Fourth-rate, as in band-rated or ranked fourth. Or more
accurately, I mean the fourth band name listed on each prog subgenre
list in the 'top progressive albums by genre' pages
.
See details in my stats and musing below (I had some time to kill and
have forgotten what my point was... All seems a bit silly and excessive
now that I've finished writing this out)...
Oh yeah, each album -- like "In Glass House" -- is the most
popular, according to the lists, title by the band. The
popularity of the following particular albums determined the bands
'fourth placement,' but you can choose to vote based on any
single album by the bands I've listed above.
Art Rock: Gentle Giant, whose album "In a
Glass House" is ranked 22 in this site's top albums list for "all genres," is
the fourth art-rock band-name listed in art-rock. It's the 7th highest
rated album in the art-rock category. With 3 of the top 5 albums, King Crimson
rules art-rock, and is of course one of the top-rated bands over-all at this site. Of
course some might say that the Gentle Giant could stomp all over the
King's Crimson-ass, but then that wouldn't be very gentle of the
giant.
Canterbury: Soft Machine, at 133 in overall (all genres)
album standing, is the fourth Canterbury band listed with "Third," and is the 5th
highest rated album of this subgenre. With the top-two Canterbury albums,
Caravan pwns.
Experimental/Post-Rock: Ulver at is the
fourth E/PR band listed with "Perdition City," and is the 6th highest rated
album of this subgenre. However, it doesn't quite make the 500 overall (all
genres) top albums list. With 2nd, 3rd, and 5th best album, Sigur Ros dominates
the top 5 of this subgenre (but Godspeed You Black Emperor has 3 in the top ten
including the number one spot). 'Experimental' hardly dominates the site
though.
Indo-Prog/Raga Rock: Codona at is the fourth
IP/RR band listed with "Codona 3" and is the 5th highest rated album of this
subgenre. "Codona 3" is the second album in my poll list
which is not represented in the "all-genre" top-500 favourites list. With the
top-two IP/RR albums, Shakti with John McLaughlin pwns. Unfortunately, they
don't pwn the top 500 it seems, as S w/ JM, the most popular of the subgenre
here, do not seem to be represented in the top 500.
Italian Symphonic Prog: Banco del Mutuo
Soccorso takes fourth band position with
"Darwin!." It's at number 5 on the ISP top list and at 114 in the "all genres"
favourites list. PFM has baked the roll with the two top albums in
ISP, but you can bank on Banco as they have 3 in the top
10.
Jazz Rock/Fusion: Bill Bruford's at 4th best with
"One of a Kind." The album ranks at 167 over-all ("all genres"), and is ranked at 6 on
the JR/F top list. In a well-orchestrated move?, Mahavishnu Orchestra pwns this
category with the top two albums.
Krautrock: Popol Vuh is the 4th listed band with
"Tantric Songs." In the "all-genres" category it ranks very low at 489, and is
ranked much higher at 5th place in the Krautrock top progressive albums list.
Happened again... Having the top two Krautrock albums, Can kicks the
other Krautrockers with a one-two punch (oops, mixed metaphor).
Neo-Prog: Arena is the 4th listed neo-prog band with
"Visitor." The album's at 124 overall (all progarchives genres) and is number
5 in neo-prog specifically. Marillion, with albums in the 1,2,8,9,10,11,16
neo-prog category spots is the top 20 favourite. However, IQ at 3,7,12,14,15 and 21 gives the band a run
for its money.
Progressive Folk: Mostly Autumn is the 4th listed progressive folk band
with "The Last Bright Light." The album ranks at 148 on the "all genres"
favourites list, and is down at 8 on the PF chart primarily due to Jethro Tull pwning
this category. Once again, a band, this time Tull, has the number 1 and 2
album spots, but Tull has also the 4, 6, 10, 11, 12, 14, and 18 spots in the
prog folk category. Pwnd!
Prog Related: Kate Bush is the 4th name mentioned
in the PR category for "Hounds of Love." Overall (all subgenres) it's ranked at
143, and as 5th most popular album in PR. Ever
the diva, Queen must be the center-of-attention and so, in the of four,
holds the second and third position, thereby burning Bush a little
badly, sadly.
Progressive Electronic: With "Phaedra," Tangerine
Dream is the fourth PE band listed. In th "all genres" favourites list it's at
316, and in fifth position on the PE albums list. Once again a band takes the
top two positions, this time it's Kraftwerk, but no band really pwns this
category as the top twenty is dominated by several bands including Tangerine
Dream and Klaus Schulze (1/3 of the top 30 are Tangerine Dream).
Progresive Metal: the band Riverside and their
album "Second Life Syndrome" both come in at number 4 on the PM list. It ranks
at 34 on the "all genres" top faves list. With albums at 1, 6, and 10, Dream Theater dominates the top ten PM bands album list, but Opeth and Pain of
Salvation are duking it out with DT in the top twenty.
Proto-Prog: Touch is the fourth PP bandname
listed. On the top 500 list here (all genres), the self-titled album weighs in
at 465. For PG the album ranks at 8. Deep Purple is battling it out with the
Beatles for PP domination. In the top 20, Purple has albums ranked 1,5,6,15,
16, 20. The Beatles have the 2,4,7,8, and 11 positions. The Moody Blues with
albums ranked 3, 13, 17, and 19 are in the fray, and Procol Harum is a making a
strong showing.
Psychadelic/Space Rock: Eloy is the fourth listed
band in this category with their album "Ocean." Ranked rather low at 154 in the
"all genres" most popular list, it's listed only at 12 in the P/SR
specific category because only Pink Floyd and Porcupine Tree got into the top
ten. Gotta say that Pink Floyd is pwning this category, though Porcupine Tree
(I'd thought they were more prog-related) is making a strong showing against
the Pink-monster.
RIO/Avant-Prog: Thinking Plague takes 4th band
position with "In Extremis." For all-genres the album is ranked down at 183,
and in R/AP it's at 6. Clearly Frank Zappa zaps the other bands in this category with album
positions at 1,2,3,8,9,11,12,19,20,21,23,25,27,37,35,and 46 in the top
50.
Symphonic Prog: Anglagard is the fourth band
mentioned in the SP category with "Hybris." Over-all (all genres) the album is
ranked at 27, and in the SP list "Hybris" is at 11. Yes and Genesis pwn this
major prog category. In the top 25, Yes has albums in the 1, 5, 7, 14, 22 and number
24 spots, while Genesis, even more impressively, has albums ranked at
2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 19, 20 and 23 for this category and for "all genres" they make a
pretty impressive showing too, of course. Even the mighty ELP gets clobbered
by Genesis and Yes at this site. Genesis and Yes fans are strong in the
force it seems.
Zeuhl: Koenjihyakket is the fourth band down in the
Zeuhl list with "2." (ni) The album is ranked in the Zeuhl most popular list at
8, but it only ranks at 454 in the "all genres" most popular albums list.
Depite not having the top-ranked album, Magma, hardly
surprisingly, dominates this category. With albums (I have
included boxsets for the artists) at 3, 5, 6, 9, 12, 13, 14, 16,
17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 35, 28, 31, 32, 33, and 34 not only have these
molten-rock guys been volcanic in the way they've spewed out albums,
these guys pwn Zeuhl.
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Think I'll go with good old Gentle Giant here. It's a safe bet. Always had a thing for Kate Bush myself, by the way.
Edited by Logan - July 08 2006 at 03:23
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Wow...i must say this is an original idea for a poll.
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