Battle of the Hidden Gems
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Topic: Battle of the Hidden Gems
Posted By: Upbeat Tango Monday
Subject: Battle of the Hidden Gems
Date Posted: May 23 2017 at 10:35
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Rare gems lie inside a dimly lit cave. Grab a pick and pick your favorite! ------------- Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement. |
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Posted By: Larkstongue41
Date Posted: May 23 2017 at 10:38
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Anabelas ------------- "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." |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: May 23 2017 at 11:06
Not so hidden  I vote for all of them.
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Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: May 23 2017 at 11:15
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wow love 6 of these despise one of these never heard of Island - Pictures will check it out voting for Ys ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Larkstongue41
Date Posted: May 23 2017 at 11:28
Despise is a strong word. Let me guess, Boris or First Utterance? ------------- "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." |
digdug wrote:Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: May 23 2017 at 11:36
lol I like Boris a lot First Utterance on the other hand... http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=168835 ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Upbeat Tango Monday
Date Posted: May 23 2017 at 12:10
Go for it! It's a fantastic album. I'm the one who voted for Island, btw.  ------------- 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: dr wu23
Date Posted: May 23 2017 at 12:28
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Hmmm.....I don't know about the 'best'.....but the one I like the most is Khan. I'm betting YS will win..........and Bacamarte is the only one I don't know. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: ALotOfBottle
Date Posted: May 23 2017 at 12:28
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Whaaaat? No votes for Quiet Sun? It's really one of my favorite albums of all time. Comus is also there, but I always feel Canterburian at this time of the year. ------------- Categories strain, crack and sometimes break, under their burden - step out of the space provided. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: May 23 2017 at 12:36
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Can we please get rid of this Captcha sh*te...? ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: May 23 2017 at 12:38
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YU or QS. I suspect the former. ------------- 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: Dopeydoc
Date Posted: May 23 2017 at 12:42
| Bubu |
Posted By: DeadSouls
Date Posted: May 23 2017 at 13:19
| Anabelas or YS. Today I'll go with YS. |
Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: May 23 2017 at 14:01
Awesome selections!  Five masterpieces, and those that aren't are merely very, very good. My ranking from favourite to least: 6 stars: Anabelas 5 stars: Space Shanty Depois Do Fim Boris First Utterance 4-ish stars: Ys Pictures Mainstream ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: Prog Sothoth
Date Posted: May 23 2017 at 14:45
| Good choices...went with Boris. |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: May 23 2017 at 14:47
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Going with Bacamarte today! ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: tboyd1802
Date Posted: May 23 2017 at 15:03
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Quiet Sun for me... ------------- He neither drank, smoked, nor rode a bicycle. Living frugally, saving his money, he died early, surrounded by greedy relatives. It was a great lesson to me -- John Barrymore |
Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: May 23 2017 at 15:49
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Bacamarte +1 Balleto Bubu Yezda ------------- 
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Posted By: maryes
Date Posted: May 23 2017 at 17:45
| Bacamarte > Yezda Urfa |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: May 24 2017 at 08:27
| I know most of this, but not all. Il Balletto Di Bronzo gets my vote. |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: May 24 2017 at 08:59
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I only know Space Shanty from this list :-( So it gets the vote. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: May 24 2017 at 09:13
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Wow. I actually own all of these!!! And I love them all. Island by a whisker.
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: May 24 2017 at 18:53
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hmmmm Comus ------------- |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: May 24 2017 at 19:13
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Love Anabelas. |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: May 28 2017 at 13:43
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arggggggggggggggg tough to pick only one, voted Bubu. |
Posted By: stewe
Date Posted: May 28 2017 at 21:10
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Tie between Khan and Yezda, both masterpieces for me... voted for Yezda. I do not know Quiet Sun and Islands though. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/trevorrabin/?chartstyle=basic10" rel="nofollow">  <a href="http://steveer.ic.cz" rel="nofollow" |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: May 29 2017 at 13:41
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While I have all of these in my collection, I certainly don't return to all of these albums an equal amount. I haven't returned to Boris and Depois do Fim in quite a few years (I still like both, but they are sort of artifacts of when I first really got into exploring Prog and my tastes shifted somewhat). And I can't listen to Space Shanty anymore, simply because it was the album I was most obsessed with during a very difficult time and it makes me unbearably sad whenever I hear it. If I were to choose two absolute favourites, they would be Anabelas and First Utterance, and I voted for the latter (though I prefer Song to Comus, which includes it). All very good albums, I think. {EDITED particularly for poor phrasing} ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: stewe
Date Posted: May 30 2017 at 02:32
Quite an irony, I discovered (and became quite obsessed with) Space Shanty during my happiest of times, which makes me almost "unbearably" nostalgic about those times, so I also do not listen to it often too:) These are real music gems, in my opinion, great not only for their musicianship and compositions, but powerful regarding our emotions, memories, sometimes even keeping us a little frightened because of that. Music for special occasions. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/trevorrabin/?chartstyle=basic10" rel="nofollow"> <a href="http://steveer.ic.cz" rel="nofollow" |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: May 30 2017 at 16:11
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Hmmm....I need to listen to Island and Bacamarte to see what I';m missing. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: socrates17
Date Posted: May 31 2017 at 13:48
| Tough. That's a great list. I love Ys. I love Space Shanty. I love Anabelas. I've been meaning to buy the Comus because I've heard great things about it. But the Quiet Sun is just SO extraordinary that I had to vote for that. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: May 31 2017 at 13:52
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Urfa, but Quiet Sun is tremendous ~ ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: May 07 2018 at 17:25
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Space Shanty ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: May 08 2018 at 01:00
| Khan - Space Shanty |