Best Canterbury album
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Topic: Best Canterbury album
Posted By: Marc Baum
Subject: Best Canterbury album
Date Posted: January 28 2006 at 09:37
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For me it's Caravan - In The Land Of Grey And Pink For you? ------------- "All you need to do is sit back, and acquire the taste." - GENTLE GIANT |
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Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: January 28 2006 at 09:42
Same here. |
Marc Baum wrote:Posted By: Marc Baum
Date Posted: January 28 2006 at 09:50
Great choice! ------------- "All you need to do is sit back, and acquire the taste." - GENTLE GIANT |
Posted By: Publius84
Date Posted: January 28 2006 at 10:12
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In The Land Of Grey And Pink is awsome. ------------- I know what I like and I like what I know... Prog is in my heart, in my mind, in my soul... |
Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: January 28 2006 at 10:23
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I actually prefer "For girls who grow plump in the night". Isn't Gong's "You" listed as Canterbury? ------------- Bigger on the inside. |
Posted By: Spacemac
Date Posted: January 28 2006 at 14:21
Caravan - In The Land Of Grey And Pink 
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Posted By: BebieM
Date Posted: January 28 2006 at 14:33
| Soft Machine - Third |
Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: January 28 2006 at 14:36
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Too hard of a decision for me, cause they're all amazing albums.
------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 28 2006 at 14:42
agreed.. my vote's for the 1st Hatfield and the North. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: NutterAlert
Date Posted: January 30 2006 at 12:19
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Soft machine first ------------- Proud to be an un-banned member since 2005 |
Posted By: Tholomyes
Date Posted: January 30 2006 at 12:40
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Between Third and ITLOGAP |
Posted By: moog
Date Posted: January 30 2006 at 12:43
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Matching Mole. Although ITLOG&P is stunning too. |
Posted By: Chipiron
Date Posted: January 30 2006 at 12:55
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: January 30 2006 at 12:57
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Soft Machine - Third -------------  |
Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: January 30 2006 at 13:42
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now here's a poll i can sink my teeth into! Winner:
Runner Ups:
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 03:43
| For me: Of Queues And Cures by National Health. |
Posted By: RoyalJelly
Date Posted: February 01 2006 at 02:17
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I'd call invalid a Canterbury poll without a single National
Health, Egg or Gong album. While both Hatfields rank with those, the 2 NHs and Gong's Angel's Egg and You have to be the pinnacles of this genre. I've tried several times with The Land of Grey and Pink, but despite its naive charm, warm vibe and pre- (better than) Camel groove, can't make out what's so fabulous about it. Can someone explain this to me? Endearing as it is, it sounds quite dated compared to the gems cited above. |
Posted By: kebjourman
Date Posted: February 01 2006 at 21:28
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gracious. i can never vote in these canterbury polls. i love gong, love caravan, love softmachine. should i get the first 'hatfeild and north'? or what's another good canterbury album i dont have? |
Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: February 01 2006 at 21:32
Yes, you should get the first Hatfield album and Matching Mole as well, if you haven't got it yet. There's so much little-known Canterbury suff out there. Lets see, all the Softs solo projects and collaborations, Khan, Arzachel, the first gen Caravan albums (up to cunning), Hugh Hopper solo albums, etc... ------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: calvin
Date Posted: February 02 2006 at 01:55
| Hard to say... I'll go for In the Land of Gray and Pink. |
Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: February 17 2006 at 12:52
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HATN followed by grey & pink ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: March 20 2006 at 08:30
| ITLOGAP, followed by "The Rotters' Club" and "If I Could Do It....". All fantastic albums, with great music and a very British sense of humour. |
Posted By: MattiR
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 04:59
Caravan "In The Land Of Grey And Pink" - great pop jazz rock 
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Posted By: Ultaigh
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 05:17
I chose Caravan's "In The Land Of Grey And Pink" but they're is so
many great canterbury albums out there...god I love canterbury. 
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Posted By: Publius84
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 08:52
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Egg album, The Polite Force, is very good to. ------------- I know what I like and I like what I know... Prog is in my heart, in my mind, in my soul... |
Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 08:59
| "In The Land Of Grey And Pink" of course. |
Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 09:05
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In the Land, but to be honest, I'm not a lot into Canterbury genre...
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Posted By: magog
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 09:59
| National Health debut album |
Posted By: mrgd
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 20:00
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I agree that we are alittle hamstrung by this list which is why my vote is with 'The Rotters Club'. I would have been happy to plump for 'For Girls....' or even 'Blind dog......' for mine instead of the earlier Caravans,despite their obvious importance as landmark albums inthis area. ------------- Looking still the same after all these years... mrgd |
Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 20:03
I was going to respond and realized I already posted in this thread ...figures.
------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: kebjourman
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 20:04
| im listening to hatfeild and norths self titled right now and i love it so ill vote for that |
Posted By: Witchwoodhermit
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 20:45
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Caravans debut album and Soft Machine 1 and 2. ------------- Here I'm shadowed by a dragon fig tree's fan ringed by ants and musing over man. |
Posted By: Asyte2c00
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 21:05
For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night is a work of genius. Hands down. FGWGPITN my favorite canterbury album.
In the Land of Grey and Pink is good as well, by Nine Feet Underground is bit hackneyed and goes on too long. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 21:11
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my vote has to be for Soft Machine Third Hatfield and the North (same) a close second... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: MorgothSunshine
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 04:28
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Where are Camel??? ------------- For every truth even the contrary is true... 
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Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 06:37
They aren't Canterbury, that's why they're not on the list. Just cause Sinclair was in Camel for a couple of albums (his presence didn't have that much of an effect anyways, excluding songs like "Down on the Farm" of course), doesn't make them Canterbury. ------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: Jimbo
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 06:56
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If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You is probably my favorite, closely followed by Rock Bottom.
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