Top 7 Barclay James Harvest Songs - Progressive Rock Music Forum

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.

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

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!

All Barclay James Harvest albums in BLOCK CAPITALS in chronological order of release.

I've added a couple of extra songs onto the usual Top 5 list to hopefully make it a bit more interesting.

Simply list your Top 7 Barclay James Harvest songs in order of preference below and then I'll assign points to your listings as follows:-

1st song - 12 points

2nd song - 8 points

3rd song - 6 points

4th song - 4 points

5th song - 3 points

6th song - 2 points

7th song - 1 point

All of the points divide neatly into the number 24.

Here's my BJH Top 7 to get the poll underway:-

1. Suicide (12 points)

2. Mocking Bird (8 points)

3. Poor Man's Moody Blues (6 points)

4. Medicine Man (4 points)

5. She Said (3 points)

6. Hymn (2 points)

7. Titles (1 point)

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