The "Big Six": 1970
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Topic: The "Big Six": 1970
Posted By: Xonty
Subject: The "Big Six": 1970
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 07:30
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Another great year for prog, especially with Gentle Giant, Egg, VDGG, etc., but sticking to the "Big 6", which is your favourite album and why? You can probably guess mine  Lizard, ITWOP, and Time And A Word would all be 5-star albums though.Thanks for any feedback
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 07:34
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Very difficult to choose.
It's between both Crimson albums and ELP for me, and Trespass aint to shabby either. What a year..can't vote..  ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 07:40
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Three candidates for me, although neither is the Album of the Year: Atom Heart Mother, In the Wake of Poseidon (an improvement of Itchycock imho) and ELP's self-titled debut. I vote for Atom Heart Mother because I have a long history (more than 41 years) with this album. ------------- 
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Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 07:58
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Atom Heart Mother all the way ------------- rotten hound of the burnie crew |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 08:09
^Well, my history with AHM is not so long... but enough to say that I love every single track from this PF album, surely It will keep being my favourite of them. +1 for Atom Heart Mother. -------------  "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
someone_else wrote:Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 08:30
| Definitely Trespass with ELP 2nd and Floyd 3rd. The rest are nowhere. |
Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 09:14
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Atom Heart Mother. -------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 09:16
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First to vote for ELP. Their first album was groundbreaking. 2nd I'd put Genesis, but I think they came closer with Nursery Crymes. None of the others even come close. ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: LSDisease
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 09:18
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Tull again
------------- "Du gehst zu Frauen? Vergiss die Peitsche nicht!" |
Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 09:28
This
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 09:41
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ELP's debut and then Yes' Time and a Word.
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Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 10:15
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Trespass, followed closely by Benefit. It just "feels" right! ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 10:25
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ELP for me no weak moments Trespass would be next ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 10:28
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Lizard > AHM > Trespass ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 10:51
| Jethro Tull - Benefit (3.90) |
Posted By: Imperial Zeppelin
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 10:54
| Lizard |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 11:06
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It was close between Trespass and Lizard, but Trespass has the unique beauty and atmosphere that wasn't quite captured ever again. Lizard has the title track, which is wonderful - but the other songs aren't as consistent as the Trespass collection. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: O666
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 11:43
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Very hard poll !! I choose "Lizard" but its not easy for me. Lizard is a unique album. Unique sound with dark atmosphere. "Lizard" and "Islands" are "Different albums" in KC's discography. You cant find this kind of "Dark Music" easily. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 12:15
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Trespass has actually moved me to tears. Can't that about the rest though I do have and like them...
------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 14:15
| ELP |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 14:34
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Lizard ------------- 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: genbanks
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 14:47
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Trespass Atom Heart Mother ELP |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 15:10
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Benefit -------------  
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Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 15:23
Crimson again (Lizard) followed by ... Crimson ! 
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 15:50
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Much more interesting year (competition-wise). Love every album except the first and the last in the poll. Benefit is actually my favorite Tull-album. Fantastic atmosphere and excellent songwriting from start to finish. Got to think a little first. Love Poseidon and can't relate to the criticism of it. Perfect its own beauiful way to my ears and the titletrack brings tears to my eyes. But then again Lizard, Trespass and Atom are dear favorites of mine too.
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Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 16:00
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Atom Heart Mother Lizard ELP Trespass |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 16:11
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ELP. One of the best debut albums ever. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 16:38
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ELP over Lizard. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Varon
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 17:10
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1.Benefit 2.Lizard from the list But in general H to He is by far my favourite album from 1970 P.S. Why no VdGG instead of ELP in "BIG SIX"? ------------- Would you catch the final words of mine? Would you catch my words??? |
Posted By: tboyd1802
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 17:24
| Tough call, for me between ELP, AHM and IWOP. I would have to, however, go with the ELP debut... |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 18:35
| Trespass---but would have thought ELP might be ahead |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 18:39
Wow. This is still tough 12 hours later. I give up. 
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Posted By: Justamops
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 19:25
| Trespass, followed by ELP. |
Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 19:39
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1. Trespass
2. Benefit 3. Lizard -or- 1. Trespass 2. Lizard 3. Benefit |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 21:24
| Atom Heart Mother for me. Though Trespass is a more consistent album and as a whole a better one, but I just can't vote against the song Atom Heart Mother, there's nothing I like even remotely as much on Trespass (or any of the other albums on the list - even though the songs "In the Wake of Poseidon" and the duo "Prince Rupert Awakes / Bolero" are really wonderful too). |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 21:26
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ELP; a great debut! ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: August 12 2014 at 21:36
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Easy pick for me: Genesis' Trespass, but I do love Crimson's Lizard and ELP's self-titled debut. ------------- “Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: August 13 2014 at 01:55
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Atom. It hasn't been my first prog album, but it introduced mr to 20 and more minutes long tracks and together with Elp, it started my interests into classical music ------------- 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: tamijo
Date Posted: August 13 2014 at 02:35
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King Crimson - Lizard One of the best and most innovative albums i have ever heard. ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: August 13 2014 at 03:49
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Lizard ------------- http://theprogressiveweb.blogspot.de" rel="nofollow - Visit me in Second Life to talk about music. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: August 13 2014 at 07:07
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ELP's debut is absolutely stunning and it gets my vote. Time And A Word and Trespass are not very far behind, though, in my personal top 3.
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Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: August 13 2014 at 08:06
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Now this really is a tough one, very difficult to choose. The only one I'd quickly discount is Time and A Word. The 2 KC albums are among my favourites of theirs (even though I'm not a huge fan), Trespass is quality whilst AHM has moments of true genius. The AHM Suite is the best piece of music from any of these albums but the album is of varied quality. At a push I'm going for the ELP debut. If you asked me say which one of these I fancied playing right now (truth be told I've not listened to any of them in ages) that's the one I'd pull from the rack. Come to think of it I might just do that...........
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Posted By: melotron98
Date Posted: August 13 2014 at 13:32
| Considering Lizard, Atom Heart Mother and Trespass. It is a tough choice for me. |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: August 13 2014 at 13:35
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Atom Heart, one of my all time favorites.
------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: August 13 2014 at 13:56
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Trespass. Timeless ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: fudgenuts64
Date Posted: August 13 2014 at 14:36
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Trespass.
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Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: August 14 2014 at 14:49
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Trespass ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: August 14 2014 at 15:21
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the Floyd ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: proggman
Date Posted: August 16 2014 at 20:15
Emerson, Lake & Palmer.------------- 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: SquonkHunter
Date Posted: August 16 2014 at 20:27
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ELP by a mile. What a killer debut album! Trespass, Benefit and Time and a Word a distant second. Floyd and Crimson bringing up the rear.
------------- "You never had the things you thought you should have had and you'll not get them now..." |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: August 16 2014 at 20:46
| I've gone for Crimso in this round. Lizard is just amazing. |