Favorite album in Italian Prog Top Ten?
Printed From: Progarchives.com
Category: Progressive Music Lounges
Forum Name: Prog Polls
Forum Description: Create polls on topics related to progressive music
URL: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=128580
Printed Date: August 23 2025 at 20:46
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 11.01 - http://www.webwizforums.com
Topic: Favorite album in Italian Prog Top Ten?
Posted By: SuperMetro
Subject: Favorite album in Italian Prog Top Ten?
Date Posted: March 05 2022 at 22:10
| Pick two. I will go with Darwin and Storia Di Un Minuto for now. Such classics. |
Replies:
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: March 05 2022 at 23:32
|
Area & Io Sono ------------- 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: Sacro_Porgo
Date Posted: March 06 2022 at 00:02
|
Here's how I'd rank them, keeping in mind all of them are great: 1. Per Un Amico 2. Felona E Sorona 3. Darwin! 4. Arbeit Macht Frei 5. Maxophone 6. Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso 7. Zarathustra 8. Ys 9. Storia Di Un Minuto 10. Io Sono Nato Libero ------------- 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: Hiram
Date Posted: March 06 2022 at 02:21
| Darwin! first and today's second choice is Zarathustra. Good poll! |
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: March 06 2022 at 03:09
|
Darwin and Ys. But that's just how I feel today. Area, Maxophone and Io Sono Nato Libero are easily in the mix to have received my vote on another day. The rest, although I enjoy them, probably are not contenders for me to receive a vote here - but if PFM's third album (Isola) were included, that would. I'm in a minority, I know, but Isola is definitely my favourite of the first three PFM albums. ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: March 06 2022 at 05:56
|
Tow! Tough choice! I'll go with my "favorite," Per un amico, and the one I consider the "best", Ys. ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: March 06 2022 at 06:25
| All are great and deserve to win. My favorite is Per Un Amico, so it got my vote, but the rest are equally good, it’s just a personal preference. |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: March 06 2022 at 08:11
|
Felona e Sorona and Darwin!-they happen to be the group's best albums, overall, imo. |
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: March 06 2022 at 09:22
|
Is Banco a mistake. It has no votes, which doesn’t surprise me at all. But it occurs to me that Banco here is possibly meant to indicate Banco del Mutuo Soccorso’s debut, and eponymous, album. If this is the case, and if it had been titled correctly in the poll, I doubt it would be voteless. 🤔🤷🏻♂️ ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: March 06 2022 at 10:09
|
Darwin! & Arbeit Macht Frei |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: March 06 2022 at 10:34
|
Ys ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: March 06 2022 at 11:03
|
My first choice is Io sono nato libero; no hesitation about this one. Then, Per un amico, but it could have been Arbeit macht frei. ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: March 06 2022 at 14:40
|
Darwin! for me, but these are all great albums. ------------- ---------- 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: Progmind
Date Posted: March 06 2022 at 22:36
|
All of them!!! |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: March 06 2022 at 22:40
|
Storia Di Un Minuto and Arbeit Macht Frei. Ten wonderful albums though (although I personally struggle somewhat with Maxophone's vocalist... or his vocal delivery. I still hear it's top notch stuff for those who don't mind them) |
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: March 07 2022 at 00:39
|
I find the results quite interesting. Zarathustra seems to be spoken highly of so often by so many (and it is a great album), that I assumed it would have more votes. Certainly more than, eg, Maxophone. (Although, again, I love Maxophone - so long as it is the Italian version, and not the godawful English version.) ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: March 07 2022 at 04:01
| Felona E Sorona - Le Orme |
Posted By: Rick1
Date Posted: March 07 2022 at 04:18
| Photos of Ghosts - PFM |
Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: March 07 2022 at 04:33
|
Voted for Area ------------- Amos Goldberg (professor of Genocide Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem): Yes, it's genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: March 07 2022 at 06:25
|
Ys, with Per Un Amico close behind. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: March 07 2022 at 09:56
|
Ys for me ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: March 07 2022 at 14:50
Where’s Apoteosi. Best Italian album hands down. Thanks  ------------- All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock. |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: March 07 2022 at 15:00
Apoteosi are seated at the 80th place in the RPI top 10... That's where they are.  ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: March 07 2022 at 18:22
|
All of them are extraordinary. Voted for BMS 's debut and Storia di un minuto. Arbeit macht frei and Darwin! close behind. ------------- 
|
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: March 07 2022 at 18:50
| Darwin and YS, though it might just as well have been Zarathustra, or Felona and Sorona. |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: March 07 2022 at 19:57
|
Area. Followed by Per Un Amico. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: March 08 2022 at 00:19
It’s number one. Maxiphone is up there too ------------- All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock. |
suitkees wrote:Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: March 08 2022 at 00:44
|
I own and love every album listed, but MAXOPHONE needs more love, and gets my vote! Tremendous record! I have a sealed copy of that Y's CD right here. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: PaulG
Date Posted: March 09 2022 at 10:39
| Now this poll is tuff. I love Italian Prog. I have to go with Banco and Darwin. |
Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: March 09 2022 at 14:49
|
I love io sono. The first 2 banco albums are a bit amateur sounding compositionally and production wise I thought. Similar with PFM and Area debuts. Museo, Felona, Io sono and Maxiphone are the ones I enjoy from that list. Amico and Ys is decent too. Amico is pretty strong really but it can tend to be a bit medieval at times. I prefer L’isola ------------- All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock. |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: July 09 2022 at 14:37
|
Darwin! - Banco ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: SuperMetro
Date Posted: July 09 2022 at 17:00
|
My Ranking of the albums would be: 1.Darwin 2.Storia Di Un Amico 3.Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso 4. Per Un Amico 5.Io Sono Nato Libero 6.Zarathustra 7.Ys 8.Felona e Sorona 9.Arbeit Macht Frei 10.Maxophone |