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Poll Question: Please vote for up to five albums (or more if wanted)
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    Posted: March 19 2025 at 09:52
I did a pretty random poll covering an album from each year for 1968 to 1992 and another rather less random poll from 1993 to 2017, and this time I have done a randomish one, still pretty arbitrary, but less random on the whole, that covers 25 years from 1967 to now. I wanted to ensure that I covered 2018 until now. These are all faves of mine and this is typical "me" fare.

Vote for up to five of these albums that are known and liked (or more if one really wants to) and please comment on your selections. As this is representative of my tastes, I would expect various people at PA to not know lots here and for it not to be their cups of tea (or mostly their kind of cha-cha-cha).
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DCD - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun...the pinnacle release of the entire 4AD catalogue, IMO...
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Art Zoyd – Générations sans Futur
Cos – Viva Boma
Dom – Edge of Time
Pink Floyd – The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Univérs Zero – 1313
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Im familiar with about half of these, got some checking out to do! Voted:

Art Zoyd - Generation Sans Futur
VdGG - Pawn Hearts
Cardiacs - Sing to God
Univers Zero - s/t
United States of America - s/t
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Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love 
Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
Univers Zéro - Univers Zero (1313)



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Pink Floyd  - My favorite PF album
Magma - My second Magma purchase after Kontarkosz
Battiato - Love all his early works
Art Zoyd - The best Art Zoyd album IMO
Wyatt - Great album featuring Richard Sinclair and Mike Oldfield
Cardiacs - Their best
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This is so packed with actually lifechanging albums I don't know what to do:

Could very well be my top six in all of prog (not certain about the order):

Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974)      
Magma - Kobaia (1970)      
Univers Zéro - Univers Zero (1313) (1977)
Art Zoyd - Génération sans Futur (1980)      
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love (1985)      
Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (1971)      

May be within my top 20-25:

Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1987)      
Cos - Viva Boma (1976)      
Black Midi - Hellfire (2022)

Quite possibly in my top 100:
     
Swans - The Beggar (2023)
Stereolab - Dots and Loops (1997)      
East of Eden - Mercator Projected (1969)      
Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)      
Dom - Edge of Time (1972)

Not far behind those:
     
Anna von Hausswolff - Dead Magic (2018)
The Smile - Wall of Eyes (2024)
Franco Battiato - Sulle corde di Aries (1973)      
Motorpsycho - The Crucible (2019)      
The United States of America - self-titled (1968)

Haven't actually heard:

Black Country, New Road - For the First Time (2021)
JG Thirlwell & Simon Steensland - Oscillospira (2020)
Coil - The Ape of Naples (2005)
Ghost - Hypnotic Underworld (2004)
Hesse Kassel - La Brea (2025)

I guess I just don't really get it:

Cardiacs - Sing to God (1996)
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Pink Floyd, VDGG, Wyatt, and Thirlwell/Steensland. This post comes with its own half bath and detached garage.
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The United States of America
East of Eden - Mercator Projected
Dom - East of Eden
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
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Thanks all. And the full five albums, Paul, this time, cool!

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For such a mighty posting as the following, I want to quote it all.

Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

This is so packed with actually lifechanging albums I don't know what to do:

Could very well be my top six in all of prog (not certain about the order):

Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974)      
Magma - Kobaia (1970)      
Univers Zéro - Univers Zero (1313) (1977)
Art Zoyd - Génération sans Futur (1980)      
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love (1985)      
Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (1971)      

May be within my top 20-25:

Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1987)      
Cos - Viva Boma (1976)      
Black Midi - Hellfire (2022)

Quite possibly in my top 100:
      
Swans - The Beggar (2023)
Stereolab - Dots and Loops (1997)      
East of Eden - Mercator Projected (1969)      
Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)      
Dom - Edge of Time (1972)

Not far behind those:
     
Anna von Hausswolff - Dead Magic (2018)
The Smile - Wall of Eyes (2024)
Franco Battiato - Sulle corde di Aries (1973)      
Motorpsycho - The Crucible (2019)      
The United States of America - self-titled (1968)

Haven't actually heard:

Black Country, New Road - For the First Time (2021)
JG Thirlwell & Simon Steensland - Oscillospira (2020)
Coil - The Ape of Naples (2005)
Ghost - Hypnotic Underworld (2004)
Hesse Kassel - La Brea (2025)

I guess I just don't really get it:

Cardiacs - Sing to God (1996)


Maybe one day you'll be ready for Singin' to God. (meant a little humorously)

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOwe-ErrEN0xprxPLEGq-JiQQbuy8cSLs

Mentioned that and this before, David Minnick (aka The 180 Gs) also has done Captain Beefheart and the full The Residents' Commercial Album, which is "worthy of laudation" in my books.

EDIT: That The 180's entertains me, but never found anyone else here who likes it. Love this cover that is on the Tim Smith Leader of the Starry Skies tribute album along with groups/artists like Knifeworld, Steven Wilson, north Sea Radio Orxhestra, Oceansize (which I mention just in case it's of interest to anyone that does not know):



"Dirty Boy" is one of my very favourite songs even if the lyrics are pretty yuck and is what got me into Cardiacs. "Fairy Mary Mag" and "Foundling" were other love at first listen ones for me, but Cardiacs can be too abrasive for me even if I hold the band in high regard. I do prefer gentler music commonly, but the band has real beauty, and a kind of fragility that appeals to me, to music it has made.. Obviously, to each their own tastes. No shortage of great for ones tastes music to explore.

Edited by Logan - March 20 2025 at 08:38
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Pawn Hearts
Sulle Corde Di Aries
The Crucible
Dead Magic
Oscillospira

Honourables
Rock Bottom
Viva Boma

But there's so much amazing music on this list.
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I seem to be the first person to vote for Black Midi - Hellfire which is weird given they were supposed to be ''God's gift'' to 21st century music Wink

Also voted for VDGG, Kate Bush, Robert Wyatt and Cardiacs.
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