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Present > AZ

Saperlipopette! wrote: I can't pretent there's not a timeless Wayne Shorter classic among these. Here's the seven albums I either love or like, placed in order of preference: Wayne Shorter-Speak No Evil Art Zoyd-Le Mariage Du Ciel Et De l'Enfer Herbie Hancock-Maiden Voyage Present-Le Poison Qui Rend Fou The Who-My Generation The Beatles-Rubber Soul Anekdoten-Nucleus The Beatles-Help!

The only album on the poll don't own is your pick! I need to check this one out. I've seen that album cover many times over the years. And I love your second and third picks.

The Beatles-Rubber Soul

Hector Enrique wrote: 1. Marillion - Misplaced Childhood . . . 2. IQ - The Wake 3. Pocupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways

Yes, apparently a lot of people felt this way. I think I might take the top five from the two polls and give Misplaced Childhood some competition.

Edited by Mellotron Storm - May 05 2025 at 20:13

richardh wrote: IQ for me. I was very depressed and fed up in general with life and the horrid state of rock music at the time but then IQ come along with this raw almost punk like approach and kicked some life into the dead genre. The Wake still remains for me one of the greatest post 70's prog albums. IQ have a few actually but I will have to get over just how weak their latest effort is (although still better than 99% of what is out there, even on auto pilot they are still somehow great)

Nice post, thankyou. I did pick up their latest recently. They are an automatic purchase for me still.

1. Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
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2. IQ - The Wake
3. Pocupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways

Marillion.

The Sky Moves Sideways. I keep getting my head trapped inside lampshades.

It was between Present, Art Zoyd, Nuova Era and Porcupine Tree. I voted for the latter in the end. I’ve had a good long break from Porcupine Tree, so reintroducing myself to their psychedelic years has been wonderful. Love the phase from Up The Downstair to Signify - including stuff like Metanoia, Moonloop and Voyage 34.

Regarding the Nuova Era; I vividly remember getting introduced to them, and this very album, by way of PAs Italian MP3 offerings. I absolutely loved the track and then used years - heck a decade trying to find the album n cd

Btw love most of those 1965 releases as well but feel they’re somewhat out of the prog scope of this site. Herbie’s Maiden Voyage though is breathtakingly beautiful.

IQ for me. I was very depressed and fed up in general with life and the horrid state of rock music at the time but then IQ come along with this raw almost punk like approach and kicked some life into the dead genre. The Wake still remains for me one of the greatest post 70's prog albums. IQ have a few actually but I will have to get over just how weak their latest effort is (although still better than 99% of what is out there, even on auto pilot they are still somehow great)