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    Posted: January 15 2008 at 23:29

Imagine that a huge record company has just decided to release a compilation album called

The Very Best of Progressive Rock
 
 
and, for whatever reason, they've chosen to call upon you to choose the tracks that best cover the best of Prog through the ages. You must give them fifteen tracks (of any length, but let's not go overboard on the 15 minute plus songs) to fill the single-cd album that they're willing to put out.
 
 
 
 
 
...what would those fifteen songs be? a very difficult task, if you ask me...
 
This is a rough sketch of mine...I'd have to ask for bonus tracks Wink
 
1. King Crimson- 21st century schizoid man
2. Yes- Siberian Khatru
3. Genesis- The Cinema Show
4. The Who- Sparks
5. Pink Floyd- Sheep
6. Jethro Tull- My God
7. ELP- Knife Edge
8. Supertramp- Crime of the Century
9. Rush: A Farewell to Kings
10. King Crimson- Discipline
11. Frank Zappa- Lather
12. Dream Theater- Metropolis Pt. 1: the miracle and the sleeper
13. The Mars Volta- Eria Tarka
14. Tool- Triad
15. Porcupine Tree- Way Out Of Here
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The Who is not prog.

1. Roundabout - Yes
2. Firth of Fifth - Genesis
3. 21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson
4. Knife Edge - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
5. Time - Pink Floyd
6. Peaches en Regalia - Frank Zappa
7. Aqualung - Jethro Tull
8. The Advent of Panurge - Gentle Giant
9. Tom Sawyer - Rush
10. Schism - Tool
11. Pull Me Under - Dream Theater
12. Even Less - Porcupine Tree
13. Day For Night - Spock's Beard
14. There Is More to This World - The Flower Kings
15. Mystery Train - Transatlantic
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Camel -- Supertwister
ELP -- Karn Evil 9, Third Impression
Flash -- Children of the Universe
Peter Gabriel -- Down the Dolce Vita
Genesis -- The Cinema Show
King Crimson -- Starless
PFM -- Il Banchetto
Rush -- Natural Science
Yes -- Roundabout 
 
 
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1. Yes - Heart Of The Sunrise
2. Genesis - Forth Of Fifth
3. King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man
4. ELP - Tarkus
5. Pink Floyd - SOYCD
6. Jethro Tull - My God
7. Rush - Xanadu
8. Gentle Giant - The Knot
9. Camel - Lady Fantasy
10. Eloy - The Light From Deep Darkness
11. Focus - Hamburger Concerto
12. VdGG - Killer
13. Marillion - Script For A Jester's Tear
14. Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 1
15. Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
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Peaches en Regalia - Frank Zappa
Epitaph - King Crimson
Starship Trooper - Yes
Tarkus - ELP
Killer - VDGG
Winter Wine - Caravan
Time - Pink Floyd
Dancing with the Moonlit Knight - Genesis
Ashes are Burning - Renaisance
Lunar Sea - Camel
Songs from the Wood - Jethro Tull
Tom Sawyer - Rush
Script for a Jesters tear - Marillion
Trains - Porcupine Tree
Paranoid Android - Radiohead

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Well intentioned poll, but the problem is, any decision made by someone with a modicum of taste will no doubt be overriden by some record company executive trying to sell records.  Cry 
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Originally posted by LARKSTONGUE LARKSTONGUE wrote:

Well intentioned poll, but the problem is, any decision made by someone with a modicum of taste will no doubt be overriden by some record company executive trying to sell records.  Cry 


Maybe, although it has been known to happen. I have a prog compiliation on CD - published by Virgin - and the track listing is more uncommercial than most of those listed here. It has everything from Anthony Phillips to Matching Mole.
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1.Nice - Azrael
2.Egg - A Visit to Newport Hospital
3.Soft Machine - Moon in June
4.Quiet Sun - Mummy was an Asteroid...
5.Roxy Music - If There is Something
6.Eno - By This River
7.Faust - The Sad Skinhead
8.Can - Mother Sky
9.Neu - Hallogallo
10.Van der Graaf Generator - Darkness 11/11
11.King Crimson - Easy Money
12.Comus - The Herald
13.Jan Dukes de Gray - Sun Symphonica
14.Porcupine Tree - Moonloop
15.Opeth - Closure

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I would really like to see the collection to which Blacksword alludes.  Might reaffirm (well, not really...) my faith in the recording industry Wink and if it's available I might just scoop it up for a listen.
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I probably don't have enough diversity in terms of the dates of my prog, but I'd go for

1. 21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson
2. Look At Yourself - Uriah Heep (probably doesn't count, but still...)
3. The Arrow - VDGG
4. Knife Edge - ELP
5. Les Porches Du Notre Dame - Maneige
6. One Of These Days - Pink Floyd
7. The Necromancer - Rush
8. You And I - Yes
9. The Silk Road - Steve Hackett
10. Lady Fantasy - Camel
11. The Musical Box - Genesis
12. Time - Pink Floyd
13. Depuis L'Automne - Harmonium
14. Birth - Focus
15. Crime Of The Century - Supertramp

I'm probably going to work on five-track discs, though that's mostly silly.

Roughly divided into 1 CD of more aggressive stuff with some jazz influences. 1 CD of quirky stuff and 1 CD of classic lighter prog. Was tempted to go for The Sky Moves Sideways instead of Depuis L'Automne, and a longer ELP track such as Take A Pebble or Tarkus deserves, but isn't getting, a place.
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a single CD for 15 tracks is a bit short. even the originator of the thread would need a double CD to fit all the tracks on. so I will make it a double CD instead

1) Gong - Master Builder 6:09
2) Guru Guru - Der Elektrolurch 9:48
3) Magma - Kobaia 10:15
4) VdGG - Lemmings 11:39
5) King Crimson - Cat Food 4:54 (surprise, surprise; I always loved this song because of the piano)
6) Hawkwind - Steppenwolf 9:46
7) Tangerine Dream - Wahn 4:31 (another surprise)
8) Gryphon - Second Spasm 8:15
9) Henry Cow - Industry 6:58
10) Amon Düül 2 - Dem Guten, Sch�nen, Wahren 6:00
11) Faust - Why Don't You Eat Carrots? 9:31
12) Can - Pinch 9:28
13) Clearlight - Spirale d' Amour 7:00
14) Brand X - Unorthodox Behaviour 8:25
15) The Residents - A Spirit Steals a Child 8:44

quite unusual choices, but there you are





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That's a great list, Jean, I know I'd buy that one. (and it'd be a great opportunity to give Guru Guru another chance.)

My compilation would start "01: Art Bears - Freedom (3:30)", end "15: King Crimson - Fracture (11:30ish)" and have songs from every other RIO band, Flower Travellin' Band, Magma and Gong (probably Eat That Phone Book), and would include the Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby" to help sell the thing. ;P No track times or further details because I'm horrible at that sort of thing without reference at my fingertips.


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Originally posted by LARKSTONGUE LARKSTONGUE wrote:

I would really like to see the collection to which Blacksword alludes.  Might reaffirm (well, not really...) my faith in the recording industry Wink and if it's available I might just scoop it up for a listen.


The Best Prog Rock album in the World..ever..

Yes, that is actually what it's called..

It's not actually a brilliant collection,IMO, but there are some surprises in there. Tracks you wouldn't expect. Well, I certainly wouldn't.

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Originally posted by King Crimson776 King Crimson776 wrote:

The Who is not prog.

1. Roundabout - Yes
2. Firth of Fifth - Genesis
3. 21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson
4. Knife Edge - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
5. Time - Pink Floyd
6. Peaches en Regalia - Frank Zappa
7. Aqualung - Jethro Tull
8. The Advent of Panurge - Gentle Giant
9. Tom Sawyer - Rush
10. Schism - Tool
11. Pull Me Under - Dream Theater
12. Even Less - Porcupine Tree
13. Day For Night - Spock's Beard
14. There Is More to This World - The Flower Kings
15. Mystery Train - Transatlantic
You've gotta be kidding me. We can credit the very best rock opera ever made (and some would argue the first truly great one) to the Who; Tommy. We can credit Quadrophenia to the Who. Even their other more commercial stuff is some of the best music from the late sixties and early seventies.
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The genre is to diverse to compress into 15 tracks IMO.  A single CD would not work either.
 
Here is a Best of British Prog Rock 1968 - 1974 on 2 CDs
 

The Nice – Intemezzo from the Karelia Suite  8.53                       from Ars Longa Vita Brevis  1968

Pink Floyd – A Saucerful of Secrets  11.57                                    from A Saucerful of Secrets 1968

King Crimson – Epitaph  8.47                                                        from In the Court of the Crimson King  1969

Colosseum – Beware the Ides of March 5.34                                 from Those Who are about to Die Salute You 1969

David Bowie – Cygnet Committee  9.33                                        from Space Oddity 1969               

Van Der Graaf Generator – Refugees  6.23                                    from The Least we can do is Wave to Each other 1970

Curved Air – Vivaldi  7.26                                                              from Air Conditioning 1970

The Edgar Broughton Band - Evening Over Rooftops  4.57          from Edgar Broughton Band 1971

Emerson, Lake & Palmer  - The Endless Enigma 10.34                  from Trilogy 1972

Strawbs – New World  4.11                                                           from Grave New World 1972

Genesis – Supper’s Ready 22.54                                                   from Foxtrot 1972

Roxy Music – A Song For Europe  5.46                                        from Stranded 1973

Yes - Yours is No Disgrace 14.21                                                   from Yessongs 1973

Al Stewart – Roads to Moscow  8.00                                            from Past, Present & Future 1974

Alex Harvey – Anthem  7.55                                                          from  The Impossible Dream 1974
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All right....any prog greatest hits would have to start with 21st Centurty Schizoid Man and end with Octavarium in my book.

In between would be Starless, The Cinema Show, Awaken, Hamburger Concerto, Tarkus, Ein Klein Heldenleben, PT's Arriving Somewhere...., One Word, Appena Un Poco, Depuis Le Automne, In a Glass House, Lunar Sea, The Musical Box, Song for America and Symphony X's Rediscovery.

At least those are the songs blow me away each and every time...as well as give me a new appreciation for the granduer that is prog.
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My top ten prog songs:Some nice hitsTongue

10.Porcupine Tree-Arriving Some Wear But Not Here
9.The Flower Kings-Touch My Heaven
8.Gentle Giant-Aspirations
7.Pink Floyd-Learning To Fly
6.Emerson,Lake and Palmer-Pirates
5.Muse-Knights Of Cydonia
4.The Flower Kings-Stardust We Are
3.Pink Floyd-Shine On You Crazy Diamond
2.Tool-Jambi
1.King Crimson-Red
 
 
 
 
 
 
1.KING CRIMSON-RED...
why, its just the most powerfull meaning song I heard still on prog ,of course I like all the others ,but this one...is special...I just love it...love it....its great but of course everybody has its one opinion:);)
 
I wanted to add Uriah heep but...I love the band not, in particular any song....anyways they rock also...and they sure diserve some more recognition:):)
 
Its very diverse type of prog music ,but thats the way I want to create This hits compilation;)


Edited by Real Paradox - January 20 2008 at 12:10
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Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Originally posted by LARKSTONGUE LARKSTONGUE wrote:

I would really like to see the collection to which Blacksword alludes.  Might reaffirm (well, not really...) my faith in the recording industry Wink and if it's available I might just scoop it up for a listen.


The Best Prog Rock album in the World..ever..

Yes, that is actually what it's called..

It's not actually a brilliant collection,IMO, but there are some surprises in there. Tracks you wouldn't expect. Well, I certainly wouldn't.
 
I have a copy myself. It wasn't too expensive and let me hear some bands I'd wanted to hear but didn't want to risk my hard-earned on. OK, it isn't perfect (no King Crimson!) but it's a pretty good introduction to that thing we call prog.
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Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Originally posted by LARKSTONGUE LARKSTONGUE wrote:

I would really like to see the collection to which Blacksword alludes.  Might reaffirm (well, not really...) my faith in the recording industry Wink and if it's available I might just scoop it up for a listen.


The Best Prog Rock album in the World..ever..

Yes, that is actually what it's called..

It's not actually a brilliant collection,IMO, but there are some surprises in there. Tracks you wouldn't expect. Well, I certainly wouldn't.
 
I have a copy myself. It wasn't too expensive and let me hear some bands I'd wanted to hear but didn't want to risk my hard-earned on. OK, it isn't perfect (no King Crimson!) but it's a pretty good introduction to that thing we call prog.
 
Can't wait for The Best Krautrock Album in the World.... Ever!


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Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd - High Hopes
ELP- Karn Evil 9 (1st Impression parts 1 and 2)
Yes - South Side Of The Sky
Camel- Free Fall
Camel - Rhayader
Caravan- 9 Feet Underground
Gentle Giant- On Reflection
Gentle Giant - River
Genesis- Anyway
Rush- Cygnus X-1 Book 2 (Hemispheres)
King Crimson - Epitaph
King Crimson- Fallen Angel
King Crimson - HAPPY with what you have to be happy with
Tool- 10,000 Days (Wings Prt 2)
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