New Big Prog Album Poll - results....

 

#70 Overall

6 polls

460 points

 

High rater - #7 the Quiet One

 

"At home, I fell in love at the precise moment the stylus hit the groove. Life is like that at times, rare, special times. That plaintive harmonica wail, like a warning in the fog; a shiver down my spine as the real music begins: a Wurlitzer piano, a subtle clarinet, a guitar, some children in a playground - a girl screams as the rhythm section enters and now it's popping, is that a chorus? Then slow again, haunting, taunting. I had left school the year before, was it like that? 'Yeah, right, you're bloody well right'." - Dean

 

#67 Overall

9 polls

473 points

 

High rater - #4 by Keppa4

 

"In my opinion Mirage is Camel's masterpiece. With this album Camel truly found their musical identity and all of the potential of the debut album is here fully realized." - southsideofthesky

 

#62 overall

8 polls

497 points

 

High rater - #7 by LinusW

 

"Few records stun you with unfiltered and raw atmosphere of the kind you'll encounter here. Every hint of emotion - emitted from all between a fragile and insecure single note to relentless battles between keys and guitar - radiates from one single topic: death. And you can feel it. Regardless of the shifting musical sceneries you are still left with the mesmerizing mystery that surrounds the topic. It feels cold, barren and lonely at the same time as it's painfully loaded with intense presence, neurosis and to some extent even fear." - LinusW

 

#60 Overall

7 Polls

501 Points

 

Highest #3 by topofsm

 

"This album is full of great stuff. From the grandiose and epic beginning to the hauntingly beautiful ending, there is not much that I don't like about this album. I even love the repetition of themes and melodies that occur so often in this. Everything about the music occurs so subtlely. " - topofsm

 

#58 Overall

11 Polls

504 Points

 

Top Rater - #7 by Pianoman

 

"This album is flawless! The musicianship is incredible, the atmospheres and moods conveyed take you somewhere else, the broad range of styles amazes me, the album dosnt drag, and its not too short, and for an independantly relased album funded off of donations, the quality is pretty friggin amazing. This is a modern masterpiece of prog..." - Pianoman

 

#54 Overall

10 polls

511 Points

 

Highest Rater #5 by Raulgate

 

"This is easily the best series of instrumentals these ears have ever heard. They are not ostentatious, as most symphonic rock can be, but merely amazing arrangements of amazing pieces." - Epignosis

 

#52 Overall

7 Polls

522 Points

 

High rater - #2 by LinusW

 

"The rumours are true. Peter's third album is where it all finally comes together. A defining moment in the shades of grey that constitutes the dividing line between prog and non-prog, it is an adventurous, uncompromising piece of artsy defiance and inclusive accessibility." - LinusW

 

"Gabriel took huge risks on this album, and in the end provided fans with perhaps the best music his genius would ever create. It is the freshness of that risk that makes this album so powerful. Later albums continue to include phenomenal pieces of music in the style established here, but never quite capture Gabriel's desperation and full creativity simultaneously like this. It is an absolute masterpiece, a must have part of every prog collection. " - Negoba (yeah I get some license, it's my poll)