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Topic: 12 greatest prog albums.. no particular o
Posted By: progmetalgod
Subject: 12 greatest prog albums.. no particular o
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 02:03
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I know this poll has probably been posted here like 100 times but I'm new here and I wanted to see what you guys think. Which albums belong in the "dirty dozen" of prog rock.Plus this poll is always fun. In no particular order:
Close To the edge - YES Hemispheres - RUSH Scenes From a Memory - DREAM THEATER Selling England by the Pound - GENESIS In the Wake of Poseidon - KING CRIMSON Bridge Across Forever - TRANSATLANTIC V: The New mythology Suite - SYMPHONY X Tarkus - ELP Wish You Were Here - PINK FLOYD Hot Rats - FRANK ZAPPA Thick as a Brick - JETHRO TULL Leftoverture - KANSAS |
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 02:14
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Top 3: 1. Genesis - Foxtrot 2. The Mars Volta - Amputechture 3. Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante The remaining 9, in no particular order: Dream Theater - Scenes From A Memory Yes - Close To The Edge Jethro Tull - Aqualung Cluster - Cluster 71 Tool - Lateralus Pain Of Salvation - BE Pink Floyd - Ummagumma Gentle Giant - Octopus Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Lift Your Skinny Fists... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 02:16
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Hmm. Lemme see...
Thick as a Brick
Thick as a Brick
Thick as a Brick
Thick as a Brick
The Wall
Thick as a Brick
Thick as a Brick
Barrett
Thick as a Brick
Catfish Rising
Thick as a Brick
and, uh, seems like I'm forgetting something...
Oh yeah, Thick as a Brick.
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Posted By: Uroboros
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 02:48
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I have a better question: how many albums should we listen to in order to have the competence to do such a poll? If I've only listened to fifty albums in my whole life then I don't think I'm entitled to make a "top ten of all time". I realise that posting such things on a forum can make you feel somewhat important, but really... There is so much music out there... Let's just listen to it first. I've heard about 1,500 albums so far (out of which probably one thousand I know fairly well), and there is A LOT more to discover. I believe making polls only makes sense after a while of serious listening; otherwise we can't claim the authority to do it. ------------- Tous les chemins qui s’ouvrent à moi ne mènent à rien si tu n’es plus là |
Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 02:55
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 02:55
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He meant your personal top 10, from what you heard that is.... that's the only way it makes sense.
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Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 03:02
 I know, i know....
ok here's my top 12-
GENESIS - TRESPASS / NURSERY CRYME / FOXTROT
PINK FLOYD - WISH YOU WERE HERE / DIVISION BELL
DEEP PURPLE - IN ROCK / MACHINE HEAD
YES - CLOSE TO THE EDGE / DRAMA
MARILLION - SCRIPT FOR A JESTER'S TEAR
also...
11. RUSH - MOVING PICTURES
12. RARE BIRD - AS YOUR MIND FLIES BY
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Posted By: video vertigo
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 14:29
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Comus - First Utterance Harmonium - Les Cinq Saisons Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts Genesis - Foxtrot Gentle Giant - Free Hand Marillion - Script For A Jester's Tear Pink Floyd - Animals Rush - Permanent Waves Yes - Fragile Can - Tago Mago Emerson Lake and Palmer - Emerson Lake and Palmer Gong - You ------------- "The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa |
Posted By: moonlapse
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 20:25
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Can - Tago Mago Amon Duul II - Phallus Dei Harmonium - Si on avait Opeth - Blackwater Park Genesis - SEBTP PFM - Per Un Amico Le Orme - Felone E Sorona Yes - CTTE VDGG - Pawn Hearts Il Balletto di Bronzo - Ys Focus - Hamburger Concerto Opeth - Still Life |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 21:11
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Posted By: Mikerinos
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 21:15
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In no specific order: 1. Harmonium - Si on Avait... 2. Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts 3. Van der Graaf Generator - Godbluff 4. Van der Graaf Generator - Still Life 5. Caravan - If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You 6. Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink 7. Premiata Forneria Marconi - Per Un Amico 8. Genesis - Foxtrot 9. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound 10. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon 11. Yes - Close to the Edge 12. Camel - Moonmadness Pretty cliche for a progger I suppose, oh well. ------------- 
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Posted By: Asyte2c00
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 21:19
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My Top 12 (No Order)
Lateralus - Tool
Future Days - CAN
Spirit of Eden - Talk Talk
Selling England by the Pound - Genesis
Islands - King Crimson
Enigmatic Ocean - Jean-Luc Ponty
Godbluff - Van Der Graaf Generator
Heavy Horses - Jethro Tull
Going for the One - Yes
NEU! 75 - NEU!
Hemispheres - Rush
First Utterance - Comus
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 21:54
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Somewhat in order:
Dream Theater - scenes from a memory
Explorer's club - age of impact
Leonardo, The absolute man
Dream theater - Images and Words
Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane
Arena - The Visitor
Shadow Gallery - Tyranny
Ayreon - Universal Migrator Pts. 1 & 2
The Flower kings - Paradox hotel
King Crimson - In the court of the crimson king
Genesis - Foxtrot
Amorphis - Tuonela
Dream theater - Awake
The flower kings- stardust we are
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Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 22:06
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Wow this is hard:
1: Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull
2: Darkside of the Moon - Pink floyd
3: Pawn Hearts - Van Der Graaf Generator
4: Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt
5: Volume 1 - The Soft Machine
6: Red - King Crimson
7: Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis
8: If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You - Caravan
9: Tago Mago - Can
10: Fragile - Yes
11: Cambert Electrique - Gong
12: Quark, Strangeness and Charm - Hawkwind
Runner Ups:
Stupid Dream - Porcupine Tree
Disco Volante - Mr. Bungle
Self Titled - Roxy Music
OK Computer - Radiohead
Fish Rising - Steve Hillage
Amputechture - The Mars Volta
Here Come the Warm Jets - Brian Eno
Inner Mounting Flame - Mahavishnu Orchestra
A Farewell to Kings - Rush
Shooting at the Moon - Kevin Ayers
It needs some Zappa but I can't decide what album to use.
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Posted By: bundy
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 23:26
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A dozen of my favourites that come straight to mind in random order (limit of one per band).
Yes- Close to the Edge
Devil Doll - Dies Irae
Banco Del Mutuo Socorsso - s/t
Museo Rosenbach - Zaruthstra
Jethro Tull - Stormwatch
Camel - Mirage
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
Gong - Flying Teapot
Il Balletto Di Bronzo - Ys
Genesis - A Trick of the Tail
Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time
Morte Macabre - Symphonic Holocaust
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Posted By: gong
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 23:42
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no particular order:
Gong - "Shamal"
Steve Hillage - "L"
Frank Zappa - "Joe's Garage, Act I, II, & III"
Jimmy Hendrix - "Electric Ladyland"
King Crimson -"Power To Believe"
Jethro Tull - "Songs From The Wood"
Steely Dan - "The Royal Scam"
Todd Rundgren and Utopia - "Utopia"
The Grateful Dead - "Grateful Dead From The Mars Hotel"
Genesis - "Trespass"
The Who - "Tommy"
The Who - "Quadrophenia"
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Posted By: willy
Date Posted: November 23 2006 at 00:31
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In a rough order, that is not necessarily exact: 1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway by Genesis 2. Foxtrot by Genesis 3. Hemispheres by Rush 4. Fragile by Yes 5. Animals by Pink Floyd 6. Moving Pictures by Rush 7. Wish you were Here by Pink Floyd 8. Selling England by the Pound by Genesis 9. 2112 by Rush 10. Scenes from a Memory by Dream Theater 11.The Wall by Pink Floyd 12. Close to the Edge by Yes ------------- 
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 23 2006 at 03:02
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In The Court of The Crimson King
Red - King Crimson
Pictures At An Exhibition - ELP
Brain Salad Surgery - ELP
Wish You Were Here -Pink Floyd
Fragile - Yes
Close To The Edge - Yes
Foxtrot - Genesis
Thick As A Brick - Tull
Moving Pictures - Rush
Lateralus - Tool
Ever - IQ
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Posted By: Wishbone_x
Date Posted: November 23 2006 at 03:57
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Eugh... Close call, and ended up have to say some things that I, well, didn't really want to.
But, it's as good as I can get to the truth, I think. In pretty much this order: 1) Yes - Close to the Edge 3) Wishbone Ash - Argus 3) Genesis - Selling England by the Pound 4) Pink Floyd - Animals 5) Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime 6) Porcupine Tree - Deadwing 7) Genesis - A Trick of the Tail 8) Yes - Fragile 9) The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium 10) Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans 11) Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus 12) Argent - Nexus Close but no cigar: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express, Autobahn Yes - The Yes Album Tool - Lateralus Porcupine Tree - In Absentia ------------- Regards, Wishbone "...I'd have to be a warrior, a slave I couldn't be. A soldier and a conqueror, fighting to be free..." Warrior - Wishbone Ash (Argus) |
Posted By: pero
Date Posted: November 23 2006 at 04:23
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1. Mahavishnu orchestra - Birds of fire
2. Billy Cobham - Spectrum
3. Yes - Close to the edge
4. VDGG - Pawn hearts
5. Jethro tull - Passion play
6. Pink floyd - Atom heart mother
7. Gentle giant - In a glass house
8. ELP - Tarkus
9. Gong - Gazeuse
10. Mike Oldfield - Tubular bells I
11. Genesis - Foxtrot
12. Zappa - Hot rats
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Posted By: Kars
Date Posted: November 23 2006 at 10:19
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1. Yes - Relayer 2. VDGG - Pawn Hearts 3. King Crimson - Lizard 4. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick 5. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire 6. Yes - Close to the Edge 7. Opeth - Blackwater Park 8. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound 9. Devin Townsend - Terria 10. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 11. Jethro Tull - Aqualung 12. Sigur Ros - Takk ------------- Maybe I should de-louse this place; Maybe I should de-place this louse; Maybe I'll maybe my life away |
Posted By: groysem
Date Posted: November 24 2006 at 07:12
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Here's mine: Jethro Tull - Thinck As A Brick Jethro Tull - Benefit Jethro Tull - Passion PLay Yes - Classic Yes Gong - Angels Egg Genesis - Selling England By The Pund King Crimson - Red King Crimson - Larks Tounges In Aspic King Crimson - Court Of the crimson king Pink Floyd - Animals Frank Zappa - Apostroph Gentel GIant - Aquiring The Tase ----------- www.groyse.com ------------- Music Links: music.download.com/groysemetsie http://cdbaby.com/cd/groysemetsie |
Posted By: master_k
Date Posted: November 24 2006 at 07:41
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Soft Machine - Volume 2
Henry Cow - Western Culture
Caravan - s/t
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Khan - Space Shanty
Curved Air - Phantasmagoria
Hatfield and the North - s/t
Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
Genesis - Foxtrot
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
The Mothers of Invention - We're only in it for the Money
Soft Machine - Volume 2 lies on top, but the others are not in any particular order. Chose one record from each of my favourites. I could easily say that Soft Machines 'Third' kicks the living crap out of Foxtrot for example. A couple of other records didn't make the list, such as: Close to the Edge by Yes, Acquiring the Taste by Gentle Giant and Matching Moles 'Little Red Record'.
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Posted By: Kimoi
Date Posted: November 24 2006 at 09:41
Your posts are like a broken, skipping cd skimming through my soul. Please stop |
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Date Posted: November 24 2006 at 10:44
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^Don't be so harsh. - On-topic: This thread has been done to death already. |
Posted By: laghtnans
Date Posted: November 24 2006 at 15:20
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My best 12 albums ever are:
Pink Floyd The Wall Camel Camel Rush 2112 Rush Hemispheres Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon Camel Nude Jethro Tull Heavy Horses Mostly Autumn Storms Over Still Water Rush A Farewell to Kings Genesis Nursery Cryme Genesis Foxtrot Led Zeppelin IV ------------- laghtnans |
Posted By: thecool
Date Posted: November 25 2006 at 01:08
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Yes - Close To The Edge
Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
Rush - Fly By Night
Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond
Dream Theater - Images And Words
Yes - The Yes Album
Renaissance - Scheherazade And Other Stories
King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
Can - Future Days
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: November 25 2006 at 09:41
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1. "Moving Pictures"- Rush 2. "Close to the Edge"- Yes 3. "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway"- Genesis 4. "Paradox Hotel"- The Flower Kings 5. "Tales From Topographic Oceans"- Yes 6. "Clutching at Straws"- Marillion 7. "Hemispheres"- Rush 8. "Foxtrot"- Genesis 9. "Interview"- Gentle Giant 10. "Brave"- Marillion 11. "Space Revolver"- The Flower Kings 12. "Octopus"- Gentle Giant A few are subject to change. |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: November 25 2006 at 14:33
I dont know why this has been done twice... 
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