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BrufordFreak 
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Okay, I think I've finally got my Top 30 for this 20-year period.
1. FLAIRCK Gevecht Met De Engel 2. MR. SIRIUS Barren Dreams 3. PAT METHENY Secret Story 4. ESKATON 4 Visions 5. SIGUR RÓS Ágćtus Byrjun 6. HÖYRY-KONE Huono Parturi 7. AFTER CRYING Overground Music 8. PAT METHENY & LYLE MAYS As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls 9. SBB Memento z banalnym triptykiem 10. KING CRIMSON Discipline 11. UNIVERS ZERO Uzed 12. KATE BUSH The Dreaming 13. THE PAT METHENY GROUP Still Life (Talking) 14. DAVID SYLVIAN Gone to Earth 15. PÄR LINDH PROJECT Mundus Incompertus 16. ÄNGLAGĹRD Epilog 17. AFTER CRYING Megalázottak é Megszomorítottak 18. OZRIC TENTACLES Jurassic Shift 19. GALADRIEL Muttered Promises from an Ageless Pond 20. SOLARIS Marsibéli Krónikák 21. PAZZO FANFANO DI MUSICA Pazzo Fanfano di Musica 22. KINGSTON WALL III - Trilogy 23. DISCIPLINE Unfolded Like Staircase 24. PORCUPINE TREE Sky Moves Sideways 25. LANDBERK Indian Summer 26. ECHOLYN Suffocating the Bloom 27. SOLSTICE Silent Dance 28. THE FLOWER KINGS Flower Power 29. IN THE WOODS Omnio 30. COLLAGE Moonshine Don't ya love how we're all SO DIFFERENT??!!! Edited by BrufordFreak - June 12 2020 at 06:58 |
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Jaketejas
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Posted: June 02 2020 at 17:42 |
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I think you forgot one. Just kidding
 I like that you added Kate Bush.  Edited by Jaketejas - June 02 2020 at 17:43 |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: June 02 2020 at 18:03 |
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I don't have a Top 30, but my favourite prog album of the 80's and 90's is Pink Floyd's "Division Bell"
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richardh
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Posted: June 03 2020 at 01:44 |
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Please to see that Par Lindh Project album getting some love. There is of course a heck of a lot I don't know
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richardh
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Posted: June 03 2020 at 02:06 |
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Not all prog , but I decided to do a list and stick to only one album per artist . For this period that was impossible for me so I have cheated 1. IQ - Ever 2. Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love 3. Rush - Moving Pictures 4. Eloy - Time To Turn 5. Iron Maiden - Powerslave 6. Vangelis - Voices 7. Par Lindh Project - Mundus Incompertus 8. Jean Michel Jarre - Rendez-Vous 9. Anglagard- Hybris 10. Mansun - Six 11. Tangerine Dream - Tangram 12. Mike Oldfield - Amarok 13. Stephen Caudel - Wine Dark Sea 14. Al Stewart - The Last Days Of Century 15. Porcupine Tree - Up The Downstair 16. Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes 17. Placebo - Placebo 18. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill 19. Keith Emerson - Honky 20. Mark Isham - Vapor Trails 21. Enya - Watermark 22. Yes - Talk 23. Peter Gabriel - PG3 24. Simple Minds - Sparkle In The Rain 25. Marillion - Fugazi 26. Asia- Asia 27. Clair Hammill - Voices 28. Kayak - Merlin 29. Muse - Showbiz 30. Radiohead - Ok Computer
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Lewian
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Posted: June 03 2020 at 04:49 |
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I somewhat compromised my personal taste with what I think are the most groundbreaking albums, so the list is a bit of a compromise, probably by and large but not totally dominated by taste (particularly I only put albums in the first category that I think I don't only like but a proper prog and music enthusiast should really know these). And as I wrote elsewhere, album quality rules, no "no artist twice" rule, and if that means that the mighty Art Zoyd occur six times in my lists from 1980-2020, so be it. First category
King Crimson - Discipline Camberwell Now - The Ghost Trade .O.Rang - Herd of Instinct Talk Talk - Laughing Stock Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden Brian Eno and David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees Fred Frith & Francois-Michel Pesenti - Helter Skelter Fred Frith - Step across the Border Art Zoyd - Haxan Cardiacs - A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window Kate Bush - Hounds of Love Kate Bush - The Dreaming Radiohead - OK Computer Slint - Spiderland Bill Bruford"s Earthworks - Earthworks Second Category Tarentel - From Bone to Satellite Holger Czukay & Dr. Walker - Clash Cardiacs - On Land and in the Sea Art Zoyd - Marathonnere I Art Zoyd - Berlin Peter Hammill - Patience King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair Kong - Phlegm Univers Zero - Ceux du Dehors Renaissance - Camera Camera (I'm serious!) Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle Dun - Eros After Crying - De Profundis Bark Psychosis - Hex Edited by Lewian - June 03 2020 at 07:10 |
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essexboyinwales
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Posted: June 03 2020 at 07:07 |
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My top 30 "PA albums" from the 80s and 90s, in no particular order: Ayreon - Into The Electric Castle IQ - Tales From The Lush Attic IQ - The Wake IQ - Nomzamo IQ - Are You Sitting Comfortably? IQ - Ever IQ - Subterranea Marillion - Misplaced Childhood Marillion - Clutching At Straws Marillion - Seasons End Marillion - Brave It Bites - The Big Lad In The Windmill It Bites - Once Around The World Dream Theater - When Dream And Day Unite Dream Theater - Images And Words Dream Theater - Metropolis Part 2: Scenes From A Memory Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes Blue Oyster Cult - Imaginos Metallica - Master Of Puppets Metallica - ...And Justice For All King's X - Out Of The Silent Planet King's X - Gretchen Goes To Nebraska King's X - Faith, Hope, Love King's X - King's X Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse Of Reason Pendragon - The Jewel Mike Oldfield - Five Miles Out Mike Oldfield - Amarok Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells 2 Arena - The Visitor |
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Posted: June 03 2020 at 07:22 |
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I approve
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Posted: June 06 2020 at 16:39 |
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14. SBB – Memento Z Banalnym Tryptykiem. It is an awesome song.
Despite the fact that I speak Polish, I still have no clue what the lyrics are about. They're like super abstract poetry. xDDDDD |
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Bez pierdolenia sygnał zerwie, to w realia wychodź w hełmie!
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No special order Cardiacs - A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden Anekdoten - Vemod Univers Zero - Uzed Eros - Dun Radiohead - The Bends Landberk - Indian Summer Bark Psychosis - Hex Voivod - Nothingface Art Zoyd - Génération Sans Futur Bjork - Homogenic Tim Smith - Tim Smith´s Extra special OceanLandWorld Cardiacs - Sign To God The Chameleons - Script Of The Bridge Tool - Aenima Faith No More - King For a Day.. Marillion - Brave Rush - Moving Pictures In The Woods... - Omnio IQ - Ever Ulver - Bergtatt GYBE! - Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada The La´s - The La´s Talk Talk - Laughing Stock My Bloody Valentine - Loveless Twelfth Night - Live and Let Live XTC - Skylarking Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream Queensryche - Operation Livecrime Sigur Ros - Agaetys Byrjun Honorable mentions: Mr Bungle - California Slowdive - Soulvlaki The Church - Priest Aura King Crimson - Discipline Metallica - Ride The Lightning Napalm death - Scum Anathema - Alternative 4 Edited by Progmind - June 11 2020 at 21:57 |
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BrufordFreak
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Posted: June 12 2020 at 07:01 |
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LOVE seeing the two Voices albums and Alanis Morissette! and the Isham and Simple Minds albums. I couldn't agree more!
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BrufordFreak
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AWESOME lists, Lewian! LOVE seeing Slint, Sylvian, and Earthworks! You caught me on a few that I've never even heard of--whole bands! (Camberwell Now and .O.Rang. I'll be checking them out!)
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Posted: June 12 2020 at 07:08 |
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Who the heck is King's X??? (Guess I'll be checking them out!)
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Nice to see The Chameleons, XTC, MBV, The Church, and Bergtatt getting some love!
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Lewian
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BrufordFreak: Your positivity is uplifting; I love posting in your threads and getting responses like this. Thanks! I think Bill did some truly awesome work with Earthworks not only on that album. I also saw them live twice and was both times stunned. I don't really get why Earthworks don't do well with PA raters. Edited by Lewian - June 12 2020 at 15:43 |
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Posted: June 13 2020 at 16:15 |
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Exactly this, thanks!! And i dont know either!
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Lewian
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Posted: June 13 2020 at 16:21 |
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And while we're at positivity, I love your list, too! (Sigur Ros!!!)
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Posted: June 13 2020 at 16:23 |
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Damnit! I always forget that one isn't pre-1980. Would have made my list had I not mode that chronic foible of chronology.
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Posted: June 26 2020 at 01:14 |
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You certainly should, those first 4 albums are stunning😎 |
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