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    Posted: July 28 2023 at 15:37
Genesis - Foxtrot
Echolyn - As the World
The Flower Kings - Stardust We Are
Emerson Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
Yes - Going for the One
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Sinkadus - Aurum Nostrum

Absolutely incredible masterpiece four epic soaked in Mellotron tracks.
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thanks, Jammo
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Good list!   Add  Pekka Pohjola's  "Harakka Bialoipokku",  aka "B The Magpie" (especially the side A) and I will be even more delighted..
That is one of the grandest symphonic treatise I have ever come across compositionwise. 
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Originally posted by KazBodnar KazBodnar wrote:

The Yes Album counts as symphonic?
The band is listed as symphonic here....so yes to the Yes album. 
As always it's subjective with the categories.

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The Yes Album counts as symphonic?
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Would also have listed several IQ albums....Dark Matter, Frequency, Road, etc but they are listed as neo and not symph.
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Yes Tales From Topography Oceans
Genesis Selling England By The Pound
ELP Tarkus
Marillion Script For A Jester’s Tear
IQ The Wake
Spock’s Beard The Light
The Flower Kings Stardust We Are
Magic Pie Motions Of Desire
Citizen Cain Serpents In Camouflage
Flamborough Head Unspoken Whisper
Lands End Natural Selection
The Emerald Dawn Searching For The Lost Key
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Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

off the top of my head (one per artist)

ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail
Yes - Fragile
Glass Hammer - The Inconsolable Secret
Par Lindh Project - Veni Vidi Vici
All Traps On Earth - A Drop Of Light
Anglagard - Hybris
Wobbler - Dwellers Of The Deep
The Flower Kings - Banks Of Eden
Refugee - Refugee
Aphrodite's Child - 666
Echolyn - Suffocating The Bloom
Rick Wakeman - Six Wives Of Henry VIII
Socrates - Phos



Richard!

So nice to cross your path again. Nice choices here, my friend. Prog definitely on. :)

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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

off the top of my head (one per artist)

ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail
Yes - Fragile
Glass Hammer - The Inconsolable Secret
Par Lindh Project - Veni Vidi Vici
All Traps On Earth - A Drop Of Light
Anglagard - Hybris
Wobbler - Dwellers Of The Deep
The Flower Kings - Banks Of Eden
Refugee - Refugee
Aphrodite's Child - 666
Echolyn - Suffocating The Bloom
Rick Wakeman - Six Wives Of Henry VIII
Socrates - Phos



Richard!

So nice to cross your path again. Nice choices here, my friend. Prog definitely on. :)
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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:


Thank you very much for all the new posts, and not least from Dr Wu and you Bruford, who "couldn't do 
a list"...and yet. Smile
I know … Embarrassed I guess that's an indicator of how full my head is with prog!
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off the top of my head (one per artist)

ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail
Yes - Fragile
Glass Hammer - The Inconsolable Secret
Par Lindh Project - Veni Vidi Vici
All Traps On Earth - A Drop Of Light
Anglagard - Hybris
Wobbler - Dwellers Of The Deep
The Flower Kings - Banks Of Eden
Refugee - Refugee
Aphrodite's Child - 666
Echolyn - Suffocating The Bloom
Rick Wakeman - Six Wives Of Henry VIII
Socrates - Phos
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Breadfish Sleeping Parts 1&2
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Thank you very much for all the new posts, and not least from Dr Wu and you Bruford, who "couldn't do 
a list"...and yet. Smile
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Such a big category. I don't think I can do a list. (I may be tired/burned out on Symphonic Prog). Some of the bands mentioned click with me, so, off the top of my head:

Odyssey: The Greatest Tale
Focus "Eruption", III
Renaissance Scheherazade, Turn of the Cards, Novella, and self-titled debut
All Traps on Earth
Island Pictures
Pulsar Halloween
Klaus Schulze X
Relayer
Anyone's Daughter "Adonis"
ELP Tarkus
Pär Lindh Project Mundus Incompertus
Echolyn Suffocating the Bloom
Pazzo Fanfano di Musica
Mr. Sirius Barren Dream
Kotebel Omphalos
Atoll L'araignée-mal
Aphrodite's Child 666
Babylon s/t
Finch Beyond Expression
New Trolls Concerto Grosso per i New Trolls
Celeste Principe di un giorno
Il Rovescio Della Medaglia Contaminazione
Il Balletto di Bronzo Ys
La Torre Dell'Alchimista Neo
Nuovo Era Il passo del soldato
Randone Hybla Act 1
Kant Freud Kafka No tengas miedo
La Coscienza di Zeno La notte anche de giorno
Latte e Miele Passio Secundum Matteum - The Complete Work
La Boca Della Verità Avenoth
So much by Anthony Phillips (1984, Geese & Ghost) and After Crying 
The Enid
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The usual suspects came to mind....
Yes-Yes.FRagile, CTTE
ELP-st
Genesis-Selling, Foxtrot, Cryme
Wobbler-Rites, Silence
Renaissance-Turn , Scherezade
Kansas- Song, Left
Spocks Beard- V
Greenslade-Bedside
 many others but some are not listed as symph...
Moody BLues, Spring, Cressida, etc
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

There's a lot out there both old and newer. I really liked one called earthly paradise by German band Epidaurus. That's probably one of the most underrated symph prog albums I   can think of. A must for any symph fan. Imagine a cross between 70s Genesis and Camel with a bit of Renais sance thrown in because of the female vocals. Some people have complained about her singing (saying it's a bit pitchy) but I never really had much of a problem with it. It's one I had a long time ago and need to get again. I'm curious if anyone knows it. There's plenty of others I could mention but other members on here probably know about most of them.

yep I know and like that one.  I would actually rather they had more of her vocals than they do.  Their 1995 follow up is pretty bad though


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Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

I’m still absolutely in love with Genesis “A Trick of the Tail.”

Played it again yesterday; it's simply wonderful. I think in my life, I've listened to Genesis discography (well, Trespass > Duke) more than any other band, as they've always been with me.. Cool
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I have been reacquainting myself (after a few years) with Renaissance's wonderful discography:

Prologue > A Song For All Seasons.. I find that run of 6 albums hugely enjoyable... Approve
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I’m still absolutely in love with Genesis “A Trick of the Tail.”

I feel, in general, it is still one of the best Prog albums ever made and of all time.
Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣
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