Our top ten studio albums from favourite acts

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   I wanted to focus on some acts with longer discographies and thought I'd ask what are you top ten studio albums (LPs and EPs) for some of your favourite bands or artists?  

I'll start with one in PA and one not in PA which had my first and second place albums for 2023, and where both acts have been very significant to me over recent years.

In PA, Swans: 

Children of God (1987)
White Light From the Mouth of Infinity (1991)
The Great Annihilator (1995)
Soundtracks for the Blind (1996)
My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky (2010)
The Seer (2012)
To Be Kind (2014)
The Glowing Man (2016)
leaving meaning. (2019)
The Beggar (2023)

Not in PA, Sufjan Stevens:

A Sun Came (2000)
Enjoy Your Rabbit (2001)
Michigan (2003)
Seven Swans (2004)
Illinois (2005)
The BQE (2009)
All Delighted People EP (2010, and an hour long)
The Age of Adz (2010)
Carrie & Lowell (2015)
Javelin (2023)

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Logan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum & Site Admin Group Site Admin Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Status: Offline Points: 37990	Post Options Post Reply Quote Logan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Our top ten studio albums from favourite acts Posted: March 25 2025 at 07:02
	I wanted to focus on some acts with longer discographies and thought I'd ask what are you top ten studio albums (LPs and EPs) for some of your favourite bands or artists? I'll start with one in PA and one not in PA which had my first and second place albums for 2023, and where both acts have been very significant to me over recent years. In PA, Swans: Children of God (1987) White Light From the Mouth of Infinity (1991) The Great Annihilator (1995) Soundtracks for the Blind (1996) My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky (2010) The Seer (2012) To Be Kind (2014) The Glowing Man (2016) leaving meaning. (2019) The Beggar (2023) Not in PA, Sufjan Stevens: A Sun Came (2000) Enjoy Your Rabbit (2001) Michigan (2003) Seven Swans (2004) Illinois (2005) The BQE (2009) All Delighted People EP (2010, and an hour long) The Age of Adz (2010) Carrie & Lowell (2015) Javelin (2023)
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Psychedelic Paul Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Offline Points: 44559	Post Options Post Reply Quote Psychedelic Paul Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: March 25 2025 at 07:15
	1971: Yes - The Yes Album - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nY-QvLEUh8bovdW1btwUXJHE8I_W5bIbA 1972: Yes - Close to the Edge - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ktk8PtkXO8GdshsmXb6w0fhaCMMTsyFio 1983: Yes - 90125 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nW0C1j_RpvQypX6RHJzN_zSxeDZ7ilOQA 1989: Yes - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVPGzOHIIgz9mrbq0cYIASUPCn7d20-Dy 1994: Yes - Talk - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOryT2IckkBBTBfThz15E6HlICGJvIbMz 1999: Yes - The Ladder - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nqDU0J8X8x2WSBB7xRsGir8Smfl2hlMrU 2011: Yes - Fly from Here - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLknWpd5vdlOSXG98H36D1l3pc2183t9z5 2014: Yes - Heaven & Earth - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0Tfxf8B-2QCkUQmwItn52pk5QZglz2Hj 2021: Yes - The Quest - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lD6x-iaY3we25X25RBbX2g_ee9AmZCUlA 2023: Yes - Mirror to the Sky - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mdLFJt9iPnV0i5cqbPQzOA3-wD3VEgJxA

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	Gentle Giant Octopus Three Friends Freehand The Power And The Glory In A Glass House Acquiring The Taste Gentle Giant The Missing Piece Civilian Giant For A Day Jethro Tull Thick As A Brick Songs From The Wood A Passion Play Aqualung Heavy Horses Minstrel In The Gallery Warchild Stormwatch Benefit Stand Up

Logan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum & Site Admin Group Site Admin Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Status: Offline Points: 37990	Post Options Post Reply Quote Logan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: March 25 2025 at 08:23
	^ & ^^ Thanks to you both. Originally I was thinking about making this eight albums. If that were the case, then Gentle Giant for its first eight would be one of my favourites. I especially like the early albums. A fave of mine is Art Zoyd: Symphonie pour le jour où brûleront les cités (1976 version) Musique pour l'Odyssée (1979) Génération sans futur (1980) Symphonie pour le jour où brûleront les cités (1981 version) Phase IV (1982) Les espaces inquiets (1983) Le mariage du ciel et de l'enfer (1985) Berlin (1987) Faust (1996) Haxan (1997) Magma (with Magma I would love to do lives, but keeping with the program and even then 10 is too limiting): Magma [Kobaïa] (1970) 1001° centigrades (1971) Magma (reissued as Kobaïa) Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh (1973) Ẁurdah Ïtah (1974, originally Tristan & Iseult by Christian Vander) Köhntarkösz (1974) Üdü Ẁüdü (1976) Attahk (1978) Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré (2009) Félicité Thösz (2012) Still love KA, Rïah Sahïltaahk, Sl*g Tanz and others. Magma iss de hundin. Edited by Logan - March 25 2025 at 08:25
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	Can (Love them all immensely though) Ege Bamyası (1972) Future Days (1973) Soundtracks (1973) Tago Mago (1971) Soon Over Babaluma (1974) Monster Movie (1970) Landed (1975) Saw Delight (1977) Flow Motion (1976) Out of Reach (1978) Magma Magma [Kobaïa] (1970) 1001° centigrades (1971) Mekanïk Destruktïẁ Kommandöh (1973) Üdü Ẁüdü (1976) Köhntarkösz (1974) Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré (2009) Attahk (1978) Šlaǧ Tanƶ (2015) K.A (2004) Tangerine Dream (allowed for two live records and an archival release containing all original material): Phaedra (1974) Rubycon (1975) Alpha Centauri (1971) Stratosfear (1976) Oedipus Tyrannus (2019, recorded in 1974) Zeit (1972) Ricochet (1975) Green Desert (1986, supposedly recorded 1973/1974 I think) Poland: The Warsaw Concert (1984) Sorcerer (1977) The Residents Duck Stab / Buster & Glen (1978) Mark of the Mole (1981) Meet the Residents (1974) Commercial Album (1980) Intermission (1982) [EP] Eskimo (1979) The Tunes of Two Cities (1982) Fingerprince (1977) Whatever Happened to Vileness Fats? (1984) The Residents - Not Available (1978) Klaus Schulze Mirage (1977) Moondawn (1976) Timewind (1975) Blackdance (1974) "X" (1978) Dig It (1980) Body Love (1977) Cyborg (1973) Irrlicht (1972) Picture Music (1975) Edited by Saperlipopette! - March 25 2025 at 09:01

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	1969: Genesis - From Genesis to Revelation - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Ls8TsNNijJYxxnS-Kp5ts8t 1970: Genesis - Trespass - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LuZha0g4IGPuYTYa2ojNJ5a 1971: Genesis - Nursery Cryme - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvvRA8-vhtqeavlv9_TYkI9 1972: Genesis - Foxtrot - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LutOVRL4O2LYbAaPtNQjtzt 1973: Genesis - Selling England by the Pound - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Ls8c3SxGZW2wPNWTifikotc 1974: Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvZRqTE0R8CKQn3uj02Eete 1976: Genesis - A Trick of the Tail - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LuNpwmZ8GoikYtQy7QBk7n9 1976: Genesis - Wind & Wuthering - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtklfWs1Vn7vBe5S3-akc7A 1978: Genesis - And Then There Were Three - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lu_v2KJ4Drut19mv5NA5Vbb 1997: Genesis - Calling All Stations - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvGUqnvmEO9Kxq-tjOJ-TcX

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	Just for comparison, here's my can of Can albums: Soon Over Babaluma Tago Mago Monster Movie Ege Bamyasi Saw Delight Future Days Unlimited Edition Delay 1968 Soundtracks Landed ...and the Tangerine Dream of my dreams (not including live albums, which makes it somewhat easier): Rubycon Zeit Atem Tangram Cyclone Phaedra Exit Electronic Meditation Alpha Centauri Stratosfear Edited by Lewian - March 25 2025 at 09:50

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	IQ Tales From The Lush Attic (1983) The Wake (1985) Nomzamo (1987) Are You Sitting Comfortably? (1989) Ever (1993) Subterranea (2997) The Seventh House (2000) Dark Matter (2004) Frequency (2009) The Road Of Bones (2014) Very much hoping that their new one, which apparently is winging it’s way to me right now, will be as good as these 20 fabulous albums, and better than Resistance…..
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	Marillion Script For A Jester’s Tear (1983) Fugazi (1984) Misplaced Childhood (1985) Clutching At Straws (1987) Seasons’ End (1989) Brave (1994) Afraid Of Sunlight (1995) This Strange Engine (1997) Marbles (2004) Sounds That Can’t Be Made (2012)
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	Dream Theater When Dream And Day Unite Images And Words Awake A Change Of Seasons Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence Octavarium Black Clouds And Silver Linings A Dramatic Turn Of Events Dream Theater
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	YES 1. 90125 2. Going for the One 3. Close to the Edge 4. Drama 5. The Yes Album 6. Fly From Here 7. Fragile 8. Relayer 9. Talk 10. Tormato GENESIS 1. Abacab 2. Selling England by the Pound 3. A Trick of the Tail 4. Duke 5. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 6. s/t (Shapes) 7. And Then There Were Three 8. Foxtrot 9. Wind and Wuthering 10. We Can't Dance RUSH 1. Signals 2. Hemispheres 3. Power Windows 4. Permanent Waves 5. Caress of Steel 6. Moving Pictures 7. A Farewell to Kings 8. Hold Your Fire 9. 2112 10. Grace Under Pressure

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	Hm. This only counts for bands who have at least ten, which means I'll have to cut out my number one: Led Zeppelin. And I've only heard 9 solo Paul Simon albums... Meat Loaf 1. Bat Out of Hell 2. Bat Out of Hell II 3. Dead Ringer 4. Bat Out of Hell III 5. Braver Than We Are 6. Welcome to the Neighborhood 7. Hang Cool Teddy Bear 8. Bad Attitude 9. Couldn't Have Said It Better 10. Blind Before I Stop Pink Floyd 1. The Wall (although DSOTM is the more technically impressive) 2. DSOTM 3. Piper at the Gates of Dawn 4. Wish You Were Here 5. Animals 6. Meddle 7. Atom Heart Mother 8. Ummagumma 9. A Saucerful of Secrets 10. The Division Bell Scorpions 1. Taken By Force 2. Lovedrive 3. Blackout 4. Love at First Sting 5. In Trance 6. Sting in the Tail 7. Fly to the Rainbow 8. Crazy World 9. Virgin Killer 10. Humanity: Hour 1 Swans 1. The Seer 2. Children of God 3. Soundtracks for the Blind 4. To Be Kind 5. The Beggar 6. White Light from the Mouth of Infinity 7. The Glowing Man 8. The Great Annihilator 9. Leaving Meaning 10. My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky

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	Pain of Salvation 1. The Perfect Element Part 1 [BC] [SPO] 2. Remedy Lane [BC] [SPO] 3. One Hour by the Concrete Lake [BC] [SPO] 4. Panther [BC] [SPO] 5. In The Passing Light Of Day [BC] [SPO] 6. Entropia [BC] [SPO] 7. Be [SPO] 8. Road Salt Two [BC] [SPO] 9. Linoleum [AP Prog] [BC] [SPO] 10. Road Salt One [BC] [SPO] 11. Scarsick [BC] [SPO] Edited by MikeEnRegalia - March 25 2025 at 15:55
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	Dead Can Dance Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1987) Dead Can Dance (1984) Spleen and Ideal (1985) Anastasis (2012) The Serpent's Egg (1988) Aion (1990) Into the Labyrinth (1993) Garden of the Arcane Delights EP (1984) Dionysus (2018) Spiritchaser (1996)

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	Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here Ummagumma Meddle Dark Side of the Moon Atom Heart Mother Animals A Saucerful of Secrets Obscured by Clouds The Final Cut The Division Bell Van der Graaf Generator Still Life Godbluff H to He Who Am the Only One The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other A Grounding in Numbers Pawn Hearts World Record Do Not Disturb Present Trisector Genesis Foxtrot Selling England by the Pound Nursery Cryme The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Wind and Wuthering A Trick of the Tail Trespass Duke Genesis Invisible Touch Edited by someone_else - March 26 2025 at 01:54


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	Pink Floyd Meddle (1971) Saucerful Of Secrets (1968) Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967 The Wall (1979) Atom Heart Mother (1970) Wish You Were Here (1975) Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) Obscured By Clouds (1972) Animals (1977) The Final Cut (1983)

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	David Bowie The Man Who Sold the World (1970) Hunky Dory (1971) The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (1972) Aladdin Sane (1973) Station to Station (1976) Low (1977) "Heroes" (1977) Lodger (1979) Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (1980) Blackstar (2016)
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