5 - 10 Greatest Progressive instrumentals
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Topic: 5 - 10 Greatest Progressive instrumentals
Posted By: Hankypanky
Subject: 5 - 10 Greatest Progressive instrumentals
Date Posted: March 13 2008 at 21:47
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there are a couple of amazing instrumental albums too. If the singing in it is simply melodic and there are no words prononced it counts.
5 Devils Triangle - King Crimson
4 Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd
3 YYZ - Rush
2 La Villa Strangiato - Rush
1 Histoires Sans Paroles - Harmonium
I did it quick i probably missed some no brainers though
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Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: March 14 2008 at 04:36
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Art Zoyd: Generations Sans Futur Soft Machine: Slightly All the Time King Crimson: Fracture Tangerine Dream: Flight and Collision of Comas Sola DAAU: My Goodness! Poetry Picchio Dal Pozzo: Seppia Vortex: Prolegomenes Deuter: Babylon Hellebore: Umanak/Marquis De Saint Cricq (if simply unmelodic grunts counts too) Dün: Arrakis (almost made it: KHA-YM: Recontre Impromtue, Klaus Schulze: Ludwig von Bayern, Shylock: Ile De Fievres, Univers Zero: Dense, Algarnas Tradgard: Takeoff, Dedalus: Santiago, Henry Cow: Half Asleep, Half Wake) ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: March 14 2008 at 15:39
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1. Barbarian - ELP 2. Les Aventures Des Saxinette et Clarophone - Maneige 3. One Of These Days - Pink Floyd 4. A Lotus On Irish Streams - The Mahavishnu Orchestra 5. Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd 6. Birth - Focus 7. After The Ordeal - Genesis 8. Larks' Tongues In Aspic pt. 1 - King Crimson 9. Resolution - The Mahavishnu Orchestra 10. Dark Side Of The Moog (preferably Live from the reissue of Strange New Flesh) - Colosseum II Edit: nods to Ace Of Wands, Toccata, which should certainly have been on there, but I forgot it at the time of posting, and Valentyne Suite: 2nd Theme. |
Posted By: ten years after
Date Posted: March 15 2008 at 01:45
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1. Beware the Ides of March - Colosseum
2. Valentyne Suite - Colosseum (This counts as purely instrumental if Atom heart Mother does). Note that the US version of Valentyne Suite includes Beware the Ides of March as the 3rd movement.
3. Saucerful of Secrets - Floyd
4. Karelia - The Nice
5. One of the Days - Floyd
6. Hoedown - ELP
7. Soul Sacrifice - Santana (from Woodstock)
8. The Fish - Yes (from Yessongs)
9. After the Ordeal - Genesis
10. Focus (from in and out of)
God Speed the Plough and Purple Spaceships over Yatton by Stackridge get honourable mentions. Hendrix's Star Spangled Banner might also be included if it counts as Prog.
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Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: March 15 2008 at 09:45
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Impossible to rank, but: Rush- YYZ Rush- La Villa Strangiato Frank Zappa- Watermelon in Easter Hay Frank Zappa- Cruisin' For Burgers insert multiple Zappa tunes here King Crimson- Red King Crimson- The Devil' Triangle Metallica- Orion (not on the site I know, but this is so prog metal) Pink Floyd- One of These Days King Crimson- Lars' Tongue in Aspic 1 &2 |
Posted By: darkmatter
Date Posted: March 15 2008 at 20:06
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These are some that come to mind, but this is by no means definitive: Anathema - Violence Gordian Knot - Rivers Dancing Ozric Tentacles - Tidal Convergence Porcupine Tree - Waiting Phase II Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways Phase II Porcupine Tree - Burning Sky |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: March 16 2008 at 07:28
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Yes - Five Per Cent for Nothing |
Posted By: acelxpro
Date Posted: March 16 2008 at 21:00
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Rhayader/Rhayader Goes To Town - Camel
Harem Scarem - Focus
Peaches En Regalia - Frank Zappa
Unquiet Slumbers For The Sleepers/In That Quiet Earth - Genesis
The Boys In The Band - Gentle Giant
Larks Tongues In Aspic, Part Two - King Crimson
Birds Of Fire - The Mahavishnu Orchestra
Moon Voices - Max Webster
Facelift - Soft Machine
Ace Of Wands - Steve Hackett
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: March 16 2008 at 21:19
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Cat's Squirrel - Jethro Tull (or Bouree) (great rocker)
Any Colour you Like - Pink Floyd (totally adventorous) Mudmen - Pink Floyd (hidden gem) Zoot Allures - Frank Zappa (totally great, full of joy) Hoedown - ELP (one of the best proofs that Keith is such a player) Ban Ban Caliban - Soft Machine (just can't get enought of fusion!) VUG - Atomic Rooster (one of the best heavy instrumentals) Harem Scarem - Focus (totally sticky and great) Birth - Focus (beautiful) Midnight on Mars - Ashra (massive psych prog, totally relaxing) The Trans Love Express - Jean-Luc Ponty (the faster the better!) |
Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: March 17 2008 at 01:20
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Mike Oldfield -- Tubular Bells
Tangerine Dream -- Phaedra
Camel -- Supertwister
John Coltrane -- A Love Supreme
Emerson Lake and Palmer -- Tocatta
Steve Hackett -- Spectral Mornings
Gustav Holst -- The Planets
King Crimson -- Lark's Tounge in Aspic, pt. 1
Pink Floyd -- Careful With That Axe, Eugene
Rush -- YYZ
Rick Wakeman -- The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Yes -- The Fish
Frank Zappa -- Watermelon in Easter Hay
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Posted By: Nigel66
Date Posted: March 17 2008 at 13:03
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Bet nobody else was going to mention this, so I'll weigh in with: Waiter, There’s A Yawn in My Ear by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. Absolutely wonderful stuff.  |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: March 17 2008 at 17:02
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Funeral for a friend - Elton John
Facelift - Soft Machine
Auberge du Sanglier/A Hunting We Shall Go/Pengola/Backwards/A Hunting We Shall Go - Caravan
The whole frecking Snow goose album by Camel
Devils Triangle - King Crimson
Sailors Tale - King Crimson
After the Ordeal - Genesis
The Waiting room - Genesis
The Boys In The Band - Gentle Giant
Peaches En Regalia - Zappa
Son Of Mr. Green Genes - Zappa
It Must Be A Camel - Zappa
Waka/Jawaka - Zappa
Negativeland - Neu!
Krautrock - Faust
Force Majure - Tangerine dream
Tangram - Tangerine dream
And so on.. (cant realy remeber anymore now  )------------- 
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: March 17 2008 at 17:11
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1. Stratosfear 2. Force Majeure 3. Sphynx Lightning 4. Tangram 5. Ricochet By Tangerine Dream ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: March 17 2008 at 18:14
I made a compilation CD of prog instrumentals recently and completely forgot about that gem. Wonderful track!! |
TGM: Orb wrote:Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: March 17 2008 at 18:19
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Dün's Eros Pat Metheny's Speaking of Now (despite some minor wordless vocals) Weidorje's self-titled (same as above) Henry Cow's Western Culture As for just songs, Happy Family's Sushi Bar Änglagård's Sista Somrar Present's Promenade Au Fond D'un Canal Sleepytime Gorilla Museum's Widening Eye is becoming a favourite |
Posted By: calipunkerz
Date Posted: March 18 2008 at 17:26
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King Crimson - Red Porcupine Tree - Waiting Phase II Genesis - foxtrot My 3 favorite!!! |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 18 2008 at 18:53
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1) High Tide - Death Warmed Up (In my opinion unbeatable). 2) Gong - A Sprinkling of Clouds 3) Ozric Tentacles - Pteranodon 4) Guru Guru - God's Endless Love for Men 5) Van der Graaf Generator - Architectural Hair 6) Steve Hackett - Group Therapy 7) Gentle Giant - The Boys in the Band 8) Amon Düül 2 - Chewing Gum Telegram 9) Embryo - Entrances 10) Brand X - Nuclear Burn This list may change any day, except for number 1. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: March 18 2008 at 19:05
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It's way too hard to try and make a list of songs, but albums... Omega Massif-Geistrstadt
Pelican- The fire in our throats will beckon the thaw
Godspeed- F A infinity
Explosions in the sky- the world is a cold dead place
Johnnytwentythree- Self titled
Pelican- city of Echoes
Russian Circles- Enter
North-Ruins
To name a few... ------------- 
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: March 18 2008 at 20:14
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Marooned - Pink Floyd
A Gift of Wings - Ozric Tentacles
Mother and Child Divided - Porcupine Tree
The entire Instrumental section of Gates of Delerium - Yes
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Posted By: JROCHA
Date Posted: March 18 2008 at 21:27
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La Villa Strangiato-Rush Romantic Warrior-Return to Forever Los Endos-Genesis Micha-Russian Circles Ratts of the Capitol-Mogwai Angel Tears-Pelican Larks Tongues in Aspic Pt 1 and 2-King Crimson One Word-The Mahavishnu Orchestra Dead Eyes-Jesu The Way Up Pt 1-Pat Metheny ------------- Somewhere out of a memory of lighted streets on quiet nights... |
Posted By: Damjan
Date Posted: March 19 2008 at 20:24
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antyhing off of Dun - Eros Mahavishnu Orchestra - Hope, Thousand Island Park, Meeting of The Spirits, Birds of Fire Rush - YYZ, La Villa Strangiato Frank Zappa - All of Hot Rats except for the song Hot Rats Leb i Sol - Marija, Rebus, Kako Ti Drago King Crimson - Red Yes - Five Percent For Nothing ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/kingofhebrews/?chartstyle=MDK"> 
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 19 2008 at 21:38
Which reminds me of a question which has always nagged me: What does "Leb i Sol" mean? The name always reminds me of Lebensohl, which is a very important bidding convention in the card game bridge. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Damjan
Date Posted: March 20 2008 at 00:00
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It means bread and salt
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/kingofhebrews/?chartstyle=MDK">
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Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: March 20 2008 at 08:57
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In no particular order... Rush - YYZ Gentle Giant - The Boys in the Band ELP - Hoedown Tangerine Dream - Rubycon The Flower Kings - Rumble Fish Twist Spock's Beard - NWC Mahavishnu Orchestra - One Word Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn King Crimson - Level Five ------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |
Posted By: toolis
Date Posted: March 20 2008 at 09:20
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King Crimson - Red Rush - YYZ GYBE! - Moya Savatage - The Storm Vinnie Moore - Lifeforce LTE - Acid Rain anything from Flecktones ------------- -music is like pornography... sometimes amateurs turn us on, even more... -sometimes you are the pigeon and sometimes you are the statue... |
Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: March 20 2008 at 10:05
Forgot about that one, probably because my musiclistening focus has been elsewhere lately. But it really is perfect. ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 20 2008 at 10:28
Probably not exactly "bread", but "loaf". I could see the similarity in the words there; "f" often changes to "b" and vice versa, because both are labial sounds, though "f" is a fricative and "b" an explosive. An etymological dictionary would probably agree with me. In German it would be "Laib und Salz", by the way. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Mecropolis2112
Date Posted: March 21 2008 at 22:15
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Finally a great moment to mention an incredible instrumental band (because all the other topics include a band with vocals and i prefer it, anyway) LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT what a great band.. all the people who have not heard yet, and incredible song to start is: Kindred Spirits or Universal Mind. But once already digested you MUST listen: "WHEN THE WATER BREAKS" ,for me the best prog/instrumental/long song (for people who like more hard rock and great solos and battles between guitar and keyboard leads) whit almost 17 minutes of progresive, creativity, melodies, and all the things that lead you to a music trip that when finish you will start again. I hope the people who read listen it and enjoy it! PD: sorry for the spelling mistakes (i'm learning english because i speak spanish) and 14 years. ------------- [Me¢яøpølis] |
Posted By: Soul Dreamer
Date Posted: March 29 2008 at 21:55
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Some which I didn't see mentioned here but I think are great:
- Riverside: Reality Dream I/II/III (and especially RD I which is amazing)
- OSI: The Thing That Never Was
And also:
Tangerine Dream - Ricochet (all)
Rush - La Villa Strangiato
KC - Larks Tongues in Aspic pt. I
Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways (Phase 2)
Mike Oldfield - Too many to mention them all ------------- To be the one who seeks so I may find .. (Metallica) |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: March 30 2008 at 14:13
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La Villa Strangiato - Rush
Los Endos - Genesis Lunar Sea - Camel Peaches en Regalia - Frank Zappa Watermelon in easter Hay - Frank Zappa Spectral Mornings - Steve Hackett The Boys in the Band - Gentle Giant Red - King Crimson White Rhino Tea - Ozric Tentacles Open Book - Happy the Man |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: March 31 2008 at 07:43
THAT is an amazing list, Christer  ------------- 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: Rocktopus
Date Posted: April 01 2008 at 20:45
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Thanks Sean! How 'bout making one yourself? ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: SilverEclipse
Date Posted: April 01 2008 at 21:10
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I'm not going to go with "greatest" so much as my favorites... Keeping The Blade - Coheed & Cambria a beautiful orchestrated intro to the third album combining the intros of the first two. Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd I'm in love with the first 10 minutes, the rest is still good though Careful With That Axe, Eugene - Pink Floyd awesome organ work, love Roger's scream One Of These Days - Pink Floyd obvious pick Any Colour You Like - Pink Floyd and once again with the Floyd I really think Pink Floyd were the best at this, they dominate the list of my favorite instrumentals. They really knew how to convey emotion and feeling without vocals. ------------- "and if the band your in starts playing different tunes, I'll see you on the dark side of the moon" |
Posted By: crimson87
Date Posted: April 12 2008 at 17:59
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The greatest intrumental carried through 30 years
1-LTIA part one
2-LTIA part two
3-LTIA part three
4-LTIA part four
5-Level five
(This may look as a joke but is a very serious proposal, Crimson are the Kings when it comes to instrumentals.)
Also a live version of "Sartori in Tangier" which is in the "Neal and Jack and me" DVD.There is an AMAZING solo by Bob Fripp and also the rythm sounds like a 8 bit videogame which is really adictive
I will soon come (back) with the Non-Crimsonian list of instrumentals
You ´ ll see my return
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Posted By: king_pin
Date Posted: April 13 2008 at 08:48
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Godspeed You Black Emperor - Moya Pain of Salvation - Pluvius - Aestivus Dream Theater - Hells Kitchen Focus - Sylvia To Live is to Die - Metallica ------------- nou... mag ik het niet nog een keertje overdoen? |
Posted By: rodlop
Date Posted: April 15 2008 at 17:32
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The first parts from Shine on your crazy diamond - Pink Floyd Il tempio sul lago - Le Orme Rodrigo
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Posted By: Squonkman
Date Posted: April 16 2008 at 04:51
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Los Endos---Genesis from the live 1981 Westwood One radio cd. The greatest prog instrumental EVER.
Ice--Camel
Sky Moves Sideways---Porcupine Tree (expanded version)
One of These Days---Pink Floyd
Rumble Fish Twist--Flower Kings
Baroque Impression No 1---Par Lindh Project
The Fall of the House of Usher---Alan Parsons Project
March to the Eternal City---Triumvirat
The Light Program---Geoff Downes
In Memory of Elizabeth Reed---Allman Bros (country prog......)
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