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Poll Question: What Was The Worst Year For Classic Progressive Rock?
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Originally posted by lastdodobird lastdodobird wrote:


Originally posted by esha9751 esha9751 wrote:

Originally posted by lastdodobird lastdodobird wrote:

Well, pretty much everyone thinks that 1973 was the best year for prog rock, now what's the worst? And why?


If you look at the top of TOP-100 (or rather at the TOP-10 where Fragile used to belong so I count it in here) 1972 seems the better year...
Oh okay. I was just basing that on the poll I made asking which the best year for prog rock was, and 1973 was the runaway winner


OK didn't know that one. Still a newbie in the forum though I've been using this site (reviews&ratings) intensively for 3 or 4 months now!

So that would be the "feeling" about it (1973) and 1972 represents the factual scoring of records. 1972 has got ten albums in TOP-100 versus 1973's nine - one of 1972's is Deep Purple - hmm so we take that one out.

But even without DP the remaining 9 albums score an average of 10% better in regard to their placing on the list.

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Originally posted by esha9751 esha9751 wrote:

Originally posted by lastdodobird lastdodobird wrote:

Well, pretty much everyone thinks that 1973 was the best year for prog rock, now what's the worst? And why?


If you look at the top of TOP-100 (or rather at the TOP-10 where Fragile used to belong so I count it in here) 1972 seems the better year...

Oh okay. I was just basing that on the poll I made asking which the best year for prog rock was, and 1973 was the runaway winner Tongue
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79 = closest to the 80's = worst prog year
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Originally posted by lastdodobird lastdodobird wrote:

Well, pretty much everyone thinks that 1973 was the best year for prog rock, now what's the worst? And why?


If you look at the top of TOP-100 (or rather at the TOP-10 where Fragile used to belong so I count it in here) 1972 seems the better year...
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Originally posted by eddietrooper eddietrooper wrote:

1978. Punk was completely stablished. Genesis and Gentle Giant had become pop artists


The times were definitely a-changing, but the year brought us:

UK U.K.
BILL BRUFORD One of a Kind
MIKE OLDFIELD Incantations
BRAND X Masques

So the year wasn't quite wasted the way '79 was...
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Originally posted by Abstrakt Abstrakt wrote:

1977 was dry...


I think that would depend on taste, especially the sound. The sound is changing at that time for sure, but to my taste it's for the better.

Prog for me would not be the same without (by PA top 100 rating):

GENESIS     Wind And Wuthering (A fine non-Gabriel album)
YES     Going for the One (for me the best Yes album!)
JETHRO TULL     Songs From The Wood (for me the best JT album!)
SHAKTI with John McLaughlin     Natural Elements (5/5 for me)

and I think it was a fine year for jazz rock fusion:

AL DI MEOLA     Elegant Gypsy
BRAND X     Livestock
     Morrocan Roll
Weather Report: Heavy Weather
among others

And at the top of course you'd find

PINK FLOYD Animals
RUSH A Farewell to Kings

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Genesis and Gentle Giant with live albums...
    

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Originally posted by imoeng imoeng wrote:

lol as the time goes into the 80s, everything is dead.
 
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Originally posted by MANDRAKEROOT MANDRAKEROOT wrote:

THE YEARS BETWEEN 1977 and 1989
 
From PUNK REVOLUTION and 1st DREAM THEATRE ALBUM!!!
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THE YEARS BETWEEN 1977 and 1989
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Originally posted by Cheesecakemouse Cheesecakemouse wrote:

in the dark years of 78-80s Rush was really the only group to keep the torch alight.
Mind you 78 had Magma's Attahk, not a bad album, but then they broke up. So Rush was the only hope until Neo Prog.


I noticed that prog didn't really die out. It just went sputtering, but bands like Rush and Marillion somewhat kept the genre alive in the 80s

Rush, I think, was the leading prog band for that period in the late 70s until the early 80s. The only year they didn't have a release was 1979. Then where Rush weakened, Marillion took up the challenge as a neo-prog band.

I figure that the "dark ages" for prog were probably that period from the late 80s to the early 90s, then it got revived by bands like Tool and Dream Theater to be what it is now.

Haha. I don't know why I pointed that out, and I don't know if it's even accurate to say that, but it's just an observation.

It's just a little too obvious to add any year after 1979, since prog didn't figure too prominently in the music world after that... So I just took these years into consideration... like "the worst of the best years for prog rock" Wink
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in the dark years of 78-80s Rush was really the only group to keep the torch alight.
Mind you 78 had Magma's Attahk, not a bad album, but then they broke up. So Rush was the only hope until Neo Prog.



  
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Points: 9008 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 18 2006 at 21:34
I haven't bought any album or rarely bought albums from the late year because of that. So I would guess 78 - 79 also

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Originally posted by Arsillus Arsillus wrote:

1979- Because the Wall was released. Terrible album....
 
Thats probably my favourite Floyd album! Blasphemy!!
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1979- Because the Wall was released. Terrible album....
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lol as the time goes into the 80s, everything is dead.

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1977 was dry...
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1981. In that year Abacab was released and horror came to Earth
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Originally posted by eddietrooper eddietrooper wrote:

1978. Punk was completely stablished. Genesis and Gentle Giant had become pop artists Dead. Yes released Tormato, which is not a bad album, but is their worst of the 70's. Pink Floyd didn't release anything that year.

1979 was better because they released The Wall Clap



Good, accurate analysis.  I couldn't agree more.
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1979, because Floyd began their downward spiral with The Wall. And I honestly can't think of anything good that was released that year.
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whatever year is closest to the 80's, so '79
 
 
 
 
 


Edited by kebjourman - May 17 2006 at 22:03
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