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Psychedelic Paul 
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 Topic: Top 10 Symphonic Prog AlbumsPosted: February 29 2020 at 11:38 |
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Leap Day Thread:- We're taking one giant leap for prog to determine which are the Top 10 Best Symphonic Prog Albums of all time. Simply list your ten favourite albums by *ten different artists* in order of preference below and then I'll assign points to the albums as follows:-
1st album - 30 points 2nd album - 20 points 3rd album - 15 points 4th album - 12 points 5th album - 10 points 6th album - 6 points 7th album - 5 points 8th album - 4 points 9th album - 3 points 10th album - 2 points Remember, it's just one album per artist and these are albums that are categorized as Symphonic Prog by ProgArchives definition.  You'll notice that all of the integers (or points) divide neatly into the natural number of 60. Here are my Top 10 Symphonic Prog albums to kick-off with:- 1. FANTASY - Paint a Picture (30 points) 2. CRESSIDA - Cressida (20 points) 3. ENGLAND - Garden Shed (15 points) 4. REFUGEE - Refugee (12 points) 5. BEGGARS' OPERA - Act One (10 points) 6. GRACIOUS - This is..... Gracious (6 points) 7. FRUUPP - Future Legends (5 points) 8. RENAISSANCE - Ashes Are Burning (4 points) 9. MOONMADNESS - Camel (3 points) 10. CHRIS SQUIRE - Fish Out of Water (2 points) Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 14 2020 at 14:57 |
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Posted: February 29 2020 at 16:02 |
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01. YES - Close To The Edge
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jamesbaldwin
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Posted: February 29 2020 at 16:09 |
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Very alternative Top 10! I should listen to some of them... Here's to you PA ranking: 1) Yes - Close to the Edge 2) Genesis - Selling England 3) Genesis - Foxtrot 4) Yes - Fragile 5) Genesis - Nursery Crime 6) Camel - Mirage 7) Yes- Relayer 8)Camel -Moonmadness 9) Anglagard - Hybris 10) Harmonium - Si On... Your ranking is more eccentric and I like it Edited by jamesbaldwin - February 29 2020 at 16:12 |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: February 29 2020 at 16:13 |
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I would have been tempted to choose ten Renaissance albums for my Symphonic Prog Top 10 if I hadn't stipulated the rule of one album per artist.
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Posted: February 29 2020 at 16:16 |
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But Renaissance are in the 8th position!!!
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: February 29 2020 at 16:18 |
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Posted: February 29 2020 at 16:20 |
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I got some problems with symphonic prog, I need time to listen in a scientific way to eccentric groups that maybe I like more than Genesis, Yes, Camel (and surely more than EL&P), so I need write my exact ranking.
Anyway, at the moment 1) Genesis - Trespass 2) Yes - Close to the Edge 3) Anglagard - Hybris 4) Cressida - Cressida 5) Camel - Moonmadness I stop here.
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: February 29 2020 at 16:25 |
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I know. I wanted to give some of the lesser-known British bands a fair chance of winning the poll, so I employed some tactical voting in my selections. It's probably more a case of which are my most sought-after albums, because at the moment, the Paint a Picture album by Fantasy is the Symphonic Prog album I'd most like to add to my CD collection. In addition, eight out of ten of those albums in my Top 10 (with the exception of Moonmadness and Ashes Are Burning) are all albums I've reviewed recently and given a full five-star rating to.
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Posted: February 29 2020 at 18:42 |
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The one album per artist rule feels a bit random. Why that rule?
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Posted: February 29 2020 at 19:12 |
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Genesis - Foxtrot
Harmonium - Si On Avait Besoin D'Une Cinquieme Saison Yes - CTTE
The Enid - In The Region Of The Summer Stars Discipline - To Shatter All Accord Kotebel - Concerto for Piano and Electric Ensemble Anglagard - Hybris Anthony Phillips - The Geese & The Ghost Bacamarte - Depois Do Fim Camel - Mirage |
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Posted: February 29 2020 at 22:08 |
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“Symphonic” according to PA’s categorization? Doesn’t that eliminate all RPI bands?
These are the only albums in my personal Top 300 (you did ask for “favorites”) that might qualify: 1. (1) The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway—Genesis 2. (12) Novella—Renaissance 3. (20) Adventures in Utopia—Todd Rundgren’s Utopia 4. (33) The Geese and The Ghost—Anthony Phillips 5. (40) Hergest Ridge—Mike Oldfield 6. (53) The Difference Machine—Big Big Train 7. (54) Odyssey: The Greatest Tale––Colossus Magazine/Musea Records 8. (65) The Final Breath Before November––Edison's Children 9. (76) Si on avait besoin d’une cinqième saison—Harmonium 10. (80) Omphalos—Kotebel Here's a Top 10 if only PA "certified" Symphonic bands are allowed (one each per band): 1. (1) The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway—Genesis 2. (12) Novella—Renaissance 3. (33) The Geese and The Ghost—Anthony Phillips 4. (76) Si on avait besoin d’une cinqième saison—Harmonium 5. (80) Omphalos—Kotebel 6. (92) Eve—Karda Estra 7. (93) Relayer—Yes 8. (94) Hamburger Concerto—Focus 9. (238) Emerson Lake & Palmer—Emerson Lake & Palmer 10. (286) Rites at Dawn - Wobbler Edited by BrufordFreak - February 29 2020 at 22:09 |
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Posted: February 29 2020 at 23:17 |
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1. Genesis: the Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
2. Yes: Fragile 3. Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells 4. Procol Harum: Shine On Brightly 5. the Moody Blues: In Search Of Lost Chord 6. Harmonium: Si On Avait Besoin D`Une 7. Renaissance: Ashes Are Burning 8. the Nice: Ars Longa Vita Brevis 9. Camel: the Snow Goose 10. ELP: Pictures At an Exhibition
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Yes, I meant Symphonic Prog as categorized by ProgArchives.
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I'd love to have included your votes for Mike Oldfield and Procol Harum, but they're in Crossover Prog, so you may want to choose two replacement Symphonic Prog artists (as defined by ProgArchives), before I count up your votes.
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There's a method to my madness: I chose the one album per artist rule so that we hopefully get a good cross-representation of Symphonic Prog artists in the poll, otherwise I would have been tempted to choose several albums by the same artist for my Top 10.
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Loving these threads!  2. Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans 3. Yes - Relayer 4. Yes - Fragile 5. Genesis - Foxtrot 6. Camel - Moonmadness 7. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 8. Genesis - Selling England by The Pound 9. Camel - The Snow Goose 10. Harmonium - Si On Avait Besoin D`Une
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Thanks! Don't forget it's just one album per artist.
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Welp, botched that out of the gate LOL. I'll be back later (when on desktop) with my corrected list!
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I'm doing post 70's because we will end up with the PA list pretty much anyway 1) Glass Hammer - The Inconsolable Secret 2) All Traps On Earth - A Drop Of Light 3) Anglagard - Hybris 4) Cairo - Conflict and Dreams 5) Kansas - Somewhere To Elsehwere 6) Spocks Beard - A Kindness Of Strangers 7) The Flower Kings - Banks Of Eden 8) Echolyn - Suffocating The Bloom 9) Fright Pig - Out Of The Barnyard 10) Wobbler - From Silence to Somewhere
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That's a great list! There's plenty there for me to check out as I'm not familiar with any of those albums. The only artist I'm familiar with in your Top 10 is Kansas - I have their first five albums in a box set.
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