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Points: 143 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 06 2005 at 01:21

My choice would be either "Selling England..." or "WYWH". The greatest albums of all time...

CTTE would definately be in my top 10. Not sure about Thick as a brick. It's a good album, definately a great prog stuff... but in my opinion it lacks something important... medodical consistency maybe...
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Points: 19535 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 06 2005 at 01:10

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Points: 1383 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 05 2005 at 23:21
I guess the question is, why do we presume it to be #1 then with whole prog rock fan base, if it's not something we would agree to? I'm just wondering why that would be. I'm inquisitive these days.

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Originally posted by bluetailfly bluetailfly wrote:

I can understand the impulse to choose "Dark Side," but among Pink Floyd fans, it's rarely their #1 PF album.

The question is what we would expect to be number one. I much perfer WYWH and Animals to DSOTM.
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Points: 1383 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 05 2005 at 23:14
I can understand the impulse to choose "Dark Side," but among Pink Floyd fans, it's rarely their #1 PF album.
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Points: 3484 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 05 2005 at 23:11
Originally posted by fender101 fender101 wrote:

Dark side Or Brain Salad would be number 1.

Agreed, except I would have added Thick As A Brick and In The Court of The Crimson King  as well.
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Probably Dark Side of the Moon
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Points: 149 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 05 2005 at 22:58

Dark side Or Brain Salad would be number 1. And should be number one for that matter
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Points: 1383 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 05 2005 at 22:47

I honestly would have said "Close to the Edge" (and "Fragile" and "The Yes Album" would be near the top.

I'm sorry, but for me, Jethro Tull's "TAAB" would be much farther down on the list, below many Genesis, KC, Gentle Giant, VdGG, and ELP albums. And the fact that it's number 3 on this list is one of the statistical injustices brought about by a well-intended but flawed algorhythm (and believe me I appreciate all the effort that has gone into it).

So I am not surprised about CTTE. I would expect it to be very near the top of any prog list. Check out the recent Mojo prog issue. It has an interesting rating of the top 50 prog albums.
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Points: 130 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 05 2005 at 22:33

Gentle Giant-In A Glass House

Well , its my favorite band and IAGH is my favorite album of all time, so I think its a little bit biased...
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Points: 142 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 05 2005 at 21:49

You sort of have to travel into the past hypothetically for this one....

 

If someone were to say to you, "There's this great site regarding progressive rock.  It's progarchives.com.  One of their features is ranking any and all prog albums ever produced.  Before you visit the site, tell me what album you think tops the list as the generally-regarded #1 prog album of all time".

So, obviously, you'd have to take the general consensus into account above all.  My problem is, I've always had very few friends who appreciate this type of music, so I guess I've never had my finger on the pulse of what OTHER prog enthusiasts revered.

So, if I had've been asked that question, I probably would've said....

Yes - Fragile (with JT - Aqualung being a close second).

So, honestly, who would you have assumed was the #1?



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