Your Top 10 Favourite Prog Albums of 1983
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Topic: Your Top 10 Favourite Prog Albums of 1983
Posted By: Mirakaze
Subject: Your Top 10 Favourite Prog Albums of 1983
Date Posted: August 15 2021 at 03:01
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Alright, the pickings are definitely getting slimmer now, and shame on me: this is where I'm gonna have to start to resort to including albums from "prog-related" artists... how disgraceful!   1. Frank Zappa - London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 1 2. Mike Oldfield - Crises 3. Genesis - Genesis 4. Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues5. Adrian Belew - Twang Bar King 6. Von Zamla - No Make Up! 7. Happy The Man - 3rd: Better Late... 8. Moraz & Bruford - Music For Piano And Drums 9. Tony Banks - The Wicked Lady 10. Tony Banks - The Fugitive ------------- https://mirasnelder.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow - Freelance composer, accepting commissions | https://mirasnelder.bandcamp.com/album/altered-acuity" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp page |
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: August 15 2021 at 05:39
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Prog & less prog in no order outside its own grade (only want to list 11, though)
12 Bacamarte Depois Do Fim 12 Marillion Script For a Jester's Tear 12 Violent Femmes Violent Femmes 11 Eskaton Fiction 11 Pink Floyd The Final Cut 10 Talking Heads Speaking In Tongues 10 Art Zoyd Les Espaces Inquiets 10 Etron Fou Leloublan Les Sillons de la Terre 10 SR Vaughan é Double Trouble Texas Flood 10 Von Zamla 1983 10 Collier, Graham Hoarded Dreams 10 Glass, Philip Koyaanisqatsi ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 15 2021 at 13:24
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I thought an 1983-list was gonna suck big time, but these are all great. : Zanov - In Course of Time Reinhard Lakomy - Der Traum von Asgard The Residents & Renaldo and The Loaf - Title in Limbo Art Zoyd - Les espaces Inquiets Brother Ah and The Sounds of Awareness - Key to Nowhere The Residents - Residue of the The Residents Marco Antônio Araújo - Entre Um Silêncio e Outro Codona - Codona 3 Cos - Pasiones Klaus Krüger - Zwischenmischung -of course there's not much here for a classic prog-fan "purist" (although Entre Um Silêncio e Outro is very easy on the ears).
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: August 15 2021 at 13:28
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No order.... IQ-Tales... Marillion-Script... Happy The Man- Better... Solaris-Marsbeli... XTC-Mummer* Amenophis-st Iron Maiden-Piece of Mind Police-Synchronicity* Yes-90125 Echo and the Bunnymen-Porcupine ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: August 15 2021 at 13:51
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I have only 4 prog albums in my collection from 1983: Tales From the Lush Attic which is brilliant, Script For a Jester's Tear which is very good, Crises which is very good and Cadmium which is pretty good. And I've not heard another 1983 prog album I'd want to buy. But the best album of 1983 is The Crossing by Big Country, a masterpiece of the highest order, although not prog. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: August 15 2021 at 13:54
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1. Marillion - Script for a Jester's Tear 2. Bacamarte - Depois do Fim 3. Eskaton - Fiction 4. Planet P Project - Planet P Project 5. IQ - Tales from the Lush Attic 6. Anyone's Daughter - Neue Sterne 7. Waniyetula - A Dream Within a Dream 8. Stencil Forest - Opening Act 9. Genesis - Genesis 10. Eloy - Performance Honorable mentions (just grasping for guilty pleasures here): Amenophis - Amenophis Tangerine Dream - Hyperborea Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues Tony Banks - The Fugitive Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages Yes - 90125 ------------- ---------- 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: Lewian
Date Posted: August 15 2021 at 15:10
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Peter Hammill - Patience Japan - Oil on Canvas Irmin Schmidt - Filmmusik Vol. 3 & 4 (I do not normally list artists not on PA but that Irmin isn't here is a disgrace.) Art Zoyd - Les Espaces Inquiets Mike Oldfield - Crises Cardiacs - The Seaside Tangerine Dream - Hyperborea Oregon - Oregon Eloy - Performance Novalis - Sterntaucher
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: August 15 2021 at 18:30
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Von Zamla - 1983 Philip Glass - Koyaansqatsi Art Zoyd - Les Espaces Inquiets Bacamarte - Depois Do Fim Von Zamla - No Make Up! Eskaton - Fiction Tangerine Dream - Hyperborea Lindsay Cooper - Rags Mike Oldfield - Crises Klaus Schulze - Audentity ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: August 15 2021 at 18:39
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None. 1983 was the nadir of prog. There is nothing I'd rate "great" from that miserable year. ------------- ...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: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: August 15 2021 at 22:08
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The three that standout for me are Iron Maiden's Piece Of Mind, Genesis- Genesis and Bacamarte- Depois Do Fim. The first two are sentimental choices for sure. They are both so meaningful to me. Art Zoyd- Les Espaces Inquiets Eskaton- Fiction L.S. Bearforce- L.S. Bearforce Schaggi Badsch- Planton Cartoon- Music From left Field Pablo El Enterrador- Pablo El Enterrador IQ- Tales From The Lush Attic ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: August 16 2021 at 06:13
It gets much worse as the decade unravels: 87 & 89 are the suckiest ones I can think of, but 86 & 88 are also down there. ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
The Dark Elf wrote:Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: August 16 2021 at 10:11
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XTC - Mummer Bi Kyo Ran - Parallax Cartoon - Music From The Left Field Pablo El Enterrador - Pablo El Enterrador Happy The Man - Happy The Man 3rd: Better Late... Amenophis - Amenophis Marillion - Script For A Jester´s Tear Red - Red IQ - Tales From The Lush Attic The Chameleons - Script Of The Bridge
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Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: August 16 2021 at 13:02
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1) Yes-90125 2) Marillion - Script For A Jester´s Tear I3) IQ - Tales From The Lush Attic 4) Police-Synchronicity 5) Black Sabbath- Born Again 6) Robert Plant- The Principle of Moments 7) Talking Heads- Speaking in Tongues 8) Planet P- Planet P Project 9) Cocteau Twins- Head Over Heals 10) Pink Floyd- The Final Cut 11) Iron Maiden-Piece of Mind |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 16 2021 at 14:10
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Since I last frequented this place new wave/post-punk has seemingly become prog as well. In that case I might have considered: Bauhaus - Burning From the Inside The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge Danielle Dax - Pop-Eyes Fun Boy Three - Waiting -but like Cocteau Twins and The Police i don't really consider any of them prog.
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Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: August 17 2021 at 09:40
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1. Yes - 90125 2. Saga - Heads or Tales 3. Eddie Jobson - The Green Album 4. Moody Blues - The Present 5. Tony Banks - The Fugitive 6. Barclay James Harvest - Ring of Changes 7. Mike Oldfield - Crises 8. Asia - Alpha 9. Genesis - Genesis 10. Red Rider - Neruda I admit that last one is closer to "roots rock" than prog, but Ken Greer is such a phenomenal guitarist that I had to include it for this year's list. Also would like to give a shout out to Robert Plant's The Principle of Moments - not quite prog but it's impossible to remember the summer of '83 without thinking of that album!
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Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: August 17 2021 at 16:46
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here is where it really starts to get sparse Amenophis - s/t Anyone's Daughter - Neue Sterne Angelo Branduardi - Cercando l'Oro Clannad - Magical Ring Pablo El Enterrador - s/tRousseau - Retreat to bring it to ten I am promoting the following 3 star albums Bacamarte -Depois do Fim Barclay James Harvest - Ring of Changes" Mike Oldfield - Crises Waniyetula - A Dream within a dream |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: August 17 2021 at 19:42
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As prog wanes, alternative and techno pop give rise to the indie scene: 1. TEARS FOR FEARS The Hurting 2. THE FIXX Reach the Beach 3. AZTEC CAMERA High Land, Hard Rain 4. BARBRA STREISAND Yentl 5. BRUCE COCKBURN The Trouble with Normal 6. XTC Mummer 7. GENESIS Genesis 8. RE-FLEX The Politics of Dancing 9. JEAN-LUC PONTY Individual Choice 10. MARK ISHAM Vapor Drawings 11. U2 War 12. THE STYLE COUNCIL Introducing The Style Council 13. KAJAGOOGOO White Feathers 14. A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS Listen 15. ROBERT PALMER Pride 16. MARIANNE FAITHFULL A Child's Adventure 17. JAH WOBBLE, THE EDGE, HOLGER CZUKAY Snake Charmer 18. THE CHURCH Seance 19. KING SUNNY ADÉ Synchro System 20. WILLIAM ACKERMAN Past Light 21. MONSOON Third Eye 22. THE POLICE Synchronicity 23. MADONNA Madonna 24. JAPAN Oil on Canvas 25. GANG OF FOUR Hard 26. AL DI MEOLA Scenario 27. THOMAS DOLBY Blinded by Science 28. DIVINYLS Desperate 29. PINK FLOYD The Final Cut 30. YES 90125 Honorable Mentions: SHADOWFAX Shadowdance THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER Bodies and Souls CODONA 3 ESKATON Fictions JOHN CAFFERTY AND THE BEAVER BROWN BAND Eddie and the Cruisers OST MORAZ - BRUFORD Music for Piano and Drums TEENA MARIE Robbery FLIM & THE BBs Tricycle ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: tribalfusions
Date Posted: August 19 2021 at 09:09
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Breaking things down into country groupings really highlights the situation in 1983. FINLAND: Scarab- Scarab NORWAY: Jan Garbarek Group- Wayfarer NETHERLANDS: Ywis- Ywis The Nits- Omsk ITALY: Banco- Banco Slogans - Photosynthesis Matia Bazar- Tango BRAZIL: Bacamarte- Depois do fim Caetano Veloso- Uns O Terço- Som Mais Puro JAPAN: Bi Kyo Ran- Parallax Novela- Sanctuary Orpheus- Orpheus Kazumi Watanabe- Mobo SPAIN: Asfalto- Más que una intención Ñu- Fuego Triana - Llegó el día Alameda- Noche andaluza CANADA: Saga- Heads or Tales Maneige- Images Triumph- Never Surrender Morse Code- Code Breaker SWEDEN: Silver Mountain- Shakin' Brains Europe- Europe Von Zamla- No Make Up! Biscaya- Biscaya Ragnarök- 3 Signs GERMANY: The Michael Schenker Group- Built to Destroy Eloy- Performance Amenophis- Amenophis Rousseau- Retreat Kreuzweg- Kreuzweg Opus- Opus 1 Anyone's Daughter- Neue Sterne Waniyetula- A Dream Within A Dream Eden's Taste- Meilensteine FRANCE: Ange- La gare de Troyes Elohim- Mana perdu Eskaton- Fiction Albert Marcœur- Celui où y'a Joseph La Rossa- A Fury of Glass Anubis- Anubis Armande Altaï- Nocturne flamboyant Jean-Luc Ponty- Individual Choice Bunny Brunel- Ivanhoe Abus Dangereux- Happy French Band Didier Lockwood- The Kid ARGENTINA: Spinetta Jade- Bajo Belgrano Luis Alberto Spinetta- Mondo di cromo El Reloj- La esencia es la misma Alas- Pinta tu aldea Pablo El Enterrador- Pablo "El Enterrador" Espíritu- En movimiento Los Abuelos de la Nada- Vasos y Besos Satwa- Danza de amor Demo- Lumpen Charly García- Clics Modernos Moro-Satragni- Moro-Satragni UNITED STATES: Dio- Holy Diver Zebra- Zebra Kansas- Drastic Measures Happy the Man- Better Late Zappa- The Man From Utopia Adrian Belew- Twang Bar King Paul Simon- Hearts and Bones Stencil Forest- Opening Act Art in America- Art in America Steps Ahead- Steps Ahead Steve Smith- Vital Information Mike Stern- Neesh Al Di Meola- Scenario The Fents- First Offense Jaco Pastorius- Invitation Miles Davis- Star People Oregon- Oregon Weather Report- Procession Steve Khan- Casa Loco UNITED KINGDOM: Iron Maiden- Piece of Mind Yes- 90215 Rainbow- Bent Out of Shape Genesis- Genesis Pink Floyd- The Final Cut Marillion- Script for a Jester's Tear Asia- Alpha Steve Hackett- Highly Strung Cozy Powell- Octopus Gary Moore- Victims of the Future Gary Moore- Dirty Fingers Eddie Jobson / Zinc - The Green Album XTC- Mummer Greg Lake- Manoeuvres Black Sabbath- Born Again IQ- Tales From the Lush Attic The Enid- Something Wicked This Way Comes Robert Plant- The Principle of Moments UFO- Making Contact Eurythmics- Sweet Dreams Eurythmics- Touch Electric Light Orchestra- Secret Messages The Moody Blues- The Present Moraz/Bruford- Music for Piano and Drums |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 21 2021 at 03:45
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1. IQ- Tales From The Lush Attic 2. Mike Oldfield - Crisis 3. Tangerine Dream - Hyperborea 4. Edgar Froese - Pinnacles 5. Cozy Powell - Octopuss 6. Mark Isham - Vapor Drawings 7. Vangelis - Antarctica 8. The Police - Synchronicity 9. 9. Yes - 90125 10. Genesis - s/t corrected due to wrong year!
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 06 2021 at 07:16
 David Bowie - Let's Dance Eloy - Performance The Enid - Aerie Faerie Nonsense (re-recording) Philip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi Jon & Vangelis - Private Collection Moody Blues - The Present U2 - Under a Blood Red Sky Vangelis - Antarctica Rick Wakeman - G'ole! (soundtrack) Yes - 90125 |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: September 06 2021 at 07:24
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Only TRUE prog 1. Marillion - Script For A Jester's Tear 2. Bacamarte - Depois do Fim 3. IQ - Tales From The Lush Attic 4. Alas - Pinta Tu Aldea 5. Red -Red 6. Art Zoyd - Les Espace Inquiets 7. Saga - Heads Or Tales 8. Von Zamla - No Make Up! 9. Happy The Man - 3rd 10. Cartoon - Music From Left Field -------------  https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 16 2021 at 02:01
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Marillion - Script For A Jester's Tear IQ - Tales From The Lush Attic Bacamarte - Depois do Fim Yes - 90125 Eloy - Performance Happy The Man - 3rd Rousseau - Retreat Amenophis- Amenophis Anyone's Daughter- Neue Sterne Triumph- Never Surrender |
Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: November 09 2021 at 06:51
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Tales from the Lush Attic - IQ Road Games - Allan Holdsworth Script for a Jester’s Tear - Marillion Genesis - Genesis Amenophis - Amenophis Pablo "El Enterrador" - Pablo El Enterrador The Green Album - Eddie Jobson / Zinc Better Late... - Happy the Man Bay of Kings - Steve Hackett 90125 - Yes |