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RECOMMEND ME ALBUMS

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Topic: RECOMMEND ME ALBUMS

Posted By: RouletteDares
Subject: RECOMMEND ME ALBUMS
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 14:52

I'm somewhat new to prog, and I'd like some recommendations of good albums I should listen too. Any help is appreciated.

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Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 17:13

start with the A, move on to B, and end with Z.

Arena - Pride, Contagion, The Visitor
Bowie, David - Ziggy Stardust, Heroes, Low
Camel - Moonmadness, Mirage, Snow Goose, Nude
Dream theater - Scenes From A Memory
Eloy - Ocean, Dawn, Eloy
Fish, Raingods With Zippo's
Genesis - Trespass, Foxtrot, Selling England, Nursery Cryme
Hillage, Steve - Fish Rising, L, Green
IQ - Dark Matter, Tales From The Lush Attick, Subterranea
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick, Aqualung, This Was
Kansas - Leftovertures, Point Of Know-Return, Kansas
Led Zeppelin - LZ I, LZ III, Presence
Marillion - Script For A Jester's Tear, Fugazi, Brave
Nolan & Wakeman - Hounds Of The Baskervilles, Jabberwocky
Overhead - Zumanthum
Pendragon - The Window Of Life, Not Of This World, The Masquerade Overture
Queen - Queen II, A Night At The Opera, A Day At The Races
Rush - Hemispheres, A Farewell To Kings, 2112
Supertramp - Crime Of The Century, Even In The queitest Moments, Breakfast In America
Threshold - Hypothetical, Clone, Wounded Land
Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself, The Magicians Birtday, Demons and Wizards
VDGG - Pawn hearts, The Least We Can Do Is Wave At Each Other, H To He, We Are The only One
Wakeman, Rick - The Six Wifes Of Henry VIII, Journey To The Centre Of The World
Symphony X - V: The New Millenium Suite, The Oddessey, The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
Yes - Close To The Edge, relayer, The Yes album
Zappa, Frank - Apostrophe (know no others)

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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 17:36

RouletteDares wrote:

I'm somewhat new to prog, and I'd like some recommendations of good albums I should listen too. Any help is appreciated.

Could you be any more specific?

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Posted By: RouletteDares
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 22:28

Sure:

I like seventies prog like Pink Floyd, Frank Zappa and Yes the most. But I like alot of other bands like Dream Theatre and Symphony X

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Break of the morning, coldness lingers on.

Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: June 13 2005 at 06:07

tuxon wrote:

start with the A, move on to B, and end with Z.

Good concept, but I disagree with almost every album choice.

Here's my attempt:

After Crying - De Profundis
Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - Darwin!
Can - Tago Mago
Caravan - In The Land of the Grey and Pink
Devil Doll - The Sacrilege Of Fatal Arms
Egg - The Civil Surface
Flower Kings - Unfold the Future
Focus - Hambuger Concerto
Gentle Giant - EVERYTHING! Start with In a Glass House, though.
Gong - Angel's Egg
Hatfield and the North - The Rotter's Club
Henry Cow - Unrest
Höyry-Kone - Huono Parturi
Isuldur's Bane - MIND Vol. 1
Jade Warrior - Same
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick, Minstrel in the Gallery, Heavy Horses
King Crimson - Red
Liquid Tension Experiment - Vol 2
Magma - Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh
Mr Bungle - Disco Volante
Museo Rosenbach - Zarathrustra
Novalis - Sommerabend
Ozric Tentacles - Erpland
Pain of Salvation - Be
Quella Vecchia Locanda - Quella Vecchia Locanda
Ruins - Symphonica
Samla Mammas Manna - Måltid
Soft Machine - Vols 1 and 2
Taal - Skymind
Thinking Plague - In Extremis
Utopia - Todd Rundgren's Utopia
Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts, Godbluff
Wigwam - Fairyport
Wyatt, Robert - Rock Bottom, Shleep
Yes - Close to the Edge, Relayer
Zappa, Frank - We're Only In It For The Money, Hot Rats, The Grand Wazoo

Listen to all that and you'll have a proper, BROAD, understanding of Progressive Rock!

Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: June 13 2005 at 06:13

Genesis - Foxtrot, Nursery Cryme, Selling England by The Pound
King Crimson - In The Court of The Crimson King, Lark's Tongues in Aspic
Gentle Giant - In a Glass House, Octopus, Free Hand
ELP - Brain Salad Surgery, Trilogy, Tarkus
VDGG - Godbluff, Pawn Hearts
Yes - Close to The Edge, Fragile, Relayer
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats, Grand Wazoo
Soft Machine - Fourth, Bundles, Third
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon, Wish You Were Here
Gong - Gazeuse!, You
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick, A Passion Play

Lot's of great music

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Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: June 14 2005 at 11:26

MOSTLY AUTUMN - FOR ALL WE SHARED

PORCUPINE TREE - LIGHBULB SUN

AYREON - THE HUMAN EQUATION

MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA - BIRDS OF FIRE

RETURN TO FOREVER - ROMANTIC WARRIOR

PINK FLOYD - MEDDLE, ATOM HEART MOTHER

YES - RELAYER

PFM - PER UN AMICO, CHOCOLATE KINGS

FOCUS - HAMBURGER CONCERTO

AND MANY MORE.....

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Posted By: spectral
Date Posted: June 14 2005 at 12:07

Get all prog except records by Pink Floyd, as they're overrated beyond belief. meddle is an abomination of the highest order.

I would recommend:

ELP, The Mars Volta, King Crimson, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Rush, Jethro Tull.

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Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: June 14 2005 at 12:29

This IS a site with MP3's. I would suggest you download a few... search out the bands you like and disregard those you don't.

Posted By: limeyrob
Date Posted: June 14 2005 at 16:49

Galleon, Clepsydra, Kayak, Pain of Salvation, Royal Hunt, Anathema, Mostly Autumn and of course - Nightwish