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Poll Question: Who has the best overall?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
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10 [9.62%]
10 [9.62%]
5 [4.81%]
11 [10.58%]
25 [24.04%]
12 [11.54%]
2 [1.92%]
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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

I've kept it to a round ten bands (arguably the most important in prog)

Ooooh, not many top 10 most important prog band lists do not include VDGG. Surprised that I'm the first one to mention them. They'd probably snatched my vote.
From the list, Camel wins it through consistency, then KC and Floyd.
Further ones that would've beaten Camel in my book are Cardiacs, Can, Amon Düül II. Univers Zero isn't a bad nomination either.
 

Yeah my biggest omission. I actually woke up in the night and apart from COVID-19 and work worries , that one (missing VDGG) also popped into my head. I could edit the poll and take Rush out of the equation but I'm guessing that people who might have voted VDGG have already gone for a different option so I will have to leave it. Sorry!


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Now this is an interesting/good thread! Even I didn't realize how solid, by comparison, ELP's first four are to pretty much (well, all) most of this list!

ELP!

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The first four of Talking Heads or Kate Bush would be the first on my list ...then probably Genesis.
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Camel, no contest. I'd say the first six of theirs are all pretty good.

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First Four Marillion Albums
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Out of Genesis, Gentle Giant, Camel and Floyd. Think I’ll vote for the Giant.
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Originally posted by hellogoodbye hellogoodbye wrote:

The first four of Talking Heads or Kate Bush would be the first on my list ...then probably Genesis.

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I would second Kate Bush on that ... for that matter, Rickie Lee Jones ... her first 4 albums were outstanding, and then it was like ... she disappeared!
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If I could, I would vote for the first 4 Family lps hands down as (for me) they are consistently on my turntable and I enjoy all 4 equally and feel they are of equal strength and consistency. 

Applying the same principle I am strangely finding some of my favourite bands a bit wanting in odd moments and so I find that I do enjoy the first 4 Tull, Camel and then Genesis lps (regardless of FGTR) equally.

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Has to be Gentle Giant.  I'm not much of an ELP fan
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ELP's a great choice, but I've got to go with Genesis. I can take or leave the debut itself, but the next three! Big smile

Edited by Sacro_Porgo - April 13 2020 at 13:22
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And as far as my favorite first four in general are. Queen, Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night At The Opera.
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I went with ELP(that's not counting Pictures though). Unfortunately nothing they did after those came close.
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

I went with ELP(that's not counting Pictures though). Unfortunately nothing they did after those came close.
Unless you count Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends, Ladies And Gentlemen...
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It says I've already voted in this poll, but I don't remember which one of these got my vote. Embarrassed

It's a nice poll. Thumbs Up
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Gentle Giant - their four first are my four favorites of theirs. All wonderful
Camel - love all four, but I don't think all four albums are equally strong
Jethro Tull - I do love ca. half of This Was, but that album is the weaker link for me
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Gentle Giant
ELP
Jethro Tull
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Genesis
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ELP
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I'd say ELP... as history shows first albums are often not that great and sometimes show little of the future brilliance of a band... Genesis and Yes are two obvious examples in the prog genre (possibly also Tull and Camel), and even dare I suggest Pink Floyd, as PATGOD is so atypical of the future Floydian Sound.

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First four VDGG
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