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Poll Question: Which is your favourite album?
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Drama,   With  Rush and Genesis close behind. 
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I voted PG's Melt, but these are a lot of great albums!
I could have easily voted Kate, Rush, Duke, Yes...

I also have a soft spot for Gradually Going Tornado, which is not normally a favorite around these parts.
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Not a bad year at all. My favourite out of these is Melt but I don't usually think of that one as a prog album so I voted for Duke instead. Do They Hurt and Gradually Going Tornado are certainly up there as well, as are Aksak Maboul's Un Peu De L'Âme Des Bandits and Den Za Den's self-titled debut but they are not on the list, sadly.
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by GolfBoi GolfBoi wrote:

It's almost startling how one-sided the poll is. I'd expect PG3/Melt to be a far more popular pick. Going to go with Tangram myself; one of Tangerine Dream's gems in my book. 
 
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Cheers! I'm sure I will! Smile

To keep it on-topic, I just noticed Asia Minor's 2nd record is also on the poll. Poor reading comprehension on my part failing to notice it. That's one of my all-time favorite albums!


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As shockingly surprising as it is, I voted for Duke.
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Originally posted by GolfBoi GolfBoi wrote:

It's almost startling how one-sided the poll is. I'd expect PG3/Melt to be a far more popular pick. Going to go with Tangram myself; one of Tangerine Dream's gems in my book. 
 
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It's almost startling how one-sided the poll is. I'd expect PG3/Melt to be a far more popular pick. Going to go with Tangram myself; one of Tangerine Dream's gems in my book. 
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Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

No surprise vote here.
 
Another vote for Rush who are currently leaving all of the other albums behind in the wake of their Permanent Waves. Smile
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No surprise vote here.
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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

Rush, but Sky 2 is a great album.
I also like the Eloy, Oldfield and The Enid albums a lot.

You'll be surprised to hear I pretty much agree with this, I'd replace Eloy with Hawkwind but otherwise good.

I'll vote for Hawkwind as Rush will get plenty of love.

My personal list would be

Eskaton - 4 Visions
Present - Triskaidekaphobie 
Zamla Mammaz Manna - Familjesprickor  
Art Zoyd - Generation Sans Futur
They were four of the lesser known bands I had to leave out of the poll because I didn't have room for them, seeing as I'd already used up all 25 available slots. Smile
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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:


My personal list would be

Eskaton - 4 Visions
Present - Triskaidekaphobie 
Zamla Mammaz Manna - Familjesprickor  
Art Zoyd - Generation Sans Futur

I don't know Present but the other three are awesome. Not quite Never For Ever-like awesome, but still... Tongue 
PS: Good to see some love for Sky!


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Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

Rush, but Sky 2 is a great album.
I also like the Eloy, Oldfield and The Enid albums a lot.

You'll be surprised to hear I pretty much agree with this, I'd replace Eloy with Hawkwind but otherwise good.

I'll vote for Hawkwind as Rush will get plenty of love.

My personal list would be

Eskaton - 4 Visions
Present - Triskaidekaphobie 
Zamla Mammaz Manna - Familjesprickor  
Art Zoyd - Generation Sans Futur
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

tough choice, too many albums I could choose here Ermm
 
I thought I might struggle to fill all 25 slots, but I ended up having to leave five albums out of the poll. Smile

it's usually hard to make a choice in polls with so many choices. 
 
I know. I can't even decide who to vote for in my own poll. Smile
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Another series of ten polls, which reminds me of the band, "Ten Poll Tudor" Smile


40 years later this album is still close to my heart, and the (slightly mangled) image above is also of the cassette version as released here in Australia which I pretty near wore out: the hit single Toccata, the epic side-long FIFO, the intriguing Scipio which grew on me (apparently written by Herbie as an overtly "difficult" response to Francis Monkman's epics), the austere Sahara plus their cover of Vivaldi by the mysterious "Curved Air", then just the name of a band that popped up in interviews and newspaper articles. By necessity when playing 4 sides of a cassette album, the lesser pieces between them got played as well and so were part of the tapestry of the album for me.

For this poll, I could also have voted for Permanent Waves, Duke or TOAFC which I also enjoy, but those came way later (for me). And I think Sky - and their "lower tier instro-prog" - deserve some love here on PA too...


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Rush, but Sky 2 is a great album.
I also like the Eloy, Oldfield and The Enid albums a lot.
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

tough choice, too many albums I could choose here Ermm
 
I thought I might struggle to fill all 25 slots, but I ended up having to leave five albums out of the poll. Smile

it's usually hard to make a choice in polls with so many choices. 

I'm gonna vote an underdog in the end. Big smile
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More great stuff from 1980 than I remembered. Voting for Eloy!
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Tough choices here!
Rush, Gabriel, Yes, Hackett, and Rutherford would make my Top 5 for this list, with APP as an Honorable Mention.
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

tough choice, too many albums I could choose here Ermm
 
I thought I might struggle to fill all 25 slots, but I ended up having to leave five albums out of the poll. Smile
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Indeed, lined up like this, it was a good year. My personal favourites are Kate Bush, Eloy, Peter Gabriel, Sky and Yes. My vote would normally go to Drama by Yes, but supposing it will get some by others I will vote for Colours by Eloy.

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