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ClassicRocker 
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 Posted: May 28 2008 at 00:12 |
 moreitsythanyou wrote:
ClassicRocker wrote:
I can't possibly choose a subjective fav for each decade, as my post would be filled with about 5 choices for every "era" 
I'll simply state my pick for the 2000s [warning: not "prog" ahead]:
For a long time it was Gorillaz' Demon Days (yes, I've been part of the bandwagon), but this month I have discovered what I deem the masterpiece of the new millenium:
Animal Collective's Strawberry Jam. The layers of sound and floaty/full atmosphere can probably best be described as "lush."
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Awesome choice. It's good to see the rapidly increasing AC support here 
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I'm glad you think so too! (Thanks for the acknowledgment - I don't seem to get much of it  ) If I may digress from the topic for a moment, I'd just say that Strawberry Jam is definitely their best album I've heard - it's superior IMO to Here Comes The Indian and Sung Tongs - still have yet to hear Feels tho... After listening to AC, I would definitely support their addition here at PA (prog related or maybe eclectic?) I might add it would also be excellent to have some Flaming Lips love here (prog related or crossover) - also a lush band with (what sounds like) high-end production. Soft Bulletin is great, and I might go so far as to put Yoshimi in my top 5 of this decade...
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Posted: May 28 2008 at 00:29 |
Hmmm, lets see Best or Most Popular albums:
60's:Dayys Of Future Past - Moody Blues
70's: The Wall: Pink Floyd
80's: Moving Pictures - Rush
90's: *shrug* Bat out of Hell II - Meatloaf
00's: *shrug* Snakes & Arrows - Rush
Now for personal favorites:
60's: Stand Up - Jethro Tull
70's: Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull
80's: Presto....jk, Grace Under Pressure - Rush
90's: Calafornia - Mr. Bungle
00's: *shrug* either Sleeping In Traffic PTII - Beardfish, or The Skies Above - The Black Mages.
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Posted: May 28 2008 at 00:59 |
Not my favorites in all the case, but my list would include:
- 60's: Being that the 60's was a decade of exploration and the starting point for the blending of influences, it has to be an album that combines thjose elements plus a touch of Psyche which IMO was the most representative genre of this years, so I'll go with "The Crazy World of Arhur Brown"
- 70's: The glorious decade of Symphonic Prog, I believe tghat an album which combines at least an epic (long track to be precise), good shorter ones, excellent lyrics and 100% Symphonic Prog sound, so I'll go with "Foxtrot"
- 80's: A decade in which the Prog elements combined clearly with more mainstream ones, has to be a Neo Prog, so my vote is for "Script for a Jester's Tear". A Neo Prog band for a Neo Prog decade, as a fact the most representative.
- 90's: The decade in which Symphonic resurrected, has to be a Scandinavian band, because that was the strongest region and my choice is "Gothic Impressions" By Par Lindh Project. Not only for the reasons explained before, but also vbecause Par Lindh is the founder oftheSwedish Art Rock Society that gave birth to this movement and because in that album Par Lind Project, Anglagard, Bjorn Johanson and Flower Kings are represented.
- 00's: Still the decade hasn't ended and for that reason Idon't have the perspective to mention adefinitive album.
I won't go with mainstream albums because the choice would had to be a
1.- Lollypop Rock album for the 60's, probably an early Beatles.
2.- Disco album for the 70's.
3.- Thriller for the 80's.
4.- Boys or Girls album for the 90's, if lucky Nevermind which is not my cup of tea either.
5.- Rap album for the 00's
And honestly, couldn't care less.  .
Iván
Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - May 28 2008 at 01:05
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BroSpence
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Posted: May 28 2008 at 04:45 |
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Wow cool posts!
Alright well...if we are talking strictly Rock (and all its friends) then:
60s - Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited. (IMO the most important rock album of all time. Dylan says FU to the folk past and blows the rock world away. A unique combination of folk, blues, beat poetry, country, and punk spirit. The ultimate in influence mashing, predating and trend setting. Thank Dylan for the latter day Beatles, Hendrix, and just about anything else you ever cared for).
70s - David Bowie - Aladdin Sane (clinched the title of Glam King and the future of glam rock and rock personalities). or Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (drugs, darkness, heavy as hell. a spawning point for modern rock and metal.)
80s - The 80s had such a wide variety of artists and great albums to chose from. Everything was being taken from the last 2 decades and expanded upon, or improved. My nominees are U2 - War because it took a bit of the punk scene's fighting spirit mixed it was pop song structures and hooks, mixed a bit of arena size rock, and gave it all a nice wall of sound to work with too. Or there was R.E.M. - Murmur which basically showed the everyday man woman and child that even four college kids with no money, from
Georgia could write better pop songs than any Madonna or Duran Duran. Not to mention it impacted everyone else who didn't think it was possible thus helping to spawn modern alternative and indie rock.
90s - Slint - Spiderland.(easily the most unique album of the 90s and a taste of what was to come/be mimicked).
00s - The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute (the MOST 21st century band and their best album that combines almost every genre imaginable and appeals to those who prefer one or more of the combined genres. This is their most dynamic album and the first album they began experimenting with different ideas like songs suites, and continual themes).
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Demonoid
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Posted: May 28 2008 at 06:09 |
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60s - In the court of the cimson king
70s - Dark side of the moon
80s - Moving Pictures
90s - Images & words
00s - The perfect element 1
Edited by Demonoid - May 28 2008 at 06:10
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Posted: May 28 2008 at 06:54 |
Drew wrote:
60's-perhaps ITKOKC
70's Dark Side
80's Moving Pictures
90's Images & Words
00's In Absentia |
I'm surprised, I thought you would have said Terria for this decade.
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Posted: May 28 2008 at 07:44 |
crimson87 wrote:
well that's easy
60's:In the Court of the Crimson King
70's:Larks tongues in aspic
80's:Dicipline
90's:THRAK
00's:The Power to Believe
Nah , just joking...
the problem is that actually this could be a very serious list |
Up to there, I actually agree , although I could have Dire Straits' Love Over Gold for the 80s. I don't know much of the 90s and 00s, but I certainly prefer Hackett's To Watch The Storms to The Power To Believe, and I haven't headed for any 90s Crimson yet.
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Posted: May 28 2008 at 09:38 |
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60s: Love - Forever Changes (followed closely by The Beach Boys Pet Sounds)
70s: Hawkwind - Hall of the Mountain Grill.
80s: Home Service - Alright Jack (though for something more prog I might choose Grace under Pressure or Broadsword and the Beast)
90s: Neil Young - Harvest Moon
00s: Arcade Fire: Funeral
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Peace Bunny
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Posted: May 28 2008 at 19:00 |
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60s----Court of the Crimson King- King Crimson
70s----The Wall-Pink Floyd
80s----Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)--David Bowie
90's----Images and Words--Dream Theater
00's----Second Life Syndrome--Riverside
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keith_emerson
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Posted: May 30 2008 at 19:28 |
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60's Sgt. Pepper (Advanced to its decade)
70's Objectively: Foxtrot. Subjectively: Pawn Hearts
80's Script for a Jester's Tear (Although it isn't brilliant or innovative)
90's OK Computer (Definitively, far from the rest)
00's Bu***it
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Posted: May 31 2008 at 07:55 |
^ Bu***hit? What sort of music do they play? They are not in the Archives... 
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The Wizard
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Posted: May 31 2008 at 08:29 |
60's: Piper at the Gates of Dawn
70's: Tago Mago
80's: Daydream Nation
90's: Loveless
00's: Kid A
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The Wizard
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Posted: May 31 2008 at 08:43 |
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ClassicRocker
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Posted: June 07 2008 at 22:30 |
The Wizard wrote:
Yeah, Strawberry Jam may very well be the best Animal Collective album. I haven't heard Sun Tongs however, but someone told me it wasn't that good so i've been kinda weary to check it out. |
Well, I have become a fan of the band through Strawberry Jam, and I have to say Sung Tongs was unfortunately kind of disappointing/dull in parts. There are some good tracks, but it hasn't grown on me like Strawberry has. Generally, the sound of Sung Tongs is acoustic, and (from what I can recall) there are either NO electronics on the album (or it nearly lacks them). I can enjoy some of the "looping" material they have made, but Animal Collective doesn't feature enough variety or technical excellence to justify the length of some of the looping acoustic material. For example, although it's relaxing enough, the longest track "Visiting Friends" is ultimately redundant and hard to get through if it is anything more than background music. Interestingly enough, two of the most interesting/endearing songs on the album for me (I guess they work more as novelties) are "Sweet Road" (my fave) and "College" (just funny), which also happen to be the shortest tracks around only 1 min in length. "Winters Love" holds my interest well too. I'm personally on the look out for Feels, from which I heard a track or two and it seems more appealing to me than Sung Tongs, being placed between that album and SJ. If you love Strawberry Jam, you may do well to check out Panda Bear's solo album Person Pitch, which features many of the dominating ideas in sound from that AC album, but of course it isn't exactly the same. (Panda Bear is one of the two major cornerstones of Animal Collective). If anything, his album is a logical extension (not progression) of SJ, to put it simply. Unrelated to AC: My friend just got me a copy of the Flaming Lips' The Soft Bulletin 5.1. To sum it up, I now have a new favorite album of the '90s decade! 
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Posted: June 07 2008 at 22:46 |
el böthy wrote:
For the ´80... this one is tricky, I honestly don´t know ... I mean it could be Michael Jacksons Thriller... but then again it just would take the cake for having been such a massive succes more than being influential, at least in a greater scale than just corporative pop... help here is welcomed. |
Remain in light? Daydream Nation? For me: 1960s: The Velvet Underground & Nico 1970s: Tago Mago 1980s: Remain in Light 1990s: Laughing Stock 2000s: Choirs of the Eye HM for the 2000s: Radiohead - Kid A Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica Magma - K.A. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam The Microphones - The Glow pt. 2 Kayo Dot - Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary Sufjan Stevens - Illinois Cafe Tacuba - Cuatro Caminos
Edited by Pnoom! - June 07 2008 at 23:00
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Posted: June 07 2008 at 22:47 |
The Wizard wrote:
Yeah, Strawberry Jam may very well be the best Animal Collective album. I haven't heard Sun Tongs however, but someone told me it wasn't that good so i've been kinda weary to check it out. |
Sung Tongs is very good, but also quite inaccessible. Not on the level of Feels or Strawberry Jam, but definitely an essential album for AC fans.
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Posted: June 07 2008 at 22:51 |
keith_emerson wrote:
70's Objectively: Foxtrot. |
This is an odd choice for the objective best of the 1970s. How did you arrive at this conclusion.
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Posted: June 07 2008 at 22:57 |
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objective best of the seventies: Kohntarkoszlol
as objective now means IMO you can't say I'm wrong
objectively speaking
I objectify Kohntarkosz
i lust mamga
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Statutory-Mike
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Posted: June 07 2008 at 23:00 |
1960s - King Crimson In the Court
1970s - ELP Trilogy
1980s - Rush Permanent Waves
1990s - Dream Theater Images & Words
'00s - Porcupine Tree Fear of a Blank Planet / BTBAM Colors
Edited by MisterProg2112 - June 07 2008 at 23:00
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Posted: June 08 2008 at 12:12 |
keith_emerson wrote:
60's Sgt. Pepper (Advanced to its decade)
70's Objectively: Foxtrot. Subjectively: Pawn Hearts
80's Script for a Jester's Tear (Although it isn't brilliant or innovative)
90's OK Computer (Definitively, far from the rest)
00's Bu***it
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You are absolute phail!
Ok, heres my list...
60's-Abbey road
70's-Yessongs
80's-Spirit of Eden (moving pictures is ridiculusly close)
90's-Themes from William Blakes the marriage of heaven and hell (In the aeroplane over the sea is close as well)
00's- Bath, followed by Somewhere along the highway
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