1985-89 Band Album Duos -- based on the PA chart
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Topic: 1985-89 Band Album Duos -- based on the PA chart
Posted By: Logan
Subject: 1985-89 Band Album Duos -- based on the PA chart
Date Posted: December 22 2023 at 05:53
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This poll is based on the Prog Archives top albums chart for the years 1985 to 1989. Here is the chart: https://www.progarchives.com/top-prog-albums.asp?ssubgenres=&salbumtypes=1&syears=1989&syears=1988&syears=1987&syears=1986&syears=1985&scountries=&sminratings=30&smaxratings=0&sminavgratings=1&smaxresults=250&x=43&y=7#list" rel="nofollow - CLICK I set the parameters to a minimum of 30 ratings, studio albums only, and then added the band/ artist for its top rated album of the years as I went down the list provided that it had two studio albums during the period. I also opted to avoid ones if one or both of the only applicable two were listed as collaborations (David Torn was a casualty of this). I organised the list alphabetically as I find that helps with going through polls/ lists often and put the albums in chronological order. Dark, which I had wanted to include, for the self-titled and Tamna Voda was a casualty of not enough ratings. I had expected Ozric Tentacles to be in, but it and Phil Miller missed out quite narrowly. I had hoped to have Nazca in it and it also missed out quite narrowly. Had I changed the numbers of ratings, things would have changed, but I chose the 30 before using the chart as I did not want major obscurities, but also I hoped to cover some albums that are not very known. For this poll I ask you to try to vote for your favourite duo of albums from an act rather than voting for one of those albums. And if that is not your preferred duo from those years from the acts in the poll or any other acts, please mention those. ------------------------------------------------------ Art Zoyd: Le mariage du ciel et de l'enfer & Berlin Autograph: Autograph & Stone Land Kate Bush: Hounds of Love & The Sensual World Cardiacs: A Little Man and a House And The Whole World Window & On Land and in the Sea Coil: Horse Rotorvator & Gold Is the Metal Crimson Glory: Crimson Glory & Transcendence Dead Can Dance: Within the Realm of a Dying Sun & The Serpent's Egg Fates Warning: Awaken the Guardian & Perfect Symmetry Peter Gabriel: So & Passion - Music From The Last Temptation of Christ Allan Holdsworth: Metal Fatigue & Secrets Horizont: Summer in Town & The Portrait of a Boy IQ: The Wake & Nomzamo Marillion: Misplaced Childhood & Clutching at Straws Pat Metheny Group: Still Life (Talking) & Letter From Home Miriodor: Rencontres & Miriodor Prazsky Vyber: Vyber & Prazsky Viber Queensrÿche: Rage for Order & Operation: Mindcrime The Residents: Stars & Hank & God in Three Persons Savatage: Hall of the Mountain King & Gutter Ballet David Sylvian: Gone to Earth & Secrets of the Beehive Swans: Holy Money & Children of God Talk Talk: The Colour of Spring & Spirit of Eden Thinking Plague: Moonsongs & In This Life Voivoid: Dimension Hatross & Nothingface Watchtower: Energetic Disassembly & Control and Resistance Some duos that missed out on being listed due to the parameters:
Nazca: Nazca & Estacion de Sombra Phil Miller: Cutting Both Ways & Split Seconds Ozric Tentacles: There Is Nothing & Pungent Effulgent David Torn: Best Laid Plans (with Geoffrey Gordon) & Cloud About Mercury ------------------------------------------------------------ For Dead Can Dance, my favourite from that period may be Spleen and Ideal (1985). That and In the Realm would be my duo but I very much like The Serpent's Egg too. With Swans, I am more into The Burning World than Holy Money and feel it's a better album than its reputation indicates -- and the song "God Damn the Sun" of it is a damned masterpiece of Swans in my opinion. Some of my favourites that did not make it onto the list on the chart are The Camberwell Now, Shub-Niggurath, Univers Zero, Present, News From Babel... My favourite duos in the poll are Art Zoyd's Le mariage du ciel et de l'enfer & Berlin, Cardiacs' A Little Man and a House And The Whole World Window & On Land and in the Sea, Thinking Plague: Moonsongs & In This Life (my fave TP albums), Dead Can Dance's Within the Realm of a Dying Sun & The Serpent's Egg, Talk Talk's The Colour of Spring & Spirit of Eden. Also, Kate Bush's Hounds of Love & The Sensual World, The Residents' albums and those Miriodor albums I like very much. With Coil, I like Horse Rotorvator a lot, but don't know the other one (The Age of Naples is my favourite Coil album). Mentioned Swans, love Children of God. |
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: December 22 2023 at 05:54
| I went with Art Zoyd's duo. |
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: December 22 2023 at 06:17
Talk Talk - The Colour Of Spring & Spirit Of Eden. 
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: December 22 2023 at 06:30
Thanks. Great choices. 
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Octopus II wrote:Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 22 2023 at 06:39
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1. Kate Bush 2. Dead Can Dance 3. Peter Gabriel
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: December 22 2023 at 07:02
| Holdsworth with Metheny close behind. |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: December 22 2023 at 07:18
| Marillion, Talk Talk, Kate Bush, and Voivod are my top four. Voted for Marillion. |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: December 22 2023 at 07:23
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Marillion followed closely by IQ. I actually like Nomzamo a lot, but it lets the IQ side down a bit. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: December 22 2023 at 10:10
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Cardiacs > Talk Talk and Thinking Plague ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: December 22 2023 at 13:10
| Fates Warning |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: December 22 2023 at 14:55
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Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: December 22 2023 at 15:05
| PG |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: December 22 2023 at 16:05
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Thinking Plague > Cardiacs. All the way back to the 12th century with embers of detergent. ------------- ---------- 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: VianaProghead
Date Posted: December 22 2023 at 16:36
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Marillion: Misplaced Childhood & Clutching at Straws. ------------- "PROG IS MY FERRARI". Jem Godfrey (Frost*) |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: December 22 2023 at 16:43
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Fates Warning stands out for me with Art Zoyd next. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: December 22 2023 at 17:10
| Peter Gabriel, David Sylvian. |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: December 22 2023 at 21:58
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'Ryche ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Awesoreno
Date Posted: December 22 2023 at 23:51
Same, unsurprisingly.
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Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: December 23 2023 at 04:08
It doesn’t, neither of the Menel albums do…. But I go with Marillion, that pair of albums is irresistible! ------------- Heaven is waiting but waiting is Hell |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: December 23 2023 at 09:21
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Kate Bush. ------------- 
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Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: December 23 2023 at 09:24
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Dead Can Dance Marillion Peter Gabriel
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Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: December 24 2023 at 13:55
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Marillion gets the nod. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 24 2023 at 22:11
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Kate Bush if we were including 'Prog related' artists then Iron Maiden's duo Somewhere In Time and Seventh Son of A Seventh Son would have been my pick
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: December 25 2023 at 04:32
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^ Indeed. For any who might be interested, had I not organised this poll alphabetically but by chart position that Iron Maiden duo would have been placed high on the list had I included Prog Related, with Seventh Son of a Seventh Son as the third highest ranked album for the period, as well as Metallica's with Master of Puppets (11th highest rated album for the years) and ... And Justice for All. As well as King's X with Gretchen Goes to Nebraska and Out of The Silent Planet https://www.progarchives.com/top-prog-albums.asp?ssubgenres=12&ssubgenres=3&ssubgenres=38&ssubgenres=42&ssubgenres=44&ssubgenres=41&ssubgenres=35&ssubgenres=30&ssubgenres=17&ssubgenres=18&ssubgenres=32&ssubgenres=6&ssubgenres=33&ssubgenres=19&ssubgenres=15&ssubgenres=36&ssubgenres=28&ssubgenres=4&ssubgenres=43&ssubgenres=29&ssubgenres=11&salbumtypes=1&syears=1989&syears=1988&syears=1987&syears=1986&syears=1985&scountries=&sminratings=30&smaxratings=0&sminavgratings=1&smaxresults=250&x=96&y=11#list" rel="nofollow - CLICK for list including Prog Related |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: December 25 2023 at 05:37
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With Cardiacs, Art Zoyd, Kate Bush, Talk Talk, David Sylvian, Swans this is almost a Who's Who of my favourite artists and some of their best albums (OK I like another Swans phase more). Even great stuff like Thinking Plague and Dead Can Dance is without chance of being voted in this field. Ideas of whom to vote rotate in my head and the wheel stops at... Talk Talk.
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Posted By: Hector Enrique
Date Posted: December 25 2023 at 06:09
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Those of Marillion long ------------- Héctor Enrique |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: December 27 2023 at 07:22
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Cardiacs is the correct answer. ------------- The Prog Corner |
Posted By: Boi_da_boi_124
Date Posted: December 27 2023 at 21:24
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Went with Peter Gabriel, but would have picked The Residents if Stars of Hank was replaced with an arguably better album. ------------- Prog on. |