RYM's Top 10 Prog Albums
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Topic: RYM's Top 10 Prog Albums
Posted By: Xonty
Subject: RYM's Top 10 Prog Albums
Date Posted: May 13 2015 at 09:07
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Firstly, I only took one album from each artist from their top prog rock albums chart to make this top 10 (otherwise it would just have been Pink Floyd, with a little Can). As RateYourMusic (RYM) includes fans of all kinds of musical genres, I thought it would be fun to see what you think of their tastes on progressive music, and how people on ProgArchives' tastes compare with them. Personally, "Selling England" is just about my favourite at the moment, with Yes, VDGG, Pink Floyd, and King Crimson coming extremely close. If anyone's wondering by the way, the reason why the ratings are sometimes incorrect is to do with the number of votes and their slightly biased system. Thanks for any feedback
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Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: May 13 2015 at 09:09
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I always feel bad voting for DSotM because there are only about five albums that could beat it. ------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |
Posted By: Imperial Zeppelin
Date Posted: May 13 2015 at 09:14
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I think I like this list better than the one here on PA. Voted for Close to the Edge ------------- "Hey there, Dog Man, now I drink from your bowl." |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: May 13 2015 at 09:23
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Really don't mind if you sit this one out ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: May 13 2015 at 09:37
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Close to the Edge > Selling England by the Pound > Dark Side of the Moon > Thick As a Brick > Rock Bottom ------------- 
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Posted By: tboyd1802
Date Posted: May 13 2015 at 09:40
| Went with DSotM, very closely followed by ITCOTCK. Second tier for me in no particular order would by CTTE, SEbtP, TAAB and Thick... |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: May 13 2015 at 09:44
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TaaB, followed by DSotM, CttE and ItchyCock. My initial impression, actually. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: May 13 2015 at 09:56
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Close to the edge. -------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: May 13 2015 at 10:28
| Close to the Edge - Yes at the very top of their game. |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: May 13 2015 at 11:23
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Genesis. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: windycrawford
Date Posted: May 13 2015 at 11:45
| Nothing even comes close to In the Court |
Posted By: Pastmaster
Date Posted: May 13 2015 at 12:23
| Tool for me. |
Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: May 13 2015 at 12:33
| Thick As A Brick |
Posted By: twseel
Date Posted: May 13 2015 at 14:12
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Robert Wyatt is in a much better place here ------------- 
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: May 13 2015 at 15:35
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Voted CAN here, where is Radiohead - OK Computer? It's the top rated album on RYM. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: May 13 2015 at 15:51
That is only an illusion, caused by listening to too many Can albums consecutively. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: May 13 2015 at 16:54
It's in the can. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: May 13 2015 at 17:11
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I'm a Crimson fan so I went with them but Yes and Genesis aren't far behind in my book. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: May 13 2015 at 17:55
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Pawn Hearts
------------- This night wounds time. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: May 13 2015 at 21:21
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VDGG ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: May 13 2015 at 23:35
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1. Tull 2. Yes 3. Genesis 4. Pink Floyd 5. King Crimson 6. Camel ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: May 14 2015 at 00:54
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: May 14 2015 at 04:49
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Mirage followed closely by Selling England. Tull, Floyd and Yes not far behind. The rest nowhere. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: May 14 2015 at 05:55
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Tago Mago but of course! ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: May 14 2015 at 09:35
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Selling England - my "lost on an island" LP. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: May 14 2015 at 09:44
| Thick As A Brick, but all of them are quite fantastic. |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: May 14 2015 at 14:11
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Genesis apart. I love them all. I'm probably one of the few but I find SEBTP terribly boring ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: May 14 2015 at 15:13
I'm with you on SEBTP. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Upbeat Tango Monday
Date Posted: May 14 2015 at 18:23
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CTTE > SEBTP > ITCOTKC > PH > TAAB > Mirage ------------- Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement. |
Posted By: Imperial Zeppelin
Date Posted: May 14 2015 at 18:50
Funny, I find Genesis boring except for Selling England. ------------- "Hey there, Dog Man, now I drink from your bowl." |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: May 14 2015 at 19:03
I don't find any Genesis boring from Trespass to Wind and Wuthering. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: May 14 2015 at 20:39
| Wrong album name choices (for me) :) thus no vote here xxxx |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: May 14 2015 at 21:02
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Close To The Edge followed very "closely" by Thick As A Brick. My two favorite LP's of all-time.
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Posted By: Altairius
Date Posted: May 14 2015 at 22:14
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King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King Genesis - Selling England by the Pound Camel - Mirage Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick Yes - Close to the Edge Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Can - Tago Mago Tool - Lateralus Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
Despite being a big Soft Machine fan, I could never get into that Wyatt album. I like some of his other albums though. |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: May 15 2015 at 01:06
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Trull ------------- |
Posted By: antonyus
Date Posted: May 15 2015 at 01:35
| Yes - Close To The Edge |
Posted By: jude111
Date Posted: May 16 2015 at 22:40
| My first music album true love: Dark Side of the Moon. |
Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: May 17 2015 at 00:12
Animals from Floyd, The Wall and The Final Cut are my fav choices instead of Dark Side of The Moon which I like a lot but not my favorite in comparison to those. 
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Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: May 17 2015 at 07:54
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Selling over Tago Mago. -------------  
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: May 17 2015 at 07:58
Well we agree on Animals & that DSOTM isn't in their top 3 but The Wall & The Final Cut are two of my lowest ranked PF albums. TFC is the only one I actually got rid of as I just couldn't listen to it any more. I'd go Animals, WYWH, Ummagumma, Meddle, AHM, Piper. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: May 17 2015 at 08:15
| Went Pawn Hearts here, what a revelation when I first heard it, I felt like what was possible in music reached new levels and it eventually lead me to avant prog. To this day it is still perfection to these ears. Probably the classic album that has stayed the freshest in my mind. |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: May 17 2015 at 12:27
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Close to the Edge, followed by DSotM, ItCotCK, and Selling England ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 17 2015 at 13:29
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I like all the albums listed that I have about equally. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: windycrawford
Date Posted: May 17 2015 at 18:23
Great shame ITCOTCK isn't even in top 3 
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