![]() |
Battle of the 80's AOR 'prog' albums |
Post Reply ![]() |
Page 12> |
Author | |
richardh ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 26471 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posted: May 01 2024 at 22:12 |
Yep it's the poll everyone has been waiting for
![]() |
|
![]() |
|
Octopus II ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 21 2023 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 7777 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Yes 90125
Kansas - Power Asia - Asia
|
|
![]() |
|
Mormegil ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 03 2010 Location: NE PA Status: Offline Points: 6547 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Oof!
Yes Asia GTR
|
|
Welcome to the middle of the film.
|
|
![]() |
|
Gnik Nosmirc ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: March 28 2024 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 193 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Not on the list but
is a great album overall.
|
|
![]() |
|
mathman0806 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: June 06 2014 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 6087 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
^The video is not available to me. What album is it?
|
|
![]() |
|
Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Online Points: 35659 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
YES - 90125
|
|
![]() |
|
Criswell ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: March 30 2023 Location: Illinois Status: Offline Points: 270 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
3 - To the Power of Three
Desde La Vida is a great Emerson composition, worthy of the early ELP catalogue. And his solo in On My Way Home is a favorite of mine.
|
|
![]() |
|
Frets N Worries ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 30 2023 Location: Your Basement Status: Offline Points: 4031 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I'll vote Yes
|
|
The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow.
Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time... |
|
![]() |
|
suitkees ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: July 19 2020 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 8897 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Me too, though I like all these albums (maybe the Kansas one a bit less...), including Chance by MMEB as suggested by Gnik...
|
|
The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
|
![]() |
|
progaardvark ![]() Collaborator ![]() ![]() Crossover/Symphonic/RPI Teams Joined: June 14 2007 Location: Sea of Peas Status: Offline Points: 49181 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
90125. I've been usurped by a mayonnaise noun again.
|
|
----------
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 |
|
![]() |
|
Jared ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 06 2005 Location: Hereford, UK Status: Offline Points: 17732 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
As I mentioned in another thread, my fave would be Freedom at Point Zero, although I know that was 1979.
Otherwise, could I have Toto: Turn Back?
|
|
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
|
|
![]() |
|
octopus-4 ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() RIO/Avant/Zeuhl,Neo & Post/Math Teams Joined: October 31 2006 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 13457 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
90125, the best pop album of the 80s.
|
|
Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half.
My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
|
![]() |
|
rushfan4 ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 22 2007 Location: Michigan, U.S. Status: Offline Points: 66092 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Asia's S/T. I enjoy all of them, though I am least familiar with the Kansas album. I've heard Power a handful of times, but I can't say that I am familiar with any of the songs by the song titles.
|
|
![]() |
|
![]() |
|
mellotronwave ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 30 2021 Location: Belgium Status: Offline Points: 7728 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Asia by default , not my favorite sub genre of rock music
|
|
"Mellotron is to progrock what watercolor is to painting. Diaphanous and mesmerizing"
|
|
![]() |
|
verslibre ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: July 01 2004 Location: CA Status: Offline Points: 15448 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Power
|
|
![]() |
|
Steve Wyzard ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: March 30 2017 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 2120 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Yes > Asia > GTR > Three > Kansas.
I freely admit to owning (and enjoying) all these albums!
|
|
![]() |
|
Logan ![]() Forum & Site Admin Group ![]() ![]() Site Admin Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Status: Online Points: 33165 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Better than Kate Bush's Hounds of Love and The Dreaming, for instance? Of course it's subjective, but perhaps seeing such high praise I should give it a fresh listen. Last and only time I heard it in full was in the 80s. I got very drunk, skunked and sick that night. I don't know any of these albums well enough to vote. EDIT: I listened to a couple The Smiths albums today which I also would call great, highly-regarded 80s pop. Will give a listen to 90125 very soon. "Greatest and favourite 80s pop albums" would be a topic I would be into (well, the fave part, not really the greatest). I like and remember Owner of a Lonely Heart but sampling the rest, it doesn't fare better in the 2020s for me as it did when I was a teenager. Best in this case is but an individual construct and fancy.
Edited by Logan - May 03 2024 at 17:14 |
|
![]() |
|
Lewian ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: August 09 2015 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 14242 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
If Saga's Silent Knight counts, I prefer it to all these. 90125 is best of those listed but I really only like about half of its material - some of this is very very good though. (Similarly Chance.)
|
|
![]() |
|
Progosopher ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 12 2009 Location: Coolwood Status: Offline Points: 6402 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I find Asia's debut to be fresh and energetic.
|
|
The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
|
|
![]() |
|
Atavachron ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 30 2006 Location: Pearland Status: Offline Points: 64700 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
^ How dare you.
|
|
"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy
|
|
![]() |
Post Reply ![]() |
Page 12> |
Forum Jump | Forum Permissions ![]() You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot create polls in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum |