Battle of the Bands: Tenth Album
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Topic: Battle of the Bands: Tenth Album
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: Battle of the Bands: Tenth Album
Date Posted: November 22 2021 at 02:06
| The 10th Kingdom of Prog. |
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 22 2021 at 02:08
| Pink Floyd - Animals (1977) |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: November 22 2021 at 02:14
| IQ (vote given by my EQ) |
Posted By: Necrotica
Date Posted: November 22 2021 at 02:18
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Grace Under Pressure (although Animals is a close second). Top 5 Rush for me, and one of their most underrated albums ------------- Take me down, to the underground Won't you take me down, to the underground Why oh why, there is no light And if I can't sleep, can you hold my life https://www.youtube.com/@CocoonMasterBrendan-wh3sd |
Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: November 22 2021 at 02:52
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Frequency. I expect PF will take this one but IQ really should be in the mix..... |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 22 2021 at 03:00
they are in the mix, why wouldn't they be? Solid album. I could have voted for half of the albums here, but PF's Animals is special to me.
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essexboyinwales wrote:Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: November 22 2021 at 04:53
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I do love Three of a Perfect Pair and Camera Camera, but they're not quite Animals. |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: November 22 2021 at 05:32
| Jethro Tull |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: November 22 2021 at 05:54
| For me Songs From The Woods and Animals take the first place. |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: November 22 2021 at 05:58
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Animals over Stationary Travellers ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: November 22 2021 at 06:10
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Animals is the masterpiece here ahead of Magma and Tull ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: felonafan
Date Posted: November 22 2021 at 06:13
| Songs from the Wood! |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: November 22 2021 at 06:44
| Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood (1977) |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: November 22 2021 at 07:18
| lots of good albums here--I voted Duke--its the best album by the 3 -- |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: November 22 2021 at 07:28
| Animals > Drama > Duke > GUP...( Listening to Sheep as I read this post. ) |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: November 22 2021 at 07:30
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Drama, over Tull, IQ and RRUUSSHH. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: November 22 2021 at 07:55
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IQ (over Porcupine Tree and King Crimson) ------------- Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen |
Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: November 22 2021 at 09:36
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Pink Floyd +1 VDGG Jethro Tull Porcupine Tree ------------- 
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Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: November 22 2021 at 09:45
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Pink Floyd - Animals
------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: November 22 2021 at 10:12
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Animals ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: November 22 2021 at 11:44
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Floyd, Tull or Magma. I give the nod to SftW. ------------- 
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Posted By: Sacro_Porgo
Date Posted: November 22 2021 at 11:55
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Animals over Grace Under Pressure over Duke over anything else. But next time it'll be Rush on top. Power Windows rules. ------------- Porg for short. My love of music doesn't end with prog! Feel free to discuss all sorts of music with me. Odds are I'll give it a chance if I haven't already! :) |
Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: November 22 2021 at 12:38
Not over The Wall and The Road Of Bones it doesn't!!! |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: November 22 2021 at 13:15
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PF ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: rik wilson
Date Posted: November 22 2021 at 13:32
| Magma exceeds all the other candidates efforts ; my favorite Magma release. Pink Floyd , then King Crimson. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: November 22 2021 at 17:15
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Songs from the Wood, then Animals. I ignore the rest. ------------- ...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: Awesoreno
Date Posted: November 23 2021 at 01:58
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Dig me But don't Bury me
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: November 23 2021 at 02:07
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Magma's Emehntehtt-Re and Pink Floyd's Animals are the top dogs for me, followed by Jethro Tull's Songs from the Wood. I voted for the Magma. ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 23 2021 at 02:24
I voted for Camel's album for postmen everywhere: Stationery Traveller. My second choice is Pink Floyd's Animals, but I have to sheepishly admit to never having heard any albums by Magma. 
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: November 23 2021 at 05:32
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Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: November 23 2021 at 06:19
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Steve Davis, the six time world snooker champion, is a fan of Magma. Not sure of the relevance to this thread, but I just felt like stating the fact
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Posted By: VianaProghead
Date Posted: November 23 2021 at 06:35
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Again my vote goes to Pink Floyd, this time to Animals.
------------- "PROG IS MY FERRARI". Jem Godfrey (Frost*) |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: November 23 2021 at 06:55
You should certainly give them a listen, they are very different so it may be a shock to the system. But they are very good at what they do and you may love it. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 23 2021 at 07:10
It's good to know Steve Davis is a fan of Magma, because I'm a fan of Steve "Interesting" Davis, even though I'm no fan of snooker.  |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: November 23 2021 at 07:16
I'm a fan of snooker, Steve Davis and his band The Utopia Strong.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 23 2021 at 07:20
I had no idea Steve Davis was a member of The Utopia Strong. They're coming up soon on my prog channel.
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: November 23 2021 at 09:25
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Four great albums here. Animals - possibly Floyd's best album overall. Songs From the Wood - the best album of Tull's folk era and only bettered by Aqualung Frequency - the album that showed that IQ still had a life after Martin Orford But my vote goes to Stationary Traveller, another of Camel's wonderful concept albums which contains 2 of their finest tracks of all - the title track and Fingertips. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: November 23 2021 at 09:32
I had no idea he was a member of any band! From Wiki: MusicWhen in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixth_form" rel="nofollow - sixth form at school, Davis began listening to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_rock" rel="nofollow - progressive rock and was introduced to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterbury_scene" rel="nofollow - Canterbury scene , which immediately fascinated him. Interviewed in 2020, Davis said, "I loved what bands like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_Machine" rel="nofollow - Soft Machine and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cow" rel="nofollow - Henry Cow were doing – it was challenging and very complex." Regarding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wyatt" rel="nofollow - Robert Wyatt , he said, "... one album in my collection that I would strong urge everyone to get is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Bottom_%28album%29" rel="nofollow - Rock Bottom . It's the type of album that you have to hear when you're smashed out of your face. It is just an incredible record. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Davis#cite_note-louder-183" rel="nofollow - [183] Davis is a fan of French progressive rock band https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magma_%28band%29" rel="nofollow - Magma , and produced a London concert so he could see them, which directly caused their re-formation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Davis#cite_note-observer-184" rel="nofollow - [184] He has a record collection with around 2,000 albums. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Davis#cite_note-louder-183" rel="nofollow - [183] Davis joined Brentwood community radio station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_FM" rel="nofollow - Phoenix FM in 1996, broadcasting a variety of soul and rock shows during the next ten years online and on FM under a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restricted_Service_Licence" rel="nofollow - Restricted Service Licence . When the station went full-time on FM in March 2007, he hosted The Interesting Alternative Show. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Davis#cite_note-EJoym-185" rel="nofollow - [185] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Davis#cite_note-phoenixfm-186" rel="nofollow - [186] As a result of his broadcasts, Davis was a guest presenter on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_6_Music" rel="nofollow - BBC Radio 6 Music in 2011. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Davis#cite_note-Vy5Kk-187" rel="nofollow - [187] He branched out into club work in 2015, and has regular slots at London bars and nightclubs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Davis#cite_note-VJVFP-188" rel="nofollow - [188] Davis performed with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kavus_Torabi" rel="nofollow - Kavus Torabi at the 2016 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glastonbury_Festival" rel="nofollow - Glastonbury Festival ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Davis#cite_note-7tYnw-189" rel="nofollow - [189] their collaboration led to the formation of the Utopia Strong, an electronic-music band whose debut album was released on 13 September 2019. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Davis#cite_note-theu_TheU-190" rel="nofollow - [190] He joined https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chas_%26_Dave" rel="nofollow - Chas & Dave and several other snooker stars (as the Matchroom Mob) on " https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snooker_Loopy" rel="nofollow - Snooker Loopy ", a 1986 novelty record which was a Top 10 hit in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" rel="nofollow - UK Singles Chart . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Davis#cite_note-lMTpy-191" rel="nofollow - [191] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Davis#cite_note-3DIMQ-192" rel="nofollow - [192] A year later they released "Romford Rap", a follow-up single which reached number 91 on the UK charts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Davis#cite_note-XOZnS-193" rel="nofollow - [193] I only knew about his involvement with Chas'n'Dave |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 23 2021 at 10:33
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^ That's very Interesting. "Snooker Loopy" has to be one of the worst novelty records ever made, so Steve's musical career could only get better from there onwards.
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Posted By: Chaser
Date Posted: November 23 2021 at 10:34
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Songs from the Wood - my favourite Tull album ------------- Songs cast a light on you |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: November 23 2021 at 10:56
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Interesting. I guess Ronnie O'sullivan has something to do with prog as well. His face has something of Hitchcok's Psycho, isn't it? Ok, I'm joking, but now I'm curious enough about Utipia Strong which I've never listened to. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 24 2021 at 00:50
| Animals although there are a lot of albums in the list I like |
Posted By: Earl of Mar
Date Posted: November 24 2021 at 10:59
| Tull from Floyd. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: November 24 2021 at 21:36
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Tull...then IQ..........never understood all the love for Animals, a tedious and at times pretentious lp. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: UncleRust
Date Posted: December 24 2021 at 12:34
Wow, this is a hard one, but I agree with Necrotica. I imagine most people will disagree but this is when Rush started sounding like their own thing to me. Cold, nerdy, wonderful record.
I would rate them in this order:
The rest I could take or leave...except for The Incident. I can't remember ever being more disappointed by a release. |
Posted By: Cambus741
Date Posted: December 24 2021 at 13:25
| this is difficult. Radiation and Animals are both such great albums. |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: December 24 2021 at 14:46
| Jethro followed by PF |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: December 24 2021 at 19:35
| Camel-JT-Renaissance |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: December 24 2021 at 22:27
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Make mine "Animals." ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: December 25 2021 at 14:04
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1. Drama 2. Animals 3. Duke I wake up every single day with a line/lyric from Drama in my mind. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: thief
Date Posted: December 27 2021 at 03:32
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Songs from the Wood slightly ahead of Animals. They truly deserve no. 1 & 2 in this poll. ------------- TOP20 Songs https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=124211" rel="nofollow - Genesis https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=125999" rel="nofollow - Rush |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: December 28 2021 at 05:10
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Magma, just ahead of Pink Floyd and Jethro Tull. VDGG, King Crimson and Genesis are all solid entries into their respective discographies as well. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: December 28 2021 at 06:44
It's excellent. Davis plays modular synth and he's got mojo with it. ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: December 28 2021 at 06:46
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Magma wins, KC second. Always had a soft spot for 3oaPP as it was the first KC album I bought and also the first KC I heard. Encountering the 1969-1974 incarnations came as a shock after that!
------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: February 05 2022 at 14:22
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Pink Floyd Animals of course But lot of excellent classics prog CDs |