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OK, so one song per band/artist. The ones below are not necessarily the best songs by the respective artists, but if they are to fit into the prog, or prog-like department. I know there are only a few prog bands proper.

The Beach Boys: Surf's Up (Smile sessions/Surf's Up)
The Beatles: A Day In the Life (Sgt. Pepper's...)
David Bowie: Subterraneans (Low)
Can: Pinch (Ege Bamyasi)
Deep Purple: Child In Time (In Rock)
Faust: It's a Bit of a Pain (Faust IV)
Genesis: The Carpet Crawlers (The Lamb...)
Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells side 1
Neu!: Hallogallo (Neu!)
Pink Floyd: Time (The Dark Side...)
Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody (A Night At the Opera)
Talking Heads: The Great Curve (Remain in Light)
The Who: Underture (Tommy)
Frank Zappa/Mothers: The Chrome Plated Megaphone of Destiny (We're Only...)


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Originally posted by jamesbaldwin jamesbaldwin wrote:

Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

^Those are incredibly beautiful indeed - and perfect. But I'm like tho opposite of jamesbaldwin who has only one progsong he'd rate a 10/10. Could I rate a song on Kobaïa, Rock Bottom, Crossings, First Utterance etc... any less than a 10/10? I don't think so. From my whole music collection I would have ended up with a list of thousands. So I won't.

Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

Same for me with the songs on those specific albums and many, many, many more in my collection (if I included instrumentals, the list would be really massive).  And for me it's not about perfection, it's really just about how much I love them.  It's very subjective.  Something that is perfectly polished might well not appeal as much to me as something that is rough around the edges.  I wouldn't say that The Shagg's Philosophy of the World is better than, say, a Spock's Beard or Dream Theater album, but it would still rate higher for me.  And while I could think of more complex, polished, and technical music than Can's "Mother Sky", Cos' "L'idiot Leone",  Soft Machine's "Moon in June", Perry Leopold's "the Journey", or Spirogyra's "Duke of Beaufoot", to use specific song examples, they are all ten out of ten for me.

I try to explain myself better. I don't say that I will give 10 only to Man-Erg, I say that UNTIL NOW, looking at the reviews that I wrote here for PA, and those I'm going to write (Pawn Hearts, for example), only of Man-ERG I'm sure I'll put 10. And I dont put 10 if I find perfection, but a mix of excellence: melody, originality, emotions. Refined musical score with beautiful and deep lyrics with great pathos and performance determine, in a subjective way, the final rating.
I don't think I misunderstood the essentials. I'm more on board with Logan's way of approaching art/music. Any song/tune I wouldn't want to change a thing about & that is a great listening experience + I know by heart and revisit every once in a while - will qualify as perfect the way I see it. I had a look at your review/ratings page and although there probably just two or three of those albums that are among my hundred favorites I'd could still think of at least seventy-eighty songs from those that I'd rate 10/10 just by thinking about them (and if I looked again I'd probably come up with twice as many).  




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David Bowie : African night flight
Holger Czukay : Hollywood symphony
Talking Heads : Born Under Punches
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso : La città sottile
Frank Zappa : Alien Orifice
David Sylvian : Brilliant Trees
Ennio Morricone : Incontro a Venezia (per amore)
The Doors : Love Street
Paul williams : The hell of it
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

^Those are incredibly beautiful indeed - and perfect. But I'm like tho opposite of jamesbaldwin who has only one progsong he'd rate a 10/10. Could I rate a song on Kobaïa, Rock Bottom, Crossings, First Utterance etc... any less than a 10/10? I don't think so. From my whole music collection I would have ended up with a list of thousands. So I won't.

I try to explain myself better. I don't say that I will give 10 only to Man-Erg, I say that UNTIL NOW, looking at the reviews that I wrote here for PA, and those I'm going to write (Pawn Hearts, for example), only of Man-ERG I'm sure I'll put 10. And I dont put 10 if I find perfection, but a mix of excellence: melody, originality, emotions. Refined musical score with beautiful and deep lyrics with great pathos and performance determine, in a subjective way, the final rating.

Now I checked my reviews, and I see that I had forgotten I put 10 to 21St Schizoid Man. I put the final ratings to albums and songs only when I publish here my reviews, which you can all see. Of course, of some songs and albums I already know, more or less, what vote I will give. But usually not in a precise way. 

I wrote in Italian, some years ago, all the reviews of the Beatles albums and their songs, which I will slowly translate and publish on this site (until now I've written here in PA the reviews since Please Please Me to Sgt Pepper's).

I also wrote the reviews to the albums of my idol of youth Bruce Springsteen, which obviously I'm not going to publish here, but which have only one 10: Jungleland. Instead, in concert, The River, Racing in The Street, Lost in The Flood and Youngstown take 10. Then there are other studio songs with 9.5 (Backstreets) and 9+ (New York Cit Serenade etc). 

Anyway, UNTIL NOW, looking at my 106 reviews here in PA (plus my next reviews on the Beatles, plus ny review on Pawn Hearts that is almost ready), this is my personal ranking:

1. Man-Erg 10
2. 21st Schizoid Man 10
3. A Day In The Life 9,5/10 (10 - )
4. Lorca  9,5
5. Song For Europe 9,5 
6. The Weaver's Answer 9,5
7. If There Is Something 9,5
8. Firth Of Fifth 9,5
9. I am The Walrus 9,5
10. Strawberry Fields Forever 9+
11. While My Guitar Gently Weeps 9+
12. Let It Be (Lp version) 9+
13. Spanish Tide  9
14. Heart of The Sunrise 9
15. I Want You - Shes so Heavy 9
16. Epitaph 9
17. Being For The Benefit of Mr Kite  9.

Surely, Rock Bottom by Wyatt, Silent Corner by Hammill, The Least We Can Do and From H to He by Van Der Graaf, Wish You Were Here and Animals by PF include songs to which I'll put 9.5 or maybe 10. The same goes for The End and When The Music's Over by the Doors, and I believe also for First Utterance and many others.


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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

^Those are incredibly beautiful indeed - and perfect. But I'm like tho opposite of jamesbaldwin who has only one progsong he'd rate a 10/10. Could I rate a song on Kobaïa, Rock Bottom, Crossings, First Utterance etc... any less than a 10/10? I don't think so. From my whole music collection I would have ended up with a list of thousands. So I won't.

Same for me with the songs on those specific albums and many, many, many more in my collection (if I included instrumentals, the list would be really massive).  And for me it's not about perfection, it's really just about how much I love them.  It's very subjective.  Something that is perfectly polished might well not appeal as much to me as something that is rough around the edges.  I wouldn't say that The Shagg's Philosophy of the World is better than, say, a Spock's Beard or Dream Theater album, but it would still rate higher for me.  And while I could think of more complex, polished, and technical music than Can's "Mother Sky", Cos' "L'idiot Leone",  Soft Machine's "Moon in June", Perry Leopold's "the Journey", or Spirogyra's "Duke of Beaufoot", to use specific song examples, they are all ten out of ten for me.
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^Those are incredibly beautiful indeed - and perfect. But I'm like tho opposite of jamesbaldwin who has only one progsong he'd rate a 10/10. Could I rate a song on Kobaïa, Rock Bottom, Crossings, First Utterance etc... any less than a 10/10? I don't think so. From my whole music collection I would have ended up with a list of thousands. So I won't.
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This is more of a Prog Folk Related song, but the song that most readily springs to my mind is Nick Drake's  "River Man".  To me it is so beautifully melancholic, fragile, and moving.  

For a song classified as Prog by the archives standards, Prog Folk that is, I'll go with Comus' "The Herald" ("Winter is a Coloured Bird" being another particular favourite).


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Ok, Let me try this. Only one per artist. - Not really sure about the 10 out of 10 thing but these are pretty good. 

Starship Trooper - Yes
La Villa Strangiato - Rush
Firth of Fifth - Genesis
Race with the Devil... - Al Di Meola
Brain Damage/ Eclipse - Pink Floyd
Inca Roads - Zappa
Blackest Eyes - Porcupine Tree
Mother Russia  - Renaissance
Judas Unrepentant - Big Big Train
Heart of Lothian - Marillion
Nothing is Easy - Tull
Universal Mind  - Liquid Tension Experiment
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Nice topic, on the top of my head …

Genesis - Supper's Ready + The Musical Box + Firth Of Fifth
King Crimson - Starless
Museo Rosenbach - Zarathustra
Rush - 2112 + La Villa Strangiato + Cygnus X-1
Camel - Lady Fantasy
Marillion - Forgotten Sons
Uriah Heep - July Morning
Deep Purple - Child In Time
Triana - Abre La Puerta
Twelfth Night - Creepshow
Solaris - Los Angeles 2026
to name a few ...


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^ Nice list! 
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Close to the Edge - Yes
Xanadu - Rush
Chamber of 32 Doors - Genesis
Starless - King Crimson
Sleepwalkers - VDGG
Spectral Mornings - Steve Hackett
Assault & Battery/Golden Void - Hawkwind
Dogs - Pink Floyd
Asylum - Supertramp
Script for a Jesters Tear - Marillion
Arriving somewhere but not here - Porcupine Tree
March of the Black Queen - Queen
Lunar Sea - Camel
Rubycon Part 1 - Tangerine Dream
In the dead of Night - UK
Gypsy - The Moody Blues

I wanted to stick to one artist per song. For some of these artists there are dozens of 10/10 songs.
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Originally posted by jamesbaldwin jamesbaldwin wrote:

To give as a vote 10 means not only perfection, but excellence, that is to do something more, sensational, unexpected, brilliant. 

For this reason I am very picky with the 10: we are talking about the summit that can't be overcome. At the moment I have not yet put any 10 to the albums or songs of which I made the reviews. I put the max at 9.5. 

So far there is only one song to which I will give 10: Man-ERG.




A fair point indeed. I was also very picky for giving an song of an album 10/10 but it seems i'm getting more soft now

Btw, Man-erg is something quite special :)


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Originally posted by Foxprog Foxprog wrote:

Originally posted by miamiscot miamiscot wrote:

This is easy!

Yours Is No Disgrace
Starship Trooper
I've Seen All Good People
Perpetual Change
Roundabout
South Side Of The Sky
Long Distance Runaround
Heart Of The Sunrise
Close To The Edge
And You And I
Siberian Khatru
The Revealing Science Of God
The Remebering
The Ancient
Ritual
The Gates Of Delirium
Sound Chaser
To Be Over
Turn Of The Century
Awaken




You seem to like Yes :)

What was your first clue? WinkLOL
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To give as a vote 10 means not only perfection, but excellence, that is to do something more, sensational, unexpected, brilliant. 

For this reason I am very picky with the 10: we are talking about the summit that can't be overcome. At the moment I have not yet put any 10 to the albums or songs of which I made the reviews. I put the max at 9.5. 

So far there is only one song to which I will give 10: Man-ERG.
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Originally posted by miamiscot miamiscot wrote:

This is easy!

Yours Is No Disgrace
Starship Trooper
I've Seen All Good People
Perpetual Change
Roundabout
South Side Of The Sky
Long Distance Runaround
Heart Of The Sunrise
Close To The Edge
And You And I
Siberian Khatru
The Revealing Science Of God
The Remebering
The Ancient
Ritual
The Gates Of Delirium
Sound Chaser
To Be Over
Turn Of The Century
Awaken




You seem to like Yes :)
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Originally posted by miamiscot miamiscot wrote:

This is easy!

Yours Is No Disgrace
Starship Trooper
I've Seen All Good People
Perpetual Change
Roundabout
South Side Of The Sky
Long Distance Runaround
Heart Of The Sunrise
Close To The Edge
And You And I
Siberian Khatru
The Revealing Science Of God
The Remebering
The Ancient
Ritual
The Gates Of Delirium
Sound Chaser
To Be Over
Turn Of The Century
Awaken



No Genesis, King Crimson, ELP or Rush?Wink
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This is easy!

Yours Is No Disgrace
Starship Trooper
I've Seen All Good People
Perpetual Change
Roundabout
South Side Of The Sky
Long Distance Runaround
Heart Of The Sunrise
Close To The Edge
And You And I
Siberian Khatru
The Revealing Science Of God
The Remebering
The Ancient
Ritual
The Gates Of Delirium
Sound Chaser
To Be Over
Turn Of The Century
Awaken
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OK, I have my list of very favourite british prog songs of the 70's, and that one goes for 119 songs (just the big 6, plus GG, VdGG, Renaissance, and Camel). There's still the songs from the other decades, and other countries, and other bands out of this small group, and so on. So I guess it's just about impossible for me to make such a list.
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Some (not so) random nominations (leaving out things that may either not count as prog or not as "song"):
Can - Spoon
Talk Talk - After the Flood & Living in Another World
Cardiacs - Big Ship
Pink Floyd - Echoes
Camel - Never Let Go (Live Record version) & Ice
Battles - Atlas
William D. Drake - Me Fish Bring
David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees
Supertramp _ A Soapbox Opera
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