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Poll Question: Vote for up to 5 albums, but no more than one per act.
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
18 [13.53%]
9 [6.77%]
5 [3.76%]
1 [0.75%]
2 [1.50%]
3 [2.26%]
4 [3.01%]
8 [6.02%]
15 [11.28%]
5 [3.76%]
2 [1.50%]
7 [5.26%]
8 [6.02%]
9 [6.77%]
6 [4.51%]
2 [1.50%]
1 [0.75%]
2 [1.50%]
2 [1.50%]
4 [3.01%]
8 [6.02%]
1 [0.75%]
8 [6.02%]
3 [2.26%]
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    Posted: September 24 2023 at 08:04
Couldn't sleep, so I'm onto the third of these sooner than I had planned.

I made two polls already where I compiled 12 albums in the Prog Archives chart and 12 albums in the Rate Your Music. In all of these I have only included albums from both charts that are included in Prog Archives. Additionally, I set it to must have at least 625 ratings at PA's chart. This does not mean that the ones from RYM need to have that many ratings at PA to be included, and one I voted for off the RYM side in the last poll only has three ratings at PA, but close to 2500 at RYM.

Here are the hypertext linked charts: PA & RYM

The first 12 listed in this poll are from PA's chart (from Änglagård to Spock's Beard), the second 12 are taken from RYM's chart (from Radiohead to Björk's Post).

Multiple votes are allowed. Vote for up to five albums, but please no more than one album per act.

Here are the chart stats at PA and RYM for the albums:

Änglagård - Hybris (1992)
PA rating 4.35 | 1839 ratings
RYM rating 3.76, 2,469 ratings, 64 reviews

Dream Theater - Metropolis Part 2 - Scenes from a Memory (1999)
PA rating 4.31 | 3200 ratings
RYM rating 3.64, 10,961 ratings, 267 reviews

Dream Theater - Images and Words (1992)
PA rating 4.31 | 3139 ratings
RYM rating 3.62, 12,857 ratings, 355 reviews

Opeth - Still Life (1999)
PA rating 4.28 | 1799 ratings
RYM rating 3.94, 12,524 ratings, 219 reviews

Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)
PA rating 4.26 | 1872 ratings
RYM rating 3.94, 18,315 ratings, 289 reviews

Death - Symbolic (1995)
PA rating 4.28 | 653 ratings
RYM rating 4.11, 19,647 ratings, 264 reviews

Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element - Part 1 (2000)
PA rating 4.22 | 1327 ratings
RYM rating 3.72, 3,O46 ratings, 60 reviews

Tool - Lateralus (2001)
PA rating 4.22 | 1690 ratings
RYM rating 3.95, 27,714 ratings, 487 reviews

Transatlantic - Bridge Across Forever (2001)
PA rating 4.20 | 943 ratings
RYM rating 3.69, 1,462 ratings, 37 reviews

Dream Theater - Awake (1994)
PA rating 4.16 | 2287 ratings
RYM rating 3.60, 8,241 ratings, 207 reviews

Devin Townsend - Terria (2001)
PA rating 4.18 | 707 ratings
RYM rating 3.75, 3,843 ratings, 81 reviews

Spock's Beard - V (2000)
PA rating 4.17 | 879 ratings
RYM rating 3.70, 1,276 ratings, 29 reviews

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Radiohead - OK Computer (1997)
PA rating 4.05 | 1064 ratings
RYM rating 4.27, 94,003 ratings, 1,699 reviews

Radiohead - Kid A (2000)
PA rating 3.96 | 846 ratings
RYM rating 4.25, 77,401 ratings, 840 reviews

Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (2000)
PA rating 4.14 | 654 ratings   
RYM rating 4.21, 45,201 ratings, 692 reviews

Björk - Vespertine (2001)
PA rating 4.05 | 178 ratings
RYM rating 4.23, 35,383 ratings, 343 reviews

Slint - Spiderland (1991)
PA rating 4.06 | 141 ratings
RYM rating 4.16, 44,149 ratings, 558 reviews

Godspeed You Black Emperor! - F♯A♯∞ (1997)
PA rating 4.14 | 464 ratings
RYM rating 4.14, 34,219 ratings, 416 reviews

Björk - Homogenic (1997)
PA rating 3.86 | 197 ratings
RYM rating 4.12, 37,512 ratings, 360 reviews

Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind (1996)
PA rating 4.25 | 120 ratings
RYM rating 4.14, 24,102 ratings, 293 reviews

Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (1991)
PA rating 3.98 | 335 ratings
RYM rating 4.13, 23,992 ratings, 341 reviews

Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral (1994)
PA rating 3.98 | 170 ratings
RYM rating 4.06, 30,801 ratings, 488 reviews

Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun (1999)
PA rating 4.13 | 605 ratings
RYM rating 4.04, 32,649 ratings, 533 reviews

Björk - Post (1995)
PA rating 3.60 | 160 ratings
RYM rating 3.96, 33,078 ratings, 237 reviews

Note that Death's Symbolic follows Nine Inch Nail's Downward Spiral at RYM, but I have already included it under the PA half of the list.

Also, I am saddened not to be including many albums off the RYM chart that are not included in PA. The album that comes right after Slint is Fishmans' Long Season, which I love and think apt. Also saddens me not to be including, whether apt or not apt as the different cases may be, Boards of Canada's Music has the Right to Children, Portishead's Dummy, Cocteau Twins' Heaven or Las Vegas, Aphex Twin, and Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea which all rank well at RYM.

For those years, metal makes a very strong showing in PA's list.

Here are five from me with the requested no more than one album per act (my faves are all on the RYM side, although I used to be big on Hybris -- not listened to it in many years).

Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind
Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven!
Radiohead - Kid A
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
Björk - Homogenic

Would have loved to go with OK Computer, but got very into Kid A not that long ago, and also love the other Björks and Godspeed, and really like that Sigur Ros. Spiderland I really like in part, but I have not fully got into it yet. What a great period of music this is for me.

Edited by Logan - September 24 2023 at 10:18
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Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element - Part 1 (2000)
Dream Theater - Awake (1994)
Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun (1999)
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Just three (in the order listed):
 
Anglagard - Hybris (1992)
Dream Theater - Metropolis Part 2 - Scenes... (1999)
Radiohead - OK Computer (1997)
 
 
Not long ago, I would've voted for Kid A, or even Amnesiac, but a recent episode of The Daily Doug made me realise that my first love really is OK Computer after all.
 
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I'm sorry, I love these five so much more than any alternative fifth candidate (I simply don't have any), so I couldn't bring myself to leave out any of the GY!BE-classics to make space for some album I just "like".

Radiohead - Kid A
Godspeed You Black Emperor! - F♯A♯∞
Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
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^ I love OK Computer too btw, but that would mean two Radiohead-albums.
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Brought to you by the letter L:

Lateralus
Lift Your Skinny Fists
Laughing Stock

And two more:

Soundtracks for the Blind
The Downward Spiral

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Death - Symbolic
GYBE - F#A# (could've voted their other album as well, but this had fewer votes at the moment)

I used to like Slint - Spiderland, but can't stand it anymore. 
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Saw Bjork live yesterday. On the way home we had Post playing. What a great album! Not really appreciated a lot in prog circles at least it seems. To be honest, I had forgotten myself how good it is. Classic after classic after classic.

Some other top albums are Laughing Stock, Kid A, Spiderland, Lift Your Skinny Fists... Also Soundtracks for the Blind and the one with the Icelandic letters. Tough decision, I'm not telling you which ones I leave out of my votes.

...and of course OK Computer, Homogenic, F#A#,...


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Hybris and Lateralus
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Thanks to all who have replied.

Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

I'm sorry, I love these five so much more than any alternative fifth candidate (I simply don't have any), so I couldn't bring myself to leave out any of the GY!BE-classics to make space for some album I just "like".

Radiohead - Kid A
Godspeed You Black Emperor! - F♯A♯∞
Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock


I would have voted for all of those, plus OK Computer (which you mentioned). Difference is, an album from five acts was really easy for me as aside from those, I am big on Björk.

Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Saw Bjork live yesterday. On the way home we had Post playing. What a great album! Not really appreciated a lot in prog circles at least it seems. To be honest, I had forgotten myself how good it is. Classic after classic after classic.

Some other top albums are Laughing Stock, Kid A, Spiderland, Lift Your Skinny Fists... Also Soundtracks for the Blind and the one with the Icelandic letters. Tough decision, I'm not telling you which ones I leave out of my votes.
...and of course OK Computer, Homogenic, F#A#,...


Excellent, I would love to see Björk live. While I went with Homogenic, I really like Post, and it has the song that most got me interested in her music, "Isobel". I'm also big on Debut. Those are the three studio albums of hers that I have listened to the most.
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^ Isobel was by the way the track from that album she played live, but the older tracks (only Isobel from the first three albums) were all wildly rearranged to the point that it took some time to recognise them. Very good creative concert with maybe the best music visualisation I have ever seen in a concert and her voice strong as ever, however nothing for people who need a strong rhythm and need to recognise the hits. Instead there was a flute septet (which was great actually). Also a bit short for the price at 85-90 minutes, but a great gig anyway.
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Radiohead - Kid A
GYBE - Lift Your Skinny Fists
Swans - Soundtracks For The Blind
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
Sigur Ros - Agaetis byrjun

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Hybris
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Lateralus
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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

Also, I am saddened not to be including many albums off the RYM chart that are not included in PA.

Well, RYM is afterall an all-music site which PA is not supposed to be.
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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

Also, I am saddened not to be including many albums off the RYM chart that are not included in PA.


Well, RYM is afterall an all-music site which PA is not supposed to be.


Of course. There is a lot of music in RYM that I like that I would link with the progressive rock umbrella, mind you, whether it's in PA or not. A lot of that which I like I could suggest and make a case for in PA if I wanted to, and a lot of music I have and has been added to PA. That said, I just meant that it's quite sad for me to be skipping many of my very favourite albums for the poll not in PA, Prog or not, as I do like to cover my favourite albums and/or tracks in topics I make commonly, and wanted to highlight some of those.

Edited by Logan - September 25 2023 at 05:05
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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Well, RYM is afterall an all-music site which PA is not supposed to be.

Not that it would bother me if being as good with labeling as RYM is.
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A lot of great albums here too on this poll, but my choices are:

Anglagard - Hybris (1992)
Dream Theater - Metropolis Part 2 - Scenes... (1999)
Opeth - Still Life (1999)
Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element - Part 1 (2000)
Spock's Beard - V (2000)
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I think that if trying to be as constructive as possible, my best suggestion for PA would be: Forget everything about "Progressive 
Rock umbrella", call it "Progressive Music" in stead, and use just the sub-genre names - then you can expand in a much better way.







Edited by David_D - September 25 2023 at 07:17
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