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    Posted: November 09 2021 at 06:51
Tales from the Lush Attic - IQ

Road Games - Allan Holdsworth

Script for a Jester’s Tear - Marillion

Genesis - Genesis

Amenophis - Amenophis

Pablo "El Enterrador" - Pablo El Enterrador

The Green Album - Eddie Jobson / Zinc

Better Late... - Happy the Man

Bay of Kings - Steve Hackett

90125 - Yes



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Marillion - Script For A Jester's Tear
IQ - Tales From The Lush Attic
Bacamarte - Depois do Fim
Yes - 90125
Eloy - Performance 
Happy The Man - 3rd
Rousseau - Retreat
Amenophis- Amenophis
Anyone's Daughter- Neue Sterne
Triumph- Never Surrender

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Only TRUE prog

1. Marillion - Script For A Jester's Tear
2. Bacamarte - Depois do Fim
3. IQ - Tales From The Lush Attic
4. Alas - Pinta Tu Aldea
5. Red -Red
6. Art Zoyd - Les Espace Inquiets
7. Saga - Heads Or Tales
8. Von Zamla - No Make Up!
9.  Happy The Man - 3rd
10. Cartoon - Music From Left Field




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David Bowie - Let's Dance
Eloy - Performance
The Enid - Aerie Faerie Nonsense (re-recording)
Philip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi
Jon & Vangelis - Private Collection
Moody Blues - The Present
U2 - Under a Blood Red Sky
Vangelis - Antarctica
Rick Wakeman - G'ole! (soundtrack)
Yes - 90125

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1. IQ- Tales From The Lush Attic
2. Mike Oldfield - Crisis
3. Tangerine Dream - Hyperborea
4. Edgar Froese - Pinnacles
5. Cozy Powell - Octopuss
6. Mark Isham - Vapor Drawings
7. Vangelis - Antarctica
8. The Police - Synchronicity
9. Simple Minds - Sparkle In The Rain
9. Yes - 90125
10. Genesis - s/t

corrected due to wrong year!


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote tribalfusions Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 19 2021 at 09:09
Breaking things down into country groupings really highlights the situation in 1983.


FINLAND:

Scarab- Scarab


NORWAY:

Jan Garbarek Group- Wayfarer


NETHERLANDS:

Ywis- Ywis
The Nits- Omsk


ITALY:

Banco- Banco
Slogans - Photosynthesis
Matia Bazar- Tango


BRAZIL:

Bacamarte- Depois do fim
Caetano Veloso- Uns
O Terço- Som Mais Puro


JAPAN:

Bi Kyo Ran- Parallax
Novela- Sanctuary
Orpheus- Orpheus
Kazumi Watanabe- Mobo


SPAIN:

Asfalto- Más que una intención
Ñu- Fuego
Triana - Llegó el día
Alameda- Noche andaluza


CANADA:

Saga- Heads or Tales
Maneige- Images
Triumph- Never Surrender
Morse Code- Code Breaker


SWEDEN:

Silver Mountain- Shakin' Brains
Europe- Europe
Von Zamla- No Make Up!
Biscaya- Biscaya
Ragnarök- 3 Signs

GERMANY:

The Michael Schenker Group- Built to Destroy
Eloy- Performance
Amenophis- Amenophis
Rousseau- Retreat
Kreuzweg- Kreuzweg
Opus- Opus 1
Anyone's Daughter- Neue Sterne
Waniyetula- A Dream Within A Dream
Eden's Taste- Meilensteine


FRANCE:

Ange- La gare de Troyes
Elohim- Mana perdu
Eskaton- Fiction
Albert Marcœur- Celui où y'a Joseph
La Rossa- A Fury of Glass
Anubis- Anubis
Armande Altaï- Nocturne flamboyant
Jean-Luc Ponty- Individual Choice  
Bunny Brunel- Ivanhoe
Abus Dangereux- Happy French Band
Didier Lockwood- The Kid


ARGENTINA:

Spinetta Jade- Bajo Belgrano
Luis Alberto Spinetta- Mondo di cromo
El Reloj- La esencia es la misma
Alas- Pinta tu aldea
Pablo El Enterrador- Pablo "El Enterrador"
Espíritu- En movimiento
Los Abuelos de la Nada- Vasos y Besos  
Satwa- Danza de amor
Demo- Lumpen
Charly García- Clics Modernos
Moro-Satragni- Moro-Satragni


UNITED STATES:

Dio- Holy Diver
Zebra- Zebra
Kansas- Drastic Measures
Happy the Man- Better Late
Zappa- The Man From Utopia
Adrian Belew- Twang Bar King
Paul Simon- Hearts and Bones
Stencil Forest- Opening Act
Art in America- Art in America
Steps Ahead- Steps Ahead
Steve Smith- Vital Information
Mike Stern- Neesh
Al Di Meola- Scenario
The Fents- First Offense
Jaco Pastorius- Invitation
Miles Davis- Star People
Oregon- Oregon
Weather Report- Procession
Steve Khan- Casa Loco


UNITED KINGDOM:

Iron Maiden- Piece of Mind
Yes- 90215
Rainbow- Bent Out of Shape
Genesis- Genesis
Pink Floyd- The Final Cut
Marillion- Script for a Jester's Tear
Asia- Alpha
Steve Hackett- Highly Strung
Cozy Powell- Octopus
Gary Moore- Victims of the Future
Gary Moore- Dirty Fingers
Eddie Jobson / Zinc - The Green Album
XTC- Mummer
Greg Lake- Manoeuvres
Black Sabbath- Born Again
IQ- Tales From the Lush Attic
The Enid- Something Wicked This Way Comes
Robert Plant- The Principle of Moments
UFO- Making Contact
Eurythmics- Sweet Dreams
Eurythmics- Touch
Electric Light Orchestra- Secret Messages
The Moody Blues- The Present
Moraz/Bruford- Music for Piano and Drums

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As prog wanes, alternative and techno pop give rise to the indie scene:

1. TEARS FOR FEARS The Hurting
2. THE FIXX Reach the Beach
3. AZTEC CAMERA High Land, Hard Rain
4. BARBRA STREISAND Yentl
5. BRUCE COCKBURN The Trouble with Normal
6. XTC Mummer
7. GENESIS Genesis
8. RE-FLEX The Politics of Dancing
9. JEAN-LUC PONTY Individual Choice
10. MARK ISHAM Vapor Drawings

11. U2 War
12. THE STYLE COUNCIL Introducing The Style Council
13. KAJAGOOGOO White Feathers
14. A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS Listen
15. ROBERT PALMER Pride
16. MARIANNE FAITHFULL A Child's Adventure
17. JAH WOBBLE, THE EDGE, HOLGER CZUKAY Snake Charmer
18. THE CHURCH Seance
19. KING SUNNY ADÉ Synchro System
20. WILLIAM ACKERMAN Past Light

21. MONSOON Third Eye
22. THE POLICE Synchronicity
23. MADONNA Madonna
24. JAPAN Oil on Canvas
25. GANG OF FOUR Hard
26. AL DI MEOLA Scenario
27. THOMAS DOLBY Blinded by Science
28. DIVINYLS Desperate
29. PINK FLOYD The Final Cut
30. YES 90125

Honorable Mentions:
SHADOWFAX Shadowdance
THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER Bodies and Souls
CODONA 3
ESKATON Fictions
JOHN CAFFERTY AND THE BEAVER BROWN BAND Eddie and the Cruisers OST
MORAZ - BRUFORD Music for Piano and Drums
TEENA MARIE Robbery
FLIM & THE BBs Tricycle
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here is where it really starts to get sparse
Amenophis - s/t
Anyone's Daughter - Neue Sterne
Angelo Branduardi - Cercando l'Oro
Clannad - Magical Ring
Pablo El Enterrador - s/t
Rousseau - Retreat

to bring it to ten I am promoting the following 3 star albums

Bacamarte -Depois do Fim
Barclay James Harvest - Ring of Changes"
Mike Oldfield - Crises
Waniyetula - A Dream within a dream




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1. Yes - 90125
2. Saga - Heads or Tales
3. Eddie Jobson - The Green Album
4. Moody Blues - The Present
5. Tony Banks - The Fugitive
6. Barclay James Harvest - Ring of Changes
7. Mike Oldfield - Crises
8. Asia - Alpha
9. Genesis - Genesis
10. Red Rider - Neruda

I admit that last one is closer to "roots rock" than prog, but Ken Greer is such a phenomenal guitarist that I had to include it for this year's list. Also would like to give a shout out to Robert Plant's The Principle of Moments - not quite prog but it's impossible to remember the summer of '83 without thinking of that album!
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Since I last frequented this place new wave/post-punk has seemingly become prog as well. In that case I might have considered:

Bauhaus - Burning From the Inside
The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge
Danielle Dax - Pop-Eyes
Fun Boy Three - Waiting

-but like Cocteau Twins and The Police i don't really consider any of them prog.
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1)  Yes-90125
2)  Marillion - Script For A Jester´s Tear
I3)  IQ - Tales From The Lush Attic
4)  Police-Synchronicity
5)  Black Sabbath- Born Again
6)  Robert Plant- The Principle of Moments
7)  Talking Heads- Speaking in Tongues
8)  Planet P- Planet P Project
9)  Cocteau Twins- Head Over Heals
10) Pink Floyd- The Final Cut
11) Iron Maiden-Piece of Mind

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XTC - Mummer
Bi Kyo Ran - Parallax
Cartoon - Music From The Left Field
Pablo El Enterrador - Pablo El Enterrador
Happy The Man - Happy The Man 3rd: Better Late...
Amenophis - Amenophis
Marillion - Script For A Jester´s Tear
Red - Red
IQ - Tales From The Lush Attic
The Chameleons - Script Of The Bridge
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Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

None. 1983 was the nadir of prog. There is nothing I'd rate "great" from that miserable year.


It gets much worse as the decade unravels: 87 & 89 are the suckiest ones I can think of, but 86 & 88 are also down there.
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The three that standout for me are Iron Maiden's Piece Of Mind, Genesis- Genesis and Bacamarte- Depois Do Fim. The first two are sentimental choices for sure. They are both so meaningful to me. 
Art Zoyd- Les Espaces Inquiets
Eskaton- Fiction
L.S. Bearforce- L.S. Bearforce
Schaggi Badsch- Planton
Cartoon- Music From left Field
Pablo El Enterrador- Pablo El Enterrador
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote The Dark Elf Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 15 2021 at 18:39
None. 1983 was the nadir of prog. There is nothing I'd rate "great" from that miserable year.
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Von Zamla - 1983
Philip Glass - Koyaansqatsi
Art Zoyd - Les Espaces Inquiets
Bacamarte - Depois Do Fim
Von Zamla - No Make Up!
Eskaton - Fiction
Tangerine Dream - Hyperborea
Lindsay Cooper - Rags
Mike Oldfield - Crises
Klaus Schulze - Audentity
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Peter Hammill - Patience
Japan - Oil on Canvas
Irmin Schmidt - Filmmusik Vol. 3 & 4 (I do not normally list artists not on PA but that Irmin isn't here is a disgrace.)
Art Zoyd - Les Espaces Inquiets
Mike Oldfield - Crises
Cardiacs - The Seaside
Tangerine Dream - Hyperborea
Oregon - Oregon
Eloy - Performance
Novalis - Sterntaucher


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1. Marillion - Script for a Jester's Tear
2. Bacamarte - Depois do Fim
3. Eskaton - Fiction
4. Planet P Project - Planet P Project
5. IQ - Tales from the Lush Attic
6. Anyone's Daughter - Neue Sterne
7. Waniyetula - A Dream Within a Dream
8. Stencil Forest - Opening Act
9. Genesis - Genesis
10. Eloy - Performance

Honorable mentions (just grasping for guilty pleasures here):
Amenophis - Amenophis
Tangerine Dream - Hyperborea
Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues
Tony Banks - The Fugitive
Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages
Yes - 90125
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I have only 4 prog albums in my collection from 1983:
Tales From the Lush Attic which is brilliant, Script For a Jester's Tear which is very good, Crises which is very good and Cadmium which is pretty good.
And I've not heard another 1983 prog album I'd want to buy.
But the best album of 1983 is The Crossing by Big Country, a masterpiece of the highest order, although not prog.
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No order....

IQ-Tales...
Marillion-Script...
Happy The Man- Better...
Solaris-Marsbeli...
XTC-Mummer*
Amenophis-st
Iron Maiden-Piece of Mind
Police-Synchronicity*
Yes-90125
Echo and the Bunnymen-Porcupine

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