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Posted: September 05 2013 at 03:03

dark side of the moon
lamb lies down on broadway
close to the edge
saucerful of secrets
trilogy
foxtrot
caravanserai
very eavy very umble
court of the crimson king
selling england by the pound

Well, SOMEBODY has to think DSOTM is the best album ever.

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Posted: September 05 2013 at 07:56

Selling England By The Pound - Genesis

Close To The Edge - Yes

In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson

Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull

Dark Side of The Moon - Pink Floyd

In a Glass House - Gentle Giant

Tarkus - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Banco - Banco Del Mutuo Socorso

Ashes Are Burning - Renaissance

Hybris - Anglagard

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Posted: September 13 2013 at 19:48

Hemispheres - Rush

The Divine Wings of Tragedy - Symphony X

Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Emerson, Lake and Palmer

Close to the Edge - Yes

Scenes from a Memory - Dream Theater

Nursery Cryme - Genesis

One Size Fits All - Frank Zappa

In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson

The Spectre Within - Fates Warning (substitute with No Exit if not progressive enough)

Demons & Wizards - Uriah Heep

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Posted: September 24 2013 at 20:40

Queen - Queen ll

Jethro Tull - A Passion Play

Rush - Permenant Waves

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced

Yes - Fragile

Gentle Giant - In A Glass House

Beatles - Revolver

Pink Floyd - Obscured By Clouds

Black Sabbath - Never Say Die

Focus - Focus 3

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Posted: September 24 2013 at 20:55

Tarkus
Meddle
Voyage of the Acolyte
The Yes Album
A Passion Play
Nova Solis (Morgan)
Of Cues and Cures
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
U.K.
The Power to Believe

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Posted: September 29 2013 at 23:57

10. Godbluff (Van der Graaf Generator)

9. The Perfect Element (Pain of Salvation)

8. Hybris (Änglagård)

7. Unfolded Like Staircase (Discipline)

6. Ommadawn (Mike Oldfield)

5. Pawn Hearts (Van der Graaf Generator)

4. Bridge Across Forever (Transatlantic)

3. Scenes from a Memory (Dream Theater)

2. Thick as a Brick (Jethro Tull)

1. The Whirlwind (Transatlantic)

Edited by JCDenton - May 24 2014 at 01:43

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Posted: October 03 2013 at 15:27

My top 10:

1- Yes - Close to the Edge

2- National Health - National Health

3- Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

4- Soft Machine - Third

5- Bacamarte - Depois do Fim

6- Bubu - Anabelas

7- Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells

8- Genesis - Selling England by the Pound

9- Gila - Free Electric Sound

10- Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick

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Posted: October 03 2013 at 15:58

Horizons wrote:

Mastodon - Crack the Skye

That one almost made my top 10. Great album!

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Posted: October 09 2013 at 07:04

Opeth - Ghost reveries

Amplifier - Echo Street

Arena - Pepper's Ghost

Big big train - English electric

Enslaved - Ruun

Izz - The darkened room

Coroner - No more color

Riverside - Out of myself

Wolverine - Communication lost

Anathema - A fine day to exit

No 70's classics as i wanted to show what great music has been released over the last 6/7 years and it seems that prog is in rude health

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Posted: May 24 2014 at 00:52

My top 10

1. Octopus - Gentle Giant

2. A Trick of the Tail - Genesis

3. Close to the Edge - Yes

4. A Passion Play - Jethro Tull

5. Midnight Mushrumps - Gryphon

6. Egg - Egg

7. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

8. In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson

9. In the Land of Grey and Pink - Caravan

10. Camel - Mirage

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Posted: May 24 2014 at 04:39

Hmmm....tricky! Here goes (in no order):

Trespass - Genesis
Valentyne Suite - Colosseum
Fish Rising - Steve Hillage
If I Could Do It... - Caravan
A Salty Dog - Procol Harum
Future Days - Can
Red - King Crimson
Still Life - VdGG
Hall of the Mountain Grill - Hawkwind
Moonmadness - Camel

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Posted: May 24 2014 at 04:50

Guldbamsen wrote:

This list'll change according to the given day, but here's what I thought of today. In no particular order:
Pink Floyd - Ummagumma
Heldon - Stand By
Franco Battiato - Pollution
Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos
Amon Düül ll - Wolf City
Weather Report - I Sing the Body Electric
Klaus Schulze - Picture Music
Bubu - Anabelas
CAN - Future Days
King Crimson - Lizard

That was last time, and just to show that it literally does change every week:

Igor Wakhevitch - Logos
Clivage - Mixtus Orbis
Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways
Bennie Maupin - Jewel In The Lotus
Taj Mahal Travellers - Live 1972
NEU! - s/t
Tim Buckley - Starsailor
Santana - Lotus
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon
Klaus Schulze - Blackdance

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Posted: May 24 2014 at 05:10

A trick of the tail - Genesis
Moving Pictures - Rush
Animals - Pink Floyd
Red - King Crimson
Rubycon - Tangerine Dream
In Absentia - Porcupine Tree
Going for the One - Yes
Hounds of Love - Kate Bush
Ok Computer - Radiohead
To our chldrens childrens children - Moody Blues

Just on the outside...

Still Life - VDGG
Hemispheres - Rush
Trilogy - ELP
Hot Rats - Zappa
Warrior on the edge of time - Hawkwind

Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!

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Posted: May 24 2014 at 06:25

Xonty wrote:

1. Trespass - Genesis
2. In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson
3. Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
4. Foxtrot - Genesis
5. Shine On Brightly - Procol Harum
6. Crime Of The Century - Supertramp
7. Close To The Edge - Yes
8. A Farewell To Kings - Rush
9. Red - King Crimson
10. In The Land Of Grey And Pink - Caravan

Wow, mine hasn't changed that much (considering it's been like a year) Ermm

Now it would probably be something like:

1. Genesis - Trespass (still Tongue

)

2. Supertramp - Crime Of The Century (very close to Trespass now I think about it)

3. Genesis - Foxtrot

4. Procol Harum - Shine On Brightly

5. ELP - Brain Salad Surgery

6. Yes - Close To The Edge

7. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon

8. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

9. Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts

10. Pavlov's Dog - Pampered Menial

Edited by Xonty - May 24 2014 at 06:26

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Posted: May 27 2014 at 01:59

Mine :P

1 - Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

2 - Selling england by the Pound - Genesis

3 - Animals - Pink Floyd

4 - Signify - Porcupine Tree

5 - Rajaz - Camel

6 - Foxtrot - Genesis

7 - Moonmadness - Camel

8 - Dust and Dreams - Camel

9 - Pawn Hearts - Van Der Graaf Generator

10 - Yes - A Time and Word

I know there's more Camel and PF's albums than the others in my top 10, but they are my favourite bands.

Edited by Watcher of the Sky - May 27 2014 at 02:00

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Posted: May 27 2014 at 07:39

Opeth--Ghost Reveries

Devin Townsend Band--Synchestra

Jethro Tull--Minstrel in the Gallery

The Mars Volta--Deloused in the Comatorium

Rush--Hemispheres

Orkenkjott--Onskediktet

Beardfish--Sleeping in Traffic Pt. 2

King Crimson--Red

Ihsahn--The Adversary

Beyond Creation--The Aura

Edited by HemispheresOfXanadu - May 27 2014 at 07:54

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Posted: June 13 2014 at 20:03

Feel like doing a new one, since my tastes have shifted (ever so slightly)

PFM - L'Isola di Niente
Komintern - Le Bal du Rat Mort
Älgarnas Trädgård - Framtiden är ett svävande skepp förankrat i forntiden
Björn J:Son Lindh - Från Storstad til Grodspad
Delirium - lll
Mwandishi - Sextant
Marillion - Fugazi
Material - Hallucination Engine
Canzoniere del Lazio - Miradas
Grails - Burning off Impurities

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Posted: June 13 2014 at 21:17

Subject to change at any time, no order:

KC - Discipline
Agalloch - The Mantle
Yugen's debut
Henry Cow - Western Culture
Soft Machine - Third
FZ - One Size Fits All
VDGG - H To He...
Matching Mole - Little Red Record (or the debut...terribly hard to choose...hell maybe both should just be on this list)
Univers Zero - Heatwave
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick

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Posted: June 13 2014 at 22:18

I already listed mine but someone mentioned Caravanserai and Voyage of the Acolyte.....both are favorites of mine and wanted to say they are two albums I never tire of hearing.

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