2nd best prog album of all time

http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61662&PN=2#3409014

According to this list, I vote for Wish You Were Here as second best. Being a 60's album, ITCOTCK is in another list, and IMHO a 4-star album.

Wish You Were Here
Selling England by the Pound

Thick as a Brick
In the Court of the Crimson King

... and I agree on CTTE's ranking!

Edited by Anderson III - November 05 2009 at 08:52

"Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent" - Victor Hugo

Very close one for me between SEBTP and TaaB but itl have to go to thick just because it was the one that got me into 70s prog

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Genesis hands down!! I actually think Selling England may be THE best prog album ever...but that is my opinion of course!

"In the Court Of Kings I look around, my blood runs cold, I close my eyes..."

Since I'd probably put Selling at £1 (today, a special value), Thick shall be the two.

I'd actually have CTTE as 2nd to Thick as a Brick and since I have TAAB 1st then I've got to vote for ITCOTCK.

hope that makes sense

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Oh, and:

1. In the Court of the Crimson King

2. Selling England by the Pound

3. Wish You Were Here

4. Thick As a Brick

"It's music, and I like it" - Miles Davis on Sketches of Spain

SEBPT!

Very, very few musicians have the courage and conviction to play from their hearts.
-Christian Vander

Thick As A Brick closely followed by In The Court

None of the above, just as "CttE" is not the best prog album ever, it is not even the best album of Yes; "Relayer" is a lot better, in my opinion. There are a lot of better albums which just happen not to be that well-known, but also a few well-known ones. I admit that for the throne it has to be a well-known one though.
The best album Genesis ever made is in my opinion the Lamb, so of course "SEbtP" can't be it. Pink Floyd did not make any album that in my opinion makes it to the very top.
Of King Crimson my favourite album is "Lizard", though it is in many ways untypical for them.
There are probably at least fifty albums I would put above the albums listed here, even considering the rule of sticking only to well-known ones. Putting aside that rule there are at least a hundred one.

A few well-known ones which I consider to be better than that list, including your number one "CttE":
"Pawn Hearts" by Van der Graaf Generator.
"Octopus" by Gentle Giant.
"Tanz der Lemminge" by Amon Düül 2.
"Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandöh" by Magma..
"Tago Mago" by Can.
"Recycled" by Nektar.
"You" by Gong.
"Warrior On the Edge of Time" by Hawkwind.
"Voyage of the Acolyte" by Steve Hackett.

A few lesser known albums which I consider to be better than the list:
"In den Gärten Pharaohs" by Popol Vuh.
"Jenseits" by Ash Ra Tempel.
"Clearlight Symphony" by Clearlight.
"Fish Rising" by Steve Hillage.
"Känguru" by Guru Guru.
"Red Queen to Gryphon Three" by Gryphon.

A few very little known albums which I consider to be better than your choices:
"Fairy Tales" by Mother Gong.
"Xitintoday" by Nik Turner.
"The Fall of the House of Usher" (1999 version) by Peter Hammill.
"Photo Musik" by Christian Boulé.

That's just a small excerpt and just counting studio albums; if we come to live albums there are a lot more which I consider to be better.

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Poll Question: Make your choice of the following for 2nd best prog album of all time
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd	26	[21.31%]
Selling England By The Pound - Genesis	38	[31.15%]
Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull	30	[24.59%]
ITCOTCK - King Crimson	28	[22.95%]
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