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Posted: March 24 2012 at 15:47

In no particular order

Opeth - blackwater park

Chicago - chicago II

PF - dark side & meddle

Beach Boys - pet sounds

Toto - Toto

Porcupine Tree - fear of a blank planet

ELO - out of the blue

Incubus - science

The Moody Blues - days of future passed

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Posted: March 24 2012 at 17:38

For now, it would be:

1. RUSH: Hemispheres

2. IRON MAIDEN: Brave New World

3. NOKTURNAL MORTUM: The Voice of Steel

4. OPETH: Morningrise

5. RUSH: Permanent Waves

6. RUSH: 2112

7. PINK FLOYD: Meddle

8. DREAM THEATER: Awake

9. IQ: Subterranea

10. IRON MAIDEN: The Number of the Beast

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Posted: March 24 2012 at 18:15

I wouldn't know where to start nor stop for that matter. I'm not the categorizing type of dude, but these are some albums that are high on my current listening "list":

The Stooges - Fun House

Klaus Schulze - Black Dance

Il Balletto di Bronzo - Ys

Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun

Alrune Rod - Hej Du

Otis Redding - Otis Blue

Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother

Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep

Amon Düül ll - Tanz der Lemminge

David Bowie - Low

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Posted: March 24 2012 at 18:21

IMPF wrote:

For now, it would be:

1. RUSH: Hemispheres

2. IRON MAIDEN: Brave New World

3. NOKTURNAL MORTUM: The Voice of Steel

4. OPETH: Morningrise

5. RUSH: Permanent Waves

6. RUSH: 2112

7. PINK FLOYD: Meddle

8. DREAM THEATER: Awake

9. IQ: Subterranea

10. IRON MAIDEN: The Number of the Beast

NEEDS MORE RUSH.

Big Rush fan here too, welcome.

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Posted: March 24 2012 at 19:09

Horizons wrote:

IMPF wrote:

For now, it would be:

1. RUSH: Hemispheres

2. IRON MAIDEN: Brave New World

3. NOKTURNAL MORTUM: The Voice of Steel

4. OPETH: Morningrise

5. RUSH: Permanent Waves

6. RUSH: 2112

7. PINK FLOYD: Meddle

8. DREAM THEATER: Awake

9. IQ: Subterranea

10. IRON MAIDEN: The Number of the Beast

NEEDS MORE RUSH.

Big Rush fan here too, welcome.

I got a fever and the only prescription is more RUSH! Approve

Nice list, by the way.

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Posted: April 01 2012 at 22:40

I can't do a particular order and i'll try to stop at ten....

Discipline--King Crimson

Blackwater Park--Opeth

Sound Awake--Karnivool

Epoch--Fen

Aenima--Tool

Panopticon--Isis

Dark Side of the Moon/Wish You Were Here--Pink Floyd (both are equal in my book)

A Tower of Silence--Anubis

Ecailles de Lune--Alcest

Fear of a Blank Planet--Porcupine Tree

Lateralus--Tool

And even though i'm a huge Tool fan, i left out 10,000 days cuz i take the word album seriously and if it weren't for those few fillers, it would be on this list. Had to get that off my chest...hah

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Posted: April 02 2012 at 18:43

1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis
2. Grace Under Pressure - Rush
3. Space Shanty - Khan
4. Relayer - Yes
5. Carress of Steel - Rush
6. Selling England By the Pound - Genesis
7. Mirage - Camel
8. Hemispheres - Rush
9. Hybris - Anglagard
10. Haikara - Haikara

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Posted: April 05 2012 at 14:15

PROG
Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
Yes - Close to the Edge
ELP - Trilogy
Gentle Giant - Three Friends
Renaissance - Scheherazade & Other Stories
Rush - Moving Pictures
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
Haken - Aquarius
Eloy - Ocean
Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans

NOT PROG
Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time
Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry
Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond

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Posted: May 03 2012 at 10:14

Top 10 - All Genres? Ok, I decided to include only ONE album per Artist, otherwise Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, Doors and Yes would kill everyone.

So, here it is ...

ANIMALS                Pink Floyd
PHYSICAL GRAFFITI        Led Zeppelin
SURREALISTIC PILLOW    Jefferson Airplane
THE DOORS                The Doors
CLOSE TO THE EDGE        Yes
EUROPE '72                The Grateful Dead
ELECTRIC MUSIC ...        Country Joe & The Fish
THE WHITE ALBUM        The Beatles
REGATTA DE BLANC        The Police
SABOTAGE                Black Sabbath

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Posted: May 03 2012 at 10:29

I guess I'll limit to 1 per band as well (though it still lives too much room for mr.Morse LOL

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1.Spock's Beard - Snow
2.Transatlantic - Bridge Across Forever
3.Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
4.Shadow Gallery - Room V
5.Neal Morse - ?
6.Jethro Tull - Thick As a Brick
7.Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
8.Jean Michel Jarre - Equinoxe
9.Saviour Machine - Legend pt. II
10.Ayreon - The Human Equation

ok, still pretty much all prog..

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Posted: May 03 2012 at 11:29

Prog:

1) Close to the edge/Relayer - Yes

2) The Lamb - Genesis

3) Hounds of love - Kate Bush

4) Sgt. Pepper - The Beatles

5) Animals - Floyd

6) Snow - Spock's Beard

7) Hergest ridge - Mike Oldfield

8) A Passion play - Tull

9) Hemispheres/Moving pictures - Rush

10) Spirit of Eden - Talk talk

Non-prog (6)

1) Screamadelica - Primal scream

2) Astral weeks - Van Morrison

3) Darkness on the edge of town - Springsteen

4) Automatic for the people - R.E.M.

5) In my tribe - 10,000 Maniacs

6) What's going on - Marvin Gaye

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Posted: May 07 2012 at 02:21

Andy Nogger Kraan
Aliquante Edition Speciale
Roller Goblin
Close To the Edge Yes
Trusciant Il Baricentro
Kollektiv
Octopus Gentle Giant
Dun
L'isola de Niente PFM
Camino del Aguila Iman Califato Independiente

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Posted: May 07 2012 at 03:42

In no particular order:

Tool - Ænima

The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion

The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute

The Who - Live at Leeds

Pink Floyd - Animals

Rush - Hemispheres

Frank Zappa - Over-nite Sensation

Enslaved - Mardraum

Porcupine Tree - Signify

King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King

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Posted: February 19 2014 at 10:49

In No Order, One Per Band :

Permanent Waves - Rush

Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix Experience

A Passion Play - Jethro Tull

Obscured By Clouds - Pink Floyd

Revolver - Beatles

Queen 2 - Queen

Fragile - Yes

In A Glass House - Gentle Giant

Leftoverture - Kansas

Argus - Wishbone Ash

Edited by Jabez7 - February 27 2014 at 15:33

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Posted: February 19 2014 at 15:31

TGM: Orb wrote:

hm. Think there's another thread somewhere. Might be prog-specific, though.
For me:
1. Larks' Tongues In Aspic
The ultimate experience of music. Phenomenal, mind-shaking power meets a sort of lamentful feeling, always quite distant yet personal, insistent.

No idea why this thread got necro'd but I'm glad it did because this is, IMHO, a fantastic way of describing LTiA, my favourite prog album of all time.

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Posted: February 19 2014 at 15:49

Here's 25 for now:
Thick as a brick-jethro tull
Rotters club-hatfield and the north
Astounding sounds amazing music-hawkwind
Moonmadness-camel
Power and the glory- gentle giant
Godbluff-van der graaf
In the land of the grey and pink-caravan
A better land-oblivion express
1001 degrees centigrades-magma
Hemispheres-rush
Greenslade-greenslade
Foxtrot-genesis
The yes album-yes
Over nite sensation-frank zappa
In the wake of Poseidon-king crimson
The polite force-egg
Io Sono nato libero-banco
Crafty hands-happy them man
Master of reality-black sabbath
Wheels of fire-cream
Grobschnitt-jumbo
Deep purple-machine head
Eloy-time to turn
Samurai-samurai
ELP-elp

Edited by dr prog - February 19 2014 at 16:04

All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock.

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Posted: February 20 2014 at 04:58

My Top 10 are...

1. Genesis - Trespass

2. Led Zeppelin - untitled

3. Procol Harum - Shine On Brightly

4. Genesis - Foxtrot

5. Supertramp - Crime Of The Century

6. ELP - Brain Salad Surgery

7. Yes - Close To The Edge

8. King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King

9. Led Zeppelin - s/t

10. David Bowie - ...Ziggy Stardust...

Edited by Xonty - March 10 2014 at 12:09

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Posted: February 20 2014 at 16:05

Here's a top 10, though not in any sort of order. Maybe I'll extend it out a bit at some point.

Camel - Moonmadness

Dream Theater - Images and Words

Frank Zappa - Apostrophe

Genesis - Selling England by the Pound

Jethro Tull - Aqualung

King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic

Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Rush - Hemispheres

Van Der Graaf Generator - Godbluff

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Posted: February 20 2014 at 16:22

My Top Ten At This Paticuliar Moment:

1.Hawkwind-Hall Of The Mountain Grill

2.KIng Crimson Red

3.Captain Beyond 1st

4.Black Sabbath Sabotage

5.Armegeddon(1975 Band)

6.King Crimson Starless And Bible Black

7.Blue Oyster Cult Fire Of Unknown Origin

8.Hawkwind Warrior On The Edge Of Time

9.Black Sabbath Mob Rules

10.Pink Floyd Animals

Hard to name just ten.....

Gotta add these 5

11. Mahogany Rush Strange Universe

12.ELP Tarkus

13.Judas Priest Stained Class

14.Budgie Squawk

15.Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come Galactic Zoo Dossier

Edited by Kentucky_Hawkwindage - February 20 2014 at 17:02

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Posted: February 21 2014 at 05:01

1 - Wishbone Ash - Argus

2 - The Enid - In The Region of the Summer Stars

3 - Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps

4 - David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust

5 - Procol Harum - Procol Harum

6 - Renaissance - Scheherazade And The Other Stories

7 - Virgin Steele - The House Of Atreus

8 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

9 - Allman Brothers Band - The Allman Brothers Band

10 - Fates Warning - No Exit