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HolyMoly 
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 Posted: March 05 2019 at 19:22 |
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Can | FutureDays Faust | The Faust Tapes Yes | Close to the Edge Magma | Live-Hhai Fred Frith | Speechless Soft Machine | Third Klaus Schulze | Cyborg Frank Zappa | uncle Meat Camel | Mirage |
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bender99
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Posted: March 07 2019 at 06:49 |
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1 Yes - Close To The Edge 2 Genesis - Selling England By The Pound 3 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 4 Neal Morse - Sola Scriptura 5 IQ - The Road Of Bones 6 Yes - The Yes Album 7 Transatlantic - The Whirlwind 8 Pink Floyd - Animals 9 Spocks Beard - V 10 ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
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oka22
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Posted: March 07 2019 at 07:42 |
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1. Van Der Graaf Generator - Godbluff
2. Yes - Close to the Edge 3. Genesis - Selling England By The Pound 4. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 5. Genesis - A Trick of the Tail 6. King Crimson - Lark's Tongues in Aspic 7. Pink Floyd - Animals 8. Rush - Farewell to Kings 9. Genesis - Wind & Wuthering 10. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
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The Anders
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Posted: March 07 2019 at 13:16 |
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Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Can - Ege Bamyasi King Crimson - Larks Tongues in Aspic Pink Floyd - The Wall (does it count as prog?) Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Can - Tago Mago Faust IV
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The Anders
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Posted: March 07 2019 at 13:29 |
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That was if we speak "real prog" Also: Most albums by the Beatles from Rubber Soul and onwards The three Brian Eno produced Talking Heads albums Most things by David Bowie up to, and including, Scary Monsters Procol Harum: A Salty Dog Brian Eno: Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) The Mothers of Invention: Freak Out and We're Only In It For the Money Neu: Neu Radiohead: The Bends, OK Computer and Kid A Brian Eno & David Byrne: My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
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richardh
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Posted: March 08 2019 at 01:43 |
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Okay so 'progressive' is the important thing then? Beatles - Revolver The Nice - The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack ELP - Pictures at an Exhibition Yes - Relayer King Crimson - Red Vangelis - Spiral Peter Gabriel - 3 Marillion - Fugazi Kate Bush - The Dreaming Radiohead - Kid A
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M27Barney
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Posted: March 08 2019 at 07:35 |
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Too many selections are not prog, Gabriel 3 is as pop as you can get...Gabriel went down hill faster than Genesis did, only his first solo album has a couple of good tracks....the rest meh...
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Logan
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Posted: March 08 2019 at 07:40 |
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One can be progressive without being "Prog". I'd happily describe Gabriel 3 as in the progressive pop/ art rock realm.
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Posted: March 08 2019 at 11:22 |
Wow, if you think that's not prog you should check out the prog songs by non prog artists list in the Non prog section on this site. Actually, here's a link right here. http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=74557 A lot of those aren't really prog either and I probably have a more strict definition than you do.;)
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moshkito
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Posted: March 11 2019 at 13:19 |
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Hi,
I wish I could make up my mind ... for me, there is so much stuff that I love that it is really difficult for me to say that I love this one better than that one. And that these are my top ... I just remembered, I can't do top's anything at all ... it always ends up lacking something or other!
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Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told!
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Posted: March 11 2019 at 15:17 |
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My old lists would go something like this:
Camel- snowgoose Gentle Giant- octopus ELP - same Rush - Hemispheres Marillion - Clutching at Straws Genesis - Selling England by the Pound (these days I like ATOTT better though) King Crimson - larks tongues in aspic Porcupine Tree- Lightbulb Sun Yes- relayer Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow
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Gerinski
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Posted: March 11 2019 at 15:34 |
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It's basically impossible for me to make a Top 10 of Prog albums. The only way is to seriously consider the desert island scenario.
If REALLY I was to take only 10 albums to a desert island until I would be rescued who knows when (or, say, to prison for a long time), which 10 would I pick? For one thing I would surely consider double albums since they carry the double of music time (or some modern albums which run for 1 hour or even more), but that does not necessarily mean they are the best. And I would like to have some variation, so probably one or max 2 albums from different bands. Perhaps: Genesis - The Lamb Yes - YesSongs ELP - Trilogy PF - Pulse KC - Red Oldfield - Exposed Neal Morse - Sola Scriptura Rush - Exit Stage Left Marillion - The Thieving Magpie Jethro - Thick as a Brick but I hope I never find myself in the real situation of having to pick 10 albums for a desert island, that would kill half of me... |
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Posted: March 11 2019 at 20:13 |
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I meant to edit mine to add honorable mentions but I'll just post them now. Here's six honorable mentions(ones that would often wind up in my top ten lists in the past but didn't make the cut this time):
Camel - Dust and dreams (some say it's too mellow but I like it a lot) Ozric Tentacles - Jurassic Shift Yes - Close to the Edge Rick Wakeman - Myths and legends of King Arthur Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother Peter Gabriel - same (first album with the car)
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: March 11 2019 at 23:57 |
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Logan, Lewian and HolyMoly have already answered for me.
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Classic: 1. King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King (1969) 2. Rare Bird - Rare Bird (1969) 3. Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (1971) 4. Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame (1971) 5. Clark Hutchinson - Gestalt (1971) 6. Santana - Caravanserai (1972) 7. Matching Mole - Matching Mole (1972) 8. Electric Sandwich - Electric Sandwich (1972) 9. Thirsty Moon - Thirsty Moon (1972) 10. Museo Rosenbach - Zarathustra (1973) Modern: 1. Brett Garsed - Uncle Moe's Space Ranch (2001) 2. The Tangent – The Music That Died Alone (2003) 3. Karcius – Kaleidoscope (2006) 4. Deluge Grander - August In The Urals (2006) 5. Contemporary Noise Quintet - Pig Inside The Gentleman (2006) 6. Disen Gage - Libertage (2006) 7. Gargamel - Descending (2009) 8. Univeria Zekt – The Unnamables (2010) 9. Ciccada – The Finest Of Miracles (2015) 10. Regal Worm - Pig Views (2018) |
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richardh
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Posted: March 12 2019 at 16:22 |
It has short tracks but not really 'pop' like say Madonna (although I like some Madonna occasionally).I could probably have thrown in The Stranglers who were as 'progressive' as anything in 1977 IMO. Pop is anything that sells.
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Tapfret
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Posted: March 12 2019 at 22:40 |
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I'm sure I've do e this exercise recently, but I suppose the list is fairly fluid.
1. Exivious- Exivious 2. Yessongs 3. Nebelnest- Nova Express 4. Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Io Sono Nato Libero 5. Magma - Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré 6. Bondage Fruit- II 7. Voivod - Dimension Hätross 8. Island - Pictures 9. Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory 10, Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte |
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Prog-jester
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Posted: March 13 2019 at 11:34 |
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Top-10 for each decade:
70s Camel - Moonmadness King Crimson - Islands and Red Van der Graaf Generator - Still Life and Godbluff Pink Floyd - Animals and Wish You Were Here Genesis - Foxtrot and A Trick of Tail Locanda Delle Fate - Forse le lucciole 80s Marillion - Script for a Jester's Tear/Fugazi/Misplaced Childhood/Seasons End IQ - The Wake Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden Rush - Signals and Moving Pictures Genesis - Invisible Touch and s/t 90s Discipline - Unfolded Like Staircase Collage - Moonshine Shadowland - Ring of Roses Opeth - Morningrise Talk Talk - Laughing Stock Anekdoten - Vemod Dream Theater - Awake and SFAM and I&W Tool - Aenima 00s Tool - Lateralus Day Without Dawn - Understanding Consequences Fates Warning - Disconnected Oceansize - Everyone Into Position The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium IQ - Dark Matter Gazpacho - Night Porcupine Tree - Deadwing and Fear of a Blank Planet Mastodon - Crack the Skye 10s David Bowie - Blackstar Swans - To Be Kind Marillion - F.E.A.R. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity Discipline - To Shatter All Accord Seven Impale - City of the Sun Anekdoten - Until All The Ghosts Are Gone Elder - Lore Beardfish - The Void Аnubis - Hitchhiking To Byzantium 2000s were the toughest to choose, so much good stuff! |
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richardh
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Posted: March 14 2019 at 01:18 |
were the 80's really that bad |
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ExittheLemming
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Posted: March 14 2019 at 02:56 |
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Brain Salad Surgery - ELP the Crazy World of Arthur Brown- the Crazy World of Arthur Brown Starless and Bible Black - King Crimson Larks Tongues in Aspic - King Crimson UK - UK Elegy - the Nice Maxophone - Maxophone Refugee - Refugee III - Barbaro 2nd Hands - the Gourishankar |
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