Best American Album

Too bad +Live+ is not considered prog. Throwing Copper would get my vote.

wait a second... Why is The Mars Volta De-loused in the Comatorium not listed? I switch my vote to De-loused. It's a phenomenal album.

Edited by mcentra - January 28 2020 at 12:45

Skywatcher72 wrote: Dream theatre Not sure why I can't vote , am I on the naughty step ?

Skywatcher72 wrote: Dream theatre Not sure why I can't vote , am I on the naughty step ?

 

TPE. The depth and complexity of his compositions, especially on The Tale of the Golden King, is astonishing and far exceeds everything else on this list.

Edited by Braka1 - April 17 2020 at 11:53

SteveG wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: Mirakaze wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: By the way, even Tim Buckley's own record company tried to dissuade him from releasing it, presumably because they thought it had no commercial potential.  Are we really going to trust record companies to tell us which music is good and which isn't? I happen to agree with Tim Buckley's record company in the case of the Lorca album. I hate to say it but Lorca is way overrated.

Why? I genuinely am curious as I've been very interested in notions of overrated (why I did that Beatles topic as I'd hoped to explore such notions, but got a little sidetracked by using the Beatles as an example, instead of it turning into more of a general epistemological discussion). To some it just seems to mean I don't value it as much as you (but there is no point arguing taste), and to me I look at specific claims and specific instances of overrating. For instance, someone has given it undue credit, which one can then demonstrate to be inaccurate or invalid (provide evidence and sound reasons).

I rate it highly, by the way, but that's just a matter of my taste. I haven't been that familiar with most people's position on the merits of the album.


Anyway, I'll give Bateless Edge a vote since it has none.

I don't have a favourite American Prog album, but I guess if I had to choose just one (Prog meaning it's in the archives), I probably would go with Perry Leopold's Christian Lucifer, I adore that album. When it comes to the US, I am partaulrly into the psych and folk (especially acid folk) scenes. I also like lots of the jazz ones and avant prog ones.

Some of my favourites in PA include albums by:

Perry leopold (as mentioned)
David Axelrod
Booby Beausoleil for Lucifer Rising (sure he was a Manson family-related murderer, but great music)
Tim Buckley
Terry Riley
Fifty Foot Hose
The Advancement
The Residents
Miles Davis
Herbie Hancock
Eddie Henderson
Bennie Maupin
Julian Priester
Lenny White
McLuhan
Zygoat
Wulf Zendik
Weather Report (for the first two albums)
Mirthkon
U Totem
Fun Machine
Absolute Zero
Silver Apples (in Proto Prog)
Thinking Plague (especially for the early years)
Motor Totemist Guild
Ga'an
Charming Hostess
Bent Knee
Bob Drake
Faun Fables
The Muffins
Hamster Theatre
Lobster Newberg
Masada
Platypus

The site lists News from Babel as from the US, not sure why. That turned into more of a laundry list than I had hoped.

By the way U Totem was one of the first more modern bands that I loved. The self-titled is brilliant. I'd tried some of the more popular modern Prog stuff and it didn't appeal at all.