Your 10 Favourite Prog Albums of 1971
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Topic: Your 10 Favourite Prog Albums of 1971
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: Your 10 Favourite Prog Albums of 1971
Date Posted: June 01 2021 at 08:26
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This was the hardest year so far to narrow it down to just ten favourite albums, but here goes:- Audience - The House on the Hill Cressida - Asylum Dom - Edge of Time Gila - Free Electric Sound Gravy Train - A Ballad of a Peaceful Man Nektar - Journey to the Centre of the Eye Out of Focus - Out of Focus Spring - Spring Still Life - Still Life Tonton Macoute - Tonton Macoute |
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: June 01 2021 at 09:09
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Many great ones that year...you could simply pick the top ten here at PA.... I have all those you named (except for Dom and Gila)....love the Spring and Cressida....but there were better lp's around then. Yes-Fragile /Yes Tull-Aqualung KC-Islands Genesis-Cryme Caravan-Grey and Pink GG-Acquiring the Taste VDGG-Pawn hearts Floyd-Meddle ELP-Tarkus Mahavishnu O-Inner Mounting Flame Honorable mention: Comus, Traffic, Egg, Santana 3 ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: June 01 2021 at 09:18
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VDGG - Pawn Hearts Roy Harper - Stormcock CAN - Tago Mago Caravan - In The Land Of Grey & Pink Comus - First Utterance Jethro Tull - Aqualung Amon Duul II - Tanz der Lemminge Egg - The Polite Force Pink Floyd - Meddle Jan Dukes de Grey - Mice & Rats In The Loft ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: June 01 2021 at 10:29
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Jethro Tull - Aqualung Traffic - Low Spark of High Heeled Boys Yes - The Yes Album Roy Harper - Stormcock Pink Floyd - Meddle Yes - Fragile Procol Harum - Broken Barricades ELP - Pictures At An Exhibition Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour Mahavishnu Orchestra - Inner Mounting Flame ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: June 01 2021 at 10:34
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Gonna have to make some predictable choices here... 1. Genesis - Nursery Cryme 2. Egg - The Polite Force 3. Electric Light Orchestra - The Electric Light Orchestra 4. Yes - Fragile 5. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus 6. Gentle Giant - Acquiring The Taste 7. Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame 8. Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts 9. Can - Tago Mago 10. Miles Davis - Live-Evil Honourable mentions: - Centipede - Septober Energy - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Pictures At An Exhibition - The Nice - Elegy ------------- https://mirasnelder.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow - Freelance composer, accepting commissions | https://mirasnelder.bandcamp.com/album/altered-acuity" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp page |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: June 01 2021 at 10:49
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: June 01 2021 at 10:57
You're making me jealous now because I don't have any of the albums in my list, although it's some consolation that I own half of the albums in your list.
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dr wu23 wrote:Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: June 01 2021 at 14:17
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1. EGG The Polite Force 2. YES Fragile 3. NUCLEUS We'll Talk About It Later 4. GENESIS Nursery Cryme 5. FOCUS Moving Waves 6. CARAVAN In the Land of Pink and Grey 7. SUPERSISTER To the Highest Bidder 8. THE ORIGINAL CAST Jesus Christ Superstar 9. NEKTAR Journey to the Centre of the Eye 10. ROY HARPER Stormcock 11. HERBIE HANCOCK Mwandishi 12. SPIROGYRA St. Radigunds 13. ALICE COLTRANE Universal Consciousness 14. GENTLE GIANT Acquiring the Taste 15. ASH RA TEMPEL Ash Ra Tempel 16. FOTHERINGAY Fotheringay 17. OSIBISA Osibisa 18. WIGWAM Fairyport 19. ALICE COLTRANE Journey in Satchidinanda 20. TERJE RYPDAL Terje Rypdal 21. THE WOODS BAND The Woods Band 22. FUCHSIA Fuchsia ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: TheLionOfPrague
Date Posted: June 01 2021 at 14:42
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1- Pawn Hearts 2- Tarkus 3- Fragile 4- Nursery Cryme 5- Aqualung 6- Meddle 7- The Inner Mounting Flame 8- Tago Mago 9- Pictures at an Exhibition 10- In the Land of Grey and Pink Really strong year, and some great releases in other genres too. Roy Harper, Joni Mitchell, Herbie Hancock, Rolling Stones, The Who, Zeppelin, Sly & the Family Stone, Marvin Gaye, etc. ------------- I shook my head and smiled a whisper knowing all about the place |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: June 01 2021 at 15:12
I know eight of the albums on your list just from the album name alone. As for the other two albums, I Can take a guess that Tago Mago is by a well-known Krautrock band, but The Inner Mounting Flame had me completely stumped, until Google came to the rescue.
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: June 01 2021 at 15:28
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in no particular order 14 Caravan In the Land of Grey and Pink
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: June 01 2021 at 15:37
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I guess this. Pretty confident in my first four. The remaining could be interchanged. 2. VDGG - Pawn Hearts 3. Yes - Fragile 4. Pink Floyd - Meddle 5. ELP - Tarkus 6. Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink 7. Egg - The Polite Force 8. Can - Tago Mago 9. Yes - The Yes Album 10. Gentle Giant - Acquiring the Taste Honorable mentions: Beggars Opera - Waters of Change Earth & Fire - Song of the Marching Children ELO - No Answer Focus - Moving Waves Le Orme - Collage ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: June 01 2021 at 18:08
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Genesis - Nursery Crime Caravan - In The Land Of Grey & Pink Jethro Tull - Aqualung The Who - Who´s Next Samurai - Samurai Soft Machine - 4 Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality VDGG - Pawn Hearts Comus - Firts Utterance Pink Floyd - Meddle Honorable mentions: Out of Focus - Out Of Focus ELP - Tarkus Gentle Giant - Acquiring The Taste Eiliff - Eiliff Yes - Fragile |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: June 01 2021 at 19:02
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Aqualung - Jethro Tull The Yes Album - Yes Meddle - Pink Floyd Tarkus - Emerson, Lake & Palmer Nursery Cryme - Genesis The Inner Mounting Flame - Mahavishnu Orchestra Focus II (Moving Waves) - Focus Pawn Hearts - Van der Graaf Generator Fragile - Yes In the Land of Grey and Pink - Caravan
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Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: June 01 2021 at 22:25
Thanks, this works for me as well! ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: June 02 2021 at 00:35
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Here are some 10 albums from '71 I find particularly intriguing: Jethro Tull - 'Aqualung' Yes - 'Fragile' Deep Purple - 'Fireball' Gong - 'Camembert Electrique' David Bowie - 'Hunky Dory' Comus - 'First Utterance' Van der Graaf Generator - 'Pawn Hearts' Genesis - 'Nursery Cryme' Pink Floyd - 'Meddle' Led Zeppelin - 'Led Zeppelin IV' A few honorable mentions: ELP - 'Tarkus' King Crimson - 'Islands' Soft Machine - 'Fourth' Herbie Hancock - 'Crossings' Barcaly James Harvest - 'Once Again' Caravan - 'In the Land of Grey and Pink' Centipede - 'Septober Energy'
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: June 02 2021 at 00:38
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Must be something like this: 1. Pink Floyd - Meddle 2. Genesis - Nursery Cryme 3. Yes - Fragile 4. King Crimson - Islands 5. Supersister - To the Highest Bidder 6. Focus - Focus II (aka Moving Waves) 7. Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink 8. Yes - The Yes Album 9. Golden Earring - Seven Tears X. Traffic - The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys Some honourable mentions: Nico - Desertshore* Gentle Giant - Acquiring the Taste Roy Harper - Stormcock Jan Dukes de Grey - Mice and Rats in the Loft Jethro Tull - Aqualung *) Not filed under any prog subgenre, but it fits somehow. ------------- 
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Posted By: tempest_77
Date Posted: June 03 2021 at 23:50
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1: Yes - Fragile 2: Genesis - Nursery Cryme 3: Jethro Tull - Aqualung 4: Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink 5: Yes - The Yes Album 6: Pink Floyd - Meddle 7: Uriah Heep - Look at Yourself 8: Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts 9: Egg - The Polite Force 10: Traffic - The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys ------------- I use they/them pronouns (feel free to ask me about this!) Check out my music on https://tempestsounds.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - my bandcamp ! |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 04 2021 at 01:15
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1. Pawn Hearts - VDGG 2. Fragile - Yes 3. Meddle - Pink Floyd 4. Tarkus - ELP 5. Who's Next - The Who 6. Nursery Cryme - Genesis 7. Acquiring The Taste - Gentle Giant 8. Pictures At An Exhibition - ELP 9. The Yes Album - Yes 10. Aqualung - Jethro Tull
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Posted By: Spaciousmind
Date Posted: June 04 2021 at 06:23
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Wishbone Ash - Pilgrimage Focus - Moving Waves David Bowie - Hunky Dory Santana - Santana 3 Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame Jethro Tull - Aqualung Pink Floyd - Meddle Uriah Heep - Salisbury Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV Traffic - The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
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Posted By: SquonkHunter
Date Posted: June 13 2021 at 13:34
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Many great albums to choose from. 1971 was truly a high water mark for rock music in general. ------------- "You never had the things you thought you should have had and you'll not get them now..." |
Posted By: MFP
Date Posted: June 13 2021 at 16:16
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This might be my favorite year of music. Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts Can - Tago Mago Amon Düül II - Tanz der Lemminge Pink Floyd - Meddle Comus - First Utterance Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink Tangerine Dream - Alpha Centauri Magma - 1001 Centigrade Jethro Tull - Aqualung Genesis - Nursery Cryme Honorable mention: Yes - The Yes Album or Fragile Gong - Camembert Electrique Supersister - To the Highest Bidder Popol Vuh - In Den Garten Pharaos King Crimson - Islands Uriah Heep - Look at Yourself ............
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Posted By: Rick1
Date Posted: June 14 2021 at 06:47
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ELP - Tarkus ELP - Pictures at an Exhibition Gong - Camembert Electrique Soft Machine - Fourth Genesis - Nursery Cryme Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink Pink Floyd - Meddle Yes - Fragile Yes - The Yes Album Egg - The Polite Force
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Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: June 14 2021 at 14:13
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1. Yes - Fragile 2. Genesis - Nursery Cryme 3. Yes - The Yes Album 4. ELP - Tarkus 5. Jethro Tull - Aqualung 6. Pink Floyd - Meddle 7. Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts 8. Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself 9. Egg - The Polite Force 10. King Crimson - Islands ------------- The Prog Corner |
Posted By: tempest_77
Date Posted: June 14 2021 at 20:29
I thought I'd add some honorable mentions, especially seeing as I featured Yes on here twice (though they do deserve it—both albums are fantastic): Can - Tago Mago ELP - Tarkus Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame Spirogyra - St. Radigunds Supersister - To the Highest Bidder
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Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: June 23 2021 at 09:45
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what's amazing was I remember reading an article from way back in 1971 and 1972 lamenting how little good new music there was! Sometimes it takes a few years of hindsight to assess the music of a time. Or maybe the writer was just an idiot? Here's my list Amazing Blondel - Fantasia Lindum Barclay James Harvest - Once Again Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink Earth and Fire - Song of the Marching Children Fresh Maggots - s/t Jade Warrior - s/t Jan Dukes de Grey - Rats and Mice in the Loft Jethro Tull - Aqualung Moody Blues - Every Good Boy O.W.L - Of Wondrous Legends Alan Stivell - Renaissance de la harpe celtique (someone else listed this in 1972 but according to PA and discogs, it's 1971) Strawbs - From the Witchwood |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: June 25 2021 at 15:05
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Can - Tago Mago Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts Amon Düül II - Tanz der Lemminge Jethro Tull - Aqualung Pink Floyd - Meddle Tangerine Dream - Alpha Centauri Genesis - Nursery Cryme Yes - Fragile Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Pictures at an Exhibition
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: July 06 2021 at 10:14
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The Pink Mice-In Action ELP-Tarkus Colosseum Live Atomic Rooster-In Hearing Of Passport-Doldinger Wishbone Ash-Pilgrmage Wallenstein-Blitzkrieg Mahavishnu Orchestra-The Inner Mounting Flame Solution-Divergence Alquin-Marks
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Posted By: enigmatic
Date Posted: February 05 2022 at 09:09
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So difficult to narrow it down to just 10 albums - awesome year for prog-rock! My Top 20 albums of 1971: 1. Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts 2. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus 3. Yes - Fragile 4. Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink 5. Egg - The Polite Force 6. Genesis - Nursery Cryme 7. Yes - The Yes Album 8. King Crimson - Islands 9. Gentle Giant - Acquiring the Taste 10. Pink Floyd - Meddle 11. Soft Machine - Fourth 12. Jethro Tull - Aqualung 13. Gong - Camembert Electrique 14. Marsupilami - Arena 15. Raw Material - Time Is... 16. Supersister - To the Highest Bidder 17. Fuchsia - Fuchsia 18. Spring - Spring 19. Comus - First Utterance 20. Samurai - Samurai I had to leave out so many great albums, so... I will list them in HM section: Honorable Mentions: Beggar's Opera - Waters of Change Cressida - Asylum Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Pictures at an Exhibition Faust - Faust Focus - Moving Waves Led Zeppelin - IV Magma - 1001° Centigrades Tonton Macoute - s/t Traffic - The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys Wigwam - Fairyport |
Posted By: Philchem8
Date Posted: February 10 2022 at 07:28
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I thought I had commented on this thread but actually it was on a similar discussion called 'prog from 1971' started by SiLLy PuPPy. How SiLLy of me! So here goes again: 1. JT: Aqualung 2. Genesis: Nursery Crymes 3. King Crimson: Islands 4. Yes: The Yes Album 5. Pink Floyd: Meddle 6. Caravan: In the Land of Grey and Pink 7. Fuchsia: Fuchsia 8. Focus: Moving Waves 9. Alan Stivell: Renaissance of the Celtic Harp 10. Curved Air: Second Album |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: February 10 2022 at 07:36
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Hi, All of these are mentioned above in other posts ... no order on them since my tastes are very diverse. Pink Floyd-Meddle ELP-Tarkus Mahavishnu Orchestra-Inner Mounting Flame Can-Tago Mago Amon Duul 2-Dance of the Lemings Roy Harper-Stormcock Focus-Moving Waves The Doors-LA Woman Le Orme-Collage Barclay James Harvest-Once Again Alan Stivell-Renaissance of the Celtic Harp Jethro Tull-Aqualung ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |