Your favorite album with a King on the cover.
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Topic: Your favorite album with a King on the cover.
Posted By: SteveG
Subject: Your favorite album with a King on the cover.
Date Posted: April 22 2021 at 12:57
      Pick your favorite album with a king on the cover.
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Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: April 22 2021 at 13:07
| Crest of a Knave. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: April 22 2021 at 13:13
| Rush for me. |
Posted By: DarkTower
Date Posted: April 22 2021 at 13:14
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Best album: Rush Best artwork: Gentle Giant |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: April 22 2021 at 13:30
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The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Only the king's sword on the artwork (but a lot of stuff inside). ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: April 22 2021 at 13:37
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Gentle Giant (favorite album and cover), followed by Rush. ------------- 
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: April 22 2021 at 13:45
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GG ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: The Anders
Date Posted: April 22 2021 at 13:46
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Where is B.B. King? |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: April 22 2021 at 13:57
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Giant. Also, The Psychedelic Ensemble king cover album rocks. |
Posted By: arturfd
Date Posted: April 22 2021 at 13:59
| Ever Gentle Giant. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: April 22 2021 at 14:01
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I wonder why this album is not on the list:  -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: April 22 2021 at 14:10
I would've voted for The Six Wives of Henry VIII, but seeing as it's not in the poll, I'll vote for The Turn of a Friendly Card instead. 
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Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: April 22 2021 at 14:11
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Rush > Gentle Giant ------------- Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: April 22 2021 at 14:21
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BaldFriede wrote:Posted By: Neu!mann
Date Posted: April 22 2021 at 14:22
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Gentle Giant, easily. And strictly speaking, the Tull album doesn't show a king: that's a knave (a Jack, in the playing card deck) on the cover, as the album title suggests... ------------- "we can change the world without anyone noticing the difference" - Franco Falsini |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: April 22 2021 at 14:31
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Posted By: Neu!mann
Date Posted: April 22 2021 at 14:40
I stand corrected sir, with apologies. But can I at least save face by pinning the error on Ian Anderson? He should have chosen a different album title, or another illustration... ------------- "we can change the world without anyone noticing the difference" - Franco Falsini |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: April 22 2021 at 14:47
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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: April 22 2021 at 14:53
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Musically, definitely GG; In terms of how much I like the cover art/painting, definitely Parsons. As for the others, I am not a big Rush fan (or not a Rush fan at all, to be more precise) but this album is really good, cover's kind of boring; Tull's 'Crest' is fine too, far from their best and cover's ok. I haven't heard this Elvis album and Roine Stolt is spot-on modern symphonic rock.
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Posted By: Earl of Mar
Date Posted: April 22 2021 at 14:58
| Rush as it's my favourite album by them over GG where that album isn't. |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: April 22 2021 at 15:11
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Roine. It's a phenomenal record. Humanizzimo is still my #1 prog epic. ------------- 
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Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: April 22 2021 at 15:14
Also this is a good album as well, one of my favorite one man band with electronic drums kind of records. -------------
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: April 22 2021 at 15:15
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GG by a wide margin. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: April 22 2021 at 15:38
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: April 22 2021 at 15:43
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GG just over Rush. ------------- 
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Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: April 22 2021 at 16:34
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: April 22 2021 at 16:53
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: April 22 2021 at 21:50
| I don't know among this ones. The ones I know I don't wholly love (though they may have some songs I do like a lot), and a few more I don't even know. But I would definitley have voted for 6 Wives or King Arthur if either of them had been included. |
Posted By: Progishness
Date Posted: April 22 2021 at 23:02
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Six Wives for sure, tho in this instance Elvis (THE king) gets my vote. ------------- "We're going to need a bigger swear jar." Chloë Grace Moretz as Mindy McCready aka 'Hit Girl' in Kick-Ass 2 |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: April 22 2021 at 23:11
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Run run the shotgun's got you in its range... ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 00:42
| Actually if it was back in the World of Adventures I might have voted for The Flower Kings. Six Wives of Henry VIII I would have definitely voted for. Hemispheres would have got the nod if there was a king on the cover. Farewell to Kings doesn't do it for me as Hemispheres does. I lieu of all that I gave the Gentle Giant the nod. |
Posted By: Awesoreno
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 00:53
One of my favorite albums of all time. And the cover rocks. Probably because it really just looks like a playing card I'd like to own.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 01:51
| Gentle Giants best album imo. It all hangs together like a beautiful mathematical equation. Farewell To Kings is my favourite 70's album by Rush but I don't like it as much as The Power and The Glory. Nothing else there interests me. |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 02:32
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Posted By: VianaProghead
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 02:57
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Gentle Giant - The Power And The Glory. ------------- "PROG IS MY FERRARI". Jem Godfrey (Frost*) |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 04:33
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Just about GG, although I like Crest of a Knave. |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 04:53
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RRRRUUUSSSHHH - followed by Tull and APP. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 04:53
| Rush, possibly their best album. |
Posted By: Theprogelitist
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 07:45
| I mean TPatG is one of my top 10 albums so yeah |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 11:12
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Bonus points for including Elvis. I voted for Alan Parsons Project. All of these are fine albums. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 11:41
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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 11:43
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I suck at keeping within the content of the thread. I really don't like any of them but if i had to choose then i guess RUSH ------------- https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: wiz_d_kidd
Date Posted: April 23 2021 at 11:58
Yes, that my favorite by far. Too bad it's not listed.
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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: April 27 2021 at 10:45
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A Farewell to Kings (and I never understood the mystique of 'Glory). ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: Artik
Date Posted: April 27 2021 at 11:35
| Giant for me, followed closely by Rush |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: September 27 2022 at 13:27
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Rush - A Farewell To Kings ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: September 27 2022 at 13:56
Nay, it would easily get my vote as well! Best cover, best music! (what about the cover for ITCOTCK?) ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: September 27 2022 at 14:05
| Rush > APP > Tull |
Posted By: Awesoreno
Date Posted: September 27 2022 at 23:18
| ^TECHNICALLY, the cover for ITCOTCK has the Schizoid Man. The Crimson King is in the gatefold. |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: September 28 2022 at 13:55
| GG folowed by Parsons |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: September 28 2022 at 18:54
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What about In the Court of the Crimson King?
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Posted By: Awesoreno
Date Posted: September 28 2022 at 20:28
See my post above (may not be what OP was thinking, but I'm not wrong).
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Posted By: Jaketejas
Date Posted: September 28 2022 at 21:46
| Xaaaaa naaaaaa DUUUUUU uuuuuu … |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: September 28 2022 at 23:58
| Jethro Tull - Crest Of A Knave. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 29 2022 at 01:11
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: September 29 2022 at 01:46
| ^^ for us, I think it's got to be, hasn't it? |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: September 29 2022 at 03:54
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Posted By: Moyan
Date Posted: April 17 2024 at 20:50
| "The Power and the Glory" |
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: April 17 2024 at 23:18
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Gentle Giant Rush
Jethro Tull |
Posted By: wiz_d_kidd
Date Posted: April 18 2024 at 06:33
The musician was a drummer with a jazz/rock fusion band prior to getting his PhD in music and starting his classical career. I highly doubt the drums were electronic. ------------- "Instrumental music is an expression that words can never capture." -- Peter Baumann |
Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: April 18 2024 at 06:51
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Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: April 18 2024 at 07:15
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The best album off this list is of course TPatG by Gentle Giant, closely followed by AF2K by Rush... even though my actual favorite is Roine Stolt's The Flower King. B) EDIT: BTW Scheherazade and Other Stories would count as an album with a King on the cover as well IMHO. Do you agree?  -------------
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: April 19 2024 at 17:02
Here's another king on an album cover... ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: April 19 2024 at 17:06
oh yeah, i wanted to post that
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