PA Top 100: Albums 40 to 49

GG over Caravan & VDGG

For me, Peter Hammill's best solo album just beats his band's album by a whisker.

First vote to VdGG, hopefully not the only one. 

 


Edited by Lewian - January 24 2022 at 05:21

The silent corner and Scheherazade are on the top of the mountain, hand in hand.

Supertramp and Museo Rosenbach, on the hills around, watch them with envy.

Caravan and VdGG, where are thou? They are walking.

And the others?

We don't see them, they are very far, in the fog of the city.

Edited by jamesbaldwin - January 24 2022 at 05:34

Camel for me, a fantastic album. I also love Caravan, Renaissance, Gentle Giant and Pink Floyd, and they are just a notch below.

Renaissance - Scheherazade and Other Stories

Renaissance' Tales of 1001 Nights

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - January 24 2022 at 06:06

Again: Several albums here I could easily choose and be happy with (Pink and Grey, Scheherazade, Power and the Glory), but went with Crime of the Century, a near flawless album who's stock has, sadly, fallen since I joined PA 14 years ago (used to hover around #25), thus, I wanted to show it a little love.

Honestly, none of these is a favorite of mine.  Interestingly, only Meddle comes from one of the big 6 or 7 bands.  The rest are second or third tier bands.  Still Life is probably my favorite VDGG album and The Power and Glory is one of Gentle Giant's best, but both of these bands are more PA required listening versus bands that I have a long listening history with.  Snow Goose is generally considered Camel's masterpiece, and while I recognize that it is beautiful music, it generally puts me to sleep.  In the Land of Grey and Pink is also generally considered Caravan's best.  Crime of the Century is a good album, and probably has the songs that I am most familiar with, although I am not familiar with the album as a whole.  Many of the rest are albums that I have enjoyed listening to, but none are what I would call favorites.