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Topic: Swiss Poll: 1st Album
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: Swiss Poll: 1st Album
Date Posted: July 19 2025 at 10:39
We're on a roll - a Swiss roll!

4 stars 1981: Agamemnon - Agamemnon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3LlRRRVfX4" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3LlRRRVfX4
5 stars 1976: Alpha to Omega - A Life - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0qs1n0n7lQ" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0qs1n0n7lQ
3 stars 1971: Brainticket - Cottonwoodhill - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nl5G2UGy_hVjS6N5Duqu1_3GY_2QB9khI" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nl5G2UGy_hVjS6N5Duqu1_3GY_2QB9khI
4 stars 1976: Circus - Circus - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiJv8_iUT24" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiJv8_iUT24
4 stars 1991: Clepsydra - Hologram - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lKj3L0ASeOejqwB2lZqkdmdaEx3cNOS_c" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lKj3L0ASeOejqwB2lZqkdmdaEx3cNOS_c
5 stars 1985: Deyss - At-King - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lUlrwPklMex0GUBKrzobV2DJnTLwQppJU" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lUlrwPklMex0GUBKrzobV2DJnTLwQppJU
5 stars 1982: Dragonfly - Dragonfly - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iOTX-g3khQ" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iOTX-g3khQ
4 stars 1972: Ertlif - Ertlif - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nnp6nOHVTB26dBnS2wGFhUk0FKUmuzxWs" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nnp6nOHVTB26dBnS2wGFhUk0FKUmuzxWs
5 stars 1975: Exit - Exit - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDXfj8-zyR4" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDXfj8-zyR4
4 stars 1978: Flame Dream - Galatea - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17ZX2dbo_9k" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17ZX2dbo_9k
3 stars 1992: Galaad - Premier Fevrier - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kr-5NrJ2a9YZzTEDjalkk_xGoh_wwOPYg" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kr-5NrJ2a9YZzTEDjalkk_xGoh_wwOPYg
2 stars 1977: Island - Pictures - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS5XP4-gmuQ" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS5XP4-gmuQ
5 stars 1979: Kashmir - Alarme! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw704P_Mi7M" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw704P_Mi7M
4 stars 1969: Krokodil - Krokodil - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nZ-6-sp64jm37XrvvxQ-jJ6OOo_rZYkOA" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nZ-6-sp64jm37XrvvxQ-jJ6OOo_rZYkOA
5 stars 1975: Magic Spell - Is There Anywhere a Gas Station? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpZWmccEP00" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpZWmccEP00
4 stars 2003: Monkey3 - Monkey3 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_km6MO4xG4ws2DLHrSMLmngNHfV9R9LiGI" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_km6MO4xG4ws2DLHrSMLmngNHfV9R9LiGI
4 stars 1976: Patrick Moraz - The Story of I - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nZupj_nPr8lDbOn5lLKpoMqkFRn1ZOwI4" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nZupj_nPr8lDbOn5lLKpoMqkFRn1ZOwI4
4 stars 1978: Nautilus - 20,000 Miles Under the Sea - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7X_tmsX6c4" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7X_tmsX6c4
5 stars 1969: The Shiver - Walpurgis - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS6Dp1RVVwo" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS6Dp1RVVwo
5 stars 1981: Sicher - Sicher - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHz5VmRgB88" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHz5VmRgB88
4 stars 1974: Tea - Tea - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l70N-3T4xtXg3FgXQVZAxFCZ14hyJJ7_0" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l70N-3T4xtXg3FgXQVZAxFCZ14hyJJ7_0
4 stars 1970: Toad - B.U.F.O. - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kKRi9OZZa4Z2ePg3D4Tk7faqgmsj9GsiM" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kKRi9OZZa4Z2ePg3D4Tk7faqgmsj9GsiM
3 stars 1977: Trocarn - Trocarn - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHcS7tqy6yGMf0SrJBVZ7YTDUkz2cXd5x" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHcS7tqy6yGMf0SrJBVZ7YTDUkz2cXd5x
4 stars 1979: Andreas Vollenweider - Eine Art Suite in XIII Teilen - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqBu9Q714gg" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqBu9Q714gg
5 stars 1976: Welcome - Welcome - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41Wa9Nbketo&t=1s" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41Wa9Nbketo&t=1s




Replies:
Posted By: Starfighter
Date Posted: July 19 2025 at 13:24
Not allowed to vote, but Cottonwoodhill is one of the greatest albums ever, by any nationality.
Honourable mentions go to Alpha To Omega, Krokodil & Island (with the fantastic cover by H.R. Giger).


Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: July 19 2025 at 13:27
Clepsydra

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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: Cristi
Date Posted: July 19 2025 at 13:31
Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

Clepsydra


same here


Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: July 19 2025 at 14:50
Island- Pictures


Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: July 19 2025 at 17:17
Have not heard most here, but I like the two star Island album.


Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: July 19 2025 at 19:03
Not much here for myself so Island by default. Good album though. I would have much preferred Stephan Thelen and/or Sonar.

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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"

"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN


Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 19 2025 at 23:31
Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Have not heard most here, but I like the two star Island album.


I had a feeling my lowest-rated album would win the poll.   


Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: July 20 2025 at 01:27
Patrick Moraz - The Story of I
Circus - Circus
Tea - Tea


Posted By: wiz_d_kidd
Date Posted: July 20 2025 at 06:07
Originally posted by Mellotron Storm Mellotron Storm wrote:

Not much here for myself so Island by default. Good album though. I would have much preferred Stephan Thelen and/or Sonar.


Yeah, I really wish Sonar were included.

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"Instrumental music is an expression that words can never capture." -- Peter Baumann


Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: July 20 2025 at 06:13
Originally posted by Mellotron Storm Mellotron Storm wrote:

Not much here for myself so Island by default. Good album though. I would have much preferred Stephan Thelen and/or Sonar.


I definitely went for Circus' debut over Island.


Yes, Thelen's latest works are stunninf and Mik Bartsch's different groups have been very solid over the last 20 years.

AKKU Quintett (don't know why they're not in PA's DB) is also quite OK

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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword


Posted By: Starfighter
Date Posted: July 20 2025 at 15:56
Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:


1978: Flame Dream - Galatea


I always thought that was called Calatea   


Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 20 2025 at 16:16
Originally posted by Starfighter Starfighter wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:


1978: Flame Dream - Galatea


I always thought that was called Calatea   


I should've gone to Specsavers.


Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: July 20 2025 at 21:43
Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by Mellotron Storm Mellotron Storm wrote:

Not much here for myself so Island by default. Good album though. I would have much preferred Stephan Thelen and/or Sonar.


I definitely went for Circus' debut over Island.


Yes, Thelen's latest works are stunninf and Mik Bartsch's different groups have been very solid over the last 20 years.

AKKU Quintett (don't know why they're not in PA's DB) is also quite OK


If it was "Movin' On" by Circus it would have been an easy decision.

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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"

"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN


Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: July 21 2025 at 02:16
Originally posted by Mellotron Storm Mellotron Storm wrote:

Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by Mellotron Storm Mellotron Storm wrote:

Not much here for myself so Island by default. Good album though. I would have much preferred Stephan Thelen and/or Sonar.


I definitely went for Circus' debut over Island.


Yes, Thelen's latest works are stunninf and Mik Bartsch's different groups have been very solid over the last 20 years.

AKKU Quintett (don't know why they're not in PA's DB) is also quite OK


If it was "Movin' On" by Circus it would have been an easy decision.


The début is more in the Gnidrolog type... and their third Sleepless Tearless is almost as good as Movin' On

Count Blue Motion as their fifth album, after their Live All-Star


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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword


Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 21 2025 at 02:38
01. Alpha to Omega - A Life
02. The Shiver - Walpurgis
03. Magic Spell - Is There Anywhere a Gas Station?
04. Welcome - Welcome
05. Dragonfly - Dragonfly
06. Exit - Exit
07. Sicher - Sicher
08. Kashmir - Alarme!
09. Deyss - At-King
10. Agamemnon - Agamemnon


Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: July 21 2025 at 03:04
Dragonfly - Dragonfly (1982)


Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: July 21 2025 at 03:05
Patrick Moraz on this one



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