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    Posted: July 15 2010 at 17:08
OK, I know I might be opening a can of worms with this one but here it goes anyway. Wink What albums from the post golden era of prog(approximately late seventies/early 80's until now) do you consider to be masterpieces and stone classics? These are albums you would give five stars out of five on and even that might not be enough stars or at least 9.5 out of 10 on a ten scale. I can think of a few but I'll chime in later.  I'm talking about albums that more or less equal(and maybe in some cases surpass) the seventies classics.  All subgenres are welcome. I'm all ears. :)
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Marillion - 'Fugazi', 'Misplaced Childhood' and 'Clutching at straws'.
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Hi,
 
Djam Karet - their first 4 albums are massive and more progressive and experimental than about 80 of the 100 listed in the top list in this board!
 
Ozric Tentacles - Either Erpland or Strangeitude
Lana Lane and the Rocket Scientists - Oblivion Days
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
 
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Gosh ... I have to look at my collection now to make this a decent list! I really find too much of the "progressive" music in the past several years to be mostly copycat stuff and not original at all. Some of it is just louder and "heavier" with a sound effect on the guitar so we can call it "goth", "metal" or some other verbosity out there.


Edited by moshkito - July 15 2010 at 17:21
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discipline, ok computer, de loused in the comatorium, script for a jester tears
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The band discipline or the King Crimson album?
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Terria, The Perfect Element, The Human Equation, Second Life Syndrome, Bath/Leaving Your Body Map/Part The Second, Choirs of the Eye, Promised Land, Kid A, Focus, Elements, Agaetis Byrjun, Operation Mindcrime, Into The Electric Castle, Blackwater Park, Still Life, Blade Runner OST...

I might could think of more if I prodded my mind, a bit.
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Could you guys please list the band/artist as well as the album title?
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My list starts at 1980:
King Crimson - The ConstruKction of Light, THRAK, The Power to Believe
Marrillion - Script for a Jester's Tear, Fugazi, Misplaced Childhood, Clutching at Straws, Seasons End, Marbles
Pink Floyd - The Final Cut, The Division Bell, Momentary Lapse of Reason
Rush - Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, Signals, Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows
Magma - K.A, Ëmëhntëhtt-Rê
Yes - The Ladder, Talk, Drama

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First that comes to mind = Hybris by Anglagard
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Magma - K.A. and E-Re
Koenjihyakkei - Viva Koenji! and Angherr Shisspa
Xing Sa - Creation de l'Univers
Pienza Ethnorkestra - Indiens d'Europe
Jean Louis - Jean Louis
etc, etc, etc.
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My turn:

Dream Theater- Metropolis pt 2: scenes from a memory
Flower Kings- space revolver; back in the world of adventures
Anglagard- Hybris
White Willow- Sacrament
Camel- Dust and Dreams
Spock's Beard- the light
Echolyn- as the world; suffocating the bloom
Porcupine Tree- Lightbulb sun; in absentia
Yes- Talk; Drama
Marillion- clutching at straws
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Rush- Moving Pictures; permanent waves; grace under pressure
Ozric Tentacles- Jurassic Shift
Genesis- Duke (just squeaked in there ;) )
Peter Gabriel- security
Pink Floyd- the Wall (released Nov. 1979 but good enough)






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Originally posted by SaltyJon SaltyJon wrote:

Magma - K.A. and E-Re
Koenjihyakkei - Viva Koenji! and Angherr Shisspa

Jean Louis - Jean Louis
etc, etc, etc.


This, plus One Shot and a lot of Post-rock albums
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Marillions - Fugazi is highly underrated IMO
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and if you don't like metal then bite me
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But wouldn't it be MORE metal to actually bite you? Hell, biting sounds great. Let's beat each other to Leper Affinity. 
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Originally posted by Prog_Traveller Prog_Traveller wrote:

The band discipline or the King Crimson album?


This should be painfully obvious.
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Originally posted by Alitare Alitare wrote:

But wouldn't it be MORE metal to actually bite you? Hell, biting sounds great. Let's beat each other to Leper Affinity. 


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Here are mine. I tried to narrow it down to 20, but couldn't bring myself to cut anymore, so there are 23. They are roughly in order of release date. Also, I decided to stick to one album per band/artist so as not to display my obvious fanboyism Tongue

Marillion- Brave
The Flower Kings- Stardust We Are
Ayreon- Into The Electric Castle
Dream Theater- Scenes From A Memory
Kevin Gilbert- The Shaming of the True
Pain of Salvation- The Perfect Element
Transatlantic- Bridge Across Forever
Porcupine Tree- In Absentia
Spock's Beard- Snow
A.C.T.- Last Epic
Kaipa- Keyholder
The Tangent- The Music That Died Alone
Echolyn- Mei
Neal Morse- One
IZZ- My River Flows
Frost*- Milliontown
Neal Morse- Sola Scriptura
Phideaux- Doomsday Afternoon
Karmakanic- Who's The Boss In The Factory
Moon Safari- Blomljud
Opeth- Watershed
The Dear Hunter- Act III: Life And Death
The Decemberists- The Hazards of Love

Edit: Oops, I put two Neal Morse albums on there! Oh well, I guess I couldn't hide my fanboyism after all LOL




Edited by natewait - July 16 2010 at 01:14
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