Final Random Album Through the Years Poll

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   I wanted to do one last one of these with different albums.  I've done 1967 to 1981 and then random subsequent years here.  Hopefully my (not terribly) randomness, all very much liked by me, turned up something most forum members will appreciate. Lots of stuff here I have covered at other times so usual suspect kind of stuff. For instance, I have covered Blackstar many times and yet I still think this is a good way to end a poll with.

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. 

For those who may find nothing worth commenting on, I would love to see your lists through the years and how I fare at finding liked music in your polls.  More polls from more people, please.  Love that kind of diversity, and my topics do get too same old, same old (not as innovative or creative as I would like).

Poll Question: Please vote for up to five albums (or more if wanted)
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Captain Beefheart - Safe as Milk (1967)	0	[0.00%]
The Incredible String Band - The Hangman's Beautiful..(1968)	0	[0.00%]
The Pentangle - Basket of Light (1969)	3	[4.62%]
The Soft Machine - Third (1970)	6	[9.23%]
Comus - First Utterance (1971)	4	[6.15%]
Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972)	3	[4.62%]
Henry Cow - Leg End (1973)	3	[4.62%]
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra (1974)	7	[10.77%]
Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time (1975)	8	[12.31%]
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Osorezan / Dou no Kenbai (1976)	0	[0.00%]
Klaus Schulze - Mirage (1977)	2	[3.08%]
Bubu - Anabelas (1978)	4	[6.15%]
Vortex - Les Cycles de Thanatos (1979)	1	[1.54%]
Bobby Beausoleil - Lucifer Rising (released 1980)	1	[1.54%]
Dün - Eros (1981)	4	[6.15%]
Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal (1985)	2	[3.08%]
The Camberwell Now - The Ghost Trade (1986)	1	[1.54%]
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (1991)	2	[3.08%]
Art Zoyd - Faust (1995)	0	[0.00%]
Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind (1996)	0	[0.00%]
Radiohead - OK Computer (1997)	6	[9.23%]
Tortoise - TNT (1998)	0	[0.00%]
Mr. Bungle - California (1999)	1	[1.54%]
Susanne Sundfør - Ten Love Songs (2015)	0	[0.00%]
David Bowie - Blackstar (2016)	7	[10.77%]
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Logan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum & Site Admin Group Site Admin Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Status: Offline Points: 38233	Post Options Post Reply Quote Logan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Final Random Album Through the Years Poll Posted: March 20 2025 at 10:19
	I wanted to do one last one of these with different albums. I've done 1967 to 1981 and then random subsequent years here. Hopefully my (not terribly) randomness, all very much liked by me, turned up something most forum members will appreciate. Lots of stuff here I have covered at other times so usual suspect kind of stuff. For instance, I have covered Blackstar many times and yet I still think this is a good way to end a poll with. 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. For those who may find nothing worth commenting on, I would love to see your lists through the years and how I fare at finding liked music in your polls. More polls from more people, please. Love that kind of diversity, and my topics do get too same old, same old (not as innovative or creative as I would like).
	"Questions are a burden to others; answers a prison for oneself" (The Prisoner, 1967).

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	Bubu - Anabelas (1978) Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (1991) Radiohead - OK Computer (1997) David Bowie - Blackstar (2016)

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	Phaedra

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	Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time Tangerine Dream - Phaedra Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal Comus - First Utterance David Bowie - Blackstar

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	Tangerine Dream – Phaedra Klaus Schulze – Mirage Hawkwind – Warrior on the Edge of Time Herbie Hancock – Crossings David Bowie – Blackstar
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	Hawkwind (of course). and Radiohead

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	Bobby Beausoleil - Lucifer Rising Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal Tangerine Dream - Phaedra Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time Pentangle - Basket of Light

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	Henry Cow, Bubu, Bowie, Camberwell Now, and Hancock. I need a 12-inch circle and a 9-inch pie plate to let the choo-choo noises begin.
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	Voted: Vortex Soft Machine Henry Cow David Bowie Hawkwind Just outside: Herbie Hancock Dun
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	Just 3 for me. Talk Talk, Radiohead and Bowie

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	Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time (1975): I love this album. My favourite track is "Opa-Loka". On the original album, I love all the tracks except "Kings of Speed" (which I think is out of place on the album), including the spoken-word tracks. I love the use of the flute on this album, thinking that if I started a band, it would definitely include flute. Dün - Eros (1981): This is an extraordinary album. The title track and also my favourite, "Eros" really does sound like sex put to music. It was my first non-Magma Zeuhl album. However, I don't hear much connection to Magma. Radiohead - OK Computer (1997): At the time of its release, this was the album that told me that progressive rock was not dead. For some reason, I see this album as the "Dark Side of the Moon" of the '90s. I especially love the album's connection to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", although few people seem to see the connection. There are many quotable lyrics on the album, but my favourite is (from "Paranoid Android"): God loves his children God loves his children, yeah What makes this lyric so great is the way it's sung. Edited by I prophesy disaster - March 20 2025 at 23:27
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