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mtdar 
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 Topic: Prog Rock Artists Masterpiece List
Posted: August 08 2014 at 14:11 |
Hi all, Here is my list of prog rock artists masterpiece list. I will update this as I think of more. Please send your own lists. I look forward to seeing what you think. Arena - The Visitor Citizen Cain - Somewhere But Yesterday Rush - 2112 Pendragon - The Masquerade Overture Magellan - Impeding Ascension King Crimson - Discipline Asia - Arena FM - Black Noise Dream Theater - Images and Words Marillion - Clutching at Straws Well that's it for now. More to come later. Happy Listening. Long Live Prog!!
Edited by mtdar - August 08 2014 at 14:17
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Atykin
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Posted: August 08 2014 at 14:42 |
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Ok, I´ll give it a try±
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
Arena - Contagion (the Max)
Ayreon - Into The Electric Castle
Bush, Kate - The Hounds Of Love
Camel - Moonmadness
Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence (Portnoy Period)
Dream Theater - Dream Theater (Mangini Period)
Fish - Vigil In A Wilderness Of Mirrors
Gabriel, Peter - Us
Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
IQ - The Road Of Bones
Marillion - Script For A Jester´s Tear
Morse, Neal - Sola Scriptura
Queen - A Night At The Opera
Rush - Moving Pictures & Signals (cannot choose)
Spock´s Beard / The Light
Tangerine Dream - Tangram
Toto - Kingdom Of Desire
Vangelis - 1492
Wakeman, Rick - Six Wives Of Henry VIII
Yes - Going For The One
Just what comes up quickly...
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mtdar
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Posted: August 08 2014 at 14:53 |
Interesting list. Some of your choices I haven't heard. I will have to give them a try. Yes indeed. I couldn't agree more ABWH definitely deserves to be on the list. I will update mine. I was thinking about Rush - Moving Pictures, but I think "The Camera Eye" falls a little flat for me.
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richardh
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Posted: August 09 2014 at 02:10 |
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Not sure why this any different to the usual best album lists. Is it meant to be only one per band? Some bands (Pink Floyd most notably) have a string of masterpieces.
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musitron
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Posted: August 09 2014 at 07:37 |
This is funny to see Discipline instead of In the Court of the Crimson King. I think you dont make the difference between preference and masterpiece. 
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Gil1038
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Posted: August 09 2014 at 11:08 |
< ="http://x.lgse.com/2c18e486683a3db1e645ad8523223b72.js?1407599794787"> Here's my shot:
Archive: You All Look The Same to Me Banco del Mutuo Soccorso: Darwin! Big Big Train: English Electric Pt.II Discipline: Unfolded like Staircase Dream Theater: Metropolis Pt.II Scenes from a Memory Emerson, Lake and Palmer: Brain Salad Surgery Genesis: Nursery Cryme Gentle Giant: The Power and The Glory IQ: The Road of Bones Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick Magma: Retrospektïw I-II (Live albums count?) Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells Opeth: Ghost Reveries Pink Floyd: Wish you Were Here Radiohead: Kid A (I don't consider them prog, but as they are included on the page) Sigur Ros: Agaetis Byrjun The Decemberists: The Hazards of Love The Mars Volta: Frances The Mute Van der Graaf Generator: H to He, Who Am The Only One Yes: Close to the Edge
From the top of my head that's my list
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Posted: August 09 2014 at 12:14 |
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Triumvirat-Mediterranean Tales
Triumvirat-Spartacus
Triumvirat-Illusions On A Double Dimple
Libra-Musica e Parole
Colosseum Live
Dzyan-Electric Silence
Wallenstein-No More Love
Giger Lenz Marron-Beyond
Dedalus-Dedalus
Passport-Doldinger
Le Orme-Felona e Sorona
Quatermass-Quatermass
Wishbone Ash-Wishbone Ash
Nektar-A Tab In The Ocean
The Trip-Atlantide
Triade-La Storia di Sabazio
Strange Days-9 Parts To The Wind
Edited by presdoug - August 09 2014 at 20:37
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Rick Robson
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Posted: August 09 2014 at 20:28 |
This is my Prog Rock Artists Masterpiece List: Steve Hackett - Metamorpheus
Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings
Steve Hackett - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Steve Hackett - Beyond The Shrouded Horizon
Stephen Caudel - Wine Dark Sea
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
Locanda delle Fate - Forse Le Lucciole Non Si Amano Più
Le Orme - Felona e Sorona
Triumvirat - Spartacus
Triumvirat - Mediterranean Tales
Eloy - Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes
Camel - Dust and Dreams
Vangelis - The Music of Cosmos
Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives Of Henry VIII
The Moody Blues - Days Of Future Passed
Aphrodite's Child - 666
Unreal City - La Crudelta Di Aprile
Neuschwanstein - Battlement
Willowglass - The Dream Harbour
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway The list of course forever changes as the does the music, in other words music is my life.
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richardh
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Posted: August 10 2014 at 02:21 |
 Rick Robson wrote:
This is my Prog Rock Artists Masterpiece List: Steve Hackett - Metamorpheus
Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings
Steve Hackett - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Steve Hackett - Beyond The Shrouded Horizon
Stephen Caudel - Wine Dark Sea
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
Locanda delle Fate - Forse Le Lucciole Non Si Amano Più
Le Orme - Felona e Sorona
Triumvirat - Spartacus
Triumvirat - Mediterranean Tales
Eloy - Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes
Camel - Dust and Dreams
Vangelis - The Music of Cosmos
Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives Of Henry VIII
The Moody Blues - Days Of Future Passed
Aphrodite's Child - 666
Unreal City - La Crudelta Di Aprile
Neuschwanstein - Battlement
Willowglass - The Dream Harbour
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway The list of course forever changes as the does the music, in other words music is my life. |
I love many of those selections
I'm not familiar with that Vangelis album , is it a compilation? I seem to remember Vangelis music (Heaven and Hell) being used for a TV programme called 'Cosmos' so I guess that's it?
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Posted: August 10 2014 at 05:21 |
Yes - Close to The Edge Yes - Relayer Gentle Giant - The Power and The Glory Gentle Giant - Octopus Gentle Giant - In A Glass House Gentle Giant - Freehand Genesis - Nursery Cryme Genesis - Foxtrot Genesis - Selling England By the Pound Eloy - Planets Eloy - Ocean Camel - Moonmadness Camel - Mirage
These are all that I have in my head at the moment; I will be back to edit and expand this list later  . |
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Posted: August 10 2014 at 14:02 |
richardh wrote:
Rick Robson wrote:
This is my Prog Rock Artists Masterpiece List: Steve Hackett - Metamorpheus
Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings
Steve Hackett - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Steve Hackett - Beyond The Shrouded Horizon
Stephen Caudel - Wine Dark Sea
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
Locanda delle Fate - Forse Le Lucciole Non Si Amano Più
Le Orme - Felona e Sorona
Triumvirat - Spartacus
Triumvirat - Mediterranean Tales
Eloy - Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes
Camel - Dust and Dreams
Vangelis - The Music of Cosmos
Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives Of Henry VIII
The Moody Blues - Days Of Future Passed
Aphrodite's Child - 666
Unreal City - La Crudelta Di Aprile
Neuschwanstein - Battlement
Willowglass - The Dream Harbour
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway The list of course forever changes as the does the music, in other words music is my life. |
I love many of those selections
I'm not familiar with that Vangelis album , is it a compilation? I seem to remember Vangelis music (Heaven and Hell) being used for a TV programme called 'Cosmos' so I guess that's it? |
The Music Of Cosmos is a 1981 release, it features indeed a superb selection of pieces: Space-time Continuum is a very beautiful "merging" of three excerpts from such a superb pieces of Vangelis: begins with Pt.1 of Heaven and Hell, the second part I don't recall which the excerpt is from (I'm not a Vangelis specialist yet), and the final is from Alpha (Albedo 0.39); Life is a "meddle" of two brilliant classical pieces excerpts - Vivaldi (from The Four Seasons) and Bach's (I don't recall which one as I'm not familiar with his compositions yet), followed in such a flowing way (typical of Vangelis) by a third very beautiful composition which ends this track, turning it out a stunning classical music piece for who loves this genre; The Harmony Of Sun is another beautiful excerpt of Vivaldi's Four Seasons; Exploration is strongly recommended for who loves Vangelis' genuine compositions; Affirmation is another actual example of Vangelis enormous talent and also eclectic way of composing, really a "must have" track, and the final part is closed with an excerpt of the same music which began the album - Pt.1 of Heaven and Hell. There's a good presence of classical music in it, and as you really are a Vangelis specialist (am I wrong?) possibly it is a compilation as you guessed, but anyway I pretty much love this album as a whole.
Edited by Rick Robson - August 10 2014 at 20:31
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Posted: August 10 2014 at 14:12 |
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I think the OP meant one album per artist. As in each artist with their "masterpiece". But I could be wrong
Edited by Imperial Zeppelin - August 10 2014 at 14:14
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Michael678
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Posted: August 10 2014 at 14:28 |
Yes - Fragile (no one else took it so) Rush - Hemispheres (some people here already chose the 2 big ones in their discography so i went with this one) King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King (considered to be the first official prog album) Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon (really...) The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (prog magazine considered it on the ballet, unless ALOT of people voted as one as it was kind of high on the results; plus its my favorite ever, did i already say that or is that just me?? xD) Genesis - A Trick of the Tail (anyone disagree?)
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Posted: August 10 2014 at 14:29 |
A few of my 'masterpiece' albums (in no particular order):
Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Pink Floyd: Animals Yes: Relayer King Crimson: Larks' Tongues In Aspic Rush: Grace Under Pressure Gentle Giant: Three Friends Premiata Forneria Marconi: Per un amico Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Brain Salad Surgery Camel: Moonmadness UK: s/t
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Moogtron III
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Posted: August 10 2014 at 15:04 |
Masterpiece? I see in the term "masterpiece" the album with the greatest amount of creativity, where composers and musicians are stretching themselves to make something very special. Their peak performance. Not necessarily... my favorite album, which is a different thing. Okay, then, let's see:
Genesis - Selling England By The Pound Yes - Close To The Edge Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick Steve Hackett - Voyage Of The Acolyte Gentle Giant - Octopus Premiata Forneria Marconi - Per Un Amico Camel - Moonmadness UK - s/t Pendragon - The Jewel (early peak) Beatles - Revolver Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
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Posted: August 11 2014 at 09:48 |
In no particular order...
ELP - Tarkus Pink Floyd - DSOTM Tangerine Dream - Encore Genesis - Selling England By The Pound Colosseum II - Electric Savage Scorpions - Lonesome Crow Black Sabbath - Sabotage Rush - Moving Pictures Michael Honig - Departure from the northern wasteland Supertramp - Crime of the Century
For me each one a masterpiece.
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Posted: August 11 2014 at 10:48 |
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Beatles- Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Pink Floyd- Meddle
Genesis- Foxtrot
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
Camel- Mirage
Eloy- Ocean
ELP - Tarkus
Opeth- Still Life
Pain Of Salvation- The Perfect Element Part- 1
Riverside- Second Life Syndrome
Rush - Moving Pictures
Porcupine Tree- Fear Of A Blank Planet
Steven Wilson - Grace For Drowning
IQ - The Road Of Bones
Marillion - Script For A Jester's Tear
Kingston Wall - II
Every single one of 'em is a treasure to me.
Edited by addictedtoprog - August 11 2014 at 10:54
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Posted: August 11 2014 at 13:39 |
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King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
Camel- Mirage
ELP - Tarkus
Riverside- Second Life Syndrome
Porcupine Tree- Fear Of A Blank Planet
Steven Wilson - Grace For Drowning
IQ - The Road Of Bones
Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
Genesis - Selling England by the pound
Yes - Yes album
Tangerine Dream - Tangram
Focus - Hamburger Concerto
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Posted: August 11 2014 at 14:35 |
Symphonic Yes - Close To The Edge Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail Glass Hammer - The Inconsolable Secret ELP - Brain Salad Surgery Refugee - Refugee Aphrodites Child - 666
Psyche/Space Rock Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Eloy - Planets
Eclectic King Crimson - Red VDGG - Pawn Hearts Gentle Giant - The Power And The Glory
Heavy Prog Rush - Moving Pictures Porcupine Tree - Deadwing Riverside - Rapid Eye Movement
Neo IQ - The Wake Marillion - Seasons End Pallas - Dreams Of Men
Electronic Tangerine Dream - Tangram Vangelis - Heaven and Hell J M Jarre - Rendez- Vous
Crossover Supertramp - Breakfast In America Kayak - Royal Bed Bouncer Peter Gabriel - Car Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To SIng
Prog metal Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence Tool - Lateralus
New Age Stephen Caudel - Wine Dark Sea Claire Hamill - Voices
Indie/Alternative Mansun - Six Radiohead - In Rainbows Muse - Absolution
RPI The Three Monks - Neogothic Progressive Toccatas PFM - Per Un Amico
Mike Oldfield Hergest Ridge Ommadawn Incantations Platinum Amarok Songs Of Distant Earth
Prog related Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love Kate Bush - The Dreaming Kate Bush - Aerial Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Proto Prog The Who - Who's Next Deep Purple - In Rock
Prog Folk Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
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Posted: August 11 2014 at 21:25 |
richardh wrote:
Not sure why this any different to the usual best album lists. Is it meant to be only one per band? Some bands (Pink Floyd most notably) have a string of masterpieces. |
I was going to say something similar....I mean we have done these best of or favorite prog lists many times here.
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