Another 6s: 7 from 1966, 11 from 1976, 7 from 1986

I do like your 1976 picks better than mine.
I ended up picking Picchio Dal Pozzo but Cos and Magma are right there. And that's my favourite Popol Vuh record.

Pet Sounds. What an epic album!

Thanks all. :)

Mellotron Storm wrote: I do like your 1976 picks better than mine. I ended up picking Picchio Dal Pozzo but Cos and Magma are right there. And that's my favourite Popol Vuh record.

Stratosfear from your 1976 picks would have been on my list had you not covered it, and Revolver and Freak Out! from the 60s but it is your 80s list that particularly spoke to me with Shub-Niggurath, Univers Zero, Talk Talk and Miriodor. I have loved all of the 80s album other than Iron Maiden which I just never got into (not that i ever really tried, but I had friend big on it. I can appreciate kinds of metal now much more than I used to.

Rick1 wrote: Well, Cocteau Twins in a PA poll! Love Victorialand but I gave it to Camberwell Now (which sadly I paid no attention to at the time...)

Cocteau Twins is very dear to me. I only really got into the band over the past few years, but better late than never. It started with hearing again Elizabeth Fraser with Massive Attack on Mezzanine ("Teardrop"), and then I listened to the album heaven or Las Vegas and then all of the others. I find various Cocteau Twin music comparable to certain Dead Can Dance, which I already was big on.

On a side-note: Some might complain about seeing it in Prog polls, but since 2009 at least, we have been allowed to mention more than Prog or recognised as Prog music here, but most of a poll should be recognised as prog, proto, or related (ideally the main focus, otherwise General Music Discussions). No doubt I have moved more threads into other forums than anyone else, probably by a very long shot.

Mormegil wrote: Pet Sounds. What an epic album!

And a seminal album. Such a classic.

Saperlipopette! wrote: Impossible to choose one from these: 1976: Cos - Viva Boma 1976: Picchio dal Pozzo - Picchio dal Pozzo 1976: Zanov - Green Ray 1986: Siouxsie and The Banshees - Tinderbox (not in PA) Love these just as much, really: 1976: Klaus Schulze - Moondawn 1976: Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Music From the Penguin Cafe 1976: Magma - Üdü Ẁüdü 1976: Pierrot Lunaire - Gudrun ...and well I love these too: 1986: Cocteau Twins - Victorialand (not in PA) 1966: Ennio Morricone - Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (not in PA) 1976: Far East Family Band - Parallel World 1966: The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (not in PA) ...and these, but to be honest I haven't listened to any of them in ages: 1976: Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Osorezan / Dou no Kenbai 1966: Simon and Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence (not in PA) 1966: The Byrds - Fifth Dimension (not in PA) 1986: Depeche Mode - Black Celebration (not in PA) To much wonderful and completely different music, so no vote from me:)

And I was going to put Miles Davis' Miles Smiles in a 60s slot, but then recalled that John had covered Davis in a very recently posted-in poll of his.

Choosing one would be futile for me too. I was tempted to make it multiple votes, like vote for up to five, but I wanted to do this similarly to John's polls that inspired this, I know some like the challenge of choosing one and it's a post like yours that means much, much more to me than seeing votes in the poll. As it should be, that takes a lot more effort.

By the way, it was you bringing up Penguin Cafe Orchestra for a topic that really got me listening to the band again, and super falling for it. I have subsequently listened to those first three albums so much, and Union Cafe is much liked. I guess the self-titled is the one that I have spun the most.

Camberwell Now

Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Music From the Penguin Cafe