Another 4's: 1974, 1984 and 1994 albums

Vote for up to five you like (more more if desired) if any are liked, and mention in a post.

This is meant as an additional 4's poll to cover various albums that I love not covered in John's (Mellotron Storm's) list HERE (Click). He did already cover King Crimson with Starless and Bible Black, but as these are my favourites I want Red in it. If some think it unbalances the list by being such a popular choice, this is not meant to be a contest. I commonly dislike the idea of winners and losers in music. I know my tastes commonly are unpopular with many here, have had complaints when doing personal faves about missing the obvious choices (not obvious based on my tastes), and my tastes can be popular with others, but please try to choose up to fave albums in the poll that you appreciate. If you can't, that's fine. Additionally I would very much appreciate it if all who vote also list what they voted for... Love to put names to votes, so impersonal otherwise. And feel free to mention your own faves and lists (I like to compare).

1974:
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
Peter Hammill - The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Gong - Radio Gnome Invisible Vol. 3 - You
King Crimson - Red
Area - Caution Radiation Area
Janko Nilovic - Rythmes contemporains (not in PA)
Cos - Postaeolian Train Robbery
Yatha Sidhra - A Meditation Mass
Faust - Faust IV
Hatfield and the North - Hatfield and the North

1984:
Cocteau Twins - Treasure (not in PA)
Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Broadcasting From Home
Siouxsie and The Banshees - Hyæna (not in PA)
Dead Can Dance - Dead Can Dance
Jean-Paul Prat (Masal) - Masal
Violent Femmes - Hallowed Ground (not in PA)

1994:
Portishead - Dummy (not in PA)
Pram - Helium
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Let Love In (not in PA)
Stereolab - Mars Audiac Quintet
The Future Sound of London - Lifeforms (not in PA)
Nature and Organisation - Beauty Reaps the Blood of Solitude
Bondage Fruit - Bondage Fruit I
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Volume II (not in PA)

Edited by Logan - 13 hours 18 minutes ago at 11:24

Goodness me! Apart from the two albums I haven't heard here, There's not an album here I'd rate less than 7/10. Almost 20 of them could easily have have gotten my vote in some other poll that wasn't compiled by you, Logan. So far I've only tried to place them all in order of preference (within the years of release). But that didn't feel right either. Phaedra and Silent Corner fourth and fifth? Surely that can't be right, as they are two of my all time most treasured albums. Et cetera... I think I'll just come back later to see which ones I think deserves a vote - that has none:)

1974:
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
King Crimson - Red
Gong - Radio Gnome Invisible Vol. 3 - You
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Peter Hammill - The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage
Cos - Postaeolian Train Robbery
Faust - Faust IV
Hatfield and the North - Hatfield and the North
Area - Caution Radiation Area
Janko Nilovic - Rythmes contemporains (not in PA)
Yatha Sidhra - A Meditation Mass

1984:
Dead Can Dance - Dead Can Dance
Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Broadcasting From Home
Cocteau Twins - Treasure (not in PA)
Siouxsie and The Banshees - Hyæna (not in PA)
Jean-Paul Prat (Masal) - Masal
Violent Femmes - Hallowed Ground (not in PA)

1994:
Portishead - Dummy (not in PA)
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Volume II (not in PA)
Stereolab - Mars Audiac Quintet
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Let Love In (not in PA)
The Future Sound of London - Lifeforms (not in PA)
Bondage Fruit - Bondage Fruit I

Not heard (yet):
Pram - Helium
Nature and Organisation - Beauty Reaps the Blood of Solitude

Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
King Crimson - Red
Hatfield and the North - Hatfield and the North
Gong - Radio Gnome Invisible Vol. 3 - You
Dead Can Dance - Dead Can Dance

King Crimson: Red

Greg, much to like in 1974 in both the Fusion and Prog world, but obviously our tastes diverge on what those are.


Edited by Big Sky - 6 hours 52 minutes ago at 17:50

I appreciate the inclusion of Janko Nilović. His output is often criminally overlooked.

TD > KC > Hamill is all I can really vote for here...

I know I'm going to be shot down when I say this, but I really have tried Hatfield, I've really wanted to like it, but it doesn't do much for me...

Here's my longer AP list, all of which I like (the ordering can mean little) for 1974, by the way:

Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
Peter Hammill - The Silent Corner And The Empty Stage
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Gong - Radio Gnome Invisible Vol. 3 - You
King Crimson - Red
Area - Caution Radiation Area
Janko Nilovic - Rythmes contemporains (listened extensively) [AP Prog]
Cos - Postaeolian Train Robbery
Yatha Sidhra - A Meditation Mass
Faust - Faust IV [AP Prog]
Hatfield and the North - Hatfield and the North
Bobby Hutcherson - Cirrus (listened often) [AP Prog-Adj]
Peter Hammill - In Camera
Cluster - Zuckerzeit
Henry Cow - Unrest
Miles Davis - Big Fun
Bennie Maupin - The Jewel in the Lotus
Harmonia - Musik Von
Julian Priester - Love, Love
Zao - Osiris
Mandingo - III (listened extensively) [AP Prog-Adj]
Magma - Köhntarkösz (listened extensively)
Can - Soon Over Babaluma
Perigeo - Genealogia
Ennio Morricone - Il sorriso del grande tentatore (Soundtrack, listened often) [AP Prog-Adj]
J.A. シーザー J.A. Ceasar (aka Terahara Takaaki, Julious Arnest Cesar, J.A. Seazer) - Cover art: 田園に死す 田園に死す (Soundtrack) [AP Non-Prog]
Placebo - Placebo
Focus - Hamburger Concerto
Miles Davis - Get Up With It
Magma - Ẁurdah Ïtah (Christian Vander) (listened extensively)
Don Harper - Homo Electronicus [AP]
Klaus Schulze - Blackdance
Dzyan - Electric Silence
Gryphon - Red Queen to Gryphon Three
Hawkwind - Hall of the Mountain Grill
Camel - Mirage
Gryphon - Midnight Mushrumps
Samla Mammas Manna - Klossa Knapitatet
Terje Rypdal & Minbul - Whenever I Seem To Be Far Away
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Heldon - Électronique Guérilla (listened extensively)
Sven Libaek - Solar Flares (Soundtrack, listened often) [AP Prog-Adj]
The Cosmic Jokers - The Cosmic Jokers
Alusa Fallax - Intorno Alla Mia Cattiva Educazione
Bob James - One [AP]
King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black
Le Orme - Contrappunti
Premiata Forneria Marconi - L'isola di niente
Arti E Mestieri - Tilt - Immagini per un orecchio
Supertramp - Crime of The Century
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe
Gentle Giant - The Power & The Glory (listened extensively)
Yes - Relayer
Electric Light Orchestra - Eldorado: A Symphony
The Residents - Meet The Residents
Ralf Nowy - Nowy 2
Quella Vecchia Locanda - Il Tempo Della Gioia
Eloy - Floating