Pt 1: Debuts by acts with 10 or more studio albums
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Topic: Pt 1: Debuts by acts with 10 or more studio albums
Posted By: Logan
Subject: Pt 1: Debuts by acts with 10 or more studio albums
Date Posted: April 24 2022 at 11:33
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Part one of some debuts of acts with ten or more studio albums. This is the product of a sleepless night some days ago, where I wasn't sure if I'd bother posting the list, but I think I will now (I added about twenty more just now). I have about 125 in total that I thought of that fit -- some I thought of and promptly forgot so expect some obvious omissions. There may be some debatable entries as debut (this is based on my checking) and not all are in PA. Vote for up to five albums of these that you wish got more recognition (could be in the Prog community or by other audiences...) and/ or "respect" from people. It could be ones you think are underrated or underappreciated or underknown... This is, purposefully, open to interpretation and individual perspective, so approach that as thou will. Many of these are very well-known here, but not in other communities. On second-thought, just vote for up to five albums that you like in the poll. :) And feel free to mention any others with 10 or more studio albums not on the following list, but if doing so, please do ty to vote for and mention at least one from the poll. Thanks. Amon Düül II - Phallus Dei Anderson, Jon - Olias of Sunhillow Acid Mothers Temple - Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O Ange - Caricatures Art Zoyd - Symphonie pour le jour où brûleront les cités Ayreon - The Final Experiment Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Barclay James Harvest - Barclay James Harvest Between the Buried and Me - Between the Buried and Me Big Big Train - Goodbye to the Age of Steam Blind Guardian - Battalions of Fear Björk - Björk Guðmundsdóttir Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Boredoms - Onanie Bomb Meets the Sex Pistols Buckethead - Bucketheadland Bowie, David - David Bowie Bush, Kate - The Kick Inside Byrne, David - The Catherine Wheel Cale, John - Vintage Violence Camel - Camel Can - Monster Movie Captain Beefheart - Safe as Milk Caravan - Caravan Chicago - The Chicago Transit Authority Clannad - Clannad Current 93 - Nature Unveiled Davis, Miles - 'Round About Midnight* Deep Purple - Shades of Deep Purple De Meola - Land Of The Midnight Sun Dream Theater - When Dream and Day Unite Electric Light Orchestra - Electric Light Orchestra (No Answer) Electric Orange - Electric Orange Eloy - Eloy Embryo - Opal Emerson Lake & Palmer - Emerson Lake & Palmer Eno, Brian - Here Come the Warm Jets Faust - Faust Fates Warning - Night On Bröcken Flower Kings, The - Back in the World of Adventures Focus - Focus Plays Focus (In and Out of Focus) Fripp, Robert - Exposure Frizzi, Fabio - Amore libero Froese, Edgar - Aqua Frohmader, Peter - Nekropolis: Musik Aus Dem Schattenreich Gabriel, Peter - Peter Gabriel (Car) Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Osorezan / Dō no Kenbai Genesis - From Genesis to Revelation Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant Goblin - Profondo rosso Gong - Magick Brother Guru Guro - UFO Hackett, Steve - Voyage of the Acolyte Hammill, Peter - Fool's Mate Hancock, Herbie - Takin' Off Hawkwind - Hawkwind IQ - Tales from the Lush Attic Jethro Tull - This Was Kansas - Kansas King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - 12 Bar Bruise Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk Legendary Pink Dots, The - Only Dreaming Le Orme - Ad Gloriam Lindh, Björn J:son - Ramadan Magma - Magma (Kobaïa) Marillion - Script for a Jester's Tear Mogwai - Young Team Moody Blues, The - The Magnificent Moodies (The Beginning) Morse, Neal - Neal Morse Mostly Autumn - For All We Shared Motorpsycho - Lobotomizer Nektar - Journey to the Centre of the Eye Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine Nucleus - Elastic Rock Oldfield, Mike - Tubular Bells Omega - Omega Red Star: From Hungary Opeth - Orchid Pain of Salvation - Entropia Parsons Project, The Alan - Tales of Mystery and Imagination Pendragon - The Jewel Phillips, Anthony - The Geese and the Ghost Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn Ponty, Jean-Luc - Jazz Long Playing Popol Vuh - Affenstunde Porcupine Tree - On the Sunday of Life... Premiata Forneria Marconi - Storia di un minuto Present - Triskaidékaphobie Queen - Queen Queensrÿche - The Warning Renaissance - Renaissance Residents, The - Meet the Residents Riley, Terry - Reed Streams Rush - Rush Saga - Saga Santana - Santana SBB - Nowy Horyzont Schulze, Klause - Irrlicht Sheller, William - Lux Aeterna Sigur Rós - Von Soft Machine - The Soft Machine Spock's Beard - The Light Stereolab - Peng! Strawbs - Strawbs Supertramp - Supertramp Swans - Filth Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation Townsend, Devin - Ocean Machine - Biomech Univers Zéro - Univers Zéro (1313) Van der Graaf Generator - The Aerosol Grey Machine Vangelis - Sex Power (OST) Vannier, Jean-Claude - L'enfant assassin des mouches Vitous, Miroslav - Infinite Search Voivod - War and Pain Wakeman, Rick - The Six Wives of Henry VIII Weather Report - Weather Report Robert Wyatt - The End of an Ear Uriah Heep - Very 'Eavy...Very 'Umble Xiu Xiu - Knife Play Yamash'ta, Stomu & Masahiko Satoh - Metempsychosis Yes - Yes Yoshida, Tatsuo - Magaibutsu Zappa, Frank - Freak Out! Zorn, John - School (With Eugene Chadbourne) * Prog Archives lists Miles Davis' First Miles as the first Miles Davis studio album, but I wouldn't as that is a compilation album that was not released until 1990 (I think I will move it). And I didn't include the pre-PFM album.... ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
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Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: April 24 2022 at 11:45
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The first four were easy: Bowie, Bush, Banco and Black Sabbath. The fifth could have been any one of many in this poll, and I was tempted to go for another “B” for consistency’s sake. But I went for Art Zoyd. ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: VianaProghead
Date Posted: April 24 2022 at 11:47
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Anderson, Jon - Olias of Sunhillow. ------------- "PROG IS MY FERRARI". Jem Godfrey (Frost*) |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: April 24 2022 at 12:00
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Amon Duul II, Art Zoyd, Banco, Black Sabbath, Can ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: April 24 2022 at 12:26
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Sabbath and it's not even vaguely close. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: April 24 2022 at 12:54
Well, it looks as if I voted for six, and didn’t need to worry about a fifth at all! Damn, my covid brain! I voted for five, then agonised over voting for a fifth that I had already voted for! D’oh! So my five were Bowie, Bush, Banco, Black Sabbath and Can. And since I can’t take back a vote, Art Zoyd was actually my sixth…. (And it likely would have been Amon Duul II that I’d have done for, if not Art Zoyd.) ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: April 24 2022 at 12:58
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Oh my goodness! No! And d’oh again! I didn’t vote for Bowie at all, so I did vote for only five. It’s all Bowie’s fault for naming his first two albums David Bowie. The Deram “David Bowie” is good, but not worthy of my vote for this poll. The Space Oddity “David Bowie” would get a vote, but it wasn’t his debut. So I actually voted for Banco, Black Sabbath, Bush and Can. Then agonised over a fifth, of which my beloved Bowie was still not a contender, and chose Art Zoyd. I should not be allowed to vote in these polls. I’m clearly not capable….. ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: projeKct
Date Posted: April 24 2022 at 13:04
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Banco, Kate Bush and Camel for me. There will be some great albums in the next parts of this poll!
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: April 24 2022 at 14:06
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AMT, AZ, Banco, Camel, CAravan. ------------- 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: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: April 24 2022 at 14:24
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Jon Anderson Ayreon
Barclay James Harvest Camel Caravan |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: April 24 2022 at 14:30
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Amon Düül II, Sabbath, Can, Beefheart, Chicago ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: April 24 2022 at 16:03
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Amon Duul II, Jon Anderson, Black Sabbath, Camel, Chicago Transit Authority. Sorry, not going to dig through the long list. ------------- 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: someone_else
Date Posted: April 24 2022 at 16:22
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David Bowie, Jon Anderson, Big Big Train and David Byrne. ------------- 
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: April 24 2022 at 16:45
Thanks for all of the responses.
Oh, I never expected anyone to (although I was confident that some would skim through it at least). If I put up all five parts based on that and you take part in all five parts, then you'll see all 125 (or more) anyway. It made sense to me to share that master list here. Just going through the first 25, voting and listing your multiple choices is in itself a task without considering going through the master list. Thanks for thinking of it, though. As for me, I will go with these five: Can - Monster Movie Amon Düül II - Phallus Dei Art Zoyd - Symphonie pour le jour où brûleront les cités Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Kate Bush - The Kick Inside Special nods to Captain Beefheart, John Cale, Black Sabbath, Chicago, Clannad and David Byrne, and I like others. ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: April 24 2022 at 17:39
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Vote for Chicago. Not a fan of any other debuts on the list. Allan Holdswoth and Mike Keneally both have more than ten albums, but are sadly missing from future list's. BTW, if you decide to include Allan, his first official release is I.O.U. Velvet Darkness was released without his permission. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: April 24 2022 at 18:18
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^ Thanks, I had hoped that some would think of ones not on my list. I think I thought of Holdsworth, but then promptly forgot as a few other names entered my consciousness -- came faster than I could type them. I hadn't thought of Mike Keneally. One that came to mind right after I posted this topic is Kitaro, of which I own many albums (was huge on Kitaro in the late 80s and early 90s). Also Laurie Anderson just popped into my mind seemingly unbidden, and considering I mentioned two other Andersons, missing my favourite Anderson where Big Science is one of my very favourite albums is surprising since these lists come to mind in an associative manner. Course more and more names would come to mind if I kept thinking about it (as with many of us). I would expect many others to be thought of, so this series would go to six at least if continued (150 or so albums for the debuts if not many more). The problem with these lists is that they could of course go on-and-on-and-on, or actually that is a good thing. Since it is alphabetically listed to make it easier to find things, it is a shame that I neglected Laurie Anderson. Think I would have voted for Big Science. Not something I explored, but Jan Hammer could be listed too (just remembered that came up in the JRF poll. Oh, and I had meant to include The Incredible String Band and Pentangle (don't think Pearls Before Swine quite cuts it). ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: April 24 2022 at 18:50
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Amon Duul II Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Camel Can Chicago Transit Authority ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: April 24 2022 at 23:13
| I would add Rick Wakeman's Six Wives of Henry the VIII and Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells. |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: April 25 2022 at 00:01
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IQ - Tales from the Lush Attic is superb! ------------- 
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Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: April 25 2022 at 00:37
Both are on the list. You can’t add what is already there! Same for IQ, mentioned in the following post. ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: April 25 2022 at 00:42
I honestly didn’t expect anyone to pick Bowie here. I do very much like his debut, but it’s probably my least favourite from his discography. Some of the tracks do rise above the others, but none are particularly brilliant. Against so many of the albums in this poll, no matter how much Bowie is my favourite artist ever, I could never have given his debut a vote. ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: AlanB
Date Posted: April 25 2022 at 02:23
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I voted for Camel. I would add Wishbone Ash's debut.
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: April 25 2022 at 03:15
I think he has a few polls to go before he gets to W.
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: April 25 2022 at 03:30
Loads of great debuts here but I found voting for Black Sabbath, Safe As Milk, Banco, Monster Movie and god’s penis fairly easy  Bowie is one of my alltime faves but his debut doesn’t sound like him. He hadn’t found his voice yet…but that would obviously change. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: AlanB
Date Posted: April 25 2022 at 04:57
Yes but he's already put the complete list in his first post so I was suggesting an addition well in advance
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: April 25 2022 at 05:51
You're right. I erroneously mixed it up with Space Oddity, which is brilliant indeed  .-------------
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Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: April 25 2022 at 06:09
| So many great albums here to choose one in particular. I voted for Jon Anderson at the end. Olias of Sunhillow is just fantastic, but Camel, Banco, Caravan, Black Sabbath, etc, also deserve a vote. |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: April 25 2022 at 06:34
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Posted By: The Anders
Date Posted: April 25 2022 at 06:51
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There's a lot to choose from, and I am not familiar with all of the albums. I went with Safe as Milk. To be brutally frank I think I enjoy it a bit more than Trout Mask Replica which - while I adore the insanity or it - I tend to prefer in small doses. But I am totally aware that the latter is the more important album in a large context. Alternate options would have been Banco or Can. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: April 25 2022 at 07:21
Ah yes, apologies.
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Posted By: Hiram
Date Posted: April 25 2022 at 08:12
| Black Sabbath, Can, Captain Beefheart. The rest I haven't heard/don't remember well enough/don't like. |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: April 25 2022 at 10:11
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Camel and it isn't even close. I can't summon the enthusiasm to vote for any of the others. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: April 25 2022 at 12:11
Yes, I think that Camel goes way beyond everything else here, with the possible exceptions of Banco and Kate. ------------- 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: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: April 25 2022 at 12:39
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I love Camel’s debut, and in their discography it is second only to Mirage for me. It’s a bloody marvellous album. But I’m still surprised to see how many votes it has, as (as great as it is), it didn’t even come close to being one of my top five from this poll. There are so many wonderful albums listed here. Camel is one of those. But it simply isn’t on the same level as many of the others, for me. It’s always interesting to see how all our tastes vary so much. (Although, I think I had four out of five the same as Ian, and a different four out of five the same as Greg, so I guess some of us have more similar tastes than others.) ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: April 25 2022 at 13:33
| I've listened to embarrassingly few of them to be fair, but I've voted for Black Sabbath and BJH.. |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: April 25 2022 at 13:56
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Banco, Camel, Chicago, Caravan, Bowie ------------- ---------- 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 25 2022 at 14:20
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Camel Ange Black Sabbath Blind Guardian
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Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: April 25 2022 at 14:33
| Clannad's first is great |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: April 25 2022 at 14:36
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oops I voted for six: Can - Monster Movie Art Zoyd - Symphonie pour le jour où brûleront les citésCaptain Beefheart - Safe as Milk Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Kate Bush - The Kick Inside Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso I would have liked to vote for Camel as well - and Phallus Dei (but I'm more into Yeti and Tanz) |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: April 25 2022 at 18:03
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Camel, Olias, and Sabbath . . . ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: April 25 2022 at 21:13
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My choices: Banco Black Sabbath Amón Düül II Kate Bush Ange ------------- 
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Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: April 27 2022 at 02:01
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I was undecided between Anderson, Art Zoyd and Kate Bush, then I've seen CAMEL. That's my choice. ------------- 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: Cristi
Date Posted: April 27 2022 at 02:18
it's a multiple votes poll, up to 5
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Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: April 27 2022 at 04:04
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Sabbath, Camel, Big Big Train |
Posted By: projeKct
Date Posted: April 27 2022 at 04:43
5 votes for Björk ???  Are we talking about the 1977 album ? It's atrocious, funny at best ! "Debut" (1993) is pretty good though.
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: April 27 2022 at 05:20
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I don't have very original views here... ADII, Art Zoyd, Can, Camel, Kate Bush
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Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: April 27 2022 at 05:53
There are three votes for Bowie now. I feel fairly certain that the other two have also erroneously mixed it up with the following album, also titled David Bowie (or Space Oddity). ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: April 27 2022 at 12:36
| Camel/Caravan/Ange/Banco -and Anderson |
Posted By: EduTatsumi
Date Posted: April 27 2022 at 13:00
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1- Chicago - The Chicago Transit Authority 2- Camel - Camel 3- Barclay James Harvest - Barclay James Harvest
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: April 27 2022 at 15:30
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Ayreon, Chicago, Camel, Big Big Train, and Black Sabbath ------------- 
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Posted By: rik wilson
Date Posted: April 28 2022 at 16:05
| So my five are: King Crimson-Court of ; Jethro Tull- This Was ; Miles Davis-Round About Midnight ; David Byrne- Catherine Wheel ; and Emerson,Lake, and Palmer - in that order...not forgetting Zappa and Mothers of Invention-Freak Out. There are many more I really like ,too. |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: April 28 2022 at 17:14
| Tough one, I won't vote because there's so many classics here. |
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: April 29 2022 at 01:00
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This looks to be the only poll in the series so far, where every option might gain at least one vote. I thought for a moment it had already happened, but right before I went to post, I noticed there is still one album without a vote… ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: May 01 2022 at 01:48
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1. Banco 2. Beefheart ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: July 09 2022 at 04:30
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CARAVAN ------------- 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… < |