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A-Z List of Favourite Solo British Prog Albums  (one album per artist) 

5 stars 2018: Peter Banks - Be Well, Be Safe, Be Lucky: The Anthology - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kLwuSwKHW3vlDyyyw1sElO6M60ShCpHGE
5 stars 1979: Tony Banks - A Curious Feeling - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFw9T7CQUi4
5 stars 1970: Peter Bardens - The Answer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv5Xfg94T3E
5 stars 1987: Geoff Downes - The Light Program - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F21GrmhReu0
5 stars 2011: Sean Filkins - War and Peace & Other Short Stories
5 stars 2006: David Gilmour - On an Island - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF2B66E628C8407CC
5 stars 2013: Robert John Godfrey - The Art of Melody - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpL0_Fd5d0vkqk5Fvy88_idi
5 stars 1975: Annie Haslam - Still Life (with Louis Clark) 
5 stars 1973: Ken Hensley - Proud Words on a Dusty Shelf - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_keNEV6L1KU8YFfo40oB4bCTANhI5xxHzI
5 stars 2007: Iain Jennings' Breathing Space - Coming Up for Air - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m-k1G3-5l988MDK_6ixN0gjIPx7MuQxOw
5 stars 1997: Greg Lake - From the Beginning: Retrospective - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtDjlZFDvvQ-THExFc8UpCb
5 stars 2012: Francis Lickerish - Far and Forgot: From the Lost Lands - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kq-pjlZUbHbWHat5VafAgRa4jb9t9rILI
5 stars 1999: Nick Magnus - Inhaling Green 
5 stars 1975: Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlNi-zZF6wI
5 stars 1977: Anthony Phillips - The Geese and the Ghost - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lgdg15vMyGQO3dBj0h075-2csAyvKeowI
5 stars 2004: Rain - Cerulean Blue - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ezWAovjzEM
5 stars 1973: Julian Jay Savarin - Waiters on the Dance - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuTzHnSGSwU
5 stars 1985: Mark Shreeve - Legion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCYLb5e2jX8
5 stars 2018: Michael Alan Taylor - Avalonia (The Sonnets of Guinevere) - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lXkEL6wWKJh_UyirC6BwLqdd_2IAyJdUs
5 stars 1975: Ray Thomas - From Mighty Oaks - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL389D2AC32F633A8F
5 stars 2013: Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_minQ5ExLHbNcf5SgPBbPt0rCgNh7eMEVU
5 stars 2009: Woolly Wolstenholme & Maestoso - Uneasy Listening - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mS--foGRmQujWGvy2tpkDMUIjX9F_xwhQ
5 stars 1978: Richard Wright - Wet Dream - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2bzxFcdQic
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Stomu Yamashta - Come to the Edge/ Floating Music

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I'll go favourite and one honourable mention

Steve Hackett - At The Edge Of Light (Voyage of the Acolyte)
Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn (Incantations)
Rick Wakeman - Six Wives of Henry VIII (Criminal Record)
Vangelis - Heaven and Hell (El Greco)
Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love (Aerial)
Jean Michel Jarre - Rendez-Vous (Magnetic Fields)
Keith Emerson - Changing States (Nighthawks)
Edgar Froese - Epsilon in Malaysian Pale (Stuntman)
Al Stewart - Last Days Of The Century (Past, Present and Future)
Peter Gabriel - Car (Melt)
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

and I'm sure I've forgotten plenty:

Igor Wakhevitch - Docteur Faust
Zanov - Green Ray
Jean Claude Vannier - L'Enfant Assassin
Alain Goraguer - La Planete Sauvage
Rabih Abou-Khalil - Al-Jadida
Stomu Yamashta - Come to the Edge/ Floating Music
Fabio Frizzi - L'aldilà
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No order and I'm sure I've forgotten plenty:

Miles Davis - Big Fun
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
Herbie Hancock - Crossings
Klaus Schulze - Mirage
Vangelis - The Dragon
Peter Hammill - The Silent Corner And The Empty Stage
Roy Harper - Stormcock
Bo Hansson - Ur Trollkarlens Hatt
Linda Perhacs - Parallellograms
Chick Corea - Return to Forever
Frank Zappa - Waka/Jawaka
Terje Rypdal - St.
Brian Eno - Another Green World
Susanne Sundfør - Music For People In Trouble
Björn J:son Lindh - Cous Cous
Joe Farrell - Moon Germs
John G. Perry - Sunset Wading
Santana (if he counts) - Caravanserai
Wayne Shorter - Odyssey Of Iska
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These are pretty obscure and under the radar, but mean a lot just the same....

Helmut Koellen-You Won't See Me

Eddy Marron-Por Marco

Peter Giger-Family Of Percussion (1975)

John Gustafson-Goose Grease

Klaus Schulze-Moondawn and Mirage

Edgar Froese-Aqua
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

This is the kind of open-ended list that I'll file under "There are so many  favourite albums that I don't even know where to begin". Maybe I'll do an alphabetical list, choosing one genre and one country, then at least there'll be no more than 25 albums, bearing in mind I don't know any solo artists beginning with the letter "X" - not unless I include Xavier Phideaux in my list. Smile

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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Nice thread, David. I'm eager to see many responses. Here's some...

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This is the kind of open-ended list that I'll file under "There are so many  favourite albums that I don't even know where to begin". Maybe I'll do an alphabetical list, choosing one genre and one country, then at least there'll be no more than 25 albums, bearing in mind I don't know any solo artists beginning with the letter "X" - not unless I include Xavier Phideaux in my list. Smile

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - October 12 2023 at 14:36
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Originally posted by I prophesy disaster I prophesy disaster wrote:

Bill Bruford - One of a Kind
One of my favorite albums but Bruford was not a solo project.
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Nice tread, David. I'm eager to see many responses. Here's some...

Allan Holdsworth - I.O.U., but really all his solo material, minus "Flat Tire".
Pat Metheny - From This Place and Secret Story.
Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo
Mike Keneally - Hat
Wippy Bonstack - 22
Hiromi - Spark
Marco Minnemann - Their Colors Fade
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, ATrue Star
Adrian Belew - Lone Rhino
Antoine Fafard - Proto Mundi
Plini - Impulse Voices
Owane - Yeah Whatever
Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy
Alex Machacek - 24 Tales
Matteo Mancuso - The Journey
Dewa Budjana - Mahadini
Bryan Beller - Thanks in Advance
Jean-Luc Ponty - Enigmatic Ocean
Mattias Eklundh - Freak Guitar The Smorgasbord
Mats Öberg - Visa från Inneröra
The Psychedelic Ensemble - The Tale of the Golden King
Virgil Donati - In This Life
Chick Corea - The Ultimate Adventure
Bill Bruford's Earthworks - s/t
Steven Wilson - The Raven...
Richard Henshall - The Cocoon
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^ Three more recent additions to my collection are:
 
Hermann Szobel - Szobel
Pekka Pohjola - Visitation
David Axelrod - Song of Innocence
 
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Peter Hammill - pH7
Peter Hammill - Sitting Targets
Snakefinger - Greener Postures
Snakefinger - Manual of Errors
Bill Bruford - One of a Kind
Jean-Luc Ponty - Imaginary Voyage
Stanley Clarke - Journey to Love
Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy
Peter Gabriel - 3 (Melt)
Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow
Fred Frith - Gravity
 
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If to take it more seriously, which are your favourite albums of Progressive "solo" artists?
 My are

Miles Davis  (USA)  -  Bitches Brew  (1970)

Edgar Froese  (D)  -  Ypsilon in Malaysian Pale  (1975)

Marek Grechuta / Anawa  (PL)  -  Korowód  (1971)

Steve Hackett  (UK)  -  Voyage of the Acolyte   (1975)

Bo Hansson  (S)  -  Sagan om Ringen   (1970)

Michael Hoenig (D) - Departure From The Northern Wasteland   (1978)

Jean Michel Jarre  (F)  -  Oxygene   (1976)

Osamu Kitajima  (J)  -  Benzaiten   (1976)

Erkin Koray  (TRK)  -  Elektronik Türkuler  (1974)

Czesław Niemen  (PL)  -  Enigmatic   (1970)

Mike Oldfield  (UK)  -  Ommadawn  (the Boxed version, 1976)

Jean-Luc Ponty  (F)  -  Upon the Wings of Music  (1975)

Jukka Tolonen  (FIN)  -  A Passenger to Paramaribo  (1977)

Rick Wakeman  (UK) - The Six Wives of Henry VIII  (1973)

Stomu Yamashta  (J) -  Raindog  (1975) 

Dhafer Youssef  (Tunisia)  -  Electric Sufi   (2001)

Frank Zappa  (USA)  -  Hot Rats  (1969) 


Enjoy it!  Smile



Edited by David_D - December 19 2023 at 13:26
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