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Not a great year for prog with Permanent Waves as the standout album in this niche. Some decent albums by Yes, PG, Genesis, APP and Kate Bush ... That's it, folks. The best album of the year in my book is Rainy Sundays ... Windy Dreams by Andy Irvine.

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Originally posted by Steve Wyzard Steve Wyzard wrote:

1) Mike Rutherford - Smallcreep's Day
2) Yes - Drama
3) Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Chance
4) Genesis - Duke
5) Saga - Silent Knight
6) Rush - Permanent Waves
7) Peter Gabriel - III (Melt)
8) Steve Hackett - Defector
9) FM - City of Fear
10) U2 - Boy - not prog but a true masterpiece I will never grow tired of listening to!

Interesting end note. I feel the same way--that's why Boy is my #1 album of the year. I, however, remember thinking (and feeling), the first time I heard the album, start to finish, that these were the heirs to Pink Floyd! So, shouldn't that alone qualify them as prog! And then their work with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois?

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Itoiz - Ezekiel
Eloy - Colours
Gentle Giant - Civilian
Peter Gabriel - Melt
CAI - Noche abierta
Asia Minor - Between Flesh And Divine
SBB - Memento Z Banalnym Tryptykiem
Rush - Permanent waves
Agnus - Pinturas y expresiones
John Foxx - Metamatic

Others
Seru Giran - Bicicleta
AC/DC - Back in Black
Ultravox - Viena
The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta
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Originally posted by Olape Olape wrote:

SBB - Memento Z Banalnym Tryptykiem

Memento by SBB is probably my favorite '80 album right now. Also, recently I've been listening to Hazard by Predmestije (Slovenia) a lot, which is great but it's more of a jazz fusion than a prog record.
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Alshia - Alshia
Another World Production - The End of the Age
Dire Straits - Making Movies
ELO - Xanadu
Eloy - Colours
The Enid - Six Pieces
Hawkwind - Levitation
Nektar - Man in the Moon
Tonic - This Way
Yes - Yesshows
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Eloy - Colours
Yes - Drama
Rush - Permanent Waves
Genesis - Duke
Asia Minor - Between Flesh And Divine
Ain Soph - A Story Of Mysterious Forest
Passport - Oceanliner
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Chance
Gentle Giant - Civilian
Goblin - Contamination 
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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

Interesting end note. I feel the same way--that's why Boy is my #1 album of the year. I, however, remember thinking (and feeling), the first time I heard the album, start to finish, that these were the heirs to Pink Floyd! So, shouldn't that alone qualify them as prog! And then their work with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois?

U2 the heirs to Pink Floyd? Really?
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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:


Interesting end note. I feel the same way--that's why Boy is my #1 album of the year. I, however, remember thinking (and feeling), the first time I heard the album, start to finish, that these were the heirs to Pink Floyd! So, shouldn't that alone qualify them as prog! And then their work with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois?


U2 prog? Dear god no. Heirs to Floyd? Yikes!
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I like U2 a lot but they are not Prog. XTC, on the other hand, is. Boy is definitely my favorite from them. I met them at this time and they were all very nice blokes!!!
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Present - Triskaidékaphobie
Asia Minor - Between Flesh And Divine
Polyrock - Polyrock
Cosmic Debrys - 3.7 K
Anthony Phillips - Private Parts & Pieces II Back to Pavilion
Igra Staklenih Perli - Vrt Svetlosti
Grotesk - Grotesk
Abus Dangereux - Le quatrieme Mouvement
Rush - Permanet Waves
Picchio Dal Pozo - Abbiamo Tutti I Suoi Problemi

Honorable Mentions:

Spinetta Jade - Alma de Diamante
XTC - Black Sea
Surgery - Űbermorgen
Ginga Rale Band - Wir Bedauern
Aqsak Maboul - Un Peu De Láme Des Bandits
Dr. Aftershave - In The Diving Bell
Sun - Sun
Anabis - Heaven On Earth
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Quote Spinetta Jade - Alma de Diamante

Fantastic album!
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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:


Interesting end note. I feel the same way--that's why Boy is my #1 album of the year. I, however, remember thinking (and feeling), the first time I heard the album, start to finish, that these were the heirs to Pink Floyd! So, shouldn't that alone qualify them as prog! And then their work with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois?


U2 prog? Dear god no. Heirs to Floyd? Yikes!

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Originally posted by progaardvark progaardvark wrote:


1. Yes - Drama
2. Rush - Permanent Waves
3. Genesis - Duke
4. Noa - Noa
5. Picchio dal Pozzo - Abbiamo tutti i suoi problemi
6. David Bowie - Scary Monsters
7. Mark Shreeve - Embryo
8. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel [Melt]
9. Asia Minor - Between Flesh and Divine
10. Chac Mool - Nadie en especial

Having just acquired Present's Triskaïdékaphobie, I hereby update my 1980 top 10 by sliding everything above down one notch to put this brilliant album at #1 for the year. Sorry Chac Mool.
 

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Not so many, and some not Prog as well:
Agnus (Arg) - Pinturas y Expresiones
Asia Minor (Turkey/F) - Between Flesh and Divine
Bauhaus (UK) - In the Flat Field
Haizea (ESP) - Hontz Gaua
Joy Division (UK) - Closer

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Mellotron Storm Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 31 2021 at 08:57
Huge fan of this year mainly for some non Prog stuff. I mean I have a long list written down for this year but no order so I'm winging it here.
Rush- Permanent Waves
Rahmann- Rahmann
Hawkwind- Levitation
Wolfgang Bock- Cycles
Jean Philippe Goude- Drones
Mars Everywhere- Industrial Sabotoge
Abus Dangereux- La Quatrieme Mouvment
Progres 2- Dialog S Vesmirem
Hugh Hopper/Alan Gowen- Two Rainbows Daily
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I'd rather not even think about 1980 - strange times - but for the sake of this thread:

1. Bill Bruford - Gradually Going Tornado
2. Brand X - Do They Hurt?
3. Genesis - Duke
4. Jethro Tull - A
5. David Bowie - Scary Monsters
6. Steve Hackett - Defector
7. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel 3
8. Yes - Drama
9. ...
10. ...
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Never for Ever - Kate Bush

Memento Z Banalnym Tryptykiem - SBB

Génération sans futur - Art Zoyd

III - Peter Gabriel

Drama - Yes

The Turn of a Friendly Card - The Alan Parsons Project

Ezekiel - Itoiz

Between Flesh and Divine - Asia Minor

Silent Knight - Saga

Uuteen aikaan - Scapa Flow

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Fully revised and updated:-

5 stars 1980: Another World Production - The End of the Age - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cctfgc3VJE
5 stars 1980: Anyone's Daughter - Anyone's Daughter - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIpqwIpgpT8&t=1993s
5 stars 1980: Asia Minor - Between Flesh and Divine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJCsu-Kk8kA&t=766s
5 stars 1980: The Enid - Six Pieces - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsMQfw_0L0s
5 stars 1980: Tonic - This Way - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aY7-qRzxp0
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