Your Top 10 Favourite Prog Albums of 1980
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Topic: Your Top 10 Favourite Prog Albums of 1980
Posted By: Mirakaze
Subject: Your Top 10 Favourite Prog Albums of 1980
Date Posted: July 28 2021 at 10:17
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The long-anticipated continuation! I may find myself hard-pressed to find 10 prog albums I like from every single year from here on out, but this particular year thankfully posed no challenge for me: 1. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel 3 (Melt) 2. Bruford - Gradually Going Tornado 3. Herbie Hancock - Mr. Hands 4. Brand X - Do They Hurt? 5. Genesis - Duke 6. Zamla Mammaz Manna - Familjesprickor 7. Aksak Maboul - Un Peu De L'Âme Des Bandits 8. Yes - Drama 9. Present - Triskaďdékaphobie 10. Robert Fripp - God Save The Queen / Under Heavy Manners Honourable mentions in no specific order: * Cardiac Arrest - The Obvious Identity * Decibel - El Poeta Del Ruido * Den Za Den - Den Za Den * Gentle Giant - Civilian * Rascal Reporters - We're God * Steve Hackett - Defector * Tony Williams - Play Or Die What are your favourite prog albums from the first twelve months of the genre's most controversial decade?
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: July 28 2021 at 11:27
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Eskaton - 4 Visions Zamla Mammaz Manna - Familjesprickor Art Zoyd - Generation Sans Futur Present - Triskaidekaphobie Steve Reich - Octet / Music for a Large Ensemble / Violin Phase Sky - Sky II XTC - Black Sea Abus Dangereux - Le Quatrieme Mouvement Fred Frith - Gravity Serge Bringolf - Strave Honorable Mentions Eskaton - Ardeur Hawkwind - Levitation Julverne - A Neuf Master Cylinder - Elsewhere Picchio Dal Pozzo - Abbiamo Tutti I Suoi Problemi This Heat - This Heat Steve Tibbetts - Yr
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: July 28 2021 at 11:55
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A weak year for me, but OK. 2. Rush - Permanent Waves 3. Genesis - Duke 4. Noa - Noa 5. Picchio dal Pozzo - Abbiamo tutti i suoi problemi 6. David Bowie - Scary Monsters 7. Mark Shreeve - Embryo 8. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel [Melt] 9. Asia Minor - Between Flesh and Divine 10. Chac Mool - Nadie en especial Honorable mentions: Eloy - Colours Hawkwind - Levitation Trilogy - Here It Is Talking Heads - Remain in Light ------------- ---------- 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: dr wu23
Date Posted: July 28 2021 at 12:53
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No special order..... Rush-Waves Steely dan-Gaucho Eloy-Colours Yes-Drama Ain Soph-Story of... Capt Beefheart-Doc At The... Peter Gabriel-Melt (3) Bruford-Tornado Hawkwind-Levitation Kate Bush- Never ... ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 28 2021 at 15:30
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Rush - Permanent Waves Tangerine Dream - TangramYes - Drama The Enid - Six Pieces Eloy - Colours Sky - Sky 2 Steve Hackett - Defector Genesis - Duke Keith Emerson - Inferno Kate Bush - Never Forever |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: July 28 2021 at 15:37
Art Zoyd - Génération sans futur The Residents - Commercial Album Rahmann - Rahmann The John Renbourn Group - The Enchanted Garden Noa - Noa Between - Stille über der Zeit: Silence Beyond Time Peter Hammill - A Black Box Abus dangereux - Le quatričme mouvement Art Fleury - I luoghi del potere Eskaton - Ardeur |
Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: July 28 2021 at 16:01
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Nice that this series goes on! Kate Bush - Never For Ever Tangerine Dream - Tangram Kraan - Tournee Eloy - Colours Sky - Sky 2 Art Zoyd - Generation Sans Futur Zamla Mammaz Manna - Familjesprickor Talking Heads - Remain in Light Fred Frith - Gravity Anyone's Daughter - Anyone's Daughter
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: July 28 2021 at 18:04
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1. Genesis - Duke 2. Rush - Permanent Waves 3. Dixie Dregs - Dregs of the Earth 4. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell 5. Steely Dan - Gaucho 6. Joe Jackson - Beat Crazy 7. Gentle Giant - Civilian 8. The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta 9. Jethro Tull - A 10. Utopia - Adventures in Utopia |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: July 28 2021 at 18:21
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Peter Gabriel - 3 (Melt) Jethro Tull - A Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July Talking Heads - Remain in Light John Martyn - Grace and Danger Alan Parsons Project - Turn of a Friendly Card Weather Report - Night Passage Rush - Permanent Waves Robert Fripp - God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners The Enid - Six Pieces ------------- ...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: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: July 28 2021 at 18:49
Move the other Eskaton up a spot, Gnosis has it as 1980 incorrectly ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: July 29 2021 at 02:03
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12 Art Zoyd Generation Sans Futur others bubbling under: 10 Ballard, Russ Barnett Dogs 10 Pererin Haur Ar Yr Eira
Yup; that happens sometimes in G2K
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Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: July 29 2021 at 02:16
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1. Yes - Drama 2. Captain Beefheart - Doc at The Radar Station 3. Eloy - Colours 4. Genesis - Duke 5. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel 3 6. Rush - Permanent Waves 7. Asia Minor - Between Flesh and Divine 8. Hawkwind - Levitation 9. ... 10. .... ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: July 29 2021 at 02:47
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Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: July 29 2021 at 06:14
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Definitely not all prog albums but more than I suspected: 1. U2 Boy 2. BRIAN ENO with Harold Budd Ambient Two: Plateaux of Mirror 3. TALKING HEADS Remain in Light 4. LARAAJI Ambient 3: Day of Radiance 5. GEORGE WINSTON Autumn 6. FLAIRCK Gevecht met de Engel 7. STEELY DAN Gaucho 8. BUGGLES The Age of Plastic 9. AC/DC Back in Black 10. STEVE TIBBETTS Yr 11. CONVENTUM Le bureau central des utopies 12. KATE BUSH Never For Ever 13. PETER GABRIEL Peter Gabriel ("Melt") 14. BRIAN ENO & JON HASSELL Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics 15. GENESIS Duke 16. IVORY Sad Cypress 17. PAT BENETAR Crimes of Passion 18. THE POLICE Zenyattŕ Mondatta 19. ANTHONY PHILLIPS Private Parts & Pieces II: Back to the Pavillion 20. YES Drama 21. PERERIN Haul Ar Yr Eira 22. YELLO Solid Pleasure 23. XTC Black Sea 24. HAROLD GROSSKOPF Synthesist 25. AL DI MEOLA Splendido Hotel 26. BARBRA STREISAND Guilty 27. MIKE RUTHERFORD Smallcreep's Day 28. DAVID BOWIE Scary Monsters 29. PETE TOWNSEND Empty Glass 30. BLUE ÖYSTER CULT Cultösaurus Erectus Still, a pretty good year for music! ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: July 29 2021 at 06:32
I actually have no idea what prog really is, so I'm very formalist on this: Is on PA > I will list it; is not on PA > I won't list it, unless it's Irmin Schmidt who should be on PA.
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Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: July 29 2021 at 07:45
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1. XTC - Black Sea 2. Yes - Drama 3. Genesis - Duke 4. Rush - Permanent Waves 5. Talking Heads - Remain In Light 6. David Bowie - Scary Monsters 7. Alan Parsons Project - Turn Of A Friendly Card 8. Jethro Tull - A 9. Gentle Giant - Civilian 10. Peter Gabriel - Melt ------------- The Prog Corner |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: July 29 2021 at 07:55
Stevie Wonder is prog?
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: July 29 2021 at 08:55
The album itself, and many of Stevie's albums from the 70s were very progressive, synthesizing many different genres and styles. Besides, 1980 was a point in time where many alleged prog rock bands were regurgitating the same old crap. Regurgitating the same old crap is not progressive. ------------- ...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: kenethlevine
Date Posted: July 29 2021 at 14:39
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pretty good year...I notice in culling this list that 1982 was surprisingly good as well. In alpha order Anyone's Daughter - s/t Asia Minor - Between Flesh and Divine Dave Cousins (with Brian Willoughby) - Old School Songs Eloy - Colours Steve Hackett - Defector Itoiz - Ezekiel Kitaro - In Person (Live) Novalis - Augenblicke Mike Oldfield - QE2 Sally Oldfield - Celebration Alan Parsons Project - Turn of a Friendly Card Pererin - Haul ar y Eira Sky - Sky 2 |
Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: July 30 2021 at 10:08
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1) Mike Rutherford - Smallcreep's Day 2) Yes - Drama 3) Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Chance 4) Genesis - Duke 5) Saga - Silent Knight 6) Rush - Permanent Waves 7) Peter Gabriel - III (Melt) 8) Steve Hackett - Defector 9) FM - City of Fear 10) U2 - Boy - not prog but a true masterpiece I will never grow tired of listening to!
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: July 30 2021 at 15:34
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Not a great year for prog with Permanent Waves as the standout album in this niche. Some decent albums by Yes, PG, Genesis, APP and Kate Bush ... That's it, folks. The best album of the year in my book is Rainy Sundays ... Windy Dreams by Andy Irvine. ------------- 
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Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: July 30 2021 at 16:13
Interesting end note. I feel the same way--that's why Boy is my #1 album of the year. I, however, remember thinking (and feeling), the first time I heard the album, start to finish, that these were the heirs to Pink Floyd! So, shouldn't that alone qualify them as prog! And then their work with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois? ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: August 07 2021 at 15:19
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Itoiz - Ezekiel Eloy - Colours Gentle Giant - Civilian Peter Gabriel - Melt CAI - Noche abierta Asia Minor - Between Flesh And Divine SBB - Memento Z Banalnym Tryptykiem Rush - Permanent waves Agnus - Pinturas y expresiones John Foxx - Metamatic Others Seru Giran - Bicicleta AC/DC - Back in Black Ultravox - Viena The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta ------------- 
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Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: August 07 2021 at 16:58
Memento by SBB is probably my favorite '80 album right now. Also, recently I've been listening to Hazard by Predmestije (Slovenia) a lot, which is great but it's more of a jazz fusion than a prog record. ------------- “On the day of my creation, I fell in love with education. And overcoming all frustration, a teacher I became.” — Ernest Vong |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 15 2021 at 02:19
Better late than never.  Alshia - Alshia Another World Production - The End of the Age Dire Straits - Making Movies ELO - Xanadu Eloy - Colours The Enid - Six Pieces Hawkwind - Levitation Nektar - Man in the Moon Tonic - This Way Yes - Yesshows
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 15 2021 at 02:37
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Eloy - Colours Yes - Drama Rush - Permanent Waves Genesis - Duke Asia Minor - Between Flesh And Divine Ain Soph - A Story Of Mysterious Forest Passport - Oceanliner Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Chance Gentle Giant - Civilian Goblin - Contamination
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 15 2021 at 02:48
U2 the heirs to Pink Floyd? Really?
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: September 15 2021 at 06:03
U2 prog? Dear god no. Heirs to Floyd? Yikes! ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: September 15 2021 at 08:01
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I like U2 a lot but they are not Prog. XTC, on the other hand, is. Boy is definitely my favorite from them. I met them at this time and they were all very nice blokes!!! ------------- The Prog Corner |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: September 15 2021 at 14:41
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Present - Triskaidékaphobie Asia Minor - Between Flesh And DivinePolyrock - Polyrock Cosmic Debrys - 3.7 K Anthony Phillips - Private Parts & Pieces II Back to Pavilion Igra Staklenih Perli - Vrt Svetlosti Grotesk - Grotesk Abus Dangereux - Le quatrieme Mouvement Rush - Permanet Waves Picchio Dal Pozo - Abbiamo Tutti I Suoi Problemi Honorable Mentions: Spinetta Jade - Alma de Diamante XTC - Black Sea Surgery - Űbermorgen Ginga Rale Band - Wir Bedauern Aqsak Maboul - Un Peu De Láme Des Bandits Dr. Aftershave - In The Diving Bell Sun - Sun Anabis - Heaven On Earth
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Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: September 15 2021 at 18:28
Fantastic album! ------------- “On the day of my creation, I fell in love with education. And overcoming all frustration, a teacher I became.” — Ernest Vong |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: September 16 2021 at 00:47
+1
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: October 28 2021 at 03:43
Having just acquired Present's Triskaïdékaphobie, I hereby update my 1980 top 10 by sliding everything above down one notch to put this brilliant album at #1 for the year. Sorry Chac Mool. ------------- ---------- 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: David_D
Date Posted: October 30 2021 at 04:06
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Not so many, and some not Prog as well: Agnus (Arg) - Pinturas y Expresiones Asia Minor (Turkey/F) - Between Flesh and DivineBauhaus (UK) - In the Flat Field Haizea (ESP) - Hontz Gaua Joy Division (UK) - Closer ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: October 31 2021 at 08:57
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Huge fan of this year mainly for some non Prog stuff. I mean I have a long list written down for this year but no order so I'm winging it here. Rush- Permanent Waves Rahmann- Rahmann Hawkwind- Levitation Wolfgang Bock- Cycles Jean Philippe Goude- Drones Mars Everywhere- Industrial Sabotoge Abus Dangereux- La Quatrieme Mouvment Progres 2- Dialog S Vesmirem Hugh Hopper/Alan Gowen- Two Rainbows Daily Present- Triskaidekaphobie ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: November 03 2021 at 11:25
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I'd rather not even think about 1980 - strange times - but for the sake of this thread: 1. Bill Bruford - Gradually Going Tornado 2. Brand X - Do They Hurt? 3. Genesis - Duke 4. Jethro Tull - A 5. David Bowie - Scary Monsters 6. Steve Hackett - Defector 7. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel 3 8. Yes - Drama 9. ... 10. ... ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: November 08 2021 at 01:24
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Never for Ever - Kate Bush Memento Z Banalnym Tryptykiem - SBB Génération sans futur - Art Zoyd III - Peter Gabriel Drama - Yes The Turn of a Friendly Card - The Alan Parsons Project Ezekiel - Itoiz Between Flesh and Divine - Asia Minor Silent Knight - Saga Uuteen aikaan - Scapa Flow |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 22 2022 at 03:25
Fully revised and updated:- 1980: Alshia - Alshia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrioMKTbdng" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrioMKTbdng 1980: Another World Production - The End of the Age - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cctfgc3VJE" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cctfgc3VJE 1980: Anyone's Daughter - Anyone's Daughter - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIpqwIpgpT8&t=1993s" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIpqwIpgpT8&t=1993s 1980: Asia Minor - Between Flesh and Divine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJCsu-Kk8kA&t=766s" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJCsu-Kk8kA&t=766s 1980: Eloy - Colours - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pkIYUzGgtc" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pkIYUzGgtc 1980: The Enid - Six Pieces - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsMQfw_0L0s" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsMQfw_0L0s  1980: Hawkwind - Levitation - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvUh0JdQQ2wH-L_WubFe-GR" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvUh0JdQQ2wH-L_WubFe-GR 1980: Nektar - Man in the Moon - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBzMDzoy9yzohN5vDqBm4aAtU1gELufMo" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBzMDzoy9yzohN5vDqBm4aAtU1gELufMo 1980: Olivia Newton John & ELO - Xanadu - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL2HWKaD6eGp8kxLQFlKAZyDa9xkKGySb" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL2HWKaD6eGp8kxLQFlKAZyDa9xkKGySb 1980: Tonic - This Way - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aY7-qRzxp0" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aY7-qRzxp0 |