Pastoral Albums
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Topic: Pastoral Albums
Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Subject: Pastoral Albums
Date Posted: January 24 2016 at 09:04
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Some great pastoral albums. Take a pick for your favourite. ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: January 24 2016 at 09:17
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Days of Future Past, an album that literally defined pastoral in rock. Of the ones in the poll, definitely Harmonium. ------------- ...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: BaldJean
Date Posted: January 24 2016 at 09:21
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I would not call any of these albums "pastoral". -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: January 24 2016 at 10:02
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All great albums, went for Harmonium, which is the only one I consider pastoral of these. If I'm going for pastoral I typically reach for Mike Oldfield, Ommadawn or Hergest Ridge. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: January 24 2016 at 10:15
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Harmonium with no doubt. The Geese and the Ghost is a great album though ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: January 24 2016 at 10:37
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Harmonium easily. Another more or less pastoral recommendation, from recent years: Camelias Garden's You Have a Chance. ------------- 
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Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: January 24 2016 at 11:14
| A very, very hard list to choose from. I will go with Anthony Phillips, but all are quite excellent. |
Posted By: GKR
Date Posted: January 24 2016 at 11:28
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Nowadays I'am coming back more on Anthony Philips than the others albums putted in the list... ------------- - From each according to his ability, to each according to his need. |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: January 24 2016 at 11:37
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Harmonium by a fair margin. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: January 24 2016 at 12:03
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Gryphon is a masterpiece , more medieval than pastoral , though! ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: January 24 2016 at 13:27
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Trespass just over the Geese and the Ghost. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: January 24 2016 at 14:10
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The best pastoral album is Avait but my personal favourite is Trespass. ------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |
Posted By: progadicto
Date Posted: January 24 2016 at 14:22
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Though one... I go with Anthony Phillips album... Think is a little more "pastoral" than the others... ------------- ... E N E L B U N K E R... |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: January 24 2016 at 14:44
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All of them are excellent - except Harmonium which is just pleasant. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: fudgenuts64
Date Posted: January 24 2016 at 14:53
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Trespass, it's a classic for me :D ------------- 
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Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: January 24 2016 at 15:59
Came looking for Trespass, and was not disappointed  That said, Si On Avait and The Geese And The Ghost are both undoubtedly 5-stars, even though I've seriously overplayed them both. Also my favourite Gryphon album by a fair margin, but I think I've only heard the whole thing once through so I definitely need to revisit it.
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Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: January 24 2016 at 16:28
| Harmonium |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: January 24 2016 at 19:34
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Gryphon ------------- 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: dr wu23
Date Posted: January 24 2016 at 19:48
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Does pastoral mean it has to be about the wood, trees ,and the countryside...? I like Trespass above but some of these give me that pastoral feel also.... Fantasy Cressida Strawbs (any of the early ones but I like hero and heroine) Moody Blues-On The Threshold... BJH-Once Again Celeste-st ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: January 24 2016 at 19:57
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How exactly pastoral is The Knife? ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: January 24 2016 at 21:18
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I can't say that "Red Queen.." is pastoral in any way, shape or form of these, Harmonium and maybe Ant Philips would be the most pastoral for me, but not a big fan of either so abstaining
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Posted By: Raccoon
Date Posted: January 24 2016 at 21:24
| I love Ant more than any artist, Harmonium's amazing, Trespass was never my favorite, but Red Queen is the one-and-only, the creme-de-la-crop. A masterpiece of masterpieces. Easy pick! |
Posted By: addictedtoprog
Date Posted: January 24 2016 at 22:40
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Gryphon ~ Red Queen to Gryphon three is very gud. Don't know Anthony Philips ~ The Geese and The Ghost & Harmonium ~ blah! blah! blah! Doesn't matter though, cause Trespass is so good. Genesis' first masterpiece. |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: January 24 2016 at 23:07
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: January 25 2016 at 05:03
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can someone please tell the less knowlegable what pastoral prog means or is -------------  
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Posted By: Flight123
Date Posted: January 25 2016 at 06:15
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In this case, I think evocative of the rural/countryside (which rules out 'The Knife', etc.) |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: January 25 2016 at 06:56
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This is pastoral music: -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: January 25 2016 at 07:34
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The Geese and the Ghost gets the nod for this one. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: O666
Date Posted: January 25 2016 at 08:36
| Harmonium for Pastoral . |
Posted By: Necrotica
Date Posted: January 26 2016 at 03:16
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I definitely prefer Trespass on this poll. Very underrated compared to Genesis' other prog albums. ------------- Take me down, to the underground Won't you take me down, to the underground Why oh why, there is no light And if I can't sleep, can you hold my life https://www.youtube.com/@CocoonMasterBrendan-wh3sd |
Posted By: Skalla-Grim
Date Posted: January 26 2016 at 04:53
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Though I like all these albums, Trespass is my favourite, though only a part of it evokes a "pastoral" mood, while "The Geese and the Ghost" has a pastoral atmosphere throughout the album.
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Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: January 26 2016 at 05:17
| Harmonium |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: January 26 2016 at 05:19
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TeleStrat wrote:Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: January 26 2016 at 05:24
^ It's a long time favorite 
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Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: January 26 2016 at 05:30
^ Considering how long I got into Prog, it's a long time favourite for me too I still don't have a copy of it though 
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Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: January 26 2016 at 06:56
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This is PASTORAL ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: January 26 2016 at 10:07
Good question........it's a matter of opinion as always but here's an actual explanation of pastoral https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastoral" rel="nofollow - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastoral Since Atom Heart Mother had a cow on the cover, as someone said above, that must be pastoral.  From RYM...not endorsing this list..just posting it. http://rateyourmusic.com/list/alatar/pastoral_progressive/" rel="nofollow - http://rateyourmusic.com/list/alatar/pastoral_progressive/
------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: January 26 2016 at 10:16
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: January 26 2016 at 22:37
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: January 26 2016 at 22:39
Yeah, this song would seem pastoral enough indeed, as well as parts of Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast, and perhaps even "If"... but not the title track at all. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: January 26 2016 at 22:43
Indeed. Trespass is nice and all. Actually, every single song is very enjoyable... but it sort of lacks some higher peaks... The Knife should be the high point of the album (and it's the one that's not pastoral at all). Harmonium's album is just wonderful, and "Histoires Sans Paroles" is for me one of the best prog pieces ever... perhaps overall my very favourite instrumental prog song. |