"Big Six" by years (1969-1974)
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Topic: "Big Six" by years (1969-1974)
Posted By: MFP
Subject: "Big Six" by years (1969-1974)
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 07:50
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1969: Yes / From Genesis to Revelation / In the Court of the
Crimson King / More – Ummagumma / Stand Up 1970: Time and a Word / Trespass / In the Wake of Poseidon –
Lizard / Atom Heart Mother / Emerson Lake & Palmer / Benefit 1971: The Yes Album – Fragile / Nursery Cryme / Islands
/ Meddle / Tarkus / Aqualung 1972: Close to the Edge / Foxtrot / Obscured by Clouds / Trilogy
/ Thick as a Brick 1973: Tales from Topographic Oceans / Selling England by the
Pound / Larks' Tongues in Aspic / The Dark Side of the Moon / Brain
Salad Surgery / A Passion Play 1974: Relayer / The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway / Starless
and Bible Black – Red / War Child Bolded are my favourites album from each band. |
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Posted By: MFP
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 07:51
| 1971 followed by 1973 and 1974. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 07:55
| I don't know what to choose. |
Posted By: Progishness
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 07:56
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Well seeing as two of the finest albums of all time were released in 1972, i.e. CTTE & TAAB - it's a no-brainer for me. ------------- "We're going to need a bigger swear jar." Chloë Grace Moretz as Mindy McCready aka 'Hit Girl' in Kick-Ass 2 |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 08:27
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Any choice would be awesome. Went with '72. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 08:30
| 1972 by a small marging from the rest. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 08:35
1969, just to be different. 
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Posted By: Earl of Mar
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 09:05
| 72 from 73 and 71.However my favourite year for music overall would be 71,a year so good it got it's own book by David Hepworth. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 10:01
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Have to go with 1972: CttE / Foxtrot / ObC / Trilogy / Thick as a Brick, particularly considering the Living In the Past album was also released in 1972. ------------- ...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: richardh
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 10:01
| Hard not to go for 1972. 73 has my favourite album BSS but generally I prefer 74 and 75 of which the latter gives 1972 a good run for its money imo. |
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 10:09
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1969: Yes / From Genesis to Revelation / In the Court of the Crimson King / More – Ummagumma / Stand Up 1970: Time and a Word / Trespass / In the Wake of Poseidon – Lizard / Atom Heart Mother / Emerson Lake & Palmer / Benefit 1971: The Yes Album – Fragile / Nursery Cryme / Islands / Meddle / Tarkus / Aqualung 1972: Close to the Edge / Foxtrot / Obscured by Clouds / Trilogy / Thick as a Brick 1973: Tales from Topographic Oceans / Selling England by the Pound / Larks' Tongues in Aspic / The Dark Side of the Moon / Brain Salad Surgery / A Passion Play 1974: Relayer / The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway / Starless and Bible Black – Red / War Child I went for 1974... ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 10:25
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'73 |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 10:25
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'72 followed by '71 and '73. ------------- 
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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 11:14
| Tough one, For me 1969 & 1970 fall a little short but 1971- 1974 are all very strong. I went with 1971. |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 11:18
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Great albums in all these years, but the best for me is '73 - all five stars (which is not the case for any of the other years). ------------- 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: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 11:46
73 for me too! The ultimate year of excess and prog pomp run amok! -------------  https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Progosopher wrote:Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 12:05
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The world was created in 1969, as far as I'm concerned. God bless the omnipotent KC. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 12:56
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71 tied with 73 for me (72 total Gnosis rating points added up) I'll vote for 71. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 13:38
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73 ------------- 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: Lewian
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 13:49
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1973. OK it has Tales, but I can live with that. |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 14:23
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70, 71, and 73 are the only years all of the big six released music. Therefore, 69, 70, 72 and 74 should not be included? So with that mentioned... 1971.
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Posted By: Theprogelitist
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 14:26
| 73 followed by 72 |
Posted By: The Anders
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 16:11
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"1973: TfTO / SEbtP / LTiA / TDSotM / BSS / APP" Imagine someone who doesn't know anything about prog reading this...
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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 16:24
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1972: CttE / Foxtrot / ObC / Trilogy / Thick as a Brick Not a huge fan of Obscured By Clouds but the other four smash every other year ! ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: Braka1
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 17:07
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Fh4 Gshhsh Gpp #0ttu VV fhfhf0+ ------------- Believe me Pope Paul, my toes are clean |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 17:13
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^No more cannabis for you ! ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 19:03
------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 20:58
yeah this---very hard to choose so I thought about how often I still listen to the lineup.
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Posted By: Sacro_Porgo
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 21:44
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I'll give 71 another vote. I feel it's the most colorful year in question for these 6 bands. All of them released an album (or 2 in Yes' case) and all of these albums either sit among my favorite from each band or (in the case of Floyd) include at least one undeniable genre defining classic. 72 and 73 are of course artistic peaks in their own right, but I feel personally 71 sees each of these bands on an equal playing field, a concentration of pure potential energy the fruits of which had to be spread out over the next three years. ------------- Porg for short. My love of music doesn't end with prog! Feel free to discuss all sorts of music with me. Odds are I'll give it a chance if I haven't already! :) |
Posted By: Awesoreno
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 21:56
And yet, I still went with 1974.
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Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 22:37
| Got to be 1973. |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 22:54
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Tough call, I went with 1972. ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: April 24 2021 at 00:14
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It's slightly more challenging when you lay out what came out each year... ...But 1972 gets it, like almost always. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Progishness
Date Posted: April 24 2021 at 00:18
It's a secret code! ------------- "We're going to need a bigger swear jar." Chloë Grace Moretz as Mindy McCready aka 'Hit Girl' in Kick-Ass 2 |
Posted By: Progishness
Date Posted: April 24 2021 at 00:24
Arguably the 1971-73 period was prog's halcyon days, when it was properly maturing, and before it started getting a bit overblown, pompous, and self-indulgent. Discuss. ------------- "We're going to need a bigger swear jar." Chloë Grace Moretz as Mindy McCready aka 'Hit Girl' in Kick-Ass 2 |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: April 24 2021 at 00:40
That would have been me back in September 2019 when none of those abbreviations meant anything to me either.
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Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: April 24 2021 at 02:25
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1973 ------------- 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: Sacro_Porgo
Date Posted: April 24 2021 at 07:50
A lot of prog haters would argue prog was always overblown and self indulgent, so it's hard to know where to draw that line. I usually seen it drawn at TFTO and TLLDOB, one of which does sit in the 71-73 period. But I think I agree for the most part. In these early years prog was still getting its bearings and discovering all it could do. Directly afterwards it started discovering more of what it couldn't do (keep Peter Gabriel around, release more than one PF album every two years, keep KC together, keep a consistent lineup in Yes, make a whole album song every JT album, keep making great ELP albums, etc.) ------------- Porg for short. My love of music doesn't end with prog! Feel free to discuss all sorts of music with me. Odds are I'll give it a chance if I haven't already! :) |
Posted By: Progishness
Date Posted: April 24 2021 at 08:45
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The advances in technology played a part too - the prog bands were going into the studio with the attitude 'we've got all this wonderful latest equipment, so let's exploit it and see what we can get it to do'. Advances in the studios themselves, and recording and production techniques also played a big part in the prog sound. And this was all in the analogue era! ------------- "We're going to need a bigger swear jar." Chloë Grace Moretz as Mindy McCready aka 'Hit Girl' in Kick-Ass 2 |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: April 24 2021 at 08:53
Amen brother Steve,  ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: April 24 2021 at 11:37
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1972 ------------- ---------- 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: Rick1
Date Posted: April 26 2021 at 03:17
| Interesting approach to a poll and kind of confirms the 'high water mark' of prog debate. Although I agree with the big six thesis, 1975 was the last vintage year for prog but that came largely from outside the big six (KC split, ELP on hiatus, etc.) |
Posted By: Progishness
Date Posted: April 26 2021 at 06:21
...And dare I suggest it, Pink Floyd about to enter the Waters dominated (as opposed to Waters lead) era? ------------- "We're going to need a bigger swear jar." Chloë Grace Moretz as Mindy McCready aka 'Hit Girl' in Kick-Ass 2 |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: April 26 2021 at 06:43
You may dare, though Animals is outstanding. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: April 26 2021 at 07:09
How about a poll on the "Big Six" in the 80s?  |
Posted By: Progishness
Date Posted: April 26 2021 at 07:57
It's one album that I've always found a bit cold and bleak to be honest, as good as the individual tracks are (especially Sheep & Dogs). The change was in Roger's attitude, as (in my opinion) this is where he started telling us what to think.
------------- "We're going to need a bigger swear jar." Chloë Grace Moretz as Mindy McCready aka 'Hit Girl' in Kick-Ass 2 |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: April 26 2021 at 21:52
| I would say the only Waters dominated albums are The Wall and The Final Cut, and that didn't happen until '79. Wish you were here was a group effort all right, and Animals has Dogs, which was mostly composed by Gilmour, as I understand it, having Waters credits because, as always, he wrote the lyrics... and that song takes nearly half the votes, and as proved by the polls that have been made lately, it's the most beloved song on that supposedly Waters dominated album. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 08 2022 at 06:07
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nice poll bump!
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Posted By: Heart of the Matter
Date Posted: January 08 2022 at 07:08
| And nice bump. I'll go with the '71 vintage. |
Posted By: Hiram
Date Posted: January 08 2022 at 07:14
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Seems I already voted when the poll first came up, but can't remember what. Probably/hopefully 1973 because of SEbtP / LTiA / TDSotM / BSS.
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