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Progger

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Topic: Your own ’ultimate’ prog top 20
Posted: December 27 2005 at 20:32

Forget the progarchives top 20, Here's mine!

YES-CTTE
YES-THE YES ALBUM
PINK FLOYD-WISH YOU WERE HERE
YES-FRAGILE
MIKE OLDFIELD-TUBULAR BELLS
URIAH HEEP-DEMONS AND WIZARDS
TRANSATLANTIC-BRIDGE ACROSS FOREVER
FLOWERKINGS-SPACE REVOLVER
RUSH-MOVING PICTURES
YES-RELAYER
ELP-BRAIN SALAD SURGERY
DREAM THEATER-SCENES FROM A MEMORY
CAMEL-THE SNOW GOOSE
CAMEL-RAINDANCES
YES-TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS
PINK FLOYD-THE WALL
SPOCKS BEARD-SNOW
CHRIS SQUIRE-FISH OUT OF WATER
UTOPIA-RA
GENESIS-FOXTROT

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R_DeNIRO

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Posted: December 27 2005 at 20:58

My congratulations for including that underrated jewel of prog: Rain Dances.

I'm not sure about my top 20, but I think there would be a lot of Dream Theater, Pain of Salvation and Camel stuff. After them Rush, Marillion, Jethro Tull, Opeth, Neal Morse... (any of his projects) and many others that I forget now.

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Posted: December 27 2005 at 21:00

Hmm...this is gonna be tough.

Yes - Fragile
Devin Townsend - Sychestra
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element pt. 1
Devin Townsend - Terria
King Crimson - Red
King Crimson - Lizard
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Dredg - El Cielo
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream
Yes - The YES Album
Opeth - Still Life
Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane
Devin Townsend - Infinity
Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine/Biomech
Dredg - Leitmotif
Yes - Relayer

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Posted: December 27 2005 at 21:47

No order:

Supertramp - Crime Of The Century
Supertramp - Even In The Quietest Moments
Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe
Jean-Michel Jarre - Concerts In China
Genesis - Foxtrot
Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
Gentle Giant - Octopus
Gentle Giant - Power and The Glory
King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
Yes - Close The The Edge
Dream Theater - Images & Words
Dream Theater - Awake
Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve
Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Metallica - ...And Justice For All
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Brand X - Livestock
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play

RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!

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Posted: December 27 2005 at 22:30

Yes - Close The The Edge
Yes- Tales From Topographic Oceans
Camel- The Snow Goose
King Crimson - ITCOCK
Yes- Relayer
Ayreon - The Human Equation
Chris Squire- Fish Out of Water
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire
Yes- Fragile
VDDG - Pawn Hearts
Genesis- Foxtrot
Yes- The Yes Album
Rick Wakeman - Journey to the Center of the Earth
Jethro Tull- Thick as a Brick
Dream Theater- Images and Words
King Crimson- Larks Tounges in Aspic
Camel - MoonMadness
Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle
Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Gentle Giant - Octopus
Gentle Giant - Power and The Glory

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Tommy

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Posted: December 27 2005 at 22:32

YES-CTTE
YES-FRAGILE
YES-THE YES ALBUM
ELP-BRAIN SALAD SURGRY
ELP-TARKUS
PINK FLOYD-WISH YOU WERE HERE
FLOWERKINGS-STARDUST WE ARE
ELP-WORKS
YES-TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS
URIAH HEEP-SWEET FREEDOM
DREAM THEATER-SIX DEGREES OF INNER TURBULANCE
SPOCKS BEARD-SNOW
GENESIS-WIND AND WUTHERING
RICK WAKEMAN-SIX WIVES OF HENRY 8TH
IQ-EVER
PINK FLOYD-THE WALL
YES-RELAYER
MIKE OLDFIELD-TUBULAR BELLS
UK-UK
FLOWERKINGS-SPACE REVOLVER

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Posted: December 27 2005 at 23:28

in no particular order

Pink Floyd - Darkside of the Moon

Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

Yes - Relayer

the Moody Blues - On the Threshold of a Dream

Jethro Tull - Thick As a Brick

Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Brain Salad Surgury

Samla Mammas Manna - Matlid

Focus - Hamburger Concerto

Clearlight - Visions

Lard Free - Im Around About Midnight

Atila - Reviure

Tangerine Dream - Force Majuere

Klaus Schulze - Moondawn

Ashra - New Age of Earth

Cluster - Zuckerzeit

Yatha Sidra - A Mediation Mass

Picchio dal Pozzo - same

Frank Zappa/Mothers - Overnite Sensations

Utopia - Ra

Kansas - Leftoverture

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Posted: December 27 2005 at 23:31

^You win for most varied DB

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Posted: December 28 2005 at 04:44

Progger wrote:

Forget the progarchives top 20, Here's mine!

YES-CTTE
YES-THE YES ALBUM
PINK FLOYD-WISH YOU WERE HERE
YES-FRAGILE
MIKE OLDFIELD-TUBULAR BELLS
URIAH HEEP-DEMONS AND WIZARDS
TRANSATLANTIC-BRIDGE ACROSS FOREVER
FLOWERKINGS-SPACE REVOLVER
RUSH-MOVING PICTURES
YES-RELAYER
ELP-BRAIN SALAD SURGERY
DREAM THEATER-SCENES FROM A MEMORY
CAMEL-THE SNOW GOOSE
CAMEL-RAINDANCES
YES-TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS
PINK FLOYD-THE WALL
SPOCKS BEARD-SNOW
CHRIS SQUIRE-FISH OUT OF WATER
UTOPIA-RA
GENESIS-FOXTROT

Funny list, you forgot VdGG, GG, KC, TFK, E(cholyn), ..., ...

The problem with a top 20 prog albums list is that there are much more than 20 really great albums. So whatever you do, some essential albums will be missing.

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Posted: December 28 2005 at 04:54

1-20 Klaus Schulze

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Posted: December 28 2005 at 04:59

-Jethro Tull-Minstrel in the gallery

-Jethro Tull-Thick as a brick

-Gentle Giant-Octopus

-Gentle Giant-Free hand

-Genesis-Foxtrot

-Genesis-Nursery crime

-King Crimson-Red

-King Crimson-Larks tongues in aspic

-Frank Zappa-Hot rats

-Mahavishnu Orchestra-Birds of fire

-Camel-The snow goose

-Jethro Tull-Aqualung

-Jethro Tull-Songs from the wood

-Focus-Hamburger concerto

-Gentle Giant-Playing the fool

-Gentle Giant-Acquiring the taste

-Jethro Tull-A passion play

-The Strawbs-Grave new world

-Soft machine-Third

-Caravan-In the land of grey and pink

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Posted: December 28 2005 at 05:02

In no order:

PF- WYWH

PF- DSOTM

Genesis - The Lamb

Genesis - Foxtrot

Genesis - SEBTP

Camel - Mirage

Camel - Moonmadness

Caravan - ITLOGAP

Caravan- IICDIAOAIDIAOY ( If I....)

Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn

Yes- CTTE

Yes- GFTO

Yes - Yessongs

Rush- Moving Pictures

Rush - 2112

Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Nightingales and Bombers

Tangerine Dream - Phaedra

Tangerine Dream - Tangram

Peter Gabriel - III

Not enough I guess....!!!

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Posted: December 28 2005 at 05:09

1 Gentle Giant: Free Hand

2 Gentle Giant: Acquiring The Taste

3 Gentle Giant: Playing The Fool

4 Gentle Giant: In A Glass House

5 Gentle Giant: The Power And The Glory

6 Gentle Giant: Octopus

7 Gentle Giant: Three Friends

8 Gentle Giant: Gentle Giant

9 Gentle Giant: Interview

10 Yes: Close To The Edge

11 Yes: Relayer

12 King Crimson: In The Court Of The Crimson King

13 Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Brain Salad Surgery

14 Wigwam: Being

15 Yes: Fragile

16 Yes: The Album

17 King Crimson: Lizard

18 Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour

Sorry, I couldn't find 20 worth of mention. There is a lot of very good music done by i.e. Tull, Floyd, Genesis, Spock et al. but they simply arent't good enough for a place in my top twenty.

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Posted: December 28 2005 at 05:34

There are more than 20 essential albums and there are a lot what I have to hear yet.
Currently, in no particular order:
   Yes: Tales From Topographic Oceans
          Relayer
          Going for the One
          Fragile
    VDGG:H to He Who Am the Only One
         &nbs p;    Pawn Hearts
     Genesis:Foxtrot
     Marillion:Script for a Jester's Tear
     Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon
     Dream Theater:Images and Words
         &nbs p;                 Awake
         &nbs p;                 Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
      Psychotic Waltz:A Social Grace
         &nbs p;                   Into the Everflow
       The Flower Kings:Unfold the Future
       Fates Warning:A Pleasant Shade of Gray
       Pain of Salvation: The Perfect Element
         &nbs p;                        Entropia
         &nbs p;                        One Hour By the Concrete Lake
       After Crying:De Profundis

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Posted: December 28 2005 at 05:47

1 Camel - The Snow Goose
2 Mostly Autumn - The Last Bright Light
3 Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
4 Camel - Moonmadness
5 Strawbs - From The Witchwood
6 Genesis - Foxtrot
7 Mostly Autumn - Spirit of Autumn Past
8 Solution - Fully Interlocking
9 Strawbs - Grave New World
10 Caravan - In The Land Of Grey And Pink
11 BJH - BJH Live
12 Rush - All The World's A Stage
13 Renaissance - Live At Carnegie Hall
14 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
15 Camel - Mirage
16 Genesis - Nursery Cryme
17 Marillion - Fugazi
18 Gryphon - Red Queen To Gryphon Three
19 Focus - Moving Waves
20 Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick

And before anyone moans that there's no KC, ELP, DT, VDGG or GG, I don't like the first four much and Free Hand and Octopus would have been in the next five.

Bugger! Just remembered that this site classes Horslips as prog. So The Tain goes in at 3 and The Book Of Invasions at 6.

Edited by Tony Fisher

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Posted: December 28 2005 at 05:48

Pink floyd - Piper, Ummagumma, Meddle, Dark Side, Wish You, The Wall

King Crimson - In the Court, Red, Discipline

Gentle Giant - Octopus, In a glass house

Genesis - Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot

Yes - Fragile, Relayer

Camel - Camel

Strawbs - Grave new world

Nektar - A tab in the ocean

Gnidrolog - Lady lake

Robert Wyatt - Rock bottom

Of course, this it a partial list, definately not exactly my favourite top 20, and I keep discovering new music all the time - for example, I discovered Gnidrolog a month ago.

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