Your 10 Favourite Prog Albums of 1978
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Topic: Your 10 Favourite Prog Albums of 1978
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: Your 10 Favourite Prog Albums of 1978
Date Posted: July 10 2021 at 05:23
I began with a list of six favourite British albums from this year, but with a little help from Prog Line, I came up with my final international Top 10.  Barclay James Harvest - Live Tapes Camel - A Live Record David Gilmour - David Gilmour Renaissance - A Song for All Seasons U.K - U.K Richard Wright - Wet Dream Christian Boule - Photo Musik Happy the Man - Crafty Hands Phylter - Phylter Sustain - Sustain
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: July 10 2021 at 05:56
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Giger Lenz Marron-Where The Hammer Hangs Rush-Hemispheres Genesis-And Then There Were Three Wishbone Ash-No Smoke Without Fire PFM-Passpartu John McLaughlin-Electric Guitarist Spyro Gyra-Spyro Gyra Il Baricentro-Trusciant Budgie-Impeckable Passport-Sky Blue
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: July 10 2021 at 06:20
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Henry Cow - Western Culture National Health - Of Queues & Cures Klaus Schulze - X Weidorje - s/t Jean Michel Jarre - Equinoxe Mike Oldfield - Incantations National Health - s/t Captain Beefheart - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) Art Bears -Hopes & Fears Yochk'o Seffer - Ghilgoul ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: July 10 2021 at 07:37
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1. U.K. - U.K. 2. National Health - Of Queues & Cures 3. National Health - s/t 4. Pat Metheny Group -s/t 5. Bruford - Feels Good to Me 6. Rush - Hemispheres 7. Dixie Dregs - What If 8. Jean-Luc Ponty - Cosmic Messenger 9. Brand X - Masques 10. Happy the Man - Crafty Hands |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: July 10 2021 at 07:59
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Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses David Gilmour - David Gilmour Peter Gabriel - PG2 (Scratch) The Moody Blues - Octave Jethro Tull - Bursting Out Rush - Hemispheres Steeleye Span - Live at Last Renaissance - A Song for all Seasons Dixie Dregs - What If U.K. - U.K. ------------- ...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: someone_else
Date Posted: July 10 2021 at 08:02
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Still some great ones when the majors have fallen into decline: 1. Rush - Hemispheres 2. Indexi - Modra Rijeka 3. Anthony Phillips - Wise after the Event 4. Bubu - Anabelas 5. Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Watch 6. UK - UK 7. Tangerine Dream - Cyclone 8. Mike Oldfield - Incantations 9. Weidorje - Weidorje X. Klaus Schulze - X A honourable mention from outside the prog niche: Nina Hagen Band - Nina Hagen Band ------------- 
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: July 10 2021 at 08:09
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Nat Health- Queues and Cures Nat Health-st UK-UK Pat Metheny GRoup-st Happy the Man- Crafty Hands Cathedral-Stained Glass Stories Tull-Heavy Horses Babylon-st Beefheart-Shiny Beast Rush-hemispheres ------------------------ Bruford-Feels Good Muffins-Manna ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: July 10 2021 at 11:00
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13 Ripaille La Vieille que l'On Brula Bubbling under: 11 Blue Oyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: July 10 2021 at 11:15
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1. Rush - Hemispheres 2. U.K. - U.K. 3. Babylon - Babylon 4. Bubu - Anabelas 5. Weidorje - Weidorje 6. Cathedral - Stained Glass Stories 7. Collegium Musicum - Continuo 8. Magma - Attahk 9. Steve Hillage - Green 10. National Health - National Health Honorable mentions: Dixie Dregs - What If Mirror - Daybreak David Gilmour - David Gilmour Renaissance - A Song for All Seasons Gong - Expresso II Genesis - And Then There Were Three Kaipa - Solo Atila - Reviure Richard Wright - Wet Dreams ------------- ---------- 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: kenethlevine
Date Posted: July 10 2021 at 12:09
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just an amazing year in alpha orderDan Ar Braz - Allez Dire a la Ville Barclay James Harvest - XII Paul Brett - Interlife Camel - Breathless Carol of Harvest - s/t Eden - Erwartung Garolou- s/t Illusion - s/t Itoiz - s/t Jade Warrior - Way of the Sun Jane - Age of Madness Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses Minotaurus - Fly Away Novalis - Veillicht... Passport - Ataraxia Pell Mell - Only a Star Sally Oldfield - Water Bearer Renaissance - A Song for all Seasons Tangerine Dream - Cyclone Jeff Wayne - War of the Worlds
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: July 10 2021 at 16:11
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Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Watch National Health - National HealthCamel - Breathless Renaissance - A Song for All Seasons Kraftwerk - Mensch-Maschine Hoelderlin - Live Traumstadt Novalis - Vielleicht bist du ein Clown? Tangerine Dream - Cyclone Pierre Moerlen's Gong - Expresso II
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Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: July 11 2021 at 01:17
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1. National Health - National Health 2. National Health - Of Queues And Cures 3. Brand X - Masques 4. The Muffins - Manna / Mirage 5. Bruford - Feels Good To Me 6. Genesis - ... And Then There Were Three... 7. Al Di Meola - Casino 8. Frank Zappa - Studio Tan 9. Jean-Luc Ponty - Cosmic Messenger 10. U.K. - U.K. Honourable mentions: - Area - 1978 Gli Dei Se Ne Vanno, Gli Arrabbiati Restano! - Dixie Dregs - What If - Gilgamesh - Another Fine Tune You've Got Me Into - Steve Hillage - Green - Pierre Moerlen's Gong - Expresso II - Soft Head - Rogue Element - Soft Machine - Alive & Well - The Brecker Brothers - Heavy Metal Be-Bop - Weather Report - Mr. Gone ------------- https://mirasnelder.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow - Freelance composer, accepting commissions | https://mirasnelder.bandcamp.com/album/altered-acuity" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp page |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 11 2021 at 04:19
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Genesis - And Then There Were Three UK - UKMike Oldfield - Incantations Kate Bush - The Kick Inside Manfred Mann's Earthband - Watch Yes - Tormato Andrew Lloyd Webber - Variations Rush - Hemispheres Jean Michel Jarre - Equinox Vangelis - Beabourg |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 11 2021 at 05:28
^ That's probably the first vote for Andrew Lloyd Webber in any PA poll. 
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: July 11 2021 at 06:27
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I actually have and like that album. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: July 11 2021 at 10:16
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1. NINA HAGEN BAND Nina Hagen Band 2. UK UK 3. HAROLD BUDD Pavillion of Dreams 4. FLAIRCK Variaties Op Een Dame 5. BABYLON Babylon 6. STEVE REICH Music for 18 Musicians 7. KLAUS SCHULZE X 8. MIKE OLDFIELD Incantations 9. GROBSCHNITT Solar Musik Live 10. CHICK COREA The Mad Hatter 11. JEAN-LUC PONTY Cosmic Messenger 12. ANNETTE PEACOCK X-Dreams 13. NATIONAL HEALTH Of Queues and Cures 14. ANTHONY PHILLIPS Private Parts & Pieces 15. PAUL WINTER CONSORT Common Ground 16. BRUFORD Feels Good to Me 17. REO SPEEDWAGON You Can't Tune a Fish, But You Can Tune a Piano 18. STEVE HACKETT Please Don't Touch 19. ANTHONY PHILLIPS Wise After the Event 20. ZYMA Thoughts 21. FERMÁTA Huascaran 22. EDEN Erwartung 23. NEUSCHWANSTEIN Battlement 24. RONNIE LAWS Flame 25. ANGE Guet-Apens 26. GÒTIC Escenes 27. TOTO Toto 28. SBB Slovenian Girls 29. THE MUFFINS Manna/Mirage 30. CATHEDRAL Stained Glass Stories ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: MFP
Date Posted: July 11 2021 at 14:09
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Bubu - Anabelas National Health - National Health Van der Graaf Generator - Vital Art Bears - Hopes and Fears Magma - Attahk National Health - Of Queues and Cures Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses Area - 1978: Gli Dei Se Ne Vanno, Gli Arrabbiati Restano! Camel - A Live Record Frank Zappa - Zappa In New York
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Posted By: Earl of Mar
Date Posted: July 11 2021 at 14:13
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Rush Hemispheres Jethro Tull Heavy Horses Renaissance A song for all Seasons Yes Tormato Camel Breathless Genesis ATTW3 Peter Gabriel 2 UK s/t Steve Hackett Please dont touch BOC Some Enchanted Evening. |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: July 12 2021 at 08:21
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Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: July 15 2021 at 11:15
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1978: The year of Robert Stigwood's Sgt.Pepper movie, the original Battlestar Galactica, Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park, and the Star Wars Holiday Special! For those of you who weren't there, it really was THAT kind of year. 1) Anthony Phillips - Wise After The Event 2) UK - UK 3) Saga - Saga 4) Rush - Hemispheres 5) Steve Hackett - Please Don't Touch 6) Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Watch 7) Alan Parsons Project - Pyramid 8) Styx - Pieces of Eight 9) Genesis - And Then There Were Three 10) Yes - Tormato
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: July 15 2021 at 13:23
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Nice year for music, although not so much for "classic prog" The Residents - Duck Stab / Buster & Glen National Health - National HealthKraftwerk - Die Mensch-Maschine Popol Vuh - Nosferatu (On the Way to a Little Way) Klaus Schulze - "X" Ex Vitae - Mandarine Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses Haruomi Hosono - Cochin Moon Popol Vuh - Nosferatu: Brüder des Schattens - Söhne des Lichts Magma - Attahk |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: July 15 2021 at 14:06
Happy to see you back. I needed somebody else than me to list that one.
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Saperlipopette! wrote:Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: July 15 2021 at 14:37
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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: July 16 2021 at 15:28
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1. UK - s/t 2. Bill Bruford - Feels Good To Me 3. Renaissance - A Song For All Seasons 4. Peter Gabriel - PG 2 5. Frank Zappa - Studio Tan 6. Steve Hackett - Please Don't Touch 7. Dixie Dregs - What If 8. National Health - s/t 9. Rush - Hemispheres 10. Genesis - And Then There Were Three ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: July 17 2021 at 14:17
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Lift - Meeresfahrt Eloy - Live Mona Lisa - Avant Qu'il Ne Soit Trop Tard Iman - Califato Independiente Novalis - Vielleicht Bist Du Ein Clown? Bubu - Anabelas Rush - Hemispheres Kraftwerk - The man machine Grobschnitt - Solar Music Live Kate Bush - The kick inside ------------- 
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 20 2021 at 00:45
probably true the album featured the entire line up of Colosseum II (Jon Hiseman , Gary Moore , John Mole and Don Airey) plus Julian Lloyd Webber (Cello) , Rod Argent and Barbara Thompson (Sax) . Some strong prog credentials there!
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: July 20 2021 at 03:29
Now this is a surprising list! I'd have thought I may be the only one here who knows that Lift album (it has some good stuff but I wouldn't have put it up there, anyway it's nice to see it mentioned). Some more great stuff that didn't make my list but surely would have without my absolute determination to cut at 10, such as Kate Bush, Eloy, Bubu, Grobschnitt - and some stuff I don't know myself (Iman, Mona Lisa) that I may check just based on the fact that it appears on this big fun list. ...actually I edited my list to put Bubu in, which in my system has the wrong year associated with it.
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Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: July 21 2021 at 07:23
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1. Cathedral Stained Glass Stories 2. Bubu Anabelas 3. UK s/t 4. Dixie Dregs What If 5. Happy The Man Crafty Hands 6. Styx Pieces Of Eight 7. National Health Of Queues And Cans 8. Steve Hackett Please Don't Touch 9. Jethro Tull Heavy Horses 10. Rush Hemispheres Prog was still alive and well in 1978 (contrary to popular opinion.) ------------- The Prog Corner |
Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: July 21 2021 at 08:35
Thanks Lewian! The Lift album has a special place in my heart with the Meeresfahrt suite and Tagesreise as highlights. 1978 was a good year for music in both Germanys. -------------
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