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The Dark Elf
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Nah, Cryme is the first "proper" Genesis album in my book. As far as 1971, it is the first real explosion of prog, krautrock, progressive soul, progressive folk, experimental electric, fusion rock/jazz, and even rock bands with prog pretensions (ie. Zeppelin, The Who, Heep, Purple, Alice Cooper, Sabbath, etc.).
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1975
Triumvirat-Spartacus Mahavishnu Orchestra-Visions Of The Emerald Beyond Passport-Cross Collateral PFM-Chocolate Kings Gentle Giant-Freehand Nektar-Recycled Tangerine Dream-Rubycon Rush-Fly By Night Headstone-Headstone Solution-Cordon Blue Soft Machine-Bundles Libra-Libra
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I tend to think 1974 but then there is no one year that has my favourite release by a major band/artist (1977 should be in the poll as it's obviously a stronger year than 1976 imo) 1971 VDGG - Pawn Hearts Jethro Tull - Acqualung Focus - Moving Waves 1972 PFM - Per Un Amico Genesis - Foxtrot Yes - Close To The Edge Aphrodite's Child - 666 Electric Light Orchestra - ELO 2 Banco - Darwin! 1973 ELP - Brain Salad Surgery Curved Air - Aircut Rick Wakeman - Six Wives Of Henry VIII Le Orme - Felona E Sorona 1974 King Crimson - Red Triumvirat - Illusions On A Double Dimple Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory Supertramp - Crime Of The Century Kayak - s/t Peter Hammill - The Silent Corner and The Empty Stage Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom Refugee - Refugee Kansas - s/t Kraftwerk - Autobahn 1975 Camel - The Snow Goose Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn Vangelis - Heaven and Hell Steve Hackett - Voyage Of THe Acolyte Harmonium - So On Avait Besoin D'une Cinquieme Saison Edgar Froese - Epsilon in Malaysian Pale Birds - Trace Cherry Five - s/t 1976 Eloy - Dawn Tangerine Dream - Stratosfear Manfred Mann's Earthband - The Roaring Silence Be Bop Deluxe - Sunburst Finish 1977 Pink Floyd - Animals Hawkwind - Quark, Strangeness and Charm Rush - A Farewell To Arms Loccanda Delle Fate - Forse Le Lucciole Non Si Amano Piu Colosseum II - Electric Savage Peter Gabriel - Car |
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1975 just over 1971, 1972 and 1973.
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And DSOTM…. |
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quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
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If looking at RYM's chart for 150 highest rated Progressive Rock albums for the years 1971-76 (with popularity weighting on 4), so many albums are on it from each year: 1971 - 27 1972 - 25 1973 - 29 1974 - 29 1975 - 25 1976 - 15 ( https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/1971-1976/g:progressive%2drock/pop:4/ ) On that basis, I'd say, it's hardly possible to point at any year(s) in the period 1971-75 as the best one(s).
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Psychedelic Paul
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Ten good reasons why 1973 was the best year for prog.
1973: Alquin - Mountain Queen - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lL9UH8vvgWEIW6w0k3bmtIyatPqvGhrQA 1973: Earth and Fire - Atlantis - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mT836EXK6039W5qzIcsA-RS1HGQF1DMhg 1973: Fantasy - Paint a Picture - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpLn9olqC2rMHQwL7wWMmAqk 1973: Fruupp - Future Legends - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG2ZW6QrhcM 1973: Genesis - Selling England by the Pound - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kkgAn92SdFt_nUYmDjGo8jyKGKnQ_AM8Q 1973: Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv_4sZCLlr0 1973: Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l1x-JAx0w53suECoCI0YJtW6VB8DBQWRQ 1973: Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kLlzvwRGj185pGq9yYhveAzan1m0qWHbQ 1973: Spirogyra - Bells, Boots & Shambles - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9YrdTGfv1Q 1973: Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives of Henry VIII - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J00015lLDM
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Mormegil
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Toss up between '72 and '73 - can't vote.
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1972 for me, though the whole era was fantasic.
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Hi,
I have no idea how to make a choice here. I listen to music for the work and its color, and while it all came alive for me in 1971/1972, I never thought that a specific year was more important than another ... it's weird ... for me all music in timeless ... not set in stone to one year or time period. We don't look at Beethoven and say that 1813 was his greatest year! I simply don't understand how we continue to think and look at "progressive music" as just another song ... most of it in those early days was NOT JUST A SONG! And that would have been the main reason why folks in the independent FM Radio in America played them! To get away from the song mentality of the 2 minute Light My Fire!
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Out of my alltime favorite albums, I took only those that were made in the 70s, and counted how many records from each year of that decade there were on my list. And it turns out that 1976 is the winner (9 albums), while 1978 is second place (8 albums). :)
*Though, keep in mind that my list consists of prog music from all over the world, and not just the 1st World Commonwealth countries. |
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Selecting a (for me, favorite not best) year in music is a bit silly or pointless. I know. But I have a brain that occasionally works a little like that, and there's nothing I can do to prevent it. I know I've looked through my collection of jazz albums too and thought to myself "Goodness, to think that all of these masterworks were released in 1964! Surely my favorite year in jazz". -But it doesn't really mean anything. I didn't buy any of them because of the year of it's release. It's just something I've noticed. No different than noticing I have a lot of Jazz albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio. |
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I also think 1973.
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So no albums in 1971?!
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2019 for me.
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Edited by Hrychu - September 13 2024 at 09:28 |
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1970 is awesome. Magma's debut, Soft Machine's Third, VdGG's The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each, OtherAmon Düül II's Yeti, Linda Perhacs' Parallelograms, Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother, Supersister's Present From Nancy, Miles Davis' Bitches Brew, Gentle Giant's s/t, Miroslav Vitous' Infinite Dance, Pentangle's Cruel Sister etc. I will go with 1971 for VdGG's Pawn Hearts, Serge Gainsbourg's Histoire de Melody Nelson, Can's Tago Mago, Comus' First Utterance, Igor Wakhévitch's Docteur Faust, Gentle Giant's Acquiring the Taste, Ash Ra Tempel, Bjorn J:son Lindh's Från storstad till grodspad, Spirogyra's St. Radigunds, Popol Vuh's In den Gärten Pharaos, A.R. & Machines's Die Grüne Reise, Earth & Fire's Song of the Marching Children, Egg's The Polite Force, Roy Harper's Stormcock etc. Every Prog year has lots of awesome and relevant releases in my collection, but some have more than others. I approach these topics subjectively based on what I know, remember, and even my mood. While I think it would be fair to say that Prog has had its classic peak years, my tastes cover a spectrum of music. For my collection, I don't care much if it's even considered Prog. I like lots of different kinds of music from lots of years. One can think of these sorts of things as just trying to think through a way to come to a year. I would not pooh-pooh that. It can be creative. And I think it's good to be challenged to think out of ones own boxes, and into others, and try to come up with an answer using some methodology. We are challenging each other every time we come up with such topics, and to me that is fun. Wish more did topics, more support of each other's topics, that there was a wider variety of topics, and a wider appreciation of kinds of topics and more discussion in polls. But no complaints, the forum is not as lively as it once was. |
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Cristi
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plenty too choose from |
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