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25 of my favourite albums from all-time top 100

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Poll Question: Which 5 (or less) of these albums do you like best?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
14 [10.29%]
9 [6.62%]
5 [3.68%]
1 [0.74%]
5 [3.68%]
16 [11.76%]
6 [4.41%]
12 [8.82%]
14 [10.29%]
0 [0.00%]
1 [0.74%]
5 [3.68%]
7 [5.15%]
5 [3.68%]
3 [2.21%]
2 [1.47%]
1 [0.74%]
4 [2.94%]
4 [2.94%]
3 [2.21%]
4 [2.94%]
3 [2.21%]
5 [3.68%]
5 [3.68%]
2 [1.47%]
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    Posted: December 04 2024 at 12:39
I got very sick from COVID (again) and am making a very slow recovery -- really messed up my lungs. Activities like this do rather pass the time. I was inspired to do make this poll due to Trevor's (essexboyinwales) recent topic My favourite 10 albums from the all-time top 100 (CLICK)

In this topic I went with 25 (no more than one per artist) from PA's top 100 as I could not do it with just ten, and even then I left out several albums I really wanted to include, like Jethro Tull's Aqualung and Museo Rosenbach's Zarathustra.   The numbers, as one would probably guess, indicate chart position.

In Trevor's topic he asked us to pick three, in this as there are two and a half times as many options, I would ask people to pick up to five (more if you really want to of course, just one vote per act please).

So please try to vote for up to five and please comment on your selections. Thanks.

Edited by Logan - December 04 2024 at 12:42
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Camel - The Snow Goose
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink 
Focus - Hamburger Concerto 
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 
Khan - Space Shanty
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Cristi Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 04 2024 at 12:49
Khan - Space Shanty 
King Crimson - Red
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink 
Bubu - Anabelas
Hatfield and the North - Hatfield and the North
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote AFlowerKingCrimson Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 04 2024 at 13:21
I voted for Genesis, Camel, Caravan, Pink Floyd and KC. I guess like this guy I knew in college who said he was a big prog fan you're not a Yes fan. ;)

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - December 04 2024 at 13:22
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Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Gentle Giant - Acquiring the Taste
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
Camel - The Snow Goose
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1. Red
2. Space Shanty
3. Felona e Sorona
4. Häxan
5. Hamburger Concerto

6. Meddle
7. In a Silent Way
8. The Lamb Likes Down on Broadway
9. 4 Visions
10. Storia di un Minuto


P.S. Feel better, Logan! Remember what George Carlin said: "Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things."
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote richardh Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 04 2024 at 15:35
No's 1,2,3,5 and 6 on the list.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote someone_else Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 04 2024 at 16:02
Voted for:
Camel - The Snow Goose
Gong - You
Focus - Hamburger Concerto
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Pink Floyd - Meddle

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Logan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 04 2024 at 17:17
Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

P.S. Feel better, Logan! Remember what George Carlin said: "Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things."


Thanks, Carlin's the man. Now that's someone who tasted the sweat smell of success. The sweatier you get, the sweatier the success one might say.

As for me trying to choose just five, there are 15 or more that I would really want to vote for, and might vote in a few days if some of my favourites of these favourites from the top 100 have no votes. I did not know how much I love from the top 100 and left many other faves off the list. Some would surely get my vote now...
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Voted for.

1. Darwin.
2. Storia di un Minuto.
3. Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh.
4. Hamburger Concerto.
5. Felona e Sorona

The Lamb I don't dare to rate it, but has a defect, to many fillers.

Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - December 05 2024 at 01:13
            
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote octopus-4 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 04 2024 at 23:20
Camel, Caravan, Pink Floyd, Magma and Area.
I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution
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Camel, Genesis, Floyd.

Can’t vote from the rest!

Interesting that neither of us included any Yes in our polls…..
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-I think these five feel the most correct:

King Crimson - Red
Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Gong - Radio Gnome Invisible Vol. 3 - You
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom

-these five was the most painful to leave out:

Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
Peter Hammill - The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage
Gentle Giant - Acquiring the Taste
Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
Area - Arbeit Macht Frei
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Mormegil Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2024 at 03:21
From this list:
- Genesis
- Camel
- King Crimson
- National Health
- Khan

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Camel - The Snow Goose
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
Gentle Giant - Acquiring The Taste

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Manuel Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2024 at 05:57
Too many great albums to make a choice here. Each one has a different mood, so it depends how I'm feeling at the moment, I would vote for many of them. Great list.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Lewian Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2024 at 10:27
This is too difficult but I throw some votes anyway (albums with few votes are preferred, to help a bit with selecting):
Häxan, On Land and in the Sea, Rock Bottom, Hot Rats.
I stop at four because even among those with few votes too many would want the next spot.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Logan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2024 at 10:43
^ I considered voting yesterday with exactly the same top choices as Saperlipopette! -- King Crimson - Red, Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts, Pink Floyd - Meddle, Gong - Radio Gnome Invisible Vol. 3 - You, Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom -- but then I regretted not choosing some you mentioned as well as others. I very commonly do not vote in my own polls, which might seem a bit unfair. As my wife and many others intone, try to avoid asking of others to do that which you are not willing to do yourself. I do it in other people polls more, but then those are less likely to cover lots of my favourites of course.

Originally posted by essexboyinwales essexboyinwales wrote:

Camel, Genesis, Floyd.

Can’t vote from the rest!

Interesting that neither of us included any Yes in our polls…..


That is interesting.

Perhaps we could both be admitted to the Say No to Yes Club. Like the masons, they use "secret" gestures and signals to identify themselves and gains entrance to the gates of No. In this case it involves shaking your head from side to side. If anyone answers incorrectly by nodding their head up and down at the entrance to the No sanctuary, expect it all To Be Over soon. Excuse the silliness.

I actually could have happily added Fragile, which is at number 10, but I had about 28 I cared more about at the time, which does not mean I don't love music on Fragile. And I like Relayer at 20, but have not listened to it in a long time. I'm not a fan of the beloved by many a Progster Close to the Edge.

Edited by Logan - December 05 2024 at 10:45
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VDGG
Genesis
Gong
Magma
Gentle Giant

I guess I only vote for bands with G in the name somewhere
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Big Sky Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2024 at 17:08
From your list:

1) King Crimson
2) Gentle Giant
3) Genesis
4) VDGG
5) Miles Davis
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