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Poll Question: Which albums do you prefer? (up to 3 votes allowed)
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Well, there's no way I could vote for 90125 over ABWH. I suspect those who voted for 90125 and not ABWH have either not heard ABWH or are on this site by accident and are not real prog fans. :p I also voted for Misplaced Childhood and Moving Pictures.


I disagree here. I for one could never get into ABWH. And I've tried a few times. Wasted time...

I've always loved 90125.



That's fine as long as you don't consider 90125 a prog album.


A few songs on the album i find progressive.
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

I've been looking for a similar list for 90s prog but can't seem to find one. If anyone finds one let me know and I'll do a poll for that or you can do it yourself.


maybe something here will help.

I did not find one for Loudersound, but I did find this from Album of the Year which is yet another list based on charts, but then one could do Prog Archives or rateYournmusic:

https://www.albumoftheyear.org/ratings/user-highest-rated/1990s/progressive-rock/

More like what you posted in terms of approach, I found this. I think this one might fit your bill fairly well (a reasonably comparable approach I have seen to the Nick Shilton of Loudersound list you posted) from John Cunningham at WhatCulture :

https://whatculture.com/music/10-essential-1990s-progressive-rock-music-albums

Number one is Hybris, which seems very sensible to me.

And here is Jordan Blum's article of Loudwire's 12 best progressive metal album of the 90s:

https://loudwire.com/best-prog-metal-albums-1990s/

It has Dream Theater, Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory in top spot and Opeth's Still Life in second spot.

And here is list of the top 90s albums that I think that guy from loudersound might want to cover (what a year 1991 is):

Asia - Aqua (1991)
Rush - Roll the Bones (1991)
Yes - Union (1991)
Supertramp - Some Things Never Change (1997)
Marillion - Holidays in Eden (1991)
ELP - In the Hot Seat (1994)
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994)
It Bites - Thank You and Goodnight (1991, live)
ABWH: An Evening of Yes Music Plus (1993, live)
World Trade - Euphoria (1995)
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^As I've said many times before: Music fans have better taste and greater knowledge than the average rock journalist. The non-curated charts on PA, RYM, Album of the Year etc... are far superior to those made by the "professionals".
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Solaris - Marsbéli krónikák
Present - Triskaďdékaphobie
Present - Le poison qui rend fou

If forced to vote for those listed, I would choose these:
Rush - Moving Pictures
Emerson Lake & Powell - same
Supertramp - Brother Where You Bound

Special mentions:
Marillion - Script for a Jester's Tear
Social Tension - Macbethia
King Crimson - Discipline
IQ - Tales From the Lush Attic
Scott Walker - Climate of Hunter
This Heat - Deceit
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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

I've been looking for a similar list for 90s prog but can't seem to find one. If anyone finds one let me know and I'll do a poll for that or you can do it yourself.


maybe something here will help.

I did not find one for Loudersound, but I did find this from Album of the Year which is yet another list based on charts, but then one could do Prog Archives or rateYournmusic:

https://www.albumoftheyear.org/ratings/user-highest-rated/1990s/progressive-rock/

More like what you posted in terms of approach, I found this. I think this one might fit your bill fairly well (a reasonably comparable approach I have seen to the Nick Shilton of Loudersound list you posted) from John Cunningham at WhatCulture :

https://whatculture.com/music/10-essential-1990s-progressive-rock-music-albums

Number one is Hybris, which seems very sensible to me.

And here is Jordan Blum's article of Loudwire's 12 best progressive metal album of the 90s:

https://loudwire.com/best-prog-metal-albums-1990s/

It has Dream Theater, Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory in top spot and Opeth's Still Life in second spot.

And here is list of the top 90s albums that I think that guy from loudersound might want to cover (what a year 1991 is):

Asia - Aqua (1991)
Rush - Roll the Bones (1991)
Yes - Union (1991)
Supertramp - Some Things Never Change (1997)
Marillion - Holidays in Eden (1991)
ELP - In the Hot Seat (1994)
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994)
It Bites - Thank You and Goodnight (1991, live)
ABWH: An Evening of Yes Music Plus (1993, live)
World Trade - Euphoria (1995)



Thank you very much Logan. I might use some of these to compile my own list. I don't think I'll include live albums though.

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - April 27 2025 at 13:09
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Well, there's no way I could vote for 90125 over ABWH. I suspect those who voted for 90125 and not ABWH have either not heard ABWH or are on this site by accident and are not real prog fans. :p I also voted for Misplaced Childhood and Moving Pictures.


I disagree here. I for one could never get into ABWH. And I've tried a few times. Wasted time...

I've always loved 90125.



That's fine as long as you don't consider 90125 a prog album.


A few songs on the album i find progressive.


Most people seem to cite Cinema and Changes but I would add Hearts to that list which to me sounds kind of like a sequel to Awaken. Overall, it's proggy but not full blown prog (ditto the first Asia album).

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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:


A few songs on the album i find progressive.


Most people seem to cite Cinema and Changes but I would add Hearts to that list which to me sounds kind of like a sequel to Awaken. Overall, it's proggy but not full blown prog (ditto the first Asia album).


The fact that it's not full-on prog does not affect my listening enjoyment. I enjoy the song-writing, that's all .

Edited by Cristi - April 28 2025 at 13:35
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

I would add Hearts to that list which to me sounds kind of like a sequel to Awaken.
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

I would add Hearts to that list which to me sounds kind of like a sequel to Awaken.






You have a better description there buddy?
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:


A few songs on the album i find progressive.


Most people seem to cite Cinema and Changes but I would add Hearts to that list which to me sounds kind of like a sequel to Awaken. Overall, it's proggy but not full blown prog (ditto the first Asia album).


The fact that it's not full-on prog does not affect my listening enjoyment. I enjoy the song-writing, that's all .



I'm pretty sure that's all was Genesis.
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Marillion, ABWH, and one not listed: Discipline by King Crimson.
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Originally posted by Progosopher Progosopher wrote:

Marillion, ABWH, and one not listed: Discipline by King Crimson.


It's pretty ridiculous that none of the 80s KC albums are on there. I can kind of see leaving out ToaPP and Beat but not Discipline. That's a real headscratcher for me.
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by Progosopher Progosopher wrote:

Marillion, ABWH, and one not listed: Discipline by King Crimson.


It's pretty ridiculous that none of the 80s KC albums are on there. I can kind of see leaving out ToaPP and Beat but not Discipline. That's a real headscratcher for me.


Not really a fan of the Red, Blue and Yellow era of King Crimson, but yeah, taking my personal likes out of the equation, if there is a list of best / most important Prog Rock albums from the 1980s, Discipline and Moving Pictures are the two albums that have to be on that list.
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by Progosopher Progosopher wrote:

Marillion, ABWH, and one not listed: Discipline by King Crimson.


It's pretty ridiculous that none of the 80s KC albums are on there. I can kind of see leaving out ToaPP and Beat but not Discipline. That's a real headscratcher for me.


if anything Discipline should be there (not that I would've voted for it), indeed, but not Beat or Pair

no head-scratching, we're dealing with Loudersound, here.
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Voted other as my faves from the decade aren’t listed.
King Crimson - Beat
Solaris - Marsbelis…
SBB - Memento Z…
Kultivator - Barndomens Stigar
Jean-Paul Prat - Masal
Plus a slew of others I can’t remember right this minute.

I am leaving out all the wonderful fusion from the decade, but I can name a number of ECM artists that I prefer over the ones listed in this poll. Egberto Gismonti and Eberhard Weber to name a few
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1. Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
2. Rush - Moving Pictures
3. ABWH
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4. Pink Floyd -AMLOR

Others:

- Marillion - Script for a Jester`s Tear
- Peter Gabriel IV
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Big fan of Discipline and many other 80s albums but not of any album listed here. As I don't like to vote for "other" categories, I'll give my vote to 90125, which at least beats the rest in my book.
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I can repeat what others have already said. I chose the first 3, but there are others missing that I think are important:

Rush - Signals, Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows, Hold Your Fire
Saga - Worlds Apart, Heads or Tails
Allan Holdsworth - IOU and Metal Fatigue
Queensryche - Rage for Order, Operation Mindcrime
Asia - Alpha, Astra
Yes - Drama
King Crimson - Discipline, Beat, Three of a Perfect Pair
Steve Vai - Flex-able
Joe Satriani - Surfing with the Alien
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel, So
Watchtower - Energetic Disassembly, Control and Resistance
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Styx - Paradise Theater
Barnabas - Approaching Light Speed and Feel the Fire
Kansas - Vinyl Confessions, Power
GTR - GTR
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