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AlexUC

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Topic: Beautiful prog albums
Posted: April 02 2009 at 14:46

And of course...

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Razorback

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Posted: April 02 2009 at 14:02

Surely it' sgot to be 'At the Sound Of The Bell' by Pavlov's Dog.Mr Surkamp sure has a distinctive voice. If you're sticking with PFM how about 'The World Became The World'

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Posted: April 02 2009 at 12:20

In this moment my type of Beautiful Prog albums are:

- Artension: 'Machine'

- Atomic Rooster: 'Rarities' and 'Devil's Answer'

- Santana: 'Abraxas' and also 'Ultimate Santana' that is a hot album)

- Mahavishnu Orchestra: 'Birds Of Fire'

- Asia: Then & Now'

- Deep Purple: 'Burn', 'In Rock' and 'Made In Japan'

- Rainbow: all released with Dio and Powell

-Wishbone Ash: 'Argus'

- Ibis: 'Sun Supreme'

- Il Rovescio Della medaglia: 'La Bibbia'

- Balletto Di Bronzo: 'Ys'

Edited by Mandrakeroot - April 02 2009 at 12:21

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Posted: April 02 2009 at 11:51

Hi,

Gosh ... beautiful ...

This is hard ... but beautiful for me, in music, is really relative ... for example, I have hear 4 different versions of Turandot, and none of them are any better than Renata Tebaldi with Herbert von Karajan at the helm ... and it not only has to do with the music itself, but obviously with the singer and her ability to flow with the music as well ... some feel it and some don't.

That said, for me, it's about ... living and dieing ... when listening to something ... you close your eyes and you are off to some really far off and far out lands and visions somewhere else ... so with that in mind here is my "trip'iest" of all ... and it has absolutely nothing to do with musical style ... has to do with the tripping content in them.

These are not in order, btw ...

Jan Garbarek - Eventyr (get ready for Soria Maria)

Egeberto Gismonti - No Caipira (get ready for the best mix of classical and modern you have ever heard)

Keith Jarrett - Koln Concerts (Side 2)

Amon Duul 2 - Yeti (the long improvisation)

Ash Ra Tempel - New Age of Earth - the first and still best new age album ever

Klaus Schulze - Audentity (Sebastien en traum)

Terje Rypdal - Eos (with David Darling) (skip the first cut please)

Ange - Au Dela Du Delire

Vangelis - El Greco

Tangerine Dream - Stratosfear

Sadistic Mika Band - Hot Menu

Riuychi Sakamoto - Beauty

Carmen - Fandangos in Space

Yes - Tales of Topographic Oceans

Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow

Anthony Phillips - Slow Waves Soft Stars .. and later Slow Dance

Soundtrack related

Blade Runner with Vangelis

Chariots of Fire with Vangelis (well deserved Oscar!)

The Last Buddha - Riuychi Sakamoto

and there are more ... I just can not list them all and would have to go through the collection right now to see what I missed.

All in all, these had music that was a lot more ... a heck of a lot more ... inspirational to me and then some.

There are a lot of other artists that I have a lot of respect for, even if they are not my favorites, and folks like Frank Zappa deserve some credit as a great composer ... unffortunately, even this board is too tied up with music that is more "popular" and we already know how Frank was not into that ...

It's about the music ... and please ... listen to some more stuff ... some of these things listed above are way beyond the determination of what kind of music it is ... it defies description ... I mean ... for me Yeti (the improvisation) is about aliens landing and spreading around .... not about a jam by some rock band.

Edited by moshkito - April 02 2009 at 11:56

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Posted: April 02 2009 at 04:28

Mmmmm... Though question... Just some of my fav BEAUTIFUL prog albums

That's all for tonigt, folks...

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Posted: April 02 2009 at 03:53

Equality 7-2521 wrote:

keiser willhelm wrote:

I third this notion.

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Posted: April 01 2009 at 16:22

Octavian wrote:

Per un Amico - PFM
Storia di un Minuto - PFM

Those two right there.

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Posted: April 01 2009 at 15:58

I agree with Camels´ Moon Madness, ditto Renaissance and Peter Gabriels Passion, Bo Hansson is a great suggestion as well, perhaps Ur Trollkarlens hatt (The Magicians hat) in particular. What else? Let's see ... Nope, guess the important ones have already been mentioned.

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Posted: March 20 2009 at 03:14

prog4evr wrote:

For me, Camel, Moonmadness, is a beautiful album - even the artwork on the cover. .

i hope is not this one

Edited by Tony R - April 01 2009 at 16:24

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Posted: March 20 2009 at 00:21

With the responses all over the prog spectrum, it seems that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder." For me, Camel, Moonmadness, is a beautiful album - even the artwork on the cover. Another is Yes, Relayer - the whole album has beautiful music and, again, the artwork (Roger Dean's) is impeccable...

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Posted: March 09 2009 at 16:15

I have just listened to Anthony Phillip's Geese and the Ghost, and damn, how beautiful it is!!!

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Posted: March 09 2009 at 15:31

Negoba wrote:

Ulver - Shadows of the Sun, Genesis' Trespass, Gabriel's Up

Trespass is a beautifull album,indeed.People don't seem to aprecciate this very much,but it is.....

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Posted: March 09 2009 at 15:29

Ulver - Shadows of the Sun, Genesis' Trespass, Gabriel's Up

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Posted: March 09 2009 at 15:13

Celeste- Principe , Il Volo's debut are both sumptuous! please add the Dave Bainbridge (UK)- Veil of Gossamer , Iona (UK)- Open Sky and Gian Castello (I)- Taliesin.

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Posted: March 09 2009 at 15:05

I'd have to go for strawbs 'Brave new world' or genisis 'Trespass' including the knife or KC 'In the court of the crimson king'.

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Posted: March 06 2009 at 16:10

Ones that come to mind are: Ain Soph's - Hat and Field RTF's Light as a feather , also Getz/Gilberto

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Posted: March 02 2009 at 04:14

pianoman wrote:

@keiser wilhelm, The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place, is one of the most beautuful albums of all time. But I think that Agaetus Byrjun by Sigur Ros is the most beautiful album. Even more than ( ).

Id tend to agree. Its hard to pick a favorite Sigur Ros cd but if i had to itd be almost too close to call between Agaetus Byrjun and Takk, though i think id take the former.

also, i cant believe i forgot, this is one of te most acheingly beautiful discs i own.

What im listening to

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Posted: March 02 2009 at 03:54

Genesis - Trick of the tail

Renaissance - Sherezade and other story

Steve Hackett - Spectral mornings

and many more...................

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Posted: March 02 2009 at 03:39

Hard to look past Peter Gabriel's "So" and "Up"... Wink

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Posted: February 28 2009 at 02:43

progrocker2244 wrote:

Fellow prog fans tend to disagree, but Genesis' From Genesis To Revelation strikes me as a beautiful album. It's not aggressive or complex at all, but it's all just calm, nice music.

I personally don't think it's better than others, but it is certainly more beautiful.

yeah, Kind of know what you mean, it is a beautiful album.

Another one I forgot is that swede maestro Bo Hansson - Attic Thoughts

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