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Originally posted by Prog_Traveller Prog_Traveller wrote:

I'm going to revise my initial list here so that there's only one album per band.

Moody Blues-days of future passed (not their best imo but an important album in the development of the genre)
King Crimson- In the court of the crimson king
Pink Floyd- Wish you were here
Yes-close to the edge
Rush-Hemispheres
ELP-same
Genesis-selling England by the pound
Jethro Tull- Thick as a brick
Marillion-misplaced childhood ( i had to have something from the 80's)
Anglagard-Hybris (maybe the album that unofficially kick started the prog resurgence of the nineties)



Echolyn's debut was 1991 before Anglagard and Echolyn kept making albums whereas Anglagard did nothing so i think maybe was a good description of Anglagard driving a prog resurgence
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  1. Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's:  It started it all, really.
  2. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King:  Many would say this started it all. It came close.
  3. King Crimson - Red:  The best of the bunch; meticulously crafted.
  4. Yes - Close to the Edge:  The band's trademark sound augmenting stupefying lyrics.
  5. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery:  All stops pulled out.
  6. Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts:  A fan favorite that even comes with Fripp!
  7. Maxophone - Maxophone:  These guys apparently knew when to quit. A defining example of the Italian sound.
  8. Camel - Mirage:  Fluid and seamless. Perhaps the artiest of the original line-up.
  9. RDM - Contimination:  More a demonstration than a concept album. Missing only the kitchen sink.
  10. Genesis - A Trick of the Tail:  Easily the band's best production and on the heels of an overpublicized exit.

Not necessarily in this order and only IMHO.
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The list gets easy after King Crimson open the door with In the Court of The Crimson King, ably assisted by ELP and Yes. Prior to that, the crucial recording is The Clouds Scrapbook, the crossing point, progressive links that go back all the way to 1966.
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it is highly interesting that no-one mentioned "Psychedelic Underground" by Amon Düül. anyone who is familiar with Krautrock should know about the importance of this album. it is incredibly bad, but that is exactly why it was so important. there had already been many German bands at least two years before that album came out, but none had dared to make an album out of a kind of inferiority complex. after this incredibly bad album no band needed to have an inferiority complex anymore; they could hardly be worse than that. and suddenly many bands made their first album.
the importance of "Psychedelic Underground" for the development of Krautrock can't be overestimated; it was much more important for the development of Krautrock than "In the Court of the Crimson King" was for the development of prog. had there been no ITCOTCK prog rock would have happened nevertheless; many bands were already working on something similar. had there been no "Psychedelic Underground" it is highly doubtful Krautrock would ever have happened


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Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

it is highly interesting that no-one mentioned "Psychedelic Underground" by Amon Düül. anyone who is familiar with Krautrock should know about the importance of this album. it is incredibly bad, but that is exactly why it was so important. there had already been many German bands at least two years before that album came out, but none had dared to make an album out of a kind of inferiority complex. after this incredibly bad album no band needed to have an inferiority complex anymore; they could hardly be worse than that. and suddenly many bands made their first album.
the importance of "Psychedelic Underground" for the development of Krautrock can't be overestimated; it was much more important for the development of Krautrock than "In the Court of the Crimson King" was for the development of prog. had there been no ITCOTCK prog rock would have happened nevertheless; many bands were already working on something similar. had there been no "Psychedelic Underground" it is highly doubtful Krautrock would ever have happened


One underground German hippy band made such a bad album that no others dared make a better one? Was it so wretched that German record labels got cold feet about the whole burgeoning cosmiche thang? I'm struggling to understand this but I know you are particularly knowledgeable about so called Krautrock and it's history so I'll defer on this occasion. Confused
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Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

it is highly interesting that no-one mentioned "Psychedelic Underground" by Amon Düül. anyone who is familiar with Krautrock should know about the importance of this album. it is incredibly bad, but that is exactly why it was so important. there had already been many German bands at least two years before that album came out, but none had dared to make an album out of a kind of inferiority complex. after this incredibly bad album no band needed to have an inferiority complex anymore; they could hardly be worse than that. and suddenly many bands made their first album.
the importance of "Psychedelic Underground" for the development of Krautrock can't be overestimated; it was much more important for the development of Krautrock than "In the Court of the Crimson King" was for the development of prog. had there been no ITCOTCK prog rock would have happened nevertheless; many bands were already working on something similar. had there been no "Psychedelic Underground" it is highly doubtful Krautrock would ever have happened
Interesting.  I must go and buy it.
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Five of them should be prog metal.

5 most important albums in prog metal's history.

Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
Tool - Aenima
Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory
Tool - Lateralus
Agalloch - The Mantle
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Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Originally posted by Alitare Alitare wrote:

I'll correct your error, Rob - It's a half prog, half folk, all boring. Wink


That's what I meant but never said.  LOL



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This thread is seriously lacking some 'Images and Words' by Dream Theater.
 
Ok ok it's not as 'important' as Yes or King Crimson, but Prog probably wouldn't be what it is today if it wasn't for Dream Theater.
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Originally posted by brainstormer brainstormer wrote:

Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Originally posted by Alitare Alitare wrote:

I'll correct your error, Rob - It's a half prog, half folk, all boring. Wink


That's what I meant but never said.  LOL



Tank is very innovative and was the first example of a really
crushing synth/rock jam. 
 
Lucky Man is the only 'folk song' on the album and its no ordinary folk song with a unique Moog solo that impressed the inventor of that instrument. Barbarian and Knife Edge are hammond lead heavy prog tracks. Take A Pebble draws more from jazz than folk imo.Three Fates is classical/symhonic. Tank as mentioned as nothing to do with folk whatsover.Big smile
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Points: 7028 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 27 2011 at 01:48
Originally posted by Prog_Traveller Prog_Traveller wrote:

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. Confused

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.
All good mate...a good list
 
beatles - revolver
Floyd - DSOTM
Floyd - Meddle
Genesis - Foxtrot
Genesis- the Lamb
Genesis - Trespass
Floyd- WYWH
LZ- III
Camel- Mirage
Caravan - In the Land of G & P
 
10 is too short, left out Oldfield, Soft Machine, M Blues, Strawbs, Rush etc etc etc. And as you will see these lists can change daily depending on what mood you are inWink


Edited by Chris S - June 27 2011 at 01:49
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Originally posted by Valarius Valarius wrote:

This thread is seriously lacking some 'Images and Words' by Dream Theater.
 
Ok ok it's not as 'important' as Yes or King Crimson, but Prog probably wouldn't be what it is today if it wasn't for Dream Theater.
It would probably be a whole lot better
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LOL

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Images and Words is an infantile attempt on progressive metal. Go to Awake or Train of Thought for the real deal. And of course Scenes from a Memory is even better.
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Points: 1480 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 27 2011 at 12:53
But this thread is about 'important' albums, not 'best' albums.
 
'Images and Words' is arguably one of the most important albums in the history of prog metal.
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Points: 28059 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 27 2011 at 14:31
Originally posted by Valarius Valarius wrote:

But this thread is about 'important' albums, not 'best' albums.
 
'Images and Words' is arguably one of the most important albums in the history of prog metal.
 
I think you have a good point
 
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Originally posted by Chris S Chris S wrote:

Originally posted by Prog_Traveller Prog_Traveller wrote:

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. Confused

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.
All good mate...a good list
 
beatles - revolver
Floyd - DSOTM
Floyd - Meddle
Genesis - Foxtrot
Genesis- the Lamb
Genesis - Trespass
Floyd- WYWH
LZ- III
Camel- Mirage
Caravan - In the Land of G & P
 
10 is too short, left out Oldfield, Soft Machine, M Blues, Strawbs, Rush etc etc etc. And as you will see these lists can change daily depending on what mood you are inWink
The really amusing thing is that half of your list would not have been considered prog in 1979.
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