tongues in Aspic - King Crimson Foxtrot - Genesis The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd Moonmadness - Camel Relayer - Yes Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd Animals - Pink Floyd Moving Pictures - Rush Hemispheres - Rush |
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Cristi
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Posted: October 05 2021 at 03:01 |
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it's fine as it is
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Sean Trane
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Posted: October 05 2021 at 04:27 |
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^^^ yeah, who cares really!?! done in three minutes without much thinking: 1: Thick as a Brick 2: Court of the Crimson King 3: Dark Side of the Moon 4: Godbluff 5: SEBTP 6: Animals 7: Wish You Were Here 8: Foxtrot 9: Red 10: Larks Tongues in Aspic 11: Close to the Edge 12: Nursery Cryme 13: Pawn Hearts 14: Relayer 15: Fragile 16: Moonmadness 17: Mirage 18: Per Un Amico 19: Moving Pictures 20: From Silence to Somewhere Edited by Sean Trane - October 05 2021 at 08:52 |
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let's just stay above the moral melee
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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miamiscot
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Posted: October 05 2021 at 07:40 |
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1. CTTE
2. TAAB 3. Foxtrot 4. Fragile 5. Nursery Cryme 6. Relayer 7. SEBTP 8. Larks' Tongues 9. Red 10. WYWH 11. From Silence To Somewhere 12. ITCOTCK 13. Animals 14. TDSOTM 15. Per Un Amico 16. Moving Pictures 17. Godbluff 18. Mirage 19. Pawn Hearts 20. Moonmadness
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The Prog Corner
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Argo2112
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Posted: October 05 2021 at 10:12 |
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I did this when it came out but my list has changed a little since then.
01: Close to the Edge 02: Moving Pictures 03: Animals 04: Foxtrot 05: Larks' Tongues in Aspic 06: Selling England by the Pound 07: Fragile 08: Dark Side of the Moon 09. Hemispheres 10: Wish You Were Here 11. Red 12: Moonmadness 13. Thick As a Brick 14: Mirage 15. Nursery Cryme 16: In the Court of the Crimson King 17: Relayer --Per un amico ( Haven't heard all of this one) -- Godbluff (sorry, not a big VDGG fan. ) -- Pawn Hearts (see above) Edited by Argo2112 - October 05 2021 at 10:21 |
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Gentle and Giant
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Posted: October 05 2021 at 12:01 |
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Is this a new Genesis/VdGG mash up?
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Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen
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zwordser
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Posted: October 05 2021 at 12:06 |
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I pretty much like most of the tracks on the PA top 20 albums, but evaluating each of the albums as a whole, I come up with: 1. Relayer 2. Hemispheres 3. Close To the Edge 4. Red 5. Per Un Amico 6. Mirage 7. Selling England... 8. Wish You Were Here 9. In The Court ... 10. Dark Side of the Moon 11. Moving Pictures 12. Fragile 13. Godbluff 14. Thick as a Brick 15. Nursery Cryme 16. Foxtrot 17. Animals 18. Moonmadness 19. Larks Tongues in Aspic 20.Pawn Hearts |
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Hercules
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Posted: October 05 2021 at 13:05 |
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A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life.
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Boojieboy
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Posted: October 05 2021 at 14:03 |
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Reduced to 19, because I have no idea about From Silence to Somewhere or even who that's by Selling England By the Pound Mirage Moonmadness Close to the Edge
Foxtrot Per Un Amico Godbluff In the Court of the Crimson King Thick as a Brick Red Moving Pictures Relayer Fragile Animals Larks Tongues in Aspic Pawn Hearts Wish You Were Here Dark Side of the Moon Edited by Boojieboy - October 05 2021 at 14:09 |
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Saperlipopette!
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Posted: October 05 2021 at 14:10 |
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Frenetic Zetetic
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Posted: October 06 2021 at 00:22 |
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Close to The Edge x 20
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bender99
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Posted: October 06 2021 at 00:34 |
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1 Close to the Edge 2 Selling England By the Pound 3 Wish You Were Here 4 Animals 5 Relayer 6 Foxtrot 7 Moonmadness 8 Red 9 Thick as a Brick 10 Fragile 11 Nursery Cryme 12 Dark Side of the Moon 13 Hemispheres (as it's in the top 20 now) 14 Mirage 15 In the Court of the Crimson King16 Moving Pictures 17 Larks Tongues in Aspic 18 Godbluff 19 Pawn Hearts 20 Per Un Amico |
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zwordser
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From Silence to Somewhere (by Wobbler) was not in the top 20 when you posted your list, but it was when the original thread was created in 2019. With your list of 19, I think what you ended up leaving out was Hemispheres by Rush (currently in the PA #20 spot).  Edited by zwordser - October 07 2021 at 12:17 |
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essexboyinwales
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Posted: October 11 2021 at 15:15 |
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SEBTP is possibly, no probably, the only album from this list which would be in my top 20.
1 SEBTP 2 Foxtrot 3 DSOTM 4 TAAB 5 WYWH I really don't know after that..... |
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TheLionOfPrague
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Posted: October 11 2021 at 17:15 |
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1- Dark Side of the Moon 2- Close to the Edge 3- Thick as a Brick 4- Selling England by the Pound 5- In the Court of the Crimson King 6- Wish You Were Here 7- Foxtrot 8- Animals 9- Relayer 10- Pawn Hearts 11- Fragile 12- Red 13- Moonmadness 14- Nursery Cryme 15- Moving Pictures 16- Mirage 17- Godbluff Gap 18- Per Un Amico 19- Larks' Tounges in Aspic 20- From Silence to Somewhere
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I shook my head and smiled a whisper knowing all about the place
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TheEliteExtremophile
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Posted: October 11 2021 at 21:10 |
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1: Dark Side of the Moon 2: Thick as a Brick 3: Close to the Edge 4: Per Un Amico 5: Pawn Hearts 6: Mirage 7: Animals 8: Larks Tongues in Aspic 9: Moonmadness 10: Foxtrot 11: Red 12: Godbluff 13: Relayer 14: Selling England 15: Moving Pictures 16: Nursery Cryme 17: Wish You Were Here 18: Fragile 19: Court of the Crimson King 20: From Silence to Somewhere This was surprisingly easy. I've got some general thoughts on certain albums in the PA Top 20, though: Broadly speaking, it's clearly biased toward the 1970s (17 of 20 albums) with no metal, krautrock, or zeuhl representation. I get that that's just the slant of this site's usrbase, but it's unrepresentative of the richness of the broader progosphere. If I were making my own personal Top 20 with no limitations, no more than 5 of these would make that list. There are just a lot of albums here that I feel are pretty damn solid but are not masterpieces. That includes Moonmadness, Nursery Cryme (and honestly really most of Genesis's output), Godbluff, Wish You Were Here, and Relayer. Fragile is a spotty as hell record that doesn't deserve the worshipful reception it gets. Yes, it has "Roundabout", "The Fish", "South Side of the Sky", and "Heart of the Sunrise". But those little interstitial cuts do nothing but suck the momentum out of the record. In the Court of the Crimson King is a massively influential album, and I'd love to place it higher, but the last 9+ minutes of "Moonchild" are absolutely unlistenable. It's clear that Robert Fripp looooves jazzy improvisation. The issue is that he's simply not very good at doing it in an engaging manner. That extended instrumental spell is such a blight on the record that I have to put it this far down the list. And finally, From Silence to Somewhere (and Wobbler more generally) are way overpraised. I enjoy them, but I do not get this rapturous love they seem to get. FStS is, again, a solid record. It made it into my personal Top 10 the year it was released. But there are so, so many better albums out there.
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Sacro_Porgo
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Posted: October 11 2021 at 21:56 |
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Not that it probably changes much for the people who haven't noticed this, but From Silence To Somewhere is no longer in the PA top 20. It's been replaced by Rush's Hemispheres.
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TheEliteExtremophile
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Posted: October 11 2021 at 23:13 |
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With that in mind, I'd put Hemispheres after Pawn Hearts on my list.
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Posted: October 12 2021 at 06:43 |
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Selling England Relayer Dark Side of the Moon Thick as a Brick Close to the Edge Per Un Amico Pawn Hearts Mirage Animals Larks Tongues in Aspic Moonmadness Foxtrot Red Godbluff Nursery Cryme Wish You Were Here Fragile Court of the Crimson King From Silence to Somewhere Moving Pictures I find it astonishing not one ELP album is there but Rush are!
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