Canterbury
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Topic: Canterbury
Posted By: WrytXander
Subject: Canterbury
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 06:24
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10 picks. Only the highest rating album from each band. Make your choice! ------------- 20+ prog bands discovered and explored in 3 years, still going strong... |
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Posted By: Flight123
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 06:41
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Argh, another tough one - but my personal choice has to be Rotter's Club - I bought it not long after release when I was 14 and before I heard all the others on this list. Still love it. |
Posted By: Komandant Shamal
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 07:06
| i voted for "Rock Bottom". |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 07:18
| The Polite Force, just before Queues And Cures, Grey And Pink and Rock Bottom. |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 07:31
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Fish Rising gets the love for this poll. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 07:59
Can't choose a single one.  I love them all. With your permission, I would add an obscure album which I have discovered recently. Maybe one day it will belong to that great list. Stubbs : The Prime Moving Lumps. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbc05c8btRc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JDy9qTw1j0
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 08:27
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Impossible ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 10:52
I was about to write exactly the same word  ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 11:29
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I'm a Canterbury fan so that's really a tough choice for me.......after some agony I went with Rotters Club but Caravan and Nat Health are right up there for me. btw...I like the first Egg better than Polite...not sure why that one has a higher rating. And I think 'If I Could'...and 'Girls Who Grow'...are just as good as 'Pink'. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 11:36
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Tough poll as I really enjoy most of these. Hmmm GONG it is! Master Builder bb!! ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 11:37
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Rotters Club easily for me. I mean if you took literally any other classic era Caravan album, that would be my choice - but that album is just so lame. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 12:05
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 12:35
Ditto. My vote would be "all of them"  . |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 12:55
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Mine would be three of them: Five Stars desert island discs: Third Rock Bottom You Four and a half: Polite Force Rotters Club Four: Land of Grey and Pink Of Queues and Cures is great as well but got so much more love for National Health's debut. Fish Rising is half fantastic, half not so fantastic. Those last two never clicked with me. |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 12:57
I love 9 of these  not a fan of Rock Bottom which makes me weird around these parts, I know I voted for Quiet Sun just so it would have a vote :) ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Prog Sothoth
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 13:03
| Gong for me. |
Posted By: Hnrz
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 13:29
| Literally love them all - Canterbury is great. |
Posted By: twseel
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 13:44
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First vote for the Health? ------------- 
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 13:46
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Today I vote for Gong, but there are three other candidates: Caravan, Ellidge and Khan. ------------- 
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Posted By: Imperial Zeppelin
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 13:56
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Gonge ------------- "Hey there, Dog Man, now I drink from your bowl." |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 15:40
| All of these are on an even keel for me. I would vote for the Hopper/Gowen collaboration Two Rainbows Daily, had it been in the list. The ultimate, Canterbury bliss-fest. |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 17:20
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ITLOGAP, easily. The first side is utterly amazing. And If I Could do it Again etc would be 2nd and For Girls Who Go Plump in the Night would be the 3rd best Canterbury album. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 17:45
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The Rotters' Club, followed by You, Third and Space Shanty. -------------  
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Posted By: cemego
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 20:29
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I am all about the first Hatfield album. Rotters club is a definite second. But AUUUUUUUUUUGH this was a difficult poll. So much good stuff. caravans grey and pink, gong you, national health, soft machine... auuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh love it love it love it. i own all of these and play them regularly. EVIL poll... EVILLLLLLLLLLLLL!  ------------- listen to streaming stuff! no commercials! http://wmom.servemp3.com:8000/listen.pls |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 20:53
| Caravan from this list, but really, what a great collection of classics. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 21:12
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If you put a better Caravan album it would take it, instead I'll go for Egg over Hatfield |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: September 01 2015 at 21:26
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Feeling Health-y today. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: friso
Date Posted: September 02 2015 at 01:58
| Space Shanty, ALWAYS |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: September 02 2015 at 02:32
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All of these are special but Quiet Sun's Mainstream is extra-special. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: September 02 2015 at 03:15
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Too tough to actually vote... So I went for Third as to save it the dishonour of being the only choice with one vote... at least now, it's tied for last spot.
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: September 02 2015 at 03:16
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This list contains so much class there is no dishonour in being last ------------- What? |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: September 02 2015 at 03:18
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^ Bona fide truth speaker. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: September 02 2015 at 05:17
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Of course all of them are high quality albums and I can actually vote for at least half of them. I can narrow it down for two albums but I can't actually decide, it's between Khan and Quiet Sun.
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: September 02 2015 at 06:43
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Third for me. Never understood the love for In the Land of Grey and Pink, Caravan have a lot of better albums IMO. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: September 02 2015 at 08:36
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Let me at least separate into tiers: Tier 1 - (5+ stars and the reason I can't pick one): Third, Rotters Club, Queues, Rock Bottom, You, Polite Force Tier 2 - Almost but not quite a masterpiece (4 stars): Mainstream Tier 3 - Good but not great (3 stars): Space Shanty, Caravan Tier 4 - Big disappointment (2 stars): Fish Rising |
Posted By: WrytXander
Date Posted: September 02 2015 at 11:21
I do regret not putting in "If I Could..." and Egg and Hatfield's s/t albums in, but hey, don't put the blame on me, blame the artists for being too f**king good  ------------- 20+ prog bands discovered and explored in 3 years, still going strong... |
Posted By: O666
Date Posted: September 02 2015 at 11:31
| I pick Third today. I can't ignore Caravan Masterpiece " In the Land of Grey and Pink" but today is Soft Machine day for me. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: September 02 2015 at 13:34
Close enough to my rankings, except that I haven't heard Mainstream |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: September 02 2015 at 22:55
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Third, today. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: September 02 2015 at 23:14
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The Rotters' Club... Just ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: September 02 2015 at 23:19
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Has to be Caravan for me, although I do enjoy other albums more from these artists now. Blind Dog at St. Dunstans and Steve Hillage - Green to name a couple :-) ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: September 03 2015 at 02:38
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BTW, why wasn't there a Matching Mole album present in the poll? Or a Gilgamesh one, FTM |
Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: September 03 2015 at 08:08
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Rock Bottom today but it could've been Grey and Pink or The Rotter's Club any other day. ------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: September 03 2015 at 15:00
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The Polite Force 3 days of out every 7 Space Shanty 2 days of out every 7 The Rotters Club the remaining 2 days. just depends on the mood I guess ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: September 03 2015 at 16:38
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Rock Bottom, but as other has said: it's hell of a list of masterpieces ... |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: September 04 2015 at 01:20
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Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: September 06 2015 at 01:51
| Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club |
Posted By: t d wombat
Date Posted: September 06 2015 at 21:15
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At first I thought this was no contest as Rotters Club is well on the way to being a firm favourite but hmmm In the Land is a particularly fine album, or so I reckon. Although I approve of Wyatts idiosyncracity, Soft Machine leaves me unstirred and I'm not a great fan of Hillage's vocals so Khan is not up there for me. Must give Polite and Mainstream a good listen before final decision. (Forgive me if I was wrong but I did presume that Hillage handled lead vocals on the Khan album) ------------- Andrew B “Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.” ― Julius Henry Marx |
Posted By: t d wombat
Date Posted: September 07 2015 at 21:21
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OK, so Soft Machine, Khan, Gong and Hillage leave me largely unmoved. Hillage as a player reminds me of the old adage "just because you can, doesn't mean you should". Of the rest ... the Caravan and Hatfield albums stand out as the most accessable so always going to win as the most popular. Nonetheless the albums from National Health, Quiet Sun and Egg cannot so easily be dismissed. Really nice stuff. Like all three a lot. Given the input from Manzanera and Eno I should not be surprised by Quiet Sun but definitely well pleased with NH and Egg, well pleased indeed. Which leaves dear old My Wyatt solo. I love the guy, like I love Hammill and Adrian Rawlinson but sadly that doesn't necessarily translate to loving the output, though dear old now sadly departed Adrian probably got closer than most. (Which is off topic and beside the point) . Number one ? I'm still not sure. Think I'll continue to dither. ------------- Andrew B “Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.” ― Julius Henry Marx |
Posted By: starless2112
Date Posted: September 08 2015 at 19:48
| Caravan for sure, with Gong and Khan close behind |