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    Posted: 5 hours 13 minutes ago at 11:08

Comparing the albums of Genesis, Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Yes by order of release.

Feel free to cover as many of these, and more, if you like, and you need not do all five albums from each. I plan to do a second edition with some other big names like VdGG and GG. I chose 11 for my cgoices to go up to The Wall specifically. Pink Floyd and King Crimson are my favourites generally of these, but of course it also depends on which specific releases we are comparing. In some cases choosing the order was a toss-up. Some years I love all, others only one or two.

Here are the first 12 albums per band in chronological order for reference:

Genesis:

From Genesis to Revelation
Trespass
Nursery Cryme
Foxtrot
Selling England by the Pound
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
A Trick of the Tail
Wind & Wuthering
...And Then There Were Three...
Duke
Abacab
Genesis (aka Shapes)


Jethro Tull:

This Was
Stand Up
Benefit
Aqualung
Thick as a Brick
A Passion Play
War Child
Minstrel in the Gallery
Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!
Songs From the Wood
Heavy Horses
Stormwatch


King Crimson:

In the Court of the Crimson King
In the Wake of Poseidon
Lizard
Islands
Larks' Tongues in Aspic
Starless and Bible Black
Red
Discipline
Beat
Three of a Perfect Pair
THRAK
The ConstruKction of Light


Pink Floyd:

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
A Saucerful of Secrets
More
Ummagumma
Atom Heart Mother
Meddle
Obscured by Clouds
The Dark Side of the Moon
Wish You Were Here
Animals
The Wall
The Final Cut


Yes:

Yes
Time and a Word
The Yes Album
Fragile
Close to the Edge
Tales From Topographic Oceans
Relayer
Going for the One
Tormato
Drama
90125
Big Generator

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Here are my choices in favourite (1st) to least favourite potition.

Debuts

1. In the Court of the Crimson King
2. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
3. This Was
4. Yes
5. From Genesis to Revelation

Seconds

1. A Saucerful of Secrets
2. In the Wake of Poseidon
3. Trespass
4. Stand Up
5. Time and a Word

Thirds

1. Lizard
2. Benefit
3. More
4. The Yes Album
5. Nursery Cryme

Fourths

1. Islands
2. Ummagumma
3. Aqualung
4. Fragile
5. Foxtrot

Fifths

1. Atom Heart Mother
2. Larks' Tongues in Aspic
3. Selling England by the Pound
4. Thick as a Brick
5. Close to the Edge

Sixths

1. Meddle
2. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
3. Starless and Bible Black
4. A Passion Play
5. Tales From Topographic Oceans

Sevenths

1. Red
2. Relayer
3. Obscured by Clouds
4. A Trick of the Tail
5. War Child

Eighths

1. The Dark Side of the Moon
2. Wind & Wuthering
3. Minstrel in the Gallery
4. Discipline
5. Going for the One

Ninths

1. Wish You Were Here
2. Beat
3. ...And Then There Were Three...
4. Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!
5. Tormato

Tenths

1. Animals
2. Songs From the Wood
3. Three of a Perfect Pair
4. Duke
5. Drama

Elevenths

1. The Wall
2. Heavy Horses
3. THRAK
4. Abacab
5. 90125

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Hope to see some other list covering as many of these albums as you know and like. :)
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Oh this is a fun idea!

DEBUTS:
1.     In the Court of the Crimson King
2.     The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
3.     From Genesis to Revelation
4.     Yes
5.     This Was
SECONDS:
1.     In the Wake of Poseidon
2.     A Saucerful of Secrets
3.     Trespass
4.     Time and a Word
5.     Stand Up
THIRDS:
1.     Nursery Cryme
2.     Lizard
3.     The Yes Album
4.     More
5.     Benefit
FOURTHS:
1.     Foxtrot
2.     Fragile
3.     Ummagumma
4.     Islands
5.     Aqualung
FIFTHS:
1.     Selling England by the Pound
2.     Close to the Edge
3.     Thick as a Brick
4.     Larks' Tongues in Aspic
5.     Atom Heart Mother
SIXTHS:
1.     Starless and Bible Black
2.     The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
3.     Tales From Topographic Oceans
4.     Meddle
5.     A Passion Play
SEVENTHS:
1.     A Trick of the Tail
2.     Relayer
3.     Red
4.     War Child
5.     Obscured by Clouds
EIGHTHS:
1.     Wind & Wuthering
2.     Discipline
3.     The Dark Side of the Moon
4.     Going for the One
5.     Minstrel in the Gallery
NINTHS:
1.     ...And Then There Were Three...
2.     Wish You Were Here
3.     Beat
4.     Tormato
5.     Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!
TENTHS:
1.     Duke
2.     Three of a Perfect Pair
3.     Animals
4.     Songs From the Wood
5.     Drama
ELEVENTHS:
1.     Abacab
2.     Thrak
3.     90125
4.     The Wall
5.     Heavy Horses
TWELFTHS:
1.     Genesis
2.     The ConstruKction Of Light
3.     The Final Cut
4.     Stormwatch
5.     Big Generator
THIRTEENTHS:
1.     Invisible Touch
2.     The Power To Believe
3.     A Momentary Lapse Of Reason
4.     A
5.     Union
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Logan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 2 hours 25 minutes ago at 13:56
Thanks, Mira.    You're formatting looks so much better and more economical than mine, by the way. And while my list only went to 11, yours goes two higher! Nigel Tufnel approves.
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I tried, but gave up. In just about every year, something felt wrong no matter what.
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Debuts
1. In the Court of the Crimson King
2. This Was

3.  Yes, From Genesis to Revelation, Gates of Dawn

Seconds
1. Stand Up
2. Trespass
3. A Saucerful of Secrets, In the Wake of Poseidon, Time and a Word

Thirds
1. Lizard
2. The Yes Album, Nursery Cryme
3. More
4. Benefit

Fourths
1. Aqualung
2. Fragile, Foxtrot
3. Islands
4. Ummagumma

Fifths
1. Atom Heart Mother
1. Larks' Tongues in Aspic
1. Selling England by the Pound
1. Thick as a Brick
1. Close to the Edge

Sixths:
1. Meddle
2. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
3. Starless and Bible Black
4. A Passion Play
5. Tales From Topographic Oceans

Sevenths:

1. A Trick of the Tail
2. Red, Relayer
3. Obscured by Clouds

5. War Child

Eighths;
1. The Dark Side of the Moon
2. Wind & Wuthering
3. Minstrel in the Gallery
4. Discipline
5. Going for the One

Ninths:

1. Wish You Were Here

3. ...And Then There Were Three...
4. Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!
5. Tormato
6. Beat

Tenths:

1. Animals
2. Songs From the Wood

4. Duke
5. Drama
6. Three of a Perfect Pair


let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

I tried, but gave up. In just about every year, something felt wrong no matter what.


I don’t consider my list to be like some definitive declaration of my preferences, and it is quite arbitrary in various places. It may give a general idea of my preferences when it comes to some of the biggest names in PA, and is an exercise undertaken in the spirit of fun.   
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