My top 10 Albums (not all prog)

I'm a child of the 70's (and technically, early 80's), so prog (and punk) are in my DNA, but all these lists have made me wonder how committed an acolyte I am. My tastes in music are very eclectic. My radio show used to have 16th century dancemusic followed by Motorhead; hour-long ambient mixes followed by The Flamin' Groovies. I started by wondering how many of my top 10 albums (if I could even remotely figure out such a list) would not be prog, and ended up wondering how many actually would be. I don't know.

Here are albums which I am reasonably confident would be in my top 10:

The Kinks - Are the Village green Preservation Society

Nah, I give up.

For now...




Edited by Braka - December 22 2017 at 08:29

Ten albums. This is hard...I don't know. My list might be something like this:

Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play
YES - Tales From Topographic Oceans
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
Dream Theater - Images and Words
Angra - Holy Land (maybe, all their albums are great)
Pantera - Cowboys from Hell
Yezda Urfa - Sacred Baboon
Caravan - For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night

Top 15, no order

14	Caravan	In the Land of Grey and Pink	Eng	1971
14	Circus	Movin' On	Swz	1977
14	Maneige	Libre Service	Can	1978
14	Harmonium	Si on Avait Besoin d'une Cinquieme Saison	Can	1975
14	Jethro Tull	Thick as a Brick	Eng	1972
14	Nucleus	We'll Talk About It Later	Eng	1971
14	Out of Focus	Out of Focus	Ger	1971
14	Pink Floyd	Dark Side of the Moon	Eng	1973
14	Pink Floyd	Wish You Were Here	Eng	1975
14	Santana	Caravanserai	USA	1972
14	Schulze, Klaus	Timewind	Ger	1975
14	Spirit	The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus	USA	1970
14	Supertramp	Crime of the Century	Eng	1974
14	Genesis	Trick Of The Tail	Eng	1976
14	King Crimson	Lizard	Eng	1970

Approximately these ten:

The Road Of Bones - IQ (which still gets better with each listen)
The Human Equation - Ayreon
Endless Forms Most Beautiful - Nightwish
The Theory Of Everything - Ayreon
The War Of The Worlds - Jeff Wayne
Images And Words - Dream Theater
Selling England By The Pound - Genesis
Into The Fire - Bryan Adams
Brave - Marillion
Weather Systems - Anathema

I give you 10 I love right now in this moment:
Thomas Dolby - The Flat Earth
Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age of Wireless
Foals - Holy Fire
Tyondai Braxton - Central Market
Killing Joke - Extremities, Dirt and Various Repressed Emotions
Pinback - Some Offcell Voices
...and some prog:
Sonar - Live at Bazillus
Genesis - Live
North Sea Radio Orchestra - I a Moon
...semiprog:
Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring

I kept it to one per artist. In no particular order:

• Yes - CTTE
  
• Rush - Moving Pictures
  
• Porcupine Tree -  In Absintia
• The Who  - Who's Next
  
• The Beatles - The White Album
  
• Dire Straits - Making Movies
  
• Genesis - Trick of the tail
  
• Pink Floyd - Animals
  
• Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy
  
• Dave Weckle  - Synergy

Ask me tomorrow and half of them might change...

In no particular order

1. Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans
2. Bubu - Anabelas
3. Rayuela - Rayuela
4. Allman Brothers Band - Eat A Peach
5. Harmonium - Si On Avait Besoin d'Une Cinquième Saison
6. Yes - The Yes Album 
7. Outlaws - Outlaws 
8. King Crimson - Islands
9. Cherry Five - Cherry Five 
10. Genesis - Trespass 

In no particular order

Hemispheres by Rush
Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden
California by Mr Bungle
Hot Rats by Frank Zappa
Time And A Word by Yes
Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd
In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson
Ok Computer by Radiohead
Tarkus by ELP
Selling By Pound by Genesis

Honorable mentions

Duke by Genesis
mostly anything by Pink Floyd
mostly anything by Rush
Sailing The Seas Of Cheese by Primus
Machine Head by Deep Purple
Angel Dust by Faith No More
White Pony by Deftones
Terria by Devin Townsend