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Horizons 
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 20 2011 Location: Somewhere Else Status: Offline Points: 16952 |
 Posted: July 22 2011 at 13:41 |
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Pineapple Theif - What We Have Sown, Someone Here is Missing, Tightly Unwound
Opeth - Damnation. Calm and no growling album produced by Steven Wilson. |
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Andy Webb
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Posted: July 22 2011 at 13:45 |
Was it produced by Wilson? I thought he just played on it.
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Horizons
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Posted: July 22 2011 at 13:47 |
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Yea yea Wiki link but, was too lazy to find another source...
"The album was also produced by Steven Wilson, who contributed backing vocals and keyboards, and co-wrote one song, "Death Whispered a Lullaby". |
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Andy Webb
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Posted: July 22 2011 at 13:51 |
Oh ok. He's been credited on every Opeth album since Blackwater Park
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Triceratopsoil
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Joined: April 03 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 18016 |
Posted: July 22 2011 at 15:14 |
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Damnation sucks.
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Alitare
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Joined: March 08 2008 Location: New York Status: Offline Points: 3595 |
Posted: July 22 2011 at 18:02 |
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I love the 1970's, musically. My personal favorites from the decade:
1 - Jesus Christ Superstar - Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice - 1970 2 - Small Change - Tom Waits - 1976 3 - Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder - 1976 4 - Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd - 1973 5 - Red - King Crimson - 1974 6 - Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd - 1975 7 - Aqualung - Jethro Tull - 1971 8 - Closing Time - Tom Waits - 1973 9 - I Robot - Alan Parsons Project - 1977 10-Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull - 1972 11-Selling England by the Pound - Genesis - 1973 12-Animals - Pink Floyd - 1977 13-Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie - 1972 14-Godbluff - Van Der Graaf Generator - 1975 15-First Utterance - Comus - 1971 16-John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - 1970 17-Ashes are Burning - Renaissance - 1973 18-Talking Book - Stevie Wonder - 1972 19-Songs of Love and Hate - Leonard Cohen - 1971 20-Berin - Lou Reed - 1973 21-Tea for the Tillerman - Cat Stevens - 1970 22-Honky Chateau - Elton John - 1972 23-Tanx - T.Rex - 1973 24-Cosmo's Factory - Creedence ClearwaterRevival - 1970 25-Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones - 1971 26-Who's Next - The Who - 1971 27-Catch a Fire - Bob Marley - 1973 28-The Wall - Pink Floyd - 1979 29-Death of a Ladies Man - Leonard Cohen - 1977 30-Bat out of Hell - Meat Loaf - 1977 31-Imagine - John Lennon - 1971 32-A New World Record - ELO - 1976 32-Tumbleweed Connection - Elton John - 1970 33-Eldorado - ELO - 1974 34-Voyage of the Acolyte - Steve Hackett - 1975 There are a bunch more, but to me, these are all 5 star albums. This list excludes albums I haven't formally reviewed, and it excludes material from era giants such as Bob Dylan, because I haven't had the time to delve too deeply into their careers as of yet. And no, it's not a prog-exclusive list. Yeah, there's a reason why Close to the Edge, anything by Rush, Foxtrot, and anything from Led Zeppelin aren't up there. You could guess a guess, fantastic.
Edited by Alitare - July 22 2011 at 18:07 |
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Seleras
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Posted: July 23 2011 at 04:06 |
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Triceratopsoil - Thank-you for the recommendations. Consider them added into my personal "rotation"
Guldbamsen - I do occasionally enjoy the ambient nature of some of the PT material. I'll be sure to check out Djam Karet. EchidnasArf - The least metal sounding? The most recent album from those artists that fits the bill would be "Ghost" from Devin Townsend. It's very ambient, acoustic, relaxing music with some flute, synth and intermittent croaking frog samples (who knew they could be so soothing). It's an interesting one for the fact that Devin also released another album on the same day called "Deconstruction" which is best described as total chaos (upon the first few listens at least). It's always nice to see artists showcase some diversity. Alitare - Bloody hell you're a thorough man. Thank-you for that. My knowledge of music looks infantile against what you just posted. Looks like I have my work cut out for me.
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Alitare
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Joined: March 08 2008 Location: New York Status: Offline Points: 3595 |
Posted: July 23 2011 at 06:29 |
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Folks at work have said three things of me, including nicknaming me "The Caveman". But mostly they call me the music encyclopedia. For example - I can connect Jesus Christ to Def Leppard's one-armed drummer and the Phantom of the Opera. Def Lep's one armed drummer? He played with a man by the name o' Vivian Campbell, who just so happened to axe-master for early Dio albums like Holy Diver. Dio? Before his ludicrous stint in black Sabbath (with Iommi, who had played with Anderson in Tull), he was the main pipes-man for the dragon rock group: Rainbow. Rainbow is probably my favorite 1970's metal band, and Ritchie Blackmore, famed as he was, played guitar. Of course we all know Blackmore from Deep Purple. Who was their most famous lead singer? Ian Gillian. Ian actually struck me, not because of the silly hard rocker posturing in the likes of Highway Star, but in the touchingly sentimental role of Jesus of Nazareth in the original 1970 LP pressing of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar. Hey, Webber did Phantom of the Opera, didn't he? Yes, I'm pathetic on several differing levels. But it's quite fun to me.
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Seleras
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Posted: July 23 2011 at 21:43 |
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Pathetic in who's eyes? Probably not to anyone here nor to me. It may not be impressive in the most widely accepted sense of the word around the workplace - but it is respectable to pour yourself into a passion and I think that goes pretty well beyond the depth and value of the typical experiences a workplace has to offer. Thank-you for the thorough response. As you'd expect - it was quite educational.
So what's the third thing folks at work say regarding you? ;-)
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: July 24 2011 at 07:04 |
starting with 1973
A very strong selection of prog was released and kept the prog genre very much alive and kicking. Drove me crazy trying to get this list down to 15 but this is a good selection. I am stunned that this many masterpeices were released in one year, my favourite year for classic prog: Dark Side Of The Moon – Pink Floyd
  Photos Of Ghosts - Premiata Forneria Marconi
 Larks' Tongues In Aspic – King Crimson
 Flying Teapot – Gong
 Space Ritual – Hawkwind
 Felona & Sorona – Le Orme
 Birds Of Fire – Mahavishnu Orchestra
 For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night – Caravan
 Selling England By The Pound – Genesis
 Remember The Future – Nektar
 Angel's Egg – Gong
 Brain Salad Surgery – Emerson Lake & Palmer
 Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh – Magma
 Io Sono Nato Libero– Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso
 Arbeit Macht Frei - Area
There were a number of others chosen, with passion might I add, including:
The Six Wives of Henry the VIII – Rick Wakeman
Illusions on a Double Dimple - Triumvirat
A Passion Play – Jethro Tull  Voice - Capability Brown
Tales From Topographic Oceans - Yes
In a Glass House - Gentle Giant  Edited by AtomicCrimsonRush - July 24 2011 at 07:13 |
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: July 24 2011 at 07:07 |
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Top 15 - Here is the definitive albums of 1974. An undisputed golden year of prog with incredible albums unprecedented in prog history. Starless and Bible Black – King Crimson
The World Became The World - Premiata Forneria Marconi
Hatfield And The North - Hatfield And The North
Mirage – Camel
Hamburger Concerto – Focus
Welcome Back My Friends... Emerson Lake & Palmer
Köhntarkösz – Magma
You – Gong
Hall Of The Mountain Grill - Hawkwind
Red – King Crimson
The Power And The Glory – Gentle Giant
Red Queen To Gryphon Three – Gryphon
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway – Genesis
Relayer – Yes
Crac! – Area
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: July 24 2011 at 07:10 |
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and 1975
An amazing year for prog - all these should be heard at leasy once by every prog fan
Here is the prog poll for definitive albums of 1975.
An excellent year of prog with legendary albums that kept prog well and truly alive in the mid 70s. I had to leave some treasures out but this list captures the spirit of the era. Scheherezade and Other Stories - Renaissance
Rotter’s Club - Hatfield And The North
The Snow Goose – Camel
Warrior At The Edge Of Time – Hawkwind
Cunning Stunts – Caravan
Free Hand – Gentle Giant
Minstrel In The Gallery – Jethro Tull
Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
Godbluff - Van Der Graaf Generator
Voyage Of The Acolyte – Steve Hackett
Fish Out Of Water – Chris Squire
Live – Magma
Electric Silence – Dzyan
Boris – Yezda Urfa
Si On Avait Besoin D'Une Cinquième Saison – Harmonium
Time Honoured Ghosts – Barclay James Harvest
Au Dela du Delire - Ange
Les Porches – Maneige
Ghosts - The Strawbs
A Night at the Opera - Queen
And there was a list posted of alternatives:
Beck, Jeff Blow By Blow
Eno, Brian Another Green World Gong Shamal Kansas Song for America Manzanara, Phil Diamond Head Nektar Recycled Oldfield, Mike Ommadawn Residents, The Third Reich 'N Roll, The Return to Forever Return to the 7th Galaxy: The Anthology Roxy Music Siren Roxy Music Viva |
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Alitare
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Joined: March 08 2008 Location: New York Status: Offline Points: 3595 |
Posted: July 24 2011 at 10:40 |
The three things they say (not that I believe, condone, or propagate): -I'm a Caveman -I'm a music encyclopedia -I'm so intelligent I should be running the place (a sales call center for XM Satellite radio service with a few hundred employees) |
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: July 24 2011 at 13:41 |
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Thanks, ACR, that wasn't overdoing it in the slightest
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Drew
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Posted: July 24 2011 at 13:45 |
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You like Devin Townsend? Yuck......
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Alitare
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Posted: July 24 2011 at 16:07 |
Eyeing your signature I'd infer that you've never heard of the man. See, he's a chicken farmer.
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Seleras
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Posted: July 25 2011 at 14:33 |
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ACR - Thanks for the visually stimulating tour of '73-'74. With the recommendations I've been receiving I better start ordering music on Amazon.co.uk and buy everything in bulk. Haha.
Alitare - Any good progressive "stations" on XM (aka, do any even exist?) Drew - Of course I do. Who can resist a man that looks like a human/turtle hybrid.
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Alitare
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Posted: July 25 2011 at 15:58 |
I work for XM, I sell XM, but I never listen. No, there's not a single station with the slightest progressive tendencies. The closest you get is Area, which is solely for trip hop and art dance music like Portishead, Aphex Twin, Massive Attack, and DJ Shadow (I happen to enjoy all these bands immensely, but note I said LIKE these bands, because you only hear these bands once in a month). But hey, you turn on to our fabulous Classic Vinyl and you can have the pleasure of hearing Led Zeppelin's Black Dog three times an hour, on the hour. Hey hey, momma! Or turn to Deep tracks and hear Led Zeppelin's Dazed and confused four times an hour! On our fabulous Classic Rewind you can hear Good Times, Bad Times five times an hour! It's so diverse!
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