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    Posted: April 16 2022 at 13:43
Take this question however you want, but I just listened to 90125 and I've come to realize I probably return to this more than any other Yes album. Sacrilege! Ah, but I love it so. I woke up this morning with Two Hearts stuck in my head and I really think it's a wonderful song, even if it's a bit corny. It Can Happen is so inspirational to me. Changes is such a cool adventure. Leave It just mesmerizes me. So To answer my own question, this is one album in the prog cannon that I find myself returning to more often than most others, even if I wouldn't say it's my favorite, it just has a lot of staying power and replayability for me. It never wears me out.

So what are some prog albums that you find yourself returning to time and time again for whatever reason?
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good idea for a thread, I'll back with a list soon. Smile
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I'm sorry, but personally I'd be more than happy never to have to listen to 90125 again... LOL

To answer your question, the entire Genesis discography, up until 1978 is indispensable and I'd not want to be without it...

To give you a more obscure answer, then I have always adored Janison Edge: The Services Of Mary Goode... I've never grown tired of it, for some reason. Others would probably include Spock's Beard: V and IQ: Ever, Seventh House & Dark Matter
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It used to be WYWH & COTC

These days it's probably LTiA and Ommadawn, they been in regular rotation for 40 years and still get played quite regularly.
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^ what is COTC?
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

^ what is COTC?

In The Court Of The Crimson King?
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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

^ what is COTC?

In The Court Of The Crimson King?


No, that would be ITCOTCK, 
I bet it's something obvious but i can't figure it out. 

edit: oh, it's Supertramp's Crime of the Century. 


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I'll stick rather than twist; Ian also mentioned Lark's Tongue...
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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

I'll stick rather than twist; Ian also mentioned Lark's Tongue...

I know what LTIA means. Smile
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

I'll stick rather than twist; Ian also mentioned Lark's Tongue...

I know what LTIA means. Smile

I never doubted it... Smile


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As you list the songs, I can agree that 90125 is better than I remembered it, but I don't listen to it. My favorite post-1970s yes product is Jon Anderson's Change We Must which, coincidently, contains my favorite version of 
"Hearts".

Albums that I return to most and seem to never tire of include:

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway by Genesis
Limiti all'eguaglianza della parte con il tutto by Homunculus Res
Dots and Loops by Stereolab
Don Juan's Reckless Daughter by Joni Mitchell
Kontinuum by Klaus Schulze
If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You by Caravan
Aja by Steely Dan
Salinity Now! by Unaka Prong
Mëkanïk Dëstruktïw Kömmandöh by Magma
Natural Elements by Shakti
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips
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It's been a while since I posted something in the Prog Lounge, but having some time on my hand and I find the question interesting I will give my answer. The albums I revisited more are with no surprise the 70's classics from Genesis, Yes, ELP, Rush, GG, VDGG, and KC. But for specific albums from  those bands, instead of talking about the highest raise ones, I will say that there are some albums that are not the best-rated albums but still connect even after 40 years : 

Yes "Union", Genesis "And Then They Were Three", Rush "Hold Your Fire". Talking about Yes "90125", I was rediscovering this the other and realize that I was a bit harsh on all things that touch Trevor Rabbin because there are some really good songs on that album.
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I return to many albums from the progressive rock glory years, many of these are in constant rotation:

Dark Side Of the Moon
Animals
Hemispheres
Caress Of Steel
AFTK
Fragile
Ege Bamyasi
Remember the Future
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I tend to most frequently play my recent acquisitions. However, the following are long time favourites that still get frequent attention:
 
Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
Van der Graaf Generator - H To He, Who Am The Only One
Peter Hammill - pH7
Peter Hammill - Sitting Targets
Split Enz - Mental Notes
Hawkwind - Warrior On The Edge Of Time
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus
Nektar - Journey To The Centre Of The Eye
 
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Awesome answers! Glad so many have provided lists! Here are a few more of mine.

In addition to the aforementioned 90125, which I'm glad to see some others have been reminded of a few great tunes on that one from my initial post...

In The Court Of The Crimson King has been getting more play from me than usual, even though it's really not towards the top of my KC rankings, it is great. Before that I was binging a bunch of the live material from The Great Deceiver, so perhaps I got a little tired of that era by the end of that.

Similarly, I've gotten a lot of repeated milage out of Invisible Touch and Selling England By The Pound, despite those also not being up near the top of my Genesis rankings.

Dream Theater are in regular rotation for me, especially Awake and the two newest ones.
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Genesis up to 2nds out
KC : Up to USA
VDGG : Up to the Quiet Zone/¨pleasure Dome
GG : Up to Interview
Yes : Up to Tormato
IQ : lot of them
Marillion : Fish 'era (all of them)
Marillion ; H 'era ( Brave, Season's end , ...)
P Hammill : his seventies LPs
BJH : from "Everyone" to Concert for the people
Aufklärung, Trono die Ricordi, H2O, TFK, Pendragon, ... of the 'new' school
PFM ; Up to Jet lag
Banco : fists Los
ELP : up to " Welcome back"
England : Garden Shed
Brand X : up to Masques
Pontey JL : jis seventies LPs
Zappa Elsewhere, Live in NY, Hot rats, ..
Jethro Tull : up to Stormwatch + Roots to branches
Pavlo's dog Pampered menial
Seventh wave Pos Fi
Esperanto : Last Tango
Fireballet : Night on a band mountain
Caravan :all but Waterloo
Camel : all
Magma : Live , udu Wudu , De futura
Tangerine dream : early Virgin LPs
Kraftwerk : all the original LPs, not the remixes
Kansas : up to Monolith
Todd Rundgren ( and with Utopia) All the 70ies Los
Greenslade : all officials LPs
Focus : a lot of



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Jethro Tull—Stand Up, Thick as a Brick, A Passion Play
Genesis—Selling England by the Pound
King Crimson—In the Court of the Crimson King, Red
Camel—Moonmadness, Rajaz, Harbour of Tears
Gentle Giant—Free Hand, Three Friends

There are others of course, but these are the main ones.
 
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All things Pink Floyd except Piper and More.
All things Genesis except From Here to Revelation and Calling All Stations
Most Things Tangerine Dream
King Crimson Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind

Very rarely listen to ELP, Tull, Moodies except Long Distance Voyager 

Just really getting into Camel, 40 years late!


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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

^ what is COTC?

In The Court Of The Crimson King?


Yeah, that’s what I read it as. That would be one of my most returned to prog albums - particularly from the classic era.

That and LTIA are easily my most returned to Krimson albums.
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Nice thread. 

From Crimson, Red is still regularly played. From other classic era, Genesis Nursery Cryme, Yes The Yes Album and 90125 which I think is fantastic. There are many others, but I have just woken up with a wee hangover Dead
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