Best Instrumental Album

I like Camel......have all the early albums , but I have always thought that the Snow Goose was a bit too laid back and boring at times. 

"On a dilemma between what I need and what I just want
Between your thighs I feel a sensation
How long can I resist the temptation?
I've got my bird, you've got your man
So who else do we need, really?"

Since there's no song I like more than Moon in June, and the lyrics are a part of me, it's very hard for me to think of Third as an instrumental album. But... as it is a mostly instrumental album, and it has enough pure instrumentals to cover one and a half LPs, or three sides of a double LP album, and aside from the other instrumental tracks I love the instrumental in Moon and June, and furthermore I rather dislike pedantry (especially when it comes from me slightly all the time), I will vote the same way, ticky tacky ticky, that eight other out-out-bloody-rageous people voted, and give it to Third. I adore that album, and over, up, over, up, down, if we want to be really nit-picky, the question would be better phrased as favourite rather than best album, but that would be a bit much.

Edited by Logan - September 29 2016 at 15:06

There are ton of purely instrumental albums in PA

The majority of albums in my collection have no vocals, and I have a large number that are mostly instrumental, and the vast majority of my collection with or without any vocalizing don't have lyrics, but the impurest in me would also happily consider albums as instrumental that have some talking, some inarticulate vocals, or some chanting.

Right now playing a fave of mine: Bobby Beausoleil's Lucifer Rising, which is not to call it a classic of Prog album.

Logan wrote: There are ton of purely instrumental albums in PA The majority of albums in my collection have no vocals, and I have a large number that are mostly instrumental, and the vast majority of my collection with or without any vocalizing don't have lyrics, but the impurest in me would also happily consider albums as instrumental that have some talking, some inarticulate vocals, or some chanting. Right now playing a fave of mine: Bobby Beausoleil's Lucifer Rising, which is not to call it a classic of Prog album.

Tubular Bells, Snow Goose, Hamburger Concerto, and Sleep Dirt

"The Inner Mounting Flame", closely followed by Weather Report's "Sweetnighter'.

dwill123 wrote: "The Inner Mounting Flame", closely followed by Weather Report's "Sweetnighter'.

About third, any recommendation of the best sounding on vinyl ? 

maryes wrote: ...I want cite other albuns as for instance FINCH "The Glory of Inner Force" and "Beyond Expression" and RETURN TO FOREVER "The Romantic Warrior" !!!

Jeff Beck - Wired.
Univers Zero - everything but Clivages will do for now.
Art Zoyd - Metropolis - more darkness and paranoia than any mere mortal can handle.
Djam Karet - everything but I'll default to the Devouring For now
Could be Camels Goose but I'll go for the Live Record version.
Zappa / Mothers - Shut Up AN' Play yer Guitar or Orchestral Favorites (the demos for this album are even more exquisite btw, watch out for them)
John Paul Jones - Zooma (does for the bass what Hendrix did for guitar).
Tortoise - It's All Around You - more fine melodies balanced against intense rhythm.