Prog by Colors
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Topic: Prog by Colors
Posted By: Epignosis
Subject: Prog by Colors
Date Posted: July 01 2009 at 17:55
This is a poll that took all afternoon to make. If you don't vote, I'll be crushed.  So vote, damn it.  Anyway, here's how it works: I grouped relatively random (but mostly high rated) albums based on the dominant color of the cover artwork. Each color group, therefore, is a mixed bag. If you only got to enjoy the five albums listed, which would you choose? White Part the Second (maudlin of the Well) The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (Genesis) The Wall (Pink Floyd) OK Computer (Radiohead) The Snow Goose (Camel) Yellow Nursery Cryme (Genesis) We’re Only in it For the Money (Frank Zappa) Balletto di Bronzo, Il (Ys) Rajaz (Camel) Three of a Perfect Pair (King Crimson) Orange Kansas (Kansas) Third (The Soft Machine) Remedy Lane (Pain of Salvation) Amputechture (The Mars Volta) Dawn (Eloy) Red Discipline (King Crimson) Still Life (Opeth) In Praise of Learning (Henry Cow) Suffocating the Bloom (Echolyn) Quella Vecchia Locanda (Il Tempo Della Gioia) Brown Sleeping in Traffic Part II (Beardfish) Signify (Porcupine Tree) Second Life Syndrome (Riverside) Songs from the Woods (Jethro Tull) Still Life (Van der Graaf Generator) Green Close to the Edge (Yes) Tales of Mystery and Imagination- Edgar Allen Poe (The Alan Parsons Project) If I Could Do it All Over Again, I’d Do it All Over You (Caravan) A Tab in the Ocean (Nektar) The Missing Piece (Gentle Giant) Blue Fear of a Blank Planet (Porcupine Tree) Ocean (Eloy) Trespass (Genesis) Phaedra (Tangerine Dream) Tales from Topographic Oceans (Yes) Violet H to He Who Am the Only One (Van der Graaf Generator) Moving Waves (Focus) Ziltoid the Omniscient (Devin Townsend) Spirals in Hyperspace (Ozric Tentacles) Magnification (Yes) Gray Relayer (Yes) Permanent Waves (Rush) Blackwater Park (Opeth) Minstrel in the Gallery (Jethro Tull) Chupacabras (Phideaux Xavier) Black Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd) Red (King Crimson) Moving Pictures (Rush) Godbluff (Van der Graf Generator) The Hazards of Love (The Decemberists) ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
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Posted By: OzzProg
Date Posted: July 01 2009 at 18:00
EEEKKK tough choices....  In the end I went with black, just too much to NOT have :)   -------------  |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: July 01 2009 at 18:01
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There's a weak spot in each group, but my vote went to yellow. I'd vote black in an instant, if only I would have heard HoL by now.
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Posted By: OzzProg
Date Posted: July 01 2009 at 18:03
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P.S. you should have put the "White" album in white, no? :)
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: July 01 2009 at 18:07
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black slightly over gray? |
Posted By: horsewithteeth11
Date Posted: July 01 2009 at 18:10
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Red, but I agree with Rico. Each group has at least one weak album. Also, Red has two of my favorite albums ever, so that's enough for me.  ------------- 
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: July 01 2009 at 18:10
I avoided using prog-related or proto-prog bands for fear that Dean would move my poll. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
OzzProg wrote:Posted By: 1967/ 1976
Date Posted: July 01 2009 at 18:11
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Orange set win for me! -------------  |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: July 01 2009 at 18:11
Yes, yes you would have.  ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: July 01 2009 at 18:13
Blue - It's the only category where I have all of the albums listed. Beyond that, most of them I rate highly.
Interesting poll! I appreciate the effort you put into it, Epignosis.  ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: July 01 2009 at 18:15
Thanks. I love creative polls, and I haven't made one in quite a while.------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Evolutionary Sleeper
Date Posted: July 01 2009 at 18:22
Same here.  Also, great poll.  ------------- 
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: July 01 2009 at 18:23
Just for the record I don't move that many threads and to my knowledge I've never moved one of yours Rob - I just defend and support those decisions made by my fellow admins in the thread moving department.
Anyway ... black, grey or blue... it's down to that one weak album in each category to act as the decider - which one could I live with the most? ... okay Blue.  ------------- What? |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: July 01 2009 at 18:28
As with you being a wizard out to get me, this has become something of a running gag to amuse me. Just go with it. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: July 01 2009 at 19:35
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Black is tied with White for me. Grey is the runner-up. I need to think more about it... How about Pink? Hot Rats/In The Court Of The Crimson King/Per Un Amico/In The Land Of Grey And Pink/Birds Of Fire      |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: July 01 2009 at 19:43
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Yeah...five albums in the top positions of their respective genres...I thought of that. Pass. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: July 01 2009 at 19:53
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True, I didn't think of that. I declare PINK to be the un-official colour of prog's greatest albums. Other pinkies: PFM's "Stati di immaginazione", Bubu's Anabelas, "Boris" by Yezda Urfa, "Hatfied And The North", "Moving Waves" by Focus, etc. |
Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: July 01 2009 at 20:04
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I went for black, and obviously could, but won't, quibble over choices for the various colors. As I always say in these things, of the albums listed... ------------- Can you tell me where we're headin'? Lincoln County Road or Armageddon. |
Posted By: meptune
Date Posted: July 01 2009 at 20:33
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That was tough but.... Yellow. It's the Zappa, Genesis, Crimson combination that clinched it. ------------- 
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: July 01 2009 at 21:52
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Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: July 01 2009 at 21:58
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Red for me, but they're all good. This is a neat idea! You should make a sequel. ------------- 
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: July 01 2009 at 23:13
I picked brown, it was a good, diverse selection. Though if the Pink they chose was one of the options, I definitely would have gone with it instead 
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Posted By: The Sleepwalker
Date Posted: July 02 2009 at 03:31
| I've picked white, all are very good albums. Black is a close second, just slightly less good as white IMO. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 02 2009 at 04:04
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Brilliant Poll! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: July 02 2009 at 04:08
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A great poll indeed . I put my dualistic shirt on: it's a choice between Black and White for me.
I vote for White for the following reasons:
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Posted By: mono
Date Posted: July 02 2009 at 04:13
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Finally went with black. It's like asking a child to chose a gift when there's one bigger and heavier than all the others... ------------- https://soundcloud.com/why-music Prog trio, from ambiant to violence https://soundcloud.com/m0n0-film Film music and production projects https://soundcloud.com/fadisaliba (almost) everything else |
Posted By: American Khatru
Date Posted: July 02 2009 at 05:14
I feel probed . I damn near went with black because of the strong albums. But then I thought how the Decemberists are right around the corner from annoying me to no end (just an opinion - it's getting to me). So I went with Yellow, an interesting collection. Put it this way, I could probably replay the first four albums in Black from my memory I know them so well, so I'm picturing being able to get along without them if it meant not having to hear the Decemberists get more and more annoying. Cool poll. -------------  Why must my spell-checker continually underline the word "prog"? |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: July 02 2009 at 05:29
This, and BLUE! ------------- 
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Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: July 02 2009 at 08:07
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This is an interesting poll Robert .
I voted blue. With Phaedra, Ocean and particularly Tales From Topographic Oceans I simply had to.
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Posted By: friso
Date Posted: July 02 2009 at 10:02
| I chose violet, though my own Who am the only one is blue... |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 02 2009 at 10:19
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I assigned points for each album (If I didn't know it i point ws awrded) 1.Black 35 2.Grey 29 3.White 28 4.Blue 27 5.Brown 21 6.Red 20 7.Yellow 19 8.Green 15 9.Vilet 14 10.Orange 9 So Black wins it...just. Edit. But I'm overiding it and going for Grey...it has Relayer and Permanent Waves.
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Posted By: mr.cub
Date Posted: July 02 2009 at 16:34
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I voted blue on the strength of Trespass and TfTO ------------- 
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Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: July 02 2009 at 16:44
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FANTASTIC POLL ROB Although I always go for Black I would choose White this time (for the goose dammit...!) |
Posted By: horsewithteeth11
Date Posted: July 02 2009 at 17:40
If he did, would this album go in black or all the colors?  -------------
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Posted By: Jake Kobrin
Date Posted: July 02 2009 at 18:11
Me too... OK, I voted Black. I just had to... ------------- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dr-Neil-Kobrin/244687105562746" rel="nofollow - SUPPORT MY FATHER AND BECOME A FAN Jacob Kobrin Illustration |
Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: July 02 2009 at 18:25
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How can there be so few votes for green? 4/5 of the albums are completely brilliant and the best albums their respective bands put out. The Missing Piece isn't that good but 4/5 great albums still makes it the best overall choice on the list.
Though, I probably would have gone with pink had it been offered.
so, green followed by black and yellow -------------  Time always wins. |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: July 02 2009 at 18:26
That would be my temptation too, but I'm still thinking. BTW, it's funny to see that in the "Prog by Colours" poll I chose only non-colours. |
Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: July 02 2009 at 20:46
| Went with "White" - some great albums there. I would also add the Beatles White Album to the White listing - but maybe that is just proto-prog. (BTW, I used to have the White Album on white vinyl, until it got accidentally cracked - what a shame...) |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: July 02 2009 at 21:41
It's predominantly black..... so, black. -------------
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Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: July 03 2009 at 02:22
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Minstrel is Gray? I thought it was brown... White has The Wall and OK Computer, Purple has Ziltoid and He, but Black has Hazards of Love, Red and Godbluff, three albums of which I am quite fond. Dark Side sweetens the deal to some extent, and Moving Pictures is a necessary evil, but a tolerable one. Black it is. Just like...friggin' everyone else, crap. ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: July 03 2009 at 02:44
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I'd go with green myself, although black would be my second choice. ------------- 
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Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: July 03 2009 at 03:06
What about...
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: July 03 2009 at 06:40
   I have it on CD, which is gray, but you are right also. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: July 03 2009 at 16:42
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My CD is brown...and I've always loved that cover, by the way, what with the alligator kid, the tall dude with the sword/mustache combo, the bigfoot, the birdman...and the monkey, of course. Can't forget the monkey.
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Posted By: Alberto Muñoz
Date Posted: July 03 2009 at 18:30
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Posted By: Conor Fynes
Date Posted: July 03 2009 at 18:41
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Interesting idea for a poll!
I'd have to say grey... or white... or black!
I voted Grey... but now I'm gonna miss part the Second
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Posted By: Jozef
Date Posted: July 03 2009 at 20:26
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I'd say White.
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Posted By: pianoman
Date Posted: July 03 2009 at 21:37
ugh, this is mean. I went with Brown (Sleeping in Traffic Part 2, Signify, and Second Life Syndrome  ) but my second choice would be white, and third would be black. 
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Posted By: American Khatru
Date Posted: July 04 2009 at 06:46
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I definitely ended up in the minority when I voted Yellow. And as the days went by watching this I have a mounting feeling I should have gone with black or blue (both having top of the foodchain records, for instance "Red" and "TfTO"). What have I done?? I guess it's because I know very well every Yellow album. Well, dig me but don't bury me.
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Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: July 04 2009 at 09:58
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It figures that almost all of these have one of my favorite albums! I guess gray is the most consistent.
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Posted By: Badabing666
Date Posted: July 06 2009 at 10:39
| I went for brown . It was a tough choice and would have been even harder if pink had been included. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: December 09 2009 at 16:47
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Back in Black for me. ------------- 
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: December 09 2009 at 20:33
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If I was voting now instead of when I did, it'd definitely be Black or Orange now.
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Posted By: mohaveman
Date Posted: December 10 2009 at 15:26
| Yikes, it's hard! BLACK |
Posted By: Hanke666
Date Posted: December 16 2009 at 13:29
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White! Mainly thanks to The Wall though
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