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Xonty
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Topic: Longest Prog Studio Album? Posted: October 05 2013 at 16:23 |
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Hi, I was wondering what the longest (and shortest) prog studio albums were, and all I could really think of was The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway at 94 minutes along with stuff like Tales From Topographic Oceans at 83, but there's got to be longer ones that I'd like to know about. The longest studio album I know of is Buckethead's "In Search Of The" which adds up to almost 9 and a half hours over 13 albums! I was wondering if there was anything that extreme in prog? Thanks for any feedback
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iamathousandapples
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Posted: October 05 2013 at 22:27 | ||
The Colour Spectrum clocks in at about 2 and a half hours over 9 EPs. it's definitely the most impressive album I know of.
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RoeDent
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Posted: October 22 2013 at 16:56 | ||
A few Flower Kings studio albums are double CDs, with total lengths going well over 2 hours.
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The.Crimson.King
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Posted: October 22 2013 at 17:07 | ||
I'm thinking Zappa's Lather - which was originally planned as a 1977 4 album vinyl set that never happened. When it was finally released in it's intended form on CD in 1996 it covered 3 CD's and was over 157 minutes (2.6 hours).
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verslibre
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Posted: October 22 2013 at 17:22 | ||
^^^I think that's the winner. If there's something of a longer duration lurking out there, I'm curious as to what it is. |
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Michael678
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Posted: October 22 2013 at 17:43 | ||
i thought it was Mike Oldfield's Incantations, since it is indeed the longest prog rock song, AND the longest song in general (that uses REAL instruments)
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: October 22 2013 at 17:44 | ||
Well if your counting boxsets probably King Crimson - The Road To Red at 21 CD's.
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Ian
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The.Crimson.King
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Posted: October 22 2013 at 19:40 | ||
Well played, unfortunately the OP is looking for studio not live albums. And now that I noticed that, maybe Zappa's Lather doesn't count since it includes some live stuff from "Zappa in New York"
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chopper
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Posted: October 23 2013 at 06:34 | ||
So surely that's 13 albums then and not one long one, even if it is a continuing concept or theme?
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tamijo
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Posted: October 24 2013 at 05:39 | ||
PG II , (vinyl) it goes on forever D:)
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Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours
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tamijo
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Posted: October 24 2013 at 05:44 | ||
Now you got me scared, do people actualy play on unreal instruments, that is sick.
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Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: October 24 2013 at 06:56 | ||
I have a Yes box set that continues for many hours - Yes In a Word - but are we counting compilations?
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Xonty
Forum Senior Member Joined: June 23 2013 Location: Cornwall Status: Offline Points: 1759 |
Posted: October 24 2013 at 08:31 | ||
I mean that it comes as 13 separate discs that are bought. You wouldn't say that a double album like the Lamb Lies Down is 2 albums and not one long one because it's on 2 separate discs? Or have I misunderstood your post?
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Xonty
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Posted: October 24 2013 at 08:34 | ||
Incantations is definitely one of the longest prog songs (72 minutes I think?) but there are many albums longer
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RoeDent
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Posted: October 24 2013 at 10:04 | ||
And Incantations has since been overtaken by Transatlantic's The Whirlwind (77:58).
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Michael678
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Posted: October 24 2013 at 14:26 | ||
It's "In a Word: Yes (1969-), oh and i saw ur unboxing video of it, which was nice (and the first in my opinion)
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richardh
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Posted: October 24 2013 at 15:36 | ||
If you stitch all The Flower Kings albums together you probably wouldn't know you were listening to different albums. (Banks Of Eden excepted)
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: October 24 2013 at 15:38 | ||
What about the albums that feel the longest to get through?
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Chozal
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Posted: October 25 2013 at 05:40 | ||
^ Still Incantations
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chopper
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Posted: October 25 2013 at 09:41 | ||
It depends if it's 13 separate albums or 13 individual discs making one album. Even after reading about it on Wikepedia, I'm still not sure which this is.
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