The Top 50 Sweetest Suites
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Topic: The Top 50 Sweetest Suites
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: The Top 50 Sweetest Suites
Date Posted: April 12 2023 at 03:06
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Inspired by James Baldwin, here's a Top 50 chart rundown of the sweetest epic prog suites:- 01.  1972: Genesis - Supper's Ready - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVyfj7-mHqs" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVyfj7-mHqs 02.  1974: YES - The Gates of Delirium / Soon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJRVBQtKltM" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJRVBQtKltM 03. 1972: Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAt1b21S97k" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAt1b21S97k 04. 1971: Pink Floyd - Echoes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGwPSPIhohk" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGwPSPIhohk 05. 2011: Phideaux - Snowtorch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8Fx6uaCX4A" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8Fx6uaCX4A 06. 1973: YES - The Revealing Science of God - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIfAbQVkR3E" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIfAbQVkR3E 07. 1973: Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXatvzWAzLU" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXatvzWAzLU 08. 1972: YES - Close to the Edge - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcDU-vilgic" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcDU-vilgic 09.  1972: Van der Graaf Generator - A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-TXKdoi8WQ" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-TXKdoi8WQ 10. 1977: YES - Awaken - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDXccU0xgNo" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDXccU0xgNo 11. 1974: Focus - Hamburger Concerto - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WMJsozf9eU" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WMJsozf9eU 12. 2010: Neograss - The Sea of Tranquility - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLq172JyO0s" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLq172JyO0s 13.  1974: Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YCs_GkkWUg" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YCs_GkkWUg 14. 1975: Renaissance - Song of Scheherazade - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baLPlJ9sQiA" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baLPlJ9sQiA 15. 1974: Todd Rundgren's Utopia - The Ikon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeFkydP5PFs" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeFkydP5PFs 16. 1972: Supersister - Pudding en Gisteren - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmzSWGkQ868" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmzSWGkQ868 17. 1968: Procol Harum - In Held Twas I - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Klon0T5zbgY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Klon0T5zbgY 18. 1971: Caravan - Nine Feet Underground - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVR8lbbNBAo" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVR8lbbNBAo 19. 1973: YES - The Remembering - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBRfpeYU-a8" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBRfpeYU-a8 20. 2010: Motorpsycho - Gullible's Travails - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riMqJIvRSsg" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riMqJIvRSsg 21. 2005: Phideaux - Chupacabras - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWxAjWrEtFU" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWxAjWrEtFU 22. 2011: Brighteye Brison - The Rise of Brighteye Brison - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPRv8vJa7Bw" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPRv8vJa7Bw 23. 2011: Haken - Visions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSyfvnF5pps" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSyfvnF5pps 24. 2009: Big Big Train - The Underfall Yard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHB1AXYY9co" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHB1AXYY9co 25. 2002: Echolynn - Mei - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYD6sm-YoZ0" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYD6sm-YoZ0 26. 1973: YES - The Ancient - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXUyrZBq3fM" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXUyrZBq3fM 27. 2008: Moon Safari - Other Half of the Sky - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sEnjobgMZU" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sEnjobgMZU 28. 1973: YES - Ritual - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxBabdgGAbI" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxBabdgGAbI 29. 2008: Brighteye Brison - The Grand Event - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5BKfg_DMvE" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5BKfg_DMvE 30. 2012: The Flower Kings - Numbers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss7PYDicedA" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss7PYDicedA 31. 2004: Magma - K.A. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVqtqmrVbu4" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVqtqmrVbu4 32. 1970: Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6e0CED9A-Q" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6e0CED9A-Q 33. 2005: Moon Safari - We Spin the World - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siCks7Nbjig" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siCks7Nbjig 34. 2011: Neograss - Atlantis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHwEywDUqSU" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHwEywDUqSU 35. 2007: The Flower Kings - Love is the Only Answer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N68VfE_x-jI" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N68VfE_x-jI 36. 1971: Focus - Eruption - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OB5kMsOSWc" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OB5kMsOSWc 37. 2013: Days Between Stations - In Extremis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnX6bElfZ4w" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnX6bElfZ4w 38. 2008: Motorpsycho - Little Lucid Moments - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajYEoLMFK_k" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajYEoLMFK_k 39. 1975: Hatfield & the North - Mumps - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_MUajIs9Vs" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_MUajIs9Vs 40. 1975: Clearlight - Clearlight Symphony - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2K-fx3uoeo" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2K-fx3uoeo 41. 2008: Brighteye Brison - The Harvest - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdueeQagDl4" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdueeQagDl4 42. 1975: Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4WfWEBMFys" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4WfWEBMFys 43. 1970: Soft Machine - Out Bloody Rageous - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9O2lg1Jd6s" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9O2lg1Jd6s 44. 2010: Big Big Train - The Wide Open Sea - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sqWtIOv1g8" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sqWtIOv1g8 45. 1980: The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card - - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFNa5jVmJtU" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFNa5jVmJtU 46. 1978: Mike Oldfield - Incantations - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0qrRmiFRWI" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0qrRmiFRWI 47. 2009: Magma - Emehntehtt-Re - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymvZ9fMQGjQ" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymvZ9fMQGjQ 48. 1997: YES - Mind Drive - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLLAJnmSfUY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLLAJnmSfUY 49. 1971: Earth and Fire - Song of the Marching Children - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FZ1q7UxviQ" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FZ1q7UxviQ 50.
1996: YES - That, That Is - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B8ZQMQcqfI" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B8ZQMQcqfI |
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: April 12 2023 at 03:18
| Just to be ultra-picky, it's just called The Gates of Delirium, there is no /Soon. |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: April 12 2023 at 03:23
| Is this your personal Top 50 Chart or is there a source? |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: April 12 2023 at 03:33
No Dabsong Conshirtoe?  ------------- 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: April 12 2023 at 03:34
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It must be a from a source (based on his VdGG rating!) but it’s obviously a dodgy one as there’s no IQ, DT or Marillion…. ------------- Heaven is waiting but waiting is Hell |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: April 12 2023 at 04:07
Nothing For Richard either.
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Sean Trane wrote:Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: April 12 2023 at 04:13
The Top 50 list was sourced from Reddit - http://www.reddit.com/r/progrockmusic/comments/2smxy4/favorite_long_prog_suites/" rel="nofollow - http://www.reddit.com/r/progrockmusic/comments/2smxy4/favorite_long_prog_suites/ Obviously, if it was my own personal Top 50, it wouldn't have included VDGG, Magma, or Hatfield & the North.  I'll have a list of my own personal favourite prog suites coming up soon, none of which are included in the Reddit Top 50.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: April 12 2023 at 04:15
That's a good point, especially considering Dream Theater's Octavarium isn't on the list.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: April 12 2023 at 04:20
Soon is one of my all-time favourite Yessongs (especially the slide guitar part), although I prefer Sonja Kristina's version. |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: April 12 2023 at 04:25
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Nine from Yes! Also two from Motorpsycho:) - but no Lizard (by King Crimson). And hey number one on the list isn't sidelong  -out of these I think I personally has the most love for: Echoes A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers Out Bloody Rageous* Song of the Marching Children Mumps ...closely followed by: Close to the Edge Supper's Ready Nine Feet Underground Atom Heart Mother Pudding en Gisteren Great as they are I'd probably take any long 1970's Magma-track over the two represented on the list. *would personally had selected Virtually I - IV as it's closer to a what a true suite is, and I love it just as much |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: April 12 2023 at 04:34
Yes, that Top 50 list was obviously compiled by a YES fan. Even I wouldn't have included nine epics from YES, but I might have included nine epics by Renaissance.
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Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: April 12 2023 at 06:09
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Paul's list is definitely incomplete. I've been working on a list for ten years now and have only recently become satisfied with my Top Classic Era Epics list: "Supper's Ready" - Genesis (99.5/100) "Gates of Delirium" - Yes * (99/100) "Close to the Edge" - Yes * (98.5/100) "Cinema Show" - Genesis (98/100) "The Fall of the House of Usher" - Alan Parsons Project (98/100) "Can You Hear Me?" - Renaissance (98/100) "Ludwig II von Bayern" - Klaus Schulze * (98/100) "Awaken" - Yes (97/100) "The Musical Box" - Genesis (97/100) "A Trip to The Fair" - Renaissance (97/100) "Romantic Warrior" - Return to Forever (97/100) "The Ikon" - Utopia * (96.5/100) "Henry: Portraits from Tudor Times" - Anthony Phillips (96.5/100) "Friedrich Nietzsche" - Klaus Schulze * (96.5/100) "Dogs" - Pink Floyd * (96/100) "The Geese and the Ghost" - Anthony Phillips (96/100) "L'auberge du Sanglier/A hunting we shall go / Pengola / Backwards / A hunting we shall go (reprise)" - Caravan (96/100) "T. on a White Horse" - Eberhard Weber (96/100) "In the Dead of Night" suite - UK (96/100) "Adonis" - Anyone's Daughter * (95/100) "Histoires sans paroles" - Harmonium * (95/100) "Firth of Fifth" - Genesis (95/100) "Moana I" - Eberhard Weber (95/100) "The Court of the Crimson King" - King Crimson (95/100) "Mother Russia" - Renaissance (95/100) "L'araigné-mal" - Atoll * (94.5/100) "Introduzione" - Il Balletto di Bronzo (94.5/100) "Incantations (Side One)" - Mike Oldfield * (94/100) "Utopia Theme" - Utopia (94/100) "Heart of the Sunrise" - Yes (94/100) "Sheep" - Pink Floyd (94/100) "Canto nomade per un prigioniero politico" - Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso (93/100) "A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers" - VDGG * (93/100) "Fool's Overture" - Supertramp (93/100) "Sound Chaser" - Yes (93/100) "Lunar Sea" - Camel (93/100) "Hamburger Concerto" - Focus * (92.5/100) "Sleeping Giant" - Herbie Hancock * (92.5/100) "Pictures" - Island * (92.5/100) "Things I Don't Understand" - Renaissance (92/100) "Hortz Fur Dëhn Stekëhn Ẁest" - Magma (92/100) "Prince and The Sea" - Lenny White (92/100) "Can't be long now / Françoise / For Richard / Warlock" - Caravan (92/100) "L'isola di niente" - PFM (92/100) "Depuis l'automne" - Harmonium (92/100) "Poisoned Youth" - England (92/100) "Tubular Bells" (Side One) - Mike Oldfield * (91.5/100) "Take a Pebble" - ELP (91.5/100) "Friedemann Bach" - Klaus Schulze (91.5/100) "A Treatise on Cosmic Fire" - Todd Rundgren * (91/100) "Eruption" - Focus * (91/100) "Tarkus" - ELP * (91/100) "Huascaran I" - Fermata (91/100) "Across the Waters" - Triumvirat (91/100) "The Duel of The Jester and The Tyrant (Parts I & II)" - Return to Forever (91/100) "W Kolysce Dloni Twych (Ojcu)" - SBB (91/100) "One for theVine" - Genesis (91/100) "Traummaschine" - Ash Ra Tempel * (91/100) "Shadow of the Heirophant" - Steve Hackett (91/100) "Wasting Time" - Zyma (91/100) "Wassilissa" - Mother Gong * (90.5/100) "Barbara" - Ivory (90.5/100) "The Torture Never Stops" - Frank Zappa (90/100) "Before the Fall" - Babylon (90/100) "La femme aillée" - Pollen (90/100) * denotes a side-long epic. ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: April 12 2023 at 06:18
Nothing here says they have to be, Awaken isn't either.
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: April 12 2023 at 06:19
This really takes us back to the question about what a "suite" is. Cinema Show, Lunar Sea - are they really suites?
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: April 12 2023 at 07:46
I noticed there's no Camel songs in the Top 50, which has given me the hump. 
But it's good to see Lunar Sea in Drew's list.
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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: April 12 2023 at 08:02
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For a useful reference i made this list PROG albums with 20 minute plus tracks http://rateyourmusic.com/list/siLLy_puPPy/prog-albums-with-20-minute-plus-tracks/" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/list/siLLy_puPPy/prog-albums-with-20-minute-plus-tracks/ Some of them qualify as side long suites of course in the modern world there are many albums with no sides if only on CD or digital -------------  https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: April 12 2023 at 08:15
I kept scrolling and scrolling down through your extensive list, wondering how many more epic suites there were still to go, then when I finally reached the bottom of your list, I discovered there's another five pages of suites to scroll through.
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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: April 12 2023 at 08:35
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^ yeah it's meant to be comprehensive so if anybody sees something missing, please do tell! ------------- https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: April 12 2023 at 09:04
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^Transatlantic The Whirlwind (one song). The Psychedelic Ensemble Tale of the Golden King (One Song). He has another album, unsure of title, that is one song. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: April 12 2023 at 09:20
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Top 10 Epic Suites from Renaissance (only one of which is in the overall Top 50) 1969: Renaissance - Kings and Queens - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrSCU_3hK34" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrSCU_3hK34 1972: Renaissance - Rajah Khan - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox_hzO6SIAY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox_hzO6SIAY 1973: Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXQATNJRLAg" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXQATNJRLAg 1973: Renaissance - At the Harbour - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vODfYjbLxY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vODfYjbLxY 1973: Renaissance - Can You Understand - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A3bb47J3xU" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A3bb47J3xU 1974: Renaissance - Mother Russia - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX7QsXJPoWQ" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX7QsXJPoWQ 1975: Renaissance - Song of Scheherazade - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baLPlJ9sQiA" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baLPlJ9sQiA 1976: Renaissance - Can You Hear Me? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdWA7l1FGcQ" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdWA7l1FGcQ 1978: Renaissance - Day of the Dreamer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBELR6Y5oFc" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBELR6Y5oFc 1978: Renaissance - A Song for All Seasons - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnINzfs6Pi8" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnINzfs6Pi8 |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: April 12 2023 at 09:24
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: April 12 2023 at 09:31
That's true. I think it was only James Baldwin who said they had to be side-long songs.
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: April 13 2023 at 04:57
no Love In Your Eye, then?  ------------- 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: moshkito
Date Posted: April 13 2023 at 06:48
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Hi, I want to add one ... can I ... maybe 2 if I find the other! They might not come up to 20 but they are both special in their way. The vocals in CB are way beyond what we normally hear. Capability Brown - Voice ..... "Circumstances (In Love, Past, Present, Future Meet)" Byzantium - Season's Changing ..... "Something You Said - A Trilogy" (three parts) ------------- 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: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: April 13 2023 at 06:55
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My personal list VDGG - Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers Present - Promenade Au Fond D'un Canal The Muffins - Amelia Earhart Present - Le Poison Qui Rend Fou Part 1 Art Zoyd - La Ville Henry Cow - Living In The Heart Of The Beast Univers Zero - La Faulx Univers Zero - The Funeral Plain Caravan - Nine Feet Underground Hatfield & The North - Mumps Klaus Schulze - Fredrich Nietzsche Tangerine Dream - Phaedra CAN - Bel Air Mike Oldfield - Ommadan Part 1 Guapo - 5 Suns Magma - De Futura ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: April 13 2023 at 07:07
Actually neither of those are one song ------------- https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: April 13 2023 at 07:37
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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: April 13 2023 at 08:40
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^ it's murky sometimes. I guess my criteria is that they either have to be listed as one track or a suite with several movements. Many albums flow well together as concept albums but that doesn't make it a unified suite. I have to draw the line somewhere! Thanks for the suggestions though :) ------------- https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 13 2023 at 10:21
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I'm not convinced that any epic track is always a 'suite'. Rush - 2112
Genesis - Suppers Ready Yes - Close To The Edge VDGG - A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers Renaissance - Song Of Scheherazade Kate Bush - The Ninth Wave Mike Oldfield - Crisis Dream Theater - A Change Of Seasons Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Echoes version) IQ - Harvest Of Souls I think the difference is that you have to have several sections that can be isolated as 'Songs'. Something like Gates Of Delirium only has one easily isolated section 'Soon', the rest is just fluid with no obvious bridges. Signed Mr P Dantic |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: April 13 2023 at 10:32
Me neither, but then again, short songs can sometimes be considered suites too, just like the song below. The Queens - Menopause Rhapsody |