If you have to say prog...with one album
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Topic: If you have to say prog...with one album
Posted By: el böthy
Subject: If you have to say prog...with one album
Date Posted: September 05 2005 at 21:55
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As you can see I choosed 2 albums per band...the ones I think are the most representive of that band My choice is Close to the Edge Achtung baby! This is not a which album is better, but which represents prog at its best if you want to show maybe a friend what prog is...with just one album. ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: Damen
Date Posted: September 05 2005 at 22:10
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Emerson, Lake and Palmer's Brain Salad Surgery would be ideal, but since it's not on the list I went for King Crimson's In The Court of the Crimson King since it defined the genre. ------------- "It's amazing that we've been able to put up with each other for 35 years. Most marriages don't last that long these days." -Chris Squire |
Posted By: AcostaFulano
Date Posted: September 05 2005 at 22:12
| close to the edge |
Posted By: Yanns
Date Posted: September 05 2005 at 22:30
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1) Impossible question. 2) CTTE I guess. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: September 05 2005 at 23:39
You got that right ------------- 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. |
Yanns wrote:Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: September 06 2005 at 00:03
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I'm confused about the question, so I'll answer both. Topic: If you have to say prog...with one album OK for this one I might say "Bridge Across Forever" by Transatlantic. It somes up a lot of the bombast of Prog for me, in its Genre at any rate. Poll Question: Which album represents prog at its best...???? Difficult, I'm tempted to sat "Relayer" by Yes. As neither choices are hear, I'll choose "Selling Englsnd By The Pound". ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: September 06 2005 at 00:27
| Thick as a brick, of course! |
Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: September 06 2005 at 02:25
| Maybe "Red". I think it presents a wider palette of progressive element's than "Close to The Edge", though I like that one too. |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: September 06 2005 at 03:45
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For me, It's Foxtrot, with CTTE very close second. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Wolf Spider
Date Posted: September 06 2005 at 04:11
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Close to the Edge
------------- http://www.lastfm.pl/user/tomash33 - Last.fm |
Posted By: jitu
Date Posted: September 06 2005 at 04:29
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'PICTURES AT THE EXIBITION' ------------- 
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: September 06 2005 at 06:24
FOXTROT ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Ed_The_Dead
Date Posted: September 06 2005 at 11:37
ITCHYCOCK ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ed_the_dead/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5"> 
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Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: September 06 2005 at 16:58
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CTTE ------------- 
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Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: September 06 2005 at 19:27
Wow and I thought Selling England by the Pound almost overtook CTTE in the ratings apartment 
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: September 06 2005 at 21:19
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Ups I just realized I did not put E,L&P!!! ...sorry ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?"
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: September 07 2005 at 08:32
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sorry to be so predictable, but if I had to choose 1 CD, because of my musical upbringing, CTTE is THE quintessential prog album.... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Arnold Layne
Date Posted: September 07 2005 at 19:30
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id have to say a passion play by jethro tull because i think it fits well as to say its prog, its my favorite album of any band, and i dont like yes so i cant agree with the majority on this one ------------- HELP! |
Posted By: Scrambled_Eggs
Date Posted: September 07 2005 at 20:15
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I've always considered the big three albums of 1972 (Foxtrot, CttE, TaaB) to all be equal on terms as the essential prog album. I'll vote for TaaB just because that's what I'm listening to right now. ------------- And I am not frightened of dying, any time will do, I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? There's no reason for it, you've gotta go sometime. I never said I was frightened of dying. |
Posted By: magog
Date Posted: September 08 2005 at 06:26
| I voted Pawn Hearts, which is my favorited prog album of ever, then I read El Bothy's clarification and for my idea of prog, if I had to say it with just one album, I'd say In a glass house-Gentle Giant...but ...do you think we all have the same idea of what is prog...? |
Posted By: jitu
Date Posted: September 08 2005 at 06:32
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Posted By: cucacola54
Date Posted: September 08 2005 at 18:30
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for me its ITCOTCK... then CTTE folowed by 2112 ------------- Most listened albums last week 
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Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: September 09 2005 at 00:20
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The answer is.......you can't!
------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: Olympus
Date Posted: September 10 2005 at 04:34
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Ctte, Then red or Foxtrot. ------------- "Let's get the hell away from this Eerie-ass piece of work so we can get on with the rest of our eerie-ass day" |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: September 10 2005 at 05:34
| ITCOTCK - my first encounter with prog, and still the album that represents the genre best. |
Posted By: Mlaen
Date Posted: September 17 2005 at 06:34
| Foxtrot or Selling England by the Pound (just hearing Firth of fifth is enough). |
Posted By: RaphaelT
Date Posted: September 17 2005 at 08:23
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CTTE of course, but I voted Godbluff, cause no one picked it. ------------- yet you still have time! |
Posted By: tennyson
Date Posted: September 18 2005 at 03:38
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Selling England by the Pound But where are ELP? ------------- Writer stares with glassy eyes, defies the empty page... |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: September 18 2005 at 07:50
| I'd like to say Relayer by Yes but it's not an option. So CTTE it is! |
Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: September 18 2005 at 08:00
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Thick As A Brick and A Passion Play are the albums that forged my prog taste and, with Atom Heart Mother, Wish You Were Here and DSOTM, the most familiar music for me, having listened to since my infancy!
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Posted By: Simkim
Date Posted: September 18 2005 at 09:48
| Fortunetly, prog rock is extensive enough that its core cannot be reduced to a single album. |
Posted By: philippe
Date Posted: September 18 2005 at 12:50
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from this list , none, sorry. ------------- 
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Posted By: Pablo_P
Date Posted: September 18 2005 at 13:53
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Well, ITCOTCK 2112 Hemispheres ------------- Pablo P. |
Posted By: Cygnus X-1
Date Posted: September 18 2005 at 15:36
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It was either CTTE or DSOTM but in terms of progressive music i would have to go with the majority and say Close To The Edge. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Bodins/?chartstyle=DarkSide5Big"> 
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Posted By: M@X
Date Posted: September 18 2005 at 15:40
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Close to the Edge and GodBluff are the most representative album. I prefer Godbluff for the lyrics. Interesting thread ------------- Prog On ! |
Posted By: Prodigal
Date Posted: September 18 2005 at 15:57
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Close To The Edge. But, Dark Side Of The Moon is my favorite album of all time. |
Posted By: ThisWas
Date Posted: September 18 2005 at 16:13
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Selling England By The Pound, it has everything that embodies prog compacted onto a peice of vinyl. |
Posted By: krauthead
Date Posted: October 17 2005 at 16:30
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ITCOTCK ------------- *Dancing madly backwards on a sea of air* - Captain Beyond |
Posted By: DeadGhost
Date Posted: October 17 2005 at 16:32
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I would say : Camel - the snow goose too bad it's not on that list... |
Posted By: AtLossForWords
Date Posted: October 17 2005 at 16:34
The first two albums i looked for were Trilogy and Brain Salad Surgery. Sadly both of them and the band missed the poll. From the poll i'll take Close to the Edge. It's just as popular as everyother album on the list and has insturmental virtuosity that can rival ELP. -------------  
"Mastodon sucks giant monkey balls." |
Posted By: Don Quito
Date Posted: October 17 2005 at 17:10
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Another vote for Rush!!! Yeepe!!!
Attention all Planets of the Solar Federation ------------- KEEP THE PROMISE YOU MADE |
