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    Posted: November 17 2021 at 00:53
Actually, I'm of Polish origin so, among many other countries, I've been also interested in Polish Prog. I surely wouldn't say, it's one of the best Prog countries, but nevetherless, it has produced not so little of highly appreciated albums. It'll be interesting for me to see how much of your attention they've got.
Beginning with my list, one album per band and unranked:

Czeslaw Niemen   Enigmatic   (1969)

Marek Grechuta & Anawa   Korowód   (1971)

Skaldowie   Krywań Krywań   (1972)

Budka Suflera   Cien Wielkiej Góry  (1975)

SBB    2:  Nowy Horyzont     (1975)

Indukti    S.U.S.A.R.  (2004)

Riverside   Second Life Syndrome   (2005)

Lunatic Soul   Lunatic Soul   (2008)

 

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Czesław Niemen  Niemen Aerolit   (1975)


By the way, about the whole continental European Prog scene, if anybody is not acquainted with the book Scented Gardens Of The Mind. A guide to the golden era of progressive rock (1968 - 1980) in more than 20 European countries (2000) by Dag Erik Asbjřrnsen, I can very much recommend it.




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Riverside - Out of Myself (2003)
Indukti - S.U.S.A.R (2004)
Disperse - Foreword (2017)
Believe - Yesterday is a Friend (2008)
Quidam - Alone Together (2007)
Votum - Harvest Moon (2013)
Collage - Moonshine (1994)
Satellite - Into The Night (2007)
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8 or 10  is all that I would be willing to list anyways



11           More Experience From Acid Dreams               Pol          1997      

10           Namyslowski, Zbigniew      Winobranie (Wine Feast)   Pol          1973      

10           SBB         SBB I       Pol          1974  

10           Czeslaw Niemen    Enigmaztic  1970

10            Czeslaw Niemen    Red Album      1971

10           Weedpecker        II              Pol          2015      

10           Weedpecker        III             Pol          2018      

09           Namyslowski, Zbigniew      Lola         Pol          1964      

09           Namyslowski, Zbigniew      Kujaviak Goes Funky           Pol          1975      

09           SBB         2: Nowy Horizont Pol          1975      




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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

8 or 10  is all that I would be willing to list anyways



11           More Experience From Acid Dreams               Pol          1997      

10           Namyslowski, Zbigniew      Winobranie (Wine Feast)   Pol          1973      

10           SBB         SBB I       Pol          1974  

10           Czeslaw Niemen    Enigmaztic  1970

10            Czeslaw Niemen    Red Album      1971

10           Weedpecker        II              Pol          2015      

10           Weedpecker        III             Pol          2018      

09           Namyslowski, Zbigniew      Lola         Pol          1964      

09           Namyslowski, Zbigniew      Kujaviak Goes Funky           Pol          1975      

09           SBB         2: Nowy Horizont Pol          1975      



awesome to see Weedpecker in your list.
I did not put them in mine because they are not on PA, yet. 
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Riverside - Out of Myself (2003)

I'm very fond of this album, as well. Smile
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And I better give Weedpecker a listen.


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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Riverside - Out of Myself (2003)

I'm very fond of this album, as well. Smile

Riverside are so great, one could pick any of their albums for the list and I'd be perfectly fine. 
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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

8 or 10  is all that I would be willing to list anyways

Maybe it has something to do with being able to understanding the lyrics, as in my opinion, it's not least there the quality appears.
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About experiences with the lyrics, by the way, I can tell a little story about how I received H to He Who Am the Only One. 
The first times I heard this album, it didn't tell me very much, almost boring. But I got the idea to look at the lyrics, which appeared very suprisingly to be, in my subjective opinion, the best lyrics I've ever seen - very poetic and emotional, and yet, easy to understand and thus very informative and profound.
And then, the whole album became a very otherwise experience, as I found the music fit so well with the lyrics, and after some more listnings, this album became simply a "mind blowing" and so great experience.
It was something so wonderful new for me because it never happened to me before - at least not so intense at all.

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About the Polish lyrics, I can tell that a quite or maybe even very popular musical genre has been Poezja Spiewana (Sung Poetry), which lyrics typically has been based on poetry, and the album Korowód  on my list is one of the very most famous and appreciated of that kind.
While Cien Wielkiej Gory (Shadow of a Big Mountain), from the former pseudo-socialist Poland, too, has some lyrics amazingly critical towards the system, and one could wonder how that not only could be allowed at that time but even released by Muza, the record company of the state.


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Apparently I own 4 Polish records

Gargantua - Kotegarda
Zimpel / Ziolek - s/t  
Tatvamasi - Parts of the Entirety  
Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
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Well, that is at least a beginning, Nogbad, or maybe even a very good beginning - considering you're from the other part of the world, and as for instance, I have only 9 albums from the whole South America - which I by the way, plan to return to.

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Collage - Basnie
Collage - Moonshine
Exodus - The Most Beautiful Day
Riverside - Out Of Myself
Believe - Yesterday Is A Friend
SBB - Nowt horizont
Quidam - Alone Together
Satellite - Into The Night
Indukti - S.U.S.A.R
Xanadu - The Last Sunrise
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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Well, that is at least a beginning, Nogbad, or maybe even a very good beginning - considering you're from the other part of the world, and as for instance, I have only 9 albums from the whole South America - which I by the way, plan to return to.

Do I get bonus points for having seen 2 of them live? Riverside & Gargantua.

I have 12 from South America. Lowest country around the world represented are Chile, Indonesia, Korea, Slovenia, Lebanon & Tunisia with one each Smile
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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

I have 12 from South America. Lowest country around the world represented are Chile, Indonesia, Korea, Slovenia, Lebanon & Tunisia with one each Smile

Then, you've been even much more internationally oriented than I have, as I've been very interested in Prog (and similar) all over the world, as well.


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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Believe - Yesterday is a Friend (2008)

I've given this one a listen but I couldn't even get through the first song of it, as I found both the vocal and melodi line too "inspired" by Mariusz Duda and Riverside.


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1. Votum Harvest Moon

2. Proghma-C Bar-Do Travel

3. Starsabout Halflights

4. Riverside Second Life Syndrome

5. SBB Pamiec

6. SBB Memento Z Banalnym Tryptikiem

7. Collage Moonshine

8. Believe Seven Widows

9.Jerzy Antczak Ego, Georgius

10. Tune Lucid Moments

11. Mr. Gil Skellig

12. Quidam Quidam


P.S. (Ooops! I thought this was another Top 12. Sorry!)



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limiting to one per band

Albion - Broken Hopes
Annalist - Artemis
Collage - Moonshine
Believe - Seven Widows
Mr Gil - Sight and Sound
Millenium - Exist
Quidam - Quidam
Satellite - Evening Games
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:


awesome to see Weedpecker in your list.
I did not put them in mine because they are not on PA, yet. 


That's no excuse, really!! Tongue

I've listed non-PA-listed artistes right from the start in all those best of polls.



Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

8 or 10  is all that I would be willing to list anyways

Maybe it has something to do with being able to understanding the lyrics, as in my opinion, it's not least there the quality appears.


you've probably seen that most of my list is instrumental (whether 70's or recent), but that's not question of Polish lyrics

During the 90's, I heard dozens of Polish neo-prog bands and a good deal of them sang in English - and I couldn't stand any of them.
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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

8 or 10  is all that I would be willing to list anyways

Maybe it has something to do with being able to understanding the lyrics, as in my opinion, it's not least there the quality appears.


you've probably seen that most of my list is instrumental (whether 70's or recent), but that's not question of Polish lyrics

During the 90's, I heard dozens of Polish neo-prog bands and a good deal of them sang in English - and I couldn't stand any of them.

I ment some of the albums from the 70's which have been very appreciated internationally, and I listed a couple of them in my list. In the thread, I wrote also a little description of the lyrics.
- I've seen quite a lot of your reviews and seem to conclude there's some similarity in ours tastes (for instance, I'm not much for the Polish Neo-Prog, either, or Neo-Prog as a whole - I'm very fond of Script for a Jester's Tear, though).

Something entirely else, how do you manage to quote two persons in one post, when the answer opens in a new window when quoting? - At least, when I do it.


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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:


awesome to see Weedpecker in your list.
I did not put them in mine because they are not on PA, yet. 


That's no excuse, really!! Tongue

I've listed non-PA-listed artistes right from the start in all those best of polls.


I was not trying to make excuses.
I thought we were listing PA bands anyway, my bad. 
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I think I'd have more SBB and Millenium in this list if I ever get around to listening to their earlier stuff, so tentatively it goes something like this...

1. SBB - Memento z banalnym tryptykiem
2. Fren - Where Do You Want Ghosts to Reside
3. Lebowski - Galactica
4. Millenium - The Web
5. Retrospective - Latent Avidity
6. Czyszy - Epic May
7. Lizard - W Galerii Czasu
8. Abraxas - Abraxas
9. Immortal Onion - Ocelot of Salvation
10. Lebowski - Cinematic

I ought to explore Polish prog music more. I have ancestors that lived in the southeastern part when it was part of the Austrian province of Galicia prior to WWI.
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