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Prog_Traveller 
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Posted: June 07 2011 at 22:23 |
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These are the albums that took people by surprise, made people say "wow, what is this?" or added new life to the prog scene or maybe were groundbreaking in some way. All of these albums are essential to any prog collection. Here's my list:
1. The Moody Blues-Days of future passed
2. King Crimson- in the court of the crimson king
3. Emerson, Lake and Palmer-same
4. Yes-The Yes album-
5. Yes-Close to the Edge
6. ELP-Brain Salad Surgery
7. King Crimson-Lark's tongues in Aspic
8. Genesis-Selling England by the Pound
9. Anglagard-Hybris
10. Porcupine Tree-In Absentia
A few honorable mentions:
Camel-snowgoose
VDGG- Pawn Hearts
Rush-Hemispheres
Edited by Prog_Traveller - June 07 2011 at 22:28
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: June 07 2011 at 22:28 |
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That just looks like a list of your favourite 10 prog albums
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Posted: June 07 2011 at 22:35 |
 Triceratopsoil wrote:
That just looks like a list of your favourite 10 prog albums
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Gah! You just beat me to it!  Hate to be that guy...but yes these are 10 classic "classic" prog albums. For the 10 most important you would need at least one pre-prog album since it would be very important to prog. Not to mention an early prog metal one (not PT) and depending on how loose a definition of "prog" you have, at least one album in something like jazz fusion or electric music for example. 
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Prog_Traveller
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Posted: June 07 2011 at 23:05 |
Actually those aren't necessarily my favorites. I was trying to be as objective as possible. But I don't understand it when people criticize like that but then don't add their own lists.  Anyway, some of those are my favorites like LTIA but if it were really a list of just my favorites I would have put relayer in there. I also would have had wywh or ahm instead of DSOTM. Ut oh. It looks like I somehow left out Pink Floyd. Oh well.
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Posted: June 07 2011 at 23:06 |
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Isa
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Posted: June 07 2011 at 23:21 |
I agree very much with that list, though I would have put Hemispheres or something by Rush. Or maybe even Dream Theater... like it or not they've influenced the rise of a rediculous amount of prog metal. But yeah, great list. 
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ClemofNazareth
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Posted: June 07 2011 at 23:24 |
Are we talking important, favorite or essential? If you mean the most important to progressive rock as a musical force then ITCOTCK for sure, Beatles 'Sgt Pepper's' for sure, and Incredible String Band's 'The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter'. After that probably 'Days of Future Passed', maybe 'Bitch's Brew'. Probably something from Yes although I'm not sure what. Something early psych from Haight-Asbury ala Joe Boyd or Jefferson Airplane. And probably some obscure skiffle or dance hall stuff from London although again I'm not sure what. And an ancestor of whatever begat metal and RIO (Sabbath and Zappa maybe)?
Edited by ClemofNazareth - June 07 2011 at 23:26
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JJLehto
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Posted: June 07 2011 at 23:26 |
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JesusisLord
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Posted: June 07 2011 at 23:30 |
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Should include Dark Side of the Moon and certainly Sgt, Pepper's... Days of Future Passed and The Court are as important as well.....When posting something so objective, you have to be prepared for the inevitable criticism .........
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TigerSchmoopy
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Posted: June 07 2011 at 23:51 |
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All are great albums. Each artist should get one album. I'd remove #3,4,5,7,9,10
I would add ; Yes - Fragile, Focus - Moving Wavers, Renaissance -
Trick Of The Cards, Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon, Jethro Tull - Aqualung , & The
Strawbs - Hero & Heroine.
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: June 07 2011 at 23:54 |
ClemofNazareth wrote:
Are we talking important, favorite or essential? If you mean the most important to progressive rock as a musical force then ITCOTCK for sure, Beatles 'Sgt Pepper's' for sure, and Incredible String Band's 'The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter'. After that probably 'Days of Future Passed', maybe 'Bitch's Brew'. Probably something from Yes although I'm not sure what. Something early psych from Haight-Asbury ala Joe Boyd or Jefferson Airplane. And probably some obscure skiffle or dance hall stuff from London although again I'm not sure what. And an ancestor of whatever begat metal and RIO (Sabbath and Zappa maybe)?
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Posted: June 08 2011 at 01:29 |
The Nice - Ars Longa Vita Brevis King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King ELP - ELP Jethro Tull - Aqualung Genesis - Foxtrot Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans Rush - 2112 Marillion - Script For A Jesters Tear Radiohead - OK Computer
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Posted: June 08 2011 at 02:07 |
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I would replace Porcupine by Camel, Mirage.
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Posted: June 08 2011 at 03:24 |
For me the list would run something like this - not in any order
1. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (although I think that their best was Sabbath Bloody Sabbath)
2. Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards
3. Genesis - Foxtrot
4. Yes - Relayer
5. Deep Purple - Made in Japan (the seminal live album in my opinion and the one to set the stage for all future live albums)
6. Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
7. Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
8. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
9. Rush - 2112
10. Marillion - Script for a Jesters Tear.
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akaBona
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Posted: June 08 2011 at 03:41 |
from the first decade of prog I picked these 10 albums, so many essential ones didn't make it:
King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King Magma - Kobaia
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Inner Mountain Flame
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon Miles Davis - Bitches Brew Yes - Fragile Soft Machine - 1 Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts ( Genesis - Nursery Cryme)
Edited by akaBona - June 08 2011 at 03:44
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Posted: June 08 2011 at 05:16 |
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Procol Harum s/t, Shine on Brightly and Salty Dog all three epitomises progressive rocks evolvement in the late 60s
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Posted: June 08 2011 at 05:41 |
King Crimson - LTIA
King Crimson - ITCOTCKGenesis - Foxtrot Beatles - Sgt Pepper's... VdGG - Pawn Hearts Pink Floyd - DSOTM YES - CTTE Jethro Tull - Stand up Zappa - Freak Out! Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico
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Posted: June 08 2011 at 07:19 |
Varon wrote:
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This, but I would probably add 'Shine on Brightly' by Procul Harem and 'Days of future Passed' by the Moody Blues.
I'm not convinced that there was any 'important' prog after the 1970's. There was good prog, but important? The biggest musical progression was in electronic music in my opinion, not guitar/keyboards based rock.
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Alitare
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Posted: June 08 2011 at 07:28 |
You're all missing the most essential works to prog:
The first song ever created The first song ever recorded The first song ever played with guitar Some bullsh*t classical music How's about a Beatles album? Pet Sounds The Nice's Emerlist Davjack? King Crimson's Court Thick as a Brick Some boring jazz fusion album.
And that's the birth of prog!
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Posted: June 08 2011 at 08:09 |
1. ItCotKC (I actually don't like this album much but it's obviously #1)
2. Sergeant Pepper (which was in turn dependent on Pet Sounds, and preceded by Revolver)
3. CttE
4. Foxtrot
5. Marillion (not sure which one)
6. Rush (ditto)
7. Mindcrime
8. Images and Words
9. BWP
10. PTree (not sure which one)
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