Whats Your 1977/1978 Prog tiers?

Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood
Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses
Pink Floyd - Animals
Yes - Going For The One
Peter Gabriel - Car
Kraftwerk - The Man Machine
Genesis - Wind & Wuthering
David Bowie - Low
David Bowie - Heroes
Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
Kate Bush - Lionheart
Steely Dan - Aja
Van Halen - Van Halen
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
Blondie - Parallel Lines
Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
The Clash - The Clash
Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
Rolling Stones - Some Girls
Rush - A Farewell To Kings

Not all prog but I don't care.

Grumpyprogfan wrote: Some not mentioned so far. Jean-Luc Ponty - Enigmatic Ocean Kansas - Point of Know Return Gentle Giant - The Missing Piece National Health - Of Queues and Cures Brian Eno - Before and after Science

I forgot The Missing Piece, which is an excellent album.

My three top tiers

Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood
Pink Floyd - Animals
Yes - Going For The One
The Alan Parson's Project- I Robot
Rush- Hemispheres

Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses
Rush - A Farewell To Kings
Kansas- Point of Know Return
Locanda Delle Fate - Forse Le Lucciole Non Si Amano Piu
Al Di Meola. Elegant Gypsy
Genesis - Wind & Wuthering

David Bowie - Low
Peter Gabriel - Car
David Bowie - Heroes
Steely Dan - Aja






Edited by omphaloskepsis - August 08 2025 at 12:40

But what were Kraftwerk thinking of all that?

^ Oh, but where your "Universal Attack"-pick (etc)? I can't believe the lack of respect for the OP:)

David_D wrote: Octopus II wrote: Not all prog but I don't care. Maybe not so much respect for the OPs here, but at least it's good that you tell about it.

Saperlipopette! wrote: ^ Oh, but where your "Universal Attack"-pick (etc)? I can't believe the lack of respect for the OP:)

Tjah, the difference should be rather obvious.

I took universal attack to be akin to worldwide praise. But I screwed up anyway.

David_D wrote: Hrychu wrote: Anyway, as much as I hate ranking shіt, I tried following the rules in the OP more strictly: I believe that I at least also have told about one of my antipathies.

As well as, "This is Prog???"

Hrychu wrote: Pure Trash: Niemen N.AE - Idée Fixe

You can of course have your own opinion, but that's certainly not so according to the average of ratings on both RYM (3.49) and PA (3.88).



Edited by David_D - 11 hours 27 minutes ago at 04:49

No shortage of great prog and proggish music during these years imo. I needed 20 spots for both years.

1977:

Univers Zero - Univers Zero
Klaus Schulze - Mirage
David Bowie - Low
Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express
Van der Graaf - The Quiet Zone / The Pleasure Dome
Peter Hammill - Over
Archaïa - Archaïa
Pierrot Lunaire - Gudrun
Aksak Maboul - Onze danses pour combattre la migraine
Steely Dan - Aja
Oriental Wind / Okay Temiz - Oriental Wind
André Fertier - Clivage
Zanov - Moebius 256 301
Franco Leprino - Integrati ... Disintegrati
The Residents - Fingerprince
Forgas - Cocktail
Dionne / Bregent - Deux
Camel - Rain Dances
Kolinda - Kolinda 2
Bo Hansson - El-ahrairah

1978:

The Residents - Duck Stab / Buster & Glen
Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine
Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
Popol Vuh - Nosferatu (and that includes both albums)
Robbie Basho - Visions of the Country
National Health - National Health
Terje Rypdal - Waves
Clivage - Mixtus Orbit
Ex Vitae - Mandarine
Michael Hoenig - Departure From the Northern Wasteland
Kitaro - Ten Kai
Magma - (universal) Attahk
Klaus Schulze - "X"
Colin Towns - Full Circle
Jean Michel Jarre - Equinoxe
Archimedes Badkar - Tre
Caedmon - Caedmon
Cos - Babel
Giger Lenz Marron - Where The Hammer Hangs
Vasant Rai - Autumn Song

David_D wrote: David_D wrote: Octopus II wrote: Not all prog but I don't care. Maybe not so much respect for the OPs here, but at least it's good that you tell about it.    Saperlipopette! wrote: ^ Oh, but where your "Universal Attack"-pick (etc)? I can't believe the lack of respect for the OP:) Tjah, the difference should be rather obvious.

It was (meant as) a joke.