Real 5 star albums

transend wrote: The previous post says it ALL to me... Of all those CDs I would only rate CTTE as a 5 star, I would not give any of the others above 3. So there you have it...WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT TASTES, therefore, I see 'Paris' by supertramp as a 5 star CD, othere will only give it 2...with the amount of reviewers here, I fail to understand why people are upset by the amount of FIVE STAR reviews, we ALL think of a 'essential masterpiece' in a totally different way... Surprised theres not more really...

Have you really listened extensively to Terria, Remedy Lane, Shaming of the True or Hydrophonia?

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OT Räihälä wrote: BaldJean wrote: best "Rite of Spring" version is by Leonard Bernstein and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, in my opinion. there are a lot of faster versions, but none is that powerful. Bernstein really understood Stravinsky Even if I wouldn't say definitely the best, you could without hesitation add Bernstein to my list. I saw a TV documentary in the 80's of him rehearsing a youth orchestra with the Rite, and it was just hilarious. He knew the piece so inside out, and could lead every single musician by hand. Simply fantastic, end of.

we saw that same documentary a few years ago. it was fantastic. Bernstein was a great teacher of music

Mike, that is my whole point thought really!

WE ALL like DIFFERENT things, one persons masterpiece is another persons 'average album' or even something somebody else hates!

I don't have a problem with that.

But my question (if you listened to these albums) was valid - I bet there are not many people on this forum that listened extensively to all the albums that I mentioned. I bet we all have at one point said something about an album without knowing it first hand - it happens, and it's a bad thing that must be avoided. I'm currently exploring Krautrock, Zeuhl and Neo-Prog - genres that never held much interest for me. I'll listen to the music, trying to really understand what some others find in it.

Don't fear the unknown, embrace it!

any true progger should have these ones:

1. selling england by the pound
2. scheherazade
3. free hand
4. thick as a brick
5. red queen to gryphone 3

greenback wrote: any true progger should have these ones: free hand

Wow, not only do I not have this one, but I don't even know who made it.

I also don't see why many here find it necessary to post remarks like this. So I don't have an album you think is essential - that makes me not a true progger?

Aside: if a true progger is the type I also have encountered here, who thinks that only prog music is worth while, then I am proud to be a non-true progger.

Dragon Phoenix wrote: Btw, I found Free Hand way down the top100 list, by Gentle Giant. I have Octopus, which I regard as a decent album but not one that inspires me to seek out more of their works.

Give it time... And get Free Hand whilst you're at it.

 

  My essential kit bag would have

 1 Foxtrot by Genesis

 2 Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd

 3 Tubular Bells Mike Oldfield

 4 Brain Salad Surgery Emerson Lake and Palmer

 5 Fragile Yes

 6 Thick As a brick Jethro Tull

 7 Days of future passed Moody Blues

 8 Crime of the century Supertramp

 9 Scenes from a memory metropolis part 2 Dream Theatre

 10 Abbey Road  Beatles

 I think if someone had those 10 albums they would know what prog was all about and could persue the style of prog that appeals to them