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Originally posted by King Manuel King Manuel wrote:

Dream Theater´s "When Dream and Day Unite", is not only my favourite DT album, but one of my overall favourite prog albums
 

Same here. In the 90s, it was all about Images & Words and Awake, but now I prefer the more focused sound of WDaDU. Best vocals on a DT album, too (sorry, fans of James). Clap
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I'll try to stick with more "well-known" acts. Some of these might be debatable as "unconventional," but they are generally not ranked as high as other albums in their respective discographies. 

David Bowie -- Scary Monsters
Scott Walker -- Bish Bosch
Vangelis -- Albedo 0.39
Triumvirat -- Old Loves Die Hard
The Tangent -- Not as Good as the Book
Talking Heads -- Fear of Music
Spock's Beard -- The Kindness of Strangers
Saga -- Generation 13
Porcupine Tree -- Up the Downstair
Pink Floyd -- Ummagumma
Le Orme -- Elementi
The Moody Blues -- On the Threshold of a Dream
Magenta -- Revolutions
Little Atlas -- Surface Serene
Led Zeppelin -- Presence
IZZ -- Everlasting Instant
Steve Howe -- Turbulence
Hawkwind -- Levitation
Glass Hammer -- Shadowlands
David Gilmour -- About Face
The Flower Kings -- Flower Power
Fish -- Yin
Eloy -- Chronicles I
Electric Light Orchestra -- On the Third Day
Dream Theater -- Systematic Chaos
Citizen Cain -- Raising the Stones
Atoll -- Tertio
Arena -- Pride
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Originally posted by Barbu Barbu wrote:

Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

Originally posted by Barbu Barbu wrote:

Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

my favorite Eloy albums by far are "Inside" and "Floating"
Inside is special and the only Eloy-album I can listen to.

The heavy accent loathing syndrome?

An insignificant detail afaic.

Frank Bornemann's heavy German accent is certainly annoying, but fortunately that's the only annoying thing about Eloy

His accent has never bothered me...takes a lot more than that to annoy me.

it is annoying to me because I worked so hard to get rid of my American accent when speaking German. I almost got rid of it completely. but now my American relatives claim I have acquired a German accent when speaking English Cry


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Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

Originally posted by Barbu Barbu wrote:

Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

my favorite Eloy albums by far are "Inside" and "Floating"
Inside is special and the only Eloy-album I can listen to.

The heavy accent loathing syndrome?

An insignificant detail afaic.

Frank Bornemann's heavy German accent is certainly annoying, but fortunately that's the only annoying thing about Eloy

His accent has never bothered me...takes a lot more than that to annoy me.
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Frank Zappa - Waka/Jawaka
Pestilence - Spheres

"I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021
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Aways a good listen..

Mahavishnu - Apocalypse
Strawbs - Nomadness
Tull - Under Wraps
Pink Floyd - AMLoR
Fish - Suits
Roy Harper - Come Out Fighting Ghengis Smith
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream
Banco - Garafano Rosso
Peter Hammill - Nadir's Big Chance
Eloy - Visionary
Planxty - Cold Blow and the Rainy Night
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Originally posted by Barbu Barbu wrote:

Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

my favorite Eloy albums by far are "Inside" and "Floating"
Inside is special and the only Eloy-album I can listen to.

The heavy accent loathing syndrome?

An insignificant detail afaic.

Frank Bornemann's heavy German accent is certainly annoying, but fortunately that's the only annoying thing about Eloy


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Originally posted by Barbu Barbu wrote:

Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

my favorite Eloy albums by far are "Inside" and "Floating"
Inside is special and the only Eloy-album I can listen to.

The heavy accent loathing syndrome?

An insignificant detail afaic.

An accent is usually no problem at all for me - its the nasality of his singing voice. Vocals that irritate me quite often gets in the way of my enjoyment.  
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Jethro Tull "Stand Up"
Nektar "Recycled"
Deep Purple "Come and Taste the Band"
King Crimson "Lizard"
YES "Tales From Topographic Oceans"
There are a lot more, but these five are probably the most prominent. 
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Not necessarily my favourites by these artists, but I rank these highly in their catalogs:

Alquin - Best Kept Secret
King Crimson - Islands
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
Marillion - Holidays in Eden
Pink Floyd - Ummagumma
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Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

These would be among my favourites by these artists, and are not generally considered to be among their best works.

And then there were three - Genesis
90125 - Yes
Trilogy - ELP
PXR5 - Hawkwind
Still Life - VDGG
Caress of Steel - Rush

I would argue that Trilogy is ELPs best, or at least it's level with BSS.
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

my favorite Eloy albums by far are "Inside" and "Floating"
Inside is special and the only Eloy-album I can listen to.

The heavy accent loathing syndrome?

An insignificant detail afaic.
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Jethro Tull's Stand Up is one of my favorite albums. 
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Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:

Originally posted by dougmcauliffe dougmcauliffe wrote:

What I mean by this is, whats your unconventional favorite album from a given artist that generally may not be regarded to as their best or maybe low-mid tier. For example you may say Drama is your favorite yes album.

So ill start, I know its one of their highest rated, but people rarely say its their favorite from the band:

Rajaz by Camel

Rajaz is the only Camel album that can be compared to the first four. By coincidence I've listened to it this morning. 


I love the desert vibe to it, Its about on par with Moonmadness for me. I think a nod and a wink is also quite good. Haven’t listened to the other 90s albums from them.
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Originally posted by Vompatti Vompatti wrote:

Maybe not my absolute favourites, but close enough:

King Crimson - Earthbound
Pink Floyd - More
Led Zeppelin - Presence
The Doors - The Soft Parade
Genesis - Trespass
Camel - Stationary Traveller


Good choice of Zepp album. I could happily add that to my list.
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I don't know how unconventional some of these are:
Camel - Rain Dances
Genesis - Nursery Cryme
King Crimson - Lizard
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
Porcupine Tree - Up the Downstair
Spock's Beard - The Light
Tangerine Dream - Tangram
Yes - The Yes Album
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Maybe not my absolute favourites, but close enough:

King Crimson - Earthbound
Pink Floyd - More
Led Zeppelin - Presence
The Doors - The Soft Parade
Genesis - Trespass
Camel - Stationary Traveller
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These would be among my favourites by these artists, and are not generally considered to be among their best works.

And then there were three - Genesis
90125 - Yes
Trilogy - ELP
PXR5 - Hawkwind
Still Life - VDGG
Caress of Steel - Rush



Edited by Blacksword - June 19 2019 at 05:12
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Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

my favorite Eloy albums by far are "Inside" and "Floating"
Inside is special and the only Eloy-album I can listen to.
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