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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:

And, of you insist, an alphabetical list of honorable mentions
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Pell Mell
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Pell Mell? I find Marburg quite allright myself.

I love Marburg once I got past the kooky vocals.  I also love "Rhapsody" and "Only a Star", but they are very different from Marburg.
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Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:

Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:

And, of you insist, an alphabetical list of honorable mentions
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Pell Mell
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Pell Mell? I find Marburg quite allright myself.

I love Marburg once I got past the kooky vocals.  I also love "Rhapsody" and "Only a Star", but they are very different from Marburg.

Yeah, the vocals are a bit of challenge for me, as well.
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Nice to see Genesis on top of the list so far. Not sure if you're still taking votes, but my top 10 currently are:

1. Genesis (as if they needed more votes)
2. King Crimson
3. Procol Harum
4. Jethro Tull
5. Pink Floyd
6. Renaissance
7. The Moody Blues
8. Camel
9. Yes
10.Focus

Honorable mentions: Curved Air, ELP, PFM, Harmonium
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Challenging project!  Mine would probably be....

  1. Yes
  2. King Crimson
  3. Genesis
  4. ELP 
  5. Jethro Tull 
  6. Mahavishnu Orchestra
  7. Brand X 
  8. Wishbone Ash
  9. Flash
  10. Tangerine Dream 
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Top 20 update with PhilChem8 & CStack3's votes added:-

1. Genesis (819 points)
2. Yes (704 points)
3. King Crimson (667 points)
4. Pink Floyd (652 points)
5. Rush (349 points)
6. Emerson, Lake & Palmer (314 points)
7. Gentle Giant (248 points)
8. Van der Graaf Generator (244 points)
9. Jethro Tull (234 points)
10. Marillion (226 points)



11. Camel (144 points)
12. IQ (121 points)
13. Soft Machine (102 points)
14. Renaissance (101 points)
15. Porcupine Tree (97 points)
16. Magma (85 points)
17. Can (66 points) 
18. Spock's Beard (65 points)
19. Cardiacs (60 points)
20. Henry Cow (56 points)
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1. Van Der Graaf Generator
2. Pink Floyd
3. Jethro Tull
4. King Crimson
5. Rush
6. Can
7. Yes
8. ELP
9. Camel
10. Egg 

No surprises here, except for Egg I guess. Bubbling under: Gentle Giant, Magma, Gnidrolog, Neu! and a bunch of others, but I went for the ones that made an early and lasting impression on me and whom I can safely return to whenever I like. 
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Top 20 update with Hiram's votes added:-

1. Genesis (819 points)
2. Yes (709 points)
3. King Crimson (679 points)
4. Pink Floyd (672 points)
5. Rush (359 points)
6. Emerson, Lake & Palmer (318 points)
7. Van der Graaf Generator (274 points)
8. Jethro Tull (249 points)
9. Gentle Giant (248 points)
10. Marillion (226 points)


11. Camel (147 points)
12. IQ (121 points)
13. Soft Machine (102 points)
14. Renaissance (101 points)
15. Porcupine Tree (97 points)
16. Magma (85 points)
17. Can (72 points) 
18. Spock's Beard (65 points)
19. Cardiacs (60 points)
20. Henry Cow (56 points)
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1. VDGG
2.Rush
3.ELP
4.Jethro Tull
5.Strawbs
6.Marillion
7.Renaissance
8.King Crimson
9.Yes
10.Genesis
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Top 20 update with ProgLin's votes added:-



1. Genesis (821 points)
2. Yes (712 points)
3. King Crimson (683 points)
4. Pink Floyd (672 points)
5. Rush (379 points)
6. Emerson, Lake & Palmer (333 points)
7. Van der Graaf Generator (304 points)
8. Jethro Tull (261 points)
9. Gentle Giant (248 points)
10. Marillion (232 points)


11. Camel (147 points)
12. IQ (121 points)
13. Renaissance (106 points)
14. Soft Machine (102 points)
15. Porcupine Tree (97 points)
16. Magma (85 points)
17. Can (72 points) 
18. Spock's Beard (65 points)
19. Cardiacs (60 points)
20. Henry Cow (56 points)



Edited by Psychedelic Paul - December 31 2021 at 08:33
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As a recent convert to the marvellous music of Marillion (thanks to Cristi), it's good to see Marillion made it into the final Top 10, although I'm still mystified as to how Gentle Giant made it into 9th place in  the rankings, above Camel, IQ and Renaissance.  Confused
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Marillion
Yes
IQ
Clepsydra
Pink Floyd
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Top 10 update with Progman4160's votes added:-

1. Genesis (821 points)
2. Yes (732 points)
3. King Crimson (683 points)
4. Pink Floyd (682 points)
5. Rush (379 points)
6. Emerson, Lake & Palmer (333 points)
7. Van der Graaf Generator (304 points)
8. Marillion (262 points)
9. Jethro Tull (261 points)
10. Gentle Giant (248 points)



11. Camel (147 points)
12. IQ (136 points)
13. Renaissance (106 points)
14. Soft Machine (102 points)
15. Porcupine Tree (97 points)
16. Magma (85 points)
17. Can (72 points) 
18. Spock's Beard (65 points)
19. Cardiacs (60 points)
20. Henry Cow (56 points)
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I'm still surprised to see Hawkwind being so overlooked
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Originally posted by Cambus741 Cambus741 wrote:

I'm still surprised to see Hawkwind being so overlooked

Me too! Who would've guessed that Henry Cow would get more votes than Hawkwind!? Shocked
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Cambus741 Cambus741 wrote:

I'm still surprised to see Hawkwind being so overlooked

Me too! Who would've guessed that Henry Cow would get more votes than Hawkwind!? Shocked

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I've looked through the whole 15 pages and I can't see any previous post by myself so here's my list:

1. Transatlantic
2. Neal Morse Band
3. Camel
4. Yes
5. Pink Floyd
6. Mostly Autumn
7. Spock's Beard
8. Flower Kings
9. Focus
10. Barclay James Harvest
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^ I need to look through the whole 15 pages too, to see if anyone else has voted for Transatlantic or the Neal Morse Band. I'm pretty sure they have. Smile
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Top 10 update with Progman4160's votes added:-

<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">1. Genesis (821 points)
<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">2. Yes (732 points)<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">3. King Crimson (683 points)<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">4. Pink Floyd (682 points)<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">
5. Rush (379 points)
6. Emerson, Lake & Palmer (333 points)
7. Van der Graaf Generator (304 points)
8. Marillion (262 points)
9. Jethro Tull (261 points)
10. Gentle Giant (248 points)



11. Camel (147 points)
12. IQ (136 points)
13. Renaissance (106 points)
14. Soft Machine (102 points)
15. Porcupine Tree (97 points)
16. Magma (85 points)
17. Can (72 points) 
18. Spock's Beard (65 points)
19. Cardiacs (60 points)
20. Henry Cow (56 points)


The list is comjing great. And actually only Jethro Tull is missing to complete the top six as the traditional big 6. Still, it is interesting that all the top 10 is classic 70's prog, and nearly all are british... But isn't Canada still part of the English Crown or something? How does that work? Perhaps that way they could be considered part of the British or English prog club...
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

^ I need to look through the whole 15 pages too, to see if anyone else has voted for Transatlantic or the Neal Morse Band. I'm pretty sure they have. Smile

Sorry Wink
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Originally posted by AlanB AlanB wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

^ I need to look through the whole 15 pages too, to see if anyone else has voted for Transatlantic or the Neal Morse Band. I'm pretty sure they have. Smile

Sorry Wink
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