Best Of The Best Albums (Subgenre)
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Topic: Best Of The Best Albums (Subgenre)
Posted By: Xonty
Subject: Best Of The Best Albums (Subgenre)
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 14:58
Hi, just wondering what everybody's favourite album that is number 1 in its respective prog subgenre is. For me, it is King Crimson's debut without a doubt!  Although, if I had included Proto- and Prog-Related, Led Zeppelin IV would be my choice.
As always, thanks for any feedback  P.S Sorry I couldn't include the subgenre within the poll option - not enough room for all of them
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 15:02
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Many excellent albums in this list, but Close to the Edge is my all time favourite. ------------- 
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Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 15:14
ITCOTCK for me with Thick as a Brick a close 2nd 
------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 15:17
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Voted Russian Circles.
:) ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 15:18
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Tough tough list - picked Thick As A Brick ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 15:35
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Misplaced Childhood for me. Not the best neo-prog album IMO, but still excellent.
Caravan, Yes, Floyd and Rush also deserve honorable mentions. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 15:39
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ITCOTCK. The Raven IMO, like the new Haken are way, way overrated!!! ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 15:46
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Tough list indeed............but KC is probably my favorite prog band so ITCOTCK it is. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: genbanks
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 15:52
| PINK FLOYD Wish you were here, very close Marillion missplaced childhood |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 15:52
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Close to the Edge is the winner for me in this poll, but ITCOTCK, Moving Pictures, and WYWH are all way not far behind. Honorable mention to Jethro Tull's TAAB, who needs a couple more listens for me.
------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 16:04
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A very easy vote for Mixtus Orbis as that is the one that I would list as my favourite of its category. My second choice would be the also excellent Ash Ra Tempel. Love Miles Davis, but would rather one of the albums he was included in JRF for had made the list. |
Posted By: Gallifrey
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 16:30
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Opeth ------------- http://thedarkthird.bandcamp.com/ |
Posted By: Daysbetween
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 17:35
| Voted for KC but i love Close to the Edge equally as much. |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 18:47
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Thick as a Brick
------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 19:16
| Not crazy about this list. At any rate, from the list I voted for Frank Zappa - Hot Rats. |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 19:39
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Tull above Yes this time. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: proggman
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 19:46
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Really don't mind if you sit this one out
------------- When he rides, my fears subside. For darkness turns once more to light. Through the skies, his white horse flies. To find a land beyond the night. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 21:16
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Thick as a brick ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 21:19
| Many albums I really love on this list, and some others I don't know yet. However, I must go with Wish you Were Here. I'm kind of dissapointed it's doing so poorly here (as well as Close to the Edge). |
Posted By: Neo-Romantic
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 22:03
| Still Life wins for me, with second going to Images and Words. |
Posted By: The Mystical
Date Posted: December 02 2013 at 01:44
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Close to the Edge>Kind of Blue>Images and Words. ------------- I am currently digging: Hawkwind, Rare Bird, Gong, Tangerine Dream, Khan, Iron Butterfly, and all things canterbury and hard-psych. I also love jazz! Please drop me a message with album suggestions. |
Posted By: antonyus
Date Posted: December 02 2013 at 01:49
| Close To The Edge |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: December 02 2013 at 05:22
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Some of your bests are not the bests for me. I prefer Aqualung to Thick As A Brick, I prefer Meddle to Wish You Were Here, I prefer Zeit to Rubycon and I prefer Kontarkhosz to K.A.
I'm voting for the non-prog album: Kind Of Blue. ------------- 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: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: December 02 2013 at 05:38
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Moving Pictures as Limelight is one of the greatest songs on my hitlist
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: December 02 2013 at 05:40
| hard to choose. went with Marillion in the end |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: December 02 2013 at 12:41
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TAAB -------------  
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Posted By: Eria Tarka
Date Posted: December 02 2013 at 18:13
| My two favorites, KA and Lateralus, had zero votes each. I voted for the latter |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: December 02 2013 at 18:20
Eheheheh ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
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