20 of your great UK Prog Rock classics?

By the way, Philchem, if you haven't seen yet my top 160 Prog albums all-time made in 2019 on basis of all the ratings on RYM and PA, and you could be interested, it can be seen starting in this thread: 

http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=127673 .

LOL.  I had to doubletake your enigmatic enigmatic word play. You so funny, Paul. 

I could discuss these question here with you as well, if you could be interested, and I could start with those of my thoughts which led to my definition here.

Yes, I find this question very interesting as well, but that would certainly need an own thread which I'd be happy to join in if you start it. 

Philchem8 wrote: After a while, it could be interesting to list the 20 albums that have been the most mentioned and the number of members who have participated, to get an overall idea of the tastes of this community....but you would need to have some time on your hands

Yes, it would be quite time demanding, but the most important question here is what this list could tell. As far as I've observed it, people here list often not only according to their taste but due to other reasons, too.

And thank you very much for your contributing here. 

Aqualung - Jethro Tull

Ashes Are Burning - Renaissance

The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd 

Days of Future Passed - The Moody Blues

Foxtrot - Genesis

In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson

Islands - King Crimson (some critics see it as one of their worst from their early years - I beg to differ)

In Search of the Lost Chord - The Moody Blues

In the Wake of Poseidon - King Crimson

The Kick Inside - Kate Bush (not sure it's prog, but close enough)

Moonmadness - Camel

Nursery Cryme - Genesis

Phantasmagoria - Curved Air

A Salty Dog - Procol Harum

Selling England By the Pound - Genesis

The Snow Goose - Camel

Stand Up - Jethro Tull

Wind & Wuthering - Genesis

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

The Yes Album - Yes  

All these albums have a score of at least 3.6 (or very close to that in 2 cases) on RateYour Music and a relatively significant amount of votes, a score of at least 3.7 on on ProArchives (except for one) and at least 4 stars by AllMusic Guide (except for one). This may set the bar a bit low for you, but I consider 3.6 on RYM a relatively high rating, albeit not stellar - several of the ELP albums others have included here get about that. Now it's of course debatable what is a "great classic" anyway and beyond about the top 50 prog albums, I think the opinions of critics and audiences start diverging significantly. One of the best ranking of prog-albums I've seen is a list of 367 albums on RYM made by someone called alexanderkein. What is interesting about this list is that it takes account ratings from a variety sources (ProgArchives, RYM, Acclaimed Music, Rolling Stones, Cosmos Rock etc.), rather than basing itself on the preferences of one individual or one poll. Not sure about the methodology used though. Prog Magazine's top 100 prog albums list is pretty good too.    

  

Cristi wrote:

So afterall, I guess that I have made a conclusion.  

Oh, you're still not over that? 

It was just an observation. Rednight was rude to Paul and you were rude to Rednight. It's just stating the facts. 

I apologized to you twice already in PMs, for accidentally hurting your feelings. But then again you get very easily upset. So if you did not forgive me yet, I give up. Also mentioning me out of the blue, here () is a personal attack. 

I do not know what I have to apologize for, having a different opinion than you in some context? 

Do you want to find a solution to our misunderstanding in a private message, or do you want it here in the open forum? I could do it either way, but be ready for any results that will come out of that. 

I think you owe me an apology as well. If you don't know why, I could remind you. Do you want me to remind you here or in a PM? 

And you have passion for Gentle Giant in common, while I won't forget his telling me: "stick to your guns, David".