Favourite 1971 PA Ranked Prog Albums
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Topic: Favourite 1971 PA Ranked Prog Albums
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Subject: Favourite 1971 PA Ranked Prog Albums
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 12:18
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For this 1971 poll, the rating of the lowest album has increased once again over the previous year indicating another jump in quality prog albums and tougher competition for the top 25 spots. This is a list of the top 25 albums I got when I ran a PA search of 1971 studio releases with at least 100 ratings. Note that the poll entries are presented in the same order as their PA rankings, high to low. ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 12:26
| Just a suggestion - don't do multiple vote. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 12:27
 It may just be easier to point out the ones that I don't care for.I've never been into Salisbury, Fragile or Inner Mounting Flame. The rest are all great to excellent. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 12:30
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Yikes - one of these polls! My (short) list looks like this: Nursery Cryme Fragile Aqualung Meddle ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 12:33
I'm not sure what the confusion with Trespass is. This happened in 1969 too, it was released in 1970 - recorded in 1970 - and isn't even mentioned on either 1969 or 1971 lists by mistake.  |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 12:41
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A top 4 from me this time (too many albums to choose from for 5th place):
1. Acquiring the Taste 2. Tago Mago 3. Nursery Cryme 4. Aqualung -------------  
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Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 12:57
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Wow - masterpieces everywhere Fragile is my fave from the list Aqualung would be 2nd ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 13:01
| aqualung, Salisbury, Look at yourself, tarkus, Nursery cryme, but all are good to great |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 13:02
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Voted for the VdGG album, still hasn't become stale like some of the others on this list. Other albums i like on here would go.. 1. Vdgg -- 2. Yes Album 3. Tago Mago 4. To the Highest Bidder
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Posted By: Earthmover
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 13:04
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WHAT ABOUT ISLANDS I voted for: Pawn Hearts Acquiring the Taste First Utterance Ash Ra Tempel Tago Mago I also like Fragile, The Yes Album, Aqualung, Trespass, Meddle and In the Land of Grey and Pink. -------------  |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 13:05
------------- 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 |
Horizons wrote:Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 13:20
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If everybody restrain themselves, and nobody acts like a f**king diot, I think it can give interesting results. It looks like it has worked well in the previous two polls, so why not continue with what looks like a successful way of running polls? Also, I for one think it's refreshing to have the opportunity to give more than one vote in some polls from time to time. -------------
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Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 13:22
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I went with the first 7, "Acquiring the Taste" & "Tarkus". Would've been the 1st 9 but I've never been too crazy about "The Inner Mounting Flame"..."The Noonward Race" is an amazing song, but the rest of the album falls short for me and I much prefer "Birds of Fire". ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 13:24
I was shocked by this too as Islands appears way down at #28  ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 13:39
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Tarkus/Yes Album/Aqualung ------------- |
Posted By: Eria Tarka
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 13:56
| This year might just be my favorite for music in general, I voted "First Utterance", and "Tago Mago" which both appear in my top 10 favorite albums list. Tons of other great albums from this year, as well |
Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 14:24
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1. The Yes Album
2. Fragile 3. Aqualung 4. Meddle 5. Nursery Cryme -------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 14:59
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1. Meddle 2. Nursery Cryme 3. Fragile 4. To the Highest Bidder 5. In the Land of Grey and Pink I limit my number of votes to 5. The Yes Album, The Low Spark, Mice and Rats, Acquiring the Taste and St. Radigunds are the other good candidates. ------------- 
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Posted By: PabstRibbon
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 15:08
| damn this is impossible to pick only one !!! |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 15:28
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Fragile Tarkus The Yes Album
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 15:29
you don't have to
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Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 15:51
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Aqualung over Fragile, the Yes Album and From the Witchwood. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 16:01
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Another great year! I voted once for almost half of them with The Yes Album, Low Spark, First Utterance, Jack Johnson, and Nursery Cryme being my favorites. Although I really enjoy Aqualung and Meddle, they are just kept out of my top five here. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 16:21
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Top five Yes-Fragile Pink Floyd-Meddle Caravan-In The Land Of Grey And Pink Gila-Free Electric Sound Ash Ra Tempel-s/t ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: bloodnarfer
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 16:41
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Tie between Nursery Cryme and Pawn Hearts ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ramza1316" rel="nofollow - www.last.fm/user/ramza1316 https://open.spotify.com/user/1211221845" rel="nofollow - https://open.spotify.com/user/1211221845 |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 16:42
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Don't care for the Heeps, Spirogyra, Traffic or Strawbs, but the rest could all get a vote from me. ------------- 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: presdoug
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 16:59
| Mahavishnu Orchestra |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 18:14
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Can and Ash Ra Tempel get my vote. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 18:28
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1. Meddle - Pink Floyd 2. Aqualung - Jethro Tull 3. First Utterance - Comus 4. Tago Mago - Can 5. Acquiring the Taste - Gentle Giant 6. Tanz Der Lemminge - Amon Duul II 7. 1001 Centigrades - Magma 8. Ash Ra Tempel - Ash Ra Tempel 9. Mice and Rats in the Loft - Jan Dukes De Grey 10. Yes - The Yes Album but again I didn't bother to vote because multiple votes |
Posted By: Neo-Romantic
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 18:46
| The clear winner for me is Pawn Hearts. I also voted for Nursery Cryme. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 19:56
I too usually disregard polls when they have multiple votes. I just don't know how honest the results are, anybody can just tamper them at will. I still don't understand why people do that, but it's a fact. Still, this poll seems honest enough so far... and I think the last multiple choice polls I've seen haven't seemed as if they were tampered with... but who knows. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 21:06
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Aqualung The Yes Album Low Spark of High Heeled Boys ------------- ...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: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 22:29
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Can, most definitely. I love that album with a capital L. ------------- 
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Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 22:34
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Top 3:
Grey and Pink 100 degrees Fragile Middle: Aqualung The yes album Tarkus Meddle Acquiring the taste Bottom 2: Nursery cryme Pawn hearts Inner mounting flame Although I haven't heard about 5 of those listed albums ------------- 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: Rando
Date Posted: August 12 2013 at 23:58
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The brilliant, powerful and dynamic "Musical Box" "The Return Of The Giant Hogweed" & "The Fountain Of Salmacis" all in one great album! NURSERY CRYME! Fragile Aqualung Mahavishnu  ------------- - Music is Life, that's why our hearts have beats - |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: August 13 2013 at 01:14
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I voted for: Fragile Nursery Cryme The Yes Album In The Land Of Grey And Pink Acquiring The Taste
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Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: August 13 2013 at 03:29
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Aqualung isn't in the top 5 but the remaster would be number 1. Lots of strong tracks on disc 2 and first half of side 1. If you haven't got the quad cd then you gotta hear it. Hymn 43 sound way better ------------- 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: progmatic
Date Posted: August 13 2013 at 07:21
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Top 10 (the order changes every 30 seconds, so this is the list at one point in time): 1. Genesis Nursery Crime 2. Jethro Tull Aqualung 3. Strawbs From the Witchwood 4. Caravan Land of Grey and Pink 5. Pink Floyd Meddle 6. Yes Fragile 7. Gentle Giant Acquiring the Taste 8. Yes The Yes Album 9. VDG Pawn Hearts 10. Traffic Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys ------------- PROGMATIC |
Posted By: jacek1969
Date Posted: August 13 2013 at 08:10
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Fragile - Yes Nursery Cryme - Genesis Pawn Hearts - Van Der Graaf Generator Meddle - Pink Floyd Aqualung - Jethro Tull The Yes Album - Yes In The Land of Grey and Pink - Caravan The Inner Mounting Flame - Mahavishnu Orchestra Acquiring the Taste - Gentle Giant Tarkus - Emerson Lake & Palmer
------------- Call any vegetable And the chances are good That a vegetable will respond to you |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: August 13 2013 at 09:21
| Fragile--landmark prog album landmark sounds developed---and this experimental album brings us CTTE. |
Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: August 14 2013 at 23:05
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1. Nursery Cryme
2. Aqualung 3. In the Land of Grey and Pink 4. From the Witchwood |
Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: August 15 2013 at 03:17
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1971 must have been a crap year if an album with 4 pretty average songs gets the highest vote ------------- 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: dr prog
Date Posted: August 15 2013 at 03:23
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I reckon fireball, master of reality, fields, better land, samurai, matching mole deserved to be in this pole ------------- 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: ole-the-first
Date Posted: August 15 2013 at 04:08
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Pawn Hearts - Van Der Graaf Generator Fragile — Yes Nursery Cryme- Genesis In The Land of Grey and Pink - Caravan Acquiring the Taste - Gentle Giant First Utterance - Comus An excellent year overall. ------------- This night wounds time. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: August 15 2013 at 04:09
^^But this is a prog poll You've got both Purple and Sabbath mentioned, and let's face it, even if they are included on this site, have nothing to do with Prog outside of a few albums that flirted around with the style.And hey, just a friendly advice. Drop the omnipresent nosy attitude in your posts and start talking about the music you actually do love, and you should get much more of a welcoming attitude methinks. Come on man! There are 25 albums to choose from, and the one thing you decide to mention, is just how wrong the majority of people are for voting an album you think is average at best?  Still the same ol Doc I see...
------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: August 15 2013 at 04:36
I'm still puzzling about which album you are hinting at: of these 25 albums, only one has 4 songs on it (and at least 3 of these I wouldn't call pretty average, but that's my humble opinion). This album, To the Highest Bidder, has only 3 votes up to now (one from me btw). -------------
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: August 15 2013 at 04:42
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I think he was referring to Nursery Cryme, of which he can only find 4 average songs on. Yeah well bla bla. Just ignore him - he often does this kind of thing where he craps on famous albums in order to highlight the special and righteous music he himself listens to. The right kind, y'know? ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: August 15 2013 at 05:58
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The 4 average songs I refer to are:
Harold the barrel-mediocre Harlequin-ok Seven stones-ok Musical box-ok(longer song, so must be a classic) ------------- 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: dr wu23
Date Posted: August 15 2013 at 09:44
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All very good lp's on the list above ............
these are in no special order for me....
Yes-Yes and Fragile
Genesis
Tull
Floyd
Mahavishnu
Caravan
VDGG
I started listening to prog early on around 69 so I tend to favor the so-called classic bands.
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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: August 15 2013 at 09:52
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I voted for Ash Ra Tempel, because it is great.
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