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SteveG 
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 Topic: Great Albums you discovered on PA
Posted: February 20 2015 at 15:33 |
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List the great (and near great albums) you discovered on PA and the site you found the album on such as Album Reviews, Discussion Posts, Prog Recommendations, etc.
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LearsFool
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Posted: February 20 2015 at 15:42 |
Almost all of my prog albums, the exceptions being those by Floyd, Yes, Genesis, ELP, Van der Graaf Generator, Soft Machine, Khan, PFM, and Osamu Kitajima.
Probably my biggest and best PA discovery was Cardiacs.
Also, a thread here introduced me to In The Flat Field and Only Theatre of Pain.
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HolyMoly
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Posted: February 20 2015 at 17:17 |
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Discovered quite a few favorites via David (Guldbamsen) - the first big home run was Franco Battiato, probably from the listening thread (he was mainly mentioning the albums Fetus and Pollution, but I started there and kept going). Then there was Dungen (I bought "4" after he mentioned the band was really good), from my "Favorite Song Today" thread. Then that really insane album by Don Bradshaw-Leather. Those are just my three favorites.
Jim (Finnforest) deserves many thanks for introducing me to a lot of avant-garde-oriented 70s Italian acts. Too many to list here, but it was all because I started a thread after deciding I wanted more stuff in the vein of Franco Battiato - on the "fringes of RPI", I think is how I put it. I think the biggest hit of these was either ART FLEURY - I Luoghi dei Potere (edit: actually I think Pierre (hellogoodbye) deserves the credit for this one); and NASCITA DELLA SFERA - "Per Una Scultura di Ceschia"
And I should also mention that my tastes have been forever enhanced by my friends in the Shred, probably the coolest guys/girls on the planet hang out there. Thanks guys/girls!
Edited by HolyMoly - February 20 2015 at 17:20
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Horizons
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Posted: February 20 2015 at 17:41 |
Like my fellow Shredder said, there have been many key people on PA that have changed and influenced my tastes in music in a very big way. The browsing of the archive itself has introduced to me Porcupine Tree, a very pivotal band for me as well as my favorite band of all time - The Mars Volta.
Thanks PA and all of the awesomeness filled people that lurk about it.
Much love.
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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sublime220
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Posted: February 20 2015 at 17:55 |
All Italian Prog which is currently my favourite genre. Seriously, thanks PA, even though I haven't been on it for more than a month.
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Polymorphia
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Posted: February 20 2015 at 18:11 |
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A lot of them. I was into a few prog artists before discovering the site, but people on this site (particularly in the Shred) have definitely expanded my tastes, and not just within prog. I also scoured through a couple non-prog recommendation threads when I first arrived, which is how I discovered several genres in general.
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zravkapt
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Posted: February 21 2015 at 00:45 |
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: February 21 2015 at 00:54 |
I lost count after the first 100
Iván
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richardh
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Posted: February 21 2015 at 02:39 |
I tend to dive in and can't say I'm honestly that influenced by reviews as I'm usually bored after the first couple of lines (sorry!). Also much vaunted bands like Haken leave me underwhelmed. So occasionally I try something new just for the hell of it and not because someone has recommended it to me. So for instance I came to Anathema totally independent of PA. They are now my favourite artist of the covering the last 3 years. My second fave would be Bat For Lashes ( Natasha Khan) and she is not even here! I love Muse and that happened because I heard them on the radio. However that said I have picked up a few gems in recent years thanks to PA. Ones that readily spring to mind Three Monks - Neo Gothic Progressive Toccatas (gorgeous keyboard prog utilising the trio format , thanks Windhawk for that one I think) Fright Pig - Out Of The Barnyard ( I can probably thank Ivan above for that one as I think it was his review that pricked my interest) David Minasian - Random Acts Of Beauty ( sorry can't remember who recommended that one but thanks if they know who they are!) Dream The Electric Sleep - Heretics ( Gallifrey thanks!) Pallas - Dreams Of Men ( Nick aka 'progbethyname' - thanks!) If I can think of others I will give them due credit!
Edited by richardh - February 21 2015 at 02:41
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moshkito
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Posted: February 21 2015 at 11:53 |
Hi,
None, really.
I tend to allow music to come to me, so to speak, and sometimes I arrive to it. On occasion, I have heard a couple of things on a link from here, but I can not remember a single one where I bought the album outright.
There are way too many bands, that I would consider, "second tier", that are valuable to the mode and legacy of progressive music, but, unfortunately, they have not grabbed my attention. I'm one of those people that has a tendency to find things on his own ... although there are many folks that I respect their ideas, and will listen to their suggestions, but those folks are less than a handful for me!
Normally, as I said, the music is just "there" for me. I can not explain that very well, but it's true. But I can tell you that some folks had excellent tastes in music and in their choices. Guy Guden was one, and I would say that Dean is another, as are a few other folks in this board, but generally, too much of the tastes around here have to tend towards "I like", and no ability to discuss its value within the art form. Some bands created the art form ... others just copied it! How does the saying goes? ... if you don't make it, you teach it? (... so you can punish your students into submission?!!!!!!)
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Horizons
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Posted: February 21 2015 at 12:05 |
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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richardh
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Posted: February 22 2015 at 03:07 |
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ExittheLemming
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Posted: February 22 2015 at 04:56 |
It's unlikely that any of these releases would have 'found me' of their own accord without recourse to PA. What lollies are you suckin' on Pedro?  Second Hands - the GourishankarMelancholia - InquireMaxophone - MaxophoneIn Absentia - Porcupine Tree (from a review by Chicapah) III - BarbaroFlight of the Cosmic Hippo - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (from a review by Chicapah) The Whirlwind - Transatlantic (from a review by Chicapah) Cold Cuts - Nicholas GreenwoodSingalonga Songs for the Damned & Delirious - Diablo Swing OrchestraAreknames - AreknamesUnity - Larry Young (recommended by JS) Maledetti - AreaAu-Dela Du Delire - AngeOpen Up - EthosPsy - Guru GuruHeavy Rock Spectacular - Bram StokerAndromeda - Runaway TotemThis entire post was dictated to me whilst I was asleep by a non-corporeal or "praeterhuman" being that called itself 'Ahm Naw Tha T'sillee'
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Dean
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Posted: February 22 2015 at 06:56 |
Since thus far the PA has only occupied the last 7 years of some 50+ years of listening to music then most of the bands whose albums I have bought in the past seven years I was already aware of before arriving at the door-step of this edifice, for example The Mars Volta, Opeth, Pain of Salvation, To Mera, Evergrey, Orphaned Land, The Gathering, Porcupine Tree, The Flower Kings, Transatlantic, Mostly Autumn, Karnataka, Ozric Tentacles, Kayo Dot, Sigur Rós etc., were already known to me, some of them for many years.
Even Battles, whose excellent début album Mirrored was released a few days after my first post here, were being highly touted across the interwebs and in the popular music press for several months before then. In fact I was a little surprised to see them mentioned here at all and that altered my perspective of the PA considerably, though not my perspective of music.
Similarly, bands like The Dear Hunter, Haken and Secret Green would have come to my attention whether PA existed or not.
However, there are a two that stand out as being albums I probably wouldn't have heard if it were not for the PA:
The Pax Cecilia - Blessed Are The Bonds ( I believe they arrived in my Crossover suggestions box, recommended by The Progtologist Jody) Franco Battiato - Sulle corde di Aries (Prompted solely by Micky's avatar)
Edited by Dean - February 22 2015 at 07:01
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: February 22 2015 at 07:06 |
 HolyMoly wrote:
Discovered quite a few favorites via David (Guldbamsen) - the first big home run was Franco Battiato, probably from the listening thread (he was mainly mentioning the albums Fetus and Pollution, but I started there and kept going). Then there was Dungen (I bought "4" after he mentioned the band was really good), from my "Favorite Song Today" thread. Then that really insane album by Don Bradshaw-Leather. Those are just my three favorites.
Jim (Finnforest) deserves many thanks for introducing me to a lot of avant-garde-oriented 70s Italian acts. Too many to list here, but it was all because I started a thread after deciding I wanted more stuff in the vein of Franco Battiato - on the "fringes of RPI", I think is how I put it. I think the biggest hit of these was either ART FLEURY - I Luoghi dei Potere (edit: actually I think Pierre (hellogoodbye) deserves the credit for this one); and NASCITA DELLA SFERA - "Per Una Scultura di Ceschia"
And I should also mention that my tastes have been forever enhanced by my friends in the Shred, probably the coolest guys/girls on the planet hang out there. Thanks guys/girls!
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Thanks man  Needless to say that I've received my fair share of recs from Steve as well - spanning from Post-punk albums and old school rockers like The Guess Who to left-field artists such as Jandek and Negativland.
What more? Well I've followed my share of reviewers on PA and subsequently used a LOT of cash trying to catch up. I'm not going to start naming reviewers because in the end I know I'll forget half of them.
Three albums I mostly likely never would've heard - but have because of this site:
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: February 22 2015 at 08:40 |
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I'm not sure I can name any I have bought based uniquely on PA though I'm sure there are a few. It tends to be more of the result of multiple influences before I buy. I'm on here & ProgEars very regularly, and the Avant Prog group on FB run by Udi Koomran. There are usually long running threads that drive my interest to explore (such as the current PE Cardiacs thread). Those three tend to be the initial contact points I'll then check out Gnosis, RYM, bandcamp, itune, youtube, progstreaming and the like. I pretty much watch for anything coming from Cuneiform, Soleil Zeuhl & Altrock. So it's much more a blended result of multiple sources than any one place.
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Ian
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moshkito
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Posted: February 22 2015 at 11:08 |
Horizons wrote:
Oh lord.
THEY COME TO ME |
When you have been into music for 55 years, your comment is very stupid!
You simply can not read well enough yet to know what is being said!
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Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told!
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moshkito
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Posted: February 22 2015 at 11:12 |
Dean wrote:
Since thus far the PA has only occupied the last 7 years of some 50+ years of listening to music then most of the bands whose albums I have bought in the past seven years I was already aware of before arriving at the door-step of this edifice, for example The Mars Volta, Opeth, Pain of Salvation, To Mera, Evergrey, Orphaned Land, The Gathering, Porcupine Tree, The Flower Kings, Transatlantic, Mostly Autumn, Karnataka, Ozric Tentacles, Kayo Dot, Sigur Rós etc., were already known to me, some of them for many years.
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Than you Dean ... I was starting to lose faith that you and I were the only old foggies around here ...
I was thinking that of the top 100 there were only 5 or 6 bands that I had not heard ... and I STILL have not bothered because there is too much of anything else out there that I can barely keep up with!
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Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told!
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: February 22 2015 at 11:41 |
moshkito wrote:
I tend to allow music to come to me, so to speak, and sometimes I arrive to it. On occasion, I have heard a couple of things on a link from here, but I can not remember a single one where I bought the album outright.
Horizons wrote:
Oh lord.
THEY COME TO ME |
When you have been into music for 55 years, your comment is very stupid!
You simply can not read well enough yet to know what is being said! |
Since you continually demean the posters on this site with your prescient, demi-godlike ability to absorb proper music as if by photosynthesis, all the while obliviously ignoring other people's opinions while you vomit your wooly words of half-wisdom, I wonder why you continue to mingle here with the mere mortals. After all, the narcissistic pedestal you've erected for yourself has no room for aught else but your puffy pomposity. Your hair-shirted prophet-in-the-wilderness spewing stream-of-consciousness musical gibberish shtick isn't even amusing anymore from an ironic standpoint. It is tedious. If, as you infer, this site has absolutely no value for you; if, as you readily state, the posters on this site prefer to compare guitarists than talk in the metaphysical sense of music in the pure artistic form that you so obviously have a patent on; if, as you bludgeon the site with during every post, that no one here has an ounce of musical sense; if, as you imply like it is your mantra, that you are more literate than anyone here, then why the hell continue to post your bloated banalities to an inattentive audience? Shouldn't you find a musical ashram to put your pedestal in where you can espouse your profundities to someone who gives a damn? Oh, that's right, attendance would be sparse, if non-existent. On this rock, Mosh has built a church of one. 
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Posted: February 22 2015 at 11:54 |
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Help I'm a rock!.
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