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Steve Wyzard 
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 Topic: Our top ten studio albums from favourite actsPosted: 10 hours 26 minutes ago at 10:16 |
Thanks for posting this, but I can't help but wonder: With Discovery and Time ranked so high, where is Secret Messages? |
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King Crimson
Red (10) Larks' Tongues in Aspic (10) In the Court of the Crimson King (10) Starless and Bible Black (10) Three of a Perfect Pair (9) Lizard (8,5) Islands (8) In the Wake of Poseidon (8) The ConstruKction of Light (8) Discipline (8) Magma Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré (10) Üdü Wüdü (10) Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh (10) Félicité Thösz (10) Köhntarkösz (9) Magma (9) Attahk (8) Köhntarkösz Anteria (8) Zëss (8) 1001° Centigrades (7) Electric Light Orchestra II (10) Time (9) Discovery (9) On the Third Day (8,5) Eldorado (8) A New World Record (8) From Out of Nowhere (8) Face the Music (8) Zoom (8) The Electric Light Orchestra (7,5) |
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Holger Czukay
Movies Clash (with Dr. Walker) Good Morning Story Moving Pictures Linear City Canaxis 5 (with Rolf Dammers) The New Millenium (with U-She) Time and Tide (with U-She) On the Way to the Peak of Normal Full Circle (with Jah Wobble and Jaki Liebezeit) Irmin Schmidt Axolotl Eyes (with Kumo) Toy Planet (with Bruno Spoerri) Filmmusik Vol. III and IV Musk at Dusk Filmmusik Vol. II Masters of Confusion (with Kumo) 5 Klavierstücke Impossible Holidays Gormenghast Filmmusik Anthology Vol. IV and V |
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Yes - 1. CTTE 2. Fragile 3. Relayer 4. Tales 5. The Yes Album 6. Going for the One 7. Drama 8. 90125 9. Yes 10. Time and a Word VDGG - 1. Pawn Hearts 2. H to He 3. The Least we can do 4. Godbluff 5. World Record 6. Still Life 7. Do Not Disturb 8. A Grounding in Numbers 9. Quiet Zone 10. Present Gentle Giant - 1. TPaTG 2. Free Hand 3. Octopus 4. In a Glass House 5. AtT 6. Three Friends 7. s/t 8. Interview 9. The Missing Piece 10. Giant for a Day Genesis 1. The Lamb 2. Selling England 3. Foxtrot 4. Nursery Cryme 5. ATotT 6. Trespass 7. W&W 8. Duke 9. s/t 10. We Can't Dance/Abacab Not/Less Prog (list, not ranking): Tom Waits Rain Dogs, The Heart of Saturday Night, Mule Variations, Real Gone, Swordfishtrombones, Bad as Me, Bone Machine, Frank's Wild Years, Blue Valentine, Small Change. (this one is probably the hardest). Frank Zappa (studio only to make it somewhat possible): One Size Fits All, Over-Nite Sensation, Apostrophe, Hot Rats, You are What you is, Joe's Garage, Sheikh Yerbouti, Freak Out, The Grand Wazoo Leonard Cohen Songs of Love and Hate, Death of a Ladies' Man, I'm Your Man, New Skin for Old Ceremony, You Want it Darker, Recent Songs, The Future, Thanks for the Dance, Songs of Leonard Cohen, Songs from a Room Ok I'll stop here for now because I can go on and on. |
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Logan
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Posted: March 27 2025 at 10:19 |
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^ Yep, it really does not matter. Still I think if I focused on GY!BE's and Rush's 90s to early 2000s runs, or second and third albums of each, GY!BE could do well comparatively. But I would not want to be accused of rigging such a poll even if it might make the results more even as one is way better known and much more popular/talked about band at PA. Just a thought...
Cocteau Twins Heaven or Las Vegas (1990) Treasure (1984) Head Over Heels (1983) Aikea-Guinea (1985, EP) Garlands (1982) Blue Bell Knoll (1988) Victorialand (1986) The Moon and the Melodies (1986)* Four-Calendar Café (1993) Milk & Kisses (1996) Note: I included The Moon and the Melodies which is basically Cocteau Twins plus Harold Budd, so a collaboration. Songs like "She Will Destroy You" and "Sea, Swallow Me" are wonderful to my ears. Edited by Logan - March 27 2025 at 10:22 |
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Saperlipopette!
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Posted: March 27 2025 at 09:51 |
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^Yep, amazing band. I guess Rush would take it quite easily, but maybe I'm wrong (and it doesn't really matter:). I'll see if G_d's Pee holds up over time. Right now it's my favorite "comeback album" of theirs.
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Polygondwanaland (2017) PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation (2023) Nonagon Infinity (2016) Infest the Rats' Nest (2019) Changes (2022) Sketches of Brunswick East (2017) L.W. (2021) K.G. (2020) I'm in Your Mind Fuzz (2014) Omnium Gatherum (2022) |
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Posted: March 27 2025 at 09:37 |
Mine is much the same and could be substituted with yours. This band is amazing and my favourite band from Canada -- do I feel a Rush vs. GY!BE poll coming on?  Godspeed You! Black Emperor F♯A♯∞ (1997) Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven! (2000) Yanqui U.X.O. (2002) Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanada E.P. (1999) G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END! (2021) 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! (2012) "No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead" (2024) 'Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress' (2015) "Luciferian Towers" (2017) All Lights F***ed on the Hairy Amp Drooling (1994) |
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Posted: March 27 2025 at 05:03 |
 1969: Renaissance - Renaissance - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nVNgH8bM6nt9-sohxxFOqvP4FMOzZvAbQ 1972: Renaissance - Prologue - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nsKGwkJQV8nk_f5Xi353Il9e1A-tspJHg 1973: Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kLlzvwRGj185pGq9yYhveAzan1m0qWHbQ 1974: Renaissance - Turn of the Cards - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lbUiF3mgChPZsCVm33AO0_o3Rpc1qH6fs 1975: Renaissance - Scheherazade and Other Stories - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nIwTNEhpVOv1gteY4V1ebEqSGu_9MfeVw 1977: Renaissance - Novella - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lDmNtmO30E4Hv0Z87Q_zad5EyglMAMrLs 1978: Renaissance - A Song for All Seasons - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mgE2kx7W8VBgkLIsb3ReXdobZc5oB7xnI 1979: Renaissance - Azure d'Or - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nEYEFeCF0FKzAov9wq3XwAV7sUfChdGbo 2001: Renaissance - Tuscany - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mK75ngTrOs9Z9b5WU9Hx3sSk_ygB1QpQI 2014: Renaissance - Symphony of Light - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_luDpArUd5yXPax6W3TZWxWy2BDOL-faJM |
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Posted: March 27 2025 at 03:36 |
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Soft Machine
Third (1970) Fourth (1971) Volume Two (1969) Six (1973) - the (C+D) studio sides, which actually makes for an amazing album. Fifth (1972) Softs (1976) The Soft Machine (1968) Land of Cockayne (1981) Seven (1973) Bundles (1975) Edited by Saperlipopette! - March 27 2025 at 06:40 |
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The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack (1967) Ars Longa Vita Brevis (1968) The Nice (1969) Emerson, Lake and Palmer (1970) Tarkus (1971) Trilogy (1972) Brain Salad Surgery (1973) Works Volume One (1977) Inferno (1980) Nighthawks (1981) Yes ok I'm cheating (!) |
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Eloy
Inside (1973) Floating (1974) Power and The Passion (1975) Dawn (1976) Ocean (1977) Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes (1979) Colours (1980) Planets (1981) Time To Turn (1982) The Tides Turn Forever (1994) the first 9 are an unbroken run after their 'false start' debut album of 1971 but the albums Performance and Metromania that came out in 1983 and 84 were a noticeable dip as the 80's got its AOR claws in them. By 1985 they were done but Frank Bonnerman and Klaus Peter Matziol later resurrected the band and have been releasing solid albums up to and inc Echoes From The Past (2023) and as far as I know still going.
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Posted: March 27 2025 at 01:04 |
I don't mind this list at all and would keep many of those albums for mine. I'm especially glad you've included 4 quite recent albums. Mine would be 7 of yours Voyage of the Acolyte (1975) Please Don't Touch! (1978) Spectral Mornings (1979) Under a Mediterranean Sky (2021) Beyond the Shrouded Horizon (2011) Surrender of Silence (2021) The Night Siren (2017) plus To Watch The Storms (2003) Sketches of Satie (with John Hackett) (2000) At The Edge Of Light (2019) |
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1 Close To The Edge 2 The Yes Album 3 Relayer 4 Fragile 5 Going For The One 6 Tales From Topographic Oceans 7 Drama 8 Tormato 9 Keys To Ascension 10 Fly From Here Genesis: 1 Selling England By The Pound 2 Foxtrot 3 Nursery Cryme 4 The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 5 Wind & Wuthering 6 Trespass 7 A Trick Of The Tail 8 Duke 9 Abacab 10 And Then There Were Three
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Posted: March 26 2025 at 21:29 |
Those woud probably be my picks for KC as well even though I really have grown to like Three of a Perfect Pair also (although it admittedly took me a really long time to like it). The ConstruKtion of Light, while not horrible, sounds like a bit of a mess to me. The Power to Believe I bought again recently but haven't listened to it yet since I rebought it. I remember liking it a lot though. For Yes I didn't include 90125 though. I like it and it's the first one I actually heard but from what I understand it wasn't initially intended to be a Yes album since that iteration of the band started out as Cinema. So with that in mind it's difficult for me to think of it as a true Yes album. ABHW has more of the Yes spirit imo but I didn't include that one either even though I'm a big fan of it. For Genesis I think we chose most of the same albums except you chose the self titled album (shapes) over and then there were three. Kind of a judgement call there imo at least to some extent. I really like Genesis but I think by that point they were mostly a pop band. I think "silver rainbow" is really cool though and very underrated and of course both parts of "home by the sea." "Mama" might be the best of the rest but there's a few other good ones too. "That's all" is one I'm kind of tired of though and obviously "illegal alien" hasn't aged well. Nothing really bad on it though.
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Since I've heard all the big four studio catalogues front to back like I'm sure most of this community has, I guess it's appropriate to list the studio albums of the big 4 bands I haven't listen yet. King Crimson 1. Red 2. Islands 3. Discipline 4. Court 5. Starless and Bible Black 6. Lizard 7. Larks' Tongues in Aspic 8. The Power to Belive 9. In the Wake of Poseidon 10. Thrak Yes 1. Close to the Edge 2. Fragile 3. Relayer 4. The Yes Album 5. Going for the One 6. Drama 7. Time and a Word 8. Yes 9. 90125 10. Tales from Topographic Oceans Genesis 1. Selling England 2. The Lamb Lies Down 3. A Trick of the Tail 4. Invisible Touch 5. Nursery Cryme 6. Foxtrot 7. Trespass 8. Genesis 9. Duke 10. Wind and Wuthering
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Posted: March 26 2025 at 18:45 |
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For Yes no order:
Tormato Time and a Word Tales from Topographic Oceans Drama Big Generator The Yes Album Relayer Fragile Close To The Edge Going For The One Just missing the boat: Talk Genesis Invisible Touch Duke And Then There Were Three Trespass Wind & Wuthering A Trick of the Tail The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Selling England by the Pound Nursery Cryme Foxtrot |
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Popol Vuh
Hosianna Mantra (1972) In den Gärten Pharaos (1971) Letzte Tage - Letzte Nächte (1976) Nosferatu: Brüder des Schattens - Söhne des Lichts (1978) Aguirre (1976) Einsjäger & Siebenjäger (1974) Herz aus Glas (1977) Das Hohelied Salomos (1976) Seligpreisung (1973) Affenstunde (1971) |
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^ Excellent listings.
I just have the usual suspects, the studio albums with LegEnd, Unrest, Desperate Straights, In Praise of Learning and Western Culture, as well as the live Concerts. All are great. Edited by Logan - March 26 2025 at 18:02 |
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