1976-1979 Albums Poll - the Sequel
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Topic: 1976-1979 Albums Poll - the Sequel
Posted By: Cristi
Subject: 1976-1979 Albums Poll - the Sequel
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 01:54
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20 more albums I could think of, again I excluded Animals and Wind & Wuthering, otherwise all votes would go to them. I wanted to add some Tangerine Dream but I could not make up my mind of the 3 albums I know of (Stratosfear, Cyclone and Force Majeure). Also could not decide betwwen Alan Parsons Project first two albums, which are both excellent. Also Brand X was hard to choose as well, I thought of them. I wonder if the lesser known albums, little gems will get any votes/appreciation. if I forgot an album you find essential, it can only mean 2 things: first that i am forgetful  , and second is that I do not know it (and I'm sure I might not know a few). Kindly mention it, after all, I live and learn.  |
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 03:01
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Apparently you saved the best for the last. I give the edge to Still Life just above Hemispheres - and I would do so even if Animals and Wind and Wuthering were included. Eloy and Kansas are also good.
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Posted By: fudgenuts64
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 04:30
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I'll go with Novella here. Probably would go for Tangerine Dream is Stratosfear was included. And I hate to say but yes, had Genesis been included here I would have voted for them :D ------------- 
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Posted By: Prog Snob
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 04:35
| There are a few choices here deserving of my vote but I went with Hemispheres. |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 04:59
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Fluid Druid. I met the band many times and loved their music. They were so much more than the Yes clones some describe them as. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 05:42
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A stronger list this time, went with Still Life. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005  |
Posted By: antonyus
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 06:09
| Wonderful album from Eloy...Ocean !!! |
Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 07:55
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Heavy Horses because that was my first intoduction to them. ------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |
Posted By: Imperial Zeppelin
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 08:08
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Still Life. Nothing else comes close. ------------- "Hey there, Dog Man, now I drink from your bowl." |
Posted By: Walton Street
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 08:12
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Heavy Horses - because it's awesome ------------- "I know one thing: that I know nothing" - SpongeBob Socrates |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 08:32
| Ocean |
Posted By: tboyd1802
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 08:34
| Gotta go with Still Life - although a close call, next to Pawn Hearts my favorite VDGG release. |
Posted By: Varon
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 09:45
I voted for incredible HEAVY Horses but number of votes didnt change Still Life is great as well. ------------- Would you catch the final words of mine? Would you catch my words??? |
Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 09:58
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Colosseum ll Not only am I a big JRF fan, I've been following the late Gary Moore's career since Grinding Stone.
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Posted By: Wakeman's Birotron
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 12:39
| Grobschnitt gets my vote, although I can't believe that Hemispheres is so far behind. |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 13:08
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Still Life ------------- |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 13:41
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Between, Novella, Ocean and Breathless. I can't decide ------------- Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: I-Juca Pirama
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 13:41
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Still life, my fave of VDGG albums and one of my favorites of all. ------------- Without charity, there is no salvation |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 13:41
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Hemispheres, followed by Heavy Horses. (A lot of "H"s there . . .) ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 14:28
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Still Life just over Rokpommel's Land... ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: infernalfrog
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 14:33
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Still Life, even thinking that Pawn Hearts, Godbluff, H to He and World Record are better. ------------- Please, forgive my spelling and concordance mistakes. English noob here. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 14:59
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VDGG ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 15:36
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HEMISPHEREEESSSS!!!!!!! ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 16:05
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Ian Gillan Band - Clear Air Turbulence
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Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 16:21
| Heavy Horses by Jethro Tull |
Posted By: Guillermo
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 17:25
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Kansas "Point of Know Return" ------------- Avatar: Photo of Solar Eclipse, Mexico City, July 1991. A great experience to see. Maybe once in a lifetime. |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 17:49
Superb album  . It is a pity that Ian Gillan did not continue on that path, because the band that recorded that album was killer. |
b_olariu wrote:Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 17:52
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ahhh.. great choice. the very excellent Par les fils de Mandrin for the big Mick! ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 20:14
I am in full agreement.  After that, Renaissance and Rush.------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: February 12 2015 at 21:11
Songs from the Wood, which is a better album than Heavy Horses. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: friso
Date Posted: February 13 2015 at 07:00
| This one goes to Grobschnitt |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: February 13 2015 at 07:06
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Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: February 13 2015 at 07:52
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Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses...be a wide margin
(to the other albums i know on that list) ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: February 13 2015 at 09:01
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Very happy to see that Tull is getting votes. I was afraid that this album was severely underrated on this site when 15 people had already voted but none went to HH. ------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: February 13 2015 at 09:46
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Hemispheres for me ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: February 13 2015 at 10:01
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Posted By: Walton Street
Date Posted: February 13 2015 at 10:05
I love them both the same.. couldn't pick one over the other. ------------- "I know one thing: that I know nothing" - SpongeBob Socrates |
Posted By: snowsnow
Date Posted: February 13 2015 at 14:07
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Hemispheres by some way. I've always been very fond of Camel's Breathless simply for the brilliance of Echoes.
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Posted By: Enchant X
Date Posted: February 13 2015 at 21:00
In an imaginary world where newbies like myself are allowed to vote ... Hemispheres , Yes I love Kansas .. but hemispheres this time. imaginary vote for Rush. Hemispheres wins this poll, but only by a whisker as Hemispheres is a fairly short album ... I know all the albums in this poll Hemispheres is probably in the top 5 prog albums of all time by any artist in my opinion, Next would be point of know return by Kansas  Looking forward to a poll where Song For America gets a mention be interesting to see how that goes, you wont ever hear incomudro hymn to the Atman on the radio so Song For America must be prog .. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: February 13 2015 at 21:20
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And again a tough choice.....Tull with Heavy Horses but Eloy, HTM, VDGG, and Kansas are all nice. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: February 14 2015 at 02:53
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Not a big fan of VdGG or Tull, so that frees up the heavy hitters. As much as I especially love the Renaissance, Eloy, Jane, Kansas, Sebastian Hardie and Grobschnitt albums offered here, I'm going to be the first to vote for PFM's `Jet Lag'. `Jet Lag' is a little controversial and divisive album for them, with quite a strong jazz-fusion element that sounds like none of their other albums. I prefer it over the previous disc `Chocolate Kings' at least, and I play it quite often these days.
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Posted By: Enchant X
Date Posted: February 14 2015 at 22:23
One of the problems I find with heavy Horses is its a bit inconsistent at times boring (theres a number of throw away tracks on that album thats aren't classic Tull) .. I love Tull but I believe Stormwatch is better I think Ian Anderson song writing was really in form on Stormwatch I also believe most of the great tracks on heavy Horses featured on Bursting Out and they performed those better too Barriemore Barlow drumming was tame compared to the Bursting out versions I`m talking about, lacked the fusion the drive the wallop ! Tull deserve to win a poll so go guys ! and Eloy Ocean is a masterpiece of prog ... perhaps the father of Neo prog when you think about it .. so hope they do well too. looking at these polls Cristi you have made me realize how lucky I am to have found progressive rock ... every band is great in these polls and the winner won't win by much, it will be a case if gee this is tough which one should I choose , most people will have 3 albums they have about the same opinion of and have to flip a coin to decide.  |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: February 14 2015 at 22:41
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29 ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Enchant X
Date Posted: February 14 2015 at 22:42
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TY Nogbad_The_Bad, wow you guys are fast around here at responding. |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: February 14 2015 at 22:45
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So what are you into Enchant X? ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: progadicto
Date Posted: February 15 2015 at 11:34
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Mmmmh... Though one... I go with Rockpommel's cos the influence on me when I as young but I got mention some others that really enjoy such as Hemispheres, PoKR, Ocean, Crafty Hands and of course Battlement... ------------- ... E N E L B U N K E R... |
Posted By: proggman
Date Posted: February 19 2015 at 20:05
Kansas, Point of Know Return.------------- When he rides, my fears subside. For darkness turns once more to light. Through the skies, his white horse flies. To find a land beyond the night. |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: February 21 2015 at 21:11
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Rush, Tull and Grobschnitt from this bunch. |
Posted By: SquonkHunter
Date Posted: February 22 2015 at 09:34
Agreed. They had a good sound and were definitely not just another Yes clone. Too bad they didn't last longer.------------- "You never had the things you thought you should have had and you'll not get them now..." |
Posted By: MFP
Date Posted: February 22 2015 at 09:37
| VDGG |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 17 2018 at 09:43
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old poll of mine :)) of all the albums, Jane, Camel and Gotic did not get any votes. Even Uriah Heep's Firefly got a couple. Surprised to see this old poll and how VDGG crushed everyone else. People should not complain VDGG is not popular and respected here on PA. :)
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: February 17 2018 at 11:03
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Dixie Dregs is the listed one I would pick. My actual favorites from that era. UK Island - Pictures Banco - ...di Terra Brudford - One of a Kind Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior Tangerine Dream - Stratosphere Shadowfax - Watercourse Way Etcetera - Etcetera ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: February 17 2018 at 11:17
Changed that! Voted for Gotic; that album is such a refreshing Catalan gem - like a warm ocean breeze on a summer evening. However, I'd agree with Ian that most of my favourites from this era weren't listed: Bubu - Anabelas Crucis - Los Delirios Del Mariscal Harmonium - l'Heptade MIA - Cornonstipicum Novalis - Sommerabend Opus 5 - Contre-Courant Rayuela - Rayuela Weidorje - Weidorje Yep, '76 to '79 was right around the time that Britain's prog talent had thoroughly dried up, but the rest of the world was on fire! ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 17 2018 at 11:23
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a vote for the much overlooked album from one of the few generally 'known' groups here I'd consider really underrated. Par les fils de Mandrin ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: February 17 2018 at 13:59
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Hemispheres gets my vote - however, it is nice to remember the other albums I bought at the time from my hard-earned pocket money and funds from various birthdays and Christmases: Electric Savage, Fluid Druid, Heavy Horses, Clear Air Turbulence, Breathless, Novella and Point of Know Return all had many enjoyable spins on the old turntable back in the day, while the music business jumped on the New Wave/Punk bandwagon over here in the UK. ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: February 17 2018 at 14:07
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Too tough! Faves: Electric Savage Firefly (fave Heep album, by far) Free Fall Heavy Horses Hemispheres Novella Ocean PoKR ...and Tangerine Dream's Force Majeure, that's where my vote would go. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: noni
Date Posted: February 17 2018 at 14:44
Voted Camel, as I'm a huge fan of theirs.. Not the greatest album from the collection. Gotic, Colosseum II, PFM, Eloy, Sebastian Hardie, Neuschwanstein and Renaissance are just brilliant. 
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Posted By: maryes
Date Posted: February 18 2018 at 06:53
| Rush - Hemispheres > Kansas - Point Of Known Return > Grobschnitt - Rockpommel's Land > Happy the Man - Crafty Hands > Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses > Renaissance - Novella |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: February 18 2018 at 07:40
| Heavy Horses. |
Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: February 19 2018 at 02:19
| I know the Rush and Still Life are brilliant, but why only two votes for Breathless? |