Nr.1 Most popular PA album through the years
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Topic: Nr.1 Most popular PA album through the years
Posted By: Hamfari
Subject: Nr.1 Most popular PA album through the years
Date Posted: November 16 2007 at 16:42
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Hi
Firstly I want to say.... if this thread has been done before I apologize and if itīs in the wrong forum I apologize as well (a moderator can certainly move it somewhere else).
I was wondering what have been the top studio albums throughout the existence of the 100 Top List. I īve been looking at this site for a few years and I remember only
http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=1441 - PINK FLOYD Wish You Were Here
http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=2019 - JETHRO TULL Thick As A Brick
http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=1510 - GENESIS Selling England By The Pound
http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=1827 - YES Close to the Edge
Anymore you remember dear old PA fanatics?
p.s. when was PA founded? I canīt see it in the "about" section, I think maybe I read somewhere it started in ī98 (maybe Iīm remembering incorrectly or my mind is playing tricks on me) ------------- Nobody needs to go anywhere else. We are all, if we only knew it, already there. |
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: November 16 2007 at 16:53
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This is the top 10 about 2 1/2 years ago when I joined: Close to the Edge Selling England By The Pound Dark Side of the Moon Train Of Thought Foxtrot Scenes From A Memory Metropolis Part II In the Court of the Crimson King Fragile Relayer Images And Words Here you can access even more versions of the archives: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://progarchives.com - http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://progarchives.com ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to: 
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Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: November 16 2007 at 16:55
I also remember these 4 through the ages...  Maybe Foxtrot, DSOTM and ITCOTCK have been in no.1 but not sure... |
Posted By: Hamfari
Date Posted: November 16 2007 at 17:13
Cool. Thanx man!  ------------- Nobody needs to go anywhere else. We are all, if we only knew it, already there. |
MikeEnRegalia wrote:Posted By: micky
Date Posted: November 16 2007 at 17:20
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^awesome... just picked a date by random wild... and nice to see BSS in the top 20 WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! where have all the smart people gone.... #22.... Tales From Topographic Oceans ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: November 16 2007 at 18:05
When I received Prog Lucky his book as a promo from him I was astonished that ELP was not on the cover, I complained about that but now I notice that ELP is a kind of second division band, even the ELP inspired Le Orme has a better position in the Prog Archives Album Top 100, is this a Canadian conspiracy against ELP here on Prog Archives, where is their stunning eponymous debut album, where is the exciting Pictures At An Exhibition and where is the best live triple album Welcome Back ...  ?
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Posted By: Barla
Date Posted: November 16 2007 at 18:05
jajaja I had fun browsing that old PA pages!  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Barla/?chartstyle=LastfmMyspace">  
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Posted By: Sckxyss
Date Posted: November 16 2007 at 18:07
Well, I guess DT have dropped slightly in popularity since then Scenes - 6 to 210
I + W - 10 to 218
ToT - 4 to... well, nowhere in the top 4000
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Posted By: Hamfari
Date Posted: November 16 2007 at 19:08
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The Top List as we know it (albums, not bands) seems to have started on http://web.archive.org/web/20040625220635/http://www.progarchives.com/ - the 25th of June in 2004 , a top 15 list dominated by various albums by Dream Theater, Yes, Genesis, King Crimson & Pink Floyd. (Nr. 1 was DREAM THEATER -Train Of Thought that you guys have said to have now disappeared from planet top prog) On the http://web.archive.org/web/20040629055613/http://www.progarchives.com/ - 29th of June in 2004 the list was expanded into a top 20 list. (Nr. 1 was Genesis - Foxtrot) On the http://web.archive.org/web/20040706082418/http://www.progarchives.com - 6th of July 2004 the the list has 50 albums. (Genesis - Foxtrot still nr.1) On the http://web.archive.org/web/20050214013207/http://www.progarchives.com - 14th of February 2005 the list has 100 albums and Yes - Close to the edge is nr. 1 ------------- Nobody needs to go anywhere else. We are all, if we only knew it, already there. |
Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: November 16 2007 at 19:44
Nice to see Train of Thought that high, I considered that a staple for prog-metal bands instead of scenes. Wrong discussion anyway  .
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: November 16 2007 at 21:53
That has a name: the decline of western civilization.... ------------- 
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Posted By: russellk
Date Posted: November 17 2007 at 01:02
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The algorithm used to calculate popularity has changed a number of times. The number of reviews is now far less important, which I find odd. Also many people delight in ambushing 'popular' albums - check out the number of 1-star reviews of Train of Thought. It's not a top 10 album in terms of quality, but I bet it's one of the ten most owned albums by all members of this archive. Ah well. It's only a tool, not gospel. Fun to look back and see how things have changed. |
Posted By: Hamfari
Date Posted: November 17 2007 at 10:33
Interesting. Yeah I also would like the number of reviews to have a bit more weight than it does, a band w. 20 ratings can knock out a band w. 200-300 reviews it seems ------------- Nobody needs to go anywhere else. We are all, if we only knew it, already there. |
Posted By: jimmy_row
Date Posted: November 17 2007 at 12:13
. At that time I had no idea who they were but I thought if they were "better" than Pink Floyd I'd have to try them out....took a few listens to Scenes Pt. II and Images and Words, and actually liked them but for some reason never went any further....too busy buying Yes and Genesis albums and trying to find that other strange band appearing on the lists (Anglagard)....damnit I still haven't found any of their stuff------------- Signature Writers Guild on strike |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: November 18 2007 at 13:27
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Well i remeber Close to the edge being in n1 for the longest period competing with SEBTP wich poped in on n1 for a day or 2 sometimes. IMO CTTE was a very good choise for n1. ------------- 
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Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: November 19 2007 at 17:21
The best choice for n1. 
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Posted By: Hamfari
Date Posted: November 19 2007 at 18:55
Whatīs up w. that, why isnīt their albums available anywhere?! They still remain at top 20 despite that. I guess every1 just downloads it from the internet.... ------------- Nobody needs to go anywhere else. We are all, if we only knew it, already there. |
Posted By: mellors
Date Posted: November 19 2007 at 19:49
Yeh I can't find any Gabriel Genesis CDs in any UK Store first hand. I ended up getting Nursery, Foxtrot & Selling England on the Amazon Marketplace. Genesis OFFICIAL website has a picture of the foxtrot figure but doesnt sell the album.. Think Phil Collins had something to do with that |
Posted By: jimmy_row
Date Posted: November 20 2007 at 01:27
There have been rumours, though, of a reissue in the near future... ------------- Signature Writers Guild on strike |