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 Topic: Top Ten Prog Albums of All TimePosted: August 09 2021 at 16:44 |
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I would like to know your top ten prog albums of all time. These could be your own personal favorites, or just ten albums that you think are essential. Here’s mine:
1. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd 2. The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd 3. Selling England by The Pound - Genesis 4. Foxtrot - Genesis 5. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis 6. 2112 - Rush 7. Moving Pictures - Rush 8. Hemispheres - Rush 9. Close to the Edge - Yes 10. The Yes Album
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Posted: August 09 2021 at 17:39 |
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Really hard to pick ten! In no order.
1. Allan Holdsworth - I.O.U. 2. Dream Theater - Images and Words 3. Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All 4. Rush - Moving Pictures 5. Gentle Giant - Free Hand 6. Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior 7. Kansas - Leftoverture 8. The Aristocrats - Culture Clash 9. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick 10. Steely Dan - Aja |
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Posted: August 09 2021 at 19:23 |
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No particular order, not repeating albums from a single band.... Yes - Close to the Edge Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Days of Future Passed - The Moody Blues Genesis - Foxtrot Procol Harum - Live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery Frank Zappa - Hot Rats Traffic - Low Spark of High Heeled Boys Second ten, just because.... Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Yes - The Yes Album King Crimson - Larks' Tongue in Aspic Genesis - A Trick of the Tail Gentle Giant - In a Glass House Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood Premiata Forneria Marconi - Per un amico Roy Harper - Stormcock Harmonium - Si on avait besoin d'une cinquième saison Supertramp - Crime of the Century |
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Posted: August 09 2021 at 20:04 |
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Very personal top 10
1. Univers Zero - Ceux Du Dehors 2. Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn 3. King Crimson - Larks Tongues In Aspic 4. Henry Cow - Western Culture 5. Vezhlivy Otkaz - Gusi-Lebedi 6. Roy Harper - Stormcock 7. Pikapika Teart - Moonberry 8. Cardiacs - Sing To God 9. Zamla Mammas Manna - Familjesprickor 10. Pink Floyd - Animals Next 10 no order Amon Duul II - Yeti Guapo - 5 Suns Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Of Natural History Hatfield & The North - Rotters Club Tangerine Dream - Phaedra CAN - Tago Mago Comus - First Utterance Alec K Redfearn & The Eyesores - Sister Death VDGG - Godbluff Radiohead - OK Computer
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Posted: August 10 2021 at 01:17 |
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Picking only 1 album per artist (I'll feel too guilty otherwise), it's got to go something like this: 1. National Health - National Health 2. The Mothers Of Invention - Uncle Meat 3. Soft Machine - Third 4. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery 5. Rascal Reporters - Redux, Vol. 1 6. Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior 7. Genesis - Selling England By The Pound 8. Brand X - Moroccan Roll 9. Henry Cow - Legend 10. Steve Hackett - Voyage Of The Acolyte
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"I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
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My personal favourite prog albums, in no particular order: 1. Yes - Close to the Edge 2. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King 3. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick 4. Genesis - Foxtrot (honourable mention for SEBTP) 5. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon 6. Pink Floyd - Meddle 7. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 8. ELP - Pictures at an Exhibition (honourable mention for s/t) 9. Camel - The Snow Goose 10. Focus - Moving Waves
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And for balance my 10 favourite crossover / proto / prog related albums. 1. Led Zeppelin IV 2. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy 3. Moody Blues - Seventh sojourn 4. The Beatles - Abbey Road 5. Santana - Caravanserai 6. 10cc - The Original Soundtrack 7. ELO - A New World Record 8. Deep Purple - Machine Head 9. 10cc - How Dare You 10. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
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Posted: August 10 2021 at 02:19 |
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1. Yes - Close to the Edge
2. Genesis - Foxtrot 3. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 4. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound 5. Discipline - Unfolded Like Staircase 6. UK - Danger Money 7. Magma - Köhntarkösz 8. Maudlin of the Well - Part the Second 9. Alquin - The Mountain Queen X. Van der Graaf Generator - Still Life Other contenders: Anekdoten - Until All the Ghosts Are Gone Big Big Train - English Electric (Part One), Grimspound Camel - The Snow Goose Echolyn - s/t (2012) ELP - Brain Salad Surgery Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells Pink Floyd - Ummagumma, Meddle Rush - Hemispheres, Moving Pictures And a few from outside the prog niche: CSNY: Déjà Vu Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left, Bryter Layter, Pink Moon Andy Irvine - Rainy Sundays,... Windy Dreams |
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Triumvirat-Spartacus Triumvirat-Mediterranean Tales Giger Lenz Marron-Beyond Giger Lenz Marron-Where The Hammer Hangs Dzyan-Time Machine Passport-Looking Thru Dedalus-Dedalus Abercrombie/Holland/DeJohnette-Gateway Quatermass-Quatermass
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1. Yes - 90125
2. Saga - Worlds Apart 3. Genesis - Abacab 4. Mike Rutherford - Smallcreep's Day 5. Anthony Phillips - Wise After the Event 6. Yes - Going for the One 7. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound 8. U.K. - U.K. 9. Rush - Signals 10. Asia - Asia
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Posted: August 10 2021 at 13:08 |
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In no particular order
1- King Crimson - Red 2 - Frank Zappa - Hot Rats 3 - Cardiacs - A Little Man And A House And The Whole World Window 4 - Genesis - Selling England By The Pound 5 - Caravan - In The Land Of Grey And Pink 6 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Where Here 7 - Jethro Tull - Aqualung 8 - Porcupine Tree - In Absentia 9 - Dûn - Eros 10 - Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden
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Posted: August 10 2021 at 13:39 |
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Holger Czukay - Movies
King Crimson - Discipline Kate Bush - The Dreaming Camberwell Now - The Ghost Trade .O.Rang - Herd of Instinct Talk Talk - Laughing Stock Brian Eno and David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts Manfred Mann"s Earthband - Nightingales and Bombers Can - Soon over Babaluma David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees |
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Posted: August 10 2021 at 15:24 |
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My top ten favorite prog albums of all-time are:
1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway—Genesis 2. Mëkanïk Dëstruktïw Kömmandöh—Magma 3. Limiti all'egualianza della parte con il tutto––Homunculus Res 4. Dots and Loops—Stereolab 5. Shiny Eyed Babies––Bent Knee 6. Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter—Joni Mitchell 7. Pieces of a Man - Gil Scott-Heron 8. Jan Akkerman—Jan Akkerman 9. Salinity Now! - Unaka Prong 10. Tiny Dynamine/Echoes on A Shallow Bay—Cocteau Twins Just in case you don't want to count Dots and Loops, Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, Pieces of a Man, or the two Cocteau Twins EPs that were released on vinyl a week apart in the fall of 1985 before being released together on a single CD, there are these: 11. Gentle Stream—The Amazing 12. Adventures in Utopia—Todd Rundgren’s Utopia 13. Novella—Renaissance If you're looking for a top ten list of prog albums that I think are essential it'd look something like this: Days of Future Passed by The Moody Blues The Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson Volume II by The Soft Machine Inner Mounting Flame by Mahavishnu Orchestra Moving Waves by Focus Fragile by Yes Foxtrot by Genesis Octopus by Gentle Giant Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield give or take a few other genre-defining albums. |
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Posted: August 10 2021 at 16:05 |
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Today.
CTTE Yes SEBTP Genesis Nursery Chryme Genesis Octopus GG Red KC A Passion Play Jethro Tull A farewell to Kings Rush. Hemispheres Rush Acquiring the Taste GG English Electric 2 BBT. Of course next week it will be different but CTTE and Nursery Chryme are staples to me, as is at least one JT or Rush album.No PF today that will probably change next week as well. |
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Posted: August 10 2021 at 16:47 |
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My top ten is a work in progress.
Surely, Yes, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant and PFM are not present. EL&P, Camel and Rush are very far from my top 10. Actually, if I chose only one album for an artist, I would find: - VdGG (one of the trilogy) - Wyatt: Rock Bottom - Hammill (Chameleon or Silent Corner) - King Crimson (In The Court or Red) - Area: Arbeit Mach Frei - Talk Talk: Spirit Of Eden For the other places, Pink Floyd, Soft Machine, Henry Cow, Universe Zero, Art Zoyd, Magma and others bands are on the run. If I considered even the Beatleas, and The Doors, I'd put Abbey Road and The Doors I on my list. Edited by jamesbaldwin - August 10 2021 at 16:57 |
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So many albums. The top 3 are pretty consistent. Beyond that, they fluctuate a lot. This is what I feel like they are today. 2. Exivious - st 3. Bondage Fruit II 4. Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory 5. Magma - Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré 6. Nebelnest - Nova Express 7. Voivod - Dimension Hatröss 8. Jethro Tull - A Passion Play 9. Squintaloo - Uber Bord 10. Watchtower - Control and Resistance Just outside: Island - Pictures Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte Edited by Tapfret - August 11 2021 at 09:13 |
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Posted: August 10 2021 at 17:54 |
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Think it changes all the time, especially since I keep discovering music.
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Posted: August 10 2021 at 19:06 |
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It's impossible to narrow down to ten albums from the whole prog spectrum, so here's my list from british prog only, one album from each band (the order s irrelevant):
Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans Caravan - In the Land of Grey And Pink King Crimson - Islands Jethro Tull - A Passion Play Camel - Mirage Gentle Giant - Octopus Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts Renaissance - Scheherezade and Other Stories Emerson Lake and Palmer - Emerson Lake and Palmer Genesis - Nursery Crymes |
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Posted: August 11 2021 at 03:16 |
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No particular order and one album per band/artist Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Supertramp - Crime of the Century Genesis - Selling Engalnd by the pound Big Big Train - English Electric I Rush - Signals Opeth - Ghost Reveries Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (what a surprise lol) Riverside - Love, Fear and Time Machine Ozric Tentacles - Technicians of the Sacred Wobbler - From Silence To Somewhere
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