The great Epic Poll

Thick as A Brick.

Thought it would have more votes.

"Wassilissa" by Mother Gong. A 22.28 epic that is split up like this:

Wassilissa 22.28

1. Three Riders 2.55
2. The Baba-Yaga's Cottage 4.06
3. The Forbidden Room 2.38
4. Time Machine 1.35
5. Flying 4.26
6. Wassilissa Returns Home 3.05
7. Through the Machine Again 1.03
8. The Baba Yaga 2.40

It's the favourite of our kids, so it gets my vote.

I love 'Gates of Delirium', but is impossible to vote in this suite when we have the option to vote in 'Supper's Ready'...

stan the man wrote: echoes has a special place fofr me.  but suppers readdy is probibly my fav.  or maybe close to the edge.  or maybe 2112

And Hemispheres

Unfortunately I have yet to listen to all the above, but out of what I have heard I pick 2112. 

Of the ones listed -Suppers Ready. But I'll vote other for Cassandra Geminni by The Mars Volta.

Other epics that should be named:

Clearlight - Clearlight Symphony (1st Movement 20:37, 2nd Movement 20:40)
Mythos - Encyclopedia Terra 17:41
Steve Hillage - Om Rock (side 2 of his "Green" album; it is divided into 6 parts, but the whole side has the caption "Om Rock" and is played as one piece of music.
Om Rock: 24:12
Unidentified (Flying Being) 4:30
U.F.O. over Paris 3:11
Leylines to Glassdom 4:06
Crystal City 3:36
Activation Meditation 1:03
The Glorious Om Riff 7:46
Hatfield and the North - Same. The album is subdivided into several titles, but it is also one piece of Music:
Hatfield and the North 46:12
The Stubbs Effect 0:23
Big Jobs (Poo Poo Extract) 0:36
Going up to People and Tinkling 2:25
Calyx 2:45
Son of "There's no Place like Homerton" 10:10
Aigrette 1:38
Rifferama 2:56
Fol de Rol 3:07
Shaving is Boring 8:45
Licks for the ladies 2:37
Bossa Nochance 0:40
Big Jobs No 2 (By Poo and the Wee Wees) 2:14
Lobster in Cleavage Probe 3:57
Gigantic Land-Crabs in Earth Takeover Bid 3:21
The Other Stubbs Effect 0:38

Cygnus X-1 wrote: BaldFriede wrote: "Wassilissa" by Mother Gong. A 22.28 epic that is split up like this: Wassilissa 22.28 Three Riders 2.55 The Baba-Yaga's Cottage 4.06 The Forbidden Room 2.38 Time Machine 1.35 Flying 4.26 Wassilissa Returns Home 3.05 Through the Machine Again 1.03 The Baba Yaga 2.40 It's the favourite of our kids, so it gets my vote. Sounds interesting i might look it up

It appears on their album "Fairy Tales", which contains 2 more (slightly shorter) epics (which are also great).

The Three Tongues 12:41

1. The Shoemaker's Son 2.13
2. Land of Dogs 2.20
3. The Frog 0.50
4. An Irish Inn in Rome 1.32
5. The Arena 0.56
6. Turtles 1.31
7. Birds 1.05
8. The Feast 2.14

The Pied Piper 14:38

1. Hamelin 1.03
2. Rats Amok 0.59
3. An Angry Crowd 2.20
4. Rat Rock 2.16
5. A Thousand Guilders? 1.58
6. Children! 2.33
7. Magic Land 3.29

I would have to say that my favorite epic would be Dream Theater's "A Change of Seasons"

No doubt about it! SUPPER´S READY

Anyway I´m listening right now another great epic mood: "Sommerabend" by NOVALIS