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    Posted: October 11 2019 at 05:25
What's in a name? I know it is the music that counts, but tell me what you think are the coolest names given to a prog band's album, regardless if you like the music or not.

My favorite is the debut Mahavishnu Orchestra album, The Inner Mounting Flame. That is such an awesome name for an album! I do admit that I really like the music, as well.

Other favorite names are Terje Rypdal-What Comes After
                                     Libra-Winter Day's Nightmare
                                     Nektar-A Tab In The Ocean
                                     Colosseum-Daughter Of Time
                                     

That is what comes to mind
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I always thought "In the Court of the Crimson King" was a perfect name for a Prog_Rock album, and the title alone made me want to go out and buy the album. Smile
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

I always thought "In the Court of the Crimson King" was a perfect name for a Prog_Rock album, and the title alone made me want to go out and buy the album. Smile
I forgot about that one, that is definitely a cool title.
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Crime of the Century
Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy (from the band that had the worst album name, Romantic Warrior)
Trends and Other Diseases
Moroccan Roll
Voyage of the Acolyte

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I really like a lot of DT Album names:
Images and Words
A Change of Seasons
Falling into Infinity
Train of Thought
Octavarium
Black Clouds and Silver Linings
Systematic Chaos
A Dramatic Turn of Events
Distance Over Time

Also in the prog metal realm:
Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry

Of course Pink Floyd has a couple good ones
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Dark Side of the Moon
A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Delicate Sound of Thunder

ELP classic: Brain Salad Surgery

And KC:
In the Wake of Poseidon 
Larks Tongues in Aspic

Lots of great ones from the Moodies:
Days of Future Passed
In Search of the Lost Chord
On the Threshold of a Dream
To Our Children's Children's Children
A Question of Balance
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Long Distance Voyager

Steve Hackett:
Voyage of the Acolyte
There are Many Sides to the Night
Beyond the Shrouded Horizon
At the Edge of Light

Anekdoten: Nucleus

Tiles: Presents of Mind

Some good ones from Kansas:
Somewhere to Elsewhere
Leftoverture

Wobbler: From Silence to Somewhere

Transatlantic:
Bridge Across Forever
Kaleidoscope 

Riverside: Anno Domini High Definition

Spiral Architect: A Sceptic's Universe

Syzygy: A Glorious Disturbance

James LaBrie: Impermanent Resonance
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Originally posted by Tapfret Tapfret wrote:


Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy (from the band that had the worst album name, Romantic Warrior)
 
 
nope, that would be "Where Have I Known You Before?Thumbs Down (soundslike a disco tune)
 
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Bubblemath - Edit Peptide. It's super fun and creative just like the music on it.
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Originally posted by Fischman Fischman wrote:

I really like a lot of DT Album names:
Images and Words
A Change of Seasons
Falling into Infinity
Train of Thought
Octavarium
Black Clouds and Silver Linings
Systematic Chaos
A Dramatic Turn of Events
Distance Over Time

Also in the prog metal realm:
Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry

Of course Pink Floyd has a couple good ones
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Dark Side of the Moon
A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Delicate Sound of Thunder

ELP classic: Brain Salad Surgery

And KC:
In the Wake of Poseidon 
Larks Tongues in Aspic

Lots of great ones from the Moodies:
Days of Future Passed
In Search of the Lost Chord
On the Threshold of a Dream
To Our Children's Children's Children
A Question of Balance
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Long Distance Voyager

Steve Hackett:
Voyage of the Acolyte
There are Many Sides to the Night
Beyond the Shrouded Horizon
At the Edge of Light

Anekdoten: Nucleus

Tiles: Presents of Mind

Some good ones from Kansas:
Somewhere to Elsewhere
Leftoverture

Wobbler: From Silence to Somewhere

Transatlantic:
Bridge Across Forever
Kaleidoscope 

Riverside: Anno Domini High Definition

Spiral Architect: A Sceptic's Universe

Syzygy: A Glorious Disturbance

James LaBrie: Impermanent Resonance
 
I agree with all of those choices, especially The Moody Blues, who had some of the most consistently great Prog album titles of all time. Thumbs Up
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Without thinking to hard first thing to come to mind is The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
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^ I've always liked A Saucerful of Secrets as an album title.
Also Delicate Sound of Thunder, pretty cool for a live album.
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Ya A Saucerful is great too, might be that i prefer The piper better as an album.
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If I could do it all over again I'd do it all over you.....

Brain Salad Surgery

Tales from Topographic Oceans

Selling England by the Pound

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thought of some more

John McLaughlin-"My Goals Beyond"

Mahavishnu Orchestra-"Visions Of The Emerald Beyond"

Passport-"Infinity Machine"

as mentioned Pink Floyd-"The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn"
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Primus - Pork Soda
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"Close to the Edge" for me! along with the artwork.

"Relayer" also...
"Tales from Topographic Oceans"

it seems I'm into Yes names, mostly.

"Red"
"Lark's Tongues in Aspic", "Lizard"

"A Momentary Lapse of Reason", "The Delicate Sound of Thunder", "Animals", "Ummagumma"
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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by Tapfret Tapfret wrote:


Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy (from the band that had the worst album name, Romantic Warrior)
 

 
nope, that would be "Where Have I Known You Before?Thumbs Down (soundslike a disco tune)


I disagree. "Romantic Warrior" sounds like something Michael Bolton would have called himself in his AOR years;complete with an album cover showing him wearing an unbuttoned white, puffy shirt and a fan blowing his hair back.

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The title should fit the music quite well, and nothing too fancy for me.

- "Christian Lucifer" by Perry Leopold
- "Rock Bottom" by Robert Wyatt
- "First Utterance" by Comus
- "In a Silent Way" by Miles Davis
- "Behold the Ultimate Despair, Fits of Maniacal Madness, the Fist of Fomenting Fury, the Vengeful Banshee, the Hysterical Nun, the Maniacal Monk, the Very Depths of Rage and Other Assorted Love Songs" by The Jenny and Billy Jones Duet (kidding)

Edited by Logan - October 11 2019 at 14:24
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Then there's Marillion.com and Picchio dal Pozzo's Pic_nic@Valdapozzo.
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