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Neal Morse - ?

Magenta - 7

Magenta - Home/NY Suite

Magenta - Metamorphisis

Porcupine Tree - In Abstentia

Pendragon - Pure

It Bites - The Tall Ships

Salem Hill - Mimi's Magic Moment

Seiges Even - Art of Navigating

Chain - Chain.exe

Have to change ten to:

Pallas - Dreams of Men



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Glad to see Magenta getting some love . No place for We Are Legend? I would put that second in my list of Magenta albums (after Seven of course!). My favourite album of 2017 easily.

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They are my favorite band but need some love for some others. Legend is wonderful. I need to break it out again soon!
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It’s been a very good exercise to pick 10 albums, the idea of the desert island selection was very helpful.

Tangerine Dream - Ricochet
Henry Cow - Western Culture
Art Zoyd - Phase IV
Young Gods - L’Eau Rouge
Nico - The Marble Index
Amon Düül II - Phallus Dei
Cluster - II
Deuter - Aum
AR & Machines - Die Grune Reise
György Ligeti - 1958-69 *

* As these works were never composed with albums in mind I feel justified in making my own CD length compilation from bits of 2 CDs.
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^ Ligeti isn't mentioned very often here, I'm happy he features on your list (which I generally like). Although I actually think that his later Etudes are even better than what he did in the 50s and 60s.
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Ok, there is updated list:
1. Van Der Graaf Generator - Godbluff
2. Yes - Close to the Edge
3. Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
4. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
5. Genesis - A Trick of the Tail
6. King Crimson - Lark's Tongues in Aspic
7. Pink Floyd - Animals
8. Rush - Farewell to Kings
9. Genesis - Wind & Wuthering
10. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick

1. Yes - Close to the Edge
2. Van der Graaf Generator - Godbluff
3. Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
4. King Crimson - Red
5. Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans
6. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
7. King Crimson -Discipline
8. Genesis - A Trick of the Tail
9. Yes -Yes Album
10. Pink Floyd - Animals
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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

^ Ligeti isn't mentioned very often here, I'm happy he features on your list (which I generally like). Although I actually think that his later Etudes are even better than what he did in the 50s and 60s.


I may have to try the Etudes then seeing as I have Cluster’s piano Nabitte in my list. I suppose Georgel could be a György/Organ reference although I actually started exploring by following up notes to Tangerine Dream’s Alpha Centauri saying they had been listening to Ligeti’s Atmospheres (and In The Wake Of Poseidon played at 16 RPM). It’s a pity Ligeti gets no name check for Diminutions on the CD remaster of VdGG’s Pawn Hearts.
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Mansun - Six
Ween - The Mollusk
Ruins - Hyderomastgroningem
Area - Maladetti
Museo Rosenbach - Zarathustra
The Weakerthans - Reconstruction Site
Genesis - Foxtrot
The Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?
Sufjan Stevens - Age of Adz
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Darwin!
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Originally posted by gerunding gerunding wrote:

Mansun - Six
Ween - The Mollusk
Ruins - Hyderomastgroningem
Area - Maladetti
Museo Rosenbach - Zarathustra
The Weakerthans - Reconstruction Site
Genesis - Foxtrot
The Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?
Sufjan Stevens - Age of Adz
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Darwin!
 

Mansun never get enough appreciation imo. That was a remarkable album for the 90's , they were the Gentle Giant of the indie scene.

That is a truly intriguing list!
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Yes-Yes Album
Genesis-Selling England by the pound
Kiing Crimson-Red
Lucifer's Friend-Banquet
Frank Zappa-Grand Wazoo
Rush-Hemispheres
Grateful Dead-Wake of the Flood
Strawbs-Ghost
Soft Machine-Soft Machine
Moody Blues-Days of Future past
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Hey everybody, first time posting but I've been lurking for a few years.  Here's my best attempt at choosing ten albums:

1.  Yes - CTTE
2.  Can - Tago Mago
3.  Magma - K.A
4.  Zappa - Hot Rats
5.  PFM - Per Un Amico
6.  VdGG - Pawn Hearts
7.  King Crimson - ITCotKC
8.  UK - UK
9.  Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy
10. Genesis - SEBTP

And here are some honorable mentions:

- Peter Hammill - The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage
- Focus - Hamburger Concerto
- Allan Holdsworth - The Sixteen Men of Tain
- Can - Future Days
- Pink Floyd - WYWH
- Santana - Abraxas
- Yes - Fragile
- Jason Becker - Perpetual Burn (not on ProgArchives, but prog-related)
- Dun - Eros
- Mahavishnu - Birds of Fire
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Originally posted by LTaylor255 LTaylor255 wrote:

Hey everybody, first time posting but I've been lurking for a few years.  Here's my best attempt at choosing ten albums:

1.  Yes - CTTE
2.  Can - Tago Mago
3.  Magma - K.A
4.  Zappa - Hot Rats
5.  PFM - Per Un Amico
6.  VdGG - Pawn Hearts
7.  King Crimson - ITCotKC
8.  UK - UK
9.  Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy
10. Genesis - SEBTP

And here are some honorable mentions:

- Peter Hammill - The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage
- Focus - Hamburger Concerto
- Allan Holdsworth - The Sixteen Men of Tain
- Can - Future Days
- Pink Floyd - WYWH
- Santana - Abraxas
- Yes - Fragile
- Jason Becker - Perpetual Burn (not on ProgArchives, but prog-related)
- Dun - Eros
- Mahavishnu - Birds of Fire


Your list shows a lot of breadth in style!

FWIW, I included Shpongle in my list, because there are some psychedelic ambient artists that I consider very proggy.
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In no particular order: 

-Tangerine Dream - Zeit 
-Faust - IV
-Yes - The Yes Album
-Camel - Mirage 
-Night Sun - Mounin' 
-Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond 
-Kraftwerk - Autobahn 
-Amon Dull ii - Yeti 
-Synergy - Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra 
-Synergy - Audion 



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In no particular order, except for the first one:
1. Yes - Close to the Edge
2. Genesis - Foxtrot
3. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
4. Comus - First Utterance
5. Camel - Moonmadness
6. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
7. King Crimson - Islands
8. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
9. Van Der Graaf Generator - Still Life
10. Magma - MDK

Honorable Mentions (Limited to 20 albums):
11. Genesis - Nursery Cryme
12. Gentle Giant - Octopus
13. Anglagard - Hybris
14. Pain of Salvation - BE
15. Van Der Graaf Generator - Godbluff
16. Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
17. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
18. Soft Machine - Volume Two
19. King Crimson - Red
20. King Crimson - Lizard
21. Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
22. Yes - The Yes Album
23. Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans
24. Yes - Fragile
25. Camel - Mirage
26. Can - Tago Mago
27. Tangerine Dream - Zeit
28. Dungen - Ta Det Lugnt
29. Isis - Panopticon
30. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven


Edited by King of Loss - May 13 2019 at 00:40
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Mike Oldfield        Ommadawn
Gryphon              Midnight Mushrumps
Tangerine Dream Rubycon
King Crimson       Discipline
Camel                 Pressure Points
Rush                   Grace Under Pressure
Pink Floyd           Dark Side Of The Moon
Peter Gabriel       So
The Beatles         Sergeant Pepper
Jethro Tull           Songs From The Wood

The first three are my all time faves, the others could be in any order. Maybe Sergeant Pepper should be given special mention, as I think it was the album that set the whole ball rolling, as they had to invent multitrack to finish it.
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This is easy, no brainer:

1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway—Genesis<-blogger-escaped-o:p>

2. Mëkanïk Dëstruktïw Kömmandöh—Magma

3. Limiti all'egualianza della parte con il tutto––Homunculus Res

4. Dots and Loops—Stereolab

5. Shiny Eyed Babies––Bent Knee

6. Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter—Joni Mitchell

7. Pieces of a Man - Gil Scott-Heron

8. Jan Akkerman—Jan Akkerman

9. Salinity Now! - Unaka Prong

10. Tiny Dynamine/Echoes on A Shallow Bay—Cocteau Twins
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My Top 10 Prog LP's Of All Time, in no particularly order …

1. Genesis - Foxtrot
2. Rush - A Farewell To Kings
3. ELP - ELP
4. Yes - Yessongs
5. Uriah Heep - Live
6. Deep Purple _ Made In Japan
7. Triana - El Patio
8. Pink Floyd - The Wall
9. Santana - Abraxas
10. Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same

Yes, lots of live albums, because "the best bands are even better on stage!"
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My current top 10, alphabetical order:

* Caravan, In the Land of Grey and Pink
* Genesis, Seconds Out
* Queensryche, Operation: Mindcrime
* Klaus Schulze (3), Picture Music; Mirage; X
* Chris Squire, Fish Out of Water
* Yes (3), Close to the Edge; Yessongs; Relayer

Not much variety; I know!

Honorable mentions:

* Beatles, Sgt. Pepper
* Bruford, Gradually Going Tornado
* the Doors, Best Of (2xLP)
* Wendy Carlos, Sonic Seasonings
* King Crimson: Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal 1984
* Pretty Things, S.F. Sorrow
* Rush, Moving Pictures
* Klaus Schulze, Irrlicht; Cyborg; Body Love, volume 2
* the Tangent, the Music That Died Alone
* Traffic, John Barleycorn Must Die
* Yes, Fragile; Drama; Fly from Here

    
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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

This is easy, no brainer:

Hahaha, yes it's true that regions of the brain need at least temporarily be switched off for this kind of task to avoid agonising about whom not to list...
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