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Poll Question: Which of these is your favorite?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
3 [6.67%]
4 [8.89%]
3 [6.67%]
3 [6.67%]
8 [17.78%]
7 [15.56%]
4 [8.89%]
2 [4.44%]
4 [8.89%]
7 [15.56%]
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    Posted: March 20 2025 at 11:00
To this day, there are many people who are fully convinced that Prog died on December 31st, 1977. Some of the biggest names/groups were either no longer together, or were soldiering on and releasing material that just wasn't as popular as their earlier albums. For those of us who were there at the time, the decade reached its excessive peak in 1978, while 1979-80 became transitional years of looking forward to the new decade.

All of the albums in this poll were released during these years and are in their respective year's Top 50 on this site. The performers had all been treading the boards throughout the 1970s, and while these albums are definitely different from what they had previously recorded, there is very much a sense of change/revitalization in formats/instrumentation/songwriting. They are listed alphabetically by performer.

(With apologies to those who wanted to see Gentle Giant's Civilian or Jethro Tull's "A".)
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Supertramp: Breakfast in America
Genesis: Duke
Yes: Drama
Rush: Permanent Waves
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The Wall
Drama
Permanent Waves
Breakfast in America
Danger Money
One of a Kind
Peter Gabriel III
Spectral Mornings
Duke
Sky II


Edited by omphaloskepsis - March 20 2025 at 11:17
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Permanent Waves, Primary, 1 of 6
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While it is not an album i have returned to much in over 25 years, The Wall has been very important me, I find the Peter Gabriel excellent, loved that Supertramp album especially as a child, only in recent years did I finally hear that Bruford album (I might put it higher but listened the once).

My top five from the poll.

1. The Wall
2. Melt
3. Breakfast in America
4. One of a Kind
5. Permanent Waves

Lacking familiarity with Sky and the Steve Hackett album (I know that that SH is big one not to know and I will try to remedy).

While the conventional more mainstream Prog genre/ bands may have largely lost lustre by the late 70s (from a Prog standpoint especially), progressive and experimental music, and what I think of as prog umbrella music, was very much alive and well. I have seen that claim, but I think it comes from the more narrow-focused (one might say narrow-minded) old school, traditional, conservative, less adventurous, and most conventional of Prog listeners. And I find such people commonly are not open to other interpretations or ideas, as well as not being open to a wide variety of musical expression from around the world.

Edited by Logan - March 20 2025 at 11:35
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There's nothing in this poll I dislike and I actually own all six CD albums below. 

1. Sky - Sky 2
2. Pink Floyd - The Wall
3. Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings
4. Supertramp - Breakfast in America
5. Yes - Drama
6. Rush - Permanent Waves



Edited by Psychedelic Paul - March 20 2025 at 11:49
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this is impossible.  Both The Wall and Peter Gabriel 3 are such amazing albums.  
To try to choose between them is virtually impossible 
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Just Bruford for me. Not keen on any of the others
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Every album is a keeper in my opinion.

Drama edges Permanent Waves for top spot.
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One of a Kind is a masterpiece.
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The Wall
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The last great album
Pink Floyd: The Wall
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Sky II > Spectral Mornings > Wall, Breakfast, One 
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Melt is the most consistently good album song to song, so it edges out The Wall. 
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Originally posted by Steve Wyzard Steve Wyzard wrote:

To this day, there are many people who are fully convinced that Prog died on December 31st, 1977. Some of the biggest names/groups were either no longer together, or were soldiering on and releasing material that just wasn't as popular as their earlier albums. For those of us who were there at the time, the decade reached its excessive peak in 1978, while 1979-80 became transitional years of looking forward to the new decade.
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Hi,

The only comment here, that needs observing, is a question ... why does everything have to remain the same all of the time? The stuff from the earlier days had run its course, and the music world was now more aware of a lot more bands from many places, not just from America and England.

In my defense, by that time I was full on the European scene with some Japanese as well. There was a lot more outstanding work elsewhere than the list mentioned, for example, and it is sad that it looks like most folks were not aware of anything else ... which is not true at all.

THE WALL might be the best appreciated here, but in many ways, the whole thing made a lot better sense as a live show .... specially the original one ... as the later versions by RW were not very good, and were cheapened a heck of a lot compared to the original in QUAD and all that.

It's just sad that folks think it all died ... heck, we wouldn't be here if that had happened!


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My vote went to Drama but DM and Perm very close.
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Definitely Bill Bruford: One of a Kind
 
However, Peter Gabriel: III (Melt) and Pink Floyd: The Wall also deserve a special mention.
 
I would've liked to have seen Peter Hammill: pH7 in the list.
 



Edited by I prophesy disaster - March 20 2025 at 22:39
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I could vote for any of these which is rare for any poll on the forum. I went for Yes - Drama because they retained what was brilliant about the band but added a fresh take and an incredible amount of energy. It still sounds great to this day.
Chris Welch who was in the UK the foremost journalist on progressive rock suggested that UK - Danger Money was the last call of the original movement. I agree and it's also an excellent album if perhaps not the perfection of their debut. 
For me 1979 was owned by 2 huge Gary Numan albums and to this day I believe he reperesented the 'new progressive rock' of the day.
Latterly I became a massive Eloy fan and they released 2 significant and excellent albums (Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes plus Colours) in those 2 years.
I could say similar things for Tangerine Dream (2 great releases) and Vangelis released his masterpeice China in 1979.
In general there was quality music a plenty but by the mid eighties it was getting harder to find decent stuff. Many of the best musicians found a haven in so called 'New Age Music' and recently I watched a BBC documentary 'Enya At The BBC' looking back on Enya's career and digging into her old interviews. Watermark was and still is a beautiful drop in the ocean. Pop and rock music however had largely become stale and prog in its original form was dead. IMO
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Spectral Mornings
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