Random Album Clash - 1975
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Topic: Random Album Clash - 1975
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Subject: Random Album Clash - 1975
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 03:07
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Week six of RAC. Let's have a recap of all the editions so far: 1970 - 'Lizard' 1992 - 'Hybris' 1985 - 'Misplaced Childhood' 2019 - 'Resistance' 1968 - 'A Saucerful of Secrets' Last week's Clash was won by Floyd's second studio album with just one vote more than the Beatles' 'White Album'! Let's go back to the 70s on this week's edition, and see who will win for one of the most important years for rock and prog, especially. Cast your vote and let us know who you picked and why!
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Posted By: Adaon
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 03:38
| Come Taste the Band is one of my favorite Purple albums. Tommy Bolin did some amazing work on it. |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 03:46
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OSFA is my favorite Zappa record, so easy choice! ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 04:21
I'm voting for my favourite Rick Wakeman album. 
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 04:23
nice poll and a tough one, need to think 
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 04:26
| Toss up between DP, Hatfields and Fish Out of Water, I went for the latter. |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 05:12
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1 - Kansas - 'Song for America' 2 - Rick Wakeman - 'The Myths and Legends of King Arthur' 3 - Queen - 'A Night at the Opera'
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Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 05:36
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Good poll! A lot of tough choices. Went with Squire, just ahead of Queen and Hillage. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 06:03
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Zappa. Why? Because it is a five star album, not one bad song. And, "Inca Roads" is one of the best songs ever with one of the best guitar solos ever. |
Posted By: Enchant X
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 06:11
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Kansas - 'Song for America'
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 06:19
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Rainbow's debut. Deserves at least one vote.
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Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 06:24
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Bundles. An album everyone needs to hear (then you'll understand why I voted for it.) ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 06:25
 I heard it and I understand why you chose it.
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BrufordFreak wrote:Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 06:57
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Squire with Queen following somewhat behind. ------------- 
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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 07:30
| Zappa |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 07:42
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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 08:03
A lot of people are not leaving a comment... For example, no one knows who voted for the Hatfield and the North album! (One vote is from me, I admit  ) |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 08:18
| ^Most only read the heading, not the OP. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 08:26
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 08:33
Damn,,,,quit putting Canterbury bands in these polls.... Hatfield......Kansas, Squire, Zappa, ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 09:14
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First vote for Triana's debut. ------------- 
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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 09:48
No can do. They're too good!
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 09:50
What he means is that he'll always vote for the Canterbury bands.
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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 10:03
You shouldn't have taken my response literally.
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 11:07
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I could vote for about half of these easily. First to choose Steve Hillage. ------------- 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: Man With Hat
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 11:54
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FZ ------------- 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: Awesoreno
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 13:24
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Hard to believe I'm snubbing Zappa, as I am a fanatic. But OSFA was never my favorite. It has some killer tracks, but also some that kind of underwhelming. Inca Roads is obviously killer, as is Andy. Florentine Pogen is great, but I prefer live versions. Po-Jama People is fun, as is Evelyn. The rest are just ok in my opinion. I'm surprised by the love it gets in comparison to, say Roxy, or Live in NY. But hey, I'll never complain about Zappa love. But I have to go with an album that still doesn't have a high enough average rating on this site: Fish Out of Water. Hatfield trails close behind. Great albums on the list.
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Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 13:26
| I had to vote for Frank Zappa, even though I love many of these albums. |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 13:57
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Queen -------------   
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 13:59
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Way too many stellar/classic albums! I can't vote. I thought there'd be more votes for Kansas, too. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 14:05
| Triana...by FAR |
Posted By: Zgljone86
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 14:23
| Rick Wakeman - The Myths and Legends of King Arthur |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 14:58
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Fantastic list of albums and there’s a few that i could have given the vote to but the one album in the list which was instrumental in getting me through the lose of my father as got the nod... QUEEN!!!! A Night At The Opera ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 15:15
This is my list too, but not necessarily in the same order (depends on the day, and Zappa could be in there too...). But today I am also going for Kansas. ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: Libor10
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 15:18
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In fact this was somehow easy for me. Queen - A Night At The Opera. I consider only Squire's Fish Out Of Water but in the end I stayed by Queen. Great album. Although I love Queen II more, A Night at the Opera is their most polished work. ------------- 
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 16:03
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Queen. ------------- ...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: progaardvark
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 16:14
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Hillage ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 16:15
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Very interesting results so far! |
Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: October 28 2020 at 20:11
| Always had a soft spot the Gong who I prefer in their jazz rock phase. |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: October 29 2020 at 01:09
| Kansas - 'Song for America' |
Posted By: TheUniversalMigrator
Date Posted: October 29 2020 at 17:31
| I noticed that there wasn't a whole lota love being given to Shamal. So I picked that one. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 29 2020 at 18:26
| I went for Rainbow's debut forgetting that it was Rising a year late that had Stargazer on it (one of the greatest rock tracks ever) . Still a decent album though with plenty of stand out tracks. Probably 1975 was the peak year for popular music (rock , pop , soul and everything else) with Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody topping off everything. |
Posted By: Dopeydoc
Date Posted: October 30 2020 at 16:11
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Chris Squire forever. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: October 30 2020 at 17:11
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There are three albums I have never heard, so I won't vote. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: October 30 2020 at 19:29
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hard to vote against Fish... it merely is one of top 5 symphonic prog albums ever (I have it as 3 on my list) I mean symphonic.. not the sh*t most people call symphonic or blatantly mischaracterize as one and is only rivaled by Jack Bruce's first couple of albums as best bass player solo albums ever. but i can't vote for it.. because El Patio is that f**king good .. and underappreciated.. much as all the Spanish stuff is. Only topped by the Mezquita album...which showed prog wasn't dead in the late 70's.. you were just still sniffing English paint thinner ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: October 30 2020 at 23:53
| Arthur for me. I have never really understood the great love for Fish out of Water... I mean, it's nice and all, but I just don't love it as so many seem to do. |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: October 31 2020 at 02:58
Why not? There is no rule that you should have heard every single album on the poll. Feel free to cast your vote!
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: October 31 2020 at 05:03
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Shamal - phantastic album, outstanding here followed by Fish Rising. |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: October 31 2020 at 09:49
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Squire for the f'ing hundredth time, with Gong a significant second. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: January 22 2021 at 14:45
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I compiled a list of my favourite albums from 1975 in mid-2016, after seeing several posts in my newsfeed listing people’s favourite releases from that year so far. This reminded me of a time, long ago, when I was first probing the depths of the interweb, and the lists were for the top albums of 1995 so far, or top albums from 1994. At that time, I thought it would be more interesting (for me, if no-one else) to attempt to create a list for my top albums of 1975 (being the year of my birth). I thought it would be easy. After all, with no thought whatsoever I could immediately summon two albums which would definitely make the list: Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here", and Queen's "A Night at the Opera". However, after putting a bit of thought into it, and coming up with only two other albums (Split Enz's "Mental Notes" and Black Sabbath's "Sabotage"), I stalled. The thing is, in 1975 many of the bands and artists I like (back in 1995 and then in 2016) just weren't releasing anything that did much for me. I like the Moody Blues from 1967 to 1972, Procol Harum from 1967 to 1974, King Crimson from 1969 to 1974, Genesis from 1970 to 1974, John Lennon from 1970 to 1974, Roxy Music from 1972 to 1974, etc. Maybe Don McLean was wrong about the day the music died? Even one of my favourite artists ever, David Bowie lets me down in 1975. Bowie released great albums before and after 1975, but in that year he released what is one my least favourite of his albums, "Young Americans". 10. Gentle Giant - "Free Hand" So, in that (di)spirit, in at number 10 is Gentle Giant with "Free Hand". Gentle Giant were at their best between 1970 and 1974. After that, I find their music to be less interesting. The previous year's "The Power and the Glory" is their last album that is really great. After that the quality of their albums declined rapidly, in my opinion, and "Free Hand" is pretty much the end of the line for me. 9. Rush - "Caress of Steel" On the other hand, Rush were just getting started. They released two albums in 1975, and "Caress of Steel" is the first album where they really start showing what they are capable of. "Bastille Day" is a storming opening number, and "The Fountain of Lamneth" a beautiful suite of songs that may not be as cohesive as a whole as Rush's first true epic, "2112" (which would be released the following year), but is still very impressive. 8. Alistair Riddell - "Space Waltz" Alistair Riddell's "Space Waltz" makes up for a lack of Bowie in the list, I suppose. New Zealand's answer to Bowie, anyway. Or, at least the Bowie of a few years previous. And while the album owes a sizeable debt to Bowie, it isn't any less enjoyable for that. 7. Arti e Mestieri - "Giro di Valzer per Domani" Much of the really great Italian prog of the 70’s that I listen to (like so much else) was done and dusted by 1975. But two Italian albums were released in that year that I particularly like, Maxophone's eponymous debut, and Arti e Mestieri's second album, "Giro di Valzer per Domani". It is the latter which makes my top 10 list, with it's prog-fusion take on RPI. As with their debut, the drumming is fantastic, courtesy of Furio Chirico. 6. Dragon - "Scented Gardens for the Blind" I learnt of Dragon's first two albums only in recent years. So different from everything which followed, that they seem to have been brushed under the carpet. When I read that the first two Dragon albums were more prog than rock, and were released on the Vertigo label, who at that time specialised in progressive acts, my interest was piqued. Of the two Vertigo releases, I prefer this one, and though I like the radio-friendly hits the band are more well-known for, I could quite happily have heard more of this style of Dragon. 5. Van der Graaf Generator - "Godbluff" It's nowhere near as wonderful as the three albums VdGG released in 1970-71, but it's still a pretty bloody good album. It's a lot tighter and less in your face than its predecessors, and the minimalism of the cover is reflected in the pared-down nature of the recording. Only four tracks, but all good ones. 4. Split Enz- "Mental Notes" Their first, and their best, album. I'm sure many people would disagree with that, but I love the unhinged and deranged nature of Split Enz's debut. It has two epic tracks in "Under the Wheel"and (the even better) "Stranger than Fiction". And the way that "Stranger than Fiction" segues into "Time for a Change" is brilliant. It's no wonder that when the two songs were orchestrated for the NZSO, they were released as one track on the ENZSO album. 3. Black Sabbath - "Sabotage" Sabbath's last great album for me, and easily my favourite. It's possibly the angriest and heaviest of the early Sabbath releases, though I'm not sure that is why I like it more than the others. I think it is because it seems more heartfelt and genuine. Most obviously, "The Writ" is a reflection of what was happening at the time. 2. Queen - "A Night at the Opera" The only song I don't like quite so much as the rest on this album is "Sweet Lady", which is perhaps the most conventional rock track offered. The rest of the album flits from one style to another, so that the most well-known track is almost a distillation of the album as a whole. It's not my favourite Queen album (that's "Queen II"), but it's perhaps the most quintessential Queen album. 1. Pink Floyd - "Wish You Were Here" This album tops my list by a long way. It is not just my favourite album from 1975; not just my favourite Pink Floyd album, but one of my all-time favourite albums. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" is amazing, "Wish You Were Here" is sublime, and even the my least favourite song on the album ("Welcome to the Machine") is a bloody good tune. What I find most interesting about this list, is that the top four albums of my list remained the same top four from 25 odd years ago. Admittedly, they were the only four albums I could think of back then, but I would have thought that over time, as I found new (old) music, that if they were still in my top 10, they might not hold the top four spots. It's not as if my top 10 albums are my only 10 albums either, as I could easily add another 10 albums (honourable mentions to (in alphabetical order only): Area, Brian Eno, Camel, Steve Hackett, Peter Hammill, Phil Manzanera, Maxophone, Lou Reed, Quiet Sun, Neil Young. ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: January 22 2021 at 18:12
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SOFT MACHINE, HATFIELD AND THE NORTH or STEVE HILLAGE stand above the rest by a wide margin. Went with "Bundles" today. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Braka1
Date Posted: January 22 2021 at 23:44
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Nothing on that list ranks as a great personal favourite. Though there are a couple I haven't heard. I like most of them to some extent, and several of them are past favourites, or have a few tracks I really like, but nothing there really blows me away. I must admit to a lifelong disinterest in 'Night at the Opera', though. Although I remember it coming out, I've probably never heard the whole thing. I had to think for a minute to find that there are in fact plenty of albums from 1975 that I rate very highly, so I guess I'm not just jaded.
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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: January 23 2021 at 01:34
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Didn't expect to see this old poll back to recent! It's not the Random Album Clash with the most votes. |
Posted By: Sacro_Porgo
Date Posted: January 23 2021 at 01:56
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I looked for the greatest album of all time and I found it and I voted for it. ------------- Porg for short. My love of music doesn't end with prog! Feel free to discuss all sorts of music with me. Odds are I'll give it a chance if I haven't already! :) |
Posted By: Braka1
Date Posted: January 23 2021 at 03:46
Ah, yes - Come Taste the Band. ------------- Believe me Pope Paul, my toes are clean |
Posted By: Tancos
Date Posted: January 23 2021 at 06:58
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It's coin-flipping time. Heads, Zappa; tails, Hatfield; standing on edge, Queen. Zappa it is.
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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: January 23 2021 at 11:44
For the first time ever on these poll series, an album overtakes the win - Queen grab their second one... for now.  |
Posted By: Earl of Mar
Date Posted: January 23 2021 at 15:41
| Queen just, a teenage favourite over Rick, the marvellous Rotters Club and the best of the yes solo albums. Blackmore first album is an album I also played a lot in my mid teens but has lost its lustre over the years. |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: January 23 2021 at 19:45
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Steve Hillfish ! ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: January 23 2021 at 21:08
| 1975 was when the Spanish scene began to flourish, and Triana is one of the best |