Solo Albums
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Topic: Solo Albums
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Subject: Solo Albums
Date Posted: May 08 2013 at 19:02
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As the 70's wore on, members of some of the biggest prog bands of the day felt the need to stretch out and release one or more solo albums. Which of these first solo albums are your favorites? THIS IS A MULTIPLE CHOICE VOTING POLL SO CHOOSE YOUR FAVORITES! (sorry for shouting but you know how it is...  )Have fun! ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
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Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: May 08 2013 at 19:26
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E N O ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: May 08 2013 at 19:34
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Other-Helmut Koellen-You Won't See Me-released in October of 1977 after his death on May 3rd of that year. Quite a lovely and endearing effort. Sad that he wasn't around to promote it. RIP, Helmut!
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Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: May 08 2013 at 19:50
| Like a lot of them but chose Bruford Feels good to Me---very cool album |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: May 08 2013 at 20:14
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Voyage over Fish ------------- 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: Atavachron
Date Posted: May 08 2013 at 20:15
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Great choices, I voted Six Wives just over Feels Good and Acolyte-- I would give an honorable mention to Robert Plant's Pictures at Eleven |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: May 08 2013 at 20:25
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Definitely Peter Gabriel's Debut (Car). Really liked David Gilmour's first album too. ------------- ...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: Gallifrey
Date Posted: May 08 2013 at 20:46
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Martin Orford, or Gilmour from this list.
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: May 08 2013 at 21:11
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The Voyage of Olias to the Six Wives. Lucky guy. ------------- 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: Barbu
Date Posted: May 08 2013 at 21:34
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Going with Fools Mate. ------------- |
Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: May 08 2013 at 21:51
Not enough votes for 'Exposure' 
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Posted By: pianoman
Date Posted: May 08 2013 at 21:54
| Steven Wilson - Grace for Drowning (9/10) / The Raven That Refused to Sing (8/10) |
Posted By: humor4u1959
Date Posted: May 08 2013 at 22:00
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Thanks for including some of my faves in your list, Crimso King. I had to vote for PG1 as it's my favorite by Gabes.
I also love Wetton's and Fripp's solo albums on your list. Good selections you chose. 
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Posted By: jude111
Date Posted: May 08 2013 at 23:06
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Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: May 08 2013 at 23:15
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Hackett, followed by Squire, Rutherford, Anderson, Collins, Wetton and Lake. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: May 08 2013 at 23:33
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Olias of Sunhillow
I didn't vote for PG1 because Mr Gabriel wasn't the member of the band when "Wet Car" was released; he was one solo artist, a singer - songwriter who was released his debut album. |
Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: May 08 2013 at 23:39
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Roger Waters - Music From The Body (1970) ------------- rotten hound of the burnie crew |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: May 08 2013 at 23:39
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Hackett by a mile.
------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: brainstormer
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 00:14
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Nice to see Hackett winning this even though I voted for someone else. ------------- -- Robert Pearson Regenerative Music http://www.regenerativemusic.net Telical Books http://www.telicalbooks.com ParaMind Brainstorming Software http://www.paramind.net |
Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 00:16
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It would have to be one of Hackett's only decent solo albums, at least until his more recent few.
`Voyage' is just a grand, stunning symphonic knockout, so I dont understand what went so wrong on those followups....Urgh, `Please Don't Touch' and `Spectral Mornings' - so much throwaway dross and rubbish on them! A+ to F in the space of a single album! 
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Posted By: Eria Tarka
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 00:23
| Smallcreep's Day for the title track alone. |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 00:32
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Voyage of the Acolyte for me. Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 04:01
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Fish out of Water and Voyage of the Acolyte. ------------- 
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Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 06:31
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Squire, Wakeman, Hackett. -------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 06:49
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Steve Hillage - Pisces Ascending ------------- “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: LinusW
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 06:55
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I haven't heard a majority of these, so I'll abstain from voting. I do love Here Come The Warm Jets, PG1 and Fools Mate though! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/LinusW88" rel="nofollow - Blargh |
Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 06:55
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Great choice, Dave! The only Caterbury flavoured album from his solo works too, I think?
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 07:05
Hmm yeah now that you mention it, then yes you may be onto something. L, Green, Motivation Radio as well as Rainbow Dome are all too 'pretty' to be Canterbury  Maybe more importantly: they ditched the jazzy palette of what went before them.------------- “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 |
Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 07:23
Yeah, but....oooh, `Green', you are the cats pajamas to me! One of my favourites, and any album that has love songs about nature and aliens is OK with me! 
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 07:30
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Funny how such a small word like pretty can mean so many different things I guess when people know my music tastes, then it'll inadvertently sound like a derogatory one..... Doesn't though, I really like 'pretty' albums - that is if they've got some juice to em. If the whole thing relies solely on being pretty without any substance, then I'm outta there. Love songs about aliens and nature are too something I really dig. I've thought about doing one myself actually Making love to E.T. whilst sorting out the garbage ------------- “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: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 08:01
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Dave, that song on `Green', where Hillage sings `A love that shelters, like an oasis in the sand....we can sit together underneath the palm tree' etc just touches me - can tell he was singng that to his soul-mate Miquette
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 08:08
I'll drink to that oh kan-gu-ru ------------- “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: Earthmover
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 08:28
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Other: Insurgentes. -------------  |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 09:32
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Steve Hackett, followed by Mr. Gabriel, then Mr. Anderson.
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Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 11:23
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Six Wives for me please
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 14:21
This |
Posted By: jude111
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 14:25
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I thought of a good "other" that I quite like: Radiohead's Thom Yorke's first solo album The Eraser.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 14:48
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Six Wives Inferno PG1 Other - Martin Orford - Classical Music and Popular Songs
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Posted By: pianoman
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 15:18
Just found that record on vinyl for a DOLLAR yesterday. I was so excited. Really good condition too! |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 17:31
Cool. Was it one of the early copies including all the artwork? ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 17:58
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I went with a bunch... Howe - I'm the only vote but I love Beginnings and his struggles to sing on key  Hackett - This really showed his composition skills were awesome and on par with Banks Rutherford - The title track is great...Simon Phillips on drums is a monster. I really like a couple songs on the other side too Fripp - I love the songs with Fripp & Hammill especially "Disengage". Funny, the original LP had a very different version of Disengage from the CD release. The original LP version rips Banks - A couple songs are just filler but I love "Somebody Else's Dream" Waters - I love the vocal style Roger was doing around that time on this, The Wall, and The Final Cut with quiet voices and half-sung half-spoken bits Eno - What can I say, a prog who's who with Fripp/Wetton/Manzanera/Andy Mackay/etc Sinfield - I think this got few votes because not many people are even aware of it. For me, it picks up where Islands left off and with Crimson alumni Lake, Wetton, Keith Tippet, Boz, Mel Collins & Ian Wallace it's a must hear for Crimso fans...Sinfield himself surprised me, I really like his vocals and other instrumental contributions... Hammill - Is it really a PH solo album or a VDGG album? With Hugh, Potter, Jackson, Evans & Fripp thrown in for good measure you can't go wrong ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 18:03
One vote apiece for Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, and I forgot the third one already. edit: David Gilmour, that's it.------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 21:20
Yeah, that's a great one. Almost as good as some Radiohead. But I'm flagging a vote for Eno's Music For Airports. Beautiful album, one of my favourites. ------------- 
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Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 21:27
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JIM MATHEOS-- FIRST IMPRESSIONS
amazing acoustic guitar mixed with Violin instrumentals. ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: Mr. Mustard
Date Posted: May 10 2013 at 17:09
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Didn't even bother looking at the other choices when I saw Voyage... ------------- 
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Posted By: The Mystical
Date Posted: May 10 2013 at 19:29
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I have a soft spot for both David Gilmour and Rick Wright's solo output. I also love Olias.
------------- I am currently digging: Hawkwind, Rare Bird, Gong, Tangerine Dream, Khan, Iron Butterfly, and all things canterbury and hard-psych. I also love jazz! Please drop me a message with album suggestions. |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: May 10 2013 at 20:03
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1.- Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte 2.- Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives of Henry VIII 3.- Peter Gabriel - PG1 4.- Chris Squire - Fish Out of Water 5.- Steve Howe - Beginnings: If he would had only
kept his mouse closed and stick to play guitar, would be in the same level
of Wakeman or Gabriel albums. Iván -------------
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: May 11 2013 at 06:55
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1. Steve Hackett - Voyage Of The Acolyte 2. Chris Squire - Fish Out Of Water 3. Tony Banks - A Curious Feeling
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Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: May 12 2013 at 17:44
Same here. |
Posted By: Neo-Romantic
Date Posted: May 12 2013 at 17:58
| Peter Hammill's The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage gets my vote. That album is pure magic. |
Posted By: iamathousandapples
Date Posted: May 13 2013 at 02:23
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if it were any other PG album I might have had a hard decision, but as it stands: Hackett for Shadow of the Hierophant alone! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/thamazingbender" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: May 13 2013 at 14:43
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Hi, Hard to make a choice here ... but of all the solo albums, I really liked "Wet Dream" (Richard Wright) and "Olias of Sunhillow" (Jon Anderson) and "Here Come the Warm Jets" (Eno) .... though many of these were very good. Too many of these solo LP's were a bunch of songs that ended up hitting radio, and they were perfect for the American FM radio after its famous and free form days up until 1974 or 1975 ... anything after that kinda lost its flavor and was no longer as "different" and "valuable" as before was that helped create and define what we consider "progressive". I would think that Phil's 1st, Peter Gabriel's 1st, Dave Gilmour's 1st and such were not as important, and/or progressive albums at all, which makes this poll a rotten tomatoes rating for favorites. Special Mention: While not exactly the best album of all, Greg Lake's album did have the 2 big songs that he helped write with one certain guitarist that like to play notes better and faster than Keith! ... and that song became ratehr well known along with one other rocker in the album. Both of these were a part of the Secret Policeman's Ball, which might not be an important event for anyone here, and not exactly progressive, but then you would never appreciate the Sheila Tanner Award, or the taking a trip without the kids or the ... underwear ... either! So Greg Lake gets a special mention, since of all those folks in that list, only Jon Anderson and Greg Lake showed up from our esteemed, and supposedly more with it, progressive folks.
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: May 13 2013 at 14:59
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Hi, Anthony Phillips 1st ... was also excellent ... and Phil got to sing a song, too! Ohhh, btw, Anthony Phillips is probably more progressive than the rest of the band members in Genesis, when you compare all the experimental music and stuff he did in his 20 some albums, so far! Not only that, he is a very nice man, that has no issues sharing some of his work ... and you can't say that about some of the Genesis folks, and specially a certain greedy ..... !!!! Anthony, allowed one of his pieces to be used in the Ygdrasil Journal of Poetic Arts' 1st audio issue (and only one so far), and that is something that was not possible with "songs", instead of the lyrical work. Kudos also to the late Kevin Ayers for also allowing me to use his music in a film I made. ------------- 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: dr wu23
Date Posted: May 13 2013 at 15:28
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Tough choice.....there are some fine solo lp's there.....went with Voyage because I probably have played that one more than any of the others I own on that list.
Gabriel's first is a close second...that lp really got to me in a good way. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: The Mystical
Date Posted: May 13 2013 at 15:30
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My favs would have to be Steve Hillage's Green and Fish Rising. ------------- I am currently digging: Hawkwind, Rare Bird, Gong, Tangerine Dream, Khan, Iron Butterfly, and all things canterbury and hard-psych. I also love jazz! Please drop me a message with album suggestions. |
Posted By: antonyus
Date Posted: May 15 2013 at 08:35
| Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives of Henry VIII |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: May 15 2013 at 23:20
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Clive Nolan--Alchemy. Wow ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: May 16 2013 at 08:12
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Went for Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte Squire's album is also excellent along with Jon Anderson's ------------- 
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