PA top 25: the longest song on each album

I was pleasantly surprised to learn that selecting the longest song from every album in PA's top 25 made for a list of at least 80% Prog Classics (I skipped the album actually holding the last spot: Kind of Blue). Well I think so. Most of you know from which album these are lifted from anyway, so I won't bother with the album titles. Please vote for up to five favorites if you can, and let us know which ones.

Yes - Close to the Edge (18:50)
Genesis - The Battle of Epping Forest (11:46)
King Crimson - Moonchild (12:11)
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick - Part 1 (22:39)
Pink Floyd - Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Parts 1-5 (13:40)
Pink Floyd - Time / Breathe (reprise) (7:06)
Genesis - Supper's Ready (22:58)
King Crimson - Starless (12:17)
Pink Floyd - Dogs (17:04)
Yes - Heart of the Sunrise (10:34)
VdGG - The Sleepwalkers (10:26)
VdGG - A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers (23:04)
Genesis - The Musical Box (10:24)
King - Crimson Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One (13:36)
Camel - Lady Fantasy (12:46)
Camel - Lunar Sea (9:14)
PFM - Il Banchetto (8:39)
Rush - The Camera Eye (10:57)
Rush - Cygnus X-1 Book II Hemispheres (18:04)
Yes - The Gates of Delirium (21:55)
Banco - L'Evoluzione (13:59)
Jethro Tull - My God (7:10)
Banco - Canto Nomade Per Un Prigioniero Politico (15:46)
Frank Zappa - The Gumbo Variations (12:54)
Gentle Giant - In a Glass House (8:26)


Edited by Saperlipopette! - 3 hours 8 minutes ago at 12:20

Ah, this is an excellent topic. I went with these five, which I adore.

VdGG - A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
King Crimson - Starless
Pink Floyd - Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Parts 1-5
Pink Floyd - Dogs
VdGG - The Sleepwalkers

Thick as a Brick

Yes - Close to the Edge

I'm kind of surprised by my own selection. From once being quite lukewarm to them I've come to love Camel this much over the years. And yep both the VdGG's gets a vote.

King Crimson - Starless
VdGG - The Sleepwalkers
VdGG - A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
Genesis - The Musical Box
Camel - Lady Fantasy

-super honorable mentions goes to:

Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick - Part 1
Genesis - Supper's Ready
King - Crimson Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One (13:36)
Camel - Lunar Sea
Banco - Canto Nomade Per Un Prigioniero Politico

-but I think most of these are great. Love the five underneath here as well:

Pink Floyd - Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Parts 1-5
Yes - Heart of the Sunrise
PFM - Il Banchetto
Banco - L'Evoluzione
Jethro Tull - My God

In order of their release:

Yes – "Heart of the Sunrise"
King Crimson – "Starless"
Yes – "The Gates of Delirium"
Rush – "Cygnus X-1, Book II: Hemispheres"
Rush – "The Camera Eye"

Honorable mentions:

Jethro Tull – "Thick as a Brick, Part 1"
King Crimson – "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One"
Genesis – "Supper's Ready"
Camel – "Lunar Sea"
Pink Floyd – "Dogs"

I prophesy disaster wrote: If I was so inclined, I'd give five votes to A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers. But instead, I gave one vote to that track and only that track. As much as I do like some of the other tracks, I didn't want to downgrade my vote for A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers by voting for anything else.

I don't have a track like that in my life. One that seemingly towers over everything else - in the way I get the impression that A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers does for you. Whenever I think of "favorites", I can always come up with so many that I feel very strongly about.

Saperlipopette! wrote: I prophesy disaster wrote: If I was so inclined, I'd give five votes to A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers. But instead, I gave one vote to that track and only that track. As much as I do like some of the other tracks, I didn't want to downgrade my vote for A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers by voting for anything else.   I don't have a track like that in my life. One that seemingly towers over everything else - in the way I get the impression that A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers does for you. Whenever I think of "favorites", I can always come up with so many that I feel very strongly about.