Your Top 10 Favourite Prog Albums of 1989
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Topic: Your Top 10 Favourite Prog Albums of 1989
Posted By: Mirakaze
Subject: Your Top 10 Favourite Prog Albums of 1989
Date Posted: September 23 2021 at 03:13
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Another meager year...  This time I'm having to resort to giving the top spot away to an album originally recorded in 1976, and the bottom of this list is just about scraping the bottom of the barrel.1. Yezda Urfa - Sacred Baboon 2. Ozric Tentacles - Pungent Effulgent 3. Allan Holdsworth - Secrets 4. Cardiacs - On Land And In The Sea 5. Jean-Luc Ponty - Storytelling 6. Fred Frith - The Top Of His Head 7. Earthworks - Dig? 8. Thinking Plague - In This Life 9. Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe 10. Adrian Belew - Mr. Music Head ------------- 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: Rick1
Date Posted: September 23 2021 at 03:55
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Gongmaison - Gongmaison Ozric Tentacles - Pungent Effulgent Cardiacs - On Land And In The Sea Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe ...very slim pickings; we were waiting for the 90s! |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: September 23 2021 at 03:56
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Love the two first, the three following are also really good, and I quite like the rest. After Dinner - Paradise of Replica Sub. S. Ritual + Pacific 231 - 9 Mélodies Blessées Rabih Abou-Khalil - Bukra Opus Avantra - StrataTangle Edge - In Search of a New Dawn António Emiliano - Fausto Fernando Fragmentos Faust - 71 Minutes of Faust Art Zoyd - Nosferatu Sarah Hopkins & Alan Lamb - Sky Song Vasilisk - Acqua |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 23 2021 at 04:13
Probably the hardest eighties poll to find ten prog albums for, but I'm already looking forward to the nineties polls.  Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe Eric Clapton - Journeyman The Enid - Final Noise Peter Gabriel - Passion (soundtrack) Annie Haslam - Annie Haslam Jade Warrior - At Peace Anthony Phillips - Missing Pieces 1: Finger Painting Tears for Fears - The Seeds of Love Vangelis - Themes Rick Wakeman - Black Knights at the Court of Ferdinand IV
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 23 2021 at 04:32
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Marillion - Seasons End Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry Dream Theater - When Dream and Day Unite Rush - Presto Jadis - Jadis It Bites - Eat Me In St. Louis Watchtower - Control and Resistance Titan Force - Titan Force Voivod - Nothingface Black Sabbath - Headless Cross
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: September 23 2021 at 04:40
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Much better selection this year than 1988... 2. Social Tension - Macbethia 3. Thinking Plague - In This Life 4. Vermilion Sands - Water Blue 5. Ozric Tentacles - Pungent Effulgent 6. Devil Doll - The Girl Who Was Death 7. The Work - Rubber Cage 8. Cardiacs - On Land and in the Sea 9. Marillion - Seasons End 10. Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe Honorable mentions: Boredoms - Soul Discharge Djam Karet - Reflections from the Firepool Hecenia - Legendes Amon Düül II - Fööl Moon Pulsar - Görlitz ------------- ---------- 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: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: September 23 2021 at 06:26
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1. THE CURE Disintegration 2. KATE BUSH The Sensual World 3. JULIA FORDHAM Porcelain 4. SWING OUT SISTER Kaleidoscope World 5. PAZZO FANFANO DI MUSICA Pazzo Fanfano di Musica 6. BLUE NILE Hats 7. MARY BLACK No Frontiers 8. TEARS FOR FEARS The Seeds of Love 9. PAT METHENY GROUP Letter from Home 10. JANE SIBERRY Bound by the Beauty 11. PETER MURPHY Deep 12. THE NEVILLE BROTHERS Yellow Moon 13. XTC Oranges and Lemons 14. PETER GABRIEL Passion 15. INDIGO GIRLS Indigo Girls 16. NEIL YOUNG Freedom 17. STEVE REICH Different Trains 18. CARDIACS On Land and Sea 19. YOUNG MC Stone Cold Rhymin' 20. SIMPLY RED A New Flame Honorable Mentions: HECENIE Légendes LISA STANSFIELD Affection THE STONE ROSES The Stone Roses PRIMUS Suck on This! ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: September 23 2021 at 06:50
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1. Thinking Plague - In This Life 2. Cardiacs - On Land and in the Sea 3. Naked City - Knitting Factory 89 4. Ozrics Tentacles - Pungent Effulgent 5. Birdsong Of The Mesozoic - Faultline 6. Voivod - Nothingface 7. The Work - Rubber Cage 8. Vezhlivy Otkaz - s/t 9. Djam Kharet - Reflections from the Firepool 10. Miriodor - Live 89 11. Lindsey Cooper - Oh, Moscow ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 23 2021 at 07:27
Kudos for mentioning Lisa Stansfield in a thread about favourite prog albums!
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BrufordFreak wrote:Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 23 2021 at 07:40
I don't know if This is the Right Time to say this, but I have some Real Love and Affection for Lancashire lass Lisa Stansfield too, and I say that with all Sincerity.
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: September 23 2021 at 09:35
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Another poor year, but I may look into Ian's list to see if I can update or upgrade 12 Tangle Edge In Search of A New Dawn 12 Lenny Kravitz Let Love Rule 11 Cooper, Lindsay Oh, Moscow 11 Noir Désir Veuillez Rendre l'âme (ŕ Qui Elle Appartient) 10 Nuova Era Dopo
l'Infinito 10 Ozric Tentacles - Pungent Effulgent Bubbling under: 09 Contrevent Youkali 09 Martino, Pat The Return 09 Red Hot Chili Peppers Mother's Milk 09 Temiz, Okay Dervish Service (aka Dervis) 09 SR Vaughan & Double Trouble In Step 09 Zazou, Hector - Geologies------------- 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: Progmind
Date Posted: September 23 2021 at 09:36
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In no order Cardiacs - On Land and In The Sea Voivod - Nothingface Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry The Blue Nile - Hats XTC - Oranges and Lemons Faith No More - The Real Thing Watchtower - Control & Resistence The Lilac Time - Pradise Circus Tears for Fears - Seeds Of Love Honorable mentions: Thinking Plague - In This Life Tangled Edge - In Search Of A New Dawn Slint - Tweez The Work - Rubber Cage The Cure - Desintegration
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: September 23 2021 at 09:51
No idea why I missed this one, will add. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: September 23 2021 at 10:12
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A far better year than 1988, 1989 goes up to 11! 1. Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - s/t 2. Saga - The Beginner's Guide to Throwing Shapes 3. The Blue Nile - Hats 4. Marillion - Seasons End 5. Trevor Rabin - Can't Look Away 6. The Silencers - A Blues for Buddha 7. Tears for Fears - The Seeds of Love 8. Simple Minds - Street Fighting Years 9. Tony Banks - Bankstatement 10. Mike Oldfield - Earth Moving 11. Andy Summers - The Golden Wire
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Posted By: Rick1
Date Posted: September 23 2021 at 10:14
| I forgot 'Oh, Moscow' - so great to see much of it performed live at the Lindsay Cooper tribute concerts in 2014. |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: September 23 2021 at 10:55
Just as couldn't in 1972 when there was NO SUCH THING AS "PROG", I cannot/will not separate great music--music that progresses the boundaries of enjoyable aural and proprioceptive stimuli--into arbitrarily created categories. It's all progressive! It's all great music! It should ALL be celebrated! ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: September 24 2021 at 01:15
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Marillion - Seasons End Kate Bush - The Sensual World Rick Wakeman - Sea Airs IQ - Are You Sitting Comfortably? Madonna - Like A Prayer Rush - Presto Tears For Fears - The Seeds Of Love Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - s/t Dream Theater - When Dream and Day Unite Jethro Tull - Rock Island  |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: September 24 2021 at 02:02
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: September 24 2021 at 02:05
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Unusual year in that all my favorites are ranked highly. 1. Watchtower - Control and Resistance 2. Voivod - Nothingface 3. Thinking Plague - In This Life 4. Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry 5. Alan Holdsworth - Secrets 6. Art Zoyd - Nosferatu 7. Kings X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska 8. Djam Karet - Reflections from the Firepool 9. Robert Schroeder - Pegasus 10. Peter Gabriel - Passion
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: September 24 2021 at 02:47
Amazing three-part performance at the Barbican. Haven't returned to London since, but I saw Zappa Plays Zappa dthe next day and Wyatt's retirement and bookpublishing launch on the sunday. ------------- 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: bartymj
Date Posted: September 24 2021 at 03:09
Statistically (according to ratings I've given albums), 1989 is where prog, for me, died in a ditch and took a few years to be resurrected  . So plenty of non-PA albums to fill this list!1. Cardiacs - On Land and in the Sea 2. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses N/A 3. Marillion - Season's End 4. Rush - Presto 5. Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked 6. Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever 7. Tears for Fears - The Seeds of Love 8. Faith No More - The Real Thing 9. Todd Rundgren - Nearly Human Embarassing Guilty Pleasure: Transvision Vamp - Velveteen I'll hand in my prog card now.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 24 2021 at 03:18
Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction is from 1987...  |
Posted By: bartymj
Date Posted: September 24 2021 at 04:43
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So it is. Confused myself because a Billboard award made it re-chart a couple of years later. In that case I only have a top 9!
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Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: September 24 2021 at 09:58
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1989 was undoubtedly one of my favourite years for music! I was starting to buy lots of albums and go to lots of gigs. Still not properly into prog (didn't even know what it was!), but: Are You Sitting Comfortably - IQ Seasons' End - Marillion When Dream And Day Unite - Dream Theater Control And Resistance - Watchtower Can't Look Away - Trevor Rabin The Real Thing - Faith No More Eat Me In St. Louis - It Bites Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe Gretchen Goes To Nebraska - King's X And there were many other great rock albums that year too!
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: September 26 2021 at 06:25
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This was not a bad year at all, I had to dig far deeper in others. Cardiacs - On Land And In The Sea Art Zoyd - Nosferatu Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Dig? Kate Bush - The Sensual World Legendary Pink Dots - The Golden Age Thinking Plague - In This Life Ozric Tentacles - Pungent Effulgent Oregon - 45th Parallel John Scofield - Flat Out Fred Frith - The Top Of His Head Honorable mention, exciting album, sounds very much prog to me: Vladimir Estragon (incl. Alfred 23 Harth of Cassiber, FM EInheit of the Neubauten) - Three Quarks for Muster Mark Several other very good "semiprog" albums released that year, such as Einstuerzende Neubauten's Haus der Luege. Lounge Lizards. Test Dept., Joe Jackson's Blaze of Glory is quite sophisticated; I also like that Steve Reich album a lot.
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: October 01 2021 at 23:22
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Fates Warning- Perfect Symmetry Thinking Plague- In This Life Nuova Era- Dopo L'infinito Art Zoyd- Nosferatu Marillion- Seasons End Tangle Edge- In Search Of A Nw Dawn Amon Duul- Fool Moon Djam Karet- Reflections In A Firepool Utopian Fields- Utopian Fields Cold Sun- Dark Shadows ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: October 02 2021 at 07:31
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The Pixies - Doolittle Peter Gabriel - Passion Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Step John Lee Hooker - The Healer Neil Young - Freedom Kate Bush - The Sensual World Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume II Davis Bowie - Sound + Vision Voivod - Nothingface ------------- ...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: King Crimson776
Date Posted: November 08 2021 at 04:45
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Secrets - Allan Holdsworth High Tension Wires - Steve Morse Band Paradise of Replica - After Dinner Reflections From the Firepool - Djam Karet Walkin’ the Desert - Ashra The Sensual World - Kate Bush In This Life - Thinking Plague Perfect Symmetry - Fates Warning Gretchen Goes to Nebraska - King’s X World Trade - World Trade |