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12        Dün     Eros    
12        Itoiz     Alkolea  
11        Bise de Buse   Joue sa Musique        
11        However         Sudden Dusk 
11        Jaivas, Los       Alturas de Machu Picchu
11        Congreso        Viaje Por La Cresta Del Mundo    
11        Present           Triskaidekaphobie
11        Univers Zero   Ceux Du Dehors
11        Eskaton - 4 Visions
10       This Heat - Decei
10        King Crimson  Discipline  
10        Kultivator        Barndomens Stigar
10        Myrbein          Myrornas Krig
10        Pererin      Teithgan


bubbling under:
10        Marino, Frank & Mahogany Rush     The Power of Rock and Roll 
10        Massacre        Killing Time
10        McLaughlin, John / Al Di Meola / Paco De Lucia     Friday Night in San Francisco 10        Mombasa       Peace Maker
10        Agharta           Agharta    
10        Anvil    Hard 'n' Heavy                      
10        Emma Myldenberger Emmaz Live! 10        Muffins, The   185       
10        Orchestre Sympathique, L'    Live in Montreal         
10        Rush    Exit: Stage Left    
10        Rush    Moving Pictures    
10        Solstice           Espresso   
10            Spirit   Adventures of Kaptain Kopter



Edited by Sean Trane - August 03 2021 at 06:05
let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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King Crimson - Discipline
Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
Robert Fripp & The League of Gentlemen
Japan - Tin Drum
Renaissance - Camera Camera
Eskaton - 4 Visions
This Heat - Deceit
Univers Zero - Ceux du Dehors
Dün - Eros
Holger Czukay - On the Way to the Peak of Normal


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10. Alan Gowen, Phil Miller, Richard Sinclair & Trevor Tomkins - Before A Word Is Said

A forgotten treasure - at least i forgot it.
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1. RICKIE LEE JONES Pirates
2. KING CRIMSON Discipline
3. JEAN-PIERRE RAMPAL, ALEXANDRE LAGOYA, and MICHEL LEGRAND Pastorales de Noël
4. ANTHONY PHILLIPS 1984
5. ANDREAS VOLLENWEIDER Behind the Gardens - Behind the Wall - Under the Tree...
6. ESKATON 4 Visions
7. PAT METHENY & LYLE MAYS As Falls Witchita, So Falls Wichita Falls
8. BRIAN ENO & JON HASSELL Fourth World Possible Musics, Volume Two: Dream Theory in Malaya
9. U2 October
10. TOM TOM CLUB Tom Tom Club

11. THE POLICE Ghost in the Machine
12. JOHN MCLAUGHLIN Belo Horizonte
13. TANGERINE DREAM Thief OST
14. BRUCE COCKBURN Inner City Front
15. LOS JAIVAS Alturas de Machu Picchu
16. SBB Memento z banalnym triptykiem
17. GENESIS ABACAB
18. CAMEL Nude
19. VAN HALEN Fair Warning
20. AL JARREAU Breakin' Away

Honorable Mentions:
PHIL COLLINS Face Value
STEVIE NICKS Bella Donna
BUDDY GUY Stone Crazy!
EIDER STELLAIRE I
SANTANA Zeebop!
THE TUBES The Completion Backwards Principle
STEVE HACKETT Cured
JOAN ARMATRADING Walk Under Ladders
MATERIAL Memory Serves
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The greatest album ever released

Univers Zero - Ceux Du Dehors

and

Eskaton - 4 Visions
This Heat - Deceit
Dun - Eros
King Crimson - Discipline
Massacre - Killing Time
Eider Stellaire - s/t
Patrick Gauthier - Bebe Godzilla
Kultivator - Barndomens Stigar
The Muffins - 185
Fela Kuti - Original Sufferhead
Magma - Retrospektiv I & II
Rush - Moving Pictures


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One of the greatest years in music history. I simply need sixteen:

The Residents - Mark of the Mole
ELO - Time
Kraftwerk - Computerwelt
Dün - Eros
Fabio Frizzi - L'aldilŕ / The Beyond
Eskaton - 4 Visions
Okay Temiz - Zikir
Eider stellaire - Eider Stellaire
Kultivator - Barndomens Stigar
Univers Zero - Ceux Du Dehors
Art Zoyd - Symphonie pour le jour oů brűleront les cités
Magma - Rétrospective Vol. 1 & 2
Nekropolis - Musik aus dem Schattenreich
Nya Ljudbolaget - Nya Ljudbolaget
Wha-Ha-Ha - Shinutokiwa Betsu
A la Ping Pong - Phase II - Go Go Pongs
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We're back, and the eighties rage on. What are your prog rock favourites from 1981?

1. King Crimson - Discipline
2. Wha-Ha-Ha - Shinutokiwa Betsu
3. Master Cylinder - Elsewhere
4. Camel - Nude
5. Robert Fripp - Let The Power Fall
6. Jaco Pastorius - Word Of Mouth
7. Electric Light Orchestra - Time
8. The League Of Gentlemen - The League Of Gentlemen
9. Univers Zero - Ceux Du Dehors
10. Alan Gowen, Phil Miller, Richard Sinclair & Trevor Tomkins - Before A Word Is Said

Honourable mentions (sorry if this counts as cheating but it feels unfair if I leave these out):
- Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin & Paco De Lucía - Friday Night In San Francisco
- Cardiacs - Toy World
- Debile Menthol - Emile Au Jardin Patrologique
- Genesis - Abacab
- Kultivator - Barndomens Stigar
- Rush - Moving Pictures
- The Muffins - 185
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