Pt 4: Acts with 1 album in the PA category top 10s

So I opted to do the last two parts today to get the polls out of the way -- I like to finish what I start in fairly short order.

This is the last part of "Acts with one studio album in the PA category top 10s" and of a greater series. This latest series covers acts with but one album in the top 10 of each Prog Archives subgenre/ category with the exceptions of Popol Vuh and Queen which I erroneously omitted from the last series which covered acts with two albums in the top ten category lists. I opted to include Popol Vuh and Queen in this series by only including the top ranked album of each band (in part two and part four respectively). Before doing the acts with two albums in the top ten per category series, I did a series that included acts with three or more albums in their respective category top 10s.

Below is the master list for this series, and I plan to do a master list for all of the albums covered in these three series later (and those I omitted unintentionally or not). The number left of the band/artist and album name in parenthesis indicates the ranking of the album in its category.

Part One:

Canterbury Scene:

(2) Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974)
(3) Gong - Radio Gnome Invisible Vol. 3 - You (1974)
(4) Khan - Space Shanty (1972)
(7) National Health - Of Queues and Cures (1978)
(8) The Soft Machine - Third (1970)

Crossover Prog:

(1) Supertramp - Crime of the Century (1974)
(3) Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn (1975)
(6) Big Big Train - English Electric (Part One) (2012)
(8) Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel 3 [Melt] (1980)
(9) The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed (1967)

Eclectic Prog: (n/a) Only King Crimson, VdGG, and Gentle Giant in top 10 & each with 3 (KC and GG) or four (VdGG) albums

Experimental/Post Metal:

(1) Tool - Lateralus (2001)
(3) Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape (2001)
(4) Agalloch - The Mantle (2002)
(7) Anathema - Judgement (1999)
(9) Pan.Thy.Monium - Khaooohs & Kon-Fus-Ion (1996)

Heavy Prog:

(7) Haken - The Mountain (2013)
(8) The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
(9) Uriah Heep - Salisbury (1971)

Part 2:

Indo-Prog/Raga Rock:

(1) Andre Fertier's Clivage - Mixtus Orbis (1978)
(2) Shakti with John McLaughlin - Natural Elements (1977)
(4) Wulf Zendik - Dance of the Cozmic Warriorz (1988)
(6) László Hortobágyi - Terra Dei (1996)
(7) Oriental Sunshine - Dedicated To The Bird We Love (1970)
(8) Ananda Shankar - Ananda Shankar and his Music (1975)
(9) Clark Hutchinson - A=mh2 (1969)
(10) Don Robertson - Dawn (1969)

Jazz Rock/Fusion:

(4) Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior (1976)
(5) Blue Effect (Modrý Efekt) - Svitanie (1977)
(7) Nucleus - We'll Talk About It Later (1971)
(8) Billy Cobham - Spectrum (1973)
(9) Sloche - Stadaconé (1976)

Krautrock:

*(1) Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (1972) (missed Popol Vuh in last series of polls)
(2) Dom - Edge of Time (1972)
(3) Ash Ra Tempel - Ash Ra Tempel (1971)
(4) Gam - Eiszeit (2005) (recorded in 1978)
(5) Can - Future Days (1973)
(9) Neu! - Neu! (1972)
(10) Gila - Gila [Free Electric Sound] (1971)

* Popol Vuh's Hosianna Mantra (1972) is at number one in the Krautrock top 10 and Letzte Tage - Letzte Nächte (1976) is at number 8.

Part 3:

Neo-Prog:

(5) Sylvan - Posthumous Silence (2006)
(6) Arena - Contagion (2003)
(10) Galahad - Empires Never Last (2007)

Post Rock/Math Rock:

(1) Bohren & der Club of Gore - Sunset Mission (2000)
(4) Magyar Posse - Random Avenger (2006)
(6) Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun (1999)
(8) Polyphia - New Levels New Devils (2018)
(9) If These Trees Could Talk - The Bones of a Dying World (2016)
(10) Ulver - Shadows of the Sun (2007)

Prog Folk:

(3) Harmonium - Si on avait besoin d'une cinquième saison (1975)
(5) Los Jaivas - Alturas de Machu Picchu (1981)
(6) Comus - First Utterance (1971)
(7) Spirogyra - St. Radigunds (1971)
(8) Clannad - Dúlamán (1976)
(9) Eden - Erwartung (1978)
(10) Gryphon - Red Queen to Gryphon Three (1974)

Progressive Electronic:

(5) Alio Die - Deconsecrated and Pure (2012)
(6) Alpha Wave Movement - Architexture of Silence (2013)
(7) Zanov - In Course of Time (1982)
(8) Edgar Froese - Epsilon in Malaysian Pale (1975)
(9) Syrinx - Long Lost Relatives (1971)
(10) Coil - Horse Rotorvator (1986)

Progressive Metal:

(4) Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime (1988)
(8) Ayreon - The Human Equation (2004)

Part 4:

Psychedelic/Space Rock:

(6) Eloy - Ocean (1977)
(7) Hypnos 69 - Legacy (2010)

RIO/Avant-Prog:

(2) Art Zoyd - Häxan (1997)
(8) Univers Zero - Uzed (1984)
(9) Henry Cow - Western Culture (1979)
(10) News from Babel - Letters Home (1986)

Rock Progressivo Italiano:

(5) Museo Rosenbach - Zarathustra (1973)
(7) Area - Arbeit Macht Frei (1973)
(8) Le Orme - Felona e Sorona (1973)
(9) Maxophone - Maxophone (1975)
(10) Il Balletto di Bronzo - Ys (1972)

Symphonic Prog:

(9) Änglagård - Hybris (1992)

Tech/Extreme Prog Metal:

(1) Gorguts - Obscura (1998)
(6) Crimson - Edge of Sanity (1996)

Zeuhl:

(2) Eskaton - 4 visions (1981)
(5) Dün - Eros (1981)
(6) Universal Totem Orchestra - Mathematical Mother (2016)
(9) Weidorje - Weidorje (1978)

Prog Related:

(1) Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
(3) Queen - Queen 2 (1974)* (missed Queen in last series of polls)
(8) Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972)
(9) Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)
(10) Rainbow - Rising (1976)

* Queen - Queen 2 (1974) in third position and Queen - A Night at the Opera (1975) in fifth place should have been included in the last series.

Proto-Prog: (n/a) The Beatles (4 albums), The Who (2), Deep Purple (2), The Doors (2) = all ten spots.

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RIO, RPI and Zeuhl are particularly strong for me this round, and I have many favourites. From RIO, all of the above, but I might be favouring News from Babel today since I loved that album but haven't listened to it for quite a long time and it doesn't get very many mentions at the old PA forum. From RPI, like all, but favouring Area. Like all with Zeuhl, but 4 visions and Eros especially (those were my first two Zeuhl loves).

Today I might go with Area, but Dün is also pulling at me. And how can this be? For I am the Kwisatz Haderach. Will vote later, and see which ones are lacking votes after a day or two before I cast mine (think Western Culture and Area should get several votes each -- wonderful albums, as well as various RPI, Led Zep etc. but then many of these are wonderful albums to my ears).

Zep > Rainbow > Dun > Maiden

Queen - Queen II (1974)*

1. Rainbow

Zeppelin and Rainbow for this round.

Led Zeppelin IV

This one is strong. I do love Zep IV, but I have to give the edge to Hybris. I would like to see how this list would have gone without Zep in it.

Watched the last episode of Gangs Of London yesterday and the mighty metal goliath that is Iron Maiden featured. Serendipity maybe? 

Non prog bands win prog poll shock!

AlanB wrote: Hercules wrote: Argus. One of the few albums that I regard as perfect. I cannot envisage any way it could be improved. That said, Queen II is also a stunning album. My feelings too.

dito