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David_D 
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Would anybody else like to tell about their great UK Prog classics?
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quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
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Posted: February 06 2022 at 09:49 |
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absolutely no problem, and an impressive list  Edited by David_D - February 06 2022 at 09:54 |
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KC-Red Yes-Yes lp Yes-CTTE Genesis-Foxtrot Genesis-SEBTP JTull-Aqualung JTull-SFTW PFloyd-DSOTM PFloyd-Meddle ELP-st Gentle Giant-ATT Gentle Giant-Octopus Caravan- Grey and Pink Caravan-If I Could... Camel-Moonmadness Hatfield - Rotters Club Hatfield-st Khan - Space Shanty Egg-st VDGG-Pawn Hearts Renaissance-Scheherazade National Health-Of Queues... 23....a good number.  |
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Posted: February 06 2022 at 06:52 |
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I've restricted myself to albums before 1980. Also, I've grouped albums by the same artist together. Thus, the order doesn't fully match my order of preference. 01: Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts 02: Van der Graaf Generator - H To He, Who Am The Only One 03: Van der Graaf Generator - The Quiet Zone / The Pleasure Dome 04: Van der Graaf Generator - The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other 05: Peter Hammill - pH7 06: Yes - Close To The Edge 07: Yes - Fragile 08: Bill Bruford - Bruford: One Of A Kind 09: Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus 10: Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery 11: Hawkwind - Warrior On The Edge Of Time 12: Nektar - Journey To The Centre Of The Eye 13: Supertramp - Crime Of The Century 14: Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick 15: Genesis - Nursery Cryme 16: Genesis - Foxtrot 17: Pink Floyd - Animals 18: Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 19: The Alan Parsons Project - I Robot 20: Camel - Mirage |
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David_D
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Posted: February 06 2022 at 03:48 |
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My rule, written in the OP, is "by "great classics" I mean albums that are very high rated by really many people", and that is thought as making it possible to include RYM ratings - it's not just "PA great classics", I've had in mind. This rule is of course not particularly precise, and that is because I've thought, it is fine to leave good possibilities for one's own decisions concerning what to include or not. About "under appreciated", I'd say that it's a subjective evalution, richardh, and I think that it may be a good question to concider why Wakeman isn't higher rated than it's the case - even he was one of my teenage idols, and maybe your's as well.
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Posted: February 06 2022 at 03:14 |
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I decided to omit it on the grounds that it's not in the PA top 250 although it does have a strong rating of 4.10 and probably isn't far outside. (I realise you didn't specify the rules of the thread so I made my own) Rick's studio albums are generally under appreciated it seems
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King Crimson- Lizard Yes- Close To The Edge Curved Air Second Album Gentle Giant- Aquiring The Taste Jade Warrior- Kites Genesis- Selling England By The Pound Steve Hackett- Voyage Of The Acolyte The Enid- In The Region Of The Summer Stars Hawkwind- Quark, Strangeness And Charm National Health- ( self-titled) Camel- Moonmadness Hatfield And The North- (self-titled) Caravan- In The Land Of Grey And Pink Rare Bird- As Your Mind Flies By Roger Glover- Elements Andrew lloyd Webber- Variations Anthony Phillips- The Geese And The Ghost Robert Wyatt- Rock Bottom Renaissance- Ashes Are Burning |
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Posted: February 02 2022 at 06:48 |
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I agree but I'm quite fond of No Earthly Connection, as well. Edited by David_D - February 02 2022 at 06:52 |
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I hardly dare to think how everything will look in 50 years, if to see it from the perspective of today. The changes will very probably be much much larger than the last 50 years, and in what direction?
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^ I just wish he'd made more albums like that TBH, and concentrated on quality over quantity.
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I'm especially happy to see this one, Progishness, as we'll very probably only be few to list it.
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20 British prog (& prog related) albums that I would consider to be the core of my collection:
Argent - All Together Now (1972) Camel - The Snow Goose (1975) Caravan - In The Land of Grey and Pink (1971) Curved Air - Live (1975) Emerson, Lake & Palmer - s/t (1970) Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Pictures at an Exhibition (1971) Genesis - Nursery Cryme (1971) Annie Haslam - Annie in Wonderland (1977) Hawkwind - Space Ritual (1973) Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick (1972) King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King (1967) The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn (1972) Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (1973) Pink Floyd - Meddle (1971) Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (1975) Renaissance - Scheherazade and Other Stories (1975) Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973) Yes - The Yes Album (1971) Yes - Close to the Edge (1972) |
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in 50 years only Dark Side of the Moon will probably be remembered I suspect. We are talking about prog at the end of the day
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Posted: February 01 2022 at 22:56 |
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Only one album per artist:
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom Gong - You Peter Hammill - The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage Pink Floyd - Meddle King Crimson - Red Soft Machine - Third Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts Genesis - Nursery Cryme Gentle Giant - Acquiring the Taste Camel - Mirage Kate Bush - The Dreaming Radiohead - Kid A Talk Talk - Laughing Stock Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club Jethro Tull - Aqualung Roy Harper - Stormcock Comus - First Utterance Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte We'll Talk About It Later - Nucleus Trying to stick with the theme, I skipped specific albums that I might have considered for a personal top 20 by "not universally loved/or relatively obscure" bands/artists such as: Curved Air, National Health (as I would choose their debut), Henry Cow (Unrest), Spirogyra, Guapo, Egg, Family, High Tide, East of Eden, Dr. Z, Gnidrolog, ELO... I even went for Aqualung over Benefit, but I probably got some of it wrong. As Yes (Fragile) and Renaissance (Cards) are missing, they're probably at 21 and 22. |
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Posted: February 01 2022 at 19:21 |
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1) Genesis— Trick of the tail
2) Genesis— Selling England By The Pound 3) YES— Fragile 4) Fields Of The Nephilim— The Nephilim 5) Marillion— Clutching At Straws 7) Pink Floyd— Wish You Were Here 8) The Alan Parsons Project— I Robot 9) The Alan Parsons Project— Tales Of Mistery & Imagination 10) King Crimson— ITCOTCK 11) Peter Gabriel— Scratch. PG 3 12) IQ— The Road of Bones 13) IQ— EVER 14) Arena— Songs From The Lions Cage 15 Arena— Pride 16) Threshold— Psychedelicattsen 17) Galahad — Empires Never Last 18) Supertramp— Crime Of The Century 19) IQ— The Seventh House 20) IQ— The Wake These are in no order and I have to say that IQ has really won me over for being The UK’s sonic champion. Really impressive career. |
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Posted: February 01 2022 at 13:54 |
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In no particular order:
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Posted: February 01 2022 at 13:28 |
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This is one of the albums with some good memories from my late teenage years.
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One per artists, live albums included. What a stunning collection of albums! King Crimson - Discipline Kate Bush - The Dreaming Talk Talk - Laughing Stock David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Nightingales & Bombers Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom Pink Floyd - Ummagumma Genesis - Live VDGG - Still Life Cardiacs - A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window Camel - Moonmadness Renaissance - Live at Carnegie Hall Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn Porcupine Tree - Deadwing National Health - s/t Radiohead - Kid A Yes - Relayer Caravan - For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night East of Eden - Mercator Projected
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1. U.K. - U.K.
2. Bruford - One Of A Kind 3. Allan Holdsworth - I.O.U. 4. National Health - Of Queues and Cures 5. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick 6. Gentle Giant - Free Hand 7. Khan - Space Shanty 8. Gong - You 9. Pink Floyd - Animals 10. Soft Machine - Bundles 11 Genesis - A Trick of of the Tail 12. Frost* - Milliontown 13. Steven Wilson - The Raven... 14. Hatfield and the North - The Rotters Club 15. Yes - The Yes Album 16. King Crimson - Red 17. Haken - Visions 18. Brand X - Unorthodox Behavior 19. Radiohead - OK Computer 20. Roxy Music - Avalon Edited by Grumpyprogfan - February 01 2022 at 02:38 |
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You have a good point there, richardh. On the other hand, it can be argued that status as classics has to be deserved by many years appreciation, so it has to be some old modern albums. Edited by David_D - January 31 2022 at 15:41 |
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