Your Top 10 Favourite Prog Albums of 1986
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Topic: Your Top 10 Favourite Prog Albums of 1986
Posted By: Mirakaze
Subject: Your Top 10 Favourite Prog Albums of 1986
Date Posted: September 01 2021 at 11:46
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Well, one thing I've learned in the past weeks is that my favourite prog albums of the 80s tend to be concentrated in the even-numbered years rather than the odd-numbered ones. Given the circumstances, 1986 is another damned fine year for the genre, methinks. 1. Thinking Plague - Moonsongs 2. Genesis - Invisible Touch (I regret nothing) 3. Univers Zero - Heatwave 4. Frank Zappa - Jazz From Hell 5. The Chick Corea Elektric Band - The Chick Corea Elektric Band 6. Adrian Belew - Desire Caught By The Tail 7. Harold Budd, Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie & Simon Raymonde - The Moon And The Melodies 8. Katra Turana - Kimera 9. Talk Talk - The Colour Of Spring 10. Motor Totemist Guild - Contact With Veils Honourable mentions: - Allan Holdsworth - Atavachron - Ozric Tentacles - There Is Nothing ------------- 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: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: September 01 2021 at 11:55
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Shub Niggurath - Les Morts Vont Vite Univers Zero - Heatwave Nazca - Estacion de Sombra Thinking Plague - Moonsongs News From Babel - Letters Home Steve Reich - Sextet / 6 Marimbas Steve Roach - Empetus Miriodor - Rencontres Altais - s/t ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: September 01 2021 at 11:56
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Strange list but genuine progressive rock was nowhere near the mainstream in the mid-eighties (Talk Talk isn't really progressive just yet, but its lovely art pop) Wendy Carlos - Beauty in the Beast Tangerine Dream - Green Desert (recorded sometime in the mid-70's) Univers Zéro - Heatwave Shub-Niggurath - Les Morts Vont Vite Jac Berrocal - Hotel Hotel Talk Talk - The Colour Of Spring Thinking Plague - MoonsongsLindsay Cooper - Music for Other Occasions News From Babel - Letters Home |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: September 01 2021 at 12:00
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Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: September 01 2021 at 13:31
I was getting desperate by that stage, do Robert Cray or Slayer count? I see Thinking Plague - Moonsongs listed as 86 & 87 in various places, if it's 86 it certainly makes my list
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: September 01 2021 at 13:48
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: September 01 2021 at 14:10
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Another year that I am unable to fill up 10 slots: 1. The Camberwell Now - The Ghost Trade 2. Pageant - La mosaïque de la rêverie 3. Emerson, Lake & Powell - Emerson, Lake & Powell 4. Miriodor - Rencontres 5. Ain Soph - Hat and Field 6. Peter Gabriel - So 7. Pallas - The Wedge 8. Genesis - Invisible Touch (if you replace a couple of the pop hits with the B sides) ------------- ---------- 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: Cristi
Date Posted: September 01 2021 at 14:19
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Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian Pro Musica & Accent (Formatii Rock 9/Split)
Talk Talk - The Colour Of Spring Queensryche - Rage For Order Peter Gabriel - So Emerson, Lake & Powell = s/t Kansas - Power The Elektric Band - s/t Joe Satriani - Not of This Earth Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: September 01 2021 at 15:51
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XTC - Skylarking Kontrast - Kontrast Talk Talk - The Colour Of SpringThe Church - Heyday Shub-Niggurath - Les Morts Vont Vite The Chameleons - Strange Times NEO Museum - volume 1 David Sylvian - Gone To Earth Cocteau Twins - Victorialand Univers Zero - Heatwave Honorable Mentions: Thinking Plague - Moonsongs Megadeth - Peace Sells.... Camberwell Now -The Ghost Trade Queenrysche - Rage For Order Slayer - Reign In Blood Miriodor - Rencontres Metallica -Master Of Puppets |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: September 01 2021 at 16:26
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1986 1. DAVID SYLVIAN Gone to Earth 2. THE MOON AND THE MELODIES The Moon and the Melodies 3. ASTOR PIAZZOLLA Tango: Zero Hour 4. COCTEAU TWINS Victorialand 5. XTC Skylarking 6. ROSIE VELA Zazu 7. PETER GABRIEL So 9. PET SHOP BOYS Please 10. THE BEASTIE BOYS Licensed to Ill 11. TALK TALK The Colour of Spring 12. CLAN OF XYMOX Medusa 13. CLAIRE HAMMILL Voices 14. IT'S IMMATERIAL Life's Hard and Then You Die 15. THIS MORTAL COIL Filigree and Shadow 16. CHRIS REA On The Beach 17. HERBIE HANCOCK & Others 'Round Midnight Movie Soundtrack 18. UNIVERS ZERO Heatwave 19. THE LOVER SPEAKS The Lover Speaks 20. AIN SOPH Hat and Field ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: September 01 2021 at 17:10
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Camberwell Now - The Ghost Trade (very nice to see this one on another top spot) Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring Univers Zero - Heatwave David Sylvian - Gone to EarthMick Karn - Dreams of Reason Produce Monsters Legendary Pink Dots - Island of Jewels News From Babel - Letters Home Gestalt et Jive - s/t Frank Zappa - Jazz from Hell Pierre Moerlen's Gong - Breakthrough The Astor Piazzolla album is brutally good and can even compete with Camberwell Now and the Talk Talk album (that's three top 20 of all time candidates in this year), as is Jorge Reyes - Comala, but these don't qualify according to my "prog is PA plus Irmin Schmidt plus Mick Karn" rule.
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: September 01 2021 at 17:45
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1 News From Babel - Letters Home 2 Univers Zero - Heatwave 3 Gabriel, Peter - So 4 Miriodor - Rencontres 5 Plastic People of the Universe - Pulnocni Mys (Midnight Mouse) 6 Vander Offering - Offering 7 Tangerine Dream - Green Desert Bubbling under: Shub-Niggurath - Les Morts Vont Vite Chick Corea & Elektric Band - Elektric Band Julverne - Ne Parlons Pas De Malheur Emerson, Lake & Powell - ELPowell if it's from 86 (I thought it was 85) ...
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: September 01 2021 at 19:21
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Another crappy year of 80s music.... Steve Earle - Guitar Town Peter Gabriel - So Crowded House - s/t debut REM - Life's Rich Pageant Paul Simon - Graceland Fairport Convention - Expletive Delighted! Kate Bush - The Whole Story Violent Femmes - Blind Leading the Naked The Smithereens - Especially for You Philip Glass - Songs for Liquid Days Nanci Griffith - The Last of the True Believers
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Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: September 02 2021 at 01:06
I use this same rule, with the added provision that I'll include artists whose submission to the archives is still under consideration, or artists who I'm planning to nominate for inclusion eventually. Hence why The Colour Of Spring and The Moon And The Melodies make my list but not Beauty In The Beast which would otherwise certainly be a contender for the top spot. ------------- https://mirasnelder.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow - Freelance composer, accepting commissions | https://mirasnelder.bandcamp.com/album/altered-acuity" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp page |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: September 02 2021 at 01:14
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: September 02 2021 at 01:25
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the start of the really sucky years for prog lasting until about 92 anyway my not very proggy selection 1. Tangerine Dream - Underwater Sunlight 2. Stephen Caudel - Wine Dark Sea 3. Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time 4. Vangelis & Irene Papas - Rapsodies 5. Emerson, Lake and Powell - s/t 6. Boston - Third Stage (they spent 6 years making it so must be a prog album lol) 7. Public Image Limited - Album 8. Kate Bush - The Whole Story (it does have a new track Experiment IV which is great) 9. X. last 2 spots ''to be confirmed'' when I can find something
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Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: September 03 2021 at 09:43
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1. ELP - Emerson, Lake, and Powell 2. Alan Parsons Project - Stereotomy 3. Pallas - The Wedge 4. GTR - GTR 5. Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Criminal Tango 6. Twelfth Night - XII 7. Eric Johnson - Tones 8. The Firm - Mean Business 9. Boston - Third Stage 10. Genesis - Invisible Touch
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 13 2021 at 03:48
Not a good year for prog albums.  Eric Clapton - August Emerson, Lake & Powell - Emerson, Lake & Powell The Enid - Liverpool Live Philip Glass - Songs for Liquid Days Pierre Moerlen's Gong - Breakthrough Hawkwind - Chaos: Live at Guild Hall, Preston Chris Rea - On the Beach The Sweet - Live at the Marquee Club, London Tangerine Dream - Underwater Sunlight Vangelis & Irene Papas - Rhapsodies
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Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: September 13 2021 at 08:05
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Never heard (of) Camberwell Now, but I'm really digging the Ghost Trade album! ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: November 09 2021 at 02:14
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Les Morts Vont Vite - Shub-Niggurath Atavachron - Allan Holdsworth Suction 8 - Edge Sounds of Passion - Coda The Big Lad in the Windmill - It Bites Awaken the Guardian - Fates Warning Palimpseste - Anamorphose Alienation - YBO2 Emerson, Lake & Powell - Emerson, Lake & Powell Underwater Sunlight - Tangerine Dream |