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Posted: February 21 2014 at 14:01

1. Yes - Keys To Ascension

2. Camel - Echoes, A Retrospective

3. PFM - L'Isola Di Niente

4. UK - UK

5. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon

6. Jethro Tull - Stand Up

7. Genesis - Three Sides Live

8. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

9. Maxophone - Maxophone

10. Egg - The Polite Force

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Posted: February 21 2014 at 14:36

Lists are hard.I will keep this list to more progressive music for the most part.although not all true prog
Deep Purple In Rock
ELP Brain Salad Surgery
RTF Romantic Warrior
Jean Luc Ponty Enigmatic Voyage
Crusaders free As The Wind
Al DiMeola Elegant Gypsy
Yes Close To The Edge
Deep Purple Machine Head
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath
The Who Quadrophenia
Santana 3
Billy Cobham Spectrum

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Posted: February 21 2014 at 18:06

Decided to do this alphabetically. There are literally hundreds of albums I could list, but for me, these are first tier, since I can go outside the bounds of prog:

Burial: Untrue

Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan's Blood On the Tracks

Brian Eno: Another Green World

Fleetwood Mac & Rumours

Marvin Gaye: What's Going On

Genesis: Selling England by the Pound

Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon

Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here

Radiohead: OK Computer

Radiohead: Kid A

Rolling Stones: Beggar's Banquet

Vangelis: Blade Runner

Van Morrison: Astral Weeks

Sarah Vaughan & Clifford Brown

Velvet Underground: VU & Nico

Neil Young: Tonight's the Night

Second tier would be *really* really close to first tier: MBV's Loveless, Husker Du's Zen Arcade, Tricky's Maxinquaye, Board of Canada's Music Has the Right to Children, Sigur Ros's Agaetis Byrjun, Nick Cave's The Boatman Calls and No More Shall We Part, and many more besides.

Edited by jude111 - February 24 2014 at 09:32

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Posted: February 21 2014 at 18:08

Astral Weeks is a magical album. Besides You is my favorite off of that album.

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Posted: February 21 2014 at 18:23

Horizons wrote:

Astral Weeks is a magical album. Besides You is my favorite off of that album.

I haven't listened to that album in ages, but for a few years, when I was around 19-20, it was a huge discovery for me, and I lived and breathed it for some time. It's those memories that makes it still so special for me...

How about your list? I couldn't find it in this thread, Wink

Edited by jude111 - February 21 2014 at 18:23

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Posted: February 21 2014 at 19:40

Decent mix of old and new in mine, probably more new these days, though.

1. Red - King Crimson

2. Godbluff - VDGG

3. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis

4. Unfolded Like Staircase - Discipline

5. Ghost Reveries - Opeth

6. Still Life - Opeth

7. Anno Domini High Definition - Riverside

8. The Perfect Element Part I - Pain of Salvation

9. Images and Words - Dream Theater

10. The Mountain - Haken

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Posted: February 24 2014 at 09:28

The first 10 coming to my mind:

1)Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
2)The flower Kings - Space Revolver
3)My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
4)Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
5)Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced
6)Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
7)Caravan - In The Land of Grey & Pink
8)Demilich - Nespithe
9)The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St
10)Immortal - Pure Holocaust

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Posted: February 24 2014 at 16:50

I cannot do this

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Freedom is slavery.

Ignorance is strength.”

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"Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart

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Posted: February 28 2014 at 03:56

The Glide wrote:

The first 10 coming to my mind:

1)Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
2)The flower Kings - Space Revolver
3)My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
4)Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
5)Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced
6)Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
7)Caravan - In The Land of Grey & Pink
8)Demilich - Nespithe
9)The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St
10)Immortal - Pure Holocaust

BURZUM, weird to see on a prog website, the best black metal album ever recorded, easy.

Edited by Billy Pilgrim - February 28 2014 at 03:57

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Posted: February 28 2014 at 04:05

This is absurdly hard... hmm..

10. BURZUM- Hvis Lyset Tar Oss (gonna give it the nod because the post above me made me remember how much I love this album, the closer, Tomhet, or, emptiness, is a great instrumental, the opener carries the soul of black metal with it, any fan of progressive metal should listen to these two tracks.)

9. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum- Of Natural History

8. Mastodon- Blood Mountain

7. Isis- Wavering Radiant

6. Tool- Lateralus

5. Rush- Moving Pictures

4. Gojira- From Mars to Sirius

3. Jethro Tull- Minstrel In the Gallery

2.Kayo Dot- Choirs of the Eye

1. Tool- Ænima

My favorite album of all time, has changed me in may ways, and continues to do so.

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Posted: March 03 2014 at 07:00

Master of Time wrote:

1.) Close to the Edge- Yes

2.) Vagabond of the Western World- Thin Lizzy

3.) Selling England by the Pound- Genesis

4.) Relayer- Yes

5.) Foxtrot- Genesis

6.) Bert Jansch- Bert Jansch

7.) V- Spock's Beard

8.) Presence- Led Zeppelin

9.) Sleeping in Traffic Part 2- Beardfish

10.) Fandangos in Space- Carmen

Since this thread is back I decided to reexamine my list as it does change all the time, and this list was made two years ago. Though some albums have stayed.

1. Close to the Edge- Yes

2. Foxtrot- Genesis

3. Lamb Lies Down On Broadway- Genesis

4. Pet Sounds- The Beach Boys

5. Smile Sessions- The Beach Boys

6. Pawn Hearts- Van Der Graaf Generator

7. Spilt Milk- Jellyfish

8. Relayer- Yes

9. Sleeping in Traffic Part 2- Beardfish

10. Remedy Lane- Pain of Salvation

11. Sing To God- Cardiacs

(I just couldn't not have Sing to God on my list)

Edited by Master of Time - March 03 2014 at 07:02

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Posted: March 05 2014 at 21:53

Here's fifteen off the top of my head (I know, what a rebel). Not my greatest album list, but my favorites based on years of listening:

Physical Graffiti -- Led Zeppelin

Aqualung -- Jethro Tull

Ziggy Stardust -- David Bowie

The Beatles (White Album) -- The Beatles

Blood on the Tracks -- Bob Dylan

Car -- Peter Gabriel

Low Spark of High Heeled Boys -- Traffic

Liege and Lief -- Fairport Convention

The Band -- The Band

Trick of the Tail -- Genesis

If I Should Fall from Grace With God -- The Pogues

The Yes Album -- Yes

Stand Up -- Jethro Tull

Made in Japan -- Deep Purple

Wish You Were Here -- Pink Floyd

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Posted: March 08 2014 at 05:58

Top 10 Albums not all prog...hmmmm...okay here we go...

Romantic Warrior - Return To Forever,

ITCOTCK - King Crimson,

At The Fillmore East - Allman Brothers Band,

Blow By Blow - Jeff Beck,

Believe It -Tony Williams Lifetime,

Caravanserai - Santana,

Montrose - Montrose,

Houses Of The Holy - Led Zeppelin

Close To The Edge - Yes,

Seconds Out - Genesis.

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Posted: March 10 2014 at 05:40

Prog

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Yes - Relayer
ELP - Tarkus
Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning
Pink Floyd - Dark side of the moon
Caravan - In The Land Of Grey And Pink
Yes - Close to the edge
Camel - The Snow Goose
Supertramp - Crime of the century
Khan - Space Shanty

Not Prog

Engenheiros do Hawaii - A Revolta dos Dândis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3RgkVfNiiA
Legião Urbana - V
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NdYnM2ua2Y
Engenheiros do Hawaii - O Papa É Pop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNb_1xfuv6U
Raul Seixas - Gita
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqjbT6hZH7k
Legião Urbana - As Quatro Estações
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDzrscdv9js
David Gilmour - 1978
Lobão - O melhor de lobão (1989)
Heart - Little Queen
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood
A-ha - On Tour In Brazil

Edited by leandro_ - March 10 2014 at 05:47

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Posted: March 12 2016 at 11:50

10. [ex aequo]

Bitches Brew - Miles Davis

10.

Vocalcity - Luomo

9.

King For A Day, Fool For A Lifetime - Faith No More

8.

Come Play With Me - Cuong Vu

7.

The Bedlam In Goliath - The Mars Volta

6.

Give - The Bad Plus

5.

Vespertine - Björk

4.

Amnesiac - Radiohead

3.

THRAK - King Crimson

2.

Asymmetry - Karnivool

1.

De-loused In The Comatorium - The Mars Volta

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Posted: March 12 2016 at 12:33

1. Argus - Wishbone Ash

2. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

3. The Yes Album - Yes

4. Sola Scriptura - Neal Morse

5. Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd

6. Written In The Stars - Martin Turner

7. Making Movies - Dire Straits

8. No Smoke Without Fire - Wishbone Ash

9. Close To The Edge - Yes

10. Rain Dances - Camel

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Posted: March 12 2016 at 17:19

1. Freak Out - The Mothers of Invention

2. Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd

3. In the wake of Poseidon - King Crimson

4. Out of the Storm - Jack Bruce

5. Uncle Meat - The Mothers of Invention

6. WOIIFTM - The Mothers of Invention

7. Beyond - Ayers Rock

8. Feel - George Duke

9. Last Record Album - Little Feat

10. Disraeli Gears - Cream

Edited by EddieRUKiddingVarese - March 12 2016 at 17:21

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Posted: March 13 2016 at 03:40

In no particular order

Hemispheres by Rush
Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden
California by Mr Bungle
Hot Rats by Frank Zappa
Time And A Word by Yes
Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd
In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson
Ok Computer by Radiohead
Tarkus by ELP
Selling By Pound by Genesis

Honorable mentions

Duke by Genesis
mostly anything by Pink Floyd
mostly anything by Rush
Sailing The Seas Of Cheese by Primus
Machine Head by Deep Purple
Angel Dust by Faith No More
White Pony by Deftones
Terria by Devin Townsend

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Posted: July 04 2017 at 06:32

1: Close to the Edge
2: The Dark Side of the Moon
3: Rumours
4: Hysteria
5: Relayer
6: Fragile
7: Animals
8: Drama
9: Brothers in Arms
10: Use Your Illusion II

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Posted: July 04 2017 at 07:40

Right now, something like this:

Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans
Bubu - Anabelas
Rayuela - Rayuela
Allman Brothers Band - Eat A Peach
Harmonium - Si On Avait Besoin d'Une Cinquième Saison
Yes - The Yes Album
Outlaws - Outlaws
King Crimson - Islands
Cherry Five - Cherry Five
Genesis - Trespass

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