Top three albums By... Whoever
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Topic: Top three albums By... Whoever
Posted By: Argo2112
Subject: Top three albums By... Whoever
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 13:55
Tried this with songs lists and it went pretty well. Now let's do top three albums. Pick a band, any band & give us your top three albums . Can be your favorite band or just someone you have been listening to lately. I'll start with Yes.
Yes
Close to the edge The Yes Album Going for the One
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 14:18
Bob Dylan
Highway 61 revisited Blonde on Blonde Love and Theft
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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 14:36
^ No "Blood on the Tracks" ?
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Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 16:02
Yes
1 Close To the Edge 2 Relayer 3 Tales From Topographic Oceans
Genesis
1 Foxtrot 2 Selling England by the Pound 3 Trick of the Tail
King Crimson
1: Court 2: Red 3: Larks
Pink Floyd
1: Animals 2: Dark Side Of The Moon 3: Wish You Were Here
Camel
1: Moonmadness 2: Mirage 3: Nod and a Wink
King Gizzard
1: Flying Microtonal Banana 2: Polygondwanaland 3: Nonagon Infinity
Kansas
1: Song for America 2: Debut (s/t) 3: leftoverture
Spock’s Beard
1: V 2: The Light 3: Brief Nocturnes
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Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 16:15
The Mahavishnu Orchestra . ..
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 16:30
Van der Graaf Generator
The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome Still Life Pawn Hearts
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 16:32
David Sylvian
Brilliant Trees http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=47851" rel="nofollow - There's A Light That Enters Houses With No Other House In Sight Secrets of the Beehive
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 16:56
Marillion Misplaced Childhood Marbles Sounds That Can't Be Made
Peter Gabriel So Us IV Security
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 20:56
KANSAS
Leftoverture Somewhere to Elsewhere Point of No Return
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 20:57
YES
Close to the Edge Related The Yes Album
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 20:58
MOODY BLUES
Days of Future Passed To Our Children's Children's Children Long Distance Voyager
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 21:01
CAMEL
Mirage Moonmadness The Snow Goose
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 21:04
GENTLE GIANT
Three Friends Octopus In a Glass House
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 21:05
RUSH
Moving Pictures 2112 Hemispheres
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 21:06
PINK FLOYD
Dark Side of the Moon Animals Wish You Were Here
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 21:08
DREAM THEATER
Images and Words Black Clouds and Silver Linings
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 21:09
ELP
Tarkus Emerson, Lake and Palmer Brain Salad Surgery
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 21:11
GENESIS
Foxtrot The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Selling England by the Pound
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 21:12
FATES WARNING
Parallels Perfect Symmetry Disconnected
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 21:13
JETHRO TULL
Aqualung Thick as a Brick Crest of a Knave
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 21:16
KING CRIMSON
Lizard In the Wake of Poseidon Larks in Tongues Aspic
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 21:20
STEELY DAN
Katy Lied Countdown to Ecstasy Aja
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 21:22
IRON MAIDEN
Piece of Mind Seventh Son of a Seventh Son Powerslave
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 21:27
RIVERSIDE
Anno Domini High Defenition Second Life Syndrome Rapid Eye Movement
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 21:30
SPOCK'S BEARD
The Light Snow V
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 21:33
ZAPPA
Hot Rats Apostrophe Sheik Yerbouti
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 21:35
MILES
In a Silent Way Jack Johnson Agharta
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 21:40
STEVE HACKETT
Voyage of the Acolyte Spectral Mornings Highly Strung
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 21:42
ALLAN HOLDSWORTH
Metal Fatigue I.O.U. The Sixteen Men of Tain
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 22:09
ELP Brain Salad Surgery Trilogy Works Volume One (mainly for Keith's Piano Concerto , Pirates , most of Palmer's side and 2 of Lake's songs)
IQ Ever The Wake Frequency
Genesis Foxtrot A Trick Of The tail And Then There Were Three
Yes Fragile Close To The Edge Drama
Rush Moving Pictures A Farewell To Kings Vapor Trails
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Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 22:18
Fischman wrote:
KANSAS
Leftoverture Somewhere to Elsewhere Point of No Return |
interesting choice with somewhere to elsewhere, I love Icarus II, Distant Vision, Myriad and The Coming Dawn, but most the stuff inbetween falls flat for me
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 22:18
Genesis
A Trick of the Tail Wind and Wuthering Selling England by the Pound
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 22:21
Kansas Somewhere To Elsewhere Kansas (S/t) Song For America
( the first 2 I love but after that a good compilation album suffices for me. However Song For America is such a great epic I have to pick that album!)
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 21 2019 at 22:25
No order for any of these:
Yes
Relayer Close to the Edge Fragile
Rush
A Farewell to Kings Hemispheres Permanent Waves
Pink Floyd
Atom Heart Mother Wish You Were Here The Wall
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 02:27
Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here Ummagumma Meddle
Genesis Foxtrot Selling England by the Pound Nursery Cryme
Yes Close to the Edge Fragile The Yes Album
Big Big Train English Electric (Part One) Grimspound English Electric (Part Two) / Grand Tour (tie)
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 02:59
Embryo: Rache Rocksession We Keep On
Supersister: Iskander Pudding En Gisteren To The Highest Bidder
Art Zoyd: Berlin Häxan Génération Sans Futur
Marillion: Fugazi Script Clutching
Tangerine Dream: Ricochet Rubycon Atem (Could be any number of TD albums from the 70s tbh)
Klaus Schulze: Blackdance X Picture Music (Same as TD)
Amon Düül ll: Yeti Wolf City Tanz der Lemminge
Jethro Tull: A Passion Play Stand Up This Was
Premiata Forneria Marconi: L’Isola Di Niente Storia di un Minuto Per Un Amico
Area: Crac! Arbeit Macht Frei Caution Radiation Area
Magma: Live Hhaï Köhntarkösz Kobaïa
Genesis: Lamb Fox Trick
Björn J:Son Lindh: Från Storstad til Grodspad Cous Cous Sissel
Frank Zappa: Hot Rats The Grand Wazoo One Size Fits All
Dungen: 4 Stadsvandringar Skitt I Alt
Franco Battiato: Pollution Clíc Sulle Corde di Aries
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- Douglas Adams
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 05:40
Genesis: A trick of the tail The Lamb lies down on Broadway Wind & Wuthering
Yes: Close to the edge Relayer Drama
King Crimson: Red Islands In the wake of Posseidon
------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 07:51
Argo2112 wrote:
^ No "Blood on the Tracks" ? |
Definitely not a top 3 for me, not even in the first 5. A top 10 for sure but near the bottom of my list.
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 07:57
Joni Mitchell
Hejira Blue For the Roses
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Posted By: Prog Sothoth
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 08:06
Yes: 1. Tales From Topographic Oceans 2. Relayer 3. Fragile
ELP: 1. Tarkus 2. Emerson Lake & Palmer 3. Works Vol. 2
Moodies: 1. On the Threshold of a Dream 2. To Our Children's Children's Children's Children's Children's etc. 3. In Search of my Lost Cord
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 09:58
dougmcauliffe wrote:
Fischman wrote:
KANSAS
Leftoverture Somewhere to Elsewhere Point of No Return |
interesting choice with somewhere to elsewhere, I love Icarus II, Distant Vision, Myriad and The Coming Dawn, but most the stuff inbetween falls flat for me |
For some reason, just about every song on the album resonates with me. You're the first person I've ever heard single out Myriad, which is my favorite on the album and one of my favorite Kansas songs overall.
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 10:02
Well, since some are going well off the Prog reservation, I'll add on nobody probably expected to see on this site:
DAN FOGELBERG 1. Netherlands 2. Captured Angel 3. Phoenix
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Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 10:11
Van der Graaf Generator: Pawn Hearts H To He, Who Am The Only One World Record Yes: Close To The Edge Fragile Relayer King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard: Sketches Of Brunswick East Polygondwanaland Flying Microtonal Banana
------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man.
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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 10:34
King Crimson
Larks Tongues in Aspic Starless & Bible Black Red
Genesis
TLLDOB Trick of the Tail Selling England by the Pound
Zappa Over-Nite Sensation Apostrophe One Size Fits All
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 10:50
I prophesy disaster wrote:
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard:
PolygondwanalandFlying Microtonal Banana |
Items ordered.
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 10:53
The Flower Kings
The Sum of no Evil Space Revolver Unfold the Future
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 11:16
Barbu wrote:
I prophesy disaster wrote:
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard:
PolygondwanalandFlying Microtonal Banana |
Items ordered. |
You're buying these albums just because one person on here listed them? Just because he likes them doesn't mean you will.
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 11:38
^ What are you talking about? of course I will like them. I'm doing this all the time.
Ever heard about the concept of 'trust' between music lovers?
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 11:43
Barbu wrote:
^ What are you talking about? of course I will like them. I'm doing this all the time.
Ever heard about the concept of 'trust' between music lovers? |
Not really. Lol. If you know the person's taste already I suppose that can make a big difference. Personally, I don't go by just one person's opinion but maybe that's just me. I take it into consideration but I look up reviews and ratings on here as well as rate your music and other sites(DPRP is another one). The second one listed wasn't even rated that highly on RYM(or at least there were two or three others that were rated higher). Best thing is to sample music on youtube first. These days practically everything is on youtube.
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 12:46
AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:
Barbu wrote:
^ What are you talking about? of course I will like them. I'm doing this all the time.
Ever heard about the concept of 'trust' between music lovers? |
Not really. Lol. If you know the person's taste already I suppose that can make a big difference. Personally, I don't go by just one person's opinion but maybe that's just me. I take it into consideration but I look up reviews and ratings on here as well as rate your music and other sites(DPRP is another one). The second one listed wasn't even rated that highly on RYM(or at least there were two or three others that were rated higher). Best thing is to sample music on youtube first. These days practically everything is on youtube.
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I very rarely listen or make exhaustive online research before buying so I must be a sort of dinosaur and, honestly, i'm rarely disappointed and quite often surprised (big part of the fun) when I purchase music this way. I recently ordered three iamthemorning albums with minimal research and without hearing a single note and from what I've read I'm pretty confident I will enjoy this band. In this particular case (king gizzard) it was an easy one given the title of the thread and the fact that I already know them and really enjoyed Sketches of Brunswick East.
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 13:19
The ratings on here can go a long way. Depending on your taste and the subgenre typically anything above a 3.40 or 3.50 is usually at least good but ultimately it's up to the listener and his or her own taste, preferences and musical values. I usually read at least some kind of review before buying whether it's on here or on the site I am buying something. For example on the Kinesis website I usually read the blurb about the cd before buying it. Usually I already know something about the band but not always. It's helpful when sellers do that.
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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 14:28
Beatles
The White Album Revolver Sgt. Pepper
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 14:54
Van der Graaf Generator:
1) Pawn Hearts 2) Godbluff 3) Do Not Disturb (a very underrated album)
Amon Düül 2:
The top three are in my opinion clear, but not which position they have. After a long inner debate:
1) Tanz der Lemminge 2) Yeti 3) Phallus Dei
Guru Guru:
1) Känguru 2) Moshi Moshi 3) Hinten
Gong:
1) You 2) Angel's Egg 3) 2032
Magma:
1) Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh 2) Zëss 3) Magma
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BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue.
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 15:23
Procol Harum
Procol Harum Shine On Brightly Grand Hotel
------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 15:32
Prog Sothoth wrote:
ELP: 1. Tarkus 2. Emerson Lake & Palmer 3. Works Vol. 2
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certainly a bit 'left field' on that one!
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 15:39
Mike Oldfield Ommadawn Hergest Ridge Incantations
Vangelis China Heaven and Hell Voices
Tangerine Dream Ricochet Pergamon (live) Purgatorio
Jean Michel Jarre Magnetic Fields Rendez-Vous The China Concerts
Rick Wakeman Six Wives Of Henry VIII The Legend of King Arthur and the Knights Of The Round Table Criminal Record
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 16:07
BaldFriede wrote:
Amon Düül 2:
The top three are in my opinion clear, but not which position they have. After a long inner debate:
1) Tanz der Lemminge 2) Yeti 3) Phallus Dei
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No. 3 Wolf City!
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Posted By: Prog Sothoth
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 16:55
richardh wrote:
Prog Sothoth wrote:
ELP: 1. Tarkus 2. Emerson Lake & Palmer 3. Works Vol. 2 |
certainly a bit 'left field' on that one! |
Kind of a new deal for me. Works 2 just totally clicked for me; I must be nuts. I just dig the clamorous nuttiness, the freakout jazziness, the barroom brawls and oddball short-takes on prog rock busting out of this thing. Even the Christmas tune is cool for nostalgia purposes, hearing it back in the late 80's-early 90's all the time pumping out of the canned "Christmas classics" music-feed from the speakers of the party goods store I worked at as a young lunatic. I find the album to be a mess, but a glorious, entertaining mess that offers more fun for me than much of their more celebrated (and rather "bloated") 'works'.
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 17:12
Tauk Homunculus Collissions Sir Nebula
Antoine Fafard Occultus Tramitis Sphere ProtoMundi
The Dregs Unsung Heroes What If Dregs of the Earth
Alice Cooper Love it to Death Killer Billion Dollar Babies
Pain of Salvation One Hour by the Concrete Lake The Perfect Element Remedy Lane
Thank you Scientist The first three less the EP
Frost* The first three
Lonely Robot The only three?
National Health The only three
Elvis Costello This Years Model Trust Armed Forces
Todd Rundgren and/or Utopia Utopia Hermit of Mink Hollow Nearly Human
XTC White Music Skylarking Oranges & Lemons
Brand X Unorthodox Behavior Moroccan Roll Masques
The Aristocrats The Aristocrats Culture Clash You Know What...?
Bill Bruford solo and Earthworks Feels Good to Me One of a Kind Earthworks Underground Orchestra
Joe Jackson Look Sharp I'm the Man Laughter and Lust
Chick Corea Elektric Band Beneath the Mask Light Years Eye of the Beholder
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers Album of the Year A Night in Tunsia Free for All
Pat Metheny Road to You American Garage Letter from Home
Jean-Luc Ponty Enigmatic Ocean Cosmic Messenger Imaginary Voyage
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 18:20
Univers Zero Ceux De Dehors Heresie Uzed
Mike Oldfield Ommadawn Hergest Ridge Incantations
Henry Cow Western Culture In Praise Of Learning Leg End
King Crimson Larks Tongues In Aspic Red In The Court Of The Crimson King
Genesis Foxtrot Trespass Nursery Cryme
Radiohead OK Computer Kid A In Rainbows
Cardiacs Sing To God A Little Man ... On Land & In The Sea
Cheer-Accident Fear Draws Misfortune No Ifs Ands & Dogs Putting Off Death
Pink Floyd Animals Ummagumma Meddle
Vezhlivy Otkaz Geese & Swans Geranium War Songs
------------- Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 18:53
Brian Eno
Too tough man.
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Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 19:06
Barbu wrote:
I prophesy disaster wrote:
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard:
PolygondwanalandFlying Microtonal Banana |
Items ordered. |
Two great albums, you won’t regret
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Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 19:09
Fischman wrote:
dougmcauliffe wrote:
Fischman wrote:
KANSAS
Leftoverture Somewhere to Elsewhere Point of No Return |
interesting choice with somewhere to elsewhere, I love Icarus II, Distant Vision, Myriad and The Coming Dawn, but most the stuff inbetween falls flat for me |
For some reason, just about every song on the album resonates with me. You're the first person I've ever heard single out Myriad, which is my favorite on the album and one of my favorite Kansas songs overall. |
Yeah it is a great song. Icarus 2 is amazing, Walsh’s aged vocals really elevate the song and I love the lyrics.
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: August 22 2019 at 19:22
Okay...
Eno (song based)
Another Green World Nerve Net
Another Day On Earth Taking Tiger Mountain (by strategy)
Eno (ambient)
Music for Airports
Thursday Afternoon Lux The Shutov Assembly
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 23 2019 at 12:03
ELP
ELP Trilogy BSS
Other than the title track I'm not that big into Tarkus; not that it's bad but I think the other three are over all a bit better.
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Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: August 23 2019 at 12:08
dougmcauliffe wrote:
Barbu wrote:
I prophesy disaster wrote:
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard:
PolygondwanalandFlying Microtonal Banana |
Items ordered. |
Two great albums, you won’t regret |
It should be noted that Polygondwanaland is a free digital download (although they did release it on CD about a year later).
------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man.
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Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: August 23 2019 at 12:17
I prophesy disaster wrote:
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard: Sketches Of Brunswick East Polygondwanaland Flying Microtonal Banana |
Two other albums that I enjoy about as much as the above albums are: Gumboot Soup and Eyes Like The Sky.
------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man.
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Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: August 23 2019 at 12:26
Barbu wrote:
I already know them and really enjoyed Sketches of Brunswick East. |
If you like Sketches of Brunswick East, then you'd probably like Gumboot Soup. I think these two albums have a similar feel and the music of either album wouldn't sound too far out-of-place on the other album.
------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man.
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: August 23 2019 at 12:37
^ Noted, thanks.
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Posted By: tdfloyd
Date Posted: August 23 2019 at 13:58
Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals
Genesis A Trick of the Tail, Wind and Wuthering, Selling England...
King Crimson The Court of the Crimson King, Red, Thrak
Camel Snow Goose, Moonmadness, A Nod and a Wink
TD Phaedra, Force Majeure, Zeit
Yes The Yes Album, Fragile, Close to the Edge
Peter Gabriel IV, III, Live Blood
Chicago VII, V, II
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 23 2019 at 17:12
Irmin Schmidt
Axolotl Eyes Toy Planet Filmmusik Vol 3 & 4
Have only heard a small bit of 2018's Klavierstuecke yet, but it may end up in the top 3.
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 23 2019 at 17:53
Yes The Yes Album, Fragile, Close to the Edge
Yawn. No offense but a lot of people(even Yes fans) seem to act as though these are the only Yes albums that matter. I think part of it is because of the lineup on those albums(especially the presence of Bill Bruford).
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 23 2019 at 22:14
Magma
Kobaïa 1001° Centigrades Retrospektïẁ I-II
------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts
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Posted By: Howard the Duck
Date Posted: August 23 2019 at 23:00
Just wanted to say I'm stunned how many people listed both Wind
and Tail in their top 3 Genesis albums. They're the most solid of the
Collins albums (at least in terms of prog credentials) but to me they
pale in comparison to every Gabriel album after the debut. Heck,
Trespass is missing two of that line-up and is actually one of the most
underrated/great albums they ever made.
Compare
Squonk to the average song on Lamb - no comparison! I get that people
have a soft spot for those albums, but to me not only the songwriting
was starting to decline, but even Collin's playing was becoming less
inventive/incisive already after his peak on Lamb, and it took a while
for his singing to align well with his drumming facility (that happened
by Duke I'd say, but by then the songwriting was REALLY in decline!) Not
to mention the mixing of the drums starting to move towards the 80s
sound, which always gives me a headache with the excessively tinny
thudding toms (and it gets worse and worse on subsequent remasters).
------------- MacGyver can do a super guitar solo with a broom and an elastic band. Can you do better?
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 23 2019 at 23:15
Prog Sothoth wrote:
richardh wrote:
Prog Sothoth wrote:
ELP: 1. Tarkus 2. Emerson Lake & Palmer 3. Works Vol. 2 |
certainly a bit 'left field' on that one! |
Kind of a new deal for me. Works 2 just totally clicked for me; I must be nuts. I just dig the clamorous nuttiness, the freakout jazziness, the barroom brawls and oddball short-takes on prog rock busting out of this thing. Even the Christmas tune is cool for nostalgia purposes, hearing it back in the late 80's-early 90's all the time pumping out of the canned "Christmas classics" music-feed from the speakers of the party goods store I worked at as a young lunatic. I find the album to be a mess, but a glorious, entertaining mess that offers more fun for me than much of their more celebrated (and rather "bloated") 'works'. |
I think you are one of the few that actually 'get' that album. It presented a more relaxed version of ELP and was partly a reaction to the punk backlash I believe. However 'Died in the wool' fans like me tend to look down on it and I can't remember the last time I played it. There needs to be a track that I desperately want to listen to and the only thing that falls into that category is Brain Salad Surgery which I can listen to on the bonus version of the album which also has When The Apple Blossom Blooms. Also the Works Vol2 version of IBIFC is not as good as the single version imo.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 23 2019 at 23:20
AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:
YesThe Yes Album, Fragile, Close to the Edge
Yawn. No offense but a lot of people(even Yes fans) seem to act as though these are the only Yes albums that matter. I think part of it is because of the lineup on those albums(especially the presence of Bill Bruford). |
True but when you have a thread that is picking 3 albums then what can you do? I predictably picked 2 of them (Fragile and CTTE) because of the writing and in my opinion this was the best 5 piece line-up ever in progressive rock. I did, however, go for Drama as my 'wildcard' just for a bit of variety!
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 23 2019 at 23:23
BaldFriede wrote:
Van der Graaf Generator:
1) Pawn Hearts 2) Godbluff 3) Do Not Disturb (a very underrated album)
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yep missed this the first time but totally agree about DND
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 23 2019 at 23:23
richardh wrote:
BaldFriede wrote:
Van der Graaf Generator:
1) Pawn Hearts 2) Godbluff 3) Do Not Disturb (a very underrated album)
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yep missed this the first time but totally agree about DND |
and that is also my VDGG selection!
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 24 2019 at 04:50
richardh wrote:
BaldFriede wrote:
Van der Graaf Generator:
1) Pawn Hearts 2) Godbluff 3) Do Not Disturb (a very underrated album)
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yep missed this the first time but totally agree about DND |
I like it a lot... trouble is, they have three even better ones...
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 24 2019 at 13:37
MY VdGG trio is quite mundane, one might say (in order of my usual preference):
The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other Pawn Hearts H to He Who Am the Only One
I wanted to try Art Zoyd, but that is really tough as I love so many Art Zoyd albums, but I'll go with:
Génération sans futur Les espaces inquiets Häxan
Tangerine Dream:
Electronic Meditation Alpha Centauri Atem
(Zeit i just don't always have the patience for)
Igor Wakhévitch:
Docteur Faust Logos Hathor
Robert Wyatt:
Rock Bottom The End of an Ear Shleep
Area:
Caution Radiation Area Crac ! Arbeit macht frei
Popol Vuh:
In den Gärten Pharaos Hosianna Mantra Music From the Film "Aguirre"
Miles Davis:
Big Fun Get Up With It In a Silent Way
Herbie Hancock:
Crossings Sextant Mwandishi
Cos:
Viva Boma Postaeolian Train Robbery Babel
I'll stop there.
------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 24 2019 at 15:17
Tangerine Dream
Rubycon Zeit Tangram
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: August 25 2019 at 08:27
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard: Sketches Of Brunswick East Polygondwanaland Flying Microtonal Banana Gumboot Soup Eyes Like The Sky. |
Going to check all these out, band I've need to explore properly for a long time.
------------- Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/
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Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: August 25 2019 at 10:23
Steve Hackett
Spectral Mornings To Watch the Storms Momentum
------------- A curse upon the heads of those who seek their fortunes in a lie. The truth is always waiting when there's nothing left to try. - Colin Henson, Jade Warrior (Now)
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Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: August 25 2019 at 10:34
Henry Kaiser
Lemon Fish Tweezer Celestial Squid (with Ray Russel) Skip to the Solo (with Alan Licht)
------------- A curse upon the heads of those who seek their fortunes in a lie. The truth is always waiting when there's nothing left to try. - Colin Henson, Jade Warrior (Now)
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 26 2019 at 12:48
Eloy Colours Planets Time To Turn
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Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: August 26 2019 at 14:20
YES Tales From Topographic Oceans Fragile Close To The Edge
GENESIS The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Foxtrot A Trick Of The Tail
KING CRIMSON Larks' Tongues In Aspic Red In The Court Of The Crimson King
EMERSON. LAKE & PALMER Brain Salad Surgery Trilogy Tarkus
GENTLE GIANT Free Hand Octopus The Power & The Glory
KANSAS Kansas Leftoverture Song For America
THE FLOWER KINGS Space Revolver The Sum Of No Evil Stardust We Are
SPOCK'S BEARD The Kindness Of Strangers V Beware Of Darkness
NEAL MORSE Question Mark Sola Scriptura The Similitude Of A Dream
RUSH A Farewell To Kings Hemispheres 2112
XTC Drums & Wires Black Sea English Settlement
PINK FLOYD Wish You Were Here Animals Dark Side Of The Moon
JETHRO TULL Thick As A Brick A Passion Play Aqualung
THE TANGENT The Music That died Alone A Place In The Queue Proxy
BIG BIG TRAIN Folklore English Electric Part One Grand Tour
IQ Road Of Bones Dark Matter Frequency
MARILLION Marbles Brave F.E.A.R.
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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: September 27 2019 at 11:30
Porcupine Tree In Abstenia Deadwing Fear of a Blank Planet
Rush Moving Pictures Power Windows Permanent Waves
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: September 27 2019 at 11:38
TRIUMVIRAT
Illusions On A Double Dimple Spartacus
Mediterranean Tales
PASSPORT
Looking Thru Doldinger Cross Collateral
COLOSSEUM
Colosseum Live Daughter Of Time Valentyne Suite
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Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: September 28 2019 at 08:21
MARTIN BARRE BAND
A Trick of Memory Back to Steel Road Less Traveled
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: September 28 2019 at 09:27
RUSH
2112 A Farewell To Kings Fly By Night
WISHBONE ASH
Argus New England Wishbone Ash
ATOMIC ROOSTER
Death Walks Behind You Atomic Rooster In Hearing Of
IF
If
If 3
If 2
SOFT MACHINE
Seven Bundles Six
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: September 28 2019 at 11:18
GENTLE GIANT
Freehand The Missing Piece Interview
HAWKWIND
Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music In Search Of Space Doremi Fasol Latido
WALLENSTEIN
No More Love Blitzkrieg Cosmic Century
LE ORME
Felona e Sorona L'Uomo di Pezza Collage
PFM
Photos Of Ghosts Chocolate Kings The World Became The World
GENESIS
Trespass And Then There Were Three Wind and Wuthering
ELP
Emerson, Lake and Palmer Tarkus Trilogy
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Posted By: patrickq
Date Posted: September 28 2019 at 21:12
Beatles ======== Sgt. Pepper Revolver Abbey Road
(2 and 3 are very close)
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Posted By: patrickq
Date Posted: September 28 2019 at 21:14
Klaus Schulze ======== X Picture Music Mirage
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Posted By: patrickq
Date Posted: September 28 2019 at 21:15
Rush ======== Moving Pictures Presto Grace Under Pressure
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Posted By: patrickq
Date Posted: September 28 2019 at 21:17
Daryl Hall & John Oates ======== Voices Private Eyes H2O
(1 and 2 are very close)
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Posted By: patrickq
Date Posted: September 28 2019 at 21:19
Yes ======== Relayer Close to the Edge Fragile
(choosing a #3 was tricky...)
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: September 29 2019 at 01:48
Colosseum II
Strange New Flesh (3.61) Electric Savage (3.63) War Dance (3.67)
Yes I realise that they only have 3 albums but I like them all! I put the average PA rating in brackets as it always amuses me that they are so close.
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Posted By: freed
Date Posted: October 13 2019 at 06:52
Renaissance Scheherazade, Prologue, Renaissance (first, 1969)
Curved Air Phantasmagoria, Air Cut, Second Album
Man Back Into the Future, Do You Like it Her Now, Rhinos Winos and Lunatics
Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall
Genesis Selling England by the Pound, A Trick of the Tail, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Emerson Lake & Palmer Brain Salad Surgery, Tarkus, Welcome Back My Friends
Yes YesSongs (triple LP with spectacular Roger Dean artwork!), Tales From Topographic Oceans (double LP idem), The Yes Album
The Beatles Sgt. Peppers, Abbey Road, Revolver
Magma Magma Live (Köhntark), Köhntarkösz, Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh
------------- expand y-our mind, expand y-our world at planetwork.org
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Posted By: Ozric_Gnome
Date Posted: October 15 2019 at 06:32
Opeth - 1. Still Life 2. Blackwater Park 3. Damnation
Spock's Beard - 1. The Light 2. V 3. Day for Night
Leprous - 1. Bilateral 2. Coal 3. The Congregation
Yes - 1. Close to the Edge 2. Tales from Topographic Oceans 3. Fragile
Genesis - 1. Foxtrot 2. Nursery Cryme 3. Selling England by the Pound
Porcupine Tree - 1. Fear of a Blank Planet 2. In Absentia 3. Deadwing
Cynic - 1. Focus 2. Kindly Bent to Free Us 3. The Portal Tapes
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Posted By: AlanB
Date Posted: October 15 2019 at 10:20
WISHBONE ASH
Argus No Smoke Without Fire There's The Rub
NEAL MORSE
? Jesus Christ The Exorcist Sola Scriptura
PINK FLOYD
Wish You Were Here Dark Side Of The Moon The Wall
YES
The Yes Album Going For The One Close To The Edge
CAMEL
Moonmadness The Snow Goose Rain Dances
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