Favorite love it or hate it prog albums
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Topic: Favorite love it or hate it prog albums
Posted By: Prog_Traveller
Subject: Favorite love it or hate it prog albums
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 15:16
| Tales from topographic oceans is the first album that comes to mind for me. |
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Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 15:21
Not sure? Should I love it or hate it? 
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Posted By: bloodnarfer
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 15:26
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Pawn Hearts, Tales, and Ummagumma are definitely among my favorites for those 3 bands.
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Posted By: iamathousandapples
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 15:38
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It's gotta be Pawn Hearts, as well as pretty much everything in Extreme Prog ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/thamazingbender" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 15:40
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I guess it's a love it or hate it? But whether it is or not my favorite from the list is Pawn Hearts. I don't really see Ummagumma as one whatsoever though.
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Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 15:45
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Pawn Hearts
------------- This night wounds time. |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 15:46
| Weird. I neither love nor hate Pawn Hearts. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 15:46
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Like everyone else so far, I voted for Pawn Hearts. My other faves on the list are MDK and Ummagumma. My "other" choices would be for Can's Tago Mago and Tangerine Dream's Zeit. |
Posted By: Gallifrey
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 15:59
This. And it also happens to be the best of the list. ------------- http://thedarkthird.bandcamp.com/ |
Padraic wrote:Posted By: Mr Greeen Genes
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 16:07
| Between MDK and Pawn Hearts for me. But being PH has 7 votes already and MDK has Zero, I'll go with MDK |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 16:38
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I don't love Brain Salad Surgery but I certainly don't hate it at all either. Same goes for Stardust We Are, but BSS gets my vote. I really don't like any of the others at all.
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 16:41
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BSS
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Posted By: silverpot
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 17:21
I don't hate any of these albums but I quite like BSS. I'm not sure I understand the poll. 
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 17:46
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Pawn Hearts is the obvious choice.
But I do love Lumpy Gravy and MDK as well. Hmm... ------------- 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: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 18:16
| Switching from Tales to Hearts. |
Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 18:23
| Never knew MDK was a "love it or hate it" album. I chose it anyways. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 18:48
| maybe A Passion Play |
Posted By: Prog_Traveller
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 18:49
You know, it's funny I thought about adding Can's "tago mago" but I really don't know if it's polarizing enough. I also thought of Zeit strangely enough. I'm not that familiar with it and only heard "tago mago" once so I suppose it's just as well. Good to see them mentioned though. Another one I could have and probably should have added is Echolyn's "mei." |
Posted By: Prog_Traveller
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 18:50
Another careless omission on my part. I actually think this would have been a better album for this particular list than TAAB which I don't think is all that polarizing. |
Posted By: Prog_Traveller
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 18:55
It's simple. I'm referring to albums that fans typically tend to either love or hate. There often isn't much middle ground. Genesis had one that I didn't put on here(something about a lamb  ). |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 18:57
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Love BSS, by far their best and a prog masterpiece IMO. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 19:14
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Tales followed by Brain Salad Surgery. ------------- 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: Prog_Traveller
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 19:37
I voted for tales but BSS and pawn hearts are great as well. So are most of the albums I listed. 
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Posted By: Neo-Romantic
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 20:01
| Pawn Hearts for sure. Plague is one of my top 3 songs ever, and the other two on the album are remarkable too. |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 20:15
| Jethro Tull's "Underwraps" |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 23:21
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pssh like anybody actually dislikes Pawn Hearts |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 00:37
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Love all of them
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 01:50
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Brain Salad Surgery is my favourite album of all time.
Quite like some of the others on the list. Pawn Hearts makes me smile a little its so mad. My actual 'love hate' prog album is Relayer although Lamb Lies Down On Broadway comes close as well. I love and hate those albums equally depending on my mood and which track I'm listening to.
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 02:45
| I voted Tales, but I could have voted BSS as well |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 03:01
Nice poll. The overrating of Pawn Hearts is blatantly laid bare  .
My choice: Ummagumma followed by Brain Salad Surgery. ------------- 
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Posted By: The Mystical
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 03:14
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Tales. Love it. ------------- I am currently digging: Hawkwind, Rare Bird, Gong, Tangerine Dream, Khan, Iron Butterfly, and all things canterbury and hard-psych. I also love jazz! Please drop me a message with album suggestions. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 07:19
I think the idea is that these albums polarise opinion a lot of the time. If that's the case, then I vote for Pawn Hearts. I love that album. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 07:32
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Lumpy Gravy's my favorite from the list, one of my top 2 or 3 Zappa albums. I don't know if this vote is also a vote of agreement that it's a love it or hate it album, but I guess that doesn't matter.
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Posted By: genbanks
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 07:37
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Well, from these ones, Brain Salad is the one that I prefer, and yes, this album has lights and shadows, but some of the lights are really lights. Personally I enjoy too much Karn Evil 9 Part Three and Still...you turn me on, two outstanding tracks.
Tales from topographic has some good moments too.
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 07:41
I understand what you're saying with regard to Relayer. It can be mindblowing. It can just be migraine inducing. Never really got into BSS to be honest. Jerusalem left me completely cold, which wasn't a good start, and it went down hill from there. Trilogy is a far better album imo.. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 08:25
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Genesis' debut for me.
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Posted By: bucka001
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 09:00
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I love Pawn Hearts (though it's not my fave by VdGG). Parts of that (and Magma's MDK, which is another great album) are so mad / cracked, that I just bust out laughing at certain points. And the band itself has the same reaction (they've told me as much)! ------------- jc |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 12:36
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BSS for me
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Posted By: Norbert
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 12:44
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I have not heard all, but Tales, Pawn Hearts and MDK are certainly fantastic albums. At least I love them.  |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 12:51
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Pawn Hearts!
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Posted By: Lynx33
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 13:32
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judas priest turbo or celtic frost cold lake
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 13:42
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Under Wraps ------------- |
Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 13:48
| Although ELP is my favourite here, I went for Genesis' debut because I absolutely love it and don't think that that many people hate Brain Salad Surgery |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 21:50
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Posted By: MonsterMagnet
Date Posted: December 12 2013 at 09:05
| MDK |
Posted By: Prog Sothoth
Date Posted: December 12 2013 at 12:01
| Went with Ummagumma. |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: December 12 2013 at 12:08
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BSS, followed very closely by Tales. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 12 2013 at 15:19
Trilogy is a much softer well rounded album and production wise was far less 'compressed' than BSS. Eddie Offord's influence was missed in some respects BUT then Trilogy doessn't have anything like the manic Toccata or the dark symphonic beauty of Karn Evil 9 which represent exactly what I want prog to be.
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Posted By: proggman
Date Posted: December 12 2013 at 20:39
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Cold and misty morning, I heard a warning borne in the air About an age of power where no one had an hour to spare
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: December 12 2013 at 22:37
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For me all of those albums have some good and some not so good things about them, but even though I own 5 VDGG LP's , they have always been a love/hate thing for me. I listened to Pawn Hearts today and while there are some brilliant moments on it there are also some very challenging bits where I feel like fast forwarding to the next section. I also feel that way about much of TFTO. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: December 13 2013 at 10:29
| BSS and Tales are both brilliant and imho are cornerstones of prog. I still prefer Stardust We Are, one of my all-time top 5 albums. |
Posted By: King Manuel
Date Posted: December 16 2013 at 11:46
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PAWN HEARTS by far!!! ------------- Don't Bore Us, Get To The Chorus |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 05 2017 at 08:19
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Genesis - FGTR - deserves more love
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Posted By: YESESIS
Date Posted: September 05 2017 at 21:23
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How is Brain Salad Surgery not winning this poll?? Oh yeah, because of Van der Graaf Generator again.. they don't seem to be capable of losing on this site. Anyway for me it's a slam dunk for BSS. Then Tales(really good album once you get into it but not one of Yes' very best imo). Then the debut from Genesis, which I quite like but then there's not one Genesis album that I don't like(including Calling All Stations). |
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: September 06 2017 at 16:37
| ELP Works Vol 1 |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: September 07 2017 at 09:47
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Tales From Topographic Oceans is my favorite album ever. And Pawn Hearts ain't far behind!!!
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Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: February 21 2018 at 13:02
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Yes - Tales ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: DeadSouls
Date Posted: February 22 2018 at 12:13
| Ummagumma followed by Pawn Hearts and Lumpy Gravy. |