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Poll Question: Best Prog Album of 1980 - Here We Go:
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Jehtro Tull - A	5	[4.59%]
Hawkwind - Levitation	4	[3.67%]
Rush - Permanent Waves	34	[31.19%]
Yes - Drama	23	[21.10%]
Eloy - Colours	3	[2.75%]
Steve Hackett - Defector	3	[2.75%]
Nektar - The Man In The Moon	0	[0.00%]
Jon Anderson - Song of Seven	0	[0.00%]
Genesis - Duke	10	[9.17%]
Peter Gabriel - 3 Melt	13	[11.93%]
Mike Rutherford - Smallcreeps Day	2	[1.83%]
Tangerine Dream - Tangram	4	[3.67%]
Kansas - Audio Visions	2	[1.83%]
Camel - Nude	2	[1.83%]
Steve Walsh - Schemer Dreamer	0	[0.00%]
Kerry Livgren - Seeds of Change	0	[0.00%]
Jean Luc Ponty - Civilized Evil	1	[0.92%]
John Wetton - Caught in the Crossfire	0	[0.00%]
Gentle Giant - Civilian	2	[1.83%]
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Chance	1	[0.92%]
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Posted: March 04 2007 at 23:10

Some nice picks

as usual avestin.

"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"

"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN

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Posted: March 05 2007 at 03:22

Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Chance. Maybe not the best from the list, but it's the 1980 album i have the softest spot on these days.
The 1980 albums of Genesis, Rush, Yes, Eloy and Kansas are also favourites of mine. Big%20smile

Edited by Cristi - March 05 2007 at 07:36

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Posted: March 05 2007 at 03:54

avestin wrote:

proggy wrote:

1980. The Decade all prog rock enthusiats call "the beginning of the end". Here are many choices. Unlike other polls I feel I have covered many Bands. I am Interested in what you think. For me it is Yes - Drama ...........

I find this list not too much suiting my tastes, apart from Rush.

I prefer this list which is partial as well:

ITOIZ
Ezekiel

ZAMLA MAMMAZ MANNA
Familjesprickor (Family Cracks)

CAI
Noche Abierta

TANGERINE DREAM
Tangram

ABUS DANGEREUX
Le Quatrieme Mouvement

TAKO
U Vreci Za Spavanje

ART ZOYD
Génération Sans Futur

AIN SOPH
A Story of Mysterious Forest

ELOY
Colours

ESKATON
Ardeur

AKSAK MABOUL
Un Peu De L'Âme Des Bandits

ART BEARS
The World As It Is Today

MO.DO.
La Scimmia Sulla Schiena Del Re

GUADALQUIVIR
Camino Del Concierto

CHAC MOOL
Nadie en Especial

AGNUS
Pinturas y Expresiones

KENSO
Kenso

JANE
Jane

DIXIE DREGS
Dregs Of The Earth

STORMY SIX
Macchina Maccheronica

FRITH, FRED
Gravity

MOVING GELATINE PLATES
Moving

makes much more sense to me!

maybe this thread should be called Best NOOB's Album of 1980, or the Stuck in my box and you cant make me leave album of 1980!

Edited by DallasBryan - March 05 2007 at 03:58

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Posted: March 05 2007 at 04:00

avestin wrote:

[QUOTE=proggy]1980. The Decade all prog rock enthusiats call "the beginning of the end". Here are many choices. Unlike other polls I feel I have covered many Bands. I am Interested in what you think. For me it is Yes - Drama ...........

Nothing on this list really interests enough to vote for it. But I have ten other favorites (stole five of them fron Assaf's list):

ART BEARS
The World As It Is Today
ART FLEURY
I Luoghi Del Potere
PETER HAMMILL
A Black Box
ESKATON
Ardeur

AKSAK MABOUL
Un Peu De L'Âme Des Bandits

ZAMLA MAMMAZ MANNA
Familjesprickor (Family Cracks)

ART ZOYD
Génération Sans Futur

ROMAN BUNKA
Mein Kopf ist ein schlafendes Auto
PICCHIO DAL POZZO
Abbiamo Tutti I Suoi Problemi
WOLFGANG BOCK
Cycles

Have yet to hear Abus Dangereux

Over land and under ashes
In the sunlight, see - it flashes
Find a fly and eat his eye
But don't believe in me
Don't believe in me
Don't believe in me

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Posted: March 05 2007 at 04:15

Rocktopus wrote:

Nothing on this list really interests enough to vote for it. But I have ten other favorites (stole five of them fron Assaf's list):

ART BEARS
The World As It Is Today
ART FLEURY
I Luoghi Del Potere
PETER HAMMILL
A Black Box
ESKATON
Ardeur

AKSAK MABOUL
Un Peu De L'Âme Des Bandits

ZAMLA MAMMAZ MANNA
Familjesprickor (Family Cracks)

ART ZOYD
Génération Sans Futur

ROMAN BUNKA
Mein Kopf ist ein schlafendes Auto
PICCHIO DAL POZZO
Abbiamo Tutti I Suoi Problemi
WOLFGANG BOCK
Cycles

Have yet to hear Abus Dangereux

Yo SquidRock, I like that list even better! Lil bit of this, lil bit of that!

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Posted: March 05 2007 at 07:37

I hesitate between Hawkwind and Tangerine Dream but I'll go for the energic space rock of Levitation.

After comes Permanent Waves for me

My compositions

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Posted: March 05 2007 at 08:15

Permenant Waves!

Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!

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Posted: March 05 2007 at 08:16

Drama.

RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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Posted: March 05 2007 at 08:44

Peter Gabriel 3(melt)

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Posted: March 05 2007 at 09:16

Oops! I voted before I saw the real choice. Add another vote for Peter Gabriel III. That's one of the best albums of all time, in any genre.

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Posted: March 05 2007 at 11:00

Peter Gabriel's third out of these. My real favourite from this year however is Familjesprickor by Zamla Mammaz Manna. Other fine albums from this year is Génération Sans Futur by Art Zoyd, Ardeur by Eskaton and Eider Stellaire's debut.

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Posted: March 05 2007 at 11:10

Of those, Colours.

Zamla Mammaz Manna's "Familjesprickor" should be on that list. Excellent album!

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Posted: March 05 2007 at 11:20

PG3 or "Melt" has special memories for me in 1980 -i just bought my first "decent" hifi system (after months of auditioning and research) and sounded fantastic, played this album over and over again!

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Posted: March 05 2007 at 14:20

Permanent Waves

Most listened albums last week

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Posted: March 05 2007 at 15:03

Permanent Waves! Not much to choose from!!

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Posted: March 05 2007 at 15:34

Went with Drama, but could have just as easily said Permanent Waves....

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Posted: March 05 2007 at 16:00

Hackett's Defector.

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Posted: March 06 2007 at 05:24

I go for Drama because it is my favourite Yes album.

Good runner-ups are Duke, Permanent Waves, Defector and PGIII.
A little step under lie the weird A by Jethro Tull, and Civilian: both very enjoyable, but less consistent than the aforementioned fivesome.

A flower?

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Posted: March 06 2007 at 10:31

Gentle Giant

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Posted: March 06 2007 at 10:43

Rush, by yards and miles.

Well, what did you expect.

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