Your Top 10 Non-Prog Albums
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Topic: Your Top 10 Non-Prog Albums
Posted By: The Switch Blade
Subject: Your Top 10 Non-Prog Albums
Date Posted: August 26 2009 at 23:01
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While most of our libraries are probably progressive rock, of course we (probably) have some music outside of this collection. Sorry if this thread has been done before. Anyway, post your favorite non-prog albums and say a bit about them. I'd say if they are an artist on here (even prog-related or proto-prog), leave them out. Ben Folds Five - (1999) "The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner" I am in love with everything Ben Folds does and this is the pinnacle of his achievement. Tracks 1-6 and 10/11 are all in my top 10 Ben Folds songs, and I've heard every song he's ever made. Billy Joel - (1971) "Cold Spring Harbor" The piano man himself's debut album -- it is remarkable. It has been poorly reviewed and often overlooked, but I honestly find this to be his best album. Almost every song on the album has suicidal undertones. It's brilliant! :D Death Cab for Cutie - (2005) "Plans" I should know better than to judge a band by it's name... after all, I am a prog fan! *rimshot* But anyway, by the popularity and wikipedia page of Death Cab for Cutie, I was expecting the worst, and was instead very pleased. Very good album. Elton John - (1971) "Madman Across the Water" His finest work. Nothing else needs to be said. Iron & Wine - (2007) "The Shepherd's Dog" A very good alternative folk rock album by singer/songwriter Sam Beam. Imagine Elliott Smith with world music, I guess. Jason Mraz - (2005) "Mr. A-Z" Never before have I been so surprised by an album. I heard the singles off of this and wanted to literally set my friend's copy ablaze. If you can accept pop music into your life, you need this album. I've probably listened through it twenty times now... Mraz does an Operatic Soprano solo! Jimmy Eat World - (2001) "Bleed American" A very pretty album by some surprisingly good musicians. Most people probably already know the singles off of this album. There's no bad song on here. Labi Siffre - (1975) "Remember My Song" I got this album after finding out that Eminem's hit break song "My Name Is" samples from a gay black man named Labi Siffre... who is Labi Siffre?!? An amazing R&B, folk, jazz poet/singer/songwriter, that's who Labi Siffre is! If you need convincing, just listen to the first track: "I Got The." It's actually fairly progressive, too. Paul Simon - (1972) "Paul Simon" This album is fantastic. Featuring the hit song "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard," I am incredibly impressed with everything he does. Very emotional, very well done. Weezer - (1994) "Weezer" (The Blue Album) Probably considered by most to be Weezer's best album, I hated this album when I first got it. Now I play it all the time. Many gems on this one. |
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Posted By: Moatilliatta
Date Posted: August 27 2009 at 01:00
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I don't think I can pick just 10. So here's 11:
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Iron & Wine - The Sheperd's Dog
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Arcade Fire - Funeral
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Posted By: Jozef
Date Posted: August 27 2009 at 01:34
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R.E.M.- "Automatic For the People" Nine Inch Nails- "With Teeth" David Bowie- "The Man Who Sold the World" The Cure- "Faith" Jane's Addiction- "Ritual de lo Habitual" The Velvet Underground- "Loaded" Siouxsie & The Banshees- "Tinderbox" Smashing Pumpkins- "Adore" Beck- "Odelay" A Perfect Circle- "Mer De Noms" These albums are always just perfect to me. ------------- 
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Posted By: Phideaux
Date Posted: August 27 2009 at 01:39
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Rebsie Fairholm - Mind The Gap (english folk/chill) Siouxsie And The Banshees - Live At The BBC (disc three - later era/lots of keyboards) Frank Black - Teenager Of The Year David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World Kraftwerk - The Man Machine The Beatles - Abbey Road Steppenwolf - Monster Steeleye Span - Hark! The Village Wait Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way Joy Division - Closer The Cure - Seventeen Seconds Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Leonard Cohen Alice Cooper - Killer Hair - Original Cast Album Giorgio Moroder - E=MC² Sparks - Kimono My House Patti Smith - Horses Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure Abba - The Visitors Kiss - Creatures Of The Night Donovan - HMS Donovan ELO - Time Kristin Hersh - Strange Angels Buffalo Springfield - Again Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request |
Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: August 27 2009 at 01:46
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Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane over the Sea Talking Heads - Remain in Light Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion Sufjan Stevens - Come On! Feel the Illinoise! Arcade Fire - Funeral The Kinks - The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society Fela Kuti - Zombie Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary Bjork - Vespertine -------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: August 27 2009 at 02:08
Easily one of my alltime favourite albums (its in my sig!) 1. Death Cab For Cutie - PLANS (A great mix of rock and indie, with some slight prog elements... I love it) 2. Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Flight (A straight-up indie album, featuring some of the best songwriting I've ever had the pleasure to hear.) 3. The Waterboys - This Is The Sea (The title track is one of the best songs ever IMHO, and its a great classic rock album all-round.) 4. Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism (More indie than PLANS, although just as good lyrically.) 5. This Town Needs Guns - ANIMALS (Some of the best, most original guitar playing and unique sound help this indie album stand out!) -Joel 
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The Switch Blade wrote:Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: August 27 2009 at 02:33
But.... We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes is their best album by far and wide, followed by The Photo Album. 
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Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: August 27 2009 at 02:48
Both great, and I would say THE PHOTO ALBUM is my favourite, but I'd say PLANS is all-round better. Saw them live last year! -------------
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Posted By: PJreed
Date Posted: August 27 2009 at 08:31
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1. Buckethead - Colma 2. Megadeth - Rust In Peace 3. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 4. Billy Joel - The Stranger 5. Dave Matthews Band - Crash 6. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds Of Fire 7. The Who - Who's Next 8. Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? 9. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain 10. Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien ------------- Aging is the worst. |
Posted By: Noak
Date Posted: August 27 2009 at 09:21
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The Velvet Underground-s/t The Cure-Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me Gun Club-Fire of Love Television-Marquee Moon Sparks-Kimono My House The Kinks-Something Else By the Kinks Skip James-Today Bob Dylan-Bringing it All Back Home Neutral Milk Hotel-In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Marty Robbins-Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs |
Posted By: Moatilliatta
Date Posted: August 27 2009 at 09:47
Eh, they're all about equal to me (the four mentioned). ------------- www.last.fm/user/ThisCenotaph
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Posted By: Green Shield Stamp
Date Posted: August 27 2009 at 11:43
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Nice thread:
1. Blood and Chocolate by Elvis Costello and the Attractions
2. La Scala by Keith Jarrett
3. Red Headed Stranger by Willy Nelson
4. Alice by Tom Waits
5. Enlightenment by Van Morrison
6. The Queen is Dead by The Smiths
7. Eternal by The Branford Marsalis Quartet
8. Nixon by Lambchop
9. Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder
10. Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim by Frank Sinatra.....
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: August 27 2009 at 14:04
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If it's NON PROG this doesn't belong in the Progressive Music Lounge.This whole section is for discussions about bands that are only in the archives. -------------  |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: August 27 2009 at 14:34
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Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge over Troubled Water The Beatles - The White Album The Beautiful South - eponymous first album Black Sabbath - Heaven & Hell Carly Simon - Greatest Hits Live Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Judie Tzuke - Secret Agent Levellers - anything, so I'll go for Best Of!! The Smiths - Meat is Murder Tansads - Flock ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: The Coastliner
Date Posted: August 28 2009 at 00:21
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I know that some of these can be argued to be 'prog', but I don't see any of them as primarily prog albums/bands. Station to Station - David Bowie Consolers of the Lonely - The Raconteurs The Seldom Seen Kid - Elbow Quadrophenia - The Who Naveed - Our Lady Peace Lincoln - They Might Be Giants Picaresque - The Decemberists This Year's Model - Elvis Costello & the Attractions Elephant - The White Stripes Queen II - Queen
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Posted By: npjnpj
Date Posted: August 28 2009 at 03:47
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OK, here's mine (not exactly 10 but what the hey):
Anything and everything by Tori Amos except 'Strange Little Girls'
Be Bop Deluxe - 'Modern Music' Grand Funk Railroad - 'Phoenix' The Housemartins - 'Now that's what I call quite Good'
The Knack - 'Serious Fun' Lacuna Coil - All albums and all future albums Linda Perry - 'After Hours' and 'In Flight' The Rainmakers - 'The Rainmakers' Grace Slick - 'Dreams' Spliff - '85555' Cat Stevens - 'Teaser and the Firecat' and 'Tea for the Tillerman' T'Pau - 'Red' XTC - 'Nonsuch'. Ah crap, just make that all XTC albums. |
Posted By: Phideaux
Date Posted: August 28 2009 at 11:23
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Ahhh, Grace Slick - Dreams is a GREAT and very proggy album... Also forgot about Be Bop! Right now I'm in a serious Siouxsie And the Banshees kick! |
Posted By: moe_blunts
Date Posted: August 28 2009 at 11:48
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Rome - Masse Mensch Material Townes Van Zandt - Rear View Mirror Venetian Snares - Doll Doll Doll Coil - The Ape of Naples John Hartford - Aereo-Plain Waylon Jennings - Honky Tonk Heroes Katatonia - Viva Emptiness Devourment - Butcher the Weak Demilich - Nespithe of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, are you the Destroyer? or something like that ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/moe_blunts/?chartstyle=minimalDarkRecent"> 
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Posted By: TODDLER
Date Posted: August 28 2009 at 12:16
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Fleetwood Mac-English Rose
Humble Pie-Rockin' The Fillmore The Hollies-Distant Light The Kinks-Arthur or the Decline and Fall Of the British Empire
The Beatles-Beatles For Sale Joni Mitchell-Clouds Jimi Hendrix-Hendrix In The West The Lovin' Spoonful-Everything Playing
Aretha Franklin-Sings the Blues Canned Heat-Future Blues |
Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: August 28 2009 at 16:02
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01. Devo - Are We Not Men? We Are Devo (1978) 02. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruits for Rotten Vegetables (1980) 03. Sepultura - Chaos A.D. (1993) 04. Cabaret Voltaire - Micro-Phonies (1984) 05. Front 242 - Official Version (1987) 06. L7 - Hungry For Stink (1994) 07. Napalm Death - Harmony Corruption (1990) 08. Carcass - Heartwork (1993) 09. The Breeders - Last Splash (1993) 10. Wall Of Voodoo - Call Of The West (1982). Funny: to find older records in my collection, you'd have to check the progressive music and jazz/free-jazz. |
Posted By: Phideaux
Date Posted: August 28 2009 at 16:14
| Cabaret Voltaire - Microphonies!!! I just LOVE the song Blue Heat. What a great track! |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: August 28 2009 at 16:35
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Magazine: Correct Use of Soap
Devo: Q:Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
The Cramps: Off The Bone
XTC : Drums and Wires
Elvis Costello: My Aim is True
Tubeway Army: Replicas
The Throwing Muses: Real Ramona
Siouxsie and the Banshees: The Scream
Bauhaus: In the Flat Field (QQuel Suprise)
The Specials: More Specials
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Posted By: Windhawk
Date Posted: August 28 2009 at 16:36
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I'm unable to pick a top 10, but ten of many should be doable. Celtic Frost: Monotheist Bel Canto: Shimmering, Warm and Bright Steppenwolf: 16 Greatest Hits Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Orchestra version) ZZ Top: Rio Grande Mud Gary Numan: The Pleasure Principle Nazareth: No Mean City Ministry: Psalm 69 Aldo Nova: Aldo Nova Ozzy Osbourne: Bark at the Moon ------------- Websites I work with: http://www.progressor.net http://www.houseofprog.com My profile on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/haukevind/ |
Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: August 28 2009 at 16:56
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Oooooohhhh, Bel Canto! It must be a couple of years since the last time I heard my Bel Canto cassettes. |
Posted By: SonicDeath10
Date Posted: August 29 2009 at 14:04
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This is easy. No order.
Television-Marquee Moon
The Beatles-White Album
Beach Boys-Pet Sounds
Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation
James Brown-Star Time
Ministry-Land of Rape and Honey
Paul and Linda McCartney- Ram
Pixies-Doolittle
My Bloody Valentine-Loveless
Flaming Lips-Transmissions from the Satelite Heart
I'd put Kate Bush's The Dreaming but I have a sneaky suspicion that's considered prog. ------------- "Good evening hippies." Bobby Boy |
Posted By: SonicDeath10
Date Posted: August 29 2009 at 14:08
The piano version is my preferred version but I can see the orchestral version being preferred as well. Quite easily. ------------- "Good evening hippies." Bobby Boy |
Posted By: Moatilliatta
Date Posted: August 29 2009 at 14:29
I just put this on for the first time in at least a year (I haven't been listening to much Death Cab lately). I forgot how good this one was, actually. ------------- www.last.fm/user/ThisCenotaph
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Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: August 29 2009 at 14:35
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In no particular order U2 - The Joshua Tree Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run The Police - Synchronicity The Sundays - Reading, Writing & Arithmetic Simple Minds - Good News From The Next World Dave Matthews Band - Under The Table And Dreaming Pearl Jam - Ten Fleetwood Mac - Rumours The Eagles - Hotel California Shawn Colvin - A Few Small Repairs E ------------- 
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Posted By: Badabing666
Date Posted: August 31 2009 at 03:09
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1. Muse - Black Holes and Revelations 2. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust 3. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 4. Molly Hatchet - Molly Hatchet 5. Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent and The E Street Shuffle 6. R.E.M. - Automatic for the People 7. Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane 8. Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids 9. Black Stone Cherry - Folklore and Superstition 10. Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers ------------- 
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Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: August 31 2009 at 03:55
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In no particular order:-
Love - Forever Changes Minutemen - Double Nickels on a Dime Husker Du - New Day Rising Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising Donovan - A Gift From a Flower to a Garden Virginia Astley - From Gardens Where We Feel Secure West Coast Pop Art Experimemtal Band - Part III Sly and the Family Stone - Stand! The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour Joy Division - Closer This is subject to change depending on my mood at any given time except for Love's Forever Changes ironically enough. 
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Posted By: Hyardacil
Date Posted: August 31 2009 at 04:31
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Aion by Dead Can Dance is pretty badass. Strange, can't really make a list. I have plenty, but I can't really decide. Oh, Reconing by R.E.M is brillian.t ------------- "I am sitting in your eyes..." |
Posted By: SonicDeath10
Date Posted: August 31 2009 at 08:32
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: September 01 2009 at 09:38
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Kinks – Something Else Subhumans – From the Cradle to the Grave Minutemen – Double Nickels on the Dime Saccharine Trust – Pagan Icons EP Jack Bruce - Harmony Row Kinks – Village Green Preservation Society Fall – This Nation’s Saving Grace Wire – 154 Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - Strangers from the Universe XTC – Skylarking ------------- 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: HolyMoly
Date Posted: September 01 2009 at 09:40
SonicDeath - were you once on the Zappa forum? I think I remember you. Your responses and forum name have a strangely familiar ring to them. ------------- 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: SonicDeath10
Date Posted: September 01 2009 at 09:44
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I used to be on the Zappa forum but I haven't really went there too much lately. I always sorta evaporate from forums after awhile when my interest or the forum's interest drops. ------------- "Good evening hippies." Bobby Boy |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: September 01 2009 at 10:21
That's one I would like to check out. I found it in 1001 albums you must hear before you die.It looked interesting. I like Jobim, and I'm curious about the Sinatra interpretations. It must sound quite different than interpretations from Elis Regina or Astrud Gilberto. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: September 01 2009 at 10:29
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1. Sting - The Dream Of The Blue Turtles 2. Buggles - Adventures In Modern Recording 3. Buffalo Springfield - Again 4. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On 5. Air - Moon Safari 6. Stevie Wonder - Songs From The Key Of Life 7. Björk - Debut 8. Love - Forever Changes 9. Antonio Carlos Jobim - Wave 10. Jon & Vangelis - Private Collection |
Posted By: SonicDeath10
Date Posted: September 01 2009 at 10:37
Can't believe I forgot Stevie and Marvin. Shameful. You're probably the first person I know to express preference to the second Buggles album. ------------- "Good evening hippies." Bobby Boy |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: September 01 2009 at 10:38
Seconded  , though DCD are included here as Prog-Folk, so that would make them prog (if one really cares about such dividing lines). I have all of their albums but their debut (which I'd like to get sooner or later), but Aion is probably my favourite, and it was also my introduction to the band. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: September 01 2009 at 11:04
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I've been going through posts on the past two pages going "yep, yep, nope, yep, nope, hell-yeah...." - rather than produce a list that would contain albums already mentioned, I've decided to make my list using bands not yet covered (and I'm taking everything by Siouxsie, The Cure, Bauhaus, Magazine, Joy Division, Nephilim, Sisters, Numan and XTC as a given)
1. Comsat Angels - Waiting For a Miracle
2. The Sound - Jeopardy
3. Passage - Pindrop
4. Indigo Falls - s/t
5. Cocteau Twins - Victorialand
6. Shelleyan Orphan - Helleborine
7. Paradise Lost - Draconian Times
8. My Dying Bride - Angel And The Dark River
9. Sarah Brightman - The Fly
10. Toyah - Sheep Farming In Barnet
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: September 01 2009 at 11:50
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The ones that are in my sig, plus: The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead Ismo Alanko Säätiö - Hallanvaara Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses R.E.M. - Document Joy Division - Closer Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings Kauko Röyhkä & Narttu - Pikku enkeli John Coltrane - Blue Train Siouxsie and the Banshees - Juju Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: September 01 2009 at 12:00
Dean I think this is cheating. By my reckoning that makes well over 100 albums in your list!
 Nice choices though (I've never been that keen on Nefalim though - second division sisters)
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: September 01 2009 at 12:21
dems foitin' words
 The Neffs were miles apart and worlds away from the Sisters - sure you're not confusing them with the Mish? ------------- What? |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: September 01 2009 at 12:29
No. I've only ever heard 'Dawnrazor' and it sounds like Sisters sped up slightly to me? Maybe I should get my ears washed out . Even there image is stolen as far as I'm concerned. I had a friend who went out with one of the Nefs and I told her what i thought and she told him - I think he was offended slightly
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: September 01 2009 at 12:31
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Hi,
Maybe it was my having been brought up in a house with so much classical music ... pop music was fine, but I could see early on that a lot of it was vain and quite meaningless next to the house with 50k books of literature as mine had ... a lot of lyrics and pop music, just had nothing in it for me ... not that I would want to compare a pop singer to Renata Tebaldi, or Beverly Sills ...
When we moved from Madison, WI to Santa Barbara, I took with me 10 LP's that I simply could not allow them to go with the rest of the house stuffs (library alone cost the truck 2 trannies in Colorado mountains I was told!) and they were albums that "had meaning" to my experience and they "spoke" the things that I thought were important ... these albums were: (no order and I can't even remember the album names! )
1. Crosby, Still and Nash (Suite Judy Blue Eyes)
2. Procol Harum (with Whiter Shade of Pale)
3. Moody Blues (with Nights in White Satin)
4. Jimi Hendrix - Experience (Purple Haze)
5. Janis Joplin and Big Brother - Cheap Thrills
6. Chicago - Two
7, Led Zeppelin - First
8. Iron Butterfly - In a Gadda Da Vida
9. Credence Clearwater Revival - First album
10. The Beatles - White Album
All of these fit into the area that was busting radio apart in those days, and they all were special in their own way and quite progressive by the standards that we have today, when done on a comparative basis ... radio in those days was all AM and it stunk ... a lot of these folks broke the mold in popular music, and some were simply ... breaking the rules and doing their own thing.
When FM radio took up residence in Southern California (early 70's) it brought with it ... "mellower" radio than the AM band, and one of the things that it did to be hipper was to devote more time to longer cuts ... and these eventually led to a lot more music, and the likes of King Crimson being played - for example. (But not Moonchild, for example ... more like Epitath !!! few people could relate to that free form-ness right off the bat then!).
And promptly my music tastes changed ... I discovered the music scene in Europe, and I don't mean just London ... and the rest is history ... but I still think that those records have a lot in them that helped define and develop what we love to call "prog" these days ...
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: September 01 2009 at 12:42
Okay - Dawnrazor is not typical Nephilim, (in the same way that First, Last and Always is considered by many Goths to be typical Sisters while Floodlands & Vision Thang is not ), later Neffs albums were darker, heavier and slower to the point where Zoon (recorded as The Nefilim) was almost Death/Black metal (again, a move not appreciated by many Goths).
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: September 01 2009 at 15:11
Same here. I petered out after about 5000 posts
 I was feetlightup over there by the way.
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: September 01 2009 at 15:14
 http://www.last.fm/music/The+Sisters+of+Mercy/+images/12577381">
 I will check out their later stuff. ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: September 01 2009 at 15:30
A light preference, yes, even though I think half of the album is just Trevor Horn, because if I recall well they broke up during the making of the second album. The first one is great as well, I must say. I think I like the second one a bit more because it's a bit more adventurous (as the title says) and progressive. By the way, I'm probably the only person I know to express preference to any Buggles album . Okay, both Buggles albums got 4 to 4,5 stars on the All Music site. But I started a Buggles thread on PA some years ago and if I have it right, it had zero responses  While there are so many Yes - Drama fans (and me as a big Buggles and Yes fan, am not one of them  ) Yes, I love Stevie and Marvin. I'm not a big soul fan, but those guys... |
Posted By: SonicDeath10
Date Posted: September 01 2009 at 15:47
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I love the Buggles myself. I put both of their albums on my iPod and now that we're talking about them, it makes me want to listen to them very soon. You're right about Adventures: it's mostly Trevor. But Trevor was at a peak as a musician and composer, and that album is a great example. Very adventerous indeed...was Art of Noise during this time (the debut with Trevor) or after? I think it's after.
I'm a big fan of Drama but I understand disliking it.
I'm mostly into funk myself...James Brown, Funkadelic. Love those guys. ------------- "Good evening hippies." Bobby Boy |
Posted By: ianashleigh
Date Posted: September 01 2009 at 16:46
Here are my 10 - OK there are 12!!!
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Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: September 01 2009 at 19:11
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Not sure if I can list these in order. In fact, not sure I can keep it to 10. Think it ended up at 14. And I had to keep out anyone that was related to a prog band, all proto-prog bands, all prog related bands and all those related to prog related bands. So not only no Queen, but no Brian May or Roger Taylor. Not only no Jefferson Airplane, but no Jefferson Starship or Paul Kantner..etc., etc. And I still couldn't keep it to 10.
Chris De Burgh - Spanish Train
REM - Automatic for the People
Violent Femmes - s/t
Aimee Mann - Lost In Space
Harry Chapin - Dance Band on the Titanic
Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes
Don Henley - Inside Job
The Police - Synchronicity
Rolling Stones - Beggar's Banquet
Fleetwood Mac - Future Games
The Cars - s/t
The Four Seasons - The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette
J. Geils Band - Sanctuary
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: September 02 2009 at 05:05
I'm still wondering if Funkadelic / Parliament could be something for me. I never tried it out. The Art Of Noise was later. Trevor was by then in a phase where he would produce many other bands. Great to see someone else who loves Buggles as well . I get nothing but laughter from my friends The two Buggles albums are diamonds which only some can admire, it seems |
Posted By: el dingo
Date Posted: September 02 2009 at 05:22
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No particular order, one short sentence about each: A Nod's As Good As A Wink - Faces (my ultimate feelgood album and a slapdash band at its peak)
Greatest Hits - Kinks (can't bear to leave any of the brilliant singles out)
Slaughter on 10th Avenue - Mick Ronson (just different, I particularly like the Garson keyboards)
Japan - Japan (I liked the keys/guitar interplay and list it despite Sylvian's awkward vocals)
Ghosts of Princes in Towers - Rich Kids (Matlock's writing and New's guitar made this stand out to me)
Setting Sons - The Jam (Their only consistent album IMO)
Aladdin Sane - David Bowie (I just like the glamorous sound of it all and much prefer it to Ziggy)
Montrose - Montrose (Montrose + Hagar kicks some serious ass even to this day)
London Calling - The Clash (I got the cover tattooed on my shoulder blade in full colour years ago, no further explanation needed
Absolutely Anything by Manic Street Preachers (I just love this band. To this day.)
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Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: September 02 2009 at 05:56
I should've had Nothing Like The Sun in my top 10. Love that and Blue Turtles immensely. E -------------
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Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: September 02 2009 at 07:15
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A large percentage of what I like isn't prog, so this is actually kinda hard. In number one spot, some regulars around here wont be surprised: Relationship of Command - At the Drive In I'd go so far to say it's my favorite album of all time. Nothing has ever affected me as much as this album and I find it virtually impossible to get sick of, to the point where I listen to it at least 5 times a week. I've loved this album probably since I was about 14 years old, so that's nearly 7 years now (taking into account I turn 21 this year) And the rest, in no particular order and what I feel like at the moment (meaning it could change tomorrow) The Shape of Punk to Come: A Chimerical Bombination in 12 Bursts- Refused: Another post hardcore album, which I've been listening to for about as long as Relationship of Command. Never fails to inspire me with it's creativity and fire. Grace - Jeff Buckley : Absolutely beautiful album, full of stunning vocal work, compositions and guitar playing. I cry every time I hear it. Rust In Peace - Megadeth: The peak of thrash metal for me. Nothing before or after has topped it, not even by the band themselves. I owe a lot of my heavy metal guitar technique to this album, I used to know how to play most of the riffs ages ago. The solos by Marty Friedman, however, I just couldn't touch. The Tornado of Souls solo, the best thrash metal solo of all time IMO. Blistering technique, amazing vibrato and pick nuances, it made Kirk Hammett look like a beginner. Battle of Los Angeles- Rage Against The Machine: Loved this album since I was about 12 years old, and I still do today Tom Morello was always the master of fusing amazing groove and funky style with heavy metal riffage for me, as well as the crazy innovative sound effects he made with his guitar. It's been a source of inspiration for me as a musician for years and still is. The Color And The Shape - Foo Fighters: My older sister introduced to me to this album when I was perhaps just barely 9 years old and 12 years after it's release I still f**king love it. It never ceases to amaze me how talented Dave Grohl is listening to that album. He played drums on nearly all the tracks, much of the guitar work and all vocals and on top of that just being able to write some kick ass music my sister and I wanted to listen to over and over again. Living End- Living End: Loved this one for about 6-7 years now too. The best work by the band. Great songs, great guitar solos and a killer instrumental closing track. The best of modern punk/rockabilly for me. Riot! - Paramore : Only been listening to this for about 2 months, but it's already had a massive impact on me. Just prior to hearing it, I had been giving my brain cells an excessive workout of progressive technical metal and avant garde stuff. I heard this album and it really reminded me that simple song structures and stuff that wasn't so instrumentally based could kick serious ass too. Incredibly fun stuff to play on guitar too and not as easy as you'd expect either, they're good musicians. The Fragile - Nine Inch Nails: Another album I've loved for years. I still think it's the best work by NIN and it's extremely creative. This Godless Endeavor- Nevermore: One of the best metal albums I've ever heard. It's basically perfect IMO, perfect song writing, absolutely amazing musicianship. absolutely stunning and detailed production by Andy Sneap. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: September 02 2009 at 08:03
Well, with lists like this you always tend to forgot some all time favourites. Nothing Like The Sun is very good as well. |
Posted By: SonicDeath10
Date Posted: September 02 2009 at 08:29
"CAN I SCREAM?" Yeah man, you sure can. At The Drive In was pretty creative: prog-like moments but still keeping it intense. Sad when they turned into Mars Volta. And The Fragile is easily the best thing Trent ever did and I hardly doubt he'll ever top it. Year Zero was pretty good though too. ------------- "Good evening hippies." Bobby Boy |
Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: September 02 2009 at 21:36
I actually do really like TMV, but I still never liked them as much as ATDI. |
Posted By: Moatilliatta
Date Posted: September 03 2009 at 00:47
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^Hey now! TMV is supreme! But balls I forgot to put Relationship of Command on my list. That and Vaya are incredible. Also that Refused album is incredible.
Year Zero is actually my favorite NIN album. ------------- www.last.fm/user/ThisCenotaph
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: September 04 2009 at 14:00
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Guess this is omiting PR/Proto. Anyway this is hard obviously but I'm fairly confident with this actually. 1. Chares Ives - The Symphonies 2. Circle Takes The Square - As Roots Undo 3. Joanna Newsom - Ys 4. Man Man - Six Demon Bag 5. Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians 6. B. Dolan - The Failure 7. Philip Glass - Einsten on the Beach 8. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme 9. Anathallo - Canopy Glow 10. The Receiving End of Sirens - Between The Heart and the Synapse ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: September 04 2009 at 14:03
Look at you so Indy. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: September 04 2009 at 14:11
Damn skippy. ------------- <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: SonicDeath10
Date Posted: September 04 2009 at 15:13
Don't you mean "12341234123412341234123412341234123412341234123412341234 1...234...323...4...56....789...10....2...34..." ------------- "Good evening hippies." Bobby Boy |
Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: September 04 2009 at 15:16
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1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Did you get some wind for the sails? This is the best of times, and this is the best of times. Knee Play 1  ------------- <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: SonicDeath10
Date Posted: September 04 2009 at 15:38
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"We had romantic moments. I fell asleep with my her during Einstein on the Beach." That's a paraphrase of a joke from Fraiser. ------------- "Good evening hippies." Bobby Boy |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: September 04 2009 at 16:19
Omg that like totally only the knee plays newb. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: September 04 2009 at 16:57
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Equality, WHY IS KATY PERRY IN YOUR LAST.FM? ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: SonicDeath10
Date Posted: September 04 2009 at 17:06
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Probably because he gave her a listen recently. ------------- "Good evening hippies." Bobby Boy |
Posted By: Stooge
Date Posted: September 05 2009 at 11:04
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Hard to choose. I won't include anything from on PA ( 1. 2. Beastie Boys- Hello nasty 3. Faith No More- King For A Day 4. 5. 6. Chick Corea- My Spanish Heart 7. Judas Priest- Sad Wings Of Destiny 8. John Patitucci- John Patitucci 9. Ornette Coleman- The Shape Of Jazz To Come 10. Alice In Chains- Jar Of Flies (hard to choose between this and Dirt) I'm probably leaving of something I really like. Fixed after reading the first post. |
Posted By: Moatilliatta
Date Posted: September 05 2009 at 13:18
I kno, right? I've turned into a hipster!
Balls, though. I forgot about The Receiving End of Sirens and Steve Reich. And Anathallo and Coltrane. ------------- www.last.fm/user/ThisCenotaph
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: September 05 2009 at 14:16
Because One of the Boys is a great pop album, and Ur So Gay is a song The Beatles wish they had written. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: September 05 2009 at 14:16
It's ok I'll let you copy my list. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Moatilliatta
Date Posted: September 05 2009 at 14:23
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And Ys!
Yeah, I'll just have to copy your list, then. Ain't nothin' wrong with Katy Perry. ------------- www.last.fm/user/ThisCenotaph
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Posted By: Teh_Slippermenz
Date Posted: September 06 2009 at 01:44
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Reckoning - R.E.M. Diamond Life - Sade A Boy Named Goo - Goo Goo Dolls Safe Trip Home - Dido Let There Be Rock - AC/DC Infinity - Journey Back in Black - AC/DC Murmur - R.E.M. Superstar Car Wash - Goo Goo Dolls In Utero - Nirvana |
Posted By: ThePrefectElement
Date Posted: September 09 2009 at 09:19
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White1 & 2 - Sunn O))) Detrimentalist - Venetian Snares Dummy - Portishead Merzbox - Merzbow Grebfruit - Benny Greb Continuum - Bass Communion & Fear Falls Burning The Deth Album - Dethklok So F**king Rock - Tim Minchin Scotch Hausen - DJ Scotch Egg Black One - Sunn O))) ------------- A mind is like a parachute - it doesn't work unless it's open - Frank Zappa |
Posted By: Courtesy Flush
Date Posted: September 09 2009 at 14:36
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Muse- Showbiz The Smashing Pumpkins-Adore Radiohead-Okcomputer, amnesiac, hail to the theif, in rainbows, kidA, bends- Any of them except "pablo honey". Stabbing Westward-Darkest Days The Cure-Disintegration Modest Mouse-Good news for people who love bad news Nine Inch Nails-The downward spiral Portishead-dummy Sigur Ros-Ágaetis Byrjun U2-The Joshua Tree |
Posted By: pianoman
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 05:43
| Both Sigur Ros and radiohead are considered prog ^. Those are some great albums though. |
Posted By: Trianium
Date Posted: October 04 2009 at 12:30
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Tokyo Tapes - Scorpions Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits Powerslave - Iron Maiden Highway to Hell - AC/DC Slowhand - Eric Clapton Disraeli Gears - Cream Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin In Trance - Scorpions Horses - Patti Smith The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie |
Posted By: Mr ProgFreak
Date Posted: October 04 2009 at 12:40
What's there to say ... most people will know these albums. Well, maybe not Karrin Allyson - Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane ... it's Vocal Jazz, just what you would expect by the album title. Oh, and there's Scott Henderson - Tore Down House. Absolutely brilliant album, part Blues, part Jazz-Fusion, part both.  
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Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: October 04 2009 at 13:33
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1. Songs in the Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder 2. The Negation - Decapitated 3. Storm at Sunup - Gino Vannelli 4. Endless Road - Tommy Emmanuel 5. Scum - Napalm Death 6. Noncumbulant - Napalm Death 7. My Downfall (Original Soundtrack) - Venetian Snares 8. Rage Against The Machine - s/t 9. The Temptations - Sky's The Limit 10. Inhale/Exhale - Nasum I could go on and list about 500 if I'm honest. ------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |
Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: October 04 2009 at 13:35
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Add The arctic Monkey's debut to that list as well somewhere.
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Posted By: Tarquin Underspoon
Date Posted: October 04 2009 at 14:23
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Coldplay - Viva La Vida Judas Priest - British Steel Metallica - ...And Justice For All Rage Against the Machine - Debut album The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Devo - Freedom of Choice The Sword - Age of Winters That's all I got for now. ------------- "WAAAAAAOOOOOUGH! WAAAAAAAUUUUGGHHHH!! WAAAAAOOOO!!!" -The Great Gig in the Sky |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: October 04 2009 at 14:31
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Just to name a few: Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Black Sabbath - Paranoid Black Sabbath - Master of Reality Black Sabbath - Vol 4 Black Sabbath - Sabbath bloody Sabbath Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger Alice Cooper - Welcome to my Nightmare Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik Alice in Chains - Alice in Chains |
Posted By: Bravejester
Date Posted: October 04 2009 at 16:12
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Mine are :
El Espiritu Del Vino - Heroes Del Silencio ( Spanish Rock Band with great vocals and great guitar work ) All sung in Spanish which I don't understand ! And I used to think lyrics were also important to me ......
 Hot August Night ( live 1972 ) - Neil Diamond Yes; Neil Diamond !! I always loved his voice and the records up till and including The Jazz Singer I really enjoy!!
Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell ( the first one is the best and I stopped buying afer the second .. )
The Joshua Tree - U2
Ten - Pearl Jam Temple Of The Dog - Temple Of The Dog
Fields Of Fire - Corey Hart
Hello, I Must Be Going ! - Phil Collins
One Day Remains - Alter Bridge
The Distance To Here - Live
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: October 04 2009 at 16:56
I love the Jazz Singer. I didn't hear Hot August Night yet, but it is high on my list of albums to check out. Thanks for reminding me. |
Posted By: Tarquin Underspoon
Date Posted: October 04 2009 at 16:58
Oh definitely. This one totally slipped my mind.
I love big spectacle and showmanship, and it just doesn't get much "bigger" than Meat Loaf.  ------------- "WAAAAAAOOOOOUGH! WAAAAAAAUUUUGGHHHH!! WAAAAAOOOO!!!" -The Great Gig in the Sky |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: October 05 2009 at 07:38
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From the top of my head some great albums, not prog
Robert Plant - Mighty Rearranger
D.A.D. - Help Your Selfish
Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
The The - Mind Bomb
Ben Webster - Jazz Masters 43
Ten Seconds - Ten Seconds
Pere Ubu - Modern Dance (or Art of walking)
Nina Hagen - Nina Hagen Band
Tommy Bolin - Private Eyes
Jim Morrisson - An American Prayer
Stravinsky - The Firebird
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: October 05 2009 at 11:14
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In no order...
Violator - Depeche Mode The Queen is Dead - The Smiths Lifeforms - FSOL Orbital II - Orbital Adventures beyond the Ultraworld - The Orb Innervisions - Stevie Wonder Document - REM Whats going on? - Marvin Gaye Ace of Spades - Motorhead Heaven or Las Vegas - The Cocteau Twins Runners up... 
Spooky - Lush Elysium - Fields of the Nephilim Blue Lines - Massive Attack Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake |
Posted By: el dingo
Date Posted: October 12 2009 at 03:20
Ah, the (loud) voice of sanity  ------------- It's not that I can't find worth in anything, it's just that I can't find worth in enough. |
Posted By: jampa17
Date Posted: October 12 2009 at 11:20
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Angra - Hollyland (don't know if it's prog???)
Jars of Clay- Frail
Bon Jovi - One wild night live
Alux Nahual -Se Cantan Retratos
Van Halen -Greatest hits
Van Halen -5150
Pearl Jam - Vs
Heroes del Silencio -Avalancha
Sixpence non the richer - SNTR
Creed -Greatest hits
Elvis Presley -Number 1's
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Posted By: TheCaptain
Date Posted: October 12 2009 at 15:59
Almost left this one out of my list which is in no order and includes only one album per artist. Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell 1 Billy Joel - The Stranger Elton John - Caribou Simon And Garfunkel - Parsley Sage Rosemary and Thyme Bruce Springsteen & The E. Street Band - The Rising U2 - The Joshua Tree The Police - Synchronicity Yo Yo Ma - Songs Of Joy And Peace Gustav Holst - The Planets Igor Stravinsky - The Firebird Suite I like very little of my music collection that isn't prog. I tried to stay out of anything classical but I had to in order to fill 10 spots. My non-prog music collection became stagnant 5 years ago when I discovered prog and most of that is pretty embarassing. ------------- Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal. |
Posted By: cacha71
Date Posted: October 12 2009 at 16:10
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I'm a fan of folk rock, so: Skyclad - No Daylights nor Heeltaps Cruachan - Folk - Lore Ovidiu Lipan Tandarica & Stelu Enache & Gheorghe Zamfir - Iskender Cruachan - The Middle Kingdom Skyclad - Oui Avant-Garde A Chance Loreena McKennitt - The Mask And The Mirror Al Steward - The Year Of The Cat Fiddler's Green - Black Sheep Chris De Burgh - Crusader Lindesfarne - Nicely Out Of Tune ------------- http://www.last.fm/group/Progressive+Folk |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: October 12 2009 at 17:40
This totally deserves some respect... ------------- 
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: October 12 2009 at 17:41
Amazing albums! Some of the best in extreme metal -------------
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: October 12 2009 at 17:56
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My list would have to be divided between classical music and rock albums, like A. Bruckner - 7th Symphony - Berliner Philarmoniker - Von Karajan G.F. Haendel - Messiah - Chicago Symphony O. - Solti L.v Beethoven - 9th Symphony - Concertgebouw Amsterdam - Jochum J.S. Bach - Mass in B Minor - Berliner Philarmoniker - Von karajan W.A Mozart - Requiem Kv 626 - Staatskapelle Dresden - Schreier G. Mahler - 6th Symphony - Chicago Symphony O - Abbado M. P. Mussorgsky - Boris Godunov - National Symphony O - Rostropovich A. Dvorak - Cello Concerto - Noras - Finnish radio Symphony O. - Oramo D. Shostakovich - 5th Symphony - New York P. O. - Bernstein J. Sibelius - 2th Symphony - Berliner Philarmoniker - Levine In the rock/metal world (impossible to narrow it to 10): Amorphis - Tuonela Amorphis - Elegy Metallica - And Justice For All Metallica - Master of Puppets The Doors - Strange Days Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time Pearl Jam - Ten Stone temple Pilots - Purple Def Leppard - Hysteria Heroes del Silencio - Avalancha Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness Sepultura - Chaos AD -------------
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Posted By: silcir
Date Posted: October 13 2009 at 13:08
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The Doors - L.A.Woman (probably my all time favorite) Alice in Chains - Dirt Soundgarden - BADMOTORFINGER Deep purple - In Rock Led Zeppelin - Physicall Graffiti Cat Stevens - Tea For tillerman Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar Heroes Del Silencio - El Espiritu del Vino José Mario Branco - Ser Solidário Sergio Godinho - Panu cru |
Posted By: Green Shield Stamp
Date Posted: October 13 2009 at 15:30
Great list here. I particularly like the 5th Symphony by Shostakovich. The Bernstein version is great but for me the version by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andre Previn (1978) is even greater. ------------- Haiku Writing a poem With seventeen syllables Is very diffic.... |
Posted By: Kim?
Date Posted: October 13 2009 at 19:07
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Right now, something like this, in no particular order (excluding artist listed on this site): Bohren & der Club of Gore - Dolores The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair XTC - Skylarking Cocteau Twins - Treasure Bat For Lashes - Two Suns Coil - Musick to Play in the Dark 16 Horsepower - Sacklcoth 'n' Ashes Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Music from the Penguin Cafe Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light
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Posted By: The Block
Date Posted: October 15 2009 at 19:25
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The Stranger- Billy Joel -------------  |