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Poll Question: Which is your favorite?
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16 [34.78%]
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    Posted: March 02 2014 at 13:14
A unique band, but which is your favorite studio album from them?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2014 at 13:22
Barleycorn.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2014 at 13:25
Low Spark followed by John Barleycorn. Both are excellent.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2014 at 13:40
Originally posted by Progosopher Progosopher wrote:

Low Spark followed by John Barleycorn. Both are excellent.

This. Two of my favorite albums.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2014 at 13:42
'When the Eagle Flies' and 'John Barleycorn Must Die' are both top-shelf albums, but I voted for 'Mr. Fantasy' because it is stellar as well and is the only one of those three to feature the band's classic lineup.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2014 at 15:33
For me it's between JB and LS, went with Barleycorn.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2014 at 16:09
Mr. Fantasy, although Low Spark is great too. I enjoy the wacky nature of Mr. Fantasy, with some really cool numbers mixed in such as "Coloured Rain".
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2014 at 16:18
I used to say Low Spark but now I prefer Barleycorn.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2014 at 16:52
Low Sparks... for me.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2014 at 16:52
When The Eagle Flies
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2014 at 18:19
Originally posted by Progosopher Progosopher wrote:

Low Spark followed by John Barleycorn. Both are excellent.

This---BTW if Traffic can be on this site--what about David Crosby--his new album is very good--and his first solo is pretty prog related.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2014 at 18:39
Low Spark for me
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2014 at 18:39
 My favorite is the self-titled album. It's not prog by any means - it's just a perfect pop album.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2014 at 19:41
Originally posted by twosteves twosteves wrote:


Originally posted by Progosopher Progosopher wrote:

Low Spark followed by John Barleycorn. Both are excellent.

This---BTW if Traffic can be on this site--what about David Crosby--his new album is very good--and his first solo is pretty prog related.


Interesting suggestion, I don't know that David Crosby is prog in any way but his newest album is a pretty decent blend of pop, blues rock, folk and some light jazz.

I'm kind of surprised to see Traffic are listed under Eclectic. Anyone know if they were moved there from Proto-Prog at some point? That's probably where they belong.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2014 at 20:00
The HIGHLY underrated Shootout at the Fantasy Factory, which never got any love! 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2014 at 23:31
LS and then JB.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 03 2014 at 02:23
I chose John Barleycorn myself.
It was a hard choice, though, between that album and the second, self-titled album.
As jude111 said, that one isn't prog, but it does have great songs.

I see that all the albums have at least one vote, except the rest album "Last Exit", which still features some great Traffic songs BTW, like "Shanghai Noodle Factory", "Medicated Goo" and "Withering Tree".
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 03 2014 at 02:27
Originally posted by ClemofNazareth ClemofNazareth wrote:

 

I'm kind of surprised to see Traffic are listed under Eclectic. Anyone know if they were moved there from Proto-Prog at some point? That's probably where they belong.


I don't know why that happened. 
They are eclectic, though: a mixture of jazz, blues, rock, folk and maybe some other genres.
Maybe they have been moved because they weren't seen as really paving the way for the prog giants.
Maybe because they don't have a lot of classical elements, like The Nice, the Moody Blues or Procol Harum.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 03 2014 at 03:12
Originally posted by Moogtron III Moogtron III wrote:


Originally posted by ClemofNazareth ClemofNazareth wrote:

 
I'm kind of surprised to see Traffic are listed under Eclectic. Anyone know if they were moved there from Proto-Prog at some point? That's probably where they belong.

I don't know why that happened. 
They are eclectic, though: a mixture of jazz, blues, rock, folk and maybe some other genres.
Maybe they have been moved because they weren't seen as really paving the way for the prog giants.
Maybe because they don't have a lot of classical elements, like The Nice, the Moody Blues or Procol Harum.


As far as I can remember, they have been listed under Prog Folk first, but they were afterwards moved to Eclectic Prog.
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