In and Out of the Top 100

so yeah.. obviously the top 100 is HEAVILY english... which a comprehensive quality driven list would fix quickly thus kicking out not only the stain that is SWILSON on the top 100 but a great many other albums from popular 'classic' artists that are functions more of nostalgia than actually weighing the albums content against other albums.

but glaring omissions in the top 100 .. let's see what the list has... it has been years since I've looked at it.

104-105 Uzed and Eros -  easily top 100 and would be if not for the legion of 5 star wielding SWilson fans who would slap 5 stars on an album of him burping and farting

113 - Third - Soft Machine - mentioning this since it was discussed above... agree with the above thoughts.  Good album, even great album but album 200 is a great album  but sitting just where it probably should be. Outside of the top 100.  Soft Machine became something less with this album, not more. They regressed into a simply fusiony band rather than the unique beast it was before. Enough to keep it outside of a list of 100 truly great 'prog' albums.

122 - YS - Balletto di Bronzo -  biggest omission. A top 20, perhaps even top 10'r.  It is hands down and without debate the greatest keyboard prog ever made, and a large contingent of proggers outside of the fishbowl of this site consider this one of the best prog albums ever made. SEVERELY underanked here....

125 - Palepoli - Osanna - as I often say... if this had been an English album..  it would be a top 10'r. Compare this to Godbluff... it smokes it on all levels. Lyrically, vocally, and especially musically.

really? 160 - Days of Future Passed - Moody Blues - what more can you ask. Musical perfection, incredible historical import.  Top 25 album no doubt...

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: I don't dislike `Road of Bones' to the extent that Micky and Freak do, nor do I think it deserves to be in the Top 100, but there's one thing I always think about when that album is brought up...Dave Guldbamsen once mentioned that he feels the band has essentially been sticking to the formula and re-making their album `Ever'...well, ever since they released it ('93 if I recall)! Pretty much nails it in my opinion.

timothy leary wrote: micky wrote: timothy leary wrote: The site has not done anything. I wouldn't go that far. What I have always said it has been of a missed opportunity. The list is a glorified popularity contest. What this site has,  granted it once had a lot more that time and attrition drained away, are a lot of very knowledgeable people who just don't listen to music but can fairly evaluate it. I had long, since teh early days of the site, advocated scraping that list, along with my primary goal, and zapping out the cursed 'ratings' with reviews and having the site craft a list of truly great and worthy albums, not flavor of the month favorites who through ratings manipulation and mass fanboyism. Education Tim.  The site has long had one foot in the door in educating the user. I thought a list hammered out and compiled by the site would be a real boon to the site and the lack of it a real missed opportunity. Your constant negativity towards other peoples' opinions is tiresome and if the site has gone so far downhill since the "glory days".Why do you still show up?

I'd suggest you ignore me than

As far as why I stick around Tim, obviously it isn't for the music, it is for the people here.  Most it seems have realized what you haven't.  I push buttons not out of malice, I don't give a sh*t what people like or don't like,  it is to stimulate conversation. To wear the black hat of devil's advocate. In this case it is towards something I've been interested in. A list of great prog albums, not merely popular ones.  There is a sustinct and distinct difference between the two. The smart ones know that, the humorous or those with sticks up their asses fail to see it. Which simply.. isn't my problem so ignore my 'negativity' if it makes your forum experiences better Tim.

micky wrote: timothy leary wrote: micky wrote: timothy leary wrote: The site has not done anything. I wouldn't go that far. What I have always said it has been of a missed opportunity. The list is a glorified popularity contest. What this site has,  granted it once had a lot more that time and attrition drained away, are a lot of very knowledgeable people who just don't listen to music but can fairly evaluate it. I had long, since teh early days of the site, advocated scraping that list, along with my primary goal, and zapping out the cursed 'ratings' with reviews and having the site craft a list of truly great and worthy albums, not flavor of the month favorites who through ratings manipulation and mass fanboyism. Education Tim.  The site has long had one foot in the door in educating the user. I thought a list hammered out and compiled by the site would be a real boon to the site and the lack of it a real missed opportunity. Your constant negativity towards other peoples' opinions is tiresome and if the site has gone so far downhill since the "glory days".Why do you still show up?  I'd suggest you ignore me than As far as why I stick around Tim, obviously it isn't for the music, it is for the people here.  Most it seems have realized what you haven't.  I push buttons not out of malice, I don't give a sh*t what people like or don't like,  it is to stimulate conversation. To wear the black hat of devil's advocate. In this case it is towards something I've been interested in. A list of great prog albums, not merely popular ones.  There is a sustinct and distinct difference between the two. The smart ones know that, the humorous or those with sticks up their asses fail to see it. Which simply.. isn't my problem so ignore my 'negativity' if it makes your forum experiences better Tim.

Now I see, thanks for explaining.

zwordser wrote: Another one that I've noticed bounce in and out of the top 100 within the past year or so that hasn't been mentioned is 1000 Autunni by Ske.  Haven't heard it, but must be good.

Lewian wrote: I remember at some point having seen two Can albums in the top 100 and at another point two of the Cardiacs. Currently both have none, for quite a while. Pity!

No, Cardiacs do (did you not read my post above?) S.T.G. still sitting at 96 today.

I only vaguely remember a Can album being in.


Edited by zwordser - January 09 2017 at 18:11

Lewian wrote: zwordser wrote: Lewian wrote: I remember at some point having seen two Can albums in the top 100 and at another point two of the Cardiacs. Currently both have none, for quite a while. Pity! No, Cardiacs do (did you not read my post above?) S.T.G. still sitting at 96 today. I only vaguely remember a Can album being in. I have new glasses today. Must have had to do with that.

miamiscot wrote: I remember Neal Morse ? popping into the Top 100 (It now sits at #140.) Gotta make room for more Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson...

Just checking where things are at lately

Edited by zwordser - March 03 2017 at 09:23