Best 7 studio album run
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Topic: Best 7 studio album run
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Subject: Best 7 studio album run
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 11:02
| Yes, I know this is arbitrary so if you want to vote for a band but think the run should start with a later or earlier album you can still vote for it but please specify in comments where it would start and end. Also, I didn't include live albums. I think all these bands are among the most important in prog which is why I chose them. I'm sorry if I left out your favorite(favorites). |
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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 11:25
| I went with Yes but Genesis, Rush & Floyd all had great runs as well. |
Posted By: socrates17
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 11:27
| Art Zoyd: Symphonie pour le jour où brûleront les cités through Nosferatu. |
Posted By: progmatic
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 11:35
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1. Genesis 2. Eloy 3. Porcupine Tree 4. Jethro Tull 5. Moody Blues ------------- PROGMATIC |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 11:40
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Genesis...Tull...Moody Blues...Gentle Giant.....Yes.....etc ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 11:45
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On the list, I suppose Van der Graaf Generator and Pink Floyd, or edit (since I missed it, Gentle Giant). Not on the list: - Art Zoyd (really the first eight). Going with Musique Pour L'Odyssée through Berlin (love the debut, but since we have a reworked version I started with the second album) . - Tangerine Dream: Electronic Meditation to Stratosfear - Magma: Kobaia to Attahk - Heldon: Électronique Guérilla to Stand By - Robert Wyatt (really the first eight), but I'll go with The End Of An Ear to Cuckooland, though I could go with Rock Bottom to Comicopera. - Miles Davis: Filles De Kilimanjaro to Get Up With It - Popol Vuh: (first eight really), but I'll go with Affenstunde to Aguirre rather than the better rated In Den Gärten Pharaos to Letzte Tage - Letzte Nächte (either works). - Univers Zero: 1313 to Rhythmix (Rythmix not as strong imo) and really it's more of a ten album run. - Present: Triskaïdékaphobie to Barbaro (Ma Non Troppo) I am tempted to vote other, but I might give a vote to the VdGG run. With Pink Floyd it's more of an eleven album run for me (I even like More a lot), but I think I would go with The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn to Obscured by Clouds rather than from Atom Heart Mother (I'd have to have Ummagumma and I like earlier Floyd a lot). I do love The Wall, though, so.... EDIT: I will go other for my Art Zoyd choices. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 11:55
| ^ I did list Gentle Giant though(right after Genesis). |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 11:57
Thanks, my eyes are quite blurry. I can't really complain now when people miss choices in some of my mega option polls.  ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 12:01
Picked out most of the ones I'd have mentioned, Univers Zero, Art Zoyd & Magma are really no brainers. Especially for Hercules. No mention of King Crimson? ITCOTCK, ITWOP, Lizard, Islands, LTIA, S&BB, Red Black Sabbath? s/t, Paranoid, MOR, Vol4, SBS, Sabotage, Technical Ecstasy. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Logan wrote:Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 12:03
| this is a really tough one. I'm not sure I am totally happy with any 7 album run, but Eloy, Moodys and Camel all did a great job. Going with Camel because none of the albums in their run is what I would call weak. I wasn't big on Eloy's Floating and Power and the Passion or Moodys On the Threshold of a Dream. If Eloy's sequence started with Power and Passion and ended with Time to Turn, it might have gotten my vote, but maybe not |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 12:06
Aside from missing Gentle Giant in the original list, how could I forget to mention King Crimson in my own? In The Court of the Crimson King to Red is an awesome run. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 12:07
| ^ Well it often was a judgement call on where to start a "run" for these albums. With Camel I thought about starting with the first(same with Yes and VDGG) and also with "inside" for Eloy. I didn't add Caravan because some of the later albums aren't regarded as highly. Same thing with Renaissance, Focus, PFM and Nektar. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 12:11
You know, I deliberately left off ELP but I admit King Crimson is a definite oversight. I could have done ITCOTCK to Red. Shame on me. Wow. Oh well. Maybe I'll do a part two and add them on that poll. As for Sabbath I don't really consider them full on prog but I could put them on the next one(if I do another)anyway. They certainly have some proggy material and imo are very under rated as an influence of prog metal(something they don't seem to get much credit for).
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 12:12
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 12:13
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I was thinking with your avatar, choosing that seven album run by King Crimson might have proved difficult. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 12:14
I know. It's crazy.
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 12:15
So obvious I missed it I guess.
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Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 12:15
| Eloy and Jethro Tull |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 12:55
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Voted for VdGG ahead of GG.
Then there's the progrelated Electric Light Orchestra On the Third Day to Time & Steely Dan Can't Buy a Thrill to Gaucho + I would have started with Camel's debut and stopped with I Can See Your House from Here I love all ten first albums by The Residents and don't know where I would start or end: Meet The Residents The Third Reich 'n Roll Fingerprince Not Available Duck Stab/Buster & Glen Eskimo The Commercial Album Mark of the Mole The Tunes of Two Cities Intermission
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 13:46
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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: TCat
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 14:24
| I voted for Yes on this poll, but there are many here that I also considered. At first I thought that King Crimson could have been on this list and considered voting for other because of this, but we are talking about a 7 album consecutive run, and when I think of it in that light, Yes still wins for consecutive awesomeness. KC comes close, and still remains my overall favorite band, but couldn't really hold out when comparing it over 7 consecutive albums. KC's best albums are more interspersed among their entire discography. |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 14:30
This poll really shows how amazing the late 60's -> 70's era was for prog and how spoiled we were with great album after great album streaks from multiple bands. Of the bands on the list, and really evaluating how much I like each of the 7 albums in the range, I'd go with Genesis. My 1st inclination was VDGG, but while the last 4 string of Godbluff/StillLife/WorldRecord/PleasureDome are great, I like the 1st era much better before they reformed and those feel like a step down for me. Also, I'd count Aerosol Gray as the 1st VDGG album and drop off PleasureDome. Anyway, the Genesis 7 dipped a bit at the end for me, but was more consistently excellent throughout. That said, I really have no choice but to vote other because... King Crimson - ITCOTCK -> Red Other favorite 7 streak prog for me would be: Procol: Procol Harum -> Exotic Birds & Fruit Ange: Caricatures -> Vu D'un Chien (technically a streak of 6 as the 7th was a bit of a lemon) Beatles: Rubber Soul -> Abbey Road (not a big fan of Let it Be so started at Rubber Soul which I like much more) PFM: Storia Di Un Minuto -> Jet Lag (#7 is a minor step down but the 1st 6 are all amazing) Roxy Music: Roxy Music -> Flesh and Blood Outside of prog: Black Sabbath: Black Sabbath -> Technical Ecstasy (though I don't like #7) Rolling Stones: Aftermath -> Exile on Main Street ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 14:58
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Genesis......Yes........Tull.........Rush etc. It's very hard to have a truly great run of 7 albums, given bands change line-ups and that they are rightly experimenting and trying out new things. Marillion were not too far short, and so were Spock's Beard, I suppose, but it's all very subjective. If you're a fan, all releases from your bands have their highlights. ELP and King Crimson's runs were as good as many etc. ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |
Posted By: Dopeydoc
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 15:25
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My vote for Gentle Giant, but Yes and Genesis are very close |
Posted By: DarkTower
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 15:28
| Voted for Marillion |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 15:34
| Hey, finally a vote for Marillion! Now all that's left is Spock's Beard, the Flower Kings and Jethro Tull. :) |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 15:38
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[Also, I'd count Aerosol Gray as the 1st VDGG album and drop off PleasureDome.] Not being familiar with those albums I consulted the discography on here and saw that QZ/PD had a higher rating which is why I chose to include that album and not the first one. Otherwise it would be eight albums if I had both.
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Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 15:45
I like both, but Aerosol much more. Hey, how's that for a poll, bands with streaks of 8 great albums ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 16:15
| I vote for Jethro Tull. Great run and a lot of fantastic music, but most others are in the same boat; I just love those Tull albums. |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 16:40
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Went with Yes but there's really nothing in it between Yes and GG for me. ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: Run Home Slow
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 17:11
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I voted also for VdGG, but what about that list, pretty nice   ------------- If you got ears, you gotta listen — Captain Beefheart |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 17:32
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1) I could actually pick any sequence of seven albums out of Art Zoyd's catalogue and find it competitive. 2) Can's first six albums are awesome but the seventh one, Landed, lets them down a bit. Inserting Unlimited Edition instead they'd have a winning sequence day and night. 3) I love Quiet Zone/Pleasure Dome and its inclusion will actually make me vote VDGG, otherwise Pink Floyd would've grabbed it. |
Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 20:31
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This is a really hard one! It’s between Pink Floyd and Gentle Giant, with VdGG and Genesis close behind. Also like Eloy’s run, but starting with Inside. GG +1 ------------- 
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 21:07
| I don't know all of these, but of the ones I know, it would have to be Pink Floyd, closely followed by Yes. For me Rick Wakeman has his own run of wonderful albums from 6 Wives to Criminal Record (considering Journey as part of the run). |
Posted By: Junges
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 21:13
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Gentle Giant Could have voted VDGG or Camel too. ------------- 
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Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 21:30
| Strawbs had a pretty good run - Dragonfly thru Ghosts, or, if you count the live album, "Antiques and Curios" thru Ghosts. |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 22:02
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I think in terms of amazing progression---(it is called progressive rock) moving their sound forward in huge steps---bringing amazing musicians on board to advance the sound----YES did it 100%--up until GFTO. some of the other bands did ok but overall sound stayed the same.
but Genesis was pretty great too...  |
Posted By: tempest_77
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 22:15
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Really want to vote for Yes, and while I love Time and a Word, it's not as good as the other 6 albums in the run. Pink Floyd's is also great, though Obscured by Clouds kills that one for me. It's between Porcupine Tree and Genesis, and I'm going to go with Genesis, because while Signify and Stupid Dream were good, Genesis's 7 were all just totally incredible. Each one was marvelous in its own way. I will also add that Genesis's 7 is the only streak on this list where all 7 albums have 4+ stars on the site (Gentle Giant comes very close, but the debut falls just short). Also, I would have dropped Nude and included Camel's debut; I get that would kill the streak based on the site scores because I Can See Your House From Here has, if I remember correctly, a 2.97, but I've always thought that album was brutally underrated.
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: August 22 2018 at 02:01
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1 Camel (Breathless and ICSYHFH are not as good as the rest, but still very good) 2 IQ (Ever to Road of Bones) 3 Genesis 4 Strawbs (Dragonfly to Ghosts) 5 Gentle Giant 6 Marillion 7 Rush (the early ones are just OK) All the other bands listed did at least one real stinker somewhere in the list (eg A Passion Play, TFTO, The Wall). See a common link? ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 22 2018 at 02:04
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: August 22 2018 at 02:59
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Genesis followed by Gentle Giant. ------------- 
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Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: August 22 2018 at 05:16
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Genesis, followed by Rush and Tull. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: August 22 2018 at 06:28
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Just curious -- Adding the rating scores for each of the seven albums noted gives this: Genesis - 30.48 Gentle Giant - 29.52 Pink Floyd - 29.37 VDGG - 29.05 Yes - 28.98 Porcupine Tree - 28.50 Rush - 28.36 Jethro Tull - 28.30 Marillion - 27.41 Eloy - 27.38 Flower Kings - 26.88 Moody Blues - 26.62 Camel - 26.31 Spock's Beard - 25.75 If you change Rush to 2112 to Grace Under Pressure, their score goes up to 29.12. King Crimson is missing and would be 29.27 for In the Court to Red. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Chaser
Date Posted: August 22 2018 at 06:31
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Gentle Giant. The quality through those albums was superb and consistently good throughout I like Trespass, but don't rate it as highly as Selling England or Foxtrot and the quality was more variable through those Genesis albums IMO. ------------- Songs cast a light on you |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: August 22 2018 at 06:59
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Posted By: AZF
Date Posted: August 22 2018 at 07:51
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Black Sabbath had the best seven album run but from that list I voted Pink Floyd. If Soft Machine had a more stable line up they could have given a good run for their money. |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: August 22 2018 at 08:48
| Voted for Yes but if it was Nursery Cryme to Duke I may have voted for Genesis. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 22 2018 at 08:58
That would be eight albums though and not seven.
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Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: August 22 2018 at 08:58
| If one cheats a little, Renaissance had 7. From Prologue to A Song for all Seasons, including Live at Carnegie Hall. Since that live album was the introduction to the band for many, and sometimes their only possession by the band, it might make sense to include it |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 22 2018 at 09:02
| Everyone is going on about how King Crimson were not on the list(something I didn't do on purpose)but not one person mentioned the fact that I also forgot Kansas. Kansas to Audio Visions should be on there as well(although admittedly mainly for their first five). |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 22 2018 at 09:05
I said early on no live albums. If I made an exception for one band I'd have to make an exception for others. I'm sure Yes would have more votes if I made it TYA to GFTO with Yessongs in there but it doesn't seem right to include live albums since it's mostly material from the previous albums.
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Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: August 22 2018 at 10:26
hmm, well we could include Renaissance Mach 1 albums which would really please at least one person who has been trolling these posts and conveying his love for that aggregation and his meh-ness for Mach 2. If we did it would be an 8 album run from renaissance thru a song for all seasons. Many people really love the s/t but I think the followup "Illusion" is slightly better.
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 22 2018 at 10:58
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Not sure who has been trolling the posts, but I like pre-Haslam Renaissance (bit surprised it often seems to get neglected). The debut album to Novella is pretty strong methinks. Instead of Mach One, or Mark One as I would sooner call it, it might be called Relfaissance. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: August 22 2018 at 11:21
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These also have really great 7 albums run: Wigwam: Hard N`Horny > Dark Album Traffic: Mr. Fantasy > When the Eagle Flies Caravan: s/t > Blind Dog at St. Dunstans Gong: Magick Brother > Shamal Amon Düül II: Phallus Dei > Hijack Faust: st > Faust Wakes Nosferatu
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Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: August 22 2018 at 11:35
Hmmm...sounds like an idea for a future poll ELP should get a few votes with this streak of 7:1) ELP 2) Tarkus 3) Pictures at an Exhibition 4) Live at the Mar Y Sol Festival 5) Trilogy 6) Brain Salad Surgery 7) Welcome Back My Friends ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 22 2018 at 11:52
In my opinion a "run" should also offer some consistency in terms of band members, band phase etc. I don't think it'd make a proper "run" integrating two largely different bands under the same name with a minimum element of continuity. Neither do I think that King Crimson had a "run" including the early 80s trilogy together with Red and the albums before, as much as this would in my view shatter any competition in terms of the sum of the individual qualities of these albums. This would lack continuity, so it shouldn't count.
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: August 22 2018 at 12:34
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I could easily do ^ that one (great run, Crim), or Yes, or Renaissance, or, with some adjustment, Eloy and Tangerine Dream. But how about this run? I mean, BÖC did do *some* proggy stuff! I. Tyranny and Mutation II. Secret Treaties III. Agents of Fortune IV. Spectres V. Mirrors VI. Cultosaurus Erectus VII. Fire of Unknown Origin And for Hawkwind (this is just my take, as I cheated and omitted P.X.R.5, which is an album recorded earlier than its release date suggests, and has some live performances): I. Warrior on the Edge of Time II. Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music III. Quark, Strangeness and Charm IV. Sonic Attack V. Choose Your Masques VI. Church of Hawkwind VII. The Chronicle of the Black Sword ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: August 22 2018 at 13:21
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Marillion. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Upbeat Tango Monday
Date Posted: August 22 2018 at 16:28
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1-Yes and Genesis 2-ELP, Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant, VDGG, Rush, King Crimson and Camel 3-Dream Theater, Eloy, Renaissance ------------- 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: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 22 2018 at 17:28
| Just wondering if anyone thinks "Feel Euphoria" is the reason Spock's Beard didn't get any votes(so far anyway). I always hear people say it's a weak one. However, I have Octane(which is rated lower)and don't think that's a bad album. |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: August 22 2018 at 19:23
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For Hawkwind I'd go s/t through Quark. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: YESESIS
Date Posted: August 22 2018 at 19:58
Good call. Great run there by Caravan. From the list it's gotta be Gentle Giant, no album in their run that's even close to being weak. Although not a prog act, Steely Dan should at least get a mention somewhere in this thread. Can't Buy a Thrill - Gaucho.. talk about a run.
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: August 22 2018 at 20:46
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So Rush is my favorite group and just about any seven album run in their 19 studio album catalog is gonna get high marks from me. But when you hit the number 7, really, the only choice is The Moody Blues.
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: August 22 2018 at 21:36
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Well said. ------------- |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: August 22 2018 at 21:59
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Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: August 23 2018 at 02:40
| Every option has at least one album I don't like much. I choose Klaus Schulze, his first ten albums are a great run. |
Posted By: M27Barney
Date Posted: August 23 2018 at 04:33
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What is the best run according to p.a. average rating... ------------- Play me my song.....Here it comes again....... |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 23 2018 at 07:11
| ^ See progaardvark's post from yesterday on the previous page. |
Posted By: Cylli Kat (0fficial)
Date Posted: August 23 2018 at 08:26
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From the list, I'd have to go with Yes. But I would also respectfully submit for consideration Fates Warning: Perfect Symmetry to Theories Of Flight. And also Queen: Queen II to Innuendo. Yes, it's more than seven albums each, but I think it falls within the arc and curve, scope and sphere of the topic before us. Any thoughts? (Oh dang! How could I forget the monumental run of Menudo from Los Fantasmas to Let's Talk About Love?!?!?!? )------------- (Insert Clever Words Here) I'm actually this guy: https://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=17597" rel="nofollow - Cylli Kat |
Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: August 23 2018 at 08:58
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Posted By: Cylli Kat (0fficial)
Date Posted: August 23 2018 at 09:21
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And, in all seriousness now, I can't believe I didn't mention The Beatles... ------------- (Insert Clever Words Here) I'm actually this guy: https://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=17597" rel="nofollow - Cylli Kat |
Posted By: frankbostick
Date Posted: August 23 2018 at 11:22
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Obviously the best 7 studio album run is: King Crimson from ITCOTKC to Red Following: Pink Floyd VDGG Genesis Gentle Giant Yes Jethro Tull Renaissance from Renaissance to Novella Caravan from Caravan to Blind Dog... Camel from Camel to I Can See... Porcupine Tree |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 23 2018 at 12:47
| Don't worry folks. At some point I'm going to do a "do over" and include King Crimson. I'll include a few other bands who you want to see added and omit some of the bands on here with the least number of votes(sorry SB). You can mention on here which bands you want to see but please keep them as close to prog as possible. Also, I hate to disappoint you but I don't plan on including Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Black Sabbath or the Beatles. |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: August 24 2018 at 02:39
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Steely Dan, with honourable mentions to Gentle Giant, KC and Yes. For Yes I would start with the s/t debut, which I think is lovely, and end with Relayer - GFTO I find too cheesy for words. ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: August 24 2018 at 08:56
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It's obviously either Yes or Genesis but I would add XTC, Deerhoof and Neal Morse. XTC White Music Go 2 Drums & Wires Black Sea English Settlement Mummer The Big Express Skylarking Oranges & Lemons Nonsuch Apple Venus Wasp Star DEERHOOF Apple O Milk Man The Runners Four Friend Opportunity Offend Maggie Deerhoof Vs. Evil Breakup Song La Isla Bomita The Magic Mountain Moves NEAL MORSE Testimony One Question Mark Sola Scriptura Lifeline Testimony 2 Momentum The Grand Experiment Similitude Of A Dream I'm pretty impressed with those runs too.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 24 2018 at 09:14
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nice idea for a poll and discussion Marillion got my vote :)
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Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: August 24 2018 at 13:47
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after much deliberation went with Rush could have easily voted for Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: August 24 2018 at 20:05
Great call! Picking a run of 7 though is very difficult for me, as they have some slightly weaker albums in the middle, and I don't care much for the first two. Here's my top 7: White Music Go 2 Drums & Wires Black Sea English Settlement Mummer The Big Express Skylarking Oranges & Lemons Nonsuch Apple Venus Wasp Star Hmmmm. Tricky... White Music Go 2 Drums & Wires Black Sea English Settlement Mummer The Big Express Skylarking Oranges & Lemons Nonsuch Apple Venus Wasp Star Ok, that's pretty f**kin' great! I'd have to go with that. ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: April 30 2019 at 00:11
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Genesis ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: April 30 2019 at 12:09
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As a big fan of the Menel-era, I would have to say that any run of seven albums by IQ would be top of my list, and I literally wouldn't be able to choose one set over any other..... But from this list, I chose Marillion; it's probably their best overall era, and none of their first seven are poor albums. (Altough it was tempting to vote for Genesis to increase their lead over Yes, but I have to be honest with myself!)
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: April 30 2019 at 14:27
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Genesis was my favorite of the choices. I saw the Resident's mentioned. I'm a bigger fan of the latter years. Mostly what Wiki defines as the "Storyteller" era but starting with Have A Bad Day but that only gets me up to six that I actually have including Have a Bad Day Wormwood - Curious Stories From The Bible Demons Dance Alone Limited Edition Animal Lover Tweedles Bunny Boy, The ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 30 2019 at 15:40
Pictures at an Exhibition could be considered legitimately as it was completely fresh material. I would then go to Works Vol One and Two. Both are underrated in my opinion. Tangerine Dream - I absolutely love their music in the period 1979 to 1986 so I would pick 1) Force Majeure 2) Tangram 3) Exit 4) White Eagle 5) Hyperborea ) 6) Le Parc 7) Underwater Sunlight only White Eagle is a tiny bit of a let down imo corrected my list as Poland is live album (oops!) |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: April 30 2019 at 19:11
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Truly, the best 7 studio album run goes to a band not talked about a lot around here, Passport Passport-Doldinger Second Passport Handmade Looking Thru Cross Collateral Infinity Machine Iguacu All albums are 5 star masterpieces of German fusion
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: May 01 2019 at 03:45
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Genesis. The Moody Blues aren't far behind. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: May 01 2019 at 04:00
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: May 01 2019 at 04:44
Good call; gotta relisten to some Passport!
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Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: May 01 2019 at 09:23
| Passport is mmmm good! |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: May 01 2019 at 09:33
| Close between Yes & Genesis. Voted for Yes. |
Posted By: tailings
Date Posted: May 02 2019 at 08:45
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From the list I would choose Rush, but shift the streak to _2112_ through _Signals_. I would very much wish to choose Pink Floyd but I can't think of any streak that long that doesn't have dramatic swings of low to high. I very much like everything from _Pipers..._ to _Animals_ and feel Floyd's high points eclipse anything done by Rush, but Rush is much more consistent. All time, any artist, it has to be Autechre. I can think of no other artist who has so consistently made great music throughout their entire career and would put their streak as _Amber_ to _NTS Sessions_. That's twelve albums and only leaves out their first, _Incunabula_, which suffers slightly for sounding a teeny bit amateurish and dated by comparison. Autechre's streak is all the more impressive because they still continue to innovate and still continue to set new highs. How many artists who have recorded for 30 years are making their best music in their mature years, all the while their early efforts still hold strong? Another good contender would be Nurse With Wound, though culling out seven proper, chronologically current studio albums from in between all the many collections of curiosities would be difficult. Coil is a good contender as well, with a very strong streak of nine from _Horse Rotorvator_ through _Music To Play In the Dark2_, though one has to disregard a couple anomalies in the time line.
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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: May 02 2019 at 09:40
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[QUOTE=tailings]From the list I would choose Rush, but shift the streak to _2112_ through _Signals_. ^ I agree, This would have pushed me more toward voting for Rush.
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: May 02 2019 at 09:59
That would make it only 6 albums though and not seven. You would have to include GUP and I wanted focus more on their proggy material since this is after all a prog site. ;) CoS to Signals would make more sense, however, most seem to think their prog era ended with MP.
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Posted By: tailings
Date Posted: May 02 2019 at 10:45
Oops! You are very correct, so I'll append that to include _Grace Under Pressure_. Heck, _Fly By Night_ to _Grace Under Pressure_ is a pretty good streak in its own right. I do think _Grace_ is an overall better and more consistent album than either _Fly_ or _Caress_.
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Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: May 02 2019 at 16:14
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For the options presented in the poll, Yes all the way. VDGG would be a close second, followed by Gentle Giant third, Genesis fourth. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: May 27 2019 at 12:03
I'm bumping this because it's a good idea and topics close fast these days for some reason. 
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: May 27 2019 at 12:32
Why bother? That jerk who started it forgot to include King Crimson and that's the band who's album is on his avatar. SMH.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: May 27 2019 at 12:41
nah, KC is the predictable winner. And then there is the other option. So...
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Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: May 27 2019 at 12:45
Genesis would even beat out KC in my books! 
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Posted By: Jaketejas
Date Posted: May 27 2019 at 13:43
| I would change Rush - A Farewell to Kings through to Power Windows. That last album never gets enough credit methinks. That's what I like. You can like what you want, so there! |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: May 29 2019 at 14:56
Well, I didn't include any post MP Rush albums(and I mentioned this on here before)because I don't consider anything after MP or at the very least signals to be prog(or at least prog in the strictest sense). They are good albums but they are more like synth rock and not really prog imo. I could have maybe done COS to Signals but that's about as far as I would go.
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: May 30 2019 at 09:24
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I agree, Power Windows is woefully underrated. But I'm not gonna change a seven album run to one that excludes 2112? Also to get to Power Windows, you've gotta' go through Grace Under Pressure, one of my least favorite Rush albums. Come to think of it, even though Rush is my favorite band, I can't think of a seven album string without a significant dip somewhere. Which is why I went with the Moodies. DOFP through Seventh Sojourn is flawless. Nobody can touch it for consistent excellence without anything falling below a top shelf level.
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