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Sacro_Porgo ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: July 15 2019 Location: Cygnus Status: Offline Points: 2062 |
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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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Porg for short. My love of music doesn't end with prog! Feel free to discuss all sorts of music with me. Odds are I'll give it a chance if I haven't already! :)
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Cristi ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Crossover / Prog Metal Teams Joined: July 27 2006 Location: wonderland Status: Offline Points: 46764 |
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good idea for a thread, I'll back with a list soon.
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Jared ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 06 2005 Location: Hereford, UK Status: Offline Points: 20755 |
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I'm sorry, but personally I'd be more than happy never to have to listen to 90125 again...
![]() 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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Cristi ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Crossover / Prog Metal Teams Joined: July 27 2006 Location: wonderland Status: Offline Points: 46764 |
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^ what is COTC?
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Jared ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 06 2005 Location: Hereford, UK Status: Offline Points: 20755 |
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In The Court Of The Crimson King? |
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Cristi ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Crossover / Prog Metal Teams Joined: July 27 2006 Location: wonderland Status: Offline Points: 46764 |
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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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Jared ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 06 2005 Location: Hereford, UK Status: Offline Points: 20755 |
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I'll stick rather than twist; Ian also mentioned Lark's Tongue...
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Cristi ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Crossover / Prog Metal Teams Joined: July 27 2006 Location: wonderland Status: Offline Points: 46764 |
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I know what LTIA means.
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Jared ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 06 2005 Location: Hereford, UK Status: Offline Points: 20755 |
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I never doubted it...
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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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Sacro_Porgo ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: July 15 2019 Location: Cygnus Status: Offline Points: 2062 |
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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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Porg for short. My love of music doesn't end with prog! Feel free to discuss all sorts of music with me. Odds are I'll give it a chance if I haven't already! :)
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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 Edited by mellotronwave - April 17 2022 at 19:10 |
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Manuel ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: March 09 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 13481 |
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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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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
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