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Poll Question: What ONE album out of these is your favourite!
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
10 [8.00%]
3 [2.40%]
9 [7.20%]
1 [0.80%]
3 [2.40%]
24 [19.20%]
0 [0.00%]
0 [0.00%]
0 [0.00%]
2 [1.60%]
5 [4.00%]
2 [1.60%]
3 [2.40%]
1 [0.80%]
38 [30.40%]
0 [0.00%]
2 [1.60%]
2 [1.60%]
0 [0.00%]
6 [4.80%]
2 [1.60%]
6 [4.80%]
3 [2.40%]
2 [1.60%]
1 [0.80%]
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What? No love for The Rotters' Club? PAAAAATTTT!!!!!LOL

Second choice would obviously be the mighty WYWH (much better than DSotM, in my very humble opinion), followed by Crac!, Godbluff and Rainbow's debut. The mere mention of KC's USA, though, is enough to bring tears in my eyes.... That unfortunate CD ended getting shattered in three pieces after falling off its rickety tower (Micky knows what I'm talking aboutLOL).
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For me this one comes down to Free Hand and WYWH, two absolutely brilliant masterpieces from two of the masters of progressive rock. But since I have a strong affection for Wish You Were Here, and as an album I hold very close to me, that one gets the vote.
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My Top Ten:

1. Wish You Were Here
2. Free Hand
3. Visions of the Emerald Beyond
4. Godbluff
5. The Snow Goose
6. Scheherazade And Other Stories
7. Ommadawn
8. Rubycon
9. Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
10. USA
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My 1975 10

1.Van Der Graaf Generator - Godbluff
2.Hatfield And The North - The Rotters' Club
3.King Crimson - USA
4.Gentle Giant - Free Hand
5.Gryphon - Raindance
6.Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
7.Strawbs - Ghosts
8.Jethro Tull - Minstrel In The Gallery
9 Renaissance - Scheherazade And Other Stories
10.Pulsar - Pollen

Plus (Not on the list)
Peter Hammill - Nadir's Big Chance

Edited by Man Erg - November 08 2008 at 04:32

Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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My top fifteen 1975 (from what I can remember):

Don Cherry: Brown Rice (st)
VdGG: Godbluff (pollwinner!)
Hatfield and the North: Rotter's Club
Terje Rypdal: Odyssey
Area: Crac!
Steve Hillage: Fish Rising
Miles Davis: Agharta
Frank Zappa: One Size Fits All
Vangelis: Heaven and Hell
Klaus Schulze: Timewind
Tangerine Dram: Rubycon
Vortex: St
Zao: Shekina
Archimedes Badkar: Badrock för Barn i Alla Åldrar

Something cozy like Camel or Novalis on that last spot.

Strange list for a strange year.

As much as I love Gentle Giant and Henry Cow, those in the poll are least favorite albums by them (not counting GG's popcrap).


Edited by Rocktopus - November 08 2008 at 06:46
Over land and under ashes
In the sunlight, see - it flashes
Find a fly and eat his eye
But don't believe in me
Don't believe in me
Don't believe in me
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1. Camel - The Snow Goose
2. Van Der Graaf Generator - Godbluff
     Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmores Rainbow
     Hatfield and the North - Rotters Club
3. Pink Floyd - Wish You were Here
     Mahavishnu Orchestra - Visions of the Emerald Beyond
4. Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery
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 ' Voyage of the acolyte ' would've had my vote, but WYWH from those mentioned....
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A very close call this one between The Snow Goose and WYWH... my vote eventually went to the latter.
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The Snow Goose - the ultimate progressive masterpiece (to date).

But WYWH is also very good, as are Free Hand, Scheherezade and Ghosts.
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The Snow Goose.
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Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All
Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte
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Godbluff, Scheherazade and Wish You Were Here in that order.
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Another Gentle Giant vote. Trick of The Tail doesn't seem to be on the list, excellent album, in my opinion though not upto the Gabriel albums.
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another tough one but I will go with Renaissance - Scheherazade And Other Stories.
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I know quite a few from these, but the one that I listen often it is Minstrel in the Gallery by Tull.
Though Free Hand, WYWH, Rainbow's debut, Godbluff and Snow Goose are killer albums as well.
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Top ten:
 
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All
Gentle Giant - Free Hand
Henry Cow - In Praise of Learning
VdGG - Godbluff
Area - Crac!
Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery
Hatfield and the North - The Rotter's Club
Strawbs - Ghosts
Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
 
 
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Voted for the PF album, though that Mahavishnu is a killer.
 
A couple of things:
 
1.  1971-1977 I was in college.  What a fortunate time to be a young person with a serious thirst for great  music, given the continuous onslaught of albums.  I occasionally think, yeah I'm an old fart living in the past, then I see polls such as these and realize it really was a time of unequaled music.
 
2.  Is anyone else noticing the gradual but obvious diminution of quality in general from 1970 to 1975? Obviously there are still the standouts in each year, but in this 1975 poll the choices are much easier than in the earlier ones, where there is such a wealth incredible music.
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Originally posted by jammun jammun wrote:

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2.  Is anyone else noticing the gradual but obvious diminution of quality in general from 1970 to 1975? Obviously there are still the standouts in each year, but in this 1975 poll the choices are much easier than in the earlier ones, where there is such a wealth incredible music.


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yepper... as Fripp said..  or was it the other sour prog-puss Bill Bruford who said..with anglo-centric prog eyes.. prog should have died after 1974. Reclcyed ideas and tons of clones who popped up...  stopped being progressive... and became regressive.

however.. . thankfully.. because English prog after 1974 generally sucks....prog is not english only...  want to find great ..fresh.. prog in the late 70's... look to Spain.. who started late.. but did it with a fresh slant.. and influences.
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PF- WYWH for me.
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Henry Cow, Hatfield, Area.
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