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    Posted: February 07 2009 at 11:43
1 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles
2 The Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd
3 Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin
4 450 De Oi Zdob Si Zdub
5 The Doors The Doors
6 The Beatles The Beatles
7 Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin
8 Willy And The Poor Boys Creedence
9 Abbey Road The Beatles
10 White Blood Cells The White Stripes
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Well since October 2007, my tastes have evolved quite a bit.... I don't think I could possible choose top 10 as these albums tend to be VERY diverse, but here are the albums that I would consider for my top 10 by band

QUEEN
Queen (1973) - hard rock, progressive rock, art rock
Queen II (1974) - hard rock, progressive rock, art rock
A Night At The Opera (1975) - hard rock, progressive rock, art rock, pop rock
Innuendo (1991) - hard rock, pop rock, art rock, pop rock

COHEED & CAMBRIA
The Second Stage Turbine Blade (2002) - alternative rock, alternative metal, punk rock, progressive rock
In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3 (2003) - alternative rock, hard rock, progressive rock, punk rock
Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through The Eyes Of Madness (2005) - progressive rock, alternative rock, progressive metal, hard rock
Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World For Tomorrow (2007) - hard rock, progressive rock, progressive metal

YES
Fragile (1971) - progressive rock
Close To the Edge (1972) - progressive rock
Tales From Topographic Oceans (1973) - progressive rock
Relayer (1974) - progressive rock

PINK FLOYD
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (1967) - psychedelic rock, experimental rock
The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) - progressive rock
The Wall (1979) - rock, progressive rock

EMERSON LAKE & PALMER
Brain Salad Surgery (1973) - progressive rock

MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
The Black Parade (2006) - alternative rock, punk rock

KING CRIMSON
In The Court Of The Crimson King (1969) - progressive rock
"and if the band your in starts playing different tunes, I'll see you on the dark side of the moon"
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I can't believe I've not posted on this thread before, how did I miss this?  It's very tough, but I'll go:-
 
1.  Pink Floyd - Animals
2.  Yes - Going For The One
3.  Flower Kings - Stardust We Are
4.  Eddie Jobson/Zinc - The Green Album
5.  Flower Kings - Space Revolver
6.  Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
7.  ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
8.  IQ - The Seventh House
9.  Genesis - Seconds Out
10. Utopia - Todd Rundgren's Utopia
 
The following albums just miss out
 
FM - Black Noise
Genesis - Selling England
Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans
The Black Dog - Spanners
UK - Danger Money
 
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My 10 fav albums are as follows (try to name one album only from each band..otherwise...)
1-Dawn-Eloy
2-Wish You Were Here-Pink Floyd
3-Song For America-Kansas
4-Rajaz-Camel
5-Thick as a Brick-Jethro Tull
6-Witching Hour-Yokeshire
7-Porcupine Tree-Signify
8-Lands End- Pacific Coast Highway
9-Grobschnitt-Same
10-Epitaph-Same
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Originally posted by Eapo_q42 Eapo_q42 wrote:

Difficult question to answer, really.

Compared to Floyd, Van Der Graaf Generator are out of their league, but I could say that in reference to any number of bands. No matter how much I love a band, Pink Floyd always seem to remain a notch ahead in my mind.

With that said, there are days I prefer VDGG to King Crimson. I love KC, but for me it really boils down to about 4 or 5 albums out of their whole oeuvre that I really like. I really enjoy VDGG from "The least we could do..." until "The Quiet Zone... " which makes 7 albums.

Of course, KC had albums like "Red" and "In the Court Of..." which are probably better than anything VDGG did, if only just.

The styles are different though. Recently I've found I prefer listening to VDGG. Peter Hammill has a certain way of creating an ominous, brooding tone which builds into fantastic organ and sax solos that explode to end a song, and the whole set-up just really appeals to me.

I've loved them from the first listen, but I've heard a lot of people say it's an aquired taste, so I guess you better just check it out for yourself and see!
 
Thanks for the reply, and yeah, I know what you mean about bands like Floyd and Crimson always being a notch ahead, I'm guilty of the same mindset. Having said that though, VDGG still sound interesting from what you've described, and I think I'll definately check 'em out now.
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My 10 all-time favourite albums, they're not all prog though...but they are all close to perfect in my eyes (and ears!)
 
1    Lizard - King Crimson
2    Close To The Edge - Yes
3    Abbey Road - The Beatles
4    Friendliness - Stackridge
5    Nursery Cryme - Genesis
6    Surf's Up - The Beach Boys
7    10cc -10cc
8    Grave New World - Strawbs
9    Round One - Principal Edwards
10  Give Me A Saddle, I'll Trade You A Car - The Albion Band
 
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Difficult question to answer, really.

Compared to Floyd, Van Der Graaf Generator are out of their league, but I could say that in reference to any number of bands. No matter how much I love a band, Pink Floyd always seem to remain a notch ahead in my mind.

With that said, there are days I prefer VDGG to King Crimson. I love KC, but for me it really boils down to about 4 or 5 albums out of their whole oeuvre that I really like. I really enjoy VDGG from "The least we could do..." until "The Quiet Zone... " which makes 7 albums.

Of course, KC had albums like "Red" and "In the Court Of..." which are probably better than anything VDGG did, if only just.

The styles are different though. Recently I've found I prefer listening to VDGG. Peter Hammill has a certain way of creating an ominous, brooding tone which builds into fantastic organ and sax solos that explode to end a song, and the whole set-up just really appeals to me.

I've loved them from the first listen, but I've heard a lot of people say it's an aquired taste, so I guess you better just check it out for yourself and see!
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^^ Excellent choices mate, and I agree about the timelessness of those records. I'll admit though, I haven't listened to any Van Der Graaf Generator yet.....How do you like them compared to Floyd, Crimson, etc? I hear tell the Godbluff LP is quite good.


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Why not, I'll take a crack.

1) Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
2) Yes -  Tales From Topographic Oceans
3) The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
4)King Crimson - Red
5) Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses
6) Yes - Close To The Edge
7) Genesis - Foxtrot
8) Pink Floyd - Animals
9) Rush - A Farewell To Kings
10) Van Der Graaf Generator - Godbluff

That's the top 10 as of right this second. Changes at least weekly. (Except for position 1)

But seriously, ask me again next week and you could find gentle giant, focus, camel, marillion, peter hammill, steve howe, caravan...etc, etc. God only knows. These bands/albums are all so damned classic that it all depends on what i've been spinning recently.


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Hmm...at the moment:
 
Enslaved - Vertebrae
Opeth - Ghost reveries
Porcupine tree - In absentia
Rush - A farewell to kings
Camel - Mirage
Tool - Lateralus
Cynic - Traced in air
Ihsahn - angL
King crimson - THRAK
The Flower Kings - Space Revolver
 
Eh, this'll probably change by tomorrow Wacko
 
 
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Hard to list only 10, but....

1. Genesis - Selling England by the pound
2. Balletto di Bronzo - Ys
3. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of the Moon
4. Yes - Close to the Edge
5. Harmonium - L' Heptade
6. ELP - S/T
7. Magma - Kobaia
8. Raccomandata Ricevuta Ritorno - Per.. Un Modo di Cristallo
9. Le Orme - Uomo di Pezza
10.Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
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  1. Still Life - Opeth
  2. Pawn Hearts - VDGG
  3. Symbolic - Death
  4. Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness - Green Carnation
  5. My Arms, Your Hearse - Opeth
  6. Chaosphere - Meshuggah
  7. Colors - Between The Buried And Me
  8. Frances The Mute - The Mars Volta
  9. Blackwater Park - Opeth
  10. Lateralus - Tool

Yeah boy, 80% prog metal
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Dude ... a "best of" album? That's lame, especially on a prog website.LOL

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OPeth -Blackwater Park
Opeth- Watershed
Pink Floyd-Echoes The Best Of Pink Floyd
Iron Maiden-Killers
Metallica -Kill em all

here are five :P
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  1. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
  2. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
  3. Black Sabbath - Master of Reality

Then, in no order:
  • Black Sabbath - Vol 4
  • Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
  • Rainbow - Rising
  • Camel - Mirage
  • King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
  • Yes - Close to The Edge
  • Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans
  • Uriah Heep - Demons & Wizards
  • Uriah Heep - Magicians Birthday
  • Led Zeppelin - I
  • Led Zeppelin - II
  • Led Zeppelin - III
  • Led Zeppelin - IV
  • Deep Purple - Fireball
  • Deep Purple - Machine Head
  • Deep Purple - Made in Japan
  • Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
  • Rush - Caress of Steel
  • Jethro Tull - Stand Up
  • Pink Floyd - Meddle
  • Eloy - Inside
  • Eloy - Dawn
  • Gong - You
  • Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant
  • Emerson, Lake & Palmer - ELP
  • Alice Cooper - Killer
  • Bo Hansson - Sagan om Ringen
  • Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica
  • Zappa - Uncle Meat
  • Zappa - Hot Rats
  • Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He, who am the only one
  • Soft Machine - Third
  • Caravan - If i could do it all over again, i'd do it all over you
And alot more...


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Originally posted by manofmystery manofmystery wrote:

Originally posted by Mr ProgFreak Mr ProgFreak wrote:

^ of course you could use my website to keep track of those ratings ... or rateyourmusic.com.Smile
 
maybe, my methods are very unscientific though


lol ... I'm honoured. Still, there's not all that much science to assigning ratings ... Wink


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Finch - Glory of the Inner Force
Dun - Eros
Pfm - Chocolate Kings
Los Canarios - Ciclos
Samla Mammas Manna - Maltid
Steve Morse Band - High Tension Wires
Area - Crac!
Santana - Caravanserai
Echolyn - Suffocating the Bloom
Scott Henderson - Tore Down House
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I'm going to only do one album per artist just so it's not just  the VdGG and Mars Volta's respected discographies.
 
1. Van der Graaf Generator-Pawn Hearts
2. The Mars Volta-Frances the Mute
 
after these two the order starts becoming unclear, so the last eight aren't really in order
3. Frank Zappa-hard to choose from his discography, but I'll go with Absolutely Free right now
4. Godspeed You! Black Emperor- F # A # Infinity
5. Giant Squid-Metridium Field
6. Mastodon-Leviathan
7. Alice in Chains-Dirt
8. Yann Tiersen- C'etait Ici
9. The Cure-Disintegration
10. King Crimson-again hard to choose, but for now I'll go with Larks' Tongues in Aspic
 
some others that could be on at any time
Pain Killer-Execution Ground
Rush-once again a tough choice but my overall favourite is probably Hemispheres, though lately i've been digging Vapor Trails, which I find quite underrated
Mr. Bungle-s/t
Faith No More-The Real Thing
AFI-Black Sails in the Sunset (probably no fans of that here)
Opeth-Morningrise
Iron Maiden-Brave New World
Naked City-s/t
Coheed and Cambria-In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
Explosions in the Sky-All of a Sudden I miss Everyone
Tool-Aenima
Yes-Relayer
ELP-Tarkus
Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here
Peter Hammill-In Camera
Clutch-Robot Hive/Exodus
Ayreon-The Human Equation
Wolves in the Throne Room-Two Hunters
Unexpect-In a Flesh Aquarium
Beastie Boys-Liscened to ill
Deep Purple-Made in Japan
Bad Religion-Generator
Jethro Tull-Aqualung
Sonic Youth-Daydream Nation
Chicago-Chicago Transit Authority
Miles Davis-Bitches Brew
John Zorn-Six Litanies for Heliogabalus
 
 
 
I'll stop there because I'm way beyond a top ten. Again, nothing's really definite beyond the first two al bums on the list. It's not even close to all being prog, but hey, good non prog music is existant and in abundance (just don't tell some people)
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Originally posted by Mr ProgFreak Mr ProgFreak wrote:

^ of course you could use my website to keep track of those ratings ... or rateyourmusic.com.Smile
 
maybe, my methods are very unscientific though


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This is including non-prog
  1. Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny
  2. Rush - Hemispheres
  3. Kamelot - Karma
  4. Def Leppard - High'n'Dry
  5. Ayreon - Into The Electric Castle
  6. Boston - Boston
  7. Ayreon - Flight Of The Migrator
  8. Queensr˙che - Operation: Mindcrime
  9. Rush - A Farewell To Kings
  10. Kamelot - The Black Halo


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