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Posted: July 03 2012 at 15:16

Helmut Koellen-You Won't See Me

Triumvirat-Illusions On A Double Dimple

Triumvirat-Spartacus

Triumvirat-Mediteranean Tales

Dzyan-Time Machine

Dirk Steffens-The Seventh Step

Jail-You Can Help Me

Brainstorm-Smile Awhile

Dedalus-Dedalus

Colosseum-Colosseum Live

Giger, Lenz and Marron-Beyond

Eddy Marron-Por Marco

Accept-I'm A Rebel

Accept-Breaker

Passport-Doldinger

Passport-Looking Thru

Passport-Infinity Machine

Il Baricentro-Sconcerto

Libra-Libra

Libra-Winter Day's Nightmare

Wallenstein-No More Love

The Trip-Atlantide

Triade-La Storia di Sabazio

Solution-Divergence

Quatermass-Quatermass

Terje Rypdal-What Comes After

Hard Stuff-Bulletproof

Fafa de Belem-Agua

Blue Cheer-Outsideinside

Bloodrock USA

Budgie-Budgie

Birth Control-Rebirth

ELP-ELP

Hard Stuff-Bolex Dementia

Nektar-Remember The Future

Nucleus-Solar Plexus

Banco-Banco 75

Moxy-Ridin High

Pat Travers-Putting It Straight

Wishbone Ash-New England

Hawkwind-Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music

Soft Machine-Seven

Moxy-Under The Lights

Latte e Miele-Papillon

Sun Treader-Zin Zin

Blue Cheer-New Improved

Budgie-Power Supply

ELP-Mar y Sol '72

The Lee Pickens Group

Bloodrock-Bloodrock 2

Black Widow-Black Widow

Frob

Zarathustra

Atomic Rooster-In Hearing Of

John McLaughlin-Devotion

Passport-Cross Collateral

Colosseum 2-Wardance

Brand X-Masques

Judas Priest-Stained Class

Colosseum-Valentyne Suite

Dzyan-Electric Silence

Flash-Flash

Free-Free

Back Street Crawler-The Band Played On

Black Sabbath-Black Sabbath

Passport-Handmade

Passport-Second Passport

Andromeda-Andromeda

Atomic Rooster 80

Wallenstein-Blitzkrieg

Wishbone Ash-Argus

The Hunt-The Thrill Of The Kill!

Nektar-A Tab In The Ocean

Nitzinger-Nitzinger

Eloy-Inside

Jane-Together

Strange Days-Nine Parts To The Wind

Tangerine Dream-Electronic Meditations

Le Orme-Collage

If-If

Jean Luc Ponty Experience-Open Strings

Mahavishnu Orchestra-The Inner Mounting Flame

Atomic Rooster-Made In England

Headstone-Headstone

Pat Travers-Heat In The Street

Osanna-Milano Calibro 9

RDM-Contamination

Banco-Darwin

Alquin-Marks

Terje Rypdal-Terje Rypdal

Latte e Miele-Live 1974

Passport-Iguacu

Snoball-Defroster

Nucleus-Roots

Randy Holden-Guitar God

Atomic Rooster-Death Walks Behind You

Tollhouse-Tollhouse (feat. Dirk Steffens)

Brainstorm-Last Smile

Brainstorm-Second Smile

Giger, Lenz and Marron-Where The Hammer Hangs

i have not included bootlegs or classical music

The first ten are in order, the rest are not in any order

Edited by presdoug - July 03 2012 at 17:07

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Posted: July 03 2012 at 15:42

^ I counted 60. Can't go any further? Big smile

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Posted: July 03 2012 at 17:16

Dayvenkirq wrote:

^ I counted 60. Can't go any further? Big smile

I added 40 more. Thanks for taking an interest. Thumbs Up

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Posted: July 03 2012 at 17:42

OK, here it is, ... my list. Please, don't stone me. Do keep in mind that some albums change ranks as my thoughts aren't really constant. One day it's on 89, another day it's at 79 (just a hypothetical statement). Ordered in terms of the degree of impact, lasting power, and overall quality, but not close to truth in some places.

1. Vangelis - Blade Runner soundtrack

2. Harold Budd and Brian Eno - Ambient #2: The Plateaux of Mirror

3. Harold Budd - The Pavilion of Dreams

4. Taliesin Orchestra - Forbidden Forest: Impressions of George Winston

5. King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black

6. Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden

7. The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle

8. Bert Jansch - Rosemary Lane

9. Pink Floyd - Obscured by Clouds

10. Popol Vuh - Aguirre

11. Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts

12. Genesis - Nursery Cryme

13. Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans

14. Yes - Close to the Edge

15. The Mahavishnu Orchestra - Inner Mounting Flame

16. Pink Floyd - Animals

17. Pink Floyd - Meddle

18. Brian Eno - Another Green World

19. Soft Machine - Third

20. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

21. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King

22. Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets

23. The Beatles - The White Album

24. King Crimson - Discipline

25. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left

26. Harold Budd and Brian Eno - The Pearl

27. Tangerine Dream - Rubycon

28. King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic

29. Renaissance - Scheherazade and Other Stories

30. Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning

31. Gentle Giant - Three Friends

32. Camel - Breathless

33. Holger Czukay - Movies

34. Talking Heads - Fear of Music

35. Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record

36. The Byrds - 5D

37. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick

38. ELP - Brain Salad Surgery

39. Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets

40. Anthony Phillips - The Geese And The Ghost

41. Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra

42. The Durutti Column - The Return of The Durutti Column

43. Bee Gees - Cucumber Castle

44. Genesis - From Genesis To Revelation

45. Bee Gees - 2 Years On

46. Bee Gees - To Whom It May Concern

47. The Beatles - Please Please Me

48. Genesis - Trespass

49. King Crimson - Islands

50. The Beatles - Rubber Soul

51. The Beatles - The Magical Mystery Tour

52. The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night

53. The Beatles - Let It Be

54. Brian Eno - Before And After Science

55. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom

56. Jethro Tull - Aqualung

57. Shelagh McDonald - Shelagh McDonald Album

58. Peter Hammill - Over

59. Matching Mole - Matching Mole

60. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call

61. Neil Young - After The Gold Rush

62. King Crimson - Red

63. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound

64. Pink Floyd - "Atom Heart Mother"

65. Soft Machine - "Fourth"

66. King Crimson - "Earthbound" (what?! :D )

67. U2 - "October" (tha-a-a-a-at's right)

68. Bert Jansch - "Bert Jansch"

69. Peter Gabriel - "Melt"

70. Nick Drake - "Pink Moon"

71. Steve Hackett - "Voyage of the Acolyte"

72. Faust - "Faust"

73. Mike Oldfield - "Tubular Bells"

74. Tangerine Dream - "Phaedra"

75. Talking Heads - "Remain in Light"

76. Talk Talk - Colour Of Spring

77. Eno - "Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)"

78. Yes - "The Yes Album"

79. U2 - "The Joshua Tree"

80. Fripp & Eno - "Evening Star"

81. The Doors - "The Doors"

82. Premiata Forneria Marconi - "Per Un Amico"

83. Gryphon - "Red Queen To Gryphon Three"

84. Devo - "Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo"

85. Pink Floyd - "The Wall"

86. Talking Heads - "More Songs About Buildings And Food"

87. King Crimson - "Lizard"

88. Amon Duul II - "Tanz Der Lemminge"

89. Amon Duul II - "Yeti"

90. U2 - "War"

91. Joy Division - "Closer"

92. Popol Vuh - "Einsjäger & Siebenjäger"

93. Egg - "Egg"

94. Amon Duul II - "Phallus Dei"

95. The Beatles - "Help!"

96. Terry Riley - "A Rainbow in Curved Air"

97. The Beatles - "Revolver"

98. Pink Floyd - "Dark Side of the Moon"

99. Curved Air - "Airconditioning"

100. Pink Floyd - "More"

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*. Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene

*. Radiohead - Kid A

*. ELP - "Tarkus"

*. Led Zeppelin - "Houses of the Holy"

*. Steven Wilson - "Grace For Drowning"

*. Faust - "The Faust Tapes"

*. Metallica - "... And Justice For All"

*. Can - "Monster Movie"

*. Pink Floyd - "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn"

*. Magma - "Köhntärkösz"

*. Led Zeppelin - "Physical Graffiti"

*. Yes - "Fragile"

*. Renaissance - "Turn of the Cards"

*. Bert Jansch - "Birthday Blues"

*. Bert Jansch - "Nicola"

*. Led Zeppelin - "Led Zeppelin IV"

*. Egg - "The Polite Force"

*. The Mothers of Invention - "Freak Out!"

*. Brian Eno - "Discreet Music"

*. Bert Jansch - "Jack Orion"

*. Faust - "Faust So Far"

*. Faust - "Faust IV"

*. Cluster - "Zuckerzeit"

*. Can - "Ege Bamyasi"

*. Ash Ra Tempel - "Schwingungen"

*. The Cosmic Jokers - "The Cosmic Jokers"

*. Pink Floyd - "Ummagumma"

*. Ash Ra Tempel - "Join Inn"

Edited by Dayvenkirq - July 03 2016 at 22:24

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Posted: July 03 2012 at 17:43

(@presdoug) ^^ cool, Birth Control. Thumbs Up

Edited by HolyMoly - July 03 2012 at 17:43

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Posted: July 03 2012 at 17:49

I'd like to say I'm a bit surprised no one mentioned The JHExperience debut.

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Posted: July 03 2012 at 17:55

HolyMoly wrote:

(@presdoug) ^^ cool, Birth Control. Thumbs Up

Thanks, i love the band.

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Posted: July 03 2012 at 18:36

Dayvenkirq wrote:

I'd like to say I'm a bit surprised no one mentioned The JHExperience debut.

I like most of the albums on your list too, though I really need to listen to more Bert Jansch and Popol Vuh. Saw U2 War on your list, that was an old favorite of mine back in high school.

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Posted: July 03 2012 at 18:45

HolyMoly wrote:

I like most of the albums on your list too, though I really need to listen to more Bert Jansch and Popol Vuh.

So do I.

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Saw U2 War on your list, that was an old favorite of mine back in high school.

"Like a Song ... " is my personal biggest favorite on that album.

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"Like a Song ... " is my personal biggest favorite on that album.

I actually can't listen to that song anymore without being consumed by sorrow. It really takes me back to a painful memory. Beautiful song though.

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Posted: July 03 2012 at 21:01

I am also a Birth Control fan and have several of their LPs.

When I started collecting imports Hoodoo Man was the first German album I bought. The song Gamma Ray is going through my head as I type.

I think Rebirth (1973) and Increase (1977) are my favorites. Operation (1971) would probably be next.

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Posted: July 03 2012 at 21:06

Operation is the only one I'm that familiar with, but I liked it.

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Posted: July 03 2012 at 23:26

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Haven't heard any Coultrane, but I've heard a ton of great things about him, so I'll check him out. And, yeah, love MMM, one of the best noise albums ever. If you haven't already, check out Merzbow, his best album, IMO, is Merzbuddha, although, you may want to start out with Merzbeat.

Agreed, MMM is one of the best noise albums

Plus, it has the most hilarious backstory ever.

And I think I've heard of Merzbow. Isn't he that guy who made Metal Acoustic Music?

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Posted: July 03 2012 at 23:28

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9. Pink Floyd - "Obscured by Clouds"

Some great choices on your list, but this......

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Posted: July 03 2012 at 23:35

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Dayvenkirq wrote:

9. Pink Floyd - "Obscured by Clouds"

Some great choices on your list, but this......

Yes, welcome to Subway, how the freak may I serve you?

You got a problem with "Obscured by Clouds"?

Edited by Dayvenkirq - July 03 2012 at 23:46

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Posted: July 03 2012 at 23:44

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Yes, welcome to Subway, how the freak may I serve you?

You got a problem with "Obscured by Clouds"?

Yes, but I intend to blame Pink Floyd for making it.

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Posted: July 03 2012 at 23:52

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Agreed, MMM is one of the best noise albums

Plus, it has the most hilarious backstory ever.

And I think I've heard of Merzbow. Isn't he that guy who made Metal Acoustic Music?

yep, that and about 350 other albums. Not kidding.

I concider him the father of noise music and the first in the famous Japanoise scene. Really, anyone in to noise music should check Merzbow.

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Posted: July 03 2012 at 23:53

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Looks like some other people have got a problem with it too.

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Posted: July 03 2012 at 23:55

^ That was NOT the point. LOL

smartpatrol wrote:

I concider him the father of noise music ... .

What about Faust?

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Posted: July 03 2012 at 23:56

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yep, that and about 350 other albums. Not kidding.

I concider him the father of noise music and the first in the famous Japanoise scene. Really, anyone in to noise music should check Merzbow.

I was also going to mention that he seemed to have a huge discography, more than a 100 probably, but thanks for giving me a more accurate number.

I think I should check out some of his work. Though I doubt any of it would be as good as Metal Machine Music.

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