Q Magazine’s Prog Poll

I own 18, but have heard many others.

Trouserpress wrote: What a horrible list. I really can't be bothered to work out how many I own. I might not be getting this mag after all then.

F*** the list, that is the least important part of the mag.  get it for the articles and interviews. 

mmm... I just have 7...will have to do something about that jejejejeje

Trouserpress wrote: spectral wrote: Trouserpress wrote: What a horrible list. I really can't be bothered to work out how many I own. I might not be getting this mag after all then.  F*** the list, that is the least important part of the mag.  get it for the articles and interviews.  Is the interview with Ray Shulman lengthy, or just a cursory mention? I couldn't care less about Floyd or Genesis.

er, you won't want to buy it then!!  It covers 5 questions in a quarter page piece!!

Trouserpress wrote: spectral wrote: Trouserpress wrote: What a horrible list. I really can't be bothered to work out how many I own. I might not be getting this mag after all then.  F*** the list, that is the least important part of the mag.  get it for the articles and interviews.  Is the interview with Ray Shulman lengthy, or just a cursory mention? I couldn't care less about Floyd or Genesis.

Cursory is the word Mr Trousers, although I must admit that I quite enjoyed leafing through the mag the other day with the Radio Gnome Trilogy in the background and my good friend Mr Bong keeping me company. There are a couple of pretty good articles about Gong and Soft Machine, not exactly in depth but more accurate and better written than I expected. For an old git like me the pictures also brought back some happy memories, and I enjoyed disagreeing with the album selection and wondering why there was no article about Gentle Giant, or Gryphon, or any of the European acts of the era. On the whole I'd give the mag 3 stars (and some older proggers would probably award another half star for the colour pic of Stacia in the Hawkwind article).

50%

Lists are interesting, but never definitive.

1. Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd
2. Foxtrot by Genesis
3. Close To The Edge by Yes
4. In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson
5. Brain Salad Surgery by ELP
6. A Farewell To Kings by Rush
7. Aqualung by Jethro Tull
8. Space Ritual by Hawkwind
9. Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield
10. Ok Computer by Radiohead
11. Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
12. The Yes Album by Yes
13. Hot Rats by Frank Zappa
14. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis
15. The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other by VdGG
16. Octupus by Gentle Giant
17. Misplaced Childhood by Marillion
18. Frances The Mute by The Mars Volta
19. In The Land of Grey And Pink by Caravan
20. Third by Soft Machine
21. Lateralus by Tool
22. Larks’ Tongues In Aspic by King Crimson
23. Moonmadness by Camel
24. Moving Waves by Focus
25. A night At The Opera by Queen
26. Pampered Menial by Pavlov’s Dog
27. Agaetis Byrjun by Sigur Ros
28. L by Steve Hillage
29. Five Bridges by The Nice
30. Music In A Dolls House by Family
31. Roxy Music by Roxy Music
32. Moontan by Golden Earring
33. All Together Now by Argent
34. Hatfield And The North by Hatfield And The North
35. Flying Teapot by Gong
36. Dance of The Lemmings by Amon Duul II
37. In Search Of The Lost Chord by The Moody Blues
38. Phaedra by Tangerine Dream
39. Once Again by Barclay James Harvest
40. 666 by Aphrodite’s Child

50% The reds are the ones I own. 

This list is crappy IMO. Examples:

It lacks coherence. Tool, Radiohead, Sigur Ros and The Mars Volta are all fantastic bands, but they seem to be a bit out of place here (35 out of 40 are from late 60's/early 70's). But ok, they have included them, so where is Porcupine Tree, Mogwai, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Archive and other ambitious new bands. The addition of these four clearly indicates that this list should be much bigger.

Is Marillion the only neo-prog (God how I hate this term!) band that is worth mentioning?

Is The Yes Album really that essential (compared to Fragile, Relayer and... yes! Tales From Topographic Oceans)? Tubular Bells is IMO the most overrated record ever! If it was my first Mike Oldfield album I (knowing its reputation as his absolute masterpiece) wouldn't probably even bother to listen to the rest of them (loosing such gems as Ommadawn, Hergest Ridge or Songs Of Distant Earth).

Edited by Third Eye

I got these:

Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd
Foxtrot by Genesis
Close To The Edge by Yes
In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson
Brain Salad Surgery by ELP
Aqualung by Jethro Tull
Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield
Ok Computer by Radiohead
Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
The Yes Album by Yes
Hot Rats by Frank Zappa
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis
Octupus by Gentle Giant
Misplaced Childhood by Marillion
Frances The Mute by The Mars Volta
Larks’ Tongues In Aspic by King Crimson
Moonmadness by Camel
In Search Of The Lost Chord by The Moody Blues
666 by Aphrodite’s Child

almost 50%

I have all the ones marked in red, missed 5.

1. Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd
2. Foxtrot by Genesis
3. Close To The Edge by Yes
4. In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson
5. Brain Salad Surgery by ELP
6. A Farewell To Kings by Rush
7. Aqualung by Jethro Tull
8. Space Ritual by Hawkwind
9. Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield
10. Ok Computer by Radiohead
11. Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
12. The Yes Album by Yes
13. Hot Rats by Frank Zappa
14. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis
15. The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other by VdGG
16. Octupus by Gentle Giant
17. Misplaced Childhood by Marillion
18. Frances The Mute by The Mars Volta
19. In The Land of Grey And Pink by Caravan
20. Third by Soft Machine
21. Lateralus by Tool
22. Larks’ Tongues In Aspic by King Crimson
23. Moonmadness by Camel
24. Moving Waves by Focus
25. A night At The Opera by Queen
26. Pampered Menial by Pavlov’s Dog
27. Agaetis Byrjun by Sigur Ros
28. L by Steve Hillage
29. Five Bridges by The Nice
30. Music In A Dolls House by Family
31. Roxy Music by Roxy Music
32. Moontan by Golden Earring
33. All Together Now by Argent
34. Hatfield And The North by Hatfield And The North
35. Flying Teapot by Gong
36. Dance of The Lemmings by Amon Duul II
37. In Search Of The Lost Chord by The Moody Blues
38. Phaedra by Tangerine Dream
39. Once Again by Barclay James Harvest
40. 666 by Aphrodite’s Child

But don't think is an accurate list, lots of great albums missing.

Iván