Fave Yes, Crimson, Giant, Floyd albums.

This is simple just wanna know fave albums from the following bands:
King Crimson 5 from KC if possible
Gentle Giant 3 of GG if possible
Yes 5 of Yes if possible
Pink Floyd 3 from Floyd if possible
Supertramp 3 from Supertramp if possible
Genesis 3 from Genesis if possible

My faves:

GG: Octopus, Free Hand and Three Friends
Yes: The Yes Album, Yes, Fragile, TFTO and Magnification
Pink Floyd: Animals, Meddle and OBC
Supertramp: Supertramp, BWYB, COTC
KC: ITCOTKC, Islands and Starless and Bible Black.

It would be better explaining why are your fave, convinced by laplace.
For those who haven't got into Supertramp, I really recomend you to check them out, being easy listen and fun, if someone takes my advise (don't believe anyone will lol), I recomend you Crime of the Century, Even In the Quitest Moments. After that and you liked them, you should seek Crisis What Crisis, their debut and their hidden Brother Where You Bound.

Edited by cacho - March 11 2008 at 15:49

Todd wrote: It's amazing how subjective this is.

lol.... It seems you don't know Supertramp.... You may give them a try, I really love em, I really can't compare them to the others mentioned, but it's easy to get into Supertramp, being more fun than atractive (musically)

Off the top of my head:

King Crimson:
1. Red
1. In the Court of the Crimson King
3. The Power to Believe
4. Islands
5. Starless and Bible Black

Gentle Giant:
1. Gentle Giant
2. Free Hand
3. Octopus

Yes:
1. Close to the Edge
2. Fragile
3. The Yes Album
4. Magnification
5. Relayer

Pink Floyd:
1. Wish You Were Here
2. Animals
3. Dark Side of the Moon

Genesis:
1. Wind and Wuthering
2. A Trick of the Tail
3. Trespass

I too haven't heard Supertramp and only about a half of Genesis catalogue.

King Crimson:

King Crimson:
ITCOTCK
Red
Larks Tounges in Aspic

Genesis:
A Trick of the Tail
The Lamb
Foxtrot

Yes:
Fragile
Close to the Edge
Going for the One
The Yes album
Topographic Oceans

Gentle Giant:
Octopus
In a glasshouse
The Power & the Glory

Pink Floyd:
Animals
Wish you were here
Meddle

luckily I'm in a list-making mood. I'll give my reasons, too, because lists are faceless on their own...

KC:
The Great Deceiver - even more fascinating than the studio albums of their most exciting era; the rare five-star compilation
The ConstruKction of Light - review here
Lizard - first album without Greg Lake King Crimson being weird as well as ahead of their time
Starless and Bible Black - I know this overlaps with my first choice, but basically I couldn't vote for just one album containing Fracture...
finally, VROOOM - for having "Cage" on it

GG:
Acquiring the Taste - most experimental
Three Friends - most kitsch
The Power and the Glory - most enjoyable

Genesis:
Nursery Cryme - I find it to be really involving and Harold the Barrel is a high point of trad prog
Foxtrot - obv
the Turn it on Again single - it's a good song ;P
(I didn't vote for Selling England because it gets worse every time I listen to it)


Edited by laplace - March 11 2008 at 13:36

Since I don't know the Supertramp that much, I'll go with the other bands:

Ghost Rider wrote: I'll post mine tomorrow... Too tired to think now! Anyway,  I just wanted to say that I agree 100 with Laplace as regards The Great Deceiver.... Five stars through and through, and worth every cent of the over 40 euros it cost me to buy it

Crimson:
1. In the Court
2. Red
3. Lizard
(drop off)
4. Discipline
5. The Power to Believe
Gentle Giant
1. Free Hand
2. The Power and the Glory
3. In a Glass House
Yes
1. Close to the Edge
2. Fragile
3. Going for the One
4. The Yes Album
5. Drama
Floyd:
1. Animals
2. Dark Side of the Moon
(dropoff)
3. Meddle
Supertramp:
Crime of the Century
That's all I've got
Genesis
1. Nursery Cryme
2. Selling England by the Pound
3. Foxtrot

I hope you folks don't mind an old guys perspective.  (I'll be 51 in May)