Your favourite album of 1976-1980 era
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Topic: Your favourite album of 1976-1980 era
Posted By: Varon
Subject: Your favourite album of 1976-1980 era
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 12:19
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First of all I was trying to mention the albums of Great Bands. Of course there a lot of 'one shot' albums which are often better than famous ones. But I just wanted to know what album of illustrious bands you prefer. If you don't like any - poll 25 is 'yours'.------------- Would you catch the final words of mine? Would you catch my words??? |
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Posted By: Varon
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 12:25
 I've put VdGG's "STILL Life" in "poll question"!!!!!!!   
I don't advise you to create any poll after 10 hours in the university.... ------------- Would you catch the final words of mine? Would you catch my words??? |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 12:27
I suppose you can still change that, by editing your first post. I think.
My choice is still: Going For The One by Yes.
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Varon wrote:Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 12:28
 Crucis- Los delirios del mariscal (1976) |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 12:30
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A Farewell to Kings ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Varon
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 12:30
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ------------- Would you catch the final words of mine? Would you catch my words??? |
Posted By: cohen34
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 12:31
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1976-'80 is a draught period for me. I do like BJH's Octoberon though; I choose OTHER. ------------- Life is short, the art is long - Hippocrates |
Posted By: snobb
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 12:35
| Animals |
Posted By: Jörgemeister
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 13:25
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AnimalsAnimalsAnimals
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 13:29
Sorry, there are too many utter classics here for me to vote. Impossible to choose
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Posted By: Bonnek
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 13:31
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Van der Graaf Generator - World Record I'm 1 of the 5 fans of that album  |
Posted By: DeKay
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 13:45
| Animals |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 13:54
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From the list, Leftoverture.
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Posted By: Progatron
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 13:56
So many 5-star albums IMO. Impossible to choose, but I'll give a vote for Hammill's "Over" because I love it so dearly and it will probably lose badly  ... but I honestly love every album on that list with the exception of the Kansas one, and "Rain Dances" is not a favourite.------------- Genesis/Yes/Rush/Marillion/VDGG&PH/The Flower Kings/Zappa/Änglagĺrd/Wobbler/PFM/Banco/Le Orme/Jethro Tull/Spock's Beard/Transatlantic/Ayreon/Beardfish/IQ/Dream Theater/Opeth/P.Tree/Arena/Camel/Kaipa! |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 13:57
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Sticking solely to prog albums, these are some of my choices: Magma's Attahk, Eskaton's 4 Visions, Univers Zero's Heresie, Heldon's Stand By, The Muffins' Manna/Mirage, National Health's Of Queues and Cures, Klaus Schulze's X, Weidorje's s/t, National Health's debut, Univers Zero's debut. My vote, therefore, is "Other: one of that bunch". ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 14:21
| Animals,UK and then Works 1. |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 14:49
| all with a plus on Jethro Tull - Songs from the wood |
Posted By: Thin_Man
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 14:50
| My vote goes to Still Life... but there should be "A Trick of the Tail" on the list. |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 14:54
I like this list a lot better.  ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 15:06
Always thought that was a 1975 release.
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Posted By: genbanks
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 15:18
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AND WHERE IS A TRICK OF THE TAIL? It was released in 1976
I will go with WIND AND WUTHERING one of the top 5 Genesis Albums
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Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 15:22
| Leftoverture. Wind & Wuthering one step behind. |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 15:41
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1. Moonmadness
2. Animals
3. Wind & Wuthering
4. Still Life
5. Rain Dances
All those 4/5 stars material and favorites of mine. There's a lot of others which I love that are out of the list which belong to the fusion category mainly.
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Posted By: Ruby900
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 15:46
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Going for the one, for me. It is every bit as good as any of their previous albums, indeed better than a few. It could even be their most consistent album. And in Awaken, there is a piece of music which is genius. Wondeful, just wonderful. Music of the gods!!
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Posted By: Varon
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 15:57
Trick of the Tail was recorded and mixed at /wiki/Trident_Studios - Trident Studios in October/November 1975. Band could release it even in 1977 but it wouldn't change anything - this album belongs to the "classic era". ------------- Would you catch the final words of mine? Would you catch my words??? |
Posted By: Ruby900
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 16:00
Yeah, I thought that was strange..... ------------- "I always say that it’s about breaking the rules. But the secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place". Rick Wakeman |
Posted By: genbanks
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 16:10
Ok, you are right, but if guide myself by what PA says, it says 1976. I don't know about that of a classic era finishing in 1975. Seems to be an opinion, but maybe I'm wrong.
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 16:29
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Other-the only solo album by former Triumvirat guitarist/singer the late Helmut Koellen called "You Won't See Me", recorded in late 1976-early 1977 and released in the fall of '77 the back of the album cover sums it up nicely-"these songs are plainly beautiful" for me, this record is in a class by itself, and is very special |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 16:30
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Great list. Almost all the prog masterpieces of the era are present here, only Hemispheres is missing. Never mind. My favourite beyond doubt on this list, and one of the very few really good albums from the barren year 1979, is Danger Money. ------------- 
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 16:42
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No vote......I've never heard any of these
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Posted By: Mr. Maestro
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 16:49
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Leftoverture, although I have to admit Animals and AFTK were really close behind. ------------- "I am the one who crossed through space...or stayed where I was...or didn't exist in the first place...." |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 17:31
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a close second for me would be guitarist Dirk Steffens first solo album "The Seventh Step", released in 1977 it is a really great album, however you look at it |
Posted By: Lozlan
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 17:37
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Moonmadness, after a long and difficult selection process. HM to Interview.
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Posted By: Varon
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 17:37
P.S. Is chronologically an English word?? ------------- Would you catch the final words of mine? Would you catch my words??? |
Posted By: Jörgemeister
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 17:38
seriously?  ------------- |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 17:43
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Wind and Wuthering & The Wall ------------- ...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell" |
Posted By: genbanks
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 17:49
Ok, no problem. English is not my language too, but I think that it is a right word. Unless I understand what you are trying to say.
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Posted By: yanch
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 18:02
| Animals and Songs from the Woods just a hair behind it. |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 18:09
Somehow I'm not surprised.  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 18:25
The Univers Zero debut really depresses me and I've heard Heresie is even darker...  Big thumbs up for the Muffins' Manna album. The Frith era stuff is rather grating. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Lark the Starless
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 18:36
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I'll go with Still Life ------------- 
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Posted By: GY!BE
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 19:18
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Animals Still Life ------------- It is all a dream, a dream in death... |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 19:41
It's darker but i wouldn't say more depressing.Scary is the word. I always play it at Halloween along with Shub Niggurath. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Zombywoof
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 21:09
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Stormwatch. Great avatar / signature,Varon. As a flute player who is currently listening to "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers", I think they are awesome!! ------------- Continue the prog discussion here: http://zombyprog.proboards.com/index.cgi ... |
Posted By: Chela
Date Posted: September 27 2010 at 23:01
I'm sure he's kidding
I was looking to vote for A Trick of the Tail,
but since it was not included, Going for the One it is!
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 00:02
Love that list myself, but the most obvious band for me is Art Zoyd, which I'm voting other for (I consider it to be a great band). I love all of Art Zoyd's albums during the period, but if I have to choose one, I will give it to Generation Sans Futur, or maybe Symphonie Pour Le Jour... or maybe Musique Pour L'Odysee. Another that could take it is Geinoh Yamashirogumi's Osorezan. And Zamla Mammaz Manna's Familjesprickor. |
Posted By: monomachine
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 00:08
| I voted Other for Tangerine Dream Tangram |
Posted By: spookytooth
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 00:27
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Going with A Farewell To Kings for this poll...that album is just so incredible, especially for the 1976-1980 era. I even find the weakest track, Madrigal, to be great as it fits the album very well. Hemispheres and A Trick Of The Tail would follow AFTK. ------------- 
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Posted By: Phobia14
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 01:14
| Toss up between 2112, A Farewell to Kings, Hemispheres and Animals. I voted 2112. |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 01:50
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In general I'm totally floydian, but Moonmadness is the only one in the list still in my poor 4GB mp3 reader. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Lynx33
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 02:00
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Kiss Unmasked
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Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 03:12
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So many fantastic albums in the late 70s. The albums by Rush, UK and Eloy deserve a mention.
However two of my all-time top three are here
 so I've narrowed it down to those, Going For The One and Animals. Can I decide between them? No  . |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 04:36
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Lean years, aren´t it? Punk-rock and new wave attack, King Crimson on hiatus, less or more weak albums on your list.
I voted for OTHER, namely:
http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=3184">   4.27 | 94 ratings http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=3184 - Anabelas 1978 ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: omri
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 05:08
I'm quite sure there a bit more of us than 5. ------------- omri |
Posted By: friso
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 06:05
I think it's a good VdGG album, except for the long reggea jamsession. I voted for the introvert masterpiece called Moonmadness. |
Posted By: esky
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 11:58
| Why on Earth would you exclude perhaps the greatest album of the time frame you established for this poll - Genesis' A Trick of the Tail? A HUGE oversight. Do come along, won't you? |
Posted By: Bitterblogger
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 18:15
From wikipedia:
. . . just to clear up what was lingering confusion. . .
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Posted By: esky
Date Posted: September 29 2010 at 08:39
Thanks (I didn't know that).
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Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: September 29 2010 at 11:09
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RENAISSANCE Novella ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: September 29 2010 at 11:47
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Wow, that a real bag o' donuts. Got to go with UK Oh, didn't see Farewell to Kings.... ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: September 29 2010 at 13:10
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Posted By: CloseToTheMoon
Date Posted: September 29 2010 at 15:27
| Sorry, I had to be the only vote for ATTW3. In all honesty I love the album. Down & Out, The Lady Lies, Follow You Follow Me, Many Too Many....some of the best PC era tunes. |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: September 29 2010 at 15:37
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Posted By: ferush
Date Posted: September 29 2010 at 16:26
| A Farewell To Kings |
Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: October 05 2010 at 03:05
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The Wall.
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Posted By: spacface
Date Posted: October 05 2010 at 14:34
| You left off my favorite Phil Collins Genesis album- Trick of the Tail |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: October 05 2010 at 15:42
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Dixie Dregs' What If. Intense instrumental.
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Posted By: JakoCba
Date Posted: October 05 2010 at 22:19
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The Wall ------------- I don't have lastfm sorry :) |
Posted By: Woodenfrog
Date Posted: October 07 2010 at 05:35
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There is some serious omissions to your list:
Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail (released February 1976) - Their best album(?), at least in this period!
Yes - Yesshows (1980) - much better than their late 70's albums
Magma - Udu Wudu (1976)
Magma - Attakh (1978)
Univers Zero - Univers Zero (1977)
Univers Zero - Heresie (1979)
I'm sure this is why so many choose "other album"
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Posted By: Varon
Date Posted: October 07 2010 at 11:17
Trick of the Tail was recorded in 1975 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm already tired of writing that. Yessshows isn't an album.
As for the rest - I agree but I've included only the albums that I know . ------------- Would you catch the final words of mine? Would you catch my words??? |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: November 13 2010 at 03:06
Did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter when the promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath a clear blue sky? ------------- 
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Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: November 13 2010 at 06:18
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Supertramp - Even in the quitest moments (I think I posted it already, I had a kind of a deja-vu, when seeing this. But I can't find my post.  ) |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: November 13 2010 at 06:34
none of the above. for me it is a tough choice between these too very little known albums which DEFINITELY deserve a lot more attention; both can be listened to on YouTube in completenes Mother Gong - Fairy Tales  Nik Turner - Xitintoday both albums are definitely in my top ten prog albums of ALL TIMES, so do yourself a favor and listen to them. if you want the links I can provide them; especially Xitintoday is a bit hard to find if you don't know what you are looking for. both albums were not available on CD for a long time so it is not a surprise they are so little known. but they are real gems -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: November 13 2010 at 06:56
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I voted for Van der Graaf Generator - World Record, its a special album for me, it fited my life very good when i got it some years ago, so did still life too, but World record more. ------------- 
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Posted By: chrijom
Date Posted: November 13 2010 at 07:43
I'd choose Magma's Attahk! Pink Floyd winning yaaaaawn!
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: November 13 2010 at 08:41
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I have decided to post the links anyway. here Nik Turner's Xitintoday: and here Mother Gong's "Fairy Tales": the tracks had to be split up, but there is an automatic continuation, so just continue listening. it is a playlist for the complete album once again: do yourself the favor and listen to these albums. they are both outstanding gems, and you will love them. give both albums several hearings if they don't sink in the first time. both albums have been rated 10 times so far. "Xitintoday" has an average rating of 4.52 and "Fairy Tales" of 3.94 ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: esky
Date Posted: November 13 2010 at 10:39
| How about Ronnie Montrose's Open Fire as an honorable mention? |
Posted By: Ronnie Pilgrim
Date Posted: November 13 2010 at 10:54
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Posted By: caretaker
Date Posted: November 13 2010 at 12:08
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Could have sworn I voted in this poll but I guess not. Anyway I narrowed it down to Animals, Going for the One, Tormato, and UK. Using my tried and true method of the one I listen to the most it's UK.
Also, thanks BaldJean for the recommendations. Nice stuff.
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Posted By: The_Jester
Date Posted: November 13 2010 at 20:59
| Going For the One is really good. It's got one of my favorite Yes song, Awaken. |
Posted By: Jazzywoman
Date Posted: November 13 2010 at 22:57
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A farewell to kings is too good to pass up...;) ------------- 
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Posted By: mark4art
Date Posted: November 14 2010 at 01:27
| Going for the one |
Posted By: Anaon
Date Posted: November 15 2010 at 15:34
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Over... But it was hard to choose with Still Life... But Over has the most beautiful song ever written : "This Side Of The Looking Glass"  ------------- My music: http://spleenarcana.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - http://spleenarcana.bandcamp.com/ My blog: http://groovesandmemories.com/" rel="nofollow - http://groovesandmemories.com/ |
Posted By: esky
Date Posted: November 15 2010 at 16:04
| That's it! I've had it! There's too many Floyd fans in the Lounge! Selections like Wind and Wuthering so out-rule tripe like Animals that it's not even funny. |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: November 15 2010 at 16:27
 to bad the albums are almost imposible to find.-------------
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Posted By: cesarsc
Date Posted: November 17 2010 at 18:07
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Pink Floyd - Animals ------------- Still a Newbie in THIS forum.... |
Posted By: Prog Geo
Date Posted: December 08 2010 at 07:41
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Rain dances!!!!!
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Posted By: MFP
Date Posted: December 09 2010 at 13:59
| Still Life |
Posted By: claugroi
Date Posted: December 10 2010 at 20:29
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A Trick of the Tail. One of the greatest Genesis albums, although I must admit I prefer the Gabriel-era. Of these, Going for the One, which is not so fantastic if you compare it to others like CTTE, Tales or Relayer, but we have to remember that by 1976 Progressive rock was under pressure by the recording companies and that obviously made the quality decrease a little bit... ------------- Symphonic Prog Master |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 25 2018 at 00:49
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other, since it's pretty hard to choose, I know I shouldn't do that, but... Sfinx - Zalmoxe (since a favorite is asked about)
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Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: February 25 2018 at 01:19
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You omitted Eloy's top album Ocean but included the one before it and the one after it. ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: February 25 2018 at 01:29
| Animals to me from these albums. |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: February 25 2018 at 01:45
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This was a tough choice but I decided to go with the crowd and vote for Pink Floyd - Animals. ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: February 25 2018 at 03:32
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Interview, Moonmadness, Animals. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 25 2018 at 05:49
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good god man.. what a lame selection. As I've often said.. it wasn't punk that killed prog.. it was prog that killed prog haha. voting other here... any of about 30 albums that smoke what the popular ones were doing. flipping a coin.. ahhh...Kew Rhone ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: February 25 2018 at 08:13
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The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome - a very special and criminally underrated album. |
Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: February 25 2018 at 11:55
Haha too true. I'd probably say my favourite on the list is either Animals or Leftoverture, both of which I'd call solid 4 star albums. But I'd put any of the following leagues above anything in this list: Bubu - Anabelas Crucis - Los Delirios Del Mariscal Rayuela - Rayuela Gotic - Escenes SBB - Memento z Banalnym Tryptykiem Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior Weidorje - Weidorje Magma - Udu Wudu Opus 5 - Contre-Courant Laurent Thibault - Mais On Ne Peut Pas Rever Tout Le Temps MIA - Cornonstipicum Harmonium - l'Heptade Sloche - Stadaconé Arco Iris - Los Elementales Weather Report - Black Market Novalis - Sommerabend Ragnarok - Ragnarok Brand X - Moroccan Roll Tangerine Dream - Stratosfear CANO - Au Nord de Notre Vie Ashra - New Age of Earth ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 25 2018 at 11:57
| ^ don't be so harsh guys, everyone's got his/her own tastes |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 25 2018 at 12:19
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nothing to do with tastes Cristi... just the lack of imagination and progressiveness in said albums. Prog by the numbers... genrefication (© Micky 2006) and losing the original sprit that made teh music so fresh and vibrant is what killedt the scene in its first incarnation more than anything. Oh it still existed.. which is part of my point.. it just found in critically acclaimed.. but commerical failures like.. Kew Rhone. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: February 25 2018 at 12:34
Some albums I like quite a bit in this list. However, they pale before this one: |