Monumental Prog Concept Albums
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Topic: Monumental Prog Concept Albums
Posted By: FusionKing
Subject: Monumental Prog Concept Albums
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 09:06
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It's the clash of the titans! ...And you can only choose one.Replies:
Posted By: FusionKing
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 09:08
Might I add choice 3 should have (Genesis) beside it, but let's face it, you already know that...
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 09:10
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From this selection I choose The Lamb. ------------- 
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 09:35
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The Lamb from the list, but The Snow Goose is THE greatest concept album ever.
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 09:43
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It's between Tales and The Lamb, both are masterpieces and are very individual pieces from each band. The former is Anderson's/Howe's album and the latter is Gabriel's. I'll go for Tales since The Lamb will surely get more votes.
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Posted By: otto pankrock
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 09:44
| The Lamb |
Posted By: Alberto Muñoz
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 09:48
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The Lamb is more dynamic than TOTO.
And The Lamb is more vintage prog sounding than The Wall.
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 09:50
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Tales is my choice for sure.
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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 09:59
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I'm not much of a Genesis fan, and I find the Wall somewhat trying. TFTO is great all the way through, though. I don't understand why it gets so much hatred flung its way.
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Posted By: Zombywoof
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 10:02
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No Passion Play? Well, in that case, I'll give it to The Lamb! ------------- Continue the prog discussion here: http://zombyprog.proboards.com/index.cgi ... |
Posted By: LiquidEternity
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 10:22
TTFO and The Lamb are generally unlistenable and a lot of what was wrong with the prog scene at the time. The Wall is pretty neat, though. So the four star release wins over the two two star releases. 
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Posted By: Misomex777
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 10:47
| Where is ELP Tarkus? |
Posted By: Camel666
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 10:48
 Seriously, I'd go with Tales. It is indeed a very "prog" release, maybe even too prog and in this sense our friend here might not be as awfully wrong as it might seem the first time you read the aforequoted sentence  Anyway, Tales might not be free of flaws but one cannot say it's not monumental.
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LiquidEternity wrote:Posted By: Camel666
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 10:51
It's not a concept. Unless I awfully misread the lyrics of Are You Ready Eddy? or Jeremy Bender...
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 12:10
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The Wall for me follwed by The Lamb. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 12:15
| Olias of Sunhillow. |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 12:31
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For the music only: Tales For the mix between music and concept (expressed by lyrics, performance, etc.): The Lamb For the most powerful concept: The Wall Three winners. I voted for Tales simply because it has the least votes. |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 12:33
Also, Thick As A Brick in the poll would have made it even more edgy 
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 12:44
I already voted for Tales, but what you said are thoughts exactly.
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Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 13:38
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The Lamb ****½ Tales **** The Wall ***- ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=42652" rel="nofollow - It's on PA! 
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Posted By: unclemeat69
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 13:56
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Tales
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 13:59
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The Wall, the perfect concept album as it is rooted in real life. The other two are merely exceptional, The Wall is utter unsurpassed concept genius.
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Posted By: Johnnytuba
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 16:28
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I vote for Snow Goose....wait.....err....TFTO! ------------- "The things that we're concealing, will never let us grow. Time will do its healing, you've got to let it go. |
Posted By: UndercoverBoy
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 17:21
| "The Lamb Lies Down Broadway" is probably my favorite album of all time. It's 94 minutes long, but I wouldn't change a note. "Tales From Topographic Oceans" is also great, but it has too much filler for me to consider it a 5-star masterpiece. "The Wall" has a nice concept and a few good songs, but there is way too much filler for me to compare with the other two. |
Posted By: ProgressiveAttic
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 17:30
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ok... this is an easy one for me: Tales!!! I do like the Wall but I don't think it is Pink Floyd's best musically and isnothing compared to the other two... and I enjoy very much some parts of The Lamb but I still don't get the entire album.... ------------- Michael's Sonic Kaleidoscope Mondays 5:00pm EST(re-runs Thursdays 3:00pm) @ Delicious Agony Progressive Rock Radio(http://www.deliciousagony.com) 
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Posted By: Rune2000
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 17:53
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When it comes to great concept albums I can only think of three that really are truly monumental: 1). The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 2). Be (Pain of Salvation) 3). God In Three Persons (The Residents) This doesn't necessarily mean that they are matched by equally great compositions... with the exception of God In Three Persons
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Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 19:28
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The Lamb>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>The Wall=TFTO All of these are 4 star albums at least, but The Lamb (which is one of my all-time favorite albums) is significantly ahead of both of these. -Jeff ------------- 
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 20:24
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1. Tales
2. Lamb
3. Wall
I notice that all the other suggestions of what should have been on this list (well, the one's I'm familiar with) are all single record/disk releases whereas the great monuments of the list are all double record releases. I think double record is intrinsic to monumental here.  ------------- 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: Finnforest
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 20:30
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1. Tales (5 stars) 2. Wall (5 stars) 3. Lamb (about 3.75 stars) ------------- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sQD8uhpWXCw" rel="nofollow - It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...Road Rage Edition |
Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 20:51
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Wall has, and always will be, one of my all-time favorite albums. ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 22:07
| Add another vote to The Wall |
Posted By: Ommadawn
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 23:32
| The Wall |
Posted By: Thyme Traveler
Date Posted: February 18 2010 at 23:47
 Snow Goose was Camel at its peak. It's hard to justify Tales, the Lamb, or the Wall being the best from Yes, Genesis or Pink Floyd. ------------- Fire up the flux capacitor ! We're taking this Delorean through all four dimensions. What is the future of prog ? Genesis reunion ? I'm not telling!That could upset the thyme/space continuum. |
Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: February 19 2010 at 02:10
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Never much liked The Wall or The Lamb so definitely Tales for me. The Remembering is one of the best things Yes ever did.
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Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: February 19 2010 at 05:15
| I think The Lamb smokes the other two here for the quality of its songs, as well as being a rather more convincing concept album. Quadrophenia might just about pip it for my favourite obvious double concept album, with a nod to the subtler/shorter varieties... Still Life, Ys, Darwin!, Felona E Sorona, Au Dela Du Delire etc. |
Posted By: The Runaway
Date Posted: February 19 2010 at 05:26
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The Hazards of Love.
EDIT: Oh, it's not on the list. EDIT2: Hazards of Love.
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: February 19 2010 at 07:46
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I'd say as a concept album, The Wall is the most effective of the three, though all three are very close in overall quality. Topographic Oceans probably gets the most listens from me, as it has an intangible spiritual quality that I can't quite place (I don't bother deciphering the meaning of the lyrics), and the music itself is very lovely. About 75% of Lamb is amazing music, but I never quite bought the concept - it's just too obtuse to really make much sense even after you read the story and the numerous analyses written about it online.
The Wall it is. It kicked my butt when I was 10 years old, and it still spooks me out a bit. It was my first R-rated movie and some of the images in that film left me with nightmares for weeks afterward. Good sheet. ------------- 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: HolyMoly
Date Posted: February 19 2010 at 07:47
Hard to argue with that. ------------- 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: Roj
Date Posted: February 19 2010 at 08:08
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3 great and cherished albums in my collection.
I could not possibly be without any of them.
If pushed, I'll go for Tales, but it's close as they are all superb.
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: February 19 2010 at 08:15
| My favourite by far of those three albums is The Wall, both musically and concept-wise. I will freely admit to not liking The Lamb... at all, while Tales by and large leaves me somewhat cold (even if it's one of Micky's favourite albums of all time). |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: February 19 2010 at 09:49
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The question is simply Concept Album....I have to pick the Wall out of all 3. Although I agree with other points made about musicality and extreme amount of filler songs, double LP is a lot of music.
I also take points off due to the movie The Wall......wow just horridly done, added nothing to the album.
Tough choices...good poll.
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Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: February 19 2010 at 11:16
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The Lamb by a long way. They're all flawed, but like the White album disc 1 of The Lamb is pretty close to perfect and disc 2 is patchy but still has plenty of great songs. TFTO has some wonderful passages of music but doesn't really hang together that well, and I've always found the Wall pretty mediocre with the exception of a few songs. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: geoffbarra
Date Posted: February 22 2010 at 22:29
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...from the (limited) list - I voted The Lamb... but it trails some distance behind Subterranea (IQ) which is THE (modern) Monumental Prog Concept Album - also honorable mention must go to Brave (Marillion) ------------- Without Prog - where would wise men be...? |
Posted By: cesar polo
Date Posted: February 23 2010 at 02:20
| Three masterpieces, but my vote goes to The Wall not only for the music but for the theatrically of the story. Also applies for the Lamb, but I think It's more powerfull the Pink Floyd one. |
Posted By: zbida
Date Posted: February 23 2010 at 02:47
| The Lamb... and Tales... are my winners. Not a big fan of The Wall (but great fan of Pink Floyd). |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: February 23 2010 at 02:56
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TFTO.
The Wall has about 3 good tracks and only one of those is great. The Lamb has a great first disc and a substandard second disc. TFTO has 3 mindblowingly good epics and one avant epic. ------------- 
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Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: February 23 2010 at 05:20
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Lamb is the funniest, all the laughs Waters NOW says he wishes were on The Wall. (I thought that was what The Trial was for). Superb melodies all over Lamb. And finishes on one of Genesis' finest tunes. (Which is saying alot.) But.... only three? Why these three? No Brick? No Tommy, Quadrophenia, no APP, or TDSOTM. Not even that totally insignificant reject Close To The Edge?? (Kidding of course. one has to insert this bit.) Oh, that is only a semi concept piece with... B Sides. So, no 2112, Tarkus, Meddle, Foxtrot. Or if we use our imagination, how about Cygnus? (Starts on one album, finishes on another.) Now that is amusing. The hidden concept album... Can't vote, Tales vs Lamb? The Wall is a superb album as well. Something that is as determinedly uncommercial in intent (it needed Gilmour and Ezrin to make it palatable to the non prog crowd...) |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: February 23 2010 at 05:26
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^I agree there could've been more variety, although I find it more interesting with less options. Much tighter competition. -------------
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Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: February 23 2010 at 14:07
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Tales. This album is great, very difficult to enter it, but what a musical pleasure once you're in ! They move fast We need love... -------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: RoyFairbank
Date Posted: February 23 2010 at 16:17
| I own Lamb Lies Down and consider it holy scripture, but The Wall has ingrained itself into my psyche. Tales can *** it. |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: February 23 2010 at 16:28
The poll is about "monumental" concept albums, which seems to apply only to double albums in the OP's view. |
Posted By: ko
Date Posted: February 24 2010 at 09:39
| The Lamb |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: March 05 2010 at 08:56
| The Snow Goose |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: March 05 2010 at 08:57
| Sorry, I changed my mind: The Human Equation |
Posted By: sargassov
Date Posted: March 05 2010 at 09:31
| I voted for The Wall Having in mind Pink Floyd but do not agree with the choice of the album. A monumental thing - Dark Side ... |