best prog guitar tone on an album

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Out of these: 

Rush - Hemispheres- Lifeson always has a good tone on his solos, not a fan of his general sound during chords and everything though. Love Rush, nonetheless. 
Porcupine tree - Deadwing- very good tone overall, SW is a mediocre guitarist IMO. 
Pink Floyd - Dark SIde of the moon- incredible tone, Gilmour knows how to hear. 
Gentle Giant - INterview- Decent tone, why this album? No real mind blowing solos soundwise. But GG was never like that. 
King Crimson - Red- Fripp's tone is very technical on this (with the exception of Starless which has a great tone.) Overall, I don't like his tone nearly as much as his songwriting. 
Yes - Fragile- Yes were great writers but I'm never a fan of Howe's tone. He plays too many notes and is choppy a lot. 
Rush - 2112 
Pink Floyd - Wish you were Here 
Genesis - Nursery Cryme- Hackett's got a great tone as always. Love his playing. He knows how to solo emotionally without playing 5000 notes a minute. 
Dream Theatre - any album ( I 'dont know them)- Petrucci's tone is okay. Can get annoying with the absolutely ridiculous amount of notes but he has his moments. 
Tool - Lateralus- Heavy guitars can't really judge the tone much, incredible album though. 
Mahavisnu Orchestra - Bird of fire- Great tone. 
Queen - II- May has a great tone as well.

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FragileDT Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: June 20 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1485	Posted: January 29 2007 at 23:40
	Out of these: Rush - Hemispheres- Lifeson always has a good tone on his solos, not a fan of his general sound during chords and everything though. Love Rush, nonetheless. Porcupine tree - Deadwing- very good tone overall, SW is a mediocre guitarist IMO. Pink Floyd - Dark SIde of the moon- incredible tone, Gilmour knows how to hear. Gentle Giant - INterview- Decent tone, why this album? No real mind blowing solos soundwise. But GG was never like that. King Crimson - Red- Fripp's tone is very technical on this (with the exception of Starless which has a great tone.) Overall, I don't like his tone nearly as much as his songwriting. Yes - Fragile- Yes were great writers but I'm never a fan of Howe's tone. He plays too many notes and is choppy a lot. Rush - 2112 Pink Floyd - Wish you were Here Genesis - Nursery Cryme- Hackett's got a great tone as always. Love his playing. He knows how to solo emotionally without playing 5000 notes a minute. Dream Theatre - any album ( I 'dont know them)- Petrucci's tone is okay. Can get annoying with the absolutely ridiculous amount of notes but he has his moments. Tool - Lateralus- Heavy guitars can't really judge the tone much, incredible album though. Mahavisnu Orchestra - Bird of fire- Great tone. Queen - II- May has a great tone as well.
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Equality 7-2521 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 11 2005 Location: Philly Status: Offline Points: 15783	Posted: January 29 2007 at 23:38
	Out of the list, Wish You Were Here takes it. To answer in general I'd have to really rack my brain though.
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FragileDT Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: June 20 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1485	Posted: January 29 2007 at 23:35
	Phish- Lawn Boy (Trey Anastasio) His tone is always incredible. Roine Stolt also always has a great tone. It's really not about tone's per album, it's just in general (guitarists tone's don't change that much.) I would also add in John Scofield but he's not in the archives yet (Jazz Fusion.)
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Drew Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 20 2005 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 12600	Posted: January 29 2007 at 22:53
	Porcupine Tree.


polyrythmic Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 02 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 112	Posted: January 29 2007 at 22:52
	Out of these, I'd have to say Lateralus.

Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Guest Group	Posted: January 29 2007 at 22:48
	Rush - Hemispheres Porcupine tree - Deadwing Pink Floyd - Dark SIde of the moon Gentle Giant - INterview King Crimson - Red Yes - Fragile Rush - 2112 Pink Floyd - Wish you were Here Genesis - Nursery Cryme Dream Theatre - any album ( I 'dont know them) Tool - Lateralus Mahavisnu Orchestra - Bird of fire Queen - II other - name it Edited by pantacruelgruel - January 29 2007 at 22:51