Your favorite sounding album?

Ripples, and Los Endos. They have amazing Keyboard playing and freaking awesome drums, not to mention the excellent Guitar playing of Steve Hackett and the great sounding bass playing of Mike Ruhterford. A Trick of the Tail is the best Rock Album ever. I highly recommend it for any Genesis Fans.

 

A couple more additions to the list.

 

Nektar's "Recycled" ... is excellent ... it really is all Larry Fast, but it makes Nektar more complete. 

 

Ange's Emile Jacotey is wonderful. And it preceeded Roger Waters' Amused to Death by a few years. It has a very nice continuity to it and some wonderful work.

 

Klaus Schulze's "Mirage" is definitly worthy of this list.

 

Amon Duul 2's Yeti ... has an interesting sound that is really lively and "sparkles" on some good Sandoz ... ooopppsss ... these folks would not know about this, would they?

 

Egberto Gismonti, Jan Garbarek and Charlie Haden -- Magico

 

Keith Jarrett - The Koln Concert -- which apparently is now available on DVD ... best piano concert ever done.

 

Capability Brown - Voice. Super lovely folk rock with magnificent vocals and outstanding musicianship. I never thought of this as "progressive" ... but I didn't care ... it is one of the prettiest albums ever, and only metal hardened ears won't appreciate it!

 

Kevin Ayers - The Confessions of Dr. Dream. Sometimes thought of as an odd album, but in many ways a perfect album for Kevin and his friends. Even though there is no continuity required or needed, the album has a very nice flow and ends with a massive blast by Mike Oldfield and friends!

 

Roy Harper - The Unknown Soldier -- probably his most studio-centric album of all, but really sharply done and beautifully put together with some wonderful material. Jugula +4 is also worthy of mention, as it is more Jimmy Page than you have ever heard on Roy's albums.

 

Spirit - The 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus -- Best known for their hit "Nature's Way" which is a magnificent piece, hit ot not!, The album itself is somewhat of a satire of all the major groups at the time ... and it starts with some weirdness as an instrumental and goes into the hardcore progressive metal piece "When I Touch You", and then runs through various songs that are all different from each other, that allows you to just about name a hit maker on the radio for each piece. Wonderfull album all around, and deserves the progressive mark, but it will alienate some with its pop songs mostly, but all of them ... not quite right!

Sigur Ros - Ágætis Byrjun 

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I initially agreed that this album sounded flat, and couldn't get into to, but after I got a more recent remastered version I thought it was much better and I too love the sound of this album, but for different reasons I think. Though I love all the songs you listed the ones I really loved the sound and feel of were Robbery Assault and Battery and Ripples (which you did mention), but also Mad Man Moon and Entangled. I like the bright, happy, twee, whimsical sound of those songs. I love hearing Phil's accent when he sings.