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    Posted: June 21 2021 at 08:37
Another great year for prog with many of the old favourites clear and present in my Top 10, including a fair sprinkling of live albums and venturing Beyond the Beyond into the realms of Fantasy. Smile

Barclay James Harvest - Live
Camel - Mirage
Caravan - Caravan & the New Symphonia
Fantasy - Beyond the Beyond
Fruupp - The Prince of Heaven's Eyes
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Nektar - Live at London Roundhouse
Refugee - Refugee
Renaissance - Turn of the Cards
Strawbs - Hero and Heroine
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Queen - Queen II
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe
King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
ELP - Welcome Back My Friends....
Supertramp - Crime of the Century
King Crimson - Red
Jethro Tull - War Child
Yes - Relayer
Genesis - TLLDOB

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Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs
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  • The Lamb... - Genesis
  • Turn of the Cards  - Renaissance
  • Apostrophe' - Zappa
  • Red - King Crimson
  • SABB - King Crimson
  • Crime of the Century - Supertramp
  • Mirage - Camel
  • Eldorado - ELO
  • The Power & The Glory - Gentle Giant
  • Relayer - Yes
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Hatfield and the North - s/t
King Crimson - Red
Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge
Samla Mammas Manna - Klossa Knapitatet
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
Henry Cow - Unrest
Gong - You
Pekka Pohjola - Harakka Bialoipokku
Leonard Cohen - New Skin for the Old Ceremony
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14           Supertramp       Crime of the Century                      
13           Collier Music, Graham  Darius  
13           Focus    Hamburger Concerto    

13           Gong     You  
13           Harmonium       Harmonium  

13           King Crimson    Red        

13           Ptarmigan (aka Nordstrom / Dias)          Ptarmigan
13           Santana               Borboletta  
13           Santana, Carlos / Coltrane, Alice             Illuminations
13           Wyatt, Robert   Rock Bottom

Bubbling under...

12           Contraction       La Bourse Ou La Vie 
12           Cos        Postaeolian Train Robbery 

12           Garrick, Michael              Troppo 
12           Haikara - Geafar  

12           Missus Beastly - Missus Beastly

12           Quella Vecchia Locanda              Il Tempo della Gioia
12           Secret Oyster    Sea Son    
12           Sweet Smoke   Live  

12           Tangerine Dream            Phaedra      

12           Tomita - Snowflakes Are Dancing    

12           Trower, Robin  Bridge of Sighs                    

12           Yatha Sidhra      Meditation Mass    
12           Yes         Relayer

11           Argent  Encore - Live in Concert  

11           Arti + Mestieri  Tilt    
11           Atoll      Musiciens-Magiciens 

11           Ayers, Kevin      Confessions of Dr. Dream

11           Booz, Emmanuel             Le Jour Ou Les Vaches
11           Caravan               And The New Symphonia                      

11           Chicago               Chicago VII   
11           Clearlight           Clearlight Symphony    Fra         1974    

11           Cobham, Billy   Crosswinds
11           Coryell & The Eleventh House, Larry     Introducing   
 
11           Cosmic Jokers   Cosmic Jokers     

11           Deep Purple      Burn   

11           Dzyan   Electric Silence

11           Gallagher, Rory                Irish Tour 1974
11           Gryphon              Red Queen to Gryphon Three    

11           Hammill  The Silent Corner & The Empty Stage
11           Hancock, Herbie      Thrust  

11           Hatfield and The North                Hatfield and The North                  

11           Isotope                Illusion
11           Kandahar            Long Live The Sliced Ham
11           Kansas  Kansas

11           Magma Kohntarkosz    

11           Maupin, Bennie              The Jewel in the Lotus  
11           Nucleus               Under the Sun
11           Ougenweide     All die Weil ich Mag         

11           Perigeo        Genealogia 
11           Pohjola, Pekka - Harakka Bialoipokku (B The Magpie)  
11           Queen  II
11           Schulze, Klaus  - Blackdance  

11           Wigwam             Being    

11           Young, Neil        On The Beach

11           Aerosmith          Get Your Wings
    



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1. Yes - Relayer
2. Camel - Mirage
3. Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory
4. Gong - You
5. King Crimson - Red
6. King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black
7. Focus - Hamburger Concerto 
8. Duncan Mackay - Chimera
9. Quella Vecchia Locanda - Il Tempo Della Gioia
10. Triumvirat - Illusions on a Double Dimple

Honorable mentions:
Supertramp - Crime of the Century
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
Renaissance - Turn of the Cards
PFM - L'Isola Di Niente
Peter Hammill - In Camera
Eloy - Floating
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
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1. King Crimson - Starless And Bible Black
2. Gentle Giant - The Power And The Glory
3. King Crimson - Red
4. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
5. Yes - Relayer
6. Area - Caution Radiation Area
7. Hatfield And The North - Hatfield And The North
8. Egg - The Civil Surface
9. Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Roxy & Elsewhere
10. Return To Forever - Where Have I Known You Before?

Honourable mentions (I'm going to start being generous with this section cause I feel bad leaving albums out every time):
- Camel - Mirage
- Gong - You
- Henry Cow - Unrest
- Kansas - Kansas
- Mahavishnu Orchestra - Apocalypse
- Miles Davis - Get Up With It
- Renaissance - Turn Of The Cards
- Samla Mammas Manna - Klossa Knapitatet
- Supertramp - Crime Of The Century
- White Noise - White Noise 2: Concerto For Synthesizer


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King Crimson - Red
Genesis - The Lamb...
King Crimson - Starless And Bible Black
Camel - Mirage
Hatfield And The North - Hatfield And The North
Gentle Giant - The Power And The glory
Dzyan - Electric Science
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
Henry Cow - Unrest
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1. King Crimson - Red
2. Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory
3. Refugee - s/t
4. Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge
5. Supertramp - Crime Of The Century
6. Kansas - s/t
7. PFM - The World Became The World
8. Triumvirat - Illusions On A Double Dimple
9. Yes - Relayer
10. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
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Yes - Relayer
Gentle Giant - The Power And The Glory
King Crimson - Red
Miles Davis - Big Fun
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Return To Forever - Where Have I Known You Before?
Camel - Mirage
PFM - L'Isola Niente
Herbie Hancock - Thrust
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1. Magma - Köhntarkösz
2. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
3. Triumvirat - Illusions on a Double Dimple
4. Gong - You
5. Focus - Hamburger Concerto
6. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
7. Renaissance - Turn of the Cards
8. Supertramp - Crime of the Century
9. Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory
X. Yes - Relayer

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ELP - Welcome Back My Friends,
Henry Cow - Unrest
Hatfield and the North - Hatfield and the North
Yes - Relayer
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
Gong - You
Egg - The Civil Surface
Todd Rundgren's Utopia - Todd Rundgren's Utopia
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe
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Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Yes - Relayer
Todd Rundgren - Todd Rundgren's Utopia
Kansas - s/t
King Crimson - Red
King Crimson - Starless And Bible Black
Gentle Giant - The Power And The Glory
Camel - Mirage
Le Orme - Contrappunti
Pekka Pohjola - Harakka Bialoipokku
Focus - Hamburger Concerto
Kayak - Kayak II

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Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Jethro Tull - War child
King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe
Supertramp - Crime of the Century
Camel - Mirage
Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs (couldn't pass this one up, for whatever reason)
Yes - Relayer
Hatfield and the North - s/t
King Crimson - Red




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I would have guessed that 1974 would be the hardest year to limit to 10 great releases but it turns out there are way more albums from 1975 that I consider great.  I guess some bands had peaked earlier while others had yet to peak, or peaked earliier and later while sagging in the middle!  I can only come up with these, in no particular order

Barclay James Harvest - Everyone is Everybody Else
Camel - Mirage
Grobschnitt - Ballerman
Jade Warrior - Floating World
Jethro Tull - War Child (not even close to their best)
Pierrot Lunaire - s/t
Renaissance - Turn of the Cards
Secos and Molhados - II
Strawbs - Hero and Heroine
Rick Wakeman - Journey to the..




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Tod Rundgren's Utopia - Utopia
Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory
King Crimson - Red
Frank Zappa - Roxy & Elsewhere
Gong - You
Hatfield and the North - s/t
Jethro Tull - War Child

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no order:

1. Todd Rundgren's Utopia - s/t
2. Banzai - Hora Nata
3. Triumvirat - Illusions on a Double Dimple
4. Yes - Relayer
5. ELP - Welcome Back My Friends...
6. Hatfield & the North - s/t
7. SBB - s/t
8. Tadeusz Woźniak - Tadeusz Woźniak II (Odcień Ciszy)
9. Yonin Bayashi – Ishoku-Sokuhatsu
10. Czesław Niemen - Mourner's Rhapsody

But to be frank, I think 1975 had way more great albums.
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Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
Can - Soon Over Babaluma
King Crimson - Red
Yes - Relayer
Camel - Mirage
Egberto Gismonti - Academia de Dancas (not on PA)
Area - Caution Radiation Area
Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge
Henry Cow - Unrest
Magma - Kohntarkosz
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1. Supertramp: Crime of the Century
2. Genesis: The Lamb lies down on Broadway
3. Yes: Relayer
4. Rick Wakeman: Journey to the Centre of the Earth
5. Mike Oldfield: Hergest Ridge
6. Argent: Encore
7. David Bedford: Stars End
8. Barclay James Harvest: Everyone is Everybody Else
9. Traffic: When the Eagle flies
10. E.L.P.: Welcome Back My Friends...
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1. GENESIS The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
2. UTOPIA Todd Rundgren's Utopia
3. MIKE OLDFIELD Hergest Ridge
4. SUPERTRAMP Crime of the Century
5. YES Relayer
6. PTARMIGAN Ptarmigan
7. TODD RUNDGREN Todd
8. FOCUS Hamburger Concerto
9. COS Postaeolian Train Robbery
10. BLUE ÖYSTER CULT Secret Treaties

11. ARTI & MESTIERI Tilt
12. DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES War Babies
13. STEELY DAN Pretzel Logic
14. PREMIATA FORNERIA MARCONI L'isola di niente
15. RENAISSANCE Turn of the Cards
16. GINO VANELLI Powerful People
17. QUELLA VECCHIA LOCANDA Il tempo della Gioia
18. STRAWBS Hero and Heroine
19. IDRIS MUHAMMAD Power of Soul 
20. FRUUPP Seven Secrets
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