Top 10 Favorite Albums rated less than 3.00 on PA
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Topic: Top 10 Favorite Albums rated less than 3.00 on PA
Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Subject: Top 10 Favorite Albums rated less than 3.00 on PA
Date Posted: April 10 2025 at 11:29
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1. Genesis: Abacab (2.62) 2. Genesis: s/t (Shapes) (2.79) 3. Alan Parsons Project: Stereotomy (2.77) 4. Moody Blues: Keys of the Kingdom (2.80) 5. Moody Blues: Strange Times (2.68) 6. Steve Hackett: Cured (2.43) 7. Steve Hackett: Till We Have Faces (2.42) 8. Mike Oldfield: Islands (2.63) 9. Mike Oldfield: Heaven's Open (2.50) 10. Anthony Phillips: Invisible Men (2.35)
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Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: April 10 2025 at 13:32
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1. YES- " Big Generator" (2.56 ) 2. Alan Parsons Project- "Vulture Culture" (2.41) 3. Emerson, Lake, Palmer- "Works Vol.1" (2.97) 4. Rush- "Rush" (2.96) 5. Led Zeppelin- "In Through The Our Door" (2.97) 6. Moody Blues- " The Other Side of Life" (2.31) 7. Black Sabbath- Technical Ecstasy" (2.85) 8. Jethro Tull- "Catfish Rising" (2.63) 9. The Beatles- "With the Beatles" (2.90) 10. Moody Blues- "Octave" (2.76) 11. Jethro Tull- "Rock Island" (2.69) 12. Rainbow- " Down to Earth" (2.83) 13. Hawkwind- "It is the Business of the Future to be Dangerous" (2.87) Great idea, Steve!
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 10 2025 at 21:43
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1. Tangerine Dream - Le Parc (2.86) 2. Tangerine Dream - Views From A Red Train (2.94) 3. Tangerine Dream - Finnegan's Wake (2.60) 4. Vangelis - Beauborg (2.62) 5. Vangelis - See You Later (2.58) 6. Vangelis - Invisible Connections (2.52) 7. IQ - Nomzamo (2.84) 8. IQ - Are You Sitting Comfortably (2.78) 9. Mike Oldfield - Discovery (2.83) X. ELO - Discovery (2.89)
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Posted By: Rexorcist
Date Posted: April 10 2025 at 21:53
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I don't really have a top ten, because there's only one in that vein that TRULY matters to me: Invisible Touch.  |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: April 11 2025 at 02:43
I like these ones, too.  I will make list once i get a chance to look up a few albums on PA. I thought Marillion's Holidays in Eden was under 3 stars, but it's got a rating of 3.10. Radiation and Less is More fit here, I like them both, despite being a bit uneven. < defer="" ="https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js/vcd15cbe7772f49c399c6a5babf22c1241717689176015" integrity="sha512-ZpsOmlRQV6y907TI0dKBHq9Md29nnaEIPlkf84rnaERnq6zvWvPUqr2ft8M1aS28on72PdrCzSjY4U6VaAw1EQ==" -cf-beacon=""rayId":"92e933a98c9f1850","Timing":"name":"cfExtPri":true,"cfL4":true,"cfSpeedBrain":true,"cfCacheStatus":true,"version":"2025.3.0","token":"717409392a644498b4dbcbfbeafd4181"" crossorigin="anonymous"> |
omphaloskepsis wrote:Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: April 11 2025 at 03:05
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I started a similar thread a while ago. I don't know whether I can come up with a definitive '10' for me, but I have a few... many good albums often tend to have been marked down, simply because they weren't 'prog' enough or perhaps too commercial, where on more mainstream sites, they would score a higher rating? 1. Camel: See Your House (2.92) 2. Eloy: Performance (2.88) This rating is shocking. I think I'd argue for 'Ra' too... 3. ELP: Works I (2.96) Over the years, I've come to believe this is a solid 4 star album, let down a bit by Lake 4. GG: Missing Piece (2.98) 5. Hackett: Highly Strung (2.93) 6. Hawkwind: PXR5 (2.95) 7. Mahavishnu: Inner Worlds (2.64) 8. Oldfield: Guitars (2.95) Tbh, there are a few more sub-3 on this site I could raise up, but I'm an Oldfield fan, so.. 9. TD: Le Parc (2.87) 10. Vangelis: See You Later (2.58) Now, take me outside and shoot me... < defer="" ="https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js/vcd15cbe7772f49c399c6a5babf22c1241717689176015" integrity="sha512-ZpsOmlRQV6y907TI0dKBHq9Md29nnaEIPlkf84rnaERnq6zvWvPUqr2ft8M1aS28on72PdrCzSjY4U6VaAw1EQ==" -cf-beacon=""rayId":"92e953eeac16ed0b","Timing":"name":"cfExtPri":true,"cfL4":true,"cfSpeedBrain":true,"cfCacheStatus":true,"version":"2025.3.0","token":"717409392a644498b4dbcbfbeafd4181"" crossorigin="anonymous"> ------------- 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: Cristi
Date Posted: April 11 2025 at 03:07
I think these two are quite good and enjoyable.
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: April 11 2025 at 08:37
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1. Alquin - Best Kept Secret (2.66) 2. David Gilmour - About Face (2.92) 3. Fish - Suits (2.90) 4. Genesis - s/t (2.79) 5. ELP - Works Vol. 1 (2.97) 6. Genesis - Invisible Touch (2.51) 7. Roger Waters & Ron Geesin - Music from The Body (2.80) 8. IQ - Nomzamo (2.84) 9. Roger Waters - Radio K.A.O.S. (2.96) X. Gentle Giant - Civilian (2.78) ------------- 
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: April 11 2025 at 08:39
I like these ones, too. Fish - Suits is one of my favorite albums.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: April 11 2025 at 08:53
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RUSH Test for Echo (2.89) - The next two albums I like less, rated better here on PA. Oh well...
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: April 11 2025 at 09:32
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Mentioned by others: Led Zeppelin - In Through the Out Door (one of my favourite albums) Roger Waters & Ron Geesin - Music from The Body Tangerine Dream - Beauborg and Le Parc And I will mention: Comus - To Keep from Crying (2.87). I wrote a review defending this for those who think this is horrid in comparison to First Utterance and to those who call Comus horrid just based on First Utterance. Magma - Merci (2.77). I find the B side quite wonderful and get a fun kick from the A side. Still, I would not rate it more than three. Pram - The Moving Frontier (2.50). Okay, I only listened to it once in full, but I appreciated it. Some great for my tastes music on it. And it only has two ratings. David Bowie - David Bowie (2.37) I find this album very enjoyable, quite delightful baroque pop, and interesting. ------------- "Questions are a burden to others; answers a prison for oneself" (The Prisoner, 1967). |
Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: April 11 2025 at 13:26
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Undoubtedly the 2 IQ albums, which I absolutely adore…. ------------- Heaven is waiting but waiting is Hell |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 11 2025 at 23:26
ELoy adopted too much of an eighties production sound by that time although Metromania is slightly better (and not sub par 3) . Ra is truly a horrible album to my ears and wasn't even particularly a band album. Eloy seems generally to be rated fairly when I looked at all the album ratings, no quibbles from me.
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: April 12 2025 at 00:52
agreed completely!  ------------- 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: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: April 12 2025 at 07:16
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Alan White Ramshackled Annette Peacock Sky-Skating Gentle Giant The Missing Piece Starcastle Citadel Supertramp Indelibly Stamped Herbie Hancock Sunlight Steve Hackett Cured Brian Eno More Music for Films Stereolab Chemical Chords Tony Levin Waters of Eden (Albums I love whose rating is barely above 3.0): Annette Peacock X-Dreams Adrian Belew Twang Bar King Emerson, Lake & Powell Starcastle Starcastle Styx Styx II Al Di Meola Splendido Hotel Anthony Phillips Sides Stanley Clarke East River Drive Tal Wilkenfeld Love Remains Frank Zapp Lumpy Gravy Anthony Phillips Private Parts & Pieces VII - Slow Waves, Soft Stars ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: April 12 2025 at 07:51
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Hi, Emerson, Lake, Palmer- "Works Vol.1" (2.97) Hawkwind- "It is the Business of the Future to be Dangerous" (2.87) Vangelis - Beauborg (2.62) Vangelis - See You Later (2.58) Alquin - Best Kept Secret (2.66) Roger Waters - Radio K.A.O.S. (2.96) Anthony Phillips Private Parts & Pieces VII - Slow Waves, Soft Stars A few comments, and some of the reasons why I do not rank/rate albums. The differences in feelings and thoughts is scary sometimes! ELP did something that many folks thought could not be done, though I think they miught have done it because PF did it first, and many folks did not like it at all. Sad, because you get to know the artist a bit better on both situations, and that is always nice ... I can't see how a bunch of songs would make these albums better. Hawkwind's IITBOTFTBD is an ambient album, following Electric Tepee which is also an ambient album, but a really hard rocking one, in the style of Space Ritual. This next album continues the ambient touch and it is much softer, and very nice. Only thing that makes this album kinda lose its quality is the addition of a Rolling Stone song, though it was something that Hawkwind had done for fans many times before ... but for me, it makes the quality and feeling of the album going downhill, and kinda meaningless! I guess it's all just a bunch of songs!!! Really poor decision in terms of defining what makes an album and what should be on it! Vangelis ... there are some thoughts that Beauborg was something having to do with the record company ... not sure at all ... but while it feels odd and totally off the record, "no music", it is not a surprise, and kinda feels like an album to fill the spots somewhere ... but while it is not about "music" in that album, it is a far out album, if you learn to spin it faster or slower ... and get some really far out different sounds ... !!!!! See You Later, is a very nice album, but I think that folks wanted some more soundtrack like stuff, not a few songs, which would, more than likely, be a record company request to help with more sales! Alquin's Best Kept Secret is an outstanding album, and adds to the previous couple of albums really well, and fit beautifully in the shows at the time, by Guy Guden ... that album got played and then some and eventually appreciated by some of the cats slumming in that station! RW's Radio Kaos, is an album that doesn't really make sense, and seems screwed up, until you hear the story of what happened in LA and specially KMET, of which Jim Ladd had been a part of ... and the album, was probably making sure that we got to know what was going on ... sadly, we don't give a sh*t as sometimes we only want songs, that do not have a meaning that makes us feel guilty because we don't care! I have a funny idea that Jim Ladd was paid to never say anything about it ... because he stayed quiet about it all as far as I know! A really bad moment in the history of FM radio in America, and how corporate didn't give a damn about the music! And eventually led to the Great American FM Radio Rape a couple of years later! AP ... one of the finest and that album was the soundtrack for a poem that I did for the Ygdrasil Journal of Poetic Arts, when I created an audio issue in 1999 and then redid it a few years ago. My tip of the hat and a large gracious thank you to AP for allowing me to use this piece of music ... I cried when I received the email letting me use it ... and I think he had seen, or possibly checked out the Ygdrasil Journal of Poetic Arts, a very progressive poetry group of folks, that did not care for limits and wrote some of the neatest things ever. (It has retired after 30 years, and being archived in the National Library of Canada!!!) ------------- 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 |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: April 12 2025 at 16:20
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For some reason, all of these click with me. Reasons vary, sometimes for sentimental reasons. I was surprised how long this took and how many I actually found; even surprised that a couple of them are rated so low. ELO - Secret Messages (2.68) Genesis - Abacab (2.62) Genesis - Genesis (2.79) Tony Banks - The Fugitive (2.44) David Bowie - David Bowie (2.37) Patrick Moraz - Human Interface (2.51) Zarathustra - Also Spielt... (2.50) Rush - Rush (2.96) The Hosemobile - What Can & Can't Go On (2.17) Egdon Heath - Him, The Snake, and I (2.93) High Wheel - 1910 (2.56) Steve Hackett - Till We Have Faces (2.42) Mangrove - Touch Wood (2.79) Mastermind - Volume One (2.70) Eyestrings - Burdened Hands (2.64) Runaway Totem - Pleroma (2.85) Qwaarn - The World of Qwaarn (2.45) The Alan Parsons Project - Stereotomy (2.77) Marillion - Radiation (2.79) Led Zeppelin - In Through the Out Door (2.97) Roger Hodgson - Hai Hai (1.89) Eloy - Performance (2.88) And these are right on the 3.00 mark: David Bowie - Earthling (3.00) Kurt Rongey - That Was Propaganda (3.00) Gentle Giant - The Missing Piece (3.00) ------------- ---------- 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 |