Random Album Clash - FINALS
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Topic: Random Album Clash - FINALS
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Subject: Random Album Clash - FINALS
Date Posted: May 28 2021 at 09:11
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We reached the Random Album Clash FINALS! Thanks to everyone who participated throughout all of these, that have been going on for more than half a year now! We arrive at the final poll where we have the six winning albums for each decade covered. You know the drill, vote for the album you think should win and then comment who you voted for. I will kick things off by voting for 'The Power to Believe', as it happens to be my favorite of the six albums that reached this stage. Here are some stats from the 'semi-finals': -The six polls got a total of 368 votes, with the 70s one getting the whopping 75! -The poll with the least votes is the 60s one with just 48 votes -Four albums almost qualified for the finals, as they were just one vote behind the winners; these are, of course, 'So' by Peter Gabriel, 'Fear of a Blank Planet' by Porcupine Tree, 'A Trick of the Tail' by Genesis, and 'Animals' by Pink Floyd -The finalist who collected the most votes during the semi-finals of the RAC series is 'Hybris' with 17 votes, followed closely by 'Revolver' with 15 and 'Octopus' with 14 Another final note, I have some expectations in terms of how the albums will rank in this final poll, but I will not share them yet, as I would not want to even have the possibility to influence the voting in any way. The winner will be announced on 04/06 at 16:10 CET, after exactly one week's time for voting!
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Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: May 28 2021 at 09:30
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RRRUUSSHH!! (followed by BBT). ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: May 28 2021 at 09:40
| Gentle Giant - 'Octopus' (1972) |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: May 28 2021 at 10:14
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GG, narrowly over KC and Anglagard. ------------- ---------- 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: Earl of Mar
Date Posted: May 28 2021 at 10:55
| GG is the best here but BBT wont get a lot of love so they can have my vote. |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: May 28 2021 at 11:00
| Rush just ahead of Revolver |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: May 28 2021 at 11:13
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Rush then Gentle Giant ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: May 28 2021 at 11:57
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GG > KC ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: May 28 2021 at 12:00
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Gentle Giant towers over the others in this selection, for me. ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: May 28 2021 at 12:15
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Gentle Giant is my choice too. ------------- Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: May 28 2021 at 12:44
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The almighty GG! ------------- 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: Man With Hat
Date Posted: May 28 2021 at 14:02
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GG over KC and Angalgard ------------- 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: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: May 28 2021 at 14:04
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20 votes in and Gentle Giant are leading the way! |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: May 28 2021 at 14:26
Anglagard, having listened to "Hybris" for the first time recently. 
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Posted By: Hiram
Date Posted: May 29 2021 at 00:10
| Gentle Giant ever so slightly over Rush, then Beatles and King Crimson. |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: May 29 2021 at 00:11
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Gentle Giant easily, far and away here! ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: May 29 2021 at 01:39
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30 votes in and the contest seems to be between Gentle Giant and Rush with GG being just a hair ahead. |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: May 29 2021 at 05:55
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Apart from Hybris, I like all these albums, but for me The Power to Believe tops them all... ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: May 29 2021 at 07:07
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I vote for the only album here that is older than me. |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: May 29 2021 at 07:09
| Octopus, one of Gentle Giant's finest albums. |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: May 29 2021 at 08:29
| As much as I love Giant, I have to give my vote to Rush. |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: May 29 2021 at 12:27
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40 votes in and Rush edge out Gentle Giant for the first time! The contest was pretty tight in the 70s and in the 80s polls, and this continues on here! I can now safely say that my expectations for the top two are met but I have no idea who will win. Let's see!
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Posted By: VianaProghead
Date Posted: May 30 2021 at 10:59
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Gentle Giant - 'Octopus' followed closely by Rush - 'Moving Pictures'.
------------- "PROG IS MY FERRARI". Jem Godfrey (Frost*) |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: May 30 2021 at 12:51
| Beatles magnum opus |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: May 30 2021 at 12:56
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All decent albums but Revolver is iconic for me...but then Im old........ Octopus has Advent .. and River...2 from them I really like but the rest of the lp doesn't grab me that much. Rush has Sawyer, Limelight and Camera Eye..the rest are just ok... Revolver is simply iconic on every single track ,,,,maybe they should have done a 5 minute version of Tomorrow Never knows to get the win.....  ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Chaser
Date Posted: May 30 2021 at 13:33
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Octopus is a magnum opus of musical talent, complexity, and genius, and it gets my vote ------------- Songs cast a light on you |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: May 30 2021 at 17:45
| Octopus. |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: May 31 2021 at 00:36
| Gentle Giant - 'Octopus' (1972) |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: May 31 2021 at 05:56
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Usual report is coming: 50 votes in and things are beginning to look very good for 'Octopus'! We still have four days of voting, so anything could happen.
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Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: May 31 2021 at 06:02
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Anglagard - 'Hybris' (1992) ------------- 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. |
Posted By: Morelia
Date Posted: May 31 2021 at 10:22
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Must say that none of the albums I voted for in any of the decade polls made its way to the finals ^^' . I went for Octopus (that seems to be currently tied with Pink Floyd in the 70's poll).
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Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: June 01 2021 at 00:41
| Since Revolver is the greatest popular album of all time I'm going to bypass it and vote for Big Big Train ahead of Gentle Giant. |
Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: June 01 2021 at 03:56
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I'm disappointed to find that I only have one of these albums (Rush). I have English Electric Full Power. Never heard any Gentle Giant or Anglagard. Only own the Beatles Number 1's album! So I can't vote.....
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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: June 01 2021 at 04:20
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essexboyinwales wrote:Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: June 01 2021 at 04:25
OK, well I went with BBT then! Must listen to this Octopus thing.....
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: June 01 2021 at 04:31
| All classics but Revolver is head and shoulders above them all |
Posted By: Ronstein
Date Posted: June 01 2021 at 06:37
| Giant. Revolver is a great album, but Octopus is the one I'm most likely to pick up and play. |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: June 02 2021 at 11:45
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A peculiar observation: All the albums featured on the finals poll (except 'Revolver', which should not count, as we started from 1964) were released in the first three years of the featured decades... Does this indicate the forum users consider the first halves of the decades stronger in terms of musical output? *'A Love Supreme' that represented 1964 was not too close to winning the 60s poll though!
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: June 02 2021 at 15:31
I think this is not decade-wise but general. Starting from 1968-71 or so when "prog" started, people can more easily agree on older stuff. Some here live in the past, some others don't live in the past but more recent tastes are far more diversified, so generally older stuff has more potential to pick up many votes. If this is how it is, by implication it also means that we should expect albums from earlier years in each decade doing better - without having anything in particular to do with the decade
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: June 02 2021 at 15:47
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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: June 04 2021 at 03:50
Some final hours going on for this FINALS poll, and after 59 votes being cast, it seems 'Octopus' will be the big winner after all the polls, weeks, and months!  |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: June 04 2021 at 11:32
 Gentle Giant's 'Octopus' (1972) can now be pronounced the winner of the Random Album Clash poll series! Congratulations, a fantastic album and a well-deserved win! Many thanks to all the forum users that participated throughout all of these and helped to make these series quite enjoyable, I hope you all enjoyed them, too! I have some other similar ideas for a long-running poll series in the future, and if time allows me to, I will start developing them! As for now, prog on and enjoy good music! ...And don't forget to spin 'Octopus' today! |
Posted By: Lieutenant_Lan
Date Posted: September 15 2021 at 09:02
| Tough call between moving pictures and revolver. I just chose revolver cause it has less votes. |