Your 10 Favourite Prog Albums of 1977
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Topic: Your 10 Favourite Prog Albums of 1977
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: Your 10 Favourite Prog Albums of 1977
Date Posted: July 08 2021 at 11:33
Yes, we're Going for the One year when Yes made the first of several comebacks with a new line-up.  Camel - Rain Dances Emerson. Lake & Palmer - Works Vol. 1 The Enid - Aerie Faerie Nonsense England - Garden Shed Illusion - Out of the Mist Duncan Mackay - Score Nektar - Live in New York Anthony Phillips - The Geese and the Ghost Renaissance - Novella Yes - Going for the One It's getting harder to decide on a Top 10, so I had to list every British prog album released in 1977 before I could make my selection. |
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: July 08 2021 at 11:53
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1. Pink Floyd - Animals 2. Rush - A Farewell to Kings 3. Grobschnitt - Rockpommel's Land 4. England - Garden Shed 5. Atoll - Tertio 6. Pekka Pohjola - The Mathematician's Air Display 7. Modrý efekt - Svitanie 8. Eloy - Ocean 9. Locanda delle Fate - Forse le lucciole non si amano più 10. Airlord - Clockwork Revenge Honorable mentions: Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy La Máquina de Hacer Pájaros - Películas Supertramp - Even in the Quietest Moments Machiavel - Jester Aksak Maboul - Onze danses pour combattre la migraine Morse Code - Je suis le temps Dixie Dregs - Free Fall FM - Black Noise Yes - Going for the One Camel - Rain Dances Zomby Woof - Riding on a Tear
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 08 2021 at 12:07
Purely by coincidence, I'm listening to Zomby Woof's superb album for the very first time right now.
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progaardvark wrote:Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: July 08 2021 at 12:24
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In no particular order would be 2 - Pink Floyd - Animals 3 - Island - Pictures 4 - Circus - Movin´on 5 - Evohé - Evohé 6 - Hands - Hands 7 - Locanda delle Fate - Forse le lucciole non si amano più 8 - Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood 9- Camel - Raindances 10 - Rush - A Farewell to Kings honoralbe mention: Alpha Ralpha - Alpha Ralpha
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Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: July 08 2021 at 12:36
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1. JONI MITCHELL Don Juan's Reckless Daughter 2. JAN AKKERMAN Jan Akkerman 3. RENAISSANCE Novella 4. ANTHONY PHILLIPS The Geese and The Ghost 5. SHAKTI (with John McLaughlin) Natural Elements 6. PINK FLOYD Animals 7. STEELY DAN Aja 8. EBERHARD WEBER The Following Morning 9. ALAN PARSONS PROJECT I, Robot 10. SUPERTRAMP Even in the Quietest Moments... 11. JOHN MARTYN One World 12. BILLY JOEL The Stranger 13. PETER GABRIEL Peter Gabriel ("Car") 14. YES Going for the One 15. BRIAN ENO Before and After Science 16. LOCANDA DELLE FATE Forse le lucciole non si amano più 17. ATOLL Tertio 18. PULSAR Halloween 19. ISLAND Pictures 20. KLAUS SCHULZE Mirage 21. ATILA Reviure 22. WEATHER REPORT Heavy Weather 23. TANGERINE DREAM Encore (Live 1977) 24. RICK WAKEMAN Criminal Record 25. UNIVERS ZERO Univers Zero (1313) ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: July 08 2021 at 12:36
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1. Brand X - Moroccan Roll 2. Happy The Man - Happy The Man 3. Jean-Luc Ponty - Enigmatic Ocean 4. Hugh Hopper - Hopper Tunity Box 5. Weather Report - Heavy Weather 6. Camel - Rain Dances 7. Pink Floyd - Animals 8. Premiata Forneria Marconi - Jet Lag 9. New Triumvirat - Pompeii 10. Ornette Coleman & Prime Time - Dancing In Your Head Honourable mentions: - Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy - Island - Pictures - Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood - Steely Dan - Aja - The Alan Parsons Project - I Robot - Yes - Going For The One
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: July 08 2021 at 13:06
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Pink Floyd - Animals Univers Zero - 1313 Pekka Pohjola - Keesojen Lehto Greaves/Blegvad/Herman - Kew Rhone Archaia - s/t Hawkwind - Quark Strangeness & Charm Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood Klaus Schulze - Mirage Potemkine - Triton Tangerine Dream - Encore ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: July 08 2021 at 13:18
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1. Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood 2. Klaus Schulze - Mirage 3. Pink Floyd - Animals 4. Yes - Going for the One 5. Kansas - Point of Know Return 6. Rush - A Farewell to Kings 7. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel 1 (Car) 8. Supertramp - Even in the Quietest Moments... 9. Weather Report - Heavy Weather X. Eloy - Ocean ------------- 
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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: July 08 2021 at 13:19
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1. Animals - Pink Floyd 2. Going for the One - Yes 3. Elegant Gypsy - Al Di Meola 4. Moroccan Roll - Brand X 5. Point of Know Return - Kansas 6. A Farewell to Kings - Rush 7. Ocean - Eloy 8. Aja - Steely Dan 9. Out of the Blue - ELO 10. Even in the Quietest Moments - Supertramp Just missed the Cut - Heavy Weather - Weather Report Enigmatic Ocean - Jean-Luc Ponty |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: July 08 2021 at 13:34
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1. Steely Dan - Aja 2. Jean-Luc Ponty - Enigmatic Ocean 3. Rush - A Farwell to Kings 4. Pink Floyd - Animals 5. Gentle Giant - The Missing Piece 6. Brand X - Moroccan Roll 7. Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood 8. Al DiMeola - Elegant Gypsy 10. Kansas - Point of Know Return Others: Utopia - Ra Genesis - Seconds Out Gong Live, Etc. Gentle Giant - Playing the Fool The Soft Machine - Triple Echo |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: July 08 2021 at 13:54
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Jethro Tull - Songs from the Woods Pink Floyd - Animals Peter Gabriel - Debut (Car) David Bowie - Low ELP - Works, Vol. 1 Alan Parsons Project - I Robot Yes - Going for the One Jean-Luc Ponty - Enigmatic Ocean Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy ELP - Works, Vol. 2 Live Albums.... Moody Blues - Caught Live + 5 Genesis - Seconds Out ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: July 08 2021 at 14:20
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No special order.... JethroTull-Songs from the Wood Kansas-Point of Know Return Steely Dan-Aja Circus-Movin On Happy The Man-st Pulsar-Halloween Eno-Before and After Science Rush-Farewell To Kings Gabriel-Car Eloy-Ocean ----------------- England-Garden Shed Yes-GFTO Floyd-Animals ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 08 2021 at 14:30
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^ At least I'm not the only one who doesn't have Pink Floyd's Animals in their Top 10.
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: July 08 2021 at 14:56
^I've only heard Yes from your top ten.  Animals is a bit commercial for you?
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Posted By: Earl of Mar
Date Posted: July 08 2021 at 15:20
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Rush AFTK Jethro Tull SFTW Yes GFTO Pink Floyd Animals Styx The Grand Illusion. Gabriel 1st Renaissance Novella Canel Raindances Supertramp EITQM ELP Works 1 England Garden Shed is also a fine album. As is Kansas POKR. Studio only. |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: July 08 2021 at 15:34
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Giger Lenz Marron-Beyond Wallenstein-No More Love Passport-Iguacu Triumvirat-Pompeii Helmut Koellen-You Won't See Me Birth Control-Increase Rush-A Farewell To Kings PFM-Jet Lag Procol Harum-Something Magic Rose-A Taste Of Neptune
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: July 08 2021 at 16:09
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Luciano Cilio - Dialoghi del Presente Van der Graaf - The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome Pink Floyd - Animals Camel - Rain Dances Al di Meola - Elegant Gypsy Skywhale - The World at Mind's End Yes - Going for The One Gentle Giant - Playing the Fool Ashra - Blackouts
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 08 2021 at 16:37
It makes a nice change for me to have heard more albums in your Top 10 than you've heard in my Top 10.  Duncan Mackay's Score is probably the least known album in my list, which is really worth checking out. As for the Animals album, it's in my Top 20 for this year, but didn't quite make it into my Top 10.
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: July 09 2021 at 01:28
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no particular order (well slightly alphabetical) inside their own gradient 14 Circus -
Movin' On
Bubbling under
Please not the tir groupé from Canadian acts .
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Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: July 09 2021 at 11:46
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1. Yes: Going for the One 2. Starcastle: Fountains of Light 3. ELO: Out of the Blue 4. Kansas: Point of Know Return 5. Alan Parsons Project: I Robot 6. Anthony Phillips: The Geese and The Ghost 7. Styx: The Grand Illusion 8. Supertramp: Even in the Quietest Moments 9. Barclay James Harvest: Gone to Earth 10. FM: Black Noise I'd also like to make a shout out for 1977's J.GEILS BAND Monkey Island - emphatically NOT prog, but still a masterpiece and does include their proggiest moment, the nine-minute title track!
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: July 09 2021 at 12:11
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Amazing year Univers Zéro - Univers Zéro Klaus Schulze - Mirage Van der Graaf - The Quiet Zone / The Pleasure Dome Kraftwerk - Trans Europa Express The Residents - Fingerprince Peter Hammill - Over Archaïa - Archaïa Aksak Maboul - Onze danses pour combattre la migraine Pierrot Lunaire - Gudrun
Forgas - Cocktail |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: July 10 2021 at 15:17
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another good year Angelo Branduardi - Pulce D'Acqua Dan Ar Braz - Douar Nevez Camel - Rain Dances Eloy - Ocean L'Engoulevent - L'Ile ou vit les loups FM - Black Noise Grobschnitt - Rockpommel's Land Illusion - Out of the Mist Jane -Between Heaven and Hell jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood Madison Dyke - Zeitmaschine Le Orme - Storia o Leggenda Alan Parsons Project - I Robot Renaissance - Novella Stafano Testa - Una Vita Una Balena.. Rick Wakeman - Criminal Record Zomby Woof - Riding on a Tear |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 11 2021 at 04:11
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Hawkwind - Quark Strangeness and Charm Colosseum II - Electric Savage Colosseum II - War Dance Rush - A Farewell To Kings Pink Floyd - Animals Eloy - Ocean Kansas - Point Of Know Return Rick Wakeman - Criminal Record The Enid - Aarie Faerie Nonsense ELP - Works Vol 1 |
Posted By: MFP
Date Posted: July 11 2021 at 14:11
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David Bowie - Low Gong - Live, etc Peter Hammill - Over David Bowie - Heroes Gentle Giant - Playing the Fool Tangerine Dream - Encore Pink Floyd - Animals Van der Graaf Generator - The Quiet Zone/ The Pleasure Dome Gryphon - Treason Rush - A Farewell To Kings
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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: July 16 2021 at 13:08
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1. Triumvirat - Pompeii 2. Genesis - Seconds Out 3. Brand X - Moroccan Roll 4. Supertramp - Even in the Quietest Moments 5. Yes - Going For the One 6. Locanda Delle Fate - Forse Le Lucciole Non Si Amano Piu 7. FM - Black Noise 8. Renaissance - Novella 9. Rush - A Farewell to Kings 10. Van Der Graaf - The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |