What prog albums do you return to the most?
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Topic: What prog albums do you return to the most?
Posted By: Sacro_Porgo
Subject: What prog albums do you return to the most?
Date Posted: April 16 2022 at 13:43
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Take this question however you want, but I just listened to 90125 and I've come to realize I probably return to this more than any other Yes album. Sacrilege! Ah, but I love it so. I woke up this morning with Two Hearts stuck in my head and I really think it's a wonderful song, even if it's a bit corny. It Can Happen is so inspirational to me. Changes is such a cool adventure. Leave It just mesmerizes me. So To answer my own question, this is one album in the prog cannon that I find myself returning to more often than most others, even if I wouldn't say it's my favorite, it just has a lot of staying power and replayability for me. It never wears me out. So what are some prog albums that you find yourself returning to time and time again for whatever reason? ------------- Porg for short. My love of music doesn't end with prog! Feel free to discuss all sorts of music with me. Odds are I'll give it a chance if I haven't already! :) |
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: April 16 2022 at 13:45
good idea for a thread, I'll back with a list soon. 
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: April 16 2022 at 14:09
I'm sorry, but personally I'd be more than happy never to have to listen to 90125 again...  To answer your question, the entire Genesis discography, up until 1978 is indispensable and I'd not want to be without it... To give you a more obscure answer, then I have always adored Janison Edge: The Services Of Mary Goode... I've never grown tired of it, for some reason. Others would probably include Spock's Beard: V and IQ: Ever, Seventh House & Dark Matter
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: April 16 2022 at 14:12
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It used to be WYWH & COTC These days it's probably LTiA and Ommadawn, they been in regular rotation for 40 years and still get played quite regularly. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: April 16 2022 at 14:13
| ^ what is COTC? |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: April 16 2022 at 14:17
In The Court Of The Crimson King? |
Cristi wrote:Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: April 16 2022 at 14:19
No, that would be ITCOTCK, I bet it's something obvious but i can't figure it out. edit: oh, it's Supertramp's Crime of the Century.
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: April 16 2022 at 14:21
| I'll stick rather than twist; Ian also mentioned Lark's Tongue... |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: April 16 2022 at 14:24
I know what LTIA means.
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: April 16 2022 at 14:28
I never doubted it...
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Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: April 16 2022 at 14:38
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As you list the songs, I can agree that 90125 is better than I remembered it, but I don't listen to it. My favorite post-1970s yes product is Jon Anderson's Change We Must which, coincidently, contains my favorite version of "Hearts". Albums that I return to most and seem to never tire of include: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway by Genesis Limiti all'eguaglianza della parte con il tutto by Homunculus Res Dots and Loops by Stereolab Don Juan's Reckless Daughter by Joni Mitchell Kontinuum by Klaus Schulze If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You by Caravan Aja by Steely Dan Salinity Now! by Unaka Prong Mëkanïk Dëstruktïw Kömmandöh by Magma Natural Elements by Shakti Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: rdtprog
Date Posted: April 16 2022 at 14:42
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It's been a while since I posted something in the Prog Lounge, but having some time on my hand and I find the question interesting I will give my answer. The albums I revisited more are with no surprise the 70's classics from Genesis, Yes, ELP, Rush, GG, VDGG, and KC. But for specific albums from those bands, instead of talking about the highest raise ones, I will say that there are some albums that are not the best-rated albums but still connect even after 40 years : Yes "Union", Genesis "And Then They Were Three", Rush "Hold Your Fire". Talking about Yes "90125", I was rediscovering this the other and realize that I was a bit harsh on all things that touch Trevor Rabbin because there are some really good songs on that album.------------- Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness. Emile M. Cioran |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: April 16 2022 at 14:50
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I return to many albums from the progressive rock glory years, many of these are in constant rotation: Dark Side Of the Moon Animals Hemispheres Caress Of Steel AFTK Fragile Ege Bamyasi Remember the Future -------------   
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Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: April 16 2022 at 15:34
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I tend to most frequently play my recent acquisitions. However, the following are long time favourites that still get frequent attention: Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts Van der Graaf Generator - H To He, Who Am The Only One Peter Hammill - pH7 Peter Hammill - Sitting Targets Split Enz - Mental Notes Hawkwind - Warrior On The Edge Of Time Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus Nektar - Journey To The Centre Of The Eye ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: Sacro_Porgo
Date Posted: April 16 2022 at 15:44
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Awesome answers! Glad so many have provided lists! Here are a few more of mine. In addition to the aforementioned 90125, which I'm glad to see some others have been reminded of a few great tunes on that one from my initial post... In The Court Of The Crimson King has been getting more play from me than usual, even though it's really not towards the top of my KC rankings, it is great. Before that I was binging a bunch of the live material from The Great Deceiver, so perhaps I got a little tired of that era by the end of that. Similarly, I've gotten a lot of repeated milage out of Invisible Touch and Selling England By The Pound, despite those also not being up near the top of my Genesis rankings. Dream Theater are in regular rotation for me, especially Awake and the two newest ones. ------------- Porg for short. My love of music doesn't end with prog! Feel free to discuss all sorts of music with me. Odds are I'll give it a chance if I haven't already! :) |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: April 16 2022 at 17:26
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Genesis up to 2nds out KC : Up to USA VDGG : Up to the Quiet Zone/¨pleasure Dome GG : Up to Interview Yes : Up to Tormato IQ : lot of them Marillion : Fish 'era (all of them) Marillion ; H 'era ( Brave, Season's end , ...) P Hammill : his seventies LPs BJH : from "Everyone" to Concert for the people Aufklärung, Trono die Ricordi, H2O, TFK, Pendragon, ... of the 'new' school PFM ; Up to Jet lag Banco : fists Los ELP : up to " Welcome back" England : Garden Shed Brand X : up to Masques Pontey JL : jis seventies LPs Zappa Elsewhere, Live in NY, Hot rats, .. Jethro Tull : up to Stormwatch + Roots to branches Pavlo's dog Pampered menial Seventh wave Pos Fi Esperanto : Last Tango Fireballet : Night on a band mountain Caravan :all but Waterloo Camel : all Magma : Live , udu Wudu , De futura Tangerine dream : early Virgin LPs Kraftwerk : all the original LPs, not the remixes Kansas : up to Monolith Todd Rundgren ( and with Utopia) All the 70ies Los Greenslade : all officials LPs Focus : a lot of |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: April 16 2022 at 20:54
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Jethro Tull—Stand Up, Thick as a Brick, A Passion Play Genesis—Selling England by the Pound King Crimson—In the Court of the Crimson King, Red Camel—Moonmadness, Rajaz, Harbour of Tears Gentle Giant—Free Hand, Three Friends There are others of course, but these are the main ones. |
Posted By: tdfloyd
Date Posted: April 16 2022 at 21:02
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All things Pink Floyd except Piper and More. All things Genesis except From Here to Revelation and Calling All Stations Most Things Tangerine Dream King Crimson Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind Very rarely listen to ELP, Tull, Moodies except Long Distance Voyager Just really getting into Camel, 40 years late!
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Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: April 17 2022 at 01:52
Yeah, that’s what I read it as. That would be one of my most returned to prog albums - particularly from the classic era. That and LTIA are easily my most returned to Krimson albums. ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: April 17 2022 at 02:03
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Nice thread. From Crimson, Red is still regularly played. From other classic era, Genesis Nursery Cryme, Yes The Yes Album and 90125 which I think is fantastic. There are many others, but I have just woken up with a wee hangover  ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: April 17 2022 at 04:09
Sampling some more fine Real Ale for your blog, Steve? Excellent web site you're developing there by the way; credit to you...
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Posted By: The Anders
Date Posted: April 17 2022 at 04:20
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Probably Lamb, Dark Side, Ege Bamyasi and Tubular Bells, but I am not sure. |
Posted By: Hugh Manatee
Date Posted: April 17 2022 at 04:28
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Meddle, In Search of the Lost Chord, ELP (self titled debut), Hergest Ridge, Relayer... ...ah the golden age. I try to leave it behind but it keeps pulling me back. ------------- I should have been a pair of ragged claws Scuttling across the floors of uncertain seas |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: April 17 2022 at 04:35
Cheers Jared, really appreciate that Yep. It was a balmy 20 degrees in the village yesterday, and I had a choice between gardening, or popping up to The Mansel to have a few beers whilst sitting outside talking a load of cobblers with the regulars. No choice, really! Having said that, the gardening is today’s job (on a coffee break now). Ale of the week will be updated in the next couple of days. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: April 17 2022 at 05:53
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Here's several. Marco Minnemann - My Sister The Aristocrats - Culture Clash Allan Holdswoth - I.O.U., Road Games, and Metal Fatigue Rush - Moving Pictures, 2112, and A Farewell to Kings Gentle Giant - Free Hand and Three Friends Thank You Scientist - Maps of Non-Existent Places Spock's Beard - V Pat Metheny Group - The Road to You and Imaginary Day Dream Theater - Images and Words Steely Dan - Aja and The Royal Scam Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All National Health - Of Queues and Cures Bruford - One of a Kind U.K. - U.K. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick and Minstrel in the Gallery Todd Rundgren - Nearly Human Hatfield and the North - The Rotters Club The Dregs - Unsung Heroes Mike Keneally - Sluggo! and Dancing Kansas - Leftoverture and Point of Know Return Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition Frost* - Milliontown Bubblemath - Edit Peptide Freak Kitchen - Cooking with Pagans |
Posted By: AlanB
Date Posted: April 17 2022 at 06:18
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The Yes Album Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here Mirage Several of Neal Morse's particularly Sola Scripture, ? and Jesus Christ The Exorcist Transatlantic - SMPTe and The Whirlwind
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: April 17 2022 at 06:32
Supertramp - Crime Of The Century Played it to death through my teens and 20's ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: TerLJack
Date Posted: April 17 2022 at 06:34
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Kate Bush - The Dreaming Be-Bop Deluxe - Sunburst Finish, Modern Music Ambrosia - s/t Genesis - Selling England(Nursery Cryme & Foxtrot have been at the top of my list for so long, I forget how amazing this is) Stevie Wonder - Songs In the Key of Life Jellyfish - Spilt Milk David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive Peter Gabriel - III(I don't know how to stop, I don't know how to stop) There may be a couple more, my collection is vast. Some have been at the top in the past, and may be again. Always willing to give under-sung albums in a treasured artist's catalog a few extra listens.
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: April 17 2022 at 07:05
 Bellybutton is killer also.Have you heard The Lickerish Quartet? Three ex- Jellyfish members in the band. Music is similar to Jellyfish. |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: April 17 2022 at 07:16
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Hi, None really. Just about anything I have is special in some way and I always love looking back at it, and do so on many occasions ... get up walk by to go to the kitchen ... look right ... ohh, let's take a look at such and such today ... and it is always a treat regardless of choice. Again, I don't have stuff in my collection for the idea of collecting it. I have it because I love its music and it is a special part of my inspiration day in and day out. There are no favorites ... just great music! But now that you mention it, I think that today will be Anthony Phillips day for the heck of it! Tomorrow? Never knows .... !!! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: April 17 2022 at 10:55
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There are many, but RED! ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: hergest ridge
Date Posted: April 17 2022 at 14:25
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Surely : - Mike Oldfield : Ommadawn - Pink Floyd : Atom heart mother But also : - Tangerine Dream : Cyclone - Genesis : Nursery Crime - Renaissance : Turn of the cards - ...
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Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: April 17 2022 at 17:47
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Genesis up to Duke---Selling England -Lamb --Trick and W&W---- mucho assortment of classic Yes up to Going for One assortment of Hackett Bruford Gabriels --Car & Scratcht Focus- Hamburger C
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Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: April 17 2022 at 18:30
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The Yes Album Close to the Edge The Big Generator IQ- Road of Bones Dark Side of the Moon ABW&H Miles Davis- Big Fun Genesis- Nursery Crime
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Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: April 18 2022 at 03:27
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Listening to them comes and goes in waves... but most of the albums of my personal "Big Six" come by regularly: Yes, KC, ELP (up till Works I), Pink Floyd, Ange (up till Guet-apens, later work a bit less), Frank Zappa. But they alternate with many others (in chaotic order...): - Focus: II, 3 and Hamburger Concerto - Alquin: Marks, Mountain Queen - Kayak: Merlin - Eloy: Colours, Planets, Time to Turn (and the earlier ones, but a bit less often) - Grobschnitt: Solar Music Live, Rockpommel's Land - Saga: first five albums, plus Generation 13 - Kansas: Song for America, Point of Know Return - Styx: Pieces of Eight, The Grand Illusion - Dead Can Dance: Spleen and Ideal, Within the Realm..., The Serpent's Egg - Santana: Caravanserai, Moonflower - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso: Io sono nato libero - Kevin Ayers: esp. from The Joy of a Toy up till The Confessions of Dr. Dream... - Soft Machine: I, II, III, IV, V - Gong: esp. the Radio Gnome Trilogy - Lazuli: most of them - Manfred Mann's Earth Band: from Solar Fire up to Chance, plus Mann Alive - Marillion: Fish era, plus Afraid of Sunlight, Marillion.com - Pallas: The Sentinel, The Wedge - Twelfth Night: everything - IQ: Tales from the Lush Attic, Forever Live; The Wake and Subterranea to a lesser extent - UK: UK - Dream Theater: Awake, Metropolis II - Hawkwind: Hall of the Mountain Grill ...and then some albums regularly mentioned on these pages, but not necessarily prog, by Supertramp (Even in the Quietest Moments, COTC), Dire Straits (Love over Gold, Making Movies), Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Radiohead, Einstürzende Neubauten, Die anarchistische Abendunterhaltung... ...and more recent work by Sonar, Logos, Anna von Hauswolff... ...and then some that I forgot... ...and then some more... ...and then a lot of non prog... ...and then... So, which one is lacking? ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: April 18 2022 at 03:47
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Some that I can put together right now: Holger Czukay - Movies Can - Tago Mago through to Soon Over Babaluma Talk Talk - Laughing Stock, Colour of Spring, Spirit of Eden a bit less Camberwell Now - The Ghost Trade David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees Kate Bush - The Dreaming King Crimson - Discipline Trilogy Art Zoyd - Berlin & Haxan Cardiacs - Live and All That Glitters Is A Mare's Nest Van der Graaf - The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome Camel - Moonmadness Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses Pink Floyd - Ummagumma, Dark Side & Animals, and absolutely Echoes, the track. Amon Duul II - Live in London
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: April 18 2022 at 03:50
Two favorites of mine I often get back to. Also VDGG's H to He...
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Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: April 18 2022 at 04:03
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UK /UK Grobschnitt Solar music Live |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: April 18 2022 at 06:09
You're reneging on your religion!  But I agree with you: there's not one, or five, or 20 favorites... there are 100s. I continue updating my list, but at the same time that undermines the original question: which ones do you return to most? And then, I'm actually happy to have a wide and eclectic music collection that gives me a great diversity. So, I can return to many different things when I want to, and "returning regularly" might mean getting back to it every 3, 6, 12 months... Everything's relative...  ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: Hugh Manatee
Date Posted: April 18 2022 at 06:56
That's fair enough, and as is stipulated in the OP everyone is entitled to frame the whole thing howsoever they choose. For me it's about the albums that haven't outstayed their welcome, the works that have withstood the slings and arrows of outrageuos fortune and have held their place in our hearts (and minds) despite the deluge of material released since first entering the conciousness and then the collection. It involves something approaching nostalgia.
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: April 18 2022 at 07:43
Hi, Not really ... 1000% agnostic, and never believed human control fantasies each and every time I look up at the sky! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: April 18 2022 at 10:43
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Manfred Mann's Earth band : Solar fire, B-Nightingales and Bombers, Roaring Silence Klaus Schulze Time wind Roxy Music Viva ! Hawkind : any LP from Warrior to Quark |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: April 18 2022 at 11:57
These are great albums and I should return to them more often!
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: April 18 2022 at 13:09
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20 of the ones I seem to reach for a couple of times a
year (after having owned them for atleast a decade - or two). Not
identical to my list of favorites (I don't really have one). I think this is... while not a 100% correct - a honest representation. I think almost half my listening time is spent listening to something for the first time though. Soft Machine - Fourth Magma - Kobaïa (or maybe its 1001° Centigrades) Herbie Hancock - Crossings Terje Rypdal - St Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom Pink Floyd - Meddle VdGG - H to He (changed from Pawn Hearts, as I do think this gets more spins) Gong - You Can - Soundtracks (could be Ege Bamyasi) Jethro Tull - Benefit Ragnarok - St Perry Lepold - Christian Lucifer Klaus Schulze - Mirage Tangerine Dream - Phaedra The Residents Mark of the Mole/Intermission King Crimson - In the Court... (but really most of their first seven) Camel - Mirage Zanov - Green Ray
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: April 18 2022 at 13:23
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... oh and Miles Davis - Big Fun, Water Babies, In a Silent Way, Filles de Kilimanjaro... Miles gets A LOT of spins. But as with Herbie (and Terje) he is in the jazz section of my album collection.
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Posted By: friso
Date Posted: April 18 2022 at 14:07
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Good topic! Loved reading all the answers. I myself have about 400 records and I listen to all of them in a quite equal distribution. These are prog favorites though! Mine are: - Camel (first four) - Genesis (Threspass, Nursury Cryme, Foxtrot... since the remixes) - Van der Graaf Generator / PH (1969-1975) - Fairport Convention with Sandy Danny - Pearls Before Swine (sixties records) - Iron Maiden (everything up to X-factor) - Can (the first five) - Gentle Giant (most of them) - Il Paese del Belocchi - Pink Floyd (Atom Heart Mother) - Hawkwind (Electric Tepee and Live Chronicles) - Grobschnitt (Rockpommel's Land and Solar Music Live) - Gong (Radio Gnome Trilogy) - The Beatles (Sg. Pepper and Let it Be) Digitally I listen a lot to: - IQ (about 1/3 of the time) - Arena - Pallas - Kayak ------------- I'm guitarist and songwriter for the prog-related band Mother Bass. Find us at http://www.motherbass.com. I also enter stages throughout the Netherlands performing my poetry. |
Posted By: MassiveProgressive
Date Posted: April 18 2022 at 14:44
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Mine are; Gryphon - Gryphon, Red Queen to Gryphon Three Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior Yes - Fragile, Close to the Edge, Tormato Jethro Tull - Aqualung, Broadsword and the Beast Asia - Alpha, Astra Lonely Robot - Please Come Home Star One - Space Metal There's a load more that's always on my rotation list, but that's a fair few of them. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4h5KKIrPIaHqoDWdsseFbg" rel="nofollow - Massive Progressive Official YouTube 
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: April 18 2022 at 15:22
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: April 18 2022 at 16:15
Supertramp - Crime of the Century (1974) - with a little help from Google.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: April 18 2022 at 16:17
if you had paid more attention, you would have noticed I did figure it out on my own.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: April 18 2022 at 16:24
It's getting late here, so my attention span is limited. You did well to figure it out on your own, as I never would've figured it out without Google's help.
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: April 18 2022 at 19:11
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Not only did Christi work it out for himself I confirmed he was correct. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: April 19 2022 at 01:43
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^ I would never have guessed. I read it as ITCOTCK, knowing that was surely not what it was, but my brain instantly translated it as such. I guess this is an indication in itself what I return to most, as if I listened to Supertramp more, I’d have recognised COTC for what it was. But I return to Krimson more, and so I read it as that. The brain is stubborn, too. So once I read it as ITCOTCK, even though I knew it was surely not that, I could not think of anything else. 😄🤪 ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: WJA-K
Date Posted: April 19 2022 at 02:18
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I always return to: - Animals, WYWH - Red, Lizard - CTTE - Focus 3 - Abbey Road - Kid A - Sign O' the Times |
Posted By: Necrotica
Date Posted: April 20 2022 at 06:36
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Rush - Hemispheres, Permanent Waves Genesis - A Trick of the Tail, Foxtrot Steely Dan - Aja, Countdown to Ecstasy Opeth - Still Life, My Arms Your Hearse Gojira - The Way of All Flesh, From Mars to Sirius Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet, Signify Voivod - Dimension Hatross, Nothingface Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime Dream Theater - Images and Words, Awake Those are the ones off the top of my head, though I know there's more ------------- Take me down, to the underground Won't you take me down, to the underground Why oh why, there is no light And if I can't sleep, can you hold my life https://www.youtube.com/@CocoonMasterBrendan-wh3sd |
Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: April 20 2022 at 10:25
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Returning to an album over and over is an interesting question, many albums that I super loved when I first heard them, I haven't heard in years... First that comes to mind is Phideaux, Number Seven or Doomsday Afternoon usually start a binge of his records (everything from Chupacabras on). Major Parkinson's Songs from the Solitary Home has been a consistent favourite since I first heard it. Mews "...and the glass handed kites" and "frengers" as well. I can't help returning to Frost*'s "Experiments in Mass Appeal". Gazpacho's "Night" and "Tick Tock" probably get spun a couple times a year. VdGG's Still Life comes on every once in a while. I still come back to Genesis quite a bit, but these days it's usually "Duke" or even "Invisible Touch" Oh, and if I hear anything from it, I have to listen to all of Cheer-Accidents 'Fear Draws Misfortune'. Beyond that, honestly, I have a lot of prog I keep coming back to, but of late I find myself listening to specific songs from old favourites more than full albums. Bit of a strange on there, I know.
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: April 20 2022 at 11:15
Are you two actually a married couple?
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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: April 20 2022 at 11:26
A lot of the older classics:
To name a few... |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: April 21 2022 at 07:36
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For some reason the first Kansas album is the one I return to again and again. Either that or Fragile. Or Tarkus. ------------- The Prog Corner |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: April 21 2022 at 09:13
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Hmmm...so many good ones.....just a few then.... KC- Court , LTIA, Red Tull- Benefit , Aqualung Yes- Yes LP, CTTE ELP- st Greenslade- Bedside Manners Caravan- Grey and Pink Hatfield- St, Rotters Kansas- America, Overture Steely Dan- Katy Lied PT- Stupid Dream ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: April 21 2022 at 10:26
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Triumvirat-the first four albums Genesis-Trespass Dzyan-Time Machine Yes-The Yes Album Dedalus-Dedalus If-If Nektar-Recycled Rush-Fly By Night |
Posted By: enigmatic
Date Posted: April 21 2022 at 11:51
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I frequently play my recent acquisitions, but..I don't buy as much as I used to. My entire, physical CD collection (about 500 titles, mostly Japanese paper sleeve Mini LP replicas) are all albums I return to the most. Too many to mention, but I will try to list some of then: Genesis up to Second Out KC : Up to USA VDGG : Up to the Quiet Zone / Pleasure Dome GG : Up to Interview Yes : Up to Going for the One PFM ; Up to Jet lag Banco : first 5 ELP : up to "Welcome back" Jethro Tull : up to Stormwatch Soft Machine - up to 5 plus Bundles Camel - up to Breathless Caravan - up to Blind Dog Camberwell Now - All's Well This Heat - first 2 Present - Certitudes Cheer-Accident- all Cuneiform releases, 2009-19 dozens of RPI bands and early 70s UK second tier bands like Spring, Gnidrolog, Marsupilami, Gracious, Fantasy, Web, Samurai. Diabolus, Beggars Opera, Raw Material etc. Few Polish bands/artists: SBB, Niemen, Laboratorium, Grechuta, Breakout, Skaldowie. |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: April 21 2022 at 12:39
------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: April 21 2022 at 13:09
My definite favorite of those is Illusions On A Double Dimple. Not only because of sentimental value (it being the first Triumvirat I ever heard, and sold me on the band instantly) but it's astonishing combination of instrumental prowess-allowed to flower most effectively with the two long suites on the album-and beautiful and lyrical playing-the Fritz-Koellen-Bathelt musical chemistry could not do it any other way! That is cool about Recycled, my favorite of Nektar's catalogue-they are at the top of their game on that one!
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Posted By: RockHound
Date Posted: April 22 2022 at 14:59
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For me the classic albums are the major ones by Yes, King Crimson, Jethro Tull, ELP, and Genesis. Of the modern artists, the ones I turn to most are by Phideaux, Big Big Train, Spock's Beard, Transatlantic, Riverside, and not least, the Flower Kings. I don't focus on particular albums. Lately, I've been listening to their runs of major albums in succession.
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Posted By: Magog2112
Date Posted: July 24 2023 at 21:19
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Anubis - A Tower of Silence Arena - The Visitor Brian Eno - Another Green World Camel - Mirage Echolyn - As the World The Flower Kings - Stardust We Are Galahad - Following Ghosts Genesis - Foxtrot Gentle Giant - Octopus IQ - Dark Matter Kate Bush - Aerial King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King Marillion - Brave Opeth - Ghost Reveries Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Pt. 1 Pallas - The Dreams of Men Pendragon - Not of This World Peter Gabriel - Us Phideaux - Doomsday Afternoon Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Queen - Queen II Radiohead - OK Computer Roger Waters - Amused to Death Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure Rush - Grace Under Pressure Spock's Beard - V Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings Supertramp - Crime of the Century Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts Yes - Going for the One
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