Top Ten Prog Albums of All Time
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Topic: Top Ten Prog Albums of All Time
Posted By: Fan_of_Genesis
Subject: Top Ten Prog Albums of All Time
Date Posted: August 09 2021 at 16:44
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I would like to know your top ten prog albums of all time. These could be your own personal favorites, or just ten albums that you think are essential. Here’s mine: 1. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd 2. The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd 3. Selling England by The Pound - Genesis 4. Foxtrot - Genesis 5. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis 6. 2112 - Rush 7. Moving Pictures - Rush 8. Hemispheres - Rush 9. Close to the Edge - Yes 10. The Yes Album ------------- “ Italian food is my favorite food. It's the most sophisticated eating system.” - Peter Gabriel |
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: August 09 2021 at 17:39
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Really hard to pick ten! In no order. 1. Allan Holdsworth - I.O.U. 2. Dream Theater - Images and Words 3. Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All 4. Rush - Moving Pictures 5. Gentle Giant - Free Hand 6. Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior 7. Kansas - Leftoverture 8. The Aristocrats - Culture Clash 9. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick 10. Steely Dan - Aja |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: August 09 2021 at 19:23
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No particular order, not repeating albums from a single band.... Yes - Close to the Edge Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Days of Future Passed - The Moody Blues Genesis - Foxtrot Procol Harum - Live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery Frank Zappa - Hot Rats Traffic - Low Spark of High Heeled Boys Second ten, just because.... Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Yes - The Yes Album King Crimson - Larks' Tongue in Aspic Genesis - A Trick of the Tail Gentle Giant - In a Glass House Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood Premiata Forneria Marconi - Per un amico Roy Harper - Stormcock Harmonium - Si on avait besoin d'une cinquième saison Supertramp - Crime of the Century ------------- ...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: August 09 2021 at 20:04
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Very personal top 10 1. Univers Zero - Ceux Du Dehors 2. Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn 3. King Crimson - Larks Tongues In Aspic 4. Henry Cow - Western Culture 5. Vezhlivy Otkaz - Gusi-Lebedi 6. Roy Harper - Stormcock 7. Pikapika Teart - Moonberry 8. Cardiacs - Sing To God 9. Zamla Mammas Manna - Familjesprickor 10. Pink Floyd - Animals Next 10 no order Amon Duul II - Yeti Guapo - 5 Suns Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Of Natural History Hatfield & The North - Rotters Club Tangerine Dream - Phaedra CAN - Tago Mago Comus - First Utterance Alec K Redfearn & The Eyesores - Sister Death VDGG - Godbluff Radiohead - OK Computer ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: August 10 2021 at 01:17
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Picking only 1 album per artist (I'll feel too guilty otherwise), it's got to go something like this: 1. National Health - National Health 2. The Mothers Of Invention - Uncle Meat 3. Soft Machine - Third 4. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery 5. Rascal Reporters - Redux, Vol. 1 6. Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior 7. Genesis - Selling England By The Pound 8. Brand X - Moroccan Roll 9. Henry Cow - Legend 10. Steve Hackett - Voyage Of The Acolyte ------------- https://mirasnelder.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow - Freelance composer, accepting commissions | https://mirasnelder.bandcamp.com/album/altered-acuity" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp page |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: August 10 2021 at 01:34
------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Progishness
Date Posted: August 10 2021 at 01:48
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My personal favourite prog albums, in no particular order: 1. Yes - Close to the Edge 2. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King 3. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick 4. Genesis - Foxtrot (honourable mention for SEBTP) 5. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon 6. Pink Floyd - Meddle 7. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 8. ELP - Pictures at an Exhibition (honourable mention for s/t) 9. Camel - The Snow Goose 10. Focus - Moving Waves
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Posted By: Progishness
Date Posted: August 10 2021 at 02:02
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And for balance my 10 favourite crossover / proto / prog related albums. 1. Led Zeppelin IV 2. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy 3. Moody Blues - Seventh sojourn 4. The Beatles - Abbey Road 5. Santana - Caravanserai 6. 10cc - The Original Soundtrack 7. ELO - A New World Record 8. Deep Purple - Machine Head 9. 10cc - How Dare You 10. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: August 10 2021 at 02:19
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1. Yes - Close to the Edge 2. Genesis - Foxtrot 3. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 4. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound 5. Discipline - Unfolded Like Staircase 6. UK - Danger Money 7. Magma - Köhntarkösz 8. Maudlin of the Well - Part the Second 9. Alquin - The Mountain Queen X. Van der Graaf Generator - Still Life Other contenders: Anekdoten - Until All the Ghosts Are Gone Big Big Train - English Electric (Part One), Grimspound Camel - The Snow Goose Echolyn - s/t (2012) ELP - Brain Salad Surgery Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells Pink Floyd - Ummagumma, Meddle Rush - Hemispheres, Moving Pictures And a few from outside the prog niche: CSNY: Déjà Vu Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left, Bryter Layter, Pink Moon Andy Irvine - Rainy Sundays,... Windy Dreams ------------- 
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: August 10 2021 at 02:23
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Triumvirat-Illusions On A Double Dimple Triumvirat-Spartacus Triumvirat-Mediterranean Tales Giger Lenz Marron-Beyond Giger Lenz Marron-Where The Hammer Hangs Dzyan-Time Machine Passport-Looking Thru Dedalus-Dedalus Abercrombie/Holland/DeJohnette-Gateway Quatermass-Quatermass
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Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: August 10 2021 at 12:12
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1. Yes - 90125 2. Saga - Worlds Apart 3. Genesis - Abacab 4. Mike Rutherford - Smallcreep's Day 5. Anthony Phillips - Wise After the Event 6. Yes - Going for the One 7. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound 8. U.K. - U.K. 9. Rush - Signals 10. Asia - Asia
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Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: August 10 2021 at 13:08
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In no particular order 1- King Crimson - Red 2 - Frank Zappa - Hot Rats 3 - Cardiacs - A Little Man And A House And The Whole World Window 4 - Genesis - Selling England By The Pound 5 - Caravan - In The Land Of Grey And Pink 6 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Where Here 7 - Jethro Tull - Aqualung 8 - Porcupine Tree - In Absentia 9 - Dûn - Eros 10 - Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 10 2021 at 13:39
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Holger Czukay - Movies King Crimson - Discipline Kate Bush - The Dreaming Camberwell Now - The Ghost Trade .O.Rang - Herd of Instinct Talk Talk - Laughing Stock Brian Eno and David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts Manfred Mann"s Earthband - Nightingales and Bombers Can - Soon over Babaluma David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: August 10 2021 at 15:24
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My top ten favorite prog albums of all-time are: 1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway—Genesis 2. Mëkanïk Dëstruktïw Kömmandöh—Magma 3. Limiti all'egualianza della parte con il tutto––Homunculus Res 4. Dots and Loops—Stereolab 5. Shiny Eyed Babies––Bent Knee 6. Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter—Joni Mitchell 7. Pieces of a Man - Gil Scott-Heron 8. Jan Akkerman—Jan Akkerman 9. Salinity Now! - Unaka Prong 10. Tiny Dynamine/Echoes on A Shallow Bay—Cocteau Twins Just in case you don't want to count Dots and Loops, Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, Pieces of a Man, or the two Cocteau Twins EPs that were released on vinyl a week apart in the fall of 1985 before being released together on a single CD, there are these: 11. Gentle Stream—The Amazing 12. Adventures in Utopia—Todd Rundgren’s Utopia 13. Novella—Renaissance If you're looking for a top ten list of prog albums that I think are essential it'd look something like this: Days of Future Passed by The Moody Blues The Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson Volume II by The Soft Machine Inner Mounting Flame by Mahavishnu Orchestra Moving Waves by Focus Fragile by Yes Foxtrot by Genesis Octopus by Gentle Giant Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield give or take a few other genre-defining albums. ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Earl of Mar
Date Posted: August 10 2021 at 16:05
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Today. CTTE Yes SEBTP Genesis Nursery Chryme Genesis Octopus GG Red KC A Passion Play Jethro Tull A farewell to Kings Rush. Hemispheres Rush Acquiring the Taste GG English Electric 2 BBT. Of course next week it will be different but CTTE and Nursery Chryme are staples to me, as is at least one JT or Rush album.No PF today that will probably change next week as well. |
Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: August 10 2021 at 16:47
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My top ten is a work in progress. Surely, Yes, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant and PFM are not present. EL&P, Camel and Rush are very far from my top 10. Actually, if I chose only one album for an artist, I would find: - VdGG (one of the trilogy) - Wyatt: Rock Bottom - Hammill (Chameleon or Silent Corner) - King Crimson (In The Court or Red) - Area: Arbeit Mach Frei - Talk Talk: Spirit Of Eden For the other places, Pink Floyd, Soft Machine, Henry Cow, Universe Zero, Art Zoyd, Magma and others bands are on the run. If I considered even the Beatleas, and The Doors, I'd put Abbey Road and The Doors I on my list. ------------- Amos Goldberg (professor of Genocide Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem): Yes, it's genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: August 10 2021 at 16:48
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So many albums. The top 3 are pretty consistent. Beyond that, they fluctuate a lot. This is what I feel like they are today. 2. Exivious - st 3. Bondage Fruit II 4. Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory 5. Magma - Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré 6. Nebelnest - Nova Express 7. Voivod - Dimension Hatröss 8. Jethro Tull - A Passion Play 9. Squintaloo - Uber Bord 10. Watchtower - Control and Resistance Just outside: Island - Pictures Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: The Anders
Date Posted: August 10 2021 at 17:54
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Think it changes all the time, especially since I keep discovering music. |
Posted By: Artik
Date Posted: August 10 2021 at 19:06
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It's impossible to narrow down to ten albums from the whole prog spectrum, so here's my list from british prog only, one album from each band (the order s irrelevant): Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans Caravan - In the Land of Grey And Pink King Crimson - Islands Jethro Tull - A Passion Play Camel - Mirage Gentle Giant - Octopus Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts Renaissance - Scheherezade and Other Stories Emerson Lake and Palmer - Emerson Lake and Palmer Genesis - Nursery Crymes |
Posted By: Deadwing
Date Posted: August 11 2021 at 03:16
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No particular order and one album per band/artist Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Supertramp - Crime of the Century Genesis - Selling Engalnd by the pound Big Big Train - English Electric I Rush - Signals Opeth - Ghost Reveries Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (what a surprise lol) Riverside - Love, Fear and Time Machine Ozric Tentacles - Technicians of the Sacred Wobbler - From Silence To Somewhere
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Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: August 11 2021 at 03:46
Agree. But since this is a recurring topic, you can post another list in six months.  Personally, I'm not very much a fan of lists or rankings, and mine can be different tomorrow, but I'll play the game and give it a try (one album per band, in no particular order and counting beyond 3 becomes difficult for me...): Yes - Gates of Delirium King Crimson - Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of the Monkey Mind Focus - 3 Ange - Guet-apens ELP - Brain Salad Surgery Marillion - Script for a Jester's Tear Grobschnitt - Solar Music Live Pink Floyd - Animals Pallas - The Wedge (including the Knightmoves tracks) Banco del mutuo soccorso - Io sono nato libero Rush - Moving Pictures Frank Zappa - Civilization Phaze III Saga - Heads or Tales (or any other of their first 5 albums) ... ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
The Anders wrote:Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: August 11 2021 at 04:45
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Close to the Edge - Yes Larks' Tongues in Aspic - King Crimson Tarkus - Emerson, Lake & Palmer Nursery Cryme - Genesis Between Nothingness & Eternity - Mahavishnu Orchestra The Yes Album - Yes The Whirlwind - Transatlantic Hot Rats - Frank Zappa Where Have I Known You Before - Return to Forever Meddle - Pink Floyd
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Posted By: Umeda
Date Posted: August 11 2021 at 08:39
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1. Genesis - Selling England By The Pound 2. Van der Graaf Generator - The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other 3. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 4. Camel - Moonmadness 5. Jethro Tull - Aqualung 6. Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte 7. Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning 8. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer 9. Rush - Moving Pictures X. Supertramp - Crime of the Century
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Posted By: Progressive Enjoyer
Date Posted: August 11 2021 at 09:20
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To Narrow Prog down to just ten albums is difficult, but here goes, no order. Beatles - Sgt. Peppers... *(I'm not sure this really counts as prog) Genesis - Selling England by the Pound Genesis - Nursery Cryme Genesis - Lamb Lies Down on Broadway King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King Pink Floyd - Animals Pink Floyd - The Wall Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon Skin Alley - Skin Alley *(This band really needs more attention, some of the best jazz fusion I've ever heard) Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground *(Really Pushing The Definition of prog) |
Posted By: bender99
Date Posted: August 11 2021 at 10:14
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1 Yes - Close To The Edge 2 Genesis - Selling England By The Pound 3 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 4 IQ - The Road Of Bones 5 Neal Morse - Sola Scriptura 6 Spocks Beard - V 7 Pink Floyd - Animals 8 Yes - The Yes Album 9 Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence 10 Transatlantic - The Whirlwind
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Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: August 12 2021 at 08:40
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In no particular order, and they might be (slightly) different tomorrow: IQ - The Road Of Bones Devin Townsend - Empath Dream Theater - Images And Words Ayreon - The Human Equation Anathema - Weather Systems Moon Safari - Blomljud Marillion - Misplaced Childhood Cellar Darling - The Spell Leprous - Pitfalls Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful 8 from this century
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Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: August 12 2021 at 09:24
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My Top Ten Classic Prog Albums: 1. Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans 2. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 3. King Crimson - Larks' Tongues In Aspic 4. Jethro Tull - Thick as A Brick 5. ELP - Brain Salad Surgery 6. Pink Floyd - Animals 7. Rush - A Farewell To Kings 8. Kansas - s/t 9. Gentle Giant - Octopus 10. Utopia - Todd Rungren's Utopia My Top Ten Modern Prog Albums 1. Neal Morse - Sola Scriptura 2. Wobbler - From Silence To Somewhere 3. Big Big Train - Folklore 4. Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe 5. The Flower Kings - Stardust We Are 6. Kaipa - In The Wake Of Evolution 7. The Tangent - Proxy 8. JPL - Sapiens Chapitre 1 9. Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing 10. Motorpsycho - The Death Defying Unicorn ------------- The Prog Corner |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: August 12 2021 at 09:26
I like how you used the album's original name there!!! ------------- The Prog Corner |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: August 12 2021 at 10:25
In no particular order: (Half of these could change tomorrow)
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 12 2021 at 11:54
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Stashed away on my computer I have a list of prog albums for beginners(intro to prog). That is only six albums so I'll just add a few after that. Pink Floyd-Wish you were here (I suspect most already own Dark side of the moon;if not then go get it asap). Emerson, Lake and Palmer(ELP)- Brain salad surgery King Crimson- In the court of the Crimson King Genesis- Selling England by the Pound Yes-Close to the Edge Jethro Tull-Thick as a Brick Ozric Tentacles - Jurassic Shift Camel - Snowgoose Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (although clutching at straws is probably my personal favorite by them) Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase Another ten that are just bubbling under (some could have made the top ten but I didn't want to repeat bands): Genesis - A Trick of the Tail Yes - Relayer Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow Marillion - Clutching at Straws ELP - Same King Crimson - Larks Tongues in Aspic Gentle Giant - Octopus Rush - Hemispheres Rush - Permanent Waves Alan Parsons Project - Irobot This list (or lists) is not perfect and I'm sure I'm leaving out some that I might think of and even some that are better than some of the ones listed here. If I were to do this tomorrow the list could be different although many(if not most) would still be on here.
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 12 2021 at 11:57
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Yes - Gates of Delirium Unless it's some kind of bootleg there's no Yes album with that title.
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: August 12 2021 at 12:48
Well it is over half the album. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 12 2021 at 14:22
It reminds me of when people sometimes say Echoes is one of their favorite PF albums.
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Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: August 12 2021 at 14:38
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I'll do a mixed list. My main area of expertise is prog metal but I'll try to include albums from various sub-genres and time periods. In no particular order: 1-) Genesis - Foxtrot 2-) Yes - Close to the Edge 3-) Beyond Twilight - For the Love of Art and the Making 4-) Marillion - Misplaced Childhood 5-) Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior 6-) Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite 7-) Dream Theater - Awake 8-) Gryphon - Red Queen to the Gryphon Three 9-) Wobbler - Rites at Dawn 10-) IQ - Dark Matter Sorry Saga & VDGG. I love you, but... |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: August 12 2021 at 15:21
Owie... Did I take the liberty there to re-baptise an album? Yes, I did... It actually is a better title, isn't it? Edit: And I hereby declare that Echoes is indeed one of PF's better albums...  ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: August 12 2021 at 16:35
I concur  ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 12 2021 at 16:36
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40 minutes of the quality of Echoes would have competed for my number 1 spot with very good chances. The same thought experiment with Gates of Delirium would have brought it close to top 10 if probably just not into it. Top 20 for sure. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 12 2021 at 16:54
Personally, it doesn't really bother me that much but someone brand new to prog might get confused when trying to find these albums.
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: August 12 2021 at 21:02
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Top 10... I don't know. I'll just throw some of the ones that come to my mind first, though I might miss some others. Wish you were Here and Animals from Pink Floyd. CttE and Fragile from Yes. Myths and Legends of King Arthur (some combination of the original and the new re-recording) and 6 Wives from Rick Wakeman. Ommadawn from Mike Oldfield (and perhaps also Tubular Bells and Hergest Ridge). Hamburger Concerto from Focus. Almost Selling England by the Pound (if it weren't for Battle of Epping Forest). IV from Led Zeppelin. The Division Bell from Pink Floyd. Hybris from Anglagard. Secret of the Runes from Therion. Mother Earth from Within Temptation. Reflections from Apocalyptica. Immaginaerum from Night Wish. Train of Thought from Dream Theater (and disc one from 6 degrees of inner turbulence). The Whirlwind from Transatlantic. The Raven from Steven Wilson. |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: August 13 2021 at 05:50
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^^ Don't worry, Mike, they'll find it... (and can then use their newly acquired knowledge to correct me). ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 13 2021 at 11:31
| Hey, it's ok. We all have mind farts especially us folks who didn't just discover this music yesterday. :P |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 14 2021 at 01:03
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My top five is pretty much set in stone (is that bad??!) 1. ELP - Brain Salad Surgery 2. Yes - Close To The Edge 3. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 4. Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail 5. Rush - Moving Pictures then its very fluid so today: 6. Anathema - Weather Systems 7. All Traps On Earth - A Drop of Light 8. Big Big Train - Folklore 9. PFM - Per Un Amico X .IQ - The Wake
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Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: August 14 2021 at 01:20
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1) Tales From Topographic Oceans - Yes (or Close To The Edge) 2) Selling England By The Pound - Genesis (or Foxtrot or Trick Of The Tail) 3) Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd (or Wish You Were Here) 4) Larks' Tongues In Aspect - King Crimson (or Red) 5) Passion Play - Jethro Tull (or Thick As A Brick) 6) Per Un Amico - PFM 7) Strange days - The Doors 8) Stardust We Are - The Flower Kings 9) The Oblivion Particle - Spock's Beard 10) English Electric Part 1 - Big Big Train
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Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: August 16 2021 at 02:07
You clearly don't luv Marillion enough.... |
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: August 16 2021 at 05:49
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1. Yes- Yes Album, Fragile, Close to the Edge, Relayer 2. Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon, WYWH, Animals, Wall 3.Jethro Tull- Aqualung, Thick As a Brick, Passion Play 4. Genesis- Nursery Crime, Foxtrot, Trick of the Tail 5. King Crimson- Court of the KC, Lark's Tongue in Aspect, Red, Lizard 6. Rush- Hemispheres, Farewell to Kings, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures 7. Wobbler- From Silence to Somewhere 8. IQ- Road of Bones 9. Steven Wilson/PT- Raven, Hand. Cannot. Erase...In Absentia, Fear of a Blank Planet 10. Big Big Train- English Electric I, Folklore, Grimspound
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: August 16 2021 at 05:59
That's cheating, there's over 30 albums there.
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Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: August 16 2021 at 06:20
You're right. OK, I'll do one album by each band. If I didn't, the entire list would be Yes, Tull, and Pink Floyd. 1. Yes- Yes Album 2. Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon 3.Jethro Tull- Aqualung 4. Genesis- Nursery Crime 5. King Crimson-Lark's Tongue in Aspect 6. Rush- Hemispheres 7. Wobbler- From Silence to Somewhere 8. IQ- Road of Bones 9. Porcupine Tree- In Absentia 10. Big Big Train- Folklore |
Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: August 17 2021 at 00:31
I thought about this when I compiled the list. All the Marillion albums I listen to these days whether they be Fish albums or Hogarth albums are all live albums. I can't think of one studio album they've done that is anywhere as good as the supplement live album that follows the studio album. Even the original Script album which I love is bettered by any of the bootleg live albums the band put out at the time.
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: August 17 2021 at 03:15
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10 - Godbluff - VDGG 09 - Warrior on the edge of Time - Hawkwind 08 - To our children's children's children - Moody Blues 07 - In the region of the summer stars - The Enid 06 - Queen II 05 - Relayer - Yes 04 - Animals - Pink Floyd 03 - Red - King Crimson 02 - Moving Pictures - Rush 01 - A Trick of the Tail - Genesis My top ten this week. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: wiz_d_kidd
Date Posted: August 17 2021 at 06:57
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If I restrict myself to only one album for each artist... Yes - Close to the Edge
King Crimson - Red Tangerine Dream - Ricochet ELP - Tarkus The Psychedelic Ensemble - Tale of the Golden King UK - UK Jean Luc Ponty - Enigmatic Ocean Pierre Moerlen's Gong - Downwind Jean Michel Jarre - Les Concerts en Chine Wobbler - Rites at Dawn |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 17 2021 at 08:03
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Genesis - A Trick of the Tail VDGG - H to He Camel - Moonmadness Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning Jethro Tull - Stand Up Marillion - Brave Dream Theater - Awake Kansas - Leftoverture Supertramp - Crime Of The Century Rush - Signals just 10 to pick is hard, tomorrow I could easily come with 10 more...  |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 17 2021 at 18:05
| Wow, a few people have BBT's folklore on their list. I just played it the other day and can't really get into it that much. Is it one of those grower albums? I like the overall sound and style but it just hasn't grabbed me yet I guess. I remember the first few times I heard Marillion's clutching at straws it didn't do much for me either but it really grew on me to the point where it became one of my all time favorite albums. |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: August 23 2021 at 14:42
Bummer. That's my favorite BBT and totally makes my list of best Modern Prog Albums. But we all hear music differently!!! ------------- The Prog Corner |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 25 2021 at 00:44
for me it's their most balanced album. Probably not as immediate as the English Electric albums but I enjoy the eclectic approach while Transit Of Venus Across The Sun has now become probably my favourite track by them.
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Posted By: TheLionOfPrague
Date Posted: August 25 2021 at 18:51
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Dark Side of the Moon Close to the Edge Thick as a Brick Selling England by the Pound In the Court of the Crimson King Tarkus Days of Future Passed Leftoverture Pawn Hearts Misplaced Childhood Could have added Relayer, Wish You Were Here, Animals or Foxtrot but prefered not to repeat bands when in doubt. Also not sure DOFP is really prog yet, but as a seminal album I included it, and I couldn't decide a 10th album, too many came to mind . EDIT: Damn, I forgot Mike Oldfield's Ommadawn. I love Oldfield but he never comes to mind when I think of prog. Same as Popol Vuh. They're artists I love but they don't always seem to be considered part of the genre. They're usually considered New Age/World Music, etc. ------------- I shook my head and smiled a whisper knowing all about the place |
Posted By: Rick1
Date Posted: September 01 2021 at 04:11
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I will go for one (no pun intended) from a particular artist/band: ELP - Tarkus Genesis - Selling England by the Pound Hatfield and the North - The Rotter's Club Henry Cow - In Praise of Learning Magma - MDK Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All Yes - Relayer Tortoise - TNT Soft Machine - Third Broadcast and the Focus Group - Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age |
Posted By: Magog2112
Date Posted: August 02 2023 at 10:29
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Here are my current top ten prog albums of all time without any band repeats: 1. Marillion - Brave 2. The Flower Kings - Stardust We Are 3. Echolyn - As the World 4. Genesis - Foxtrot 5. Pendragon - Not of This World 6. Galahad - Following Ghosts 7. Phideaux - Doomsday Afternoon 8. Arena - The Visitor 9. Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Pt. I 10. Kate Bush - Aerial
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Posted By: enigmatic
Date Posted: August 02 2023 at 10:45
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I will post 2 lists: main list with prog giants, second list with more obscure bands (one album per band). King Crimson - In Court of the Crimson King Yes - Close to the Edge Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Gentle Giant - Three Friends Genesis - Selling England by the Pound VdGG - Pawn Hearts Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy Camel - Mirage Rush - Moving Pictures 2nd list Gnidrolog - Lady Lake Marsupilami- s/t Gracious - s/t 2066 and Then - Reflections on the Future Arti E Mestieri - Tilt Egg - The Polite Force Khan - Space Shanty East of Eden - Mercator Projected Locanda delle Fate - Forse Le Lucciole Non Si Amano Piu Rare Bird - As Your Mind Flies By |