Top 10 Albums?

heyitsthatguy wrote: might I direct all of you to my friend's recent thread on similar things to make a "top albums of PA" list  http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=44257 you can reuse these lists/expand upon them, and include non-prog albums as well

^^^What he said.
I'm going to combine all of those lists in to one list that is meant to represent PA on a whole so yes contribute your list before the due date.

(not necessarily in order, and probably unfairly discounting a couple of newer acquisitions, most notably Camel's 'Mirage'.)

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
In The Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Nursery Cryme - Genesis
Selling England By The Pound - Genesis
Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull
Close To The Edge - Yes
Caress of Steel - Rush
Islands - King Crimson
Emerson, Lake and Palmer - ELP

Top:
1. Heavy - Iron Butterfly
2. Close to the Edge - Yes
3. Led Zeppelin 2 - Led Zeppelin
4. Red - King Crimson
5. Boston - Boston
6. Brain Salad Surgery - ELP
7. ELP - ELP
8. Paradise Lost - Symphony X
9. Tales from Topographic Oceans - Yes
10. 666 Apocalypse of John, 13/18 - Aphrodite's Child
11. Metropolis Pt. 2 - Dream Theater
12. Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart
13. Space Ritual - Hawkwind
14. A Tab in the Ocean - Nektar
15. Don't Look Back - Boston

1. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
2. Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
3. Genesis - Nursery Cryme
4. Yes - Relayer
5. Pink Floyd - Animals
6. Supertramp - Crime of the Century
7. Genesis - Foxtrot
8. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
9. Änglagård - Hybris
10. Van der Graaf Generator - Godbluff

Runnerups worthy of mention

Alice Cooper - Lace & Whiskey
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Io Noto Sano Libero
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Darwin
Camel - Mirage
Camel - Moonmadness
Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky
Death - Human
Focus - Hamburger Concerto
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats

Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
Gentle Giant - Octopus
Gentle Giant - Acquiring The Taste
Gryphon - Red Queen To Gryphon Three
Guns 'n Roses - Appetite for Destruction
In the Woods... - Omnio
In the Woods... - Strange In Stereo
In the Woods... - HEart of the Ages
Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood
Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses
King Crimson - Larks' Tongue In Aspic
King Crimson - Lizard
King Crimson - Red
King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King
Loreena McKennitt - The Book of Secrets
Magma - Köhntarkösz
Marillion - Script for a Jester's Tear
Moonsorrow - V: Havitetty
Opeth - Still Life
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
Osanna - Palepoli
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
Premiata Forneria Marconi - Per Un Amico
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Of Natural History
Rush - A Farewell To Kings
Rush - Hemispheres
Ulver - Nattens Madrigal
Yes - Close to the Edge

Not in any order

This is tough, but I think this is how it would go at the moment:

1. VdGG-Pawn Hearts
2. KC-In the Court of the Crimson King
3. Ayreon-The Human Equation
4. DT-Scenes From a Memory
5. Yes-Close to the Edge (hard choice between that and relayer)
6. ELP-Tarkus
7. Rush-Hemispheres
8. Unexpect- In a Flesh Aquarium
9. Godspeed You! Black Emperor- F # A# Infinity (again, hard choice with Yanqui U.X.O.)
10. Novalis-Novalis

I tried to keep it to one per band and i'm sure it'll chance soon anyway.

in any order:

Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
Our Lady Peace - Spiritual Machines
Tool - 10000 days
Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze
Circa Survive - Juturna
The Sound of Animals Fighting - The Tiger & The Duke
Glassjaw - Worship and Tribute
The Dear Hunter - Act II: The Meaning of and All Things Regarding Ms. Leading

Honorable Mentions:

Minus The Bear - Planet of Ice
Dredg - El cielo
Yes - Close to the Edge
King Crimson - Lark's Tounges in Aspic
Finch (US) - Say Hello to Sunshine

It's too hard to choose a set order but all these albums I would rate as 5 stars.

1.       Yes – Keys To Ascension

2.       PFM – L’Isola Di Niente

3.       Camel – Nude

4.       Yes – Going For The One

5.       Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon

6.       Bruford – Gradually Going Tornado

7.       Genesis – Selling England By The Pound

8.       National Health – Of Queues And Cures

9.       Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Emerson, Lake & Palmer

10.   Earth & Fire – Atlantis

11.   UK – UK

12.   Gentle Giant – Acquiring The Taste

13.   Jethro Tull – Stand Up

14.   Barclay James Harvest – Everyone Is Everybody Else

15.   Brian Wilson – Smile

16.   Bruford – One Of A Kind

17.   Beach Boys – Pet Sounds

18.   Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here

19.   Twelfth Night – Collectors’ Item

20.   Coda – What A Symphony

21.   Sting – Brand New Day

22.   Camel – Echoes

23.   King Crimson – In The Court Of The Crimson King

24.   Yes – Tales From Topographic Oceans

25.   Sting – Mercury Falling

26.   Gentle Giant – Octopus

27.   Sting – The Dream Of The Blue Turtles

28.   Asia – Asia

29.   Kayak – See See the Sun

30.   Schicke, Führs, Fröhling – Symphonic Pictures

31.   Bruford – Feels Good To Me

32.   Allan Holdsworth – Atavachron

33.   Genesis – And Then There Were Three

34.   Gentle Giant – Three Friends

35.   PFM – Chocolate Kings

36.   Yes – 90125

37.   Mike Oldfield – Collaborations

38.   Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

39.   Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Brain Salad Surgery

40.   Caravan – For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night

41.   Chris Squire – Fish Out Of Water

42.   Le Orme - Contrappunti

43.   Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells

44.   Pendragon – The Jewel

45.   Björk – Debut

46.   Barclay James Harvest – Time Honoured Ghosts

47.   PFM – Per Un Amico

48.   King Crimson – Red

49.   Stevie Wonder – Songs In The Key Of Life

50.   Buggles – Adventures In Modern Recording

Dream Theater - Octavarium

Edited by Deus_Nova - January 22 2008 at 19:49

Uhm... my favorite 20 Prog albums in the moment that I wrote this list are:

Edited by Mandrakeroot - January 23 2008 at 19:52