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Catcher10
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.....Progressive Rock Albums
Yes another Top list . For the most part I really like the list, have not delved deep enough to make any waves on the ranking though. Thoughts, impressions...........?
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Grumpyprogfan
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Nice to see Khan and Coheed and Cambria make the cut. Fairly predictable with the majority from the 70's. Missing Kansas, Dream Theater, Steely Dan, several others. Noticed no Jazz Rock/Fusion is considered prog, which I agree with.
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decent list. My happiest surprise is the inclusion of "Adonis" by ANYONE'S DAUGHTER, though I think the guitar work is more Latimer than Hackett. Then again, when those are the comparisons, who's complaining.
Also love that they have "Solar Music Live" by GROBSCHNITT, a rare live album that is truly the go to album for a band, and also a rare example of a guitar driven symphonic album.
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Catcher10
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Adonis was one I was happy to see on the list also...
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Pretty interesting but no Krautrock, Berlin school or avant.
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Ian
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WHAT?! Will! You're not serious, are you? You mean when RTF, George Benson, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report, Jean-Luc Ponty, Pat Metheny Group, or The Soft Machine were out touring in the 1970s you weren't as excited to see them as you were for Tull, ELP, Yes, and Floyd? I know I was (except The Softs: that Hendrix tour was before my time.) Edited by BrufordFreak - June 24 2021 at 19:20 |
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Grumpyprogfan
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^Jazz and fusion are hard to beat for me, but I don't consider it prog. Yeah, I'm different.
I've seen Metheny, Holdsworth, Ponty, Elektric Band, Bruford, Marsalis, and plenty of home grown jazz bands. |
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Sacro_Porgo
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I quite enjoyed reading through that list. Especially interested in now keeping my eyes out for at least three or four albums I'd never even heard of before that sounded really compelling! I had the top 5 pegged as soon as I got to it. Interesting to see certain "essential albums" missing. Aqualung, 2112, and ELP's debut to name a few. But then I'm sure they wanted to keep the number of repeat bands down to make way for the aforementioned albums I'd never heard of. So I thought it was a pretty good list, at least for my purposes (more discovery and a bit of critical thinking about what beats what). Glad they didn't do a cop out and put ITCOTCK first, because it's really not a very compelling story to say prog led off with it's best album and everything else was just downhill.
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Porg for short. My love of music doesn't end with prog! Feel free to discuss all sorts of music with me. Odds are I'll give it a chance if I haven't already! :)
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octopus-4
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There's Grobschnitt
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suitkees
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Nice list! I guess that their definition of prog is a bit more narrow than PA's, which is fine with me. Never heard of The Most Serene Republic, so will give that one a listen. A couple of albums that I haven't heard in ages (Heldon e.g.)... And it is nice to see that it seems less Anglo-saxon centered than the recent RS top 200. Otherwise, my top 50 would of course be a bit different (esp. The Mars Volta wouldn't be in there, and Harmonium not that high...), but what they say in the intro is very true:
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richardh
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De-Loused and Per Un Amico making the top ten actually gives this list some credibility for me as then it's not just UK seventies stuff + Rush. I also like the fact that Brain Salad Surgery is in the 50 , often derided wrongly imo.
Of course we can always come up with different lists and there are plenty of notable absentees (album wise) but all the important bands are well represented.
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essexboyinwales
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Definitely an interesting list for me - I have never tried any of the Italian stuff, and the Harmonium album sounds interesting. Also Grobschnitt is another I've not tried.
CTTE top though? Hmmmmm
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It's not my list but it's very interesting. I liked to see some names on it, such as, "Stand By" of Heldon, "Arbeit Macht Frei" of Area, "Danger Mony" of U.K., "Space Shanty" of Khan, "Halloween" of Pulsar and "Solar Music: Live" of Grobschnitt, names that usualy don't appear on the usual prog lists, despite they deserve or not can be considered as some of the best 50 best prog albums ever.
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so they agree with us then?
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Hercules
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All I can say is that my top 50 would be extremely different.
In fact, 34 of the albums listed wouldn't make my top 100 or, in some cases, even my top 1000.
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Pretty good list but is Relayer on it?
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Manuel
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Another list based on who knows what. Good albums in here though, but as usual, I don't agree with the order and contents.
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Psychedelic Paul
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Albums I like and approve of in the Progressive Rock Top 50
Albums I haven't yet heard in the Progressive Rock Top 50 Albums I dislike and disapprove of in the Progressive Rock Top 50 ============================================= 01. Yes - Close to the Edge (1972) 02. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King (1969) 03. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound 04. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) 05. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick (1972) 06. Rush - Moving Pictures (1981) 07. Genesis - Foxtrot (1972) 08. Yes - Fragile (1971) 09. The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003) 10. Premiata Forneria Marconi - Per Un Amico (1972) 11. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (1975) 12. Harmonium - Si on avait besoin d'une cinquieme saison (1975) 13. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (1973) 14. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974) 15. King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973) 16. Gentle Giant - Octopus (1972) 17. King Crimson - Red (1974) 18. Tool - Lateralus (2001) 19. Rush - Hemispheres (1978) 20. Yes - The Yes Album (1971) 21. Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Io Sona Nato Libero (1973) 22. Gong - You (1974) 23. Ange - Au-dela du delire (1974) 24. Le Orme - Felona e Sorona (1973) 25. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention - One Size Fits All (1975) 26. The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute (2005) 27. King Crimson - Discipline (1981) 28. Grobschnitt - Solar Music: Live (1978) 29. Van der Graaf Generator - Godbluff (1975) 30. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery (1973) 31. Magma - Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh (1973) 32. Pulsar - Halloween (1977) 33. Carmen - Fandangos in Space (1973) 34. Il Balleto di Bronzo - Ys (1971) 35. Camel - The Snow Goose (1975) 36. Caravan - For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night (1973) 37. Khan - Space Shanty (1972) 38. Renaissance - Scheherazade and Other Stories (1975) 39. Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood (1977) 40. U.K. - Danger Money (1979) 41. Area - Arbeit Macht Frei (1973) 42. Coheed and Cambria - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth 3 (2003) 43. Ambrosia - Ambrosia (1975) 44. Gentle Giant - Free Hand (1975) 45. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005) 46. Gnidrolog - Lady Lake (1972) 47. Anyone's Daughter - Adonis (1979) 48. Heldon - Stand By (1979) 49. The Most Serene Republic - Population (2007) 50. Hatfield and the North - Hatfield and the North (1974)
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nope but then a larger bone of contention would be Pawn Hearts and UK's debut imo.
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Yeah but that's not Krautrock is it? No CAN or Amon Duul II.
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Ian
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