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Topic: PA top 25: the longest song on each album
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Subject: PA top 25: the longest song on each album
Date Posted: December 01 2024 at 12:05
I was pleasantly surprised to learn that selecting the longest song from every album in PA's top 25 made for a list of at least 80% Prog Classics (I skipped the album actually holding the last spot: Kind of Blue). Well I think so. Most of you know from which album these are lifted from anyway, so I won't bother with the album titles. Please vote for up to five favorites if you can, and let us know which ones.

Yes - Close to the Edge (18:50)
Genesis - The Battle of Epping Forest (11:46)
King Crimson - Moonchild (12:11)
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick - Part 1 (22:39)
Pink Floyd - Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Parts 1-5 (13:40)
Pink Floyd - Time / Breathe (reprise) (7:06)
Genesis - Supper's Ready (22:58)
King Crimson - Starless (12:17)
Pink Floyd - Dogs (17:04)
Yes - Heart of the Sunrise (10:34)
VdGG - The Sleepwalkers (10:26)
VdGG - A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers (23:04)
Genesis - The Musical Box (10:24)
King - Crimson Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One (13:36)
Camel - Lady Fantasy (12:46)
Camel - Lunar Sea (9:14)
PFM - Il Banchetto (8:39)
Rush - The Camera Eye (10:57)
Rush - Cygnus X-1 Book II Hemispheres (18:04)
Yes - The Gates of Delirium (21:55)
Banco - L'Evoluzione (13:59)
Jethro Tull - My God (7:10)
Banco - Canto Nomade Per Un Prigioniero Politico (15:46)
Frank Zappa - The Gumbo Variations (12:54)
Gentle Giant - In a Glass House (8:26)



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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: December 01 2024 at 12:11
(fixed)


Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: December 01 2024 at 12:15
Ah, this is an excellent topic. I went with these five, which I adore.

VdGG - A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
King Crimson - Starless
Pink Floyd - Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Parts 1-5
Pink Floyd - Dogs
VdGG - The Sleepwalkers

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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: December 01 2024 at 12:16
Supper's Ready
Close to the Edge
The Gates of Delirium
Thick as a Brick part 1
The Sleepwalkers

(a handful of honourable mentions may be easily picked)

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Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: December 01 2024 at 12:21
Thick as a Brick
Supper's Ready
Close to the Edge
Starless
Lady Fantasy


Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: December 01 2024 at 12:22
SR, CttE, TaaB, Plague, Cygnus

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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 01 2024 at 12:27
Yes - Close to the Edge
Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Genesis - The Musical Box
Camel - Lunar Sea
Camel - Lady Fantasy


Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: December 01 2024 at 12:27
Pink Floyd - Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Parts 1-5
King Crimson - Starless
Genesis - The Musical Box
Camel - Lady Fantasy
Rush - The Camera Eye


Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: December 01 2024 at 12:41
I'm kind of surprised by my own selection. From once being quite lukewarm to them I've come to love Camel this much over the years. And yep both the VdGG's gets a vote.

King Crimson - Starless
VdGG - The Sleepwalkers
VdGG - A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
Genesis - The Musical Box
Camel - Lady Fantasy

-super honorable mentions goes to:

Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick - Part 1
Genesis - Supper's Ready
King - Crimson Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One (13:36)
Camel - Lunar Sea
Banco - Canto Nomade Per Un Prigioniero Politico

-but I think most of these are great. Love the five underneath here as well:

Pink Floyd - Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Parts 1-5
Yes - Heart of the Sunrise
PFM - Il Banchetto
Banco - L'Evoluzione
Jethro Tull - My God


Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: December 01 2024 at 13:01
If I was so inclined, I'd give five votes to A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers. But instead, I gave one vote to that track and only that track. As much as I do like some of the other tracks, I didn't want to downgrade my vote for A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers by voting for anything else.
 



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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: December 01 2024 at 13:07
In order of their release:

Yes – "Heart of the Sunrise"
King Crimson – "Starless"
Yes – "The Gates of Delirium"
Rush – "Cygnus X-1, Book II: Hemispheres"
Rush – "The Camera Eye"

Honorable mentions:

Jethro Tull – "Thick as a Brick, Part 1"
King Crimson – "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One"
Genesis – "Supper's Ready"
Camel – "Lunar Sea"
Pink Floyd – "Dogs"

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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: December 01 2024 at 13:24
Starless
Dogs
Shine On
Plague
CTTE

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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: December 01 2024 at 14:19
Originally posted by I prophesy disaster I prophesy disaster wrote:

If I was so inclined, I'd give five votes to A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers. But instead, I gave one vote to that track and only that track. As much as I do like some of the other tracks, I didn't want to downgrade my vote for A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers by voting for anything else.
 

I don't have a track like that in my life. One that seemingly towers over everything else - in the way I get the impression that A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers does for you. Whenever I think of "favorites", I can always come up with so many that I feel very strongly about.


Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: December 01 2024 at 14:32
Close to the Edge


Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: December 01 2024 at 15:10
Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Originally posted by I prophesy disaster I prophesy disaster wrote:

If I was so inclined, I'd give five votes to A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers. But instead, I gave one vote to that track and only that track. As much as I do like some of the other tracks, I didn't want to downgrade my vote for A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers by voting for anything else.
 
I don't have a track like that in my life. One that seemingly towers over everything else - in the way I get the impression that A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers does for you. Whenever I think of "favorites", I can always come up with so many that I feel very strongly about.
 
If there had been other particular VdGG tracks, I might've considered voting for them also. But the only other VdGG track was The Sleepwalkers which is well down in my list of favourite VdGG tracks, and even below other tracks in the poll.
 
BTW, it's a good poll, based on a good idea, which I like to see in a poll (in contrast to random polls). Thumbs Up
 



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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: December 01 2024 at 15:13
Kind of hard to choose. Went with Supper's Ready, Dogs, Starless, Plague of Lighthouse Keepers, and Gates of Delirium. Every month I go to the moon and bury a truckload of clothes hampers in the soil.

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Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: December 01 2024 at 15:43
^^ Four tracks from the poll (other than A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers) that are vote-worthy (but not voted) (in the order listed in the poll):
 
Yes - Close to the Edge (18:50)
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick - Part 1 (22:39)
Pink Floyd - Dogs (17:04)
Yes - The Gates of Delirium (21:55)
 



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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: December 01 2024 at 17:53
Interesting and of course hard...
Today I feel like
Dogs - Lunar Sea - Gates of Delirium - Starless - Plague of Lighthouse Keepers - Thick as a Brick... oh damn, that's six. Will vote for the first five of these.


Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: December 01 2024 at 20:58
This would be hard if I give it much thought, so in rapid fire, I voted Plague, Gates, Supper's, Dogs, and Camera.


Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: December 01 2024 at 21:14
In fact, I love 20 from the list… Voted:

Starless
Shine on you crazy diamond
In a glass house
Time-Breathe reprise 
L’Evoluzione





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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 01 2024 at 21:15
Pretty easy for me:
Genesis - Suppers Ready
VDGG - A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers
Yes - Gates Of Delirium
Pink Floyd - Dogs
King Crimson - Starless


Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: December 02 2024 at 04:58
Supper’s Ready

The Musical Box

Thick as a Brick

Cygnus X-1 Book II

Close to the Edge



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Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: December 02 2024 at 05:18
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick - Part 1
Yes - The Gates Of Delirium
Pink Floyd - Dogs
VDGG - A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers


Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: December 02 2024 at 09:42
Thick Breathe Shine Box Ready

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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: December 02 2024 at 09:56
Great idea!

I have a top five in no order:

Pink Floyd- Time/ Breathe(reprise)
VDGG- A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers
King Crimson- Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part One
Camel- Lady Fantasy
Rush- The Camera Eye

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Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: December 02 2024 at 11:02
A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
Supper's Ready
Close to the Edge

There are some other great epics on this list but honestly these three still stand head and shoulders above the rest for me.


Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: December 02 2024 at 11:26
No major surprises in the votings so far.

1 Yes - Close to the Edge 14
- King Crimson - Starless 14
3 VdGG - A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers 13
4 Pink Floyd - Shine on You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5) 12
- Genesis - Supper's Ready 12
6 Pink Floyd - Dogs 10
- Yes - The Gates of Delirium 10
8 Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick (Part 1) 9
9 Genesis - The Musical Box 8
10 Camel - Lady Fantasy 6
11 Rush - The Camera Eye 5
-- Rush - Cygnus X-1 Book II Hemispheres 5
13 Pink Floyd - Time / Breathe (reprise) 4                                   
-- King - Crimson Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One 4
15 VdGG - The Sleepwalkers 3
-- Camel - Lunar Sea 3
-- Banco - L'Evoluzione 3
18 Yes - Heart of the Sunrise 2
19 Genesis - The Battle of Epping Forest 1
-- PFM - Il Banchetto 1
-- Jethro Tull - My God 1
-- Banco - Canto Nomade Per Un Prigioniero Politico 1
-- Gentle Giant - In a Glass House 1
24 King Crimson - Moonchild 0
-- Frank Zappa - The Gumbo Variations 0


Posted By: Floydoid
Date Posted: December 02 2024 at 13:08
CTTE
TAAB
SOYCD
Dogs
Moonchild

['Echoes' would have topped my list had it been in the poll. Also would have voted for 'Eruption']

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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: December 02 2024 at 13:17
^I guess Moonchild would have lost its first vote. But yes Echoes would have gotten my vote over most anything.


Posted By: AlanB
Date Posted: December 18 2024 at 12:40
Close To The Edge
Shine On
Time/Breathe
Supper's Ready
Lady Fantasy

Lunar Sea came close


Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: December 18 2024 at 14:24
Voted for almost all epics ( La crème de la crème)
except :

King Crimson - Moonchild (12:11)          
Rush - The Camera Eye (10:57)
Rush - Cygnus X-1 Book II Hemispheres (18:04)     
Jethro Tull - My God (7:10)
     

Voted for Zappa's Gumbo because he does not deserve a zero score



Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: December 18 2024 at 14:51
1) VdGG: A Plague
2) PF: Shine on You
3) KC: Larks
4) Yes: Gates
5) JT: O MY God


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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: December 18 2024 at 14:55
This is pretty much the impossible choice! But today I am going for 'A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers'!


Posted By: zwordser
Date Posted: December 21 2024 at 22:23
I put in my 5 votes, then realized I missed STARLESS (what was I thinking!) Wacko

Anyway, I'll just keep what I went with:

1. Gates of Delerium (the best prog piece ever made)
2. Supper's Ready (the 2nd best prog piece ever made)
3. Hemispheres (probably the most "symphonic" Rush ever got)
4. Il Banchetto (My fave Italian prog piece on my fave Italian prog album--some interesting subtleties)
5. Sleepwalkers (Maintains VDGG depth/darkness, but still rocks)

There's not a song on the list I don't like, but perhaps my least faves are My God, and Dogs.

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Posted By: Big Sky
Date Posted: December 27 2024 at 15:17
Five Favorites:

1) Close to the Edge
2) Suppers Ready
3) Gates of Delirium
4) Heart of Sunrise
5) Starless

Just missing: Battle of Epping Forest, Lunar Sea and Musical Box.



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