Rate my top 20 prog albums

this thread is quite popular, so tell me your opinion

my top 20 in no order:

Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother

ELP - Brain Salad Surgery

Comus - First Utterance

King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King

Gryphon - Midnight Mushrumps

Eloy - Ocean

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel IV Security

Queen - Queen II

Anthony Phillips - The Geese And The Ghost

IQ - The Wake

Le Orme - The Collage

Anglagard - Hybris

Ange - La Cimetière Des Arlequins

Camel - Mirage

VDGG - Pawn Hearts

PFM - Per Un Amico

Yes - Relayer

Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Gentle Giant - Acquiring The Taste

Basil Poledouris - Connan The Barbarian (soundtrack)

 

 

Titan wrote: this thread is quite popular, so tell me your opinion my top 20 in no order: Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother  8,5/10 ELP - Brain Salad Surgery have�Lt heard     haven�Lt heard Comus - First Utterance  haven�Lt heard King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King 9,5/10 Gryphon - Midnight Mushrumps  haven�Lt heard Eloy - Ocean  8,5/10 Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel IV Security haven�Lt heard Queen - Queen II    9/10 Anthony Phillips - The Geese And The Ghost  haven�Lt heard IQ - The Wake haven�Lt heard Le Orme - The Collage haven�Lt heard Anglagard - Hybris 9/10 Ange - La CimetiƒÆre Des Arlequins    haven�Lt heard Camel - Mirage  10/10 VDGG - Pawn Hearts   9,5/10 PFM - Per Un Amico  haven�Lt heard Yes - Relayer   8,5/10 Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway  9/10 Gentle Giant - Acquiring The Taste 10/10 Basil Poledouris - Connan The Barbarian (soundtrack)          10/10

Some of your records we're not so familiar to me, but here's my thoughts about some of them. I quess I'll restrain giving any stars.

ELP - Brain Salad Surgery The starter "Jerusalem" is very emotional and fine hymn, you could march to war along this. But the greatest feature is "Tocatta", imaginative and full of things to follow. This could be the war where you were marching to...

King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King Classic. I own this, but seldom listen to it. I think there are better versions of "Schizoid Man" f.ex. on 60's BBC recordings and on Wetton era live-recordings. "I Talk to The Wind" and "Epitaph" are perfect recordings of these songs, nothing too much or too less. The B-side of the LP feels little more boring to me, but this album has great a historical and aestethic value. Yum!

Änglagård - Hybris Nice swedish prog classic, which I believe started the KC-mellotron oriented prog scene in Sweden, no? I liked their "Epilog" little more, but there's nothing wrong with this one either. Perhaps it only little over-hyped?

VdGG - Pawn Hearts This album didn't quite open to me. I like VdGG's "Godbluff" much, but that ain't so dissonant and anarchistic like this. I think all of the tracks on "Pawn Hearts" start wonderfully, but they venture so far that I can't follow with them. Well, maybe I'm only too neurotic to survive the trip they are offering!  

Yes - Relayer Goodie from beginning to start! "Sound chaser" is their best song IMO. Great covers too...

Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway I used to listen this lots when I was in high school. Try to find some live recordings from the tour where they played this! Some of the moments are much, much better on stage than on the studio release.

Basil Poledouris - Conan The Barbarian (soundtrack) Ha, this is also nice! I used to dig the movie as a kid, but I think I have seen it so many times, that I got bored of it. Perhaps I'm also nowadays interested about different kind of films... If you ever have opportunity to listen SERGEY PROKOFIEV's soundtrack to the 30's film "Alexander Nevsky", try it! The Conan soundtrack has some nearly straight quotations of it, like the Conan movie has from that Eisenstein's movie.

Give my greetings to Zdenêk Miler, if you see him!

Edited by Eetu Pellonpää

Trouserpress wrote: Titan wrote: Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother - 7/10 ELP - Brain Salad Surgery - 6/10 Comus - First Utterance - 8/10 King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King - 7/10 Gryphon - Midnight Mushrumps - 7/10 Eloy - Ocean - 4/10 Queen - Queen II - 7/10 Anglagard - Hybris - 10/10 Ange - La Cimetière Des Arlequins - 6/10 Camel - Mirage - 2/10 VDGG - Pawn Hearts - 10/10 PFM - Per Un Amico - 9/10 Yes - Relayer - 10/10 Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - 3/10 Gentle Giant - Acquiring The Taste - 8/10

2/10 for Camel??!!

3/10 for Genesis??!!!

10/10 for Relayer!!!!!!

You deaf, boy?

I guess you may be after sitting through Relayer enough times..

ELP - Brain Salad Surgery 4/5

Comus - First Utterance -

King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King 2/5

Gryphon - Midnight Mushrumps -

Eloy - Ocean 3,5/5

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel IV Security -

Queen - Queen II 4/5

Anthony Phillips - The Geese And The Ghost 2,5 zzzZZZzzZZ..

IQ - The Wake 3/5

Le Orme - The Collage -

Anglagard - Hybris -

Ange - La Cimetière Des Arlequins 1,5/5 Crappy album from a crappy band.

Camel - Mirage 3,5/5

VDGG - Pawn Hearts 3/5

PFM - Per Un Amico -

Yes - Relayer 2,5/5 The most overrated prog band.

Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 4/5

Gentle Giant - Acquiring The Taste 3,5/5

Basil Poledouris - Connan The Barbarian (soundtrack) -

Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother 7.5/10
Comus - First Utterance 9/10
King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King 9/10
VDGG - Pawn Hearts 8/10
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 8/10

Gentle Giant - Acquiring The Taste 8.5/10

The other albums I don't know so well

Before I visited this site, I thought I was a walking prog encyclopedia. I've been brought back to earth now: there are so many albums I haven't heard yet. Oh well, about the albums I know:

Titan wrote: ELP - Brain Salad Surgery 9/10 King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King 9/10 Queen - Queen II 6/10 Anthony Phillips - The Geese And The Ghost 7/10 IQ - The Wake 8/10 Camel - Mirage 8/10 VDGG - Pawn Hearts 7/10 PFM - Per Un Amico 9/10 Yes - Relayer 9/10 Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 9/10 Gentle Giant - Acquiring The Taste 9/10

 

Titan wrote: this thread is quite popular, so tell me your opinion my top 20 in no order: Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother   4/5 ELP - Brain Salad Surgery   2/5 Comus - First Utterance   ? King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King   5/5 Gryphon - Midnight Mushrumps   ? Eloy - Ocean   4/5 Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel IV Security   ? Queen - Queen II   4/5 Anthony Phillips - The Geese And The Ghost   ? IQ - The Wake   ? Le Orme - The Collage   3/5 Anglagard - Hybris   5/5 Ange - La Cimetière Des Arlequins   ? Camel - Mirage   5/5 VDGG - Pawn Hearts   4/5 PFM - Per Un Amico   3/5 Yes - Relayer   5/5 Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway   4/5 Gentle Giant - Acquiring The Taste   2/5 Basil Poledouris - Connan The Barbarian (soundtrack)   ?

Those with ? I have not heard.

Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother*****

ELP - Brain Salad Surgery***

Comus - First Utterance(Don't have yet)

King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King*****

Gryphon - Midnight Mushrumps(Don't have yet)

Eloy - Ocean*****

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel IV Security(Don't have)

Queen - Queen II(Don't have)

Anthony Phillips - The Geese And The Ghost(Don't have)

IQ - The Wake**

Le Orme - The Collage*****

Anglagard - Hybris*****

Ange - La Cimetière Des Arlequins****

Camel - Mirage *****

VDGG - Pawn Hearts****

PFM - Per Un Amico*****

Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway***

Gentle Giant - Acquiring The Taste***

Basil Poledouris - Connan The Barbarian (soundtrack) (Don'y have)

Yes-Relayer***

Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother 7/10 (overrated band, overrated album)

ELP - Brain Salad Surgery 10/10

Comus - First Utterance (no idea)

King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King 10/10 (MUSSSTTT Have Classic!)

Gryphon - Midnight Mushrumps (no idea)

Eloy - Ocean (9/10)

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel IV Security (7/10) (better in the late '80's, strange...)

Queen - Queen II 9/10 (one star taken for not being prog "officially"!)

Anthony Phillips - The Geese And The Ghost (no idea, don't expect much!)

IQ - The Wake 7/10

Le Orme - The Collage (no idea)

Anglagard - Hybris (no idea)

Ange - La Cimetière Des Arlequins -little idea... have other albums... not so good

Camel - Mirage 10/10 (elevator music!?!?!? pleaaaseee!)

VDGG - Pawn Hearts 10/10

PFM - Per Un Amico (no idea)

Yes - Relayer 10/10

Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 7/10 (overrated album. Foxtrot, Nursery Cryme & SEbtP better examples)

Gentle Giant - Acquiring The Taste 7/10 (still got to acquire some more)

Basil Poledouris - Connan The Barbarian (soundtrack) ???????!!!!!????????!!!

keep on proggin