Prog in the 1980's: The Year 1980 |
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thief
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Actually a pretty strong year, given how prog (and rock in general) fell out of favor in late 70s. So we have, obviously, a straight up great album by Rush, Permanent Waves. But also a bunch of other interesting, 3 star (or even borderline 4) records: Hammill, Hackett, Bruford, Bush and Gabriel for soloists, Yes and Genesis had Drama and Duke, Jethro Tull's A was underrated somewhat... I pick QE2 though, I think nobody has voted for it yet, but it's really solid, at times magnificent album. I wish it had a more exciting cover, it'd have at least 0.2 higher rating on the internet
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kenethlevine
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I chose Asia Minor, but Eloy, Steve Hackett, Mike Oldfield, Sky and Alan Parsons are all great.
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iluvmarillion
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Duke, then Hackett, Yes and Rush
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I really wanted to vote for either Drama, since it's not getting a lot of love, or even Duke, but Permanent Waves is without question the superior album.
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verslibre
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But this poll is for the progosphere! SBB = "Search, Break, Build" ~ which describes their approach to music-making.
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progaardvark
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Genesis, followed by Yes, Rush, Peter Gabriel, Eloy, and Hawkwind.
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Psychedelic Paul
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There's no rush. The 1981 prog poll is coming right up, with moving pictures too!
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rushfan4
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Well, you know where my vote is going in 1981.
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Psychedelic Paul
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I've never come across any Rush haters here. I thought Rush fans here were only slightly behind Yes, Genesis, King Crimson & Pink Floyd fans. The Rush fans have certainly come out in force in this poll. I expect Rush will win the upcoming 1981 poll too.
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Psychedelic Paul
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There's a lot of Rush fans here.
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Psychedelic Paul
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I doubt if SBB are well-known outside the progosphere and I've no idea what the initials stand for.
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verslibre
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Actually, SBB is kind of big for a non-UK band.
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Psychedelic Paul
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^ Sorry, there just wasn't room to include every prog album from 1980, but in all fairness, the artists you listed aren't exactly household names, with the exception of Brian Eno.
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BrufordFreak
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Can't find myself willing to vote as, sadly, none of my TOP SIX albums for the year 1980 are included in this poll.
(In case you are at all curious, that list reads as follows: 1. FLAIRCK Gevecht met de engel 2. SBB Memento Z Banalnym Tryptikiem 3. HAROLD BUDD & BRIAN ENO Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror 4. LARAAJI (Produced by Brian Eno) Ambient 3: Day of Radiance 5. ITOIZ Ezekiel 6. IVORY Sad Cypress) |
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Dopeydoc
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The Enid gets my vote. Drama could also have.
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verslibre
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FAR too many classics to narrow it down to one! The early 80s are going to be some tough polls for me.
Since nobody else will vote for Colours or Tangram, I could vote for either!
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Psychedelic Paul
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I thought you might do, in just the same way as RushFan voted for Rush. After a long period of deliberation, I voted for The Enid in The End.
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Man With Hat
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Yes
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Progosopher
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Quite a few good choices here. My vote went to ANT's PP&P II
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