8 Best Prog Albums of All Time
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Topic: 8 Best Prog Albums of All Time
Posted By: bucka001
Subject: 8 Best Prog Albums of All Time
Date Posted: October 11 2016 at 13:35
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Are any of these "best prog" lists that crop up from time to time *not* completely original and incisive, bringing a new angle to the topic? ;-) This one came out recently. http://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/8-of-the-best-progressive-rock-albums-of-all-time.html/?a=viewall" rel="nofollow - http://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/8-of-the-best-progressive-rock-albums-of-all-time.html/?a=viewall ------------- jc |
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Posted By: Larkstongue41
Date Posted: October 11 2016 at 15:24
Certainly disappointed by the first 2 choices, but I am pleasantly surprised to see Pawn Hearts, Future Days and One Size Fits All have been included. I can understand why the two former could be considered, but I am not sure about the latter even if I personally think it is a great album. ------------- "Larks' tongues. Wrens' livers. Chaffinch brains. Jaguars' earlobes. Wolf nipple chips. Get 'em while they're hot. They're lovely. Dromedary pretzels, only half a denar." |
bucka001 wrote:Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: October 11 2016 at 15:37
| Good list, but not the best by all means. |
Posted By: LakeGlade12
Date Posted: October 11 2016 at 16:09
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Pretty poor list if you ask me. As strong as Fragile is the general consensus is that CTTE is the top Yes album (myself included). One size fits all and future days are way down the list in terms of influencial Prog albums and quite rightly are seldom mentioned in best-of-all-time lists. I can understand why WYWH is at No 1 (even though I hate that album), but I would argue DSOTM deseves that top spot (or at least top 8!) for being the best known and loved Prog album of all time. I'm ok with the remaining albums on the list, but still strongly disagreeing with half the albums in the top 8 does not sit well with me!
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Posted By: EddieRUKiddingVarese
Date Posted: October 11 2016 at 16:17
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The best 8 are 1. Uncle Meat 2. Were Only in it for the Money 3. Freak Out 4. Absolutely Free 5. Burnt Weeny Sandwich 6. Hot Rats 7. Weasels Ripped my Flesh 8. Grand Wazoo ------------- "Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes" and I need the knits, the double knits! |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 11 2016 at 16:23
^ so diverse  
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Posted By: EddieRUKiddingVarese
Date Posted: October 11 2016 at 16:27
Why thanks, you noticed  ------------- "Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes" and I need the knits, the double knits! |
Posted By: mechanicalflattery
Date Posted: October 11 2016 at 16:32
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There are probably 6 or 7 Pink Floyd albums better than Wish You Were Here. There are a good 4 Yes albums better than Fragile. There are 4 King Crimson albums I like more than Court. There's at least one Can album better than Future Days. There's a great deal of Frank Zappa-involved albums better than One Size Fits All. Pawn Hearts deserves its place, although Godbluff is better. Selling England and Thick as a Brick are acceptable, at least those artists never made anything better. Decent enough list, obviously I don't agree much. The lack of Italian prog alone is absurd.
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Posted By: fredyair
Date Posted: October 11 2016 at 16:41
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Prog music is so diverse and probably the genre with more quality musicians and performers that a best of list requires at least a hundred titles to be somewhat complete. And that just to start scratching the surface. A ten best has to include at least one title of the following bands, in no particular order: Pink Floyd, Yes, ELP, Genesis, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree, Renaissance, Led Zeppelin, and how many great bands are left? It is an impossible task, as for the list published I think is really poor. ------------- Long live Progresive music! |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: October 11 2016 at 16:44
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Why eight? ------------- ...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: Devoncir
Date Posted: October 11 2016 at 20:54
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Me like make lists. If I can´t put ths same band twice: . 1 - Yes - Close to the Edge 2 - Genesis - Foxtrot 3 - Pink Floyd - Wish you Were Here 4 - VDGG - Pawn Hearts 5 - Jethro Tull - Ministrel in the Gallery 6 - Grobschnitt - Rockpommel's Land 7 - PFM - Storia di un Minuto 8 - ELP - Trilogy If I can put the same band twice or more: 1 - Yes Close to the Edge 2 - Yes - Relayer 3 - Pink Floyd - Wish you were Here 4 - VDGG - Pawn Hearts 5 - Yes - Tales From topografic Oceans 6 - Genesis - Foxtrot 7 - Genesis - Selling England by the Pound 8 - Genesis - Nursery Cryme
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Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: October 12 2016 at 05:15
Too lazy or not enough time/place to make it ten?  Anyway, that's just another list and people in 2016 should be tired with that Top 10, Top 20, Top 6 or whatever kind of list that may exist under our sun - especially if said list is as lame as this one. Furthermore, I can't even see the point of making another list of best prog albums: it's flogging the dried bones of a dead horse. |
Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: October 12 2016 at 05:28
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my eight (albums on the website): 1. Thick as a Brick 2. Mirage 3. Generation 13 4. Clutching at Straws 5. Free Hand 6. Seventh Sojourn 7. Uoma 8. Subterreanea I guess my favorite albums are not on the website. Although a lot of albums on the website I do like.
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Posted By: Passka
Date Posted: October 12 2016 at 09:23
maybe they want to look more 'progressive'
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: October 12 2016 at 09:55
"Close to the Edge" is in my opinion a bit overrated. a good 4 star album, yes, but it lacks the daring that is in my opinion necessary for a 5 star album (as a prog rock album CttE is not daring at all). "Relayer" is a much more daring album and hence in my opinion much better -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: October 13 2016 at 07:48
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The Real Top Eight 1) Tales From Topographic Oceans 2) The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 3) Thick As A Brick 4) Close To The Edge 5) Brain Salad Surgery 6) Foxtrot 7) Wish You Were Here 8) Larks' Tongues In Aspic
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: October 13 2016 at 09:50
I am fairly certain that the list is "inspired" by BBC 4's Desert Island Discs show, where the guest or indeed cast-away is asked to chose 8 albums to bring with them on a deserted island (hence the title). As for the list? It's a list alright Nah cool to see Can mentioned for once, but we'll never ever hit the proverbial sweet spot and conjure up a list that satisfies every pork rock fan out there. Some like it hot - others like it cold. I am a chilli man myself. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Guy Guden
Date Posted: October 13 2016 at 10:15
I'd replace Zappa with Amon Duul 2. YETI, LEMMINGS or VIVE LA TRANCE. MEDDLE would replace WISH YOU WERE HERE. TOPOGRAPHIC would replace FRAGILE. And yes, Eight is NOT Enough. Banco, PFM, Ange and Magma deserve being there. A PASSION PLAY is my favourite, as well as RED, or LARKS' TONGUES. The Can choice is correct. When it comes to Lists, Franz is my favourite. 
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Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: October 14 2016 at 03:52
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Perhaps if we learned to read we would find it says "8 of the best" not the best 8. Fine starter kit anyway. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 14 2016 at 04:07
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: October 14 2016 at 17:31
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1) The Snow Goose 2) Subterranea 3) Spirit of Autumn Past 4) The Tain 5) Second Life Syndrome 6) The Mountain 7) Folklore 8) Argus 9) Moonmadness 10) Seasons End ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: October 14 2016 at 17:40
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1) Foxtrot - Genesis 2) Nursery Cryme - Genesis 3) Hybris - Anglagard 4) Illusions on a Double Dimple - Triumvirat 5) Relayer - Yes 6) Leftoverture - Kansas 7) Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull 8) K.A. - Magma 9) Darwin - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso 10) Voyage of the Acolyte - Steve Hackett ------------- 
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Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: October 14 2016 at 23:00
It seems that everyone else is just listing what they think the list should be, so I may as well give it a try. In no particular order, sticking to one per artist:
Sorry for the lack of representation for certain subgenres, like prog metal, krautrock, zeuhl, psychedelic, prog electronic, Canterbury, etc. When I made my selections, I did my best to encompass broad genre representation and widespread influence, as well as a little look at the extremes that prog can fill. As a result, I tended to ignore many of the more niche subgenres, as well as less traditionally "proggy" genres (fusion, psychedelic, etc.). ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: mechanicalflattery
Date Posted: October 14 2016 at 23:29
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Oh please, you people are all wrong, only I can have the true best prog list!* 1. Godbluff 2. Storia di un Minuto 3. Lizard 4. Octopus 5. Pawn Hearts 6. Darwin! 7. Close to the Edge 8. Caravanserai Bow before my will, inferior mortals *(list created in roughly 30 seconds with little critical thought put into it, likely gravely wrong as a result)
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Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: October 14 2016 at 23:39
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^ I'd agree with you on 5 of those. Not bad for 30 seconds, actually. ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: Flight123
Date Posted: October 18 2016 at 05:12
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It is a reasonable list for anyone new to the genre and includes some more left-field prog such as Zappa and Can. I know we can all disagree on such lists, but the only surprise omission is an ELP album. Not only did they shape and provide inspiration to the genre, along with the Floyd and Yes, they were actually one of the biggest (rock, not just prog) groups in terms of album sales and concert attractions - at least in the early 70s. |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: October 18 2016 at 05:22
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Triumvirat-Illusions On A Double Dimple Triumvirat-Spartacus Triumvirat-Mediterranean Tales Dzyan-Time Machine Libra-Libra Giger Lenz Marron-Beyond Wallenstein-No More Love Dzyan-Electric Silence some of these are pretty obscure, but that's me, I guess
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Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: October 18 2016 at 06:21
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Love Beach We Can't Dance A Momentary Lapse Of Reason Under Wraps Vapor Trails Cruisin' With Reuben & The Jets Open Your Eyes Metal Machine Music ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: October 18 2016 at 11:09
Come on, how could you not include any Asia in there? Or ABBA? ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 18 2016 at 11:13
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Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: October 18 2016 at 11:23
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Today's list: Banda do Casaco - Hoje Há Conquilhas Amanhã Não Sabemos Camel - Mirage King Crimson - Lizard Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn Pink Floyd - Atom Heart MotherPFM - Per Un Amico Quarteto 1111 - Onde, Quando, Como, Porquê Cantamos Pessoas Vivas Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
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Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: October 18 2016 at 11:31
Abba? Most progressive act ever! Well, except for John Denver
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Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: October 18 2016 at 11:38
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Echolyn....Mei PFM......Stati di....... Gentle Giant.......The Power..... King Crimson.....Red Porcupine Tree.....In Absentia Moody Blues.....Days of Dun......Eros Pink Floyd.....Animals
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Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: October 18 2016 at 14:22
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Yes - Close To The Edge Magma - Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandöh King Crimson - Larks Tongues In Aspic Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts Jethro Tull - A Passion Play Hatfield And The North - I National Health - Of Queues And Cures Premiata Forneria Marconi - Per Un Amico Very difficult task ... |
Posted By: mechanicalflattery
Date Posted: October 18 2016 at 15:12
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Can't believe I forgot Atom Heart Mother and Ommadawn, although I don't really consider the latter to be prog rock (same for krautrock, psychedelia, jazz fusion etc). Also I'd have no problem with someone attempting to argue for Metal Machine Music being a great album. It's certainly a progressive one (obviously not prog). |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: October 18 2016 at 15:16
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8 best? Man that is hard... listing favorites is easy. What do I think were the best prog albums... I'll have to think and drink on that.... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: EddieRUKiddingVarese
Date Posted: October 18 2016 at 16:07
The more I relisten to ELP records the more I prefer The Nice........... Too much aimless work from Keith in ELP stuff. ------------- "Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes" and I need the knits, the double knits! |
Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: October 18 2016 at 18:12
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I agree with Micky. Best Prog is different from best album or personal favorite. Shut Up 'N' Play Yer Guitar is one of my all time favorites. It deserves to be called Prog, but it's not very representative. I have to think a little bit too. ------------- A curse upon the heads of those who seek their fortunes in a lie. The truth is always waiting when there's nothing left to try. - Colin Henson, Jade Warrior (Now) |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: October 19 2016 at 19:30
yeah man...it ain't easy brother.. 1 day and 6 pack later.. and only have come up 3 albums I think qualify as worthy of being called 'the best'. 2 no brainers..often variously mentioned as the best prog albums ever made.. likely will be 1 and 2 on my list... and of course agree comletely....and 1 less so which think qualifies... still thinking... and drinking on the other 5!  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Pastmaster
Date Posted: October 19 2016 at 20:04
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1. Dave Mason Anthology 2. Dave Mason Anthology 3. Dave Mason Anthology 4. Dave Mason Anthology 5. Dave Mason Anthology 6. Dave Mason Anthology 7. Dave Mason Anthology 8. Abba Collection Pretty easy I must say.
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Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: October 21 2016 at 10:00
^At least, a well balanced list!  |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: November 03 2016 at 02:53
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Off the top of my head Brain Salad Surgery Foxtrot The Human Equation Moon madness Fragile Close to the Edge Selling England by the Pound Thick as a Brick These are the albums I still listen to and are all masterpieces. The others have tended to wear off over time. ------------- 
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Posted By: Thatfabulousalien
Date Posted: November 03 2016 at 02:56
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So no prog metal, just prog rock? ------------- Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV. https://www.soundcloud.com/user-322914325 |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: November 03 2016 at 03:00
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Today's list: 2. Foxtrot - Genesis 3. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd 4. Selling England by the Pound - Genesis 5. Köhntarkösz - Magma 6. Unfolded Like Staircase - Discipline 7. Part the Second - Maudlin of the Well 8. Echolyn - s/t ------------- 
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: November 03 2016 at 06:46
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Hi, I wonder why the Hall of Shame doesn't think this thing known as "progressive" is a joke ... we can't even appreciate/agree on what makes it, and the variances and choices are so far apart, as to actually dismantle the definition and its purpose. SAD! I'm just curious to find out if all the folks that wrote their choices here, actually heard the other stuff, because I have that funny feeling, that they have not, and this makes it to be just like the Hall of Shame folks ... they never heard anything other than the top ten anyway ... or at least a famous hit of some kind! Or famous musician that the GM paid for to be listed?  ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: November 03 2016 at 07:30
| ^Your funny feeling is because you think so highly of yourself and never take into consideration other people besides yourself know something about music. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: November 03 2016 at 07:48
I think that these lists, including mine, have more to do with undeniable classics. 'Shkito, you're very welcome to add a list of your own which may be full of refreshing suggestions .-------------
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: November 03 2016 at 08:34
...there is a "famous hit" somewhere here in prog land??? You have hit a small chord with your post Pedro, I think there is some validity to it....but yea, you should post your list.....Me? Can't, only can come up with 7, not 8 -------------   
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Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: November 03 2016 at 08:42
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No specific or particul order, trying to combine different eras and styles 1. Thick as a Brick (JTull)2. Subterranea (IQ) 3. Tubular Bells (M. Oldfield) 4. Snow Goose (Camel) 5. Romantic Warrior (Return to Forever) 6. Generation 13 (Saga) 7. Uoma (Uzva) 8. The Silicone Veil (Susanne Sundfør)
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: November 03 2016 at 13:09
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These are my picks but it's based on what I like (don't know what'the best' means) since this is always subjective ..... CTTE- Yes Thick As A Brick-Tull' Selling England..-Genesis Dark Side- Floyd ITCOTCK- KC Pawn Hearts- VDGG ELP-same Land Of Grey and Pink-Caravan ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: November 05 2016 at 01:09
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^^^great list!!! -------------
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Posted By: MCspagheDi
Date Posted: November 07 2016 at 05:49
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Off the top of my head I would say the best 8 in no particular order would be Voyage of the Acolyte - Steve Hackett H to He Who Am the Only One - Van Der Graaf Generator In a Glass House - Gentle Giant Foxtrot - Genesis Remember the Future - Nektar Close to the Edge - Yes Tago Mago - Can In the Land of Pink and Grey - Caravan Those are the albums I listen to religiously. |
Posted By: Progaholic2
Date Posted: November 13 2016 at 07:18
| A Trick of the Tale was the first prog album I ever heard. I thought it was magical and has IMHO never been bettered by anyone |
Posted By: Fragile
Date Posted: December 09 2016 at 16:54
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Not been on here in ages the tragic death of Greg Lake brought me on and I know this has been done and re done but what the hey. Close to the Edge The Lamb Lies Down ELP Court of the Crimson King Aqualung For Girls who go Plump Fugazi Still Life |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: December 09 2016 at 17:16
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Univers Zero - Ceux De Dehors Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn King Crimson - Larks Tongues In Aspic Henry Cow - Western Culture Hatfield & The North - Rotters Club Nik Bartsch Ronin - Live Knifeworld - The Unravelling Radiohead - OK Computer Thinking Plague - Decline & Fall Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Of Natural History ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: TheLionOfPrague
Date Posted: December 09 2016 at 17:41
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Today it is: -Dark Side of the Moon -Close to the Edge -Thick as a Brick -Selling England by the Pound -In the Court of the Crimson King -Tarkus -Ommadawn -Rock Bottom ------------- I shook my head and smiled a whisper knowing all about the place |
Posted By: EddieRUKiddingVarese
Date Posted: December 09 2016 at 19:01
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Today for me it is: -Uncle Meat -In the Wake of Poseidon -A Strange Fantastic Dream, Ariel -Out of the Storm, Jack Bruce -Feel, George Duke -Beyond, Ayers Rock -The Yes Album -Will Power, Joe Jackson
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: December 09 2016 at 19:20
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Top five in chronological order: Days of Future Passed In the Court of the Crimson King Thick as a Brick Close to the Edge Wish You Were Here ------------- ...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: presdoug
Date Posted: December 09 2016 at 21:02
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Triumvirat-Mediterranean Tales Triumvirat-Illusions On A Double Dimple Triumvirat-Spartacus Dzyan-Time Machine Dzyan-Electric Silence Wallenstein-No More Love Libra-Libra Passport-Cross Collateral
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: December 09 2016 at 21:08
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With only one album per band: Yes- close to the edge Genesis- A trick of the tail Gentle Giant -Octopus Spock's Beard - the Light Camel- The Snow Goose ELP- same King Crimson - Larks' tongues in Aspic Marillion - clutching at straws If I could put more than one album (and a few extras): Genesis- Selling England by the Pound Yes- Relayer Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte Rush - Permanent Waves(Hemispheres too) |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: December 09 2016 at 21:29
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Professor Dildo & The Sandstorm Of Truth Headless Herman's Hairy Hornets Cats & Rats & Bats & Hats The Geometry Of Geography Wet Fire Frogs The Day The Sun Danced Backwards Kind Of Blue ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: Woon Deadn
Date Posted: January 06 2017 at 09:08
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Thanks for the opinion for sure, but the author of that list probably has little knowledge of the whole gamut of the genre. It is simply impossible to pick 8 best. There are things that are just impossible. How can one miss Cressida's Asylum, Spring's first album, Still Life's eponymous masterpiece, Atlantis Philharmonic, Beggar's Opera? I would rather talk about 150 Progressive Rock Recordings I Should Listen To Before I Die. No less.
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Posted By: Terrapin Station
Date Posted: January 06 2017 at 09:38
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Boo on In the Court of the Crimson King. Not that I dislike that album, and I'm a huge Crimson fan, but in my opinion every other Crimson album is better. |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: January 06 2017 at 10:45
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1. Trout Mask Replica 2. Under Wraps 3. Thing-Fish 4. The Final Cut 5. Open Your Eyes 6. Holidays in Eden 7. Calling All Stations 8. In the Hot Seat ------------- |
Posted By: Pastmaster
Date Posted: January 06 2017 at 11:05
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1. Gentle Giant - In a Glass House 2. Rush - Caress of Steel 3. Eloy - Floating 4. Rush - A Farewell to Kings 5. Gentle Giant - Free Hand 7. Rush - Permanent Waves 8. Eloy - Inside It may switch around sometimes, but if we're not counting progressive and extreme metal, and just progressive rock, this is mainly what gets in my top 8.
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Posted By: Terrapin Station
Date Posted: January 06 2017 at 11:46
I'm guessing that either you don't like Trout Mask Replica very much or you have even more unique taste than I do. |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: January 06 2017 at 11:54
Just another silly post but I do like Trout, very entertaining and quite hilarious. ------------- |
Posted By: Terrapin Station
Date Posted: January 06 2017 at 11:58
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I actually love Thing-Fish, The Final Cut, and Open Your Eyes. I almost love Under Wraps. And Calling All Stations and In the Hot Seat I like even though I don't love them. But none of them would be in a top 8 for me. Trout Mask Replica wouldn't be a top 8 for me, either. I love that one, too, although it would probably only be about halfway down a ranked list of Captain Beefheart albums for me. |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: January 06 2017 at 12:00
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Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: January 06 2017 at 21:07
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Again... it's 8 OF the best not the best 8. Prog fans behaving like normal run of the mill people. Tut. |
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: January 07 2017 at 08:50
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My favorites...Most of my choices depend on which day in my life it is... Dark Side of the Moon The Yes Album Aqualung Prawn Hearts Nursery Crime Lizard Tango Mango The Grand Wazoo
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Posted By: ClaudeV
Date Posted: January 07 2017 at 09:19
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A bit crazy to do such lists because art cannot be ranked, but for fun Genesis: The Lamb Pink Floyd: The Wall VDGG: Still Life Camel: Mirage Ange: Au delà du délire Le Orme: Felona e Sorona (Italian version) Twelfth Night: Fact and Fiction Steve Hackett: Spectral Mornings A lot of other albums are just as good as these, and it's all older stuff because music leaves a deeper impression when you are a teenager or a young adult, which was my case when I first listen to these records. I started listening to prog in 1978, so at the beginning of the end of the first wave and through the horrendous eighties.
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Posted By: SamMac
Date Posted: January 17 2017 at 23:13
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Pawn Hearts The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Foxtrot The Silent Corner and the Empty Page Close to the Edge Selling England by the Pound Permanent Waves The Piper at the Gates of Dawn Alternates: Nursery Cryme/Duke The Least We Can Do/H to He Who am the Only One/Godbluff/Still Life Moving Pictures/2112/Hemispheres/Signals/Grace Under Pressure Tales From Topographic Oceans
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Posted By: Thatfabulousalien
Date Posted: January 17 2017 at 23:25
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Woah, this is harder than I thought it'd be, I'll be bach ------------- Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV. https://www.soundcloud.com/user-322914325 |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: January 18 2017 at 01:06
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8 of the best? But.... But.... Torman Maxt only has 4 albums. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: January 18 2017 at 02:17
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o.k., so here is my list: 1) Peter Hammill - The Fall of the House of Isher 2) Mother Gong - Fairy Tales 3) Nik Turner - Xitintoday 4) Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts 5) Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time 6) Edgar Froese - Epsilon in Malaysian Pale 7) Magma - Mekanik Destruktriw Kommandöh 8) Gong - You and here the 8 best live albums: 1) Van der Graaf Generator - Vital 2) Magma - Live (1975) 3) Hawkwind - Space Ritual 4) Guru Guru - Live (1978) 5) Colosseum - Live 6) Kraan - Live 7) Frumpy - Live 8) Traffic - On the Road ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: January 18 2017 at 09:52
Albums in bold = 
I'm one of the weird guys who likes Live Chronicles! And that Colosseum is fantastic! ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: January 18 2017 at 11:53
I also love all those old proto prog and early things ....thanks for mentioning Atlantis Philharmonic....wasn't aware of them. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Thatfabulousalien
Date Posted: January 19 2017 at 04:05
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Ok, I'll attempt it, at one album an artist: Voivod - Dimension Hatross Henry Cow - Western Culture Gong - You The Doors - The Doors Zappa - Uncle Meat John Zorn - Astronome or Naked City - Radio Beefheart - Trout mask replica Meshuggah - Catch 33 Devin Townsend - ZTO Ben Levin - Freak Machine The Residents - Not Available Thinking Plague - In This Life Dream Theater - Awake (the only album of theirs I really love) Roger Waters - Amused to Death Yes - Close to the edge Dillinger Escape Plan - Miss Machine Iron Curtain - A new model of the universe Paladin - Charge! The Boredoms - Chocolate Synthesizer Magma -Üdü Ẁüdü Ruins - Tzomborgha Maja Osojnik - Let Them Grow This Heat - This Heat Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry Tool - Aenima Death - Human Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Of Natural History Spocks Beard - The Light Iron Maiden - 7th son of a 7th son (if it counts) Then lots and lots more  ------------- Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV. https://www.soundcloud.com/user-322914325 |
Posted By: Upbeat Tango Monday
Date Posted: January 19 2017 at 04:37
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To me, this is the absolute TOP 5...just add three more albums and you're done. A Passion Play - Jethro Tull The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis Tales From Topographic Oceans - Yes Brain Salad Surgery - ELP Larks' Tongues in Aspic - King Crimson ------------- Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement. |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: January 19 2017 at 05:01
"Live Chronicles" is a great live album as well. the albums of Nik Turner and Mother Gong are little known gems, as is the live album of Guru Guru. I will post links to each: Nik Turner: Mother Gong: Guru Guru: ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Prog Snob
Date Posted: February 05 2017 at 00:09
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Top 8 is ridiculously hard without leaving off someone deserving, especially considering I try to listen to as much as possible. Best: Yes - Close to the Edge Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon or Wish You Were Here Rush - 2112 or Hemispheres Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts PFM - Per Un Amico King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King My Favorites (One from each of my Top 10): Dream Theater - Images and Words Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Rush - Permanent Waves Anathema - Weather Systems Marillion - Marbles Steven Wilson/Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun Neal Morse/Spock's Beard - The Light Yes - Close to the Edge King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper ------------- 
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Posted By: maryes
Date Posted: February 05 2017 at 08:31
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The list of best progressive albums certainly would be different even between the musicians of same band , which I think, would be "in tune" or have a approximately same taste to play music together ! So, obviously, my list is also different. !!!! |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: February 05 2017 at 09:24
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My top 8 (strange number..) In no order.. The Lamb - Genesis Moving Pictures - Rush Animals - Pink Floyd To our childrens childrens... - Moody Blues Red - King Crimson Warrior on the egde of tiem - Hawkwind Hot Rats - Frank Zappa A trick of the tail - Genesis ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: floyd4
Date Posted: February 05 2017 at 18:55
| I love Pink Floyd but I think there are better and more prog-y albums that Pink Floyd made, and while Shine on you Crazy Diamond Parts 1-9 is amazing in WYWH Atom Heart Mother is awesome just for the title Suite.< id="_npfido" ="applicationpfido" height="0"> |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: February 06 2017 at 08:45
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If I do away with the "one per artist" rule, my list is pretty boring: 1) Yes Tales From Topographic Oceans 2) Genesis The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 3) Yes Fragile 4) Yes Close To The Edge 5) Genesis Foxtrot 6) Pink Floyd Animals 7) ELP Brain Salad Surgery 8) Jethro Tull Thick As A Brick
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Posted By: Prog Snob
Date Posted: February 06 2017 at 19:49
You're right. It's not a surprising list but damn it's one awesome list of music to listen to! -------------
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Posted By: socrates17
Date Posted: March 01 2017 at 06:43
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Pawn Hearts - VdGG Lizard - King Crimson Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh - Magma In Praise of Learning - Henry Cow In the Land of Gray and Pink - Caravan After Bathing at Baxters - Jefferson Airplane Un Peu de l'Âme des Bandits - Aksak Maboul Pequeñas Anécdotas Sobre las Instituciones - Sui Generis Honorable mention: Angel's Egg - Gong, Heresie - Univers Zero, Learn to Talk - Skeleton Crew, Lumpy Gravy - Frank Zappa, Måltid - Samla Mammas Manna, Voix du Surface - Nimal, Les Sillons De La Terre - Etron Fou Leloublan & Huono Parturi - Höyry-Kone
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Posted By: mechanicalflattery
Date Posted: March 01 2017 at 08:02
You and I are going to get along well. Great list.
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Posted By: Woon Deadn
Date Posted: March 01 2017 at 08:53
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While I utterly realize that there have to be at least Top 15, let me give something like this (no ranking): 1. Cressida - Asylum 2. Fantasy - Paint A Picture 3. Spring - Spring 4. Genesis - Trespass 5. Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant 6. Gentle Giant - Three Friends 7. Genesis - Foxtrot 8. Yes - Fragile |
Posted By: Prog_Frog
Date Posted: March 04 2017 at 22:00
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1. Yes - The Yes Album 2. Tool - Lateralus 3. Rush - Hemispheres 4. Spock's Beard - V 5. Yes - Relayer 6. Genesis - Foxtrot 7. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing 8. Muse - Black Holes & Revelations |
Posted By: Mesman
Date Posted: March 07 2017 at 06:07
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pictures at an exhibition - elp close to the edge - yes gentle giant- gentle giant red - king crimson emerson lake and palmer - elp meddle - pink floyd ocean - eloy thick as a brick - jethro tull
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Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: March 17 2017 at 03:52
That's cos it's 8 of the best.. not the 8 best, yours, mine or anyone. This thread certainly indicates improvisation on a 'theme' is a stronger idea than maintaining a consistent structure. |
Posted By: Mystic Mamba
Date Posted: April 13 2017 at 23:20
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I discovered classic and modern prog at the same time, so I've always found the bias towards classic prog rather amusing. My list would be as follows (warning: controversial opinions), in alphabetical order: 1. Evening Games (Satellite) 2. Incantations (Mike Oldfield) 3. Into the Electric Castle (Ayreon) 4. Jeremias (Circle of Illusion) 5. Milliontown (Frost*) 6. Odyssey: The Greatest Tale (Various) 7. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (Dream Theater) 8. Tales From Topographic Oceans (Yes)
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: April 14 2017 at 06:56
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I'm not listing my personal favourites but rather a personal "the 8 biggest ones" list, which is a bit of a contradiction in terms, but anyway. I think that the "big 6" should be represented, so I choose Close to the Edge - Genesis Live (so much more exciting than any of their studio albums) - Ummagumma (the live album is "the essential Pink Floyd" to me, and the studio album demonstrates how weird prog can get) - Thick as a Brick - Tarkus - ??? (from King Crimson it's toughest for me to pick, Court, Lark's, Red, Discipline? All great, all super important. I still go for my personal favourite:) Discipline So I am left with two wild cards and here I can't resist putting in two other favourite bands of mine nominating Tago Mago, and finally, OK, I have probably now put enough edgy experimental stuff in so I spare the listener of my selection from having to put up with Art Zoyd, Cardiacs, Talk Talk and rather go for something somewhat more conservative and prog-mainstream, OK not exactly Camel but... Pawn Hearts. (Doing this I wonder whether I should have nominated Spirit of Eden as one "substantially later than 70s" release, but no, I go largely with classics...) |
Posted By: mlkpad14
Date Posted: April 14 2017 at 08:01
No, not Tool... ------------- https://gamecrazyprofessional.weebly.com/ |
Posted By: mike1259
Date Posted: May 21 2017 at 19:44
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1.Atom Heart Mother 2.Pawn Hearts 3.Tarkus 4.Illusions on a Double Dimple 5.Pictures At An Exhibition (Isao Tomita) 6.Interview 7.Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) 8.The Quiet Zone / The Pleasure Dome These polls can be very useful. If I discover someone else shares the bulk of my opinions then I'll be very much inclined to audition the rest of his choices. So Thank You and please keep them coming! |
Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: May 21 2017 at 19:51
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I don’t know about ‘best,’ but here are 8 of my favorite prog albums (in no particular order): Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Genesis: Wind & Wuthering Pink Floyd: The Wall Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here Yes: Close to the Edge Yes: Tales from Topographic Oceans King Crimson: Red King Crimson: Larks Tongues in Aspic ------------- “Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: May 22 2017 at 09:15
| They get a bit tiring after a while. At least this one breaks from consensus a bit especially since it includes Fragile and not CTTE. However, I can't take any list like this too seriously if it doesn't include CTTE. |
Posted By: Zeropikinz
Date Posted: May 22 2017 at 09:22
| (1) King Crimson - Red(1974), (2) Caravan- In the land...(1971), (3) Peter Hammill-In Camera(1974), (4)Camel-Moonmadness(1976), (5)Gentle Giant-In A Glass House(1973), (6) Steve Hackett-Spectral Mornings(1979), (7) Piknik-Rodom Nietkuda(Come From Nowhere)(1988),(8)Jungle- Spring In Shanghai(1989). |