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PA top 25: the longest song on each album

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Poll Question: Can you pick five favorites? Which ones?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
21 [9.95%]
2 [0.95%]
1 [0.47%]
13 [6.16%]
15 [7.11%]
8 [3.79%]
16 [7.58%]
17 [8.06%]
13 [6.16%]
4 [1.90%]
6 [2.84%]
17 [8.06%]
9 [4.27%]
8 [3.79%]
9 [4.27%]
5 [2.37%]
4 [1.90%]
6 [2.84%]
6 [2.84%]
16 [7.58%]
5 [2.37%]
3 [1.42%]
3 [1.42%]
1 [0.47%]
3 [1.42%]
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote richardh Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 01 2024 at 21:15
Pretty easy for me:
Genesis - Suppers Ready
VDGG - A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers
Yes - Gates Of Delirium
Pink Floyd - Dogs
King Crimson - Starless
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Supper’s Ready

The Musical Box

Thick as a Brick

Cygnus X-1 Book II

Close to the Edge

Welcome to the middle of the film.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Octopus II Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 02 2024 at 05:18
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick - Part 1
Yes - The Gates Of Delirium
Pink Floyd - Dogs
VDGG - A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers
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Thick Breathe Shine Box Ready
Heaven is waiting but waiting is Hell
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Mellotron Storm Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 02 2024 at 09:56
Great idea!

I have a top five in no order:

Pink Floyd- Time/ Breathe(reprise)
VDGG- A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers
King Crimson- Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part One
Camel- Lady Fantasy
Rush- The Camera Eye
"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"

"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
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A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
Supper's Ready
Close to the Edge

There are some other great epics on this list but honestly these three still stand head and shoulders above the rest for me.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Saperlipopette! Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 02 2024 at 11:26
No major surprises in the votings so far.

1 Yes - Close to the Edge 14
- King Crimson - Starless 14
3 VdGG - A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers 13
4 Pink Floyd - Shine on You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5) 12
- Genesis - Supper's Ready 12
6 Pink Floyd - Dogs 10
- Yes - The Gates of Delirium 10
8 Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick (Part 1) 9
9 Genesis - The Musical Box 8
10 Camel - Lady Fantasy 6
11 Rush - The Camera Eye 5
-- Rush - Cygnus X-1 Book II Hemispheres 5
13 Pink Floyd - Time / Breathe (reprise) 4                                   
-- King - Crimson Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One 4
15 VdGG - The Sleepwalkers 3
-- Camel - Lunar Sea 3
-- Banco - L'Evoluzione 3
18 Yes - Heart of the Sunrise 2
19 Genesis - The Battle of Epping Forest 1
-- PFM - Il Banchetto 1
-- Jethro Tull - My God 1
-- Banco - Canto Nomade Per Un Prigioniero Politico 1
-- Gentle Giant - In a Glass House 1
24 King Crimson - Moonchild 0
-- Frank Zappa - The Gumbo Variations 0

Edited by Saperlipopette! - December 02 2024 at 11:30
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Floydoid Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 02 2024 at 13:08
CTTE
TAAB
SOYCD
Dogs
Moonchild

['Echoes' would have topped my list had it been in the poll. Also would have voted for 'Eruption']
'We're going to need a bigger swear jar.'
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Saperlipopette! Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 02 2024 at 13:17
^I guess Moonchild would have lost its first vote. But yes Echoes would have gotten my vote over most anything.
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Close To The Edge
Shine On
Time/Breathe
Supper's Ready
Lady Fantasy

Lunar Sea came close
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote mellotronwave Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 18 2024 at 14:24
Voted for almost all epics ( La crème de la crème)
except :

King Crimson - Moonchild (12:11)          
Rush - The Camera Eye (10:57)
Rush - Cygnus X-1 Book II Hemispheres (18:04)     
Jethro Tull - My God (7:10)
     

Voted for Zappa's Gumbo because he does not deserve a zero score

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote jamesbaldwin Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 18 2024 at 14:51
1) VdGG: A Plague
2) PF: Shine on You
3) KC: Larks
4) Yes: Gates
5) JT: O MY God
Amos Goldberg (professor of Genocide Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem): Yes, it's genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote A Crimson Mellotron Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 18 2024 at 14:55
This is pretty much the impossible choice! But today I am going for 'A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers'!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote zwordser Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 hours 48 minutes ago at 22:23
I put in my 5 votes, then realized I missed STARLESS (what was I thinking!) Wacko

Anyway, I'll just keep what I went with:

1. Gates of Delerium (the best prog piece ever made)
2. Supper's Ready (the 2nd best prog piece ever made)
3. Hemispheres (probably the most "symphonic" Rush ever got)
4. Il Banchetto (My fave Italian prog piece on my fave Italian prog album--some interesting subtleties)
5. Sleepwalkers (Maintains VDGG depth/darkness, but still rocks)

There's not a song on the list I don't like, but perhaps my least faves are My God, and Dogs.
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