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Points: 37244 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 06 2011 at 16:07
Good one.  And how about Magma's The Night We Died off the much reviled (I think rather unfairly) album, Merci.
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Oh hundreds and hundreds....

Dredg - Bug Eyes
Anathema - Dreaming Light
The Decemberists - The Hazards Of Love 4 (The Drowned)
Dirty Three - Authentic Celestial Music
Explosions In The Sky - First Breath After Coma
Gazpacho - Winter Is Never
Godspeed You Black Emperor - BBF3
Iona - Woven Cord
Karnivool - New Day
Moon Safari - Southern Belle
Pendragon - Masters Of Illusion
Pendragon - Am I Really Losing You?
Phideaux - Crumble (either one)
Pink Floyd  - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Porcupine Tree - Collapse Light Into Earth
Rush - Different Strings
Rush - Losing It
Sigur Ros - Vaka (Untitled 1)
Talk Talk - Wealth
Symphony X - Paradise Lost
Sylvan - A Kind Of Eden
Sylvan - Posthumous SIlence
Transatlantic - We All Need Some Light
Ulver - Eos
Vanden Plas - Quicksilver
Yes - Wondrous Stories
Yndi Halda - Illuminate My Heart, My Darling

(As you can see, me and beautiful music get on pretty damn well :P)







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How could i forget Different Strings! 

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One not mentioned yet that I love is Pallas, "Violet Sky".
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Originally posted by infocat infocat wrote:

One not mentioned yet that I love is Pallas, "Violet Sky".

Staying with Pallas: "The Last Angel" from Dreams of men
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The Musical Box - Genesis
Carpet Crawlers - Genesis
Gomorrah - Can
Starless - King Crimson
Living In The Past - Jethro Tull
The Emperor in His War Room - VDGG
Heart-attack in a Lay-by - Porcupine Tree
Gravity Eyelids - Porcupine Tree
Terrapin - Syd Barrett
Here Comes the Flood - Peter Gabriel/Robert Fripp
Think of me with Kindness - Gentle Giant
Fritha - Camel
Sylvia - Focus
Oh Wot a Dream - Kevin Ayers
Halfway between Heaven and Earth - Hatfield & the North
Pocket Full of Change - Rain Tree Crow
My Work Is So Behind - Residents
Remember a Day - Pink Floyd
Come and Buy - Crazy World of Arthur Brown
A Small Plot of Land - David Bowie
Buffalo Ballet - John Cale

(the list goes on)
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Points: 5482 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 07 2011 at 06:29
The two that come to mind for me first are Turn Of The Century by Yes, and Rendezvous 6:02 by UK.
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Renaissance- Northern Lights
 
..has to be worth a mention
 
 
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Anathema - Everything
Radiohead - Lucky
Yes - Ritual
Godspeed You... - Rockets Fall, on Rocket Falls
Sun Kil Moon - Duk Koo Kim. (not prog, but something being 15 minutes got plenty of bands in the archives beforeWink)
Kayo Dot - The Manifold Curiosity. A heavy and ambient track but has a lot of beauty to me.
Genesis - Supper's Ready.
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thought i'd add, from Banco's 1975 English sung album "Banco" the last song "Traccia 2" especially the piano intro-wonderous!
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Much of the Anthony Phillip's album, The Geese and the Ghost" would qualify for me.   Steve
Hackett's "Jacuzzi" and "Spectral Mornings." Genesis "Time Table," "Harlequin" and "For Absent Friends."
ELP's "Jerusalem," "Fugue" and "Piano Concerto 1st Movement."
Peter Hammill's "Casteways."   King Crimson's "Cadence and Cascade" and "I Talk to the Wind."


Steve Hackett - Jacuzzi



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Genesis - Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats, Mad Man Moon.
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Points: 290 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 10 2011 at 20:47
Originally posted by The Quiet One The Quiet One wrote:

And here's something from my country:

nice selection but I think Spinetta has a lot of better songs than this one... I'm not a really big fan of Artaud to be honest, it has some outstanding songs though... my favorite period is with Invisible, though my fav. album is A 18' del Sol
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Lazarus - Porcupine Tree
My New World - Transatlantic
The Crane Wife (All three parts) - The Decemberists
Hazards of Love Pt. 4 (The Drowning) - the Decemberists (that song actually makes me tear up)
Think of Me With Kindness - Gentle Giant
The Court of the Crimson King - KC
Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues
One More Time to Live - MB
Are You Sitting Comfortably - MB
Balance - MB
Watching and Waiting - MB (I'm a Moody Blues fan if you can't tell! Big smile)
San Lorenzo - Pat Metheny Group
Ágćtis Byrjun - Sigur Ros
Hide in Your Shell - Supertramp
House with no Door - VDGG
To Be Over - Yes
 


Edited by MoodyRush - October 10 2011 at 20:49
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Points: 290 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 10 2011 at 21:01
Depuis l'Automne - Harmonium
Histoires Sans Paroles - Harmonium
Formentera Lady - King Crimson 
Islands - King Crimson
The Letters - King Crimson (Islands' one of the most beautiful albums by KC)
Think of Me With Kindness - Gentle Giant
Pilgrims - Van der Graaf Generator
Les Porches de Notre Dame - Maneige
Les Epinettes - Maneige
Here - Anekdoten
Sea Song - Robert Wyatt
Waltz for Nobby - Hugh Hopper and Alan Gowen
Waiting - Gilgamesh
Message to a Friend - Pat Metheny and John Scofield
Geranio - Premiata Forneria Marconi
and I could go on all day long...


Edited by daslaf - October 10 2011 at 21:32
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Malicorne - Les Tristes Noces
Le Orme - Breve Immagine
King Crimson - Trio
Ange - Sur la trace des Fées
Marillion - The Great Escape
Genesis - Inside & Out
Jean-Pierre Ferland - Le Petit Roi
Novalis - Wunderschatze
Peter Hammill - Ferret & Featherbird
Octobre - Survivance

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from Triumvirat's Spartacus album, three songs stand out as particularly beautiful-
The Deadly Dream Of Freedom
The Hazy Shades Of Dawn
The Sweetest Sound Of Liberty
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Points: 16952 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 11 2011 at 18:17
Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

from Triumvirat's Spartacus album, three songs stand out as particularly beautiful-
The Deadly Dream Of Freedom
The Hazy Shades Of Dawn
The Sweetest Sound Of Liberty

I love Spartacus! I haven't heard their other albums because they apparently have a stronger ELP presence.
 
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Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

from Triumvirat's Spartacus album, three songs stand out as particularly beautiful-
The Deadly Dream Of Freedom
The Hazy Shades Of Dawn
The Sweetest Sound Of Liberty

I love Spartacus! I haven't heard their other albums because they apparently have a stronger ELP presence.
 
All of their other albums have enough of their own musical language, and i don't find them excessively leaning on ELPs sound, really
           As well as Spartacus, i also love and highly recommend the first two, Mediterranean Tales and their very best one, 1974s Illusions On A Double Dimple. This is symphonic prog of the old school at it's very best. The ones after Spartacus don't really do as much for me, though some fans find Old Loves Die Hard and Pompeii  work wonders.
       The last two, A La Carte and Russian Roulette are considered pop drivel by most listeners, though oddly i find i like them now.
          Their one time guitarist-singer-songwriter the late Helmut Koellen recorded a solo album called You Won't See Me which is a beautiful record, and also features Jurgen Fritz.
         
      
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Points: 3595 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 11 2011 at 21:21
I really love Comus' 'So Long Supernova'. 
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