Your Top 12 German Prog Albums

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Topic: Your Top 12 German Prog Albums
Posted: September 10 2021 at 01:59

Your Top 12 German prog albums, ideally by 12 different artists. Smile

My Top 12

Agitation Free - Shibuya Nights (2007)

Ashra - New Age of Earth (1976)

Between - Dharana (1974)

Burning Candle - Burning Candle (1981)

The Cosmic Jokers - Galactic Supermarket (1974)

Dom - Edge of Time (1972)

Eloy - Timeless Passages (2003)

ICU - Now and Here (1995)

Ikarus - Ikarus (1971)

Out of Focus - Out of Focus (1971)

Tonic - This Way (1980)

Zomby Woof - Riding a Tear (1977)

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - September 10 2021 at 04:13

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Posted: September 10 2021 at 02:04

Apart from copious amounts of Kraftwerk I don't really have much German prog in my collection.

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Posted: September 10 2021 at 02:07

Progishness wrote:

Apart from copious amounts of Kraftwerk I don't really have much German prog in my collection.

Not even Tangerine Dream? Wink

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Posted: September 10 2021 at 02:13

^Could never make head or tale of their stuff.

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Posted: September 10 2021 at 02:28

Great idea for a thread!

Triumvirat-Illusions On A Double Dimple

Triumvirat-Spartacus

Triumvirat-Mediterranean Tales

Dzyan-Time Machine

Passport-Looking Thru

Passport-Cross Collateral

Wallenstein-No More Love

Pell Mell-Marburg

Dzyan-Electric Silence

Passport-Infinity Machine

Brainstorm-Smile Awhile

Eioy-Inside

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Posted: September 10 2021 at 02:31

^ Thanks! It seemed like we were long overdue for a German prog poll. Smile

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Posted: September 10 2021 at 03:50

Can - Ege Bamyasi (but anything from their debut up to and including Soon over Babulama would make the list)

Popol Vuh - Nosferatu: On the Way to a Little Way / Brüder Des Schattens - Söhne Des Lichts

Cosmic Jokers - Galactic Supermarket

Tangerine Dream - Phaedra

Embryo - Stieg Aus (but they've got like six equally strong contenders)

Klaus Schulze - Mirage

Amon Düül II - Yeti

Faust - So Far

Kraan - Kraan

Kraftwerk - Die Mensch-Maschine

Cluster - Zuckerzeit

Dzyan - Electric Silence

Loads more I would have like to include: Frankie Dymon Jr (just doesn't really feel german), Dom, Harmonia, Deuter, Brave New World, Kalacackra, A.R + Machines, Tortilla Flat mm...

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Posted: September 10 2021 at 04:31

Net problem => Double post.

Edited by Lewian - September 10 2021 at 04:35

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Posted: September 10 2021 at 04:34

Studio albums (excluding solo albums of same band... in this way I can just about stick to 12;-)
Can - Soon Over Babaluma

Tangerine Dream - Rubycon

Amon Duul II - Tanz der Lemminge

Kraftwerk - Die Mensch Maschine

Schicke, Fuehrs & Froehling - Symphonic Pictures

Birth Control - Backdoor Possibilities

Novalis - Flossenengel

Eloy - Colours

Asmus Tietchens - Soiree

Cassiber - A Face We All Know

Squintaloo - Ueber Bord!

Agitation Free - Malesch

Live albums (of other bands)

Hoelderlin - Live Traumstadt

Kraan - Live

Anyone's Daughter - Requested Document Live Vol. 1

Grobschnitt - Solar Music Live

Guru Guru - Live

Solo albums of members of bands above

Holger Czukay - Movies

Edgar Froese - Epsilon in Malaysian Pale

Not listed on PA but maybe should...

Barbara Morgenstern - The Grass is Always Greener

Einstuerzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch

Holger Hiller - Oben im Eck

FM Einheit - Stein

Tied & Tickled Trio - Observing Systems

Irmin Schmidt & Kumo - Axolotl Eyes

Kante - Zweilicht

Ostzonensuppenwuerfelmachenkrebs - Leichte Teile, Kleiner Rock

Cpt. Kirk & - Reformhoelle

Heiner Goebbels & Heiner Mueller - Der Mann im Fahrstuhl

Tarwater - Not the Wheel

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Posted: September 10 2021 at 06:06

Amon Duul II - Yeti

CAN - Tago Mago

Tangerine Dream - Phaedra

Klaus Schulze - X

Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra

Agitation Free - Malesch

Ash Ra Tempel - s/t

Neu! - s/t

Peter Baumann - Romance 76

Faust - IV

Dzyan - Electric Silence

Harmonia - Deluxe

Guru Guru - UFO

My top 12 could have been filled with TD, ADII, CAN, & KS but decided to spread it out.

Honorable mention to the proggy Scorpions - Lonesome Crow & Nico - Marble Index

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Posted: September 10 2021 at 06:57

In some case, I couldn't avoid naming a second album from a given artiste

(I did reduce to one album only for Out Of Focus, or else 5 of their 6 would've been in the list).

14 Out of Focus Out of Focus 1971

14 Schulze, Klaus Timewind 1975

13 Hoelderlin Hoelderlin's Traum 1971

13 Sahara Sunrise 1973

13 Tangerine Dream Alpha Centauri 1971

13 Tangerine Dream Ricochet 1975

12 Agitation Free Second 1973

12 Amon Düül II Yeti 1970

12 Bröselmaschine Bröselmaschine 1971

12 Can Tago Mago 1971

12 Can Ege Bamyasi 1972

12 Embryo We Keep On 1973

12 Gila Free Electric Sound 1971

12 Grobschnitt Grobschnitt 1972

12 Grobschnitt Solar Music Live 1978

12 Missus Beastly Missus Beastly 1974

12 Murphy Blend First Loss 1970

12 Annexus Quam Osmose 1970

12 Ash Ra Tempel Ash Ra Tempel 1971

12 Dzyan Electric Silence 1974

12 Guru Guru UFO 1970

12 Parzival Barock 1973

12 Pell Mell Marburg 1972

12 Popol Vuh Seligpreisung Ger 1973

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Posted: September 10 2021 at 07:15

I would probably add Stern Combo Meissen's "Weisses Gold" to my list...

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Posted: September 10 2021 at 08:43

no order, 1 band per album:
Anyone's Daughter - Adonis
Triumvirat - IoaDD
Amenophis - S/T
Eloy - Ocean
Neuschwanstein - Battlement
Novalis - S/T

And I think that's it. I probably forgot 1 or maybe 2 records that I rarely listen to but whatevs. As a bonus, here are the top 3 German bands that I can't stand no matter how highly they're rated.

Can
Minotaurus
Tangerine Dream

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Posted: September 10 2021 at 09:08

Hrychu wrote:

no order, 1 band per album:
Anyone's Daughter - Adonis
Triumvirat - IoaDD
Amenophis - S/T
Eloy - Ocean
Neuschwanstein - Battlement
Novalis - S/T

And I think that's it. I probably forgot 1 or maybe 2 records that I rarely listen to but whatevs. As a bonus, here are the top 3 German bands that I can't stand no matter how highly they're rated.

Can
Minotaurus
Tangerine Dream

I honestly can't think of any German bands I can't stand, but that's probably because I haven't listened to enough German prog, seeing as I've never heard any albums by Can or Minotaurus. I do like Tangerine Dream though. Smile

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Posted: September 10 2021 at 10:14

I dunno if I have 12 different German bands, but I'll see what comes out here...

1. Eloy - Poseidon's Creation

2. Triumvirat - Spartacus

3. Amon Duul II - Phallus Dei

4. Can - Tago Mago

5. Kraan - (original album)

6. Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra

7. Frumpy - Frumpy II

8. Lucifer's Friend - Where the Groupies Killed the Blues

9. Tangerine Dream - Rubycon

10. Grobschnitt - Rockpommels Land

11. Faust - (original)

12. Holderlin - Traum

Also have Ash Ra Tempel (original) but it hasn't grabbed me much, and some music from Kraftwerk, Klause Schultz, Anyone's Daughter and Eberhard Weber, but haven't heard it enough to have an opinion.

Edited by zwordser - September 10 2021 at 12:05

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Posted: September 10 2021 at 11:49

One per artist:

1. Can - Tago Mago

2. Triumvirat - Spartacus

3. Popol Vuh - Aguirre

4. Tangerine Dream - Zeit

5. Technical Space Composer's Crew - Canaxis 5

6. Pork Pie - Transitory

7. Eberhard Weber Colours - Silent Feet

8. Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk

9. Klaus Schulze - Dune

10. Eroc - Eroc

11. Eiliff - Eiliff

12. Faust - Faust

Now that's a lot more variety than my Dutch prog top 10. How disappointed my ancestors must be... Ermm

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Posted: September 10 2021 at 15:42

1. Grobschnitt - Rockpommel's Land

2. Anyone's Daughter - Adonis

3. Triumvirat - Spartacus

4. Novalis - Sommerabend

5. Triumvirat - Illusions on a Double Dimple

6. Versus X - Primordial Ocean

7. Grimény - Die Große Aufgabe

8. Novalis - Novalis

9. Triumvirat - Old Loves Die Hard

10. Can - Future Days

11. Eloy - Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes

12. Traumhaus - Das Geheimnis

Honorable mentions:

Versus X - The Turbulent Zone

Versus X - Disturbance

Apogee - Endurance of the Obsolete

Karakorum - Fables and Fairytales

Solar Project - Force Majeure

Traumpfad - Aufbruch

Birth Control - Plastic People

Can - Tago Mago

Hoelderlin - Hoelderlin

Neuschwanstein - Battlement

Pancake - No Illusions

Chandelier - Facing Gravity

Anyone's Daughter - In Blau

Apogee - Waiting for the Challenge

Traumhaus - Die andere Seite

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Posted: September 10 2021 at 22:26

Hi,

I think all of these are listed here, but some bands would have more than one entry!

AshRaTempel - New Age of Earth/Manuel

Can - Tago Mago/Ege Bamyasi/Future Days/Soon Over Babaluma/Holger/Schmidt

Tangerine Dream - Phaedra/Stratosfear/Froese

Klaus Schulze - Mirage/Sebastium in Traum/"X"

Amon Duul 2 - Yeti/Wolf City

Grobschnitt - Solar Music Live/Rockpommel's

Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra

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Posted: September 20 2021 at 16:07

this is tough, so many great ones, so I kept to 21 artists, and allowed live albums. The ones with asterisk probably would not make the top 12

alphabetically

Amenophis - s/t

Anyone's Daughter - Live

Birth Control - Plastic People

Carol of Harvest - s/t

Eden - Erwartung

Eloy - tie between Dawn and Time to Turn, but I could have chosen 4 others

Favni - Windswept *

Galahad - The Return of the Piper *

Grobschnitt - Solar Music Live

Hoelderlin - Traum *

Midnight Circus - s/t *

Minotaurus - Fly Away *

Novalis - Veillicht... *

Passport - Garden of Eden

Pell Mell - tie between Marburg and Rhapsody (2 very different albums)

Poor Genetic Material - tie between Spring Tidings and Winter's Edge (singer is Scottish but two main instrumentalists are German)

Rebekka - Phoenix *

Rousseau - retreat

Sundenfall II - s/t

Tangerine Dream - Force Majeure

Triumvirat - Old Loves Die Hard *

Troya - Point of Eruption *

Zomby Woof - Riding on a Tear

Edited by kenethlevine - September 21 2021 at 11:17

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