Best Double Album
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Topic: Best Double Album
Posted By: Schindleria Praematu
Subject: Best Double Album
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 14:19
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Hey guys, I just watched Pink Floyd: The Wall on Friday and then went back and listened to the album. It got me to thinking about double albums, and these are some that came to mind: The Beatles: White Album
Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffitti Pink Floyd: The Wall
The Who: Tommy So which do you think is the best double album?
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Posted By: Schindleria Praematu
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 14:22
| For me it would have to be either, The Wall or Physical Graffitti |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 14:27
| The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway and Quadrophenia for me. |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 14:35
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are we talking pre-CD double albums only? many modern single-disc releases are longer than some double albums from the 70s anyway, i choose Frank Zappa - Lather (i know, it's a quadruple-album, but whatever) ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm 
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Posted By: NecronCommander
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 14:38
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First album that comes to mind is Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven. -------------  
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Posted By: Misomex777
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 14:43
Rolling Stones Exile On Main Street
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Posted By: Adams Bolero
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 14:48
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Electric Ladyland; so many different styles. ------------- ''Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.'' - Albert Camus |
Posted By: JakeMM626
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 14:54
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Surprised The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway didn't make this list. out of those four, I'd have to say the Wall is my favorite. ------------- 
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 15:02
| The White Album or Lamb Lies Down on Broadway |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 15:11
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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 17 songs that are hit potential -------------  
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 15:26
| Kobaia, duh |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 15:49
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Aphrodites Child - 666
Mike Oldfield - Incantations
Tangerine Dream - Purgatorio
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Posted By: The Monodrone
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 15:50
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Quadrophenia... or Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Probably the latter. -------------  
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Posted By: Hawkwise
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 15:54
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Don Juan's Reckless Daughter Joni Mitchell is fav studio dble album ..
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 16:03
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From the four that you mentioned: The Beatles' self-titled white album.
My overall favourite: Ummagumma - Pink Floyd ------------- 
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 16:11
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Colosseum Live Bloodrock Live must be others -these came to mind first |
Posted By: Lynx33
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 16:14
 ------------- Mindez elmúlt. Ma már tudom köszönteni a szépséget. |
aginor wrote:Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 16:19
| Well, Roxy & Elsewhere was conceived as a double LP, so that for me is one of the greatest albums ever. |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 16:44
| http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=27105" rel="nofollow - Dinosaurus Stereophonicus . |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 16:45
Absofreakinlutly !! My choices exactly. In that very order. ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: Evolver
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 16:53
------------- Trust me. I know what I'm doing. |
Posted By: Hawkwise
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 16:58
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oh must not forget Focus 3
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Posted By: Steven Brodziak
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 17:42
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The Wall and Lamb. Used to be a shortage on doubles, now they are abound. ------------- Well, there it is. (Amadeus) |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 17:45
  Also, Bitches Brew. |
Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 17:46
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David Sylvian's "Gone to Earth" and The Clash's "London Calling" for me. |
Posted By: valravennz
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 17:52
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Deep Purple's Made In Japan; Yes Tales from Topographic Oceans; and The Clash Sandinista (triple!). ------------- 
"Music is the Wine that fills the cup of Silence" - Robert Fripp |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 18:14
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"Third"
"Tago Mago" "Yeti" ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 18:18
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Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix
Physical Graffiti by Zeppelin
The White Album by The Beatles
Will the Circle Be Unbroken by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
All Things Must Pass by George Harrison (it's a triple album, I know)
Living in the Past by Jethro Tull
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 18:19
And I'd definitely include Get Up With It (my particular fave Davis album). Plus John's choices for me:
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 18:27
And The White Album and THe Lamb and THe Wall
And London Calling
And Space Ritual if you include Live stuff.
Oh and Aerial. ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 19:00
Haven't heard "Get Up With It" so I can't include it. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: dave-the-rave
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 19:05
| Tales from Topographic Oceans and Allman Brothers at Fillmore East (progressive in its own way). |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 19:32
I was about to say "mine too," but I think Big Fun may have stolen that title (if only temporarily) |
Posted By: Soul Dreamer
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 19:35
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Marbles of Marillion, Subterrenea of IQ, TFTO of Yes, ITEC of Ayreon, The Human Equation of Ayreon, Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence of Dream Theater...so many more....
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 20:21
Big Fun is terrific, and another particular fave of mine. That and Get Up With it are the two Davis albums I return to the most. |
Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 20:32
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So many grat ones... Not sure the best, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, The Wall, Big Fun, Blonde On Blonde, just to name a few. ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 20:45
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Third sounds like a good choice. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: The Wrinkler
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 22:20
My favorites too!!! 
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: February 20 2011 at 22:35
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Usually I don't like double albums... well, I do like them, in the sense that I often like the songs included and so on... but I feel that as a whole album, they kind of loose it. Too much music, and it's not easy to make it all memorable, so it loses the masterpiece status it might have achieved if they had only used the music for a single disc, and not too long at that. I feel this is even true of live albums, even though the band may have done a perfect choice of songs and ended up with a great double live album, somehow my favourite live albums (as a unit) are the ones that fit in one CD. Some examples of this are Live in Pompeii and David Gilmour in Concert (I know, they only exist on DVD, but they would fit perfectly in a single CD, and I wish they released them so, because they sound wonderful).
Now, The Wall is a weird one I'd say, as far as the concept and the telling of the story goes, I think it's brilliant, but musically it loses it's greatness because of so many short songs, many of which aren't really that great... well, in the end none of it's songs is really bad, just some of them are weaker (and they are the shortest ones, anyway). So I guess The Wall in the end really makes one of the strongest double albums. Some of the others I know Really fall short for me, such as The Lamb, Tales from Topographic Oceans, Phisical Grafitti (surely, they all have their great moments, but as a whole I just don't like them so much). On the other hand, I recently just got a double album, the band is "Cast", the album "Originallis". I had read some very good reviews about it, and ordered it... I was a bit skeptic about the album as a whole because it is a double album, and as I said, I expected it's quality to fall short in some places. However, it really surprised me, it ended up being great all around and I loved it. The weakest part for me was the final track, but even though they don't announce it so, it really feels like a bonus than as a true part of the album, because as a matter of fact, it's a medley of songs from previous albums from them, and while the rest of the album is in spanish (they are mexican), this last medley is in english. So, in the end, from the few double albums that I do know, this one, Originallis, at the moment is my very faovourite. |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: February 21 2011 at 00:00
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I enjoyed "Yesshows" and TFTO myself! "Yessongs" has some good stuff, and a really nice booklet! Haven't heard it in ages, but I did see that tour in concert
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: February 21 2011 at 00:34
| Joe's Garage, by Frank Zappa |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: February 21 2011 at 01:16
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Posted By: Bonnek
Date Posted: February 21 2011 at 02:38
Exactly, but in reverse order  I would also add Bitches Brew, Umma Gumma and Coma Divine  |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: February 21 2011 at 02:55
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U.S.: Frank Zappa You Are What You Is UK: The Who Quadrophenia
Europe: Focus 3
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Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: February 21 2011 at 03:06
First two albums that come into my mind. |
Posted By: JS19
Date Posted: February 21 2011 at 03:25
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Marillion - Marbles I'm not usually a double album fan, i usually find that a double album is just too long, and I can't think of many that wouldn't benefit from a 'bit of a trim', too much filler.
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Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: February 21 2011 at 03:48
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Taking live albums out of the equation, for me it's between Tales from Topographic Oceans and Stardust We Are (Flower Kings). SWA contains the brilliant album title suite on CD2 as well as the best collection of songs The Flower Kings ever wrote on CD1 including Circle Brimstone. Of the other double albums mentioned here, TLLDOB is badly written and drags for the last 20 minutes. The Beatles White album contains the best collection of individual songs the band members ever wrote, particularly from John Lennon, but the album itself doesn't gel together like the Abbey Road album does. Tommy is overrated, not nearly as good as Quadraphonia. Spock's Beard's Snow is a great double album, but the second CD doesn't differentiate itself enough from the first CD. Other candidates such as Dream Theater's SDOIT, I find the orchestral piece on CD2 rather bland. Have to admit I like ELO's Out Of The Blue, but it's more Pop than prog. Focus III is my favorite Focus album but the long pieces just drag on too long. If Marillion's Happiness is the Road qualifies as a double album I would nominate that one, as it contains some of Marillion's best work.
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Posted By: BarryGlibb
Date Posted: February 21 2011 at 05:00
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White Album I know you didn't aske but: All Things Must Pass - Triple album Quadruple or greater vinyl album release as a legitimate album and not a Live album or History of album? |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: February 21 2011 at 05:21
| aphrodite's child 666 , soft machine third , beatles double white, genesis live second out , david gilmour live in gdansk , pink floyd ummagumma |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: February 21 2011 at 06:25
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LIVE double albums > U.S. Miles Davis Dark Magus
UK: Deep Purple Made In Japan
Europe: Leb I Sol Akustična Trauma
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: February 21 2011 at 07:57
Agreed, even gems like London Calling have some diaper burritos e.g. Lost In the Supermarket and I'm Not Down plus for me, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway runs out of steam on the second disc ------------- 
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Posted By: boo boo
Date Posted: February 21 2011 at 08:17
I like Lost in the Supermarket. 
The fact that you name that the lowlight of the album and NOT Jimmy Jazz speaks volumes about your mental state.
And please never say "diaper burrito" ever again. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/kingboobs/?chartstyle=LastfmSuicjdeGirls" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Lark the Starless
Date Posted: February 21 2011 at 12:07
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Probably "The Lamb" or "Tales from Topographic Oceans". ------------- 
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: February 21 2011 at 12:14
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Quadrophenia Marbles The Lamb ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: February 21 2011 at 12:43
i just thought of TRAVELS metheny double live album, great album, i'm blown away each time when starts are you going with me
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Posted By: The Block
Date Posted: February 21 2011 at 13:08
Clappies for you!!! There's also The Human Equation by Ayreon -------------  |
Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: February 21 2011 at 13:47
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1. Tales From Topographic Oceans 2. Kobaia 3. Lamb Lies Down On Broadway ... Few days ago I heard Quadrophenia, last time was 20 years ago. I was very surprised because it was hell of an album. Fantastic record! |
Posted By: Dr. Occulator
Date Posted: February 21 2011 at 13:53
Ditto that!!! ------------- My Doc Told Me I Have Doggie Head. |
Posted By: Jake Kobrin
Date Posted: February 21 2011 at 14:42
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The Wall Lift Your Skinny Fists... Tago Mago Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale Other than some live albums, that's all I can really think of atm. Despite some really amazing songs, I've never been a fan of The Beatles' self titled in general. I've always wanted to make a playlist that eliminates the bad songs, etc. ------------- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dr-Neil-Kobrin/244687105562746" rel="nofollow - SUPPORT MY FATHER AND BECOME A FAN Jacob Kobrin Illustration |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: February 21 2011 at 14:59
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Hi,
This one is tough and I doubt I have all of them listed here.
AD2 - Yeti
AD2 - dance of the Lemmings
Can - Tago Mago
Aphrodite's Child - 666
Keith Jarrett - The Koln Concert
Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans
The Beatles - White Album
Hawkwind - Space Ritual
Pink Floyd - Ummagumma
Klaus Schulze - X (Ten)
Frank Zappa - 200 Motels
Dream Theater - the album that has an orchestra with ... if that was a violin, everyone would say it was a masterpiece ... but because it is a guitar over an orchestra ... we don't say anything!
It's hard not to list Frank in this, as one thing that was trully exceptional is that things did not repeat themselves and the music was always exceptional ... so he takes the cake from me along with Amon Duul 2.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 21 2011 at 15:26
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Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: February 21 2011 at 17:16
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Taking on best live albums, most of which are either double or triple albums, my vote would go as follows: 1) Made in Japan (Deep Purple) 2) Live Scenes from New York (Dream Theater) 3) Yessongs (Yes)
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Posted By: Steven Brodziak
Date Posted: February 21 2011 at 17:58
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No Frampton Comes Alive? He CAN play a gee tar. ------------- Well, there it is. (Amadeus) |
Posted By: By--Tor
Date Posted: February 21 2011 at 19:44
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1) Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same
2) Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
3) The Chicago Transit Authority
4) Allman Brothers - Live and Fillmore East
5) The Who -Quadrophenia
6) Pink Floyd - The Wall
7) Yes - Yessongs
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Posted By: Earendil
Date Posted: February 21 2011 at 20:57
| Blomljud by Moon Safari. What about albums that are released in multiple volumes? Like Bath and LYBM by motW and Sleeping in Traffic by Beardfish. Those get my vote. |
Posted By: Blue Effect
Date Posted: February 21 2011 at 23:55
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The Lamb
Tago Mago
Made in Japan
Second's Out
Double Live Gonzo
One More From The Road
Still
Swelled and Spent [the original, the reissue with the deluxe cc sounds like crap]
Crackers [ok that's cheating with a triple]
Some of my faves off the top of my head.
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: February 22 2011 at 06:42
| a few more thought not the whole prog, most of chicago albums, barclay james harvest live and live tapes, gentle giant playing the fool , al di meola splendido hotel , isaac hayes shaft , rory gallagher irish tour , camel a live record , flying burrito brothers live in amsterdam , marillion the thieving magpie , canned heat living the blues , dire straits alchemy , |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: February 22 2011 at 06:46
| PLUS rypdal odissey , tangerine dream encore and polland , spirit spirit of 76simple mind live in the city of light |
Posted By: Ijon Tichy
Date Posted: February 22 2011 at 09:41
| If I exclude Live Albums, it 's not easy to say because many are in fact three-siders blown up with more or less adequate fillers. For me even The Wall , Lamb Lies and Topographic count to that group. What comes to my mind is Canarios' fantastic Vivaldi adaption "Cycles". A magic box from beginning to end. Outside prog it 's easy: "Songs in the key of life" by Stevie Wonder |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: February 22 2011 at 09:46
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Trrrrrrrooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuttt Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssssssskkk Reeeeeeppppllliiiicccaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!
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Posted By: 33rpm
Date Posted: February 22 2011 at 13:13
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The White Album - The Beatles
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
Living in the Past - Jethro Tull
Miles of Aisles - Joni Mitchell
Sleeping in Traffic - Beardfish
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis
Chicago Transit Authority - Chicago
Playing the Fool - Gentle Giant ------------- Vinyl just sounds better!! |
Posted By: thehallway
Date Posted: February 22 2011 at 14:07
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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road! (apart from the reggae song...... yuck ------------- http://www.thefreshfilmblog.com/" rel="nofollow"> 
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)Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: February 22 2011 at 14:29
I'll leave that to you  Never say never (whoops, I've said it twice)  -------------
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: February 22 2011 at 14:53
| i forgot klaus schulze live in polland |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 22 2011 at 15:46
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I tend to exclude live albums in these type of threads but if we are going there then
Mike Oldfield - Exposed
Tangerine Dream - Poland
Rush - Different Stages
IQ - Forever Live
Genesis - Seconds Out
Par Lindh Project - Live In America
Jean Michel Jarre - The Concerts In China
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 22 2011 at 15:51
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Posted By: The_Jester
Date Posted: February 22 2011 at 18:57
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The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway and Tales from Topographic Oceans ------------- La victoire est éphémère mais la gloire est éternelle! - Napoléon Bonaparte |
Posted By: boo boo
Date Posted: February 22 2011 at 20:54
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who realises that Tales is a brilliant album wrongfully demonized by trendhopping idiots who get angry at things they don't understand. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/kingboobs/?chartstyle=LastfmSuicjdeGirls" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: February 22 2011 at 21:13
Bob Dylan's album B on B, is a monster and deserves the mention ... it was one of the first albums to really blow folk music out of the water and you should have seen the cockroaches and bad folksters come out of the woodwork. It's almost like at the time, it belonged in each small area, and to no one else ... and all of a sudden, most of the local "folk" is nothing compared to this new kid.
In many ways, that album blew out radio and the value of the music and the lyrics, a lot more than the Beatles or Rolling Stones or anyone else.
CTA and Chicago 2 ... deserve the mention, and they are 2 albums I love dearly, and think that PA should start the American version of "Progressive" music to validate a lot more work, other than just pop music. Chicago was not pop music in its first 4 or 5 albums, although they did have some hits. And I have never seen a bad Chicago show!
Allman Brothers -- that album is a keeper. But I am not sure it needs to be listed as "progressive" ... it's just great music by a band that really did something nice at a time when it was needed, and it meant more than ... just nothing and pop music, or plain top of the pops.
The Who - Quadrophenia ... I always felt it was very good. Just not sure that everyone at the time had listened to it properly and given it a good listen, because at the time, things were turned nasty against long cuts and "conceptual" music ... and The Who, was one of the bands that said ... I don't care! This is what I'm doing! ... and they stood out for it. It might not be considered progressive, as music per se, but it is in every other aspect of the whole thing, and a conceptual idea, not different than DSOTM at the time, or Genesis, and in many ways, it was much more honest music, and a heck of a lot more honest, and it did not have to dress up in drag, or costumes to get the point across, or use ten fancy keyboards to create great music, which is the bad part of the "progressive" definitions demanding groups to have a big keyboard sound.
I am not adverse to the idea of progressive music ... I am only adverse to the finnicky and attitude that limits the music designs to one thing and one thing only, when it could easily encompass many others and show that ... there were a lot of people that really wanted to do more with their music ... than just a pop song ... but then, we're only interested in top of the pops anyway ...we even have a "top list" ... and we love to discuss the monsters ... just exclude the very people that inspired so many of these monsters, and were also there at the time, also doing quite good and important things. ------------- 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: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: February 22 2011 at 22:44
it's f**kin' boring |
Posted By: 40footwolf
Date Posted: February 22 2011 at 22:58
Reverse the order and you've got mine, too. ------------- Heaven's made a cesspool of us all. |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: February 22 2011 at 23:47
But, how do you REALLY feel? I love Tales sides 1, 2 and 4, and only now am getting into side 3 "The Ancient." However, I can understand, it is something of an acquired taste for many. Glad folks have mentioned "Quadraphenia," I overlooked that one! Excellent double album, and the concert I saw (1994?) was excellent as well! "Focus 3" is another good citation, thanks for remembering!
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: February 23 2011 at 00:01
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In no order and excluding Live albums or compilations, because with Live albums, would have to mention at least 50.
Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: February 23 2011 at 00:10
Are you calling Rick Wakeman an idiot? If I'm not wrong, he described the album as "A pile of drivel" Why must you qualify anybody who disagree with you an idiot? Is your taste so perfect and knowledge so vast that anybody who dares to think different has to be an idiot? Iván -------------
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Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: February 23 2011 at 00:39
OUTSTANDING list! I forgot about "JC Superstar," Ian Gillian's vocals are just insane on that! Thanks!
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 23 2011 at 01:32
I think I am gradually veering away from the 'its f**king boring' opinion. Every listen gets me a bit nearer to appreciating it a bit more and I am beginning to see why many have a high regard for it.
It is a lot to take in and there are passages that just seem to amble along aimlessly but hey ho I can't think of anything that really compares to it.That in itself is a big positive.
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: February 23 2011 at 02:44
| it's not even aimless, aimless is cool with me. Just obnoxiously tedious |
Posted By: brainstormer
Date Posted: February 23 2011 at 21:15
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Would be a near tie between Tales from Topagraphic Oceans and The Lamb. The Lamb has more incredible music but overall I like the feel of Tales better. On the topic, I think Einstein on the Beach by Philip Glass is a Five Disc Album....not sure how long that thread would be, lol. It would get my vote. ------------- -- Robert Pearson Regenerative Music http://www.regenerativemusic.net Telical Books http://www.telicalbooks.com ParaMind Brainstorming Software http://www.paramind.net |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: February 23 2011 at 22:22
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A favorite - Harmonium L'heptade ------------- |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: February 24 2011 at 09:21
...which I just happened to be listening to when I read this! ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: MFP
Date Posted: February 25 2011 at 16:22
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Tago Mago
Yeti
Tales
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Posted By: MasoTMN
Date Posted: February 25 2011 at 16:38
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Tales for Topographic Oceans for me, definitely. ------------- TMN - Too Many Notes, stream the whole album for free on Soundclick http://www.soundclick.com/tmntoomanynotes" rel="nofollow - http://www.soundclick.com/tmntoomanynotes http://www.facebook.com/tmnproject |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: February 25 2011 at 17:03
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God Speed you Black Emperor - "Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven" The Beatles - "White Album" Genesis - "The Lamb lies on Broadway" In the Woods... - " Live at the Kaledonian Hall" Frank Zappa - "Joe´s Garage" Pink Floyd - "The Wall" - "Pulse" Can - "Tago Mago" George Harrison - "All things Must Pass" Marillion - "Marbles" |
Posted By: boo boo
Date Posted: February 26 2011 at 02:45
Yeah Wakeman isn't who I had in mind when I made that statement, and also considering some of the music he's made later in his career his word is by no means final.
I think a huge reason Wakeman disliked that album is because his songwriting contributions had become very minimal compared to the previous albums, this was Jon and Steve's project, and they never disowned it. Besides, my comment was referring to punk fans who ALWAYS reference this album whenever they rant about prog and how it's wrongly considered one of the worst prog albums only by people who know f*ck all about prog.
Way to completely miss the point of what I was saying, this is by no means your first time. It certainly won't be the last. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/kingboobs/?chartstyle=LastfmSuicjdeGirls" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: February 26 2011 at 11:12
Well, I consider it a terrible album, with slightly over average 40 minutes of music, and the rest if filler, so your expression also affects all of us who don't believe Tales is a brilliant album. I reply to what you write, I can't read your mind about who you were referring ot who you claim you were referring. About Wakeman: Yes he made less than brilliant albums due to a bad contract with A&M that forced him to release a series of albums in order to survive, but he created at least 10 masterpieces and 10 excellent albums, something with what most musicians can only dream. Wakeman's comment was explained by him on a Creem Interview:
I always support what I say Iván
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Posted By: boo boo
Date Posted: February 26 2011 at 12:22
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I don't really think the contract obligation excuse is a complete justification. I think a failure (though I don't consisder Tales to be one) born out of sheer ambition is a hell of a lot more admirable than something lazily sh*t out to please record executives.
I love Wakeman, I really do. But Henry VIII aside his solo work doesn't really strike my fancy much. It comes off a bit too pomp for me without the other Yes guys spicing things up.
I won't pretend that Tales is flawless, I'm not too crazy about The Ancient, but I love the other 3 tracks very much.
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Posted By: idiotPrayer
Date Posted: February 26 2011 at 19:34
good one, altough i think yanqui u.x.o. is even better. also bitches brew |
Posted By: Anthony
Date Posted: February 27 2011 at 17:20
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Marbles, The Lamb, Snow and Stardust we are ------------- Future prosperity lies in the way you heal the world with love (Introitus - The hand that feeds you) |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: February 27 2011 at 20:40
Out of curiosity, which are the Wakeman albums that you consider to be masterpieces and excellent? I do like Wakeman a lot, and I would give more 5 star albums to him than to Yes themselves. And I do think he's done excellent albums after the 70's. At the very least "Out there" should be more widely noticed, as well as "Retro". And there's even some of his New Age stuff that I enjoy. |
Posted By: clarkpegasus4001
Date Posted: February 28 2011 at 09:21
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Strangers in The Night - UFO All The Worlds A Stage - Rush ------------- Tony C. |