24 bands fifth studio albums with 4-10 votes each
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Topic: 24 bands fifth studio albums with 4-10 votes each
Posted By: Logan
Subject: 24 bands fifth studio albums with 4-10 votes each
Date Posted: May 13 2023 at 00:24
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In March of this year I did a series of A to Z band-name polls that covered the fifth studio album of many popular, and some not so popular, bands in PA. Over 10 polls I covered about 250 albums. Later I did an A to Z of "artists" series for fifth studio albums. These are the albums included in PA's Prog categories that received a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 10 votes each in the polls. A great many more received less, and various others received many more. Feel free to vote no matter how familiar you are with the options, and this is not multiple votes. By the way, I would have liked to add the Prog Related ones that qualified, those being Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973), Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy (1973) and Wishbone Ash - There's the Rub (1974) but then I'd have to squeeze multiples into a line or lines. -------------------------------------------- My top six are: - Can - Future Days - Gong - Angel's Egg (1973) - Henry Cow - Western Culture (1979) - Magma - Köhntarkösz (1974) - Tangerine Dream - Phaedra (1974) - Van der Graaf Generator - Godbluff (1975) With Le Orme's bubbling under. I feel like ADII should be here 2, but I have not heard that in ages and know the earlier ADII much better. I should rectify that. Today, Future Days, Angel's Egg, Western Culture and Phaedra are most vying for my vote, but the mighty Phaedra shall take it. ------------- 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. |
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: May 13 2023 at 01:15
| Therion - Theli |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: May 13 2023 at 02:48
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My five stars: Tangerine Dream - Phaedra Can - Future Days Four and a half: Nucleus - Roots (Nucleus are underrappreciated imo, even by myself. As I tend to forget how great they are) Van der Graaf Generator - Godbluff Gong - Angel's Egg Magma - Köhntarkösz Four: Camel - Rain Dances Caravan - For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night Le Orme - Contrappunti Amon Düül II - Wolf City I used to rate both Köhntarkösz and Godbluff five full stars. But I have to ask myself why I haven't really listened to any them in a few years. I've actually played Rain Dances more often during this period. An album I once couldn't find much enjoyment in. Phaedra or Future Days - None of them stays in the shelf for very long. To choose one over the other is near impossible.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: May 13 2023 at 02:52
last option unfortunately 
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Posted By: VianaProghead
Date Posted: May 13 2023 at 03:17
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The same with me. There are so many that can have my vote. So, last option.
------------- "PROG IS MY FERRARI". Jem Godfrey (Frost*) |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: May 13 2023 at 03:17
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Lots of great albums here. On a whim I'll surprise myself and others and vote for the Supertramp album. This doesn't mean I have suddenly lost my love for Amon Duul II, Can, Tangerine Dream, Camel, Caravan, Magma, or Porcupine Tree (or even VDGG, but I like that album less than most others they've done). PS: I'd be curious if some who choose the last option would vote for something else had the option not been offered. My personal advice to thread openers is: Don't do such a thing!  |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: May 13 2023 at 03:26
True I guess, I would probably have chosen an album after a while, probably one with no votes or few votes. Also not a good idea to put the "other" option in a poll, some people will ignore the poll options and mention other music that fit the poll question/criteria/description.  |
Lewian wrote:Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: May 13 2023 at 04:57
| DT stands out for me. |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: May 13 2023 at 05:13
I can only speak for myself, but there have been a couple of polls lately in which I didn't vote because I could not choose one above another. Here it is the same: I very much like the albums by Amon Düül II, Camel, Can, Dream Theater, Gong, IQ, Marillion, Supertramp and Van der Graaf Generator. And they're mostly so different from each other that I cannot really choose one over the other. In such a case I prefer not to vote (and only rarely leave a comment in that sense). So, as the coward I am and to avoid self torture I go with "try as I might..."  ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: May 13 2023 at 05:45
| The last option. Too many great albums, with as many different moods, to choose from. |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: May 13 2023 at 06:57
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I'm not much for making a choice between Wolf City and Godbluff. I'm also fond of Future Days and Rain Dances. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: May 13 2023 at 07:11
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Henry Cow - Western Culture, top 5 all-time for me ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: AlanB
Date Posted: May 13 2023 at 08:08
| There was a time when I would have voted for Rain Dances, but having discovered Scenes From A Memory in recent months that one gets my vote. |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: May 13 2023 at 08:46
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1. Tangerine Dream – Phaedra (a classic, indisputably, but it also opened the floodgates, thus it represents so much more) 2. TIE: Camel – Rain Dances / IQ – Ever (my favorite albums by these bands) 3. Passport – Cross-Collateral (ditto) 4. VdGG – Godbluff / Gong – Angel's Egg 5. Can – Future Days ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: May 13 2023 at 10:52
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Henry Cow! Mooooooooooo!! ------------- ---------- 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: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: May 13 2023 at 11:09
I'm seven short of collecting them all. 
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Posted By: rik wilson
Date Posted: May 13 2023 at 12:33
| Tangerine Dream- Phaedra... takes the cake. A close second Nucleus-Roots. Followed by Caravan, Gentle Giant, Strawbs, Porcupine Tree, and Van der Graaf Generator. |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: May 13 2023 at 13:08
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All the following are parts of my collection and regular listenings Arena - Contagion (2003) *** Camel - Rain Dances (1977) **** Can - Future Days (1973) *** Caravan - For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night (1973) ***** Gentle Giant - In a Glass House (1973) ***** Gong - Angel's Egg (1973) *** IQ - Ever (1993) ***** Magma - Köhntarkösz (1974) *** Orme, Le - Contrappunti (1974) **** Passport - Cross-Collateral (1975)*** Pendragon - The Masquerade Overture (1996) *** Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream (1999) *** Strawbs - Bursting at the Seams (1973)***** Supertramp - Even in the Quietest Moments ... **** Sylvan - Posthumous Silence (2006) *** Tangerine Dream - Phaedra (1974) ***** AND THE WINNER IS Van der Graaf Generator - Godbluff (1975) ******
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: May 13 2023 at 13:29
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I can't choose between Ever, Seasons End, The Masquerade Overture and Rain Dances. And Bursting at the Seams is excellent in parts, too. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: May 13 2023 at 14:08
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A ridiculous amount of great music here but today Magma gets my vote. I've listened to many of these recently interestingly enough and was really surprised at how moved I was and how much I enjoyed Masquerade Overture. Wolf City was another amazing listen the other evening so you could say that's my top three as of right now simply based on recent spins. I have I believe seven 5 star albums listed there so another day... ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: May 13 2023 at 15:51
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Gotta be Future Days ------------- 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: geekfreak
Date Posted: May 13 2023 at 23:28
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try as I might, I can't decide on just one to vote for anyone in this poll… ------------- 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: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: May 14 2023 at 02:08
the former album had three votes and the latter only one, so I gave it to Future Days based on that.
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Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: May 14 2023 at 03:56
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DT just over IQ. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: May 14 2023 at 09:00
If I could make a new voting, it might be Godbluff. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: May 14 2023 at 13:18
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I thought it was a multiple choice poll, so I voted for Camel, but Caravan, Gong, Gentle Giant, Tangerine Dream, Magma, Orme and even Marillion would have got my vote. All albums that I own in vinyl ------------- 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: Logan
Date Posted: May 14 2023 at 18:10
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^ Yeah, I decided not to do multiple votes partially out of deference to Lewian before (who had concerns with it). And I do wish I had left off the "try as I might, I can't decide on just one to vote for" because it is the most popular option.. As usual, though, I'm more interested in looking at the posts than the poll results. ------------- 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: cstack3
Date Posted: May 14 2023 at 19:25
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Well, THAT didn't take long! I immediately voted for Amon Duul's "Wolf City," one of my all-time favorite LPs! RIP Lothar Meid!
------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: Rick1
Date Posted: May 15 2023 at 01:52
| Tough choices but in the end, the last, great album of the 'classic' prog era - Western Culture! |
Posted By: Archisorcerus
Date Posted: May 15 2023 at 02:36
| Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: May 15 2023 at 07:13
Hi, For the longest time, "Wolf City" was my favorite AD2 album. The original LP, not the CD issued later, which had the sides of the album reversed, because "Surrounded by the Stars" had been noticed by many fans. Sadly, putting this song at the start, took away the wonderful order that the album had, and how it built up the strength, even with one experimental cut and a comedy cut on side one. Putting these on "Side 2" generally means no one is going to listen to the rest of the album anyway! Since that time, when that happened, I lost a lot of my liking for "Wolf City" ... in its current state the whole thing does not sound as nice as the original version did, and this has caused me to take a look at "Yeti", "Dance of the Lemmings" and "Carnival in Babylon" ... which now are, my "favorite" AD2 albums, because of the courage it took to put them together and make them work. "Dance of the Lemmings" alone is a beauty that is hard to let go and leave behind. It's improvisational work is outstanding, and some of the lyrics are amazing ... though people here would never vote for "Mona Lisa you got a bird brain" ... or that something about "Tchaikovsky's hair", or even better, the line about the limousine (not giving it away!) ... that helped define the 3 albums as totally incredible. The sign of how times change ... in a letter to the AD2 folks in their website, which for a long time DID NOT SHOW "Nada Moonshine #" at all, John W. replied to me and called the album "b*****d" ... and I presumed that there was some bad this or that about it, and then seeing them do a concert much later and doing various pieces from that album, pretty much tells you that it was the last "great" AD2 album. I call it "divine slime" ... and laugh folks that don't have the ears to listen to one of the most outrageous, different and special bands of all time. I suppose only FZ stands up here ... but AD2 very special creativity ... is best taken as crazy and insane, and in fact it is anything but that!
------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: May 15 2023 at 08:48
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CAN rools! -------------   
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: May 15 2023 at 14:46
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Many good albums here. Köhntarkösz gets my vote and Godbluff is agood second. ------------- 
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Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: May 15 2023 at 17:45
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At least six or seven albums I love here: In a glass house, Godbluff, Wolf city, Angel's egg, Contrappunti... GG has only one vote, so there it goes. ------------- 
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Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: May 16 2023 at 00:13
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Lots of excellent albums here, really solid stuff, I'll go with 1.Symphony X - V - The New Mythology Suite (2000) 2.Van der Graaf Generator - Godbluff (1975) 3.Camel - Rain Dances (1977) 4.IQ - Ever (1993) 5.Therion - Theli (1996) |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: May 16 2023 at 04:27
Please do what you are convinced is best for you, and only use what I say if you're convinced it makes sense. If I say things they're just my opinion; nobody needs to be bothered unless they're genuinely interested and think that they'd like to give it a try for their own reasons. "Deference" is not necessary.
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: May 16 2023 at 11:30
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^ I often hear people say, "it's just my opinion". Well, what matters to me is if it seems like a sensible (or sensible and informed) opinion, and I am more likely to adapt to those opinions if they convince me -- of course. My perspectives commonly shift due to my interactions with others. I really meant that I adapted to your concern partially because I respected your opinion and thought you made a sensible case for it. I am genuinely interested in people's opinions, I do try to take people's arguments into account, and often aim to please even when I seem to fail miserably, but I don't respect all opinions or consider all to the be equal. Deference may not be necessary, and I used the term to be slightly tongue-in-cheek but in a friendly way while indicating genuine respect, but I felt that the underlying respect was deserved (from my perspective). ------------- 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: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: May 17 2023 at 16:26
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Possibly, Can, VdGG and Henry Cow albums are most beautiful, but in this case I've chosen the Strawbs. ------------- 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: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: May 17 2023 at 16:28
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Family's fifth album, Fearless, is beautiful. And it's their most proggy album. ------------- 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: Boi_da_boi_124
Date Posted: May 17 2023 at 16:45
| 'For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night' by Caravan I find is cruelly underrated. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: May 17 2023 at 17:09
I don't know if you caught much of the series that this is based on, but that album received zero votes sadly in the D to G: 25 bands fifth studio album topic. Here are the band topics that I did in hypertext link form. Although I completed my list for the artist ones, I never completed posting it because I found it so hard to pare the albums down (have too many but I want it to be more concentrated awesomeness instead of everyone of which I can think). https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=130623&KW=" rel="nofollow - A to C: 25 bands fifth studio album https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=130630&KW=" rel="nofollow - D to G: 25 bands fifth studio album https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=130631&KW=" rel="nofollow - H to J: 25 bands fifth studio album https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=130639&KW=" rel="nofollow - K to M: 25 bands fifth studio album https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=130644&KW=" rel="nofollow - N & O: bands fifth studio album https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=130645&KW=" rel="nofollow - P: bands fifth studio album https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=130652&KW=" rel="nofollow - Q & R: bands fifth studio album https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=130654&KW=" rel="nofollow - S: bands fifth studio album https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=130662&KW=" rel="nofollow - T: 25 bands fifth studio album https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=130663&KW=" rel="nofollow - U to Z: 25 bands fifth studio album Then I started on artist names: https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=130699&KW=" rel="nofollow - A & B: 25 artists fifth studio album etc. I might complete the last two polls at some time since I have them all written down. Will just take some vicious editing. I spent so long on it.
------------- 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: Hiram
Date Posted: June 04 2023 at 14:32
| Chose the last option as I didn't want to decide between Godbluff and Future Days. |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: June 04 2023 at 14:57
| VDGG Godbluff .. a big part of the listed LPS are favorites also |