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25 Albums by 25 Artists (part one)

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Topic: 25 Albums by 25 Artists (part one)
Posted By: Logan
Subject: 25 Albums by 25 Artists (part one)
Date Posted: May 13 2025 at 21:44
This came form longer list of male and female music artists. These are 25 male artists with one album as chosen by the album ratings at Rate Your Music. Most are in PA, but I added some faves of mine not in PA that I consider to be at least prog related. I plan on doing the part two at some time (if this had just been about my favourites then I would have gone with quite a few different artists and various different albums).

Feel free to vote for up to five albums from the list that you appreciate/like.

Kevin Ayers: Joy of a Toy
Ayreon: Into the Electric Castle: A Space Opera
Syd Barrett: The Madcap Laughs
David Bowie: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars
Glenn Branca: The Ascension
Leonard Cohen: Songs of Leonard Cohen
Miles Davis: In a Silent Way
Nick Drake: Pink Moon
Edgar Froese: Epsilon in Malaysian Pale
Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel 3 (Melt)
Serge Gainsbourg: Histoire de Melody Nelson
Steve Hackett: Voyage of the Acolyte
Peter Hammill: The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage
Herbie Hancock: Head Hunters
Allan Holdsworth: i.o.u.
Al Di Meola: Elegant Gypsy
Neal Morse: Sola Scriptura
Mike Oldfield: Ommadawn
Jean-Luc Ponty: Cosmic Messenger
Klaus Schulze: "X"
Sufjan Stevens: Illinois
Vangelis: Blade Runner
Scott Walker: Scott 4
Steven Wilson: The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)
Robert Wyatt: Rock Bottom

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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: May 13 2025 at 23:38
Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte
Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
Vangelis - Blade Runner


Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: May 14 2025 at 00:35
Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
David Bowie: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
Edgar Froese: Epsilon in Malaysian Pale
Steve Hackett: Voyage of the Acolyte
Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel 3 (Melt)


Posted By: Big Sky
Date Posted: May 14 2025 at 00:37
Steven Wilson. Raven is my favorite Prog album post late 70s. A Top 10 album for me in the Prog World. No album since the release of Rush's Moving Pictures has been played more.


Posted By: Big Sky
Date Posted: May 14 2025 at 00:42
Originally posted by Big Sky Big Sky wrote:

Steven Wilson. Raven is my favorite Prog album post late 70s. A Top 10 album for me in the Prog World. No album since the release of Rush's Moving Pictures has been played more.


Edit: The other four.

Cosmic Messenger, Melt, In a Silent Way and Elegant Gypsy.

Some really good albums in this poll.


Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: May 14 2025 at 00:45
Nick Drake: Pink Moon
Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel 3 (Melt)
Steve Hackett: Voyage of the Acolyte


Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: May 14 2025 at 00:53
I could have voted for 8, maybe 9 of these. My picks:
Nick Drake
Serge Gainsbourg
Steve Hackett
Neal Morse
Robert Wyatt

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Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: May 14 2025 at 04:28
Voyage of the Acolyte (sublime!)
PG3 - Melt
Ommadawn
Ziggy

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Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: May 14 2025 at 04:57
Ayers, Barrett, Bowie, Froese, Vangelis
I would have voted also for Morse, Wyatt, Di Meola, Oldifeld, Schulze

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Posted By: Rick1
Date Posted: May 14 2025 at 06:51
Wyatt, Hackett, Gabriel, Oldfield...er, that's it!


Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: May 14 2025 at 07:59
You know it's a pretty good selection of albums when Pink Moon and Ziggy Stardust (and a dozen more) isn't among your five picks.

Robert Wyatt: Rock Bottom
Miles Davis: In a Silent Way
Peter Hammill: The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage
Mike Oldfield: Ommadawn
Leonard Cohen: Songs of Leonard Cohen


Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: May 14 2025 at 09:12
Ayreon, Peter Gabriel, Scott Walker, Steve Hackett, and Syd Barrett. I'm putting everything I have on the comeback of 3x5 cards.

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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: May 14 2025 at 09:40
Thanks y'all for the comments, and I hope this is a reasonably catholic list so people don't feel left out by my perhaps not diverse enough selections. Some have lamented some names not getting as much attention as they would like, and I have received criticism when doing just my faves (which too often have been repeated) that I missed all the good and even obvious choices (obvious even when not to my tastes)

I tried to go outside of my interests, but still all these artist names were ones of many more that came to mind, and then I checked RYM to see which releases rate highly there. I left off various of my particular favourite artist names for more diversity.

It's actually going to be at least three polls of names as I am over 75. As I am just pulling these names out of my head rather than researching (hopefully a good exercise for my memory), I will be bound to miss some that I feel I should have added.


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Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I observed before. It can be much like that with music for me; immersed in experiencing the moment.


Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: May 14 2025 at 09:45
David Bowie: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
Steven Wilson: The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)
Al Di Meola: Elegant Gypsy
Miles Davis: In a Silent Way
Herbie Hancock: Head Hunters


Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 14 2025 at 10:33
Edgar Froese: Epsilon in Malaysian Pale
Steve Hackett: Voyage of the Acolyte
Neal Morse: Sola Scriptura
Mike Oldfield: Ommadawn
Steven Wilson: The Raven That Refused to Sing


Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: May 14 2025 at 10:53
Edgar Froese: Epsilon in Malaysian Pale
Herbie Hancock: Head Hunters
Steve Hackett: Voyage of the Acolyte
Al Di Meola: Elegant Gypsy
Vangelis: Blade Runner

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Posted By: Criswell
Date Posted: May 14 2025 at 12:18
In order for me...

Oldfield
Hackett
Vangelis
Morse

Sentimental vote...

Cohen


Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: May 14 2025 at 13:05
Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Edgar Froese: Epsilon in Malaysian Pale
Steve Hackett: Voyage of the Acolyte
Vangelis: Bladerunner
Mike Oldfield: Ommadawn
Steven Wilson: The Raven That Refused to Sing


there we go... fixed    

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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: May 14 2025 at 16:11
Edgar Froese, Mike Oldfield, Sufjan Stevens, Robert Wyatt, Al di Meola


Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: May 14 2025 at 17:31
Oldfield
Schulze
Branca
Cohen
Drake

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