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Just curious what your top 10 albums of all time are! In no particular order, here are my top 10:
  1. The Wall (the best album ever made in my opinion, in no particular order from here on out)
  2. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
  3. Frances The Mute
  4. Snow - Spock's Beard (A little more obscure than some of these other ones, if you like The Who you have to listen to it)
  5. The Whirlwind
  6. Dark Side Of The Moon/Wish You Were Here/Animals (Pink Floyd are the best band ever)
  7. Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds (really underrated)
  8. Close To The Edge
  9. ITCOTCK
  10. Nonagon Infinity or Polygondwanaland
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Originally posted by GoliathTMV GoliathTMV wrote:

Just curious what your top 10 albums of all time are! In no particular order, here are my top 10:
  1. The Wall (the best album ever made in my opinion, in no particular order from here on out)
  2. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
  3. Frances The Mute
  4. Snow - Spock's Beard (A little more obscure than some of these other ones, if you like The Who you have to listen to it)
  5. The Whirlwind
  6. Dark Side Of The Moon/Wish You Were Here/Animals (Pink Floyd are the best band ever)
  7. Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds (really underrated)
  8. Close To The Edge
  9. ITCOTCK
  10. Nonagon Infinity or Polygondwanaland
 

so the bottom 2 drop out if you are including 3 Pink Floyd albums?

Pretty good list. 
The Wall was a massively important album for me growing up but not so much now. I hate the production but there are many great songs to be fair.
Lamb mostly kicks serious ass but maybe just a tad long
Frances The Mute is a great album and a very bold choice. Scares the f**k out of me for all sorts of reasons!
Numbers 4 and 5 - modern classics for sure although I don't listen to them much if I'm honest
The classic PF Trilogy , can't go wrong!
Don't really like the Jeff Wayne album , some good songs but too stagey for my taste
ITCOKC - well duh (although I prefer Red)
Absolutely no idea what those last two are - would you like to comment?
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Last two are by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. I've heard the latter, and I enjoyed it.

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Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
King Crimson - Larks Tongues In Aspic
Pink Floyd - Animals
Vezhlivy Otkaz - Gusi-Lebedi
Henry Cow - Western Culture
Hatfield & The North - Rotters Club
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
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Top ten of all time...well some choices can change weekly, but for now..

1 - A Trick of the Tail - Genesis
2 - Hemispheres - Rush
3 - Foxtrot - Genesis
4 - Animals - Pink Floyd
5 - Islands - King Crimson
6 - Relayer - Yes
7 - To our childrens childrens children - Moody Blues
8 - Quark Strangeness & Charm - Hawkwind
9 - Still Life - VDGG
10 - Rubycon - Tangerine Dream
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by GoliathTMV GoliathTMV wrote:

Just curious what your top 10 albums of all time are! In no particular order, here are my top 10:
  1. The Wall (the best album ever made in my opinion, in no particular order from here on out)
  2. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
  3. Frances The Mute
  4. Snow - Spock's Beard (A little more obscure than some of these other ones, if you like The Who you have to listen to it)
  5. The Whirlwind
  6. Dark Side Of The Moon/Wish You Were Here/Animals (Pink Floyd are the best band ever)
  7. Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds (really underrated)
  8. Close To The Edge
  9. ITCOTCK
  10. Nonagon Infinity or Polygondwanaland
 

so the bottom 2 drop out if you are including 3 Pink Floyd albums?

Pretty good list. 
The Wall was a massively important album for me growing up but not so much now. I hate the production but there are many great songs to be fair.
Lamb mostly kicks serious ass but maybe just a tad long
Frances The Mute is a great album and a very bold choice. Scares the f**k out of me for all sorts of reasons!
Numbers 4 and 5 - modern classics for sure although I don't listen to them much if I'm honest
The classic PF Trilogy , can't go wrong!
Don't really like the Jeff Wayne album , some good songs but too stagey for my taste
ITCOKC - well duh (although I prefer Red)
Absolutely no idea what those last two are - would you like to comment?




Those last two are by King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard
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01. Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
02. Van der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am The Only One
03. Split Enz - Mental Notes
04. Yes - Close To The Edge
05. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Tarkus
06. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
07. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Between Nothingness And Eternity
08. Nektar - Journey To The Centre Of The Eye
09. Hawkwind - Warrior On The Edge Of Time
10. Bill Bruford - One Of A Kind
 
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Holger Czukay - Movies
King Crimson - Discipline
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
Camberwell Now - The Ghost Trade
.O.Rang - Herd of Instinct
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees
Can - Soon over Babaluma
Manfred Mann"s Earth Band - Nightingales and Bombers
Brian Eno and David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

Decades:
Three from 70s
Five from 80s
Two from 90s => 80s were the best prog decade ever.



Edited by Lewian - May 13 2020 at 05:01
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1. Wigwam: Fairyport
2. Pink Floyd: Atom Heart Mother
3. King Crimson: Court
4. Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick
5. Family: Music In a Doll´s House
6. Traffic: Mr. Fantasy
7. Magma: s/t
8. Faust: Faust IV
9. Yes: Fragile
10. Genesis: the Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
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1. Yes - Close to the Edge
2. Genesis - Foxtrot
3. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
4. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
5. Discipline - Unfolded Like Staircase
6. Magma - Köhntarkösz
7. UK - Danger Money
8. Maudlin of the Well - Part the Second
9. Alquin - The Mountain Queen
X. Big Big Train - English Electric (Part One)

Needless to say, such a list is rather prone to fluctuations.
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without ranking, and with the caveat that this may change daily:

Mother Gong - Fairy Tales (this one will always be on the list. one of the greatest albums EVER)
Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
Magma - MKD
Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time
Clearlight - Clearlight Symphony
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon
Gong - You
Klaus Schulze - Mirage
Ozric Tentacles - Jurassic Shift
Amon Düül 2 - Tanz der Lemminge


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just progressive rock? no progressive metal? LOL
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I decided to use "progressive rock" in a relatively large sense. One album per band/artist.

The Beatles: Abbey Road (my favourite is Revolver, but I don't regard it as a prog album)
David Bowie: Low
Can: Ege Bamyasi
Brian Eno and David Byrne: My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells
Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon
Queen: A Night at the Opera
Radiohead: OK Computer
Talking Heads: Fear of Music

Just missing out:
The Mothers of Invention: We're Only in It for the Money
Faust: IV
Brian Eno: Another Green World
Kraftwerk: The Man Machine
Mew: No More Stories


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Hi,

Sadly my list would include 1500 LP's and 3000 CD's ... sorry! Impossible for me to choose!
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1. The Lamb
2. Selling England by the pound 
3. IYCOTCK
4. Animals
5. Brain salad surgery
6. In the land of Grey and Pink 
7. Over-Nite Sensation 
8. Larks tongues in aspic
9. 2112 
10. Who dunnit 

In no patricidal order, And yes I chose the most basic of pick their possibly can be. 
 
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Staying with the One album per artist rule: 
This is today's list , tomorrow's may be different.
 
  • Close to the Edge - Yes
  • Animals - Pink Floyd
  • Moving Pictures - Rush
  • Trick of the Tail - Genesis
  • Scheherazade  - Renaissance
  • Over-Nite Sensation - Zappa
  • LTIA - King Crimson
  • In Absentia - Porcupine Tree
  • Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless sleep - Spock's Beard
  • Elegant Gypsy - Al Di Meola



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Chronologically
1. Yes - Close To The Edge
2. ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
3. King Crimson - Red
4. Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail
5. Rush - Moving Pictures
6. Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
7. IQ - Ever
8. Glass Hammer - The Inconsolable Secret
9. Anathema - Weather Systems
10.Big Big Train -Folklore 
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1. Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans 
2. Genesis - Foxtrot 
3. King Crimson - Red 
4. Jethro Tull - Benefit 
5. ELP - Tarkus 
6. Mostly Autumn - Last Bright Light 
7. Glass Hammer - the Inconsolable Secret 
8. IQ - Subterranea 
9. Gadalf`s Fist - The Clockwork Fable 
10. Discipline - Unfolded Like Staircase  
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Nursery crimes
Close to the edge
Selling England
Crime of the century
Wish you were here
Emerson lake and palmer
A farewell to kings
The lamb
Moving pictures
Animals


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