Your Top 12 Dutch Prog Albums
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Topic: Your Top 12 Dutch Prog Albums
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: Your Top 12 Dutch Prog Albums
Date Posted: August 26 2021 at 05:36
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It's time to Focus more Light on the subject of Dutch Prog by selecting our own personal Top 12 albums from a Cargo-load of Dutch masters. Welcome to the Machine, as they're just one of the 57 varieties of artists from the classic golden years of Dutch Prog (some of whom disappeared without Trace after releasing just one album). There's an Avalanche of great music to Sustain the interest, varying from the gentle folk of Chimera and Flairck, to the jazzy sound of Alquin, the symphonic splendour of Earth and Fire and the hard rocking sound of Golden Earring. Vive la Differences! It's all here. It turned out to be an almost impossible task to choose a Top 10, so the ideal Solution seemed to be to Spin it out and make it a Top 12 to give this poll more Scope. There's a vast Pantheon of Ekseptional Dutch Prog out there just waiting to be explored on the internet and it's all available totally Tax Free! My Top 12 Dutch Prog Albums (so far)  Jan Akkerman - Close Beauty (2019) Alquin - Marks (1972) The Chris Hinze Combination - The Hunter (1987) Differences - The Voyage (1985) Earth and Fire - Song of the Marching Children (1971) Finch - Galleons of Passion (1977) Focus - Moving Waves (1971) Lady Lake - No Pictures (1977) Light - Light (1995) Sustain - Sustain (1978) Tax Free - Tax Free (1971)* Trace - Trace (1974) * All-time favourite album  |
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: August 26 2021 at 05:45
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I only own 9 Dutch albums, these are those Brown vs. Brown - Odds and Unevens Blast - A Sophisticated Face Supersister - Present From Nancy Blast - Wire Stiched Ears Blast - Stringy Rugs Flairck - Back Alive! Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - From the Stairwell Supersister - To the Highest Bidder Flairck - Bal Masque ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 26 2021 at 05:50
My 5-star favourite by Flairck is "Kamers/Chambers" which is worth checking out if you haven't already heard it.
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Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: August 26 2021 at 05:53
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In no particular order: Jan Akkerman - Jan Akkerman Jan Akkerman & Kaz Lux - Eli Flairck - Gevecht Met De Engel Flairck - Variaties Op Een Dame Focus - Hamburger Concerto Focus - Moving Waves Focus - 3 Focus - Mother Focus Supersister - Present from Nancy Supersister - To the Highest Bidder Supersister - Pudding in Gesteren ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 26 2021 at 07:05
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Supersister - Present for Nancy Earth and Fire - March of the Marching Children Association P.C. Earwax Supersister - To the Highest Bidder The Chris Hinze Combination - Mission Suite Alquin - Marks Jasper van't Hof - The Selfkicker Het Pandorra Ensemble - IIISupersister - Pudding En Gisteren Association - Sun Rotation Mr. Albert Show - Warm Motor Earth and Fire - Earth and Fire ...and that's pretty much all I got Edit: I removed tech-thrashers Cryptosis, which I was surprised to stumble over at PA. I love their album (Bionic Swarm), but I don't really think it belongs here in this context. Besides I remembered Jasper Van't Hof is Dutch, and included my favorite album by him instead.
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Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: August 26 2021 at 08:01
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They will all be albums by Kayak, Trace, Focus, Supersister and Finch for me!!! Still can't get into Earth And Fire. ------------- The Prog Corner |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 26 2021 at 08:17
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I'm not really qualified here as I don't know enough, but some others have posted lists with albums from four bands only, so chances are I'm not alone. I'm doing it because my favourite Dutch band KONG is missing up to now; I'll just amend their discography with a few other albums I know... (I also know Ekseption and Flairck, but I don't like them that much. and I'll put Association P.C. in despite not being sure about whether they should count as Dutch.) Association P.C. - Erna Morena Kong - Phlegm Kong - Earmined Jan Akkerman - Live Montreux Kong - FreakControl Kong - Merchants of Air Focus - Hamburger Concerto Jan Akkerman - s/t Kong - Push Comes to Shove Supersister - To the Highest Bidder Association P.C. - Sun Rotation Kong - Stern |
Posted By: tribalfusions
Date Posted: August 26 2021 at 09:16
Nice list and thread however I noticed you only have 2 entries from after 1987. Do you really not like any Dutch prog that much from the last 35 years or so?
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 26 2021 at 09:37
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^ No, it's simply that there aren't enough hours in the day to listen to everything and I've mainly been featuring Dutch artists from the golden era in my Classic Clog Prog Blog. I'm currently on the letter "F" for Focus, so I still have a long way to go to reach the end of the alphabet.
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Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: August 26 2021 at 09:52
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Not a very diverse list on my part... turns out my knowledge of my own country's progressive rock scene may be more limited than I thought  1. Supersister - Present From Nancy 2. Focus - Moving Waves 3. Supersister - Pudding En Gisteren 4. Focus - Focus 3 5. Focus - Hamburger Concerto 6. Dier - Hamer 7. Solution - Solution 8. Jan Akkerman & Thijs Van Leer - Focus 9. Association PC - Sun Rotation 10. Supersister - Iskander 11. Trace - Birds 12. Focus - Focus Con Proby ------------- https://mirasnelder.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow - Freelance composer, accepting commissions | https://mirasnelder.bandcamp.com/album/altered-acuity" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp page |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: August 26 2021 at 12:14
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This is tricky, an entire country's worth of music! Lots and lots to pick from and there's a lot from the 1970s I haven't listened to yet. 1. Focus - Hamburger Concerto 2. Finch - Beyond Expression 3. Trace - Birds 4. Earth and Fire - Song of the Marching Children 5. Focus - Moving Waves 6. Ayreon - The Human Equation 7. Supersister - To the Highest Bidder 8. Blast4tet - Sift 9. Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle 10. Mangrove - Beyond Reality 11. Cliffhanger - Cold Steel 12. Differences - The Voyage Honorable mentions: Knight Area - Under a New Sign Flamborough Head - Unspoken Whisper Finch - Glory of the Inner Force Kayak - See See the Sun Ayreon - The Theory of Everything Nice Beaver - The Time It Takes Argus - The Outsider Trion - Pilgrim Cliffhanger - Not to Be or Not to Be Mirror - Daybreak Mangrove - Facing the Sunset NoVoX - NoVoX PBII - Plastic Soup Sky Architect - Excavations of the Mind Bonfire - Bonfire Goes Bananas '75 Cargo - Cargo Ulysses - The Gift of Tears Lethe - Lethe Egdon Heath - Him, the Snake and I Molassess - Through the Hollow Trace - Trace ------------- ---------- 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: someone_else
Date Posted: August 26 2021 at 12:56
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1. Alquin - The Mountain Queen 2. Nine Stones Close - Leaves 3. Focus - Focus II (aka Moving Waves) 4. Nice Beaver - The Time It Takes 5. Focus - Hamburger Concerto 6. Supersister - To the Highest Bidder 7. Machine - s/t 8. Alquin - Best Kept Secret 9. Kayak - See See the Sun X. Golden Earring - Seven Tears Y. Alquin - Marks Z. Earth & Fire - Song of the Marching Children ------------- 
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: August 26 2021 at 17:08
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Solution-Divergence Alquin-Marks Ekseption-0.04 Focus-Focus 3 Solution-Solution Solution-Cordon Bleu Alquin-The Mountain Queen Supersister-Iskander Kayak-Royal Bed Bouncer Focus-Moving Waves Golden Earring-Moontan Jasper van't Hof-Live Montreux 1978
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 26 2021 at 17:27
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Kayak - See See The Sun Kayak - Kayak IIKayak - Royal Bed Bouncer Kayak - The Last Encore Kayak - Merlin Bard Of The Unseen Kayak - Seventeen Kayak - Out Of This World Trace - Birds Focus - 8 Silhouette - Beyond The Seventh Wave
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: September 06 2021 at 15:32
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In no particular order Focus - Focus 3 Solution - Solution Golden Earring - Moontan Golden Earring - Seven tears Focus - Hamburger Concerto Supersister - To the Highest Bidder Finch - Glory of the Inner Force Cargo - Cargo Supersister - Present From Nancy Blast - Wire Stiched Ears Poetica in Silentio - Poetica in Silentio Spinvis - Spinvis------------- 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: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: September 08 2021 at 04:28
| Basically Mr. Arjen Lucassen's output, with The Human Equation at the top! |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: September 08 2021 at 12:35
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Great poll Psychedelic Paul!  In no particular order Cargo - Cargo Differences - The Voyage Supersister - Present From Nancy Focus - Moving Waves Lady Lake - No Pictures Cliffhanger - Not To Be Or Not to Be Kayak - See See The Sun Supersister - To The Highest Bider Focus - 3 Finch - Beyond Expression Trace - Birds |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 08 2021 at 12:50
Thanks! On account of the renewed interest in this poll, it might be a good time for me to organise a Top 12 German prog albums poll too. |
Posted By: zwordser
Date Posted: September 10 2021 at 10:45
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1. Supersister - To the Highest Bidder 2. Ayreon - The Human Equation 3. Focus - Moving Waves 4. Earth and Fire - Song of the Marching Children 5. Ayreon - 01011001 6. Focus - Hamburger Concerto 7. Supersister - Present from Nancy 8. Ekseption - Trinity 9. Finch - Glory of the Inner Force 10. Silhouette - Across the Rubicon 11. Ayreon - Theory of Everything and, wow, cant believe it, but that's all the Dutch Prog I have  ------------- Z |
Posted By: DarkLizzard
Date Posted: September 20 2021 at 11:22
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In no particular order: Kong - Phlegm Pestilence - Spheres Phlebotomized - Skycontact Ayreon - The Human Equation Supersister - Present for Nancy Earth and Fire - Song of the Marching Children Focus - Moving Waves Sky Architect - Excavations of the Mind Kayak - See See the Sun Knight Area - Under a New Sign Guilt Machine - On this Perfect Day Stream of Passion - Embrace the Storm
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Posted By: enigmatic
Date Posted: December 04 2021 at 09:51
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My Top 12 of Dutch Prog Albums in alphabetic order: Earth and Fire - Song Of The Marching Children (1971) Earth and Fire - Atlantis (1973 Focus - Moving Waves (1971) Focus - Focus 3 (1972) Focus - Hamburger Concerto (1974) Flairck - Gevecht Met de Engel (1980) Lethe - Lethe (1981) Solution - Solution (1971) Solution - Divergence (1973) Supersister - Present From Nancy (1970) Supersister - To the Highest Bidder (1971) Supersister - Pudding & Gisteren (1972) Honorable mentions: Ahora Mazda - Ahora Mazda (1970) Alquin - Marks (1972) Avalanche - Perseverance Kills Our Game (1979) Bonfire - Bonfire Goes Bananas (1975) Finch - Glory of the Inner Force (1975) Flairck - Circus (1981) Het Pandorra Ensemble - III (1978) Kracq - Circumvision (1978) Pantheon - Orion (1972) Trace - Birds (1975) |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: December 04 2021 at 11:52
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One per band... Jan Akkerman - s/t Alquin - Mountain Queen Association P.C. - Sun Rotation Earth and Fire - Song Of The Marching Children Flairck - Live in Amsterdam Focus - 3 Golden Earring - Moontan Kayak - Merlin Light - s/t Pauw - Macrocosm Microcosm Solution - Cordon Bleu Tower - Titan ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: December 04 2021 at 13:45
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Even with not so many, I'm glad to join here. Group 1850 - Paradise Now (1969, not quite Prog but yet) Focus - Moving Waves (1971) Focus - Focus 3 (1973) Focus - Hamburger Concerto (1974) Ekseption - Trinity (1973, one of my first Prog albums) Golden Earring - Moontan (1973, not quite Prog but yet) ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: December 06 2021 at 23:22
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Focus - Hamburger Concerto Kayak - See See the Sun Gert Emmens & Ruud Heij - Return to the Origin Free System Projekt - Pointless Reminder Trace - Birds Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle: A Space Opera Ekseption - Ekseption 5 Earth & Fire - Song of the Marching Children Finch - Glory of the Inner Force Supersister - Present From Nancy Lethe - Lethe 5bridgeS - The Thomas Tracks |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: December 07 2021 at 08:05
Hi, I don't dislike them at all, but the album that is best for my ears is TO THE WORLD OF THE FUTURE which is more interesting but still shows a band trying to work with the girl singer or not. I don't think they ever cleared that up, although her voice was really important in their start. ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: January 31 2022 at 16:48
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in no particular order : Earth and Fire : Son of the marching children Golden earring : Montana Focus: Hamburger Concerto Finch : Galleon of passion Cliffhanger : Not to be or not to be Kayak : II Focus : Moving waves Flamborough head : unspoken whisper |