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martinn

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Posted: April 13 2008 at 16:54

Close To The Edge - Yes
Per Un Amico - PFM
Nursery Crime - Genesis
Hybris - Anglagard
Mirage - Camel
Zarathustra - Museo Rosenbach
Foxtrot - Genesis
Scheherazade And Other Stories - Renaissance
Moonmadness - Camel
Selling England By The Pound - Genesis
Fragile - Yes
Relayer - Yes
Ys - Il Balletto Di Bronzo
ELP - ELP
Brain Salad Surgery - ELP
Hamburger Concerto - Focus
Storia Di Un Minuto - PFM
The Yes Album - Yes
Io Sono Nato Libero - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
Glory Of The Inner Force - Finch

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Posted: April 13 2008 at 16:49

Man With Hat wrote:

moreitsythanyou wrote:

No that is for the summer. I am so psyched for it and hope many others are as well.

This list will be utter hell.

Oh come on, it's me who will be doing all the work. You just need to think a bit.

Anyway, one week left for this one.

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Posted: April 13 2008 at 16:13

moreitsythanyou wrote:

No that is for the summer. I am so psyched for it and hope many others are as well.

This list will be utter hell.

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Posted: April 10 2008 at 00:03

cacho wrote:

TGM: Orb wrote:

Trespass - Genesis

Yikes! Wasn't expecting another great fan from it!

Love that album!! But not Nurse

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Don't you think Nurse is rather an incosistent album after Trespass, I really feel that even though having Musical Box. I really prefer having Genesis Live before that. (no offense) Just wanna know YOUR answer cause YOU are a Trespass fan so please others do not reply except you're a Trespass fan

I have to agree that Nursery Cryme isn't the most consistent of albums, with Return Of The Giant Hogweed and Seven Stones falling slightly beneath the other tracks, but at least it really does seem to be trying on everything. No stepping down from the challenge or relying on convention (as I find the random keyboard solo on Visions Of Angels, which doesn't *really* fit, is, for instance) and no attempts to . Absolutely bestial opener and closer, some interesting folky experimentation (I have yet to hear another duet like Harlequin), a delightful nod to the band's folk-pop past with For Absent Friends, and the bizarre Harold The Barrel. Return Of The Giant Hogweed and Seven Stones are very much one-mood songs for me; if I'm not in the right mood, I'll usually find them awkward or overdone.

A bold and distinctly progressive statement, which was trying to do new things. I think Trespass was a slightly more conservative album, even if it gets me more emotionally and is harder to poke holes in.

Yeah, I noticed your list had one of the random bugs we seem to get on this forum: Camel was over ELP Wink

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Posted: April 09 2008 at 22:14

Anglagard - Epilog
Camel - Snow Goose
Angladard - Hybris
Genesis - Foxtrot
Genesis - Selling England
Genesis - A Trick of the Tail
Camel - Mirage
Harmonium - Si on avait besoin
Harmonium - L'Heptade
Le Orme - Contrappunti
Steve Hackett - Wild Orchids
ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
Genesis - Trespass
ELP - Trilogy
Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte
Grobschnitt - Solar Music Live
Rock Wakeman - Six Wives of Henry the VIII
Bacamarte - Depois do Fim
Genesis - Wind and Wuthering
Grobschnitt - Rockpommel's Land

Something like that...

21. Magma - MDK

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Posted: April 09 2008 at 21:40

cacho wrote:

1.The Yes Album - Yes
2.Close to the Edge - Yes
3.ELP - ELP
4.Trilogy - ELP
5.The Lamb Lies down On Broadway - Genesis
6.Tales from Topographic Oceans - Yes
7.Song for America - Kansas
8.Fragile - Yes
9.Tarkus - ELP
10.Yes - Yes
11.Moonmadness - Camel
12.Leftoverture - Kansas
13.Nursery Cryme - Genesis
14.Foxtrot - Genesis
15.Brain Salad Surgery - ELP
16.Mirage - Camel
17.Trick of the Tail - Genesis
18.Magnification - Yes
19.Keystudio - Yes
20.Snow Goose - Camel

What a bad list my God!! Let's do it again

1-The Yes Album - Yes
2-Close to the Edge - Yes
3-Trespass - Genesis
4-Selling England by the Pound - Genesis
5-Fragile - Yes
6-Mirage - Camel
7-Moonmadness - Camel
8-Foxtrot - Genesis
9-The Snow Goose - Camel
10-The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis
11-Yes - Yes
12-Tarkus - ELP
13-ELP - ELP
14-Trilogy - ELP
15-Tales..- Yes
16-Relayer - Yes
17-Rajaz - Camel
18-Going for the One - Yes
19-Drama - Yes
20-Magnification - Yes

Flower Kings will soon be here..perhaps Transatkantic too.

Edited by cacho - April 13 2008 at 17:43

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Posted: April 09 2008 at 21:32

TGM: Orb wrote:

Trespass - Genesis

Yikes! Wasn't expecting another great fan from it!

Love that album!! But not Nurse

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Posted: April 09 2008 at 21:21

No that is for the summer. I am so psyched for it and hope many others are as well.

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Posted: April 09 2008 at 21:16

^ question itsy,
when are we going to set up that 'ultimate song list'? or have i missed the boat. . .

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Posted: April 09 2008 at 21:02

The due date for lists is April 20th so it should be later that week.

SERIOUSLY WE NEED MORE LISTS! GET TO IT, EVERYONE!

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Posted: April 09 2008 at 12:00

When will you post the results? Smile

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Posted: April 05 2008 at 11:18

TGM: Orb wrote:

Temporary first 10. May be changed, will likely get the second 10 added later.
1. Close To The Edge - Yes
2. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - ELP
3. In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson
4. Selling England By The Pound - Genesis
5. Tarkus - ELP
6. Trespass - Genesis
7. To Watch The Storms - Steve Hackett
8. Nursery Cryme - Genesis
9. Script For A Jester's Tear - Marillion
10. Tales From Topographic Oceans - Yes

Big overhaul, and likely to receive another one at some point

1. Welcome Back My Friends - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2. Close To The Edge - Yes
3. In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson
4. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
5. Selling England By The Pound - Genesis
6. Les Porches - Maneige
(Over half of it fits in with just about all the criteria on symph prog. Admittedly, the 2nd and 3rd chapters of Les Aventures (along with Chromo) don't really fit in, but the title suite has more than enough classical elements to qualify it)
7. Trespass - Genesis
8. Tarkus - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
9. Tales From Topographic Oceans - Yes
10. To Watch The Storms - Steve Hackett
11. Nursery Cryme - Genesis
12. Ys - Il Balletto Di Bronzo
13. Fragile - Yes
14. Mirage - Camel
15. Foxtrot - Genesis
16. Moonmadness - Camel
17. Brain Salad Surgery - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
18. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis
19. Script For A Jester's Tear - Marillion
20. Per Un Amico - Premiata Forneria Marconi

Anyway, that's my ignorance out in the public eye Tongue

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Posted: April 05 2008 at 09:32

1. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound

2. Yes - The Yes Album

3. Genesis - Foxtrot

4. Yes - Going for the One

5. Yes - Close to the Edge

6. Camel - The Snow Goose

7. Camel - Moonmadness

8. The Flower Kings - Space Revolver

9. Yes - Relayer

10. Genesis - Nursery Cryme

11. Yes - Fragile

12. Genesis - A Trick of the Tail

13. The Flower Kings - Back in the World of Adventure

14. Spock's Beard - V

15. Echolyn - As the World

16. Genesis - Wind and Wuthering

17. Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans

18. The Enid - In the Region of Summer Stars

19. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

20. Echolyn - Mei

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Posted: April 04 2008 at 13:00

1. VDGG - Still Life (Even though the band are eclectic, this is the symphonic side to them, the organ and classical melodies prove this, especially in the title track and La Rossa)
2. Yes - The Yes Album
3. Yes - Close To The Edge
4. Camel - Mirage
5. Spock's Beard - V
6. Flower Kings - Unfold The Future
7. Camel - Moonmadness
8. Genesis - Foxtrot
9. Genesis - Lamb Lies Down
10. Pendragon - The Jewel
11. Pendragon - The Masquerade Overture
12. ELP - ELP
13. Neal Morse - Soul Scriptura
14. Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
15. Tangerine Dream - Rubycon
(Despite being Electronic, these have very strong symphonic elements, i doubt anyone will disagree)
16. Flower Kings - Sum Of No Evil
17. Spock's Beard - The Kindness of Strangers
18. Rick Wakeman - Six Wives
19. The Moody Blues - Days of Future Past
(Come on, the whole thing is practically a symphony :P)
20. Genesis - Nursery Cryme
21. Spock's Beard - The Light
22. Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
(No explanation needed here, it is, without a doubt, symphonic)
23. Pallas - Beat The Drum
24. Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte
25. Neal Morse - Testimony
26. Spock's Beard - Beware of Darkness
27. Genesis - Trespass
28. Yes - Fragile

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Posted: April 04 2008 at 03:45

1. PFM - Storia Di Un Minuto

2. PFM - Per Un Amico

3.Spock's Beard - The Light

4. Kansas - Song For America

5. Yes - Relayer

6. Kansas - Leftoverture

7. Yes - Fragile

8. Yes - Close To The Edge

9. Kansas - s/t

10. Transatlantic - SMPTe

11. PFM - L'Isola Di Niente

12. Kansas - Point Of Know Return

13. ELP - Brain Salad Surgery

14.The Flower Kings - The Sum Of No Evil

15. Yes - The Yes Album

16. Spock's Beard - Beware Of Darkness

See this as an experiment. These are the only symphonic albums I've been exposed to enough to make an accurate list of. And there's so much left to discover...Will save this list and compare it to the one I'll make next time Smile

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Posted: April 04 2008 at 01:28

im not really big into symphonic as a genre but can i list some of my favorite albums from it?
it wont be anywhere near 50 and probably not even 20 but if you'll count it ill give it a go.

1. Yes - Close to the Edge
2. Yes - Fragile
3. ELP - ELP
4. ELP - Trilogy
5. Yes- Relayer
6. Le Orm - Uomo Di Pezza
7. ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
8. Yes - Yessongs
9. ELP - Tarkus
10. King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King (you can chose to count this or not but ive seen others list it and would tend to agree that this is very symphonic)
11. Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans
12. Genesis - Selling England By the Pound
13. Genesis - Foxtrot (if only for Can Utility and about 1/3 of supper's ready)

I really dont like much symphonic prog (particulalrly neo. . . **shivers) but these ablums rank among my top all time (tho not the ones from genesis... Embarrassed

) so i do hope you will count them.

EDITED!!! - moving SEbtP up in front of foxtrot.

Edited by keiser willhelm - April 09 2008 at 12:14

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Posted: April 03 2008 at 22:52

Time is running out. Get listing people!

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Posted: March 29 2008 at 01:16

timeprog wrote:

It is considered that more than a music genre symphonic is an adjective that expresses a certain kind of musical construction of musical sentence on compositions and that allows a certain kind of excitement to come afloat.

By whom?

Symphonic in Prog is a determined sub-genre based in a structure and an influence of what is wrongly known as Classical Music blended with Rock mainly.

So, in my opinion, 'Birds Of Fire' is no less symphonic of 'Argus' or 'Close To The Edge' of 'Sped Metal Simphony' (by Cacophony). In fact change the musical genre but not the symphonics elements.

I see no Symphonic and a too complex structure in Birds of Fire to be considered Symphonic, their only main relation is JAZZ.

In conclusion if there (even in prog) symphonic genre is true that symphonic album is not only the prerogative of symphonic prog.

Not true, how in hell can Jazz or Psyche or Post Rock be considered Symphonic? They represent a totally different side of the Prog spectrum, unless you're talking about an eclectic album like Jean Luc Ponty's "Aurora", but even in that case where the Symphonic structure is present, it's too Jazz oroiiented to be in any other place rather than in Fusion.

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