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Poll Question: Which is your favourite album?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
13 [22.03%]
1 [1.69%]
8 [13.56%]
1 [1.69%]
1 [1.69%]
0 [0.00%]
0 [0.00%]
1 [1.69%]
19 [32.20%]
15 [25.42%]
0 [0.00%]
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    Posted: January 08 2024 at 14:50
Jon has my vote
A very good cuvée
Chris, Rick and Bill' works are favs
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1. Fish Out of Water
2. The Light Program
3. Beginnings
4. Six Wives of Henry VIII
5. Feels Good to Me
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Chris Squire - Fish Out Of Water
Jon Anderson - Olias Of Sunhillow
Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives Of Henry VIII
Patrick Moraz - The Story Of I
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Originally posted by cemego cemego wrote:

OK prog friends, laugh at me all you want... But outside of Buggles, I think the best thing Geoff Downes EVER DID was "The Light Program" album.  I had it on cassette when it first came out and I played it so much I wore it out and needed to buy a new one.  Funny thing is, everything he has done since (Asia, Yes, etc) has been crap.   For me, Geoff Downes was only good in Buggles and THIS album.  If you haven't heard The Light Program, get some headphones and give it a listen.  It could be considered saccharin program music, but the moods and sonic/rhythmic changes are very very interesting if not GENIUS.  It was definitely a unique approach and worthy of recognition. I liked the Yes Drama album, but this album is truly the pinnacle of his work "IMHO".

One well-deserved vote for Geoff Downes and one sympathy vote for Billy Sherwood. Smile
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The top 3 of the poll sum it up really - but played Squire yesterday, and it was so special... so it has to be Fish Out of Water for me.
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Chris Squire, and Rick Wakeman.
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Originally posted by cemego cemego wrote:

OK prog friends, laugh at me all you want... But outside of Buggles, I think the best thing Geoff Downes EVER DID was "The Light Program" album.  I had it on cassette when it first came out and I played it so much I wore it out and needed to buy a new one.  Funny thing is, everything he has done since (Asia, Yes, etc) has been crap.   For me, Geoff Downes was only good in Buggles and THIS album.  If you haven't heard The Light Program, get some headphones and give it a listen.  It could be considered saccharin program music, but the moods and sonic/rhythmic changes are very very interesting if not GENIUS.  It was definitely a unique approach and worthy of recognition. I liked the Yes Drama album, but this album is truly the pinnacle of his work "IMHO".

Not laughing, and I agree with you that The Light Program is quite a good album, though IMO not on par with the best albums of this poll list. And, personally, I prefer some of Downs band contributions (Yes, Asia) over his solo efforts.

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The Fish with no doubts

Your choice is fine!  Have you ever seen this video?  Squire's fashion sense is a scream!! 
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Six Wives for me, easily.
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Trevor Horn, Oliver Wakeman, and Igor Khoroshev have also released solo albums.

About Horn, I didn't even know before just now. But apparently he did a soundtrack album in his own name for an anime in 2017 called The Reflection Big smile




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<span style=": rgb240, 241, 245;">Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives of Henry VIII.</span>






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Six Wives for me, easily.
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Originally posted by suitkees suitkees wrote:

^ I listened to it when it came out and I can only say that it's not better than what he did with Yes (far from that - not to say that it is just average). I was also disappointed by the Conspiracy album he did with Squire; after that I left Sherwood behind.

All the other albums of this list are better than average, but I only own 8 of them (I had the others on cassette, but not anymore...).

Edit: oh well, the Rabin album wasn't that great either...



And that's why I'm not thrilled at all about Sherwood replacing Squire on Yes, and it doesn't give me high hopes at the prospect of them releasing a new studio album at some point.
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Originally posted by cemego cemego wrote:

OK prog friends, laugh at me all you want... But outside of Buggles, I think the best thing Geoff Downes EVER DID was "The Light Program" album.  I had it on cassette when it first came out and I played it so much I wore it out and needed to buy a new one.  Funny thing is, everything he has done since (Asia, Yes, etc) has been crap.   For me, Geoff Downes was only good in Buggles and THIS album.  If you haven't heard The Light Program, get some headphones and give it a listen.  It could be considered saccharin program music, but the moods and sonic/rhythmic changes are very very interesting if not GENIUS.  It was definitely a unique approach and worthy of recognition. I liked the Yes Drama album, but this album is truly the pinnacle of his work "IMHO".

outside of Buggles, best thing he ever did was on Yes's Drama if you ask me.
I also like a few Asia albums. 
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OK prog friends, laugh at me all you want... But outside of Buggles, I think the best thing Geoff Downes EVER DID was "The Light Program" album.  I had it on cassette when it first came out and I played it so much I wore it out and needed to buy a new one.  Funny thing is, everything he has done since (Asia, Yes, etc) has been crap.   For me, Geoff Downes was only good in Buggles and THIS album.  If you haven't heard The Light Program, get some headphones and give it a listen.  It could be considered saccharin program music, but the moods and sonic/rhythmic changes are very very interesting if not GENIUS.  It was definitely a unique approach and worthy of recognition. I liked the Yes Drama album, but this album is truly the pinnacle of his work "IMHO".
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Rednight Rednight wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:


Yes, it's the Beginnings of another Ramshackled  series of album polls, which Still Feels Good to Me, despite feeling like a Fish Out of Water this time last year. Smile

be kind, I may disagree with Paul a lot of time, i'm still trying to be kind nevertheless. 
No need to post the most negative emoticon we got here. 
Maybe Rednight thinks it's a Ramshackled poll, and at least it shows he reads the intros to my polls, but thanks for your unexpected support anyway. Smile
 
And Yes, we do tend to disagree rather a lot, but the wonderful world of prog would be incredibly dull if we all agreed on everything. Smile
 
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Jon Anderson. Olias of Sunhillow is a fantastic album, above the rest.
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Originally posted by Rednight Rednight wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:


Yes, it's the Beginnings of another Ramshackled  series of album polls, which Still Feels Good to Me, despite feeling like a Fish Out of Water this time last year. Smile

be kind, I may disagree with Paul a lot of time, i'm still trying to be kind nevertheless. 
No need to post the most negative emoticon we got here. 
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:


Yes, it's the Beginnings of another Ramshackled  series of album polls, which Still Feels Good to Me, despite feeling like a Fish Out of Water this time last year. Smile
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^ Great picture! Thumbs Up
 
I like your new profile picture too, which is even more psychedelic than my Jimi Hendrix rainbow avatar. Smile

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