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Poll Question: Which album is your favourite?
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39 [27.46%]
21 [14.79%]
10 [7.04%]
16 [11.27%]
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    Posted: August 15 2014 at 06:28
Great albums by each band here IMO - the top four would be 5-star albums, the bottom two 4-stars. You can probably guess where my vote's going though Tongue

Genesis > ELP=Pink Floyd > King Crimson > Yes > Jethro Tull

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1. Selling England by the Pound - Genesis
2. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
3. Brain Salad Surgery - ELP

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4. Larks' Tongues in Aspic - King Crimson
5. A Passion Play - Jethro Tull

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6. Tales from Topographic Oceans - Yes
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KC > JT > PF > Yes > Genesis > ELP
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Genesis no doubts followed by Floyd. Far from then ELP and Yes
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Impossible choice, three classics by Genesis, Floyd and the Mighty Crim. 
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DSoTM, though TfTO is great as well as Selling England. heard A Passion Play once before on Spotify but may need to listen to it more, same with Larks' Tongues; Part II is something that's worthwhile, really liking that riff. For Brain Salad Surgery, Still... You Turn Me On and the 1st impression of Karn Evil 9 are very good, and i have heard all 29 and a half minutes of the later, crazy stuff that was cool imo.

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Even as a massive Yes fan, I know that 1973 belongs to Selling England By The Pound.
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I voted for Genesis' Selling England By The Pound, but Pink Floyd and King Crimson are very close. I can't say I think ELP's Brain Salad Surgery is that great because it has too many weak moments for me. The same with Yes' Tales from Topographic Oceans, which I thought was incredibly long-winded and short on solid musical material. Personally, I never understood the love for the album. Of course, I'd never vote for Jethro Tull because I'm simply not a fan.
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Genesis I guess, but it's close. Catch me in a darker mood and I'd say DSOTM or LTIA...
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Tough call, all of them exceptional, but I think I’ll go with Tales.
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Selling England just ahead of DSOTM. Both are superb.

BSS will always have a soft spot for me because I quite like it and my late partner used to loathe it, so I played it whenever I wanted rid of him for a bit of peace and quiet!

The other three are pretty awful.


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Voted for DSotM. LTiA would be my second choice.
 
The other albums have their moments but aren't at the same level for me. 
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Originally posted by PrognosticMind PrognosticMind wrote:

Even as a massive Yes fan, I know that 1973 belongs to Selling England By The Pound.

This ---even though I love Tales ---Selling is a perfect masterpiece and Tales is an imperfect oneApprove
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Its very hard poll. This is my first vote in "Big Six " series that not gone to KC!!

1- Genesis - Selling England By The Pound 
2-ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
3- King Crimson - Larks' Tongues In Aspic
4- Jethro Tull - A Passion Play
5- Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
6- Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans
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Originally posted by twosteves twosteves wrote:

Originally posted by PrognosticMind PrognosticMind wrote:

Even as a massive Yes fan, I know that 1973 belongs to Selling England By The Pound.

This ---even though I love Tales ---Selling is a perfect masterpiece and Tales is an imperfect oneApprove

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The rest of my list would look somewhat like this:

Selling England By The Pound
Lark's Tongue In Aspic
Tales From Topographic Oceans
A Passion Play
Dark Side of The Moon
Brain Salad Surgery

Yes, my choices are rather unorthodox. But then again, so isn't my taste Wink.
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I can't decide between the top three albums, I just can't.
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Yes>Floyd>Tull>Crim
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