Best Canterbury album

DallasBryan wrote: Picchio dal Pozzo is not a Canterbury album! A tribute to Robert Wyatt on the back cover dont make it Canterbury. Although their are some influences from Wyatt or Soft Machine, the music is much closer to French Progressive Electronic than anything that Canterbury produced. Actually Rock Bottom has more to do with Continental progressive than Canterbury. Supersister also, I hear influences from England and the Continent, not a CACKLEBURY BAND!!! Seems like some Greek and Polish band make a reference to Jim Morrison from the Doors, that does not make their music american psychedelic blues rock!

I had my doubts, but when I saw Picchio Dal Pozzo and Supersister had albums among the essential Canterbury albums in the archives, I decided to include both. I don't think of it as absurd, like you seem to.

I wouldn't have put them in the poll if they weren't categorized Canterbury here, so you really have to blame the archives.

There's a lot of bands in Norway that think they are playing Americana. I guess they are all wrong.

Panzerpappa (from Norway) sounds to me like a mix between Canterbury and Samla Mammas Manna. Is that impossible?

Caravan - In the land of grey and Pink

  CARAVAN has always been one of my favourite bands and at different times since the 70s I've listened to and enjoyed most of the bands and albums listed . But the album which has really endured for me and stood the test of time  is 'ROTTERS CLUB' . FINE musicianship , composition and  humour combine to create the best for me-- not to mention the 'Northettes'!

I can't wait until I can actually have an opinion on every one of all these. Mmm Canterbury.

National Health Of Queues got my vote but it really could have been any of National Health, Hatfield, Gong, Hillage, Egg or Caravan. They've all been fav's at one time or another.

Edited by Nogbad_The_Bad - May 31 2008 at 21:43

So many great albums and i can only vote for one..  Well it was between Polite force and space shanty 2 great albums with way to few votes, i been lisening ot space shanty alot recently and love it very much so it got the vote. Other pics whuld have been, well all of em!

My goodness, so much to choose from , almost impossible, a 12 horse race! I guess Rotter's club, but Khan, Caravan, National Health, Hillage, Gong, Soft Machine........... ahhh! I give up. This is the cruelest poll ever.

Soft Machine - Third

The Land of Grey and Pink is like happiness in disc formation.

When I started collecting  Soft Machine Volume 2 was the only Canterbury album available in the UK from a UK label/distributor, followed by the undistinguished eponymous Caravan album if you could find it  - If I could Do It Again I'll Do It All Over You was a quantum jump for the band. Frustratingly Soft Machine's eponymous first album was only available as a US import into the UK.