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One album per band in alphabetic order:

Abus Dangereux - Le Quatrieme Mouvement
Ain Soph - A Story Of Mysterious Forest
Camberwell Now - The Ghost Trade
Congreso - Pajaros De Arcila
Dun - Eros
Eskaton - 4 Visions
Etron Fou Leloublan - Les Poumons Gonfles
Kultivator - Barndomens Stigar
Miriodor - Rencontres
News from Babel - Letters Home
Present - Triskaidekaphobie
Residents - Mark of the Mole
Rush - Permanent Waves
SBB - Memento z banalnym tryptykiem
This Heat - Deceit

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Debile Menthol -Emile au Jardin Patrologique
Hands - s/t
Stormy Six - Al Volo
Tuxedomoon - Desire
Unrest Work and Play - Informs
Wurtemberg - Rock Fantasia Opus 9
Yezda Urfa - Sacred Baboon



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As a collection of 15 this beats every other decade in my book.

King Crimson - Discipline (I love the whole early 80s trilogy)
Kate Bush - The Dreaming (and albums around it)
Camberwell Now - The Ghost Trade
Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring (and Spirit of Eden, couldn't really decide between them)
Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees (and Secrets of the Beehive)
Cardiacs - A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window (and On Land and in the Sea)
Art Zoyd - Berlin (and all others from the 80s)
Peter Hammill - Patience
Tangerine Dream - Tangram
Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Earthworks
Robert Fripp - The League of Gentlemen
Univers Zero - Ceux du Dehors (& Heatwave & Uzed)
Renaissance - Camera Camera
Irmin Schmidt - Filmmusik Vol. 3 & 4

Should really also make the list:
This Heat, Dun, Eskaton, Dead Can Dance, Talking Heads, Kraftwerk, Zamla Mammaz Manna, Thinking Plague

Some albums I still like a lot from artists who did better work in other decades:
Holger Czukay - On the Way to the Peak of Normal
Camel - Stationary Traveller
Mike Oldfield - Crises
Pierre Moerlen's Gong - Second Wind
Jethro Tull - The Broadsword and the Beast
Amon Duul II - Vortex
Can - Delay 1968 (really very good, but then not really an 80s album)


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I really struggled to come up with 15 albums (one/band). I know I've missed and ignored many essentials from this decade. I don't consider all on my list prog, but since they're in PA database, why not. 

Captain Beefheart - Doc at the Radar Station
Coil - Horse Rotorvator
Current 93 - Swastikas for Noddy
Peter Hammill - A Black Box
Hawkwind - Levitation
King Crimson - Discipline
Kraftwerk - Computerwelt
Marillion - Fugazi
Mike Oldfield - Five Miles Out
Osiris - Osiris
Jean-Paul Prat - Masal
Residents - The King & Eye
Rush - Moving Pictures
Throbbing Gristle - Heathen Earth
Zamla Mammaz Manna - Familjesprickor
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In no particular order of preference, but +/- chronologically presented.

12           Art Zoyd              Generation Sans Futur Fra         1980     

12           Eskaton -             4 Visions              Fra         1980      Zeuhl

12           Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush             What's Next      Can        1980     

11           Abus Dangereux             Le Quatrieme Mouvement        Fra         1980     

11           Art Zoyd              Symphonie Pour Le Jour Ou Bruleront Les Cités               Fra         1980     

11           Asia Minor          Between Flesh and Divine          Fra         1980     

11           Beausoleil, Bobby           Lucifer Rising     USA       1980     

11           Maneige             Montreal 6AM Can        1980     

11           Present               Triskaidekaphobie          Bel         1980     

12           Dün       Eros       Fra         1981     

12           Itoiz       Alkolea                Bsq        1981     

11           Bise de Buse      Joue sa Musique             Fra         1981     

11           However             Sudden Dusk     USA       1981  

11           Jaivas, Los           Alturas de Machu Picchu             Chl         1981     

11           Present               Triskaidekaphobie   Bel         1981     

11           Univers Zero     Ceux Du Dehors              Bel         1981     

12           Dire Straits         Love Over Gold                Eng        1982     

11           Debile Menthol               Emile au Jardin Patrologique      Swz        1982     

11           Plastic People of the Universe  Kolejnice Duni (Rails Rumble) (1977-1982)          Cze        1982

12           Bacamarte          Depois Do Fim Bra         1983      Symphonic

12           Marillion              Script For a Jester's Tear              Eng        1983     

12           Violent Femmes              Violent Femmes              USA       1983     

11           Eskaton               Fiction Fra        1983    

13           Univers Zero     UZED     Bel         1984     

12           Art Zoyd              Le Mariage du Ciel et l'Enfer      Fra         1984     

12           Jaivas, Los           Obras De Violeta Parra Chl         1984     

12           Talking Heads    Stop Making Sense        USA       1984     

12           Supertramp       Brother Where You Bound         Eng        1985     

11           Harper, Roy       Jugula   Eng        1985                      

11           Present               Le Poison Qui Rend Fou               Bel         1985     

11           Talk Talk              Spirit of Eden    Eng        1988     

12           Tangle Edge       In Search of A New Dawn           Nor        1989

12           Lenny Kravitz – Let Love Rule     

11           Cooper, Lindsay               Oh, Moscow      Eng        1989     

11           Noir Désir           Veuillez Rendre l'âme (ŕ Qui Elle Appartient)    Fra         1989     

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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

I'm very fond of this one as well, Lewian, but imo it shouldn't be considered as Prog. Smile


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We might be the only ones to list these ones, Sean Trane :

Asia Minor          Between Flesh and Divine          Fra         1980 
Jaivas, Los           Alturas de Machu Picchu             Chl         1981    

if so, what a pity, and a bit suprising. Ermm
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1. Yes - 90125
2. Saga - Worlds Apart
3. Genesis - Abacab
4. Mike Rutherford - Smallcreep's Day
5. Rush - Signals
6. Asia - Asia
7. E.L.P. - Emerson, Lake, and Powell
8. Saga - Heads or Tales
9. Yes - Drama
10. Tony Banks - The Fugitive
11. Eddie Jobson/Zinc - The Green Album
12. Geoff Downes - The Light Program
13. Genesis - Duke
14. Alan Parsons Project - Stereotomy
15. Moody Blues - The Present
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Approximately? Order will have probably changed within a week. (one per artist)

1. National Health - D.S. Al Coda
2. Allan Holdsworth - I.O.U.
3. King Crimson - Discipline
4. Master Cylinder - Elsewhere
5. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel 3 (Melt)
6. Rascal Reporters - Happy Accidents
7. Wha-Ha-Ha - Shinutokiwa Betsu
8. Cardiacs - A Little Man And A House And The Whole World Window
9. Herbie Hancock - Mr. Hands
10. Bruford - Gradually Going Tornado
11. Zamla Mammaz Manna - Familjesprickor
12. Camel - Nude
13. Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Symphonic Suite Akira
14. Genesis - Duke
15. Ozric Tentacles - Pungent Effulgent
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Pat Metheny Group Still Life (Talking)
Talking Heads Remain in Light
King Crimson Discipline
Eskaton 4 Visions
Kate Bush The Dreaming
Univers Zero Ceux du dehors
Mr. Sirius Barren Dreams
Harold Budd & Brian Eno Plateaux of Mirror
David Sylvian Brilliant Trees
SBB Memento Z Banalnym Tryptikiem
Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
David Sylvian Gone to Earth
Ryuichi Sakamoto Illustrated Music Encyclopedia
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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:


We might be the only ones to list these ones, Sean Trane :

Asia Minor          Between Flesh and Divine          Fra         1980 
Jaivas, Los           Alturas de Machu Picchu             Chl         1981    

if so, what a pity, and a bit suprising. Ermm


Well, I had thought skimming my lists that I would cite the other Chilean group Congreso at least once, but apparently I rated their 80's album none higher than 10. Just checked and it is the case with their 70's albums.
The difference between a Gnosis 11 (B+) and 9 (B-) are:
11: Excellent. While not a classic, an album that is very enjoyable and an important part of ones collection. We recommend that raters not give grades higher than 11 on the very first listen.

10: Very good. An album that, while not great, is definitely worth keeping and is very enjoyable.

9: Pretty good. While an album better than most, one may or may not keep an album with a rating of 9.

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Those of us who use Gnosis (the first numbers in most of my lists are the Gnosis rating scale) as a reference for the year of release often make mistakes in lists (I've made a couple of them throughout the years), but I'm pretty sure that

Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Haizea  (ESP)  -  Hontz Gaua   (1980)


Dates from 79Wink (RYM and Gnosis & Discogs all agree, - too lazy to check out PA)



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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
I'm very fond of this one as well, Lewian, but imo it shouldn't be considered as Prog. Smile

There's more than one on my list about which this has been said... I said this before, ultimately crossing boundaries is an essential element of prog (or at least my idea of it), and this means that defining and delimiting it is always to some extent paradoxical.
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Very nice to see you again in one of the threads I've started, Mirakaze.
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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

Solaris Marsibéli Krónikák

I'm very glad to see this one listed by you as well, Bruford. Smile





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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Haizea  (ESP)  -  Hontz Gaua   (1980)

Dates from 79Wink (RYM and Gnosis & Discogs all agree, - too lazy to check out PA)


Right, I got it confirmed on Discogs as a label information on the original release (Depósito Legal: BI-805-1979) - thanks.

It's a pity, though, as my 80's have lost one of their most beautifull pearls, and my 70's have got even richer. Disapprove 


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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

There's more than one on my list about which this has been said... I said this before, ultimately crossing boundaries is an essential element of prog (or at least my idea of it), and this means that defining and delimiting it is always to some extent paradoxical.

Now the practician in me is better to be stronger than the theoretician, so I won't comment you here, Lewian - but it would be a nice, little challenge to present my own, different point of view in this question in a more adequate way than I did before, and as an answer to what you precisely write here. Wink


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Eloy - Time To Turn
Rush - Moving Pictures
Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
IQ - The Wake
Peter Gabriel - PG3
Vangelis - Mask
Jon and Vangelis - The Friends Of Mr Cairo
Tangerine Dream - Tangram
Marillion - Seasons End
Stephen Caudel - Wine Dark Sea 
Yes - Drama
Genesis - Duke
Eddie Jobson - Theme Of Secrets
Jean Michel Jarre - Rendez-Vous
Edgar Froese - Pinnacles

NON Prog 
Al Stewart - Last Days Of The Century
Enya - Watermark
Simple Minds - Sparkle In The Rain
Claire Hammill - Voices
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Suzanne Vega - s/t
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One album per band and unranked


Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1987)
Yes- The Big Generator (1987)
ABWH- ABWH (1989)
Peter Gabriel - Melt (1980)
David Gilmour - About Face (1984) 

Talk Talk -  Spirit of Eden (1988)
Dün - Eros (1981)
Roger Waters - The Pros & Cons of Hitch Hiking (1984)
Rush- Permanent Waves (1980)
Marillion- Misplaced Childhood (1985)

Shub-Niggurath- Les Morts Vont Vite (1986)
Ozric Tentacles- Pungent Effulgent (1989)
The Alan Parsons Project- Eye in the Sky (1982)
Kate Bush- The Sensual World (1989)
Nine Inch Nails- Pretty Hate Machine (1989)

Favorite non prog 1980s album
The Jesus And Mary Chain- Automatic (1989)
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Would anybody else like to tell about their favourite Prog Rock albums from the 80's? Tongue







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1 - Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden
2 - David Sylvian -  Secrets of the Beehive
3 - Cardiacs - A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window 
4 - Dun - Eros
5 - Art Zoyd - Berlin 
6 - Univers Zero - Ceux du Dehors 
7 - Camel - Nude
8 - Twelfth Night - Fact & Fiction
9 - Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
10 - Voivod - Nothingface
11 - Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry
12 - Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
13 - Ezra Winston - Myth Of Chrisavides
14 - Steve Hackett - Defector
15 - The Church - Starfish
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alphabetically, only one per artist...I had to make it a top 25 though

Amenophis - s/t
Anyone's Daughter - In Blau
Asia Minor - Between Flesh and Divine
Asturcon - s/t
Blue Oyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin
Camel - Stationary Traveller
Clannad - Magical Ring
Eloy - Time to Turn
Itoiz - Ezekiel
Los Jaivas - Alturas de Machu Picchu
Kerrs Pink - Mellom Oss
Magdalena - Lanaen Sartzen
Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays - As Falls Wichita...
Mike Oldfield - Five Miles Out
Moving Hearts - s/t
Novalis - Augenblicke
Sally Oldfield - Celebration
Osiris - Myths and Legends
Outer Limits - Misty Moon
Pablo El Enterrador - s/t
Pererin - Haul ar y Eira
Renaissance - Camera Camera
David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive
Tangerine Dream - Underwater Sunlight
Bob Theil - So Far
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