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Poll Question: Which year has the best to offer?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
2 [1.83%]
6 [5.50%]
17 [15.60%]
39 [35.78%]
18 [16.51%]
12 [11.01%]
6 [5.50%]
4 [3.67%]
2 [1.83%]
1 [0.92%]
2 [1.83%]
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    Posted: April 25 2011 at 13:16

Top Ten of each one year (according to Prog Archives):

1969:  In The Court Of The Crimson King (King Crimson), Hot Rats (Frank Zappa), In a Silent Way (Miles Davis), Stand Up (Jethro Tull), Valentyne Suite (Colosseum), Uncle Meat (Frank Zappa), Phallus Dei (Amon Düül II), Santana (Santana), To Our Children's Children's Children (The Moody Blues), Volume Two (The Soft Machine)

1970: H to He, Who Am the Only One (Van Der Graaf Generator), Emerson Lake & Palmer (Emerson Lake & Palmer), If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You (Caravan), Trespass (Genesis), Third (The Soft Machine), Abraxas (Santana), Lizard (King Crimson), Bitches Brew (Miles Davis), The Polite Force (Egg), The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other (Van Der Graaf Generator)

1971: Nursery Cryme (Genesis), Fragile (Yes), Pawn Hearts (Van Der Graaf Generator), Aqualung (Jethro Tull), Meddle (Pink Floyd), The Yes Album (Yes), In The Land Of Grey And Pink (Caravan), The Inner Mounting Flame (Mahavishnu Orchestra), Acquiring The Taste (Gentle Giant), Mice And Rats In The Loft (Jan Dukes De Grey)

1972:  Thick As A Brick (Jethro Tull), Close To The Edge (Yes), Foxtrot (Genesis), Per Un Amico (Premiata Forneria Marconi), Darwin! (Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso), Storia Di Un Minuto (Premiata Forneria Marconi), Caravanserai (Santana), Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso (Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso), The Grand Wazoo (Frank Zappa), Uomo Di Pezza (Le Orme)

1973:  Selling England By The Pound (Genesis), Dark Side Of The Moon (Pink Floyd), Io Sono Nato Libero (Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso), Birds of Fire (Mahavishnu Orchestra), Larks' Tongues In Aspic (King Crimson), In A Glass House (Gentle Giant), Felona E Sorona (Le Orme), Zarathustra (Museo Rosenbach), Arbeit Macht Frei (Area), Spectrum (Billy Cobham)

1974:  Red (King Crimson), Crime of the Century (Supertramp), Mirage (Camel), Relayer (Yes), Radio Gnome Invisible Vol. 3 - You (Gong), Hamburger Concerto (Focus), The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (Genesis), The Silent Corner And The Empty Stage (Peter Hammill), Rock Bottom (Robert Wyatt), The Power And The Glory (Gentle Giant)

1975:  Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd), Godbluff (Van Der Graaf Generator), Si On Avait Besoin D'Une Cinquième Saison (Harmonium), Ommadawn (Mike Oldfield), Scheherazade and Other Stories (Renaissance), Rubycon (Tangerine Dream ), The Snow Goose (Camel), Free Hand (Gentle Giant), J'un Oeil (Sloche), One Size Fits All (Frank Zappa)

1976:  Moonmadness (Camel), Still Life (Van Der Graaf Generator), A Trick Of The Tail (Genesis), Leftoverture (Kansas), Viva Boma (Cos), Romantic Warrior (Return To Forever), Stadaconé (Sloche), In the Region Of The Summer Stars (The Enid), Wind And Wuthering (Genesis), Principe di un Giorno (Celeste)

1977:  Animals (Pink Floyd), A Farewell To Kings (Rush), Elegant Gypsy (Al Di Meola), Huascaran (Fermáta), Ocean (Eloy), Enigmatic Ocean (Jean-Luc Ponty), Songs From The Wood (Jethro Tull), Point Of Know Return (Kansas), Going for the One (Yes), Svitanie (Blue Effect)

1978:  Hemispheres (Rush), Anabelas (Bubu), Modra Rijeka (Indexi), 10,000 Anos Depois Entre Venus E Marte (Jose Cid), Of Queues and Cures (National Health), U.K. (UK), What If (Dixie Dregs), X (Klaus Schulze), Zalmoxe (Sfinx), The Man-Machine (Kraftwerk)

1979:  Blå Vardag (Atlas), One of a Kind (Bill Bruford), Spectral Mornings (Steve Hackett), Western Culture (Henry Cow), Heresie (Univers Zero), Joe's Garage, Act I (Frank Zappa), The Wall (Pink Floyd), Svět Hledačů (Blue Effect), Adonis (Anyone's Daughter), Visitation (Pekka Pohjola)
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1973 followed by 1970 me thinks
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1978. It had Tormato and ...And Then There Were Three. The only 2 real masterpieces to come from the 70's
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1973. What a great year that was. 
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I investigated this some time ago because of a similar thread. My first thought was that 1972 would be the winner, but '71 and '73 ended up just a bit higher. Surprisingly, the clear winner appeared to be 1975.

Edited by someone_else - April 26 2011 at 03:06
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Originally posted by topographicbroadways topographicbroadways wrote:

1978. It had Tormato and ...And Then There Were Three. The only 2 real masterpieces to come from the 70's
So, why didn´t you tick it?Confused
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Originally posted by Gandalff Gandalff wrote:

Originally posted by topographicbroadways topographicbroadways wrote:

1978. It had Tormato and ...And Then There Were Three. The only 2 real masterpieces to come from the 70's
So, why didn´t you tick it?Confused
I am pretty sure he was joking.
 
I picked 1972, but 1971 and 1973 are just as great. I chose 1972 because it seemed like a milestone year for rock all the way around: in addition to the albums you listed, there was Tull's Living in the Past, The Stone's Exile on Main Street, Bowie's Ziggy Stardust, Neil Young's Harvest, Deep Purple's Machine Head and Made in Japan, Allman Brother's Eat a Peach, T. Rex The Slider, Todd Rungren's Something, Anything, Sabbath's Vol. 4, ELP's Trilogy, Humble Pie's Smokin', Alice Cooper's School's Out -- Just an unbelievable year.
 
Of course, the same could be said for 71 and 73, I guess.
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1974!
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I think of 1972 as "The Year of Prog":

Foxtrot - Genesis

Octopus - Gentle Giant

Light As a Feather - Return to Forever

Close to the Edge - Yes

Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull

Pawn Hearts - Van der Graaf Generator

Trilogy - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Three Friends - Gentle Giant

Return to Forever - Return to Forever

Caravanserai - Santana

Darwin! - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso

Prologue - Renaissance

Seventh Sojourn - The Moody Blues

Per Un Amico - Premiata Forneria Marconi

Grave New World - Strawbs

Manfred Mann’s Earth Band - Manfred Mann’s Earth Band

Neu! - Neu!

Living in the Past - Jethro Tull

Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso

Matching Mole - Matching Mole

Waka/Jawaka - Frank Zappa

So Far - Faust

Waterloo Lily - Caravan

Hosianna Mantra - Popul Vuh

Space Shanty - Khan

Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond

Last Autumn’s Dream - Jade Warrior

Wolf City - Amon Düül II

Argus - Wishbone Ash

Storia di un Minuto - Premiata Forneria Marconi

Lord of the Rings - Bo Hansson

The Grand Wazoo - Frank Zappa

A Tab in the Ocean - Nektar

666 - Aphrodite’s Child

Kraan - Kraan

III - Focus

Ege Bamyasi - Can

Below the Salt - Steeleye Span

The World of Genius Hans - Moving Gelatine Plates

Lady Lake - Gnidrolog

Uomo di Pezza - Le Orme


etc.


1971 might be my favorite year in general though.
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first everything was so clear, 1972. but then I gave this poll a second thought and decided to pick year 1973. it was a year of two masterpieces and my big favourites - Tales From Topographic Oceans ans A Passion Play.

As crimhead nicely put it: 1973. What a great year that was. 
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its between 72 and 73. But I think 73 wins because it has Mahavishnu's Birds of Fire 
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2003!
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A tie between 72 and 74 for me. Leaning toward 74 if I could vote, though
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For me, 1971 was the peak of it all, though 1969 was the opening salvo.
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1971 followed by 1970.
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easily 1972
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Looks like '72 is taking it and I can't help but agree.  Maybe my all-time favorite record, Morgan's Nova Solis, came out that year.


  
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1970, prog was young and vital and mystic and experimental and finding its sound. A incredibly good and intresting year.
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