Top 7 Barclay James Harvest Songs

BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST are the featured artist this time around, as we ONCE AGAIN list our favourite songs and delve into the history of BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST & OTHER SHORT STORIES. Who can forget the cute picture of  BABY JAMES HARVEST poking his head out of a plant pot on their fourth album cover. Here at ProgArchives, EVERYONE IS EVERYBODY ELSE in the progosphere, where the classic albums of BJH appear like TIME HONOURED GHOSTS from time to time. The eighth month of the year was OCTOBER ON the ancient Roman calendar, making it the perfect name for the eighth Barclay James Harvest album. The band took a short break, but weren't GONE TO EARTH for long though before returning  with their best-selling album of all time in 1977. In the XII Kingdoms of Prog, Barclay James Harvest reigned supreme and the EYES OF THE UNIVERSE were upon them in 1982 for their Concert for the People in Berlin. This landmark gig for BJH preceded a TURN OF THE TIDE in the Cold War when a RING OF CHANGES were on the way and the old Soviet leaders became VICTIMS OF CIRCUMSTANCE, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The world became a safer place with no more FACE TO FACE Cold War confrontations between East and West with the ever-present threat of nuclear armageddon hanging over the world. History didn't end in 1991 though, and in the prophetic words of Messrs Emerson, Lake & Palmer, WELCOME TO THE SHOW that never ends, because there were new threats on the way in a new century. CAUGHT IN THE LIGHT of a beautifully clear morning on 11th September 2001, an airliner flew low over New York City..... The RIVER OF DREAMS would soon be shattered forever!

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - July 01 2020 at 10:19

^^ Your #1 choice "Ra" is a BJH song I'm not familiar with. I'll have to give it a listen.

BaldFriede wrote: i will keep out of this. There is a reason why I call them Barclay James Harmless.

Psychedelic Paul wrote: BaldFriede wrote: i will keep out of this. There is a reason why I call them Barclay James Harmless.   I guessed you weren't a big fan of BJH from one of your comments in a previous blog.

Psychedelic Paul wrote: BaldFriede wrote: i will keep out of this. There is a reason why I call them Barclay James Harmless.   I guessed you weren't a big fan of BJH from one of your comments in a previous blog.

"Once Again" is one of my all-time favourite albums (let alone prog albums) but I've never been able to get into any of their others, they just don't really do anything for me, so I won't vote as my top 7 would be pretty much that album.

Psychedelic Paul wrote: ^^ Your #1 choice "Ra" is a BJH song I'm not familiar with. I'll have to give it a listen.

Have you listened yet ?? Ra is an amazing song from the Octoberon album. Love the bombastic / mellow contrasts.

Edited by Tom Ozric - July 03 2020 at 05:39

Psychedelic Paul wrote: Tom Ozric wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: ^^ Your #1 choice "Ra" is a BJH song I'm not familiar with. I'll have to give it a listen. Have you listened yet ?? Ra is an amazing song from the Octoberon album. Love the bombastic / mellow contrasts. At the moment, "Ra" is in joint first place on 12 points with my #1 choice "Suicide", seeing as we're the only two PA members who have voted in the poll so far.   When you mentioned "Ra" is on the Octoberon album, I realised that particular album is already in my collection, so I'll have to give "Ra" another listen. Thanks for the recommendation.

You’re very welcome ! There are lots of BJH fans here but most probably can’t be bothered posting their faves for the umpteenth time.......just a hunch.

Psychedelic Paul wrote: ^^ As far as I'm aware, there hasn't been a BJH Top 5, Top 7 or Top 10 songs poll prior to this one.

Fair ‘nuff. Maybe it’s just my prescence.......

Edited by Tom Ozric - July 03 2020 at 07:54

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