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Rust 
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Posted: November 22 2005 at 15:57 |
Out of all the years prog music has existed, what is your favorite?
Mine is 1971 because of these albums,
- The Yes album
- In the Land of Grey and Pink
- Meddle
- Islands
- Nursery Cryme
- Aqualung
- Tarkus
- In Search of Space
- Fourth
- Matching mole
- Pawn Hearts
What year are your favorite albums in or, which year has your favorite selection of albums?
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Gentle Tull
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Posted: November 22 2005 at 16:21 |
1972.
Thick as a Brick
Close to the Edge
Foxtrot
Fagile
Octopus (I think)
Three Friends
1973 is with close behind with Selling England by the Pound, Brain Salad Sugery, A Passion Play, and Tales from Topographic Oceans.
1971 also with Nursery Cryme, The Yes Album and Aqualung.
And who could forget 1974.....Mirage, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Relayer, Red Queen to Gryphon Three, The Power and the Glory, In a Glass House.....
1975.....Free Hand, Snow Goose, Minstrel in the Gallery.....
I know I've forgotten alot....but
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FragileDT
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Posted: November 22 2005 at 16:37 |
 Gentle Tull wrote:
1972.
Thick as a Brick
Close to the Edge
Foxtrot
Fagile
Octopus (I think)
Three Friends |
1972! If only Pawn Hearts was released a year later, it would be the ultimate
year. 
EDIT: except Octopus is 73. Three Friends is for 72. Good enough for me!
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Ultaigh
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Posted: November 22 2005 at 16:39 |
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1972, definetly. Amazing year for prog.
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Posted: November 22 2005 at 16:55 |
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'72 is the '67 of prog. But I prefer '66 to '67 anyway (kinda) so I'll say '71. More young.
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Moogtron III
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Posted: November 22 2005 at 16:59 |
Maybe 1974:
Barclay James Harvest – Everyone Is Everybody Else
Camel – Mirage
Caravan – Caravan & The New Symphonia
Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
King Crimson - Red
Le Orme – Contrappunti
Premiata Forneria Marconi – L’Isola Di Niente
Rick Wakeman – Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
Yes – Tales From Topographic Oceans
Yes – Relayer
1972 and 1973 are very special too.
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Posted: November 22 2005 at 17:19 |
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I'm pretty torn between 71, 72 and 73... which is bad, since they'll be
the three most common years mentioned. I'll go with 1973.
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Posted: November 22 2005 at 17:36 |
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Whatever year Animals was released :)- had to be another great album that year
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genesis24601
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Posted: November 22 2005 at 17:36 |
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71-74 (Genesis Time period, as well, as many good albums such as Dark
Side of the Moon, Close to the Edge and other classics). Then again,
this is the "classic" time period of prog, unless you can prove me
wrong. I don't know because I haven't heard all of the albums mentioned.
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Posted: November 22 2005 at 17:39 |
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i'm not sure. but definitely somewhere '90s - '00s
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"Välkommen till Östtyskland" - Roine Stolt
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Rust
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Posted: November 22 2005 at 17:44 |
genesis24601 wrote:
71-74 (Genesis Time period, as well, as many good albums such as Dark Side of the Moon, Close to the Edge and other classics). Then again, this is the "classic" time period of prog, unless you can prove me wrong. I don't know because I haven't heard all of the albums mentioned. |
Can you be a little more specific, which year and why it is that year
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We got to pump the stuff to make us tough
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Its astart
What we need is awareness we cant get careless
Mental self defensive fitness
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Atkingani
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Posted: November 22 2005 at 20:15 |
1972 - The year of Foxtrot, Thick as a Brick and Close to the Edge... also Dark Side was recorded this year but released the next one.
1972 is also the year I bought my first 2 prog albums: Atom Heart Mother & Meddle.
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Green and Funky
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Posted: November 22 2005 at 20:58 |
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1973 prolly:
Brain Salad Surgery
Selling England by the Pound
In a Glass House, Octopus
Angel's Egg
Larks' Tongues in Aspic
Felona e Serona
Dark Side of the Moon
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Dedicado a Frazz
Tales from Topographic Oceans
1977 is a good comeback year for prog:
Animals
Going for the One
A Farewell to Kings
Seconds Out
Point of Know Return
also in 1977:
The Grand Illusion
Even in the Quietest Moments
CSN (awesome album!)
Songs from the Wood
Rumours--Fleetwood Mac
Feels Good to Me--Bruford
Morrocan Roll--Brand X
Terrapin Station--Grateful Dead
Heavy Weather--Weather Report
Edited by Green and Funky
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Posted: November 23 2005 at 03:01 |
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The period from 1971 to 1974 is great. I can't really choose from them, at least 6-7 essential albums every year.I
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Posted: November 23 2005 at 03:25 |
Green and Funky wrote:
Who Are You--The Who
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This one was released in 1978...
As far as I'm concerned, I'd go for 1975, but not because of one or more milestone albums...
It's just a matter of sonorities: I always thought htat the music released prior to this year suffers from the "dated sound syndrome".
From 1975 on instead, maybe thanks to the massive introduction of synthesizers (notably the ARP used by Pink Floyd to name one), sound became definitely more "modern"
Also the increasing neatiness in production helped reach a sonority quality that at times can hardly be distinguished from the present day one.
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ldlanberg
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Posted: November 23 2005 at 18:51 |
If I have to choose years, I'll go with both 1970 and 1978.
1970 is when they were energized on getting it all together, so the music was really sincere but not boring. And 1978 because that's about the time they began to weed-out the nonense, delivering only the best components of Progressive Music.
The years in between had to much nonsense diluting the good. Lots of silliness.
(Where "they" refers to the typical, brand-name Prog band.)
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el böthy
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Posted: November 23 2005 at 19:57 |
I wuld like to say 1972...but Crimson did not released an album that year...well, still it was an mazing year for prog!!! But then again, 1973 was great too...mainly because of Larks and Selling england...
But I say 1972
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ANDREW
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Posted: November 23 2005 at 20:38 |
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It's difficult but i go for 1973!
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Posted: November 23 2005 at 22:01 |
2005....because I discovered this site! 
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Posted: November 23 2005 at 23:20 |
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