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akaBona 
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 Topic: My Classic Favorites
Posted: May 16 2015 at 18:03 |
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Had to give my vote to Below The Salt, because nobody before me had not!
This is one of my most treasured folk albums, with Parcel Of Rogues, Liege and Lief, Earthspan and Happy To Meet Sorry To Part.
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TeleStrat
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Posted: May 16 2015 at 16:42 |
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Camel - Moonmadness
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progbethyname
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Posted: May 16 2015 at 16:23 |
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Tough choice but I went the incredible "Hemispheres."
My brain told me so...the left Side. Lol
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Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣
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Chicapah
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Posted: May 16 2015 at 15:01 |
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Wind and Wuthering came out at a time in my life when I needed an album that had that particularly sad atmosphere about it. It will always be one of my favorite prog LPs of all time.
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"Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain
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Moogtron III
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Posted: May 11 2015 at 12:08 |
1. Moonmadness 2. Relayer 3. Spectral Mornings
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Rednight
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Posted: May 11 2015 at 12:02 |
 Progosopher wrote:
Book of Invasions was such a good album, I didn't need any other Horslips for years. A little sad that neither Steeleye nor Jade Warrior got any votes here even if they were contenders for some. Such is the way of Democracy. I am not surprised that Relayer has received the most votes, but am surprised that ELP and Tull received so many. Polls never die but it seems this one has run its course. Thanks to all for participating!  |
Steeleye Span and Jade Warrior were basically awful. And why would you be surprised that ELP and Jethro Tull, two of the biggest names in prog, received so many votes?
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ole-the-first
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Posted: May 11 2015 at 11:52 |
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Rainbow Rising
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This night wounds time.
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Progosopher
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Posted: May 11 2015 at 11:31 |
Book of Invasions was such a good album, I didn't need any other Horslips for years. A little sad that neither Steeleye nor Jade Warrior got any votes here even if they were contenders for some. Such is the way of Democracy. I am not surprised that Relayer has received the most votes, but am surprised that ELP and Tull received so many. Polls never die but it seems this one has run its course. Thanks to all for participating! |
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The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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BarryGlibb
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Posted: May 11 2015 at 00:57 |
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Seeing it has received no love up until this stage. I have voted for "The Book Of Invasions" by Horslips. An extremely under appreciated band on this site.
Horslips were the "bees knees" for me in my teens...they went from prog (1972-1976) to new wave (1977-1980) and it didn't concern me in the slightest. I thought it a brilliant, natural progression. Their new wave period still however had loads of prog elements in it anyway. I love them.
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Rick Robson
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Posted: May 09 2015 at 18:12 |
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Three of these represented my favourite album in three different moments of my life:
3) Early to middle eighties: Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell;
2) Late eighties: Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings;
1) 2014/15: ELP - Brain Salad Surgery.
Curiously Black Sabbath's is the only one not classified as classic prog (never heard of Steeley Span), but I enjoy it more than some other prog rock classics. Ronnie James Dio departed from Rainbow to add some pretty more melodic singing to this amazing band, you can feel it f.e. in Children Of The Sea off H&H and The Sign Of The Southern Cross (particularly the intro) off Mob Rules, both great albums indeed. But when it comes to pick favourites I go for the addicting tracks from Ozzy era albums - Vol.4 perhaps my fave - though the track H&H will always be a great highlight for me as well, the Live Evil performance: "Heaven And Hell/Sign Of The Southern Cross/Heaven And Hell(Cont.) is for sure highly recommended.
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 "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB
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Green Shield Stamp
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Posted: May 08 2015 at 12:41 |
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Amazing list - so hard to decide. In the end I voted for Relayer, with Spectral Mornings and Ommadawn coming in a close joint second.
Edited by Green Shield Stamp - May 08 2015 at 12:42
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Haiku
Writing a poem
With seventeen syllables
Is very diffic....
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fudgenuts64
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Posted: May 08 2015 at 12:32 |
Way too many favorites on here...
Genesis... Wind is one of my top 5 all time.
Love about half of these though.
Edited by fudgenuts64 - May 08 2015 at 12:33
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Varon
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Posted: May 08 2015 at 07:59 |
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For me there is only one ***** album - HEAVY HORSES
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Would you catch the final words of mine?
Would you catch my words???
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friso
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Posted: May 08 2015 at 06:38 |
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Moodmadness, but I really like Below the Salt as well
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Roj
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Posted: May 08 2015 at 03:29 |
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So many great albums to choose from but BSS gets my vote.
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SquonkHunter
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Posted: May 08 2015 at 03:02 |
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Many good choices here but it's Wind and Wuthering for best overall.
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"You never had the things you thought you should have had and you'll not get them now..."
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Matti
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Posted: May 08 2015 at 02:47 |
Wind & Wuthering has meant a lot to me for decades. Other top albums from this list are Ommadawn, Moonmadness, Spectral Mornings, Relayer and Hemispheres. For many others I have sympathy. A nice list!
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b_olariu
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Posted: May 08 2015 at 01:02 |
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Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses
Rainbow - Rising
Black Sabbath - Heaven and hell
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dr wu23
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Posted: May 07 2015 at 22:30 |
About half of those are essential albums for me ..the other half not so much, but today I chose Moonmadness. I never tire of hearing that one.
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
Haquin
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windycrawford
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Posted: May 07 2015 at 17:32 |
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ELP's album is far ahead of anything else listed here.
Edited by windycrawford - May 07 2015 at 17:33
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