And dare I mention this again - "The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed (1967)"?

 

It'll be much easier to choose by the time we reach the tenth album.

I always follow The Moody Blues own numbering system for their albums, where Seventh Sojourn and Octave are the seventh and eighth Moody Blues albums.

It came down to a choice between the first two albums I ever owned: Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells and Demis Roussos' Forever and Ever, but seeing as The King of the Kaftan isn't in this poll, that narrowed down the choice to Mike Oldfield.

I wasn't complaining and I like tough choice polls, even when I cannot make a choice. 

Maybe the 10th album will be a tough choice, too.  maybe I won't be able to choose between two albums, or no album will excite me in any way. 

There won't be nearly so many albums to choose from in the tenth album poll either, so that should make the choice easier.

less choices does not mean less difficulty 

Same--it is my sentimental fav of his as it sounds like what the next Genesis album would have sounded like.

But Tony Banks close second.

'Days Of Future Passed'.....first with mellotrons, orchestra, and actual well written songs (not like that noodling crap on Tubular Bells).

I would argue that applies to Gabriel and Bush for a start.

Too many good stuff. 

I take it you're not a Mike Oldfield fan then.

I'd say TB outsold Moodys but not sure

Well....I have Bells..bought it when it came out mostly due to that film...also have Ridge and Ommadawn for vinyl collectable reasons....but I have never seen what people see in his music. He seems to be an average musician imo and the album music just kind of meanders for me. I always placed him in the 'ambient music' area and I have never been a fan of that genre (other than Eno). I know he started young and has played on many other peoples lp's but I really don't feel moved by his music.

 

Have you ever wondered what it would be like hear the sound of the Tubular Bells chiming at sunrise on top of Hergest Ridge at the Ommadawn of a new day? Looking out to sea from the top of the ridge, you'd be able to see the sun casting its delicate Incantations of light across a calm Platinum silver sea. In the distance, you might be lucky enough to see the QE2 sailing Five Miles Out from Southampton, where the lucky passengers are temporarily escaping the world's Crises by  embarking on a voyage of Discovery to exotic tropical Islands. A voyage aboard a luxury cruise liner promises to be an Earth Moving experience of a lifetime, where you could sail to the exotic island of Amarok in Indonesia, or witness a tropical monsoon when the Heavens Open over Java. It's almost as exotic as the astronauts who journeyed to the Moon aboard gleaming silver rockets, which glinted in the Sun like Tubular Bells II of stainless steel. As the space travellers journeyed into orbit around the Moon, they'd hear The Songs of Distant Earth aboard their Voyager spacecraft. Maybe they'd listen to Tubular Bells III and the distinctive sound of Mike Oldfield's Guitars, whilst the tolling of The Millennium Bell on the album announces the beginning of a new century. The Tres Lunas (or three lunar astronauts) would be travelling between Light + Shade as their spacecraft orbits the Moon, where the Music of the Spheres can be heard across space and time. Maybe one day in the not too distant future, a spacecraft will land a Man on the Rocks of Mars, before the long journey home and a welcome Return to Ommadawn here on Earth.

I think he dislikes ramen 

I had to Google "ramen" to find out what it is. It looks tasty.

 

 

If it's just noodles,  I had ramen for lunch yesterday, and didn't even realise I was eating ramen.

 

I'd choose those same two albums in the poll too.

You can Hold Your Head Up and be proud to cast the first vote for Argent.

 

Those votes just Keep On Rollin' in.

I must admit, I wasn't expecting the Synth-Pop band Talk Talk to pick up so many votes on a Prog-Rock site.

Thanks to PA I have discovered the last two albums by Talk Talk. They are fully prog.

Bearing that in mind, I'll have to give my Talk Talk "Spirit of Eden" album another listen.

I didn't listen to Talk Talk before, so I couldn't compare it with the pop stuff. Maybe this is why it works with me.

 

 

My Pleasure, and there's now a second Crossover Prog poll For Your Pleasure, featuring Roxy Music, amongst others.

Yes, you need to. It's about as far away from synth-pop as you can get. It's also the greatest album ever made imo.

You need to allocate an hour of time when you won't be disturbed, dim the lights, put your best headphones on and listen. Prepare to be amazed.

I haven't listened to Talk Talk's Spirit of Eden album in a long long time, but I will do now, although it won't be Today.

 

I'd like to have voted for Tony Banks too, but I had to go with Mike Oldfield, as Tubular Bells is the first proper album I ever owned, if you don't include budget-priced Top of the Pops compilations.