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    Posted: November 28 2005 at 07:16

Any year from the early to mid- seventies will do for me.  

I would put the eighties in Room 101.

   

 
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I've recently done the nerdiest thing

I've made a curve that illustrates how my music collection is spread over years, starting in 1959 (the year my earliest record is from) and ending in 2005

   

(It seems there is a problem with 1972 and 1982)

favourite year: 1971!    



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For classic prog it would probably be 1973 but overall;

I would agree with Stonebeard about this year though, as I discovered this site and through it bands like PT, Opeth, Gentle Giant, Hatfield and the North, Symphony X etc, as well as rediscovering VGG. 
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The 20's were great as well
We got to pump the stuff to make us tough
from the heart
Its astart
What we need is awareness we cant get careless
Mental self defensive fitness
Make everybody see in order to fight the powers that be
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The 70`s  
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VERY FUNDAMENTAL LIST IVAN!

I AGREE.
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its all about 1973
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'72-'73
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for me, easily 1977
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1974

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis

That's all I need
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1969

because of King Crimson

and Van Der Graaf Generator
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Though my favourite album was released in 1972 (Close to the Edge), overall I think the best year was 1973:

King Crimson - Larks Tongues in Aspic
Yes - Yessongs, Tales from Topographic Oceans
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound;
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon;
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire;
Rick Wakeman - 6 Wives of Henry VIII
Henry Cow - Leg End
ELP - Brain Salad Surgery

..but I also liked 1977 which had:

Pink Floyd - Animals
Yes - Going for the One
ELP - Works I

and outside prog in 1977...

Bowie - Heroes (well, prog-ish,  with Fripp & Eno playing)
Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus, No More Heroes
Ian Dury - New Boots & Panties
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Points: 19557 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 24 2005 at 01:30

Originally posted by Rust Rust wrote:

Originally posted by genesis24601 genesis24601 wrote:

71-74 (Genesis Time period, as well, as many good albums such as Dark Side of the Moon, Close to the Edge and other classics). Then again, this is the "classic" time period of prog, unless you can prove me wrong. I don't know because I haven't heard all of the albums mentioned.

Can you be a little more specific, which year and why it is that year

 

1971

  1. Nursery Cryme
  2. The Yes Album
  3. Aqualung
  4. Acquiring the Taste
  5. Pawn Hearts
  6. Pictures at an Exhibition
  7. The Inner Mountain Flame

1972

  1. Storia Di Un Minuto
  2. Thick as a Brick
  3. 666
  4. Trilogy
  5. Close to the Edge
  6. Foxtrot
  7. Octopus

1973

  1. Six Wives of Henry the VIII
  2. Dark Side of the Moon
  3. Tubular Bells
  4. Felona e Sorona
  5. SEBTP
  6. Brain Salad Surgery
  7. In a Glass House

1974

  1. Hamburger Concerto
  2. Journey to the Centre of the Earth
  3. Red
  4. Illusions on a Double Dimple
  5. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
  6. Relayer
  7. Hatfield and the North

Why must we choose a year if we can have them all?????

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Originally posted by OldFatherThames OldFatherThames wrote:

1972

Agreed
 
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2005....because I discovered this site!
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It's difficult but i go for 1973!
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Points: 6336 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 23 2005 at 19:57

I wuld like to say 1972...but Crimson did not released an album that year...well, still it was an mazing year for prog!!! But then again, 1973 was great too...mainly because of Larks and Selling england...

But I say 1972
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If I have to choose years, I'll go with both 1970 and 1978.

1970 is when they were energized on getting it all together, so the music was really sincere but not boring. And 1978 because that's about the time they began to weed-out the nonense, delivering only the best components of Progressive Music.

The years in between had to much nonsense diluting the good. Lots of silliness.

(Where "they" refers to the typical, brand-name Prog band.)

 



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Originally posted by Green and Funky Green and Funky wrote:

Who Are You--The Who

This one was released in 1978...

As far as I'm concerned, I'd go for 1975, but not because of one or more milestone albums...
It's just a matter of sonorities: I always thought htat the music released prior to this year suffers from the "dated sound syndrome".
From 1975 on instead, maybe thanks to the massive introduction of synthesizers (notably the ARP used by Pink Floyd to name one), sound became definitely more "modern"

Also the increasing neatiness in production helped reach a sonority quality that at times can hardly be distinguished from the present day one.
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