Top 10 Purely Instrumental Prog Albums
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Topic: Top 10 Purely Instrumental Prog Albums
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Subject: Top 10 Purely Instrumental Prog Albums
Date Posted: October 24 2013 at 14:43
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I don't have much purely instrumental prog in my collection so wanted to find out what others favourites are...my list: 1) Pictures at an Exhibition - Tomita 2) Symphonic Pictures - SFF 3) Phaedra - Tangerine Dream 4) Sketches of Satie - Steve & John Hackett 5) Symphonic Holocaust - Morte Macabre 6) UZED - Univers Zero 7) Red Queen to Gryphon Three - Gryphon 8) Marscape - s/t 10) The Snow Goose - Camel ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 24 2013 at 15:44
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Sphere 3 - Comeuppance Gerard - Live in Marseile Tangerine Dream - Force Majeure Mike Oldfield - Incantations** Vangelis - Direct** The Enid - Aerie Fairie Nonsense Rick Wakeman - Six Wives Of Henry VIII Stephen Caudel -Wine Dark Sea edit - just realised those top two have one song each with Gary Moore singing (bugger! , although he sings well) off the substitutes bench: The Enid - In The Region Of The Summer Stars Edgar Froese - Stuntman edit again - I've double asterixed a couple as they do have some vocals. On Incantations Maddy Prior sings the poem Hiawatha and there is another song called 'Diana' but both are weaved into the music not separately included . Most Mike Oldifeld albums could be ruled out on this basis annoyingly but I'm struggling to find other albums. The Vangelis does have some operatic style vocal on one of the tracks and there is a speaking voice on Intergalactic Radio Station. Maybe I could substitute Antartica as I'm sure that doesn't have vocal. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: October 24 2013 at 15:59
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Oh yeah finally a thread where I get to list all of my fave electronic albums  Nah I promise to think of something a little more clever, but for now here's 3 from the outer regions of PA: Tangerine Dream - Alpha Centauri Didier Bocquet - Voyage Cérébral ------------- “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: presdoug
Date Posted: October 24 2013 at 16:27
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in no particular order- Dedalus-Dedalus Il Baricentro-Sconcerto Terje Rypdal-What Comes After Sun Treader-Zin Zin Dzyan-Electric Silence Giger, Lenz and Marron-Beyond Mahavishnu Orchestra-The Inner Mounting Flame Passport-Doldinger Passport-Cross Collateral Passport-Infinity Machine |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: October 24 2013 at 16:29
^Love that Dzyan album Doug Love at first listen - even if it is quite the grower as well. Seems to get better with every spin, and I am probably on my 100th by now. ------------- “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: presdoug
Date Posted: October 24 2013 at 16:31
| ^right on! |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: October 24 2013 at 16:59
Forgot all about that one...it definitely makes my top 10 list  ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Guldbamsen wrote:Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: October 24 2013 at 18:06
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Instrumental Prog albums exclude PR and MR? For some reason the tag prog makes me think you're looking for something different. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: October 24 2013 at 18:27
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Probably 60-75% of the music I listen to is instrumental. Gotta get my thinker going, I'll be back... Alright, here we go (in no particular order): Herbie Hancock - Sextant Tangerine Dream - Rubycon Tortoise - Standards Univers Zero - Heatwave Miles Davis - Dark Magus Henry Cow - Western Culture Soft Machine - Six Gong - Expresso II Heldon - Stand By Klaus Schulze - Picture Music ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: October 24 2013 at 18:41
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Off the top of my head Secret Oyster - Straight to the Krankenhaus Michael Hoenig - Departure to the Northern Wasteland Djam Karet - Suspension and Displacement Soft Machine - Fourth Gong - Gazeuse! Fred Frith - Speechless Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Yanqui U.X.O. Nascita Della Sfera - Per Una Scultura di Ceshia ------------- 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: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: October 24 2013 at 18:50
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Univers Zero - Ceux Du Dehors Ahvak - s/t Henry Cow - Western Culture National Health - Of Queues & Cures Aranis - Roqueforte Tangerine Dream - Phaedra Anglagard - Hybris Guapo - 5 Suns Jean Michel Jarre - Equinoxe Miriodor - Avanti! I could just as easily list another 40 or so but that'll do for now ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: October 24 2013 at 18:50
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Ars Nova – Transi
Djam Karet – The Devouring Goblin – Roller Jan Hammer – The First Seven Days Kenso – Yume No Oka Ozric Tentacles – Strangeitude Tangerine Dream – Force Majeure Twelfth Night – Live At The Target Vangelis – Albedo 0.39 Zombi – Cosmos/Surface To Air (tie) (This could change in the next ten minutes, especially since I don't have Froese, Heldon, Oldfield, Synergy or Wakeman in there!) ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: October 24 2013 at 19:55
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Return to Forever - "Romantic Warrior"
Eleventh House - "Introducing Eleventh House with Larry Coryell" Billy Cobham - "Spectrum" |
Posted By: Neo-Romantic
Date Posted: October 24 2013 at 20:36
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Wow, I just realized how lacking my collection is in purely instrumental albums! Here's the only three I own in order of how much I like them: Anglagard - Viljans Oga (5 stars) Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame (4.5 stars) Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives of Henry VII (3 stars) |
Posted By: iamathousandapples
Date Posted: October 24 2013 at 20:37
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Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! Giraffes? Giraffes! - More Skin With Milk-Mouth ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/thamazingbender" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: October 24 2013 at 20:47
There is vocals on there. I would have listed it as well if it was purely instrumental. ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: October 24 2013 at 21:24
For some reason I always think of them as a instrumental band, I'll add Forgas Band Phenomena - L'Axe Du Fou ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: October 24 2013 at 22:59
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Mahavishnu- Inner Mounting
Birds of Fire
Yak
Liquid Tension Exp 1
Ozric Tentacles-Strangeitude
Return To Forever- Hymn of the 7th galaxy
Pulsar- Strands..
Soft Machine 4
Pat Metheny Group-same
Jeff Beck- Blow By Blow
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Posted By: faviovilla
Date Posted: October 24 2013 at 23:01
| Even if you could consider jason becker's altitudes as shred, it is a progressive guitar album that you have to listenalso miles davis tribute to jack johnson or filles dekiimanjaro |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: October 24 2013 at 23:22
Are you familiar with Marty Friedman's Scenes? Very good album that was unusual considering his background with Cacophony and Megadeth...not to mention the Kitaro connection! ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: faviovilla
Date Posted: October 24 2013 at 23:28
| Nope, but i will check it out, do like martys soloing while in megadeth and jason sayd hr made him better player during cacophony time |
Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: October 24 2013 at 23:39
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Some good stuff (more than 10): Algernon - Ghost Surveillance Änglagård - Viljans Öga Animals as Leaders - Weightless Aranis - RoqueForte Ash Ra Tempel - Ash Ra Tempel Atavism of Twilight - Atavism of Twilight Attention Deficit - The Idiot King Battlestations - Battlestations Il Berlione - Il Berlione Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Petrophonics Brand X - Unorthodox Behavior Camel - The Snow Goose Carpe Nota - Carpe Nota Djam Karet - The Devouring Dün - Eros Explosions In The Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place Five-Storey Ensemble - Not That City Béla Fleck and The Flecktones - UFO Tofu Frames - In Via Godspeed You! Black Emperor - “lift yr. skinny fists like antennas to heaven!” Gryphon - Red Queen to Gryphon Three Guapo - Five Suns Hamster Theatre - Carnival Detournement Bo Hansson - Lord of the Rings Happy Family - Toscco Heldon II Allez Teia The Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame Maserati - Pyramid of the Sun Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling Mono - Hymn To The Immortal Wind Montresor - Daybreak The Muffins - Double Negative My Brother The Wind - I Wash My Soul in the Stream of Infinity NeBeLNeST - noVa eXPReSS Ozric Tentacles - Erpland Present - Le Poison Qui Rend Fou Scale The Summit - The Collective Schicke Führs Fröhling - Symphonic Pictures Sioum - I Am Mortal, But Was Fiend sleepmakeswaves - ...and so we destroyed everything Soft Machine - Fourth Solaris - Marsbéli Krónikát Solterra - Soul » Earth » Sun Synergy - Chords Tangerine Dream - Zeit Tangled Thoughts of Leaving - Deaden the Fields Tortoise - TNT A Triggering Myth - A Remedy of Abstraction Tristeza - A Colores Univers Zéro - The Hard Quest Yeti - Things To Come Zalem - στίγμα (stigma) ------------- -- Frank Swarbrick Belief is not Truth. |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: October 25 2013 at 01:29
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Ok I'll play... Abus Dangereux - Le Quatrieme Mouvement Akritas - S/T Anamorphose - Palimpseste Bubu - Anabelas Clivage - Mixtus Orbis Djam Karet - The Devouring Dun - Eros Happy Family - Toscco Il Berlione - S/T Jean Paul Prat - Masal Kopecky - Sunset Gun Morte Macabre - Symphonic Holocaust Modry Effect - Blue Efekt & Radim Hladik Pangee - Hymnemonde Patrick Gauthier - Bebe Godzilla Puppenhaus - Jazz Macht Spazz Rahmann - S/T Roberto Colombo - Sfogatevi Sanhedrin - After Forever Shylock - Ile De Fievre Som Imaginario - A Matanca Do Porco The Muffins - Manna/Mirage Xaal There are more I didn't bother mentioning.. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 25 2013 at 01:32
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A couple I forgot to mention Andrew Lloyd Webber - Variations Eddie Jobson - Theme Of Secrets |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: October 25 2013 at 01:43
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Return To Forever Where Have I Know You Before
Miles Davis On The Corner
David Torn Cloud About Mercury
Terje Rypdal Descendre
Oregon Friends
Steve Tibbets Northern Song
Goldbug The Seven Dreams
Eyot Horizon
Dusan Jevtovic Am I Walking Wrong?
Ana Never Small Years
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Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: October 25 2013 at 11:47
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I don't have many purely instrumental albums, but these are ones I like. Camel - The Snow Goose An Endless Sporadic - Ameliorate An Endless Sporadic - An Endless Sporadic Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment 2 Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (I do include gibberish and spoken words in the realm of instrumental) Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge Ozric Tentacles - Erpland Tangerine Dream - Rubycon Tangerine Dream - Ricochet |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: October 25 2013 at 21:25
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Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: October 25 2013 at 21:49
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Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: October 26 2013 at 17:51
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: October 26 2013 at 21:01
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^^^Yeah, that's a good one! ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: October 26 2013 at 23:11
| Hydria Spacefolk & Oresund Space Collective have some nice, fully instrumental prog. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 27 2013 at 10:12
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Annoyed with myself that I forgot this one Three Monks - Neogothic Progressive Toccatas thanks to Nicholas (Progbethyname) for reminding me
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: October 27 2013 at 15:59
^^^I forgot about that, too. Ten more: Michael Bennett - Voyage (this is a largely overlooked late '70s electronic record, only issued on CD as a 2-fer with Rock Dreams) Majeure - Solar Maximum Libra – Schock Mongol - Doppler 444 Morte Macabre - Symphonic Holocaust Motoi Sakuraba – Gikyokuonsou Social Tension - MacBethia Subarachnoid Space - These Things Take Time Synergy - Electronic Realizations For Rock Orchestra Trace - Trace ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: stegor
Date Posted: October 28 2013 at 16:27
My favorite 1: |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 29 2013 at 02:39
and now I can add Three Monks - The Legend Of The Holy Circle which I downloaded this morning Still has the beautifull pipe organ but synths have been added on a few tracks Opening track is very 'ELP'.
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: October 29 2013 at 03:08
A new one? Great! I see they're on Black Widow now. Very cool. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: October 30 2013 at 16:23
I've been listening to it courtesy of MySpace. Great stuff, but I expected no less! ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 31 2013 at 16:31
I had to register with a music site I had never used before in order to buy the download and then had to burn a disc get it onto my hi fi. More than worth it though.
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: October 31 2013 at 16:49
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^^^I'll get the physical CD once it's available stateside. They're loads better than the last "new" Italian symph band I heard (name withheld). ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: xtscwebmaster
Date Posted: September 25 2015 at 11:32
| speaking of italians... there are some DECENT italian outfits who DO belong on the list... check out Arti & Mestieri for sure, and possibly Twin Beaks (canadian/italian) or Le Orme (just the old stuff) if you need more ... |
Posted By: GKR
Date Posted: September 25 2015 at 13:26
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Everything from http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2366" rel="nofollow - Marco Antonio Araujo , especially his two first albums - which I left a good reminder of his great musicianship above. And of course http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2366" rel="nofollow - Bjorn J:son Lindh . ------------- - From each according to his ability, to each according to his need. |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: October 02 2015 at 14:11
Top, top choice! If I'm going to do a proper reply on this thread it'll take ages to work out the list. I seem to buy more instrumental-only albums than any other kind. Partly due to my hatred of bad lyrics - curse of the prog genre! Which is also a reason why I like bands who sing in languages I don't speak (and why I have to pretend to myself that I don't speak English when I listen to Yes
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: October 02 2015 at 14:22
One of my top albums of the 21st century for sure, though its follow-up, Acte 5, is none too shabby either. As a lover of instrumental music, I would also need a long time to come up with a list, though Ian's original post (over 2 years old now  ) already listed some of my favourites. On the other hand, some of my top albums of the past few years - for some odd coincidence - feature one vocal track:Herd of Instinct - s/t D.F.A. - 4th Accordo dei Contrari - Kublai |
Posted By: Bitterblogger
Date Posted: October 23 2015 at 01:07
| Though not all is prog, Jeff Beck's There and Back. |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: October 25 2015 at 16:01
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This is really tough. But based on only having one album from any artist, sticking to what is strictly prog within the meaning of this site, and in alphabetical order: Bondage Fruit, VI Guapo, Five Suns Herbie Hancock, The Crossing Jade Warrior, Kites Last Exit, Iron Path Pekka Pohjola, B. the Magpie Jean-Paul Prat, Masal Tipographica, God Says I Can't Dance Univers Zero, Ceux du Dehors Yochk'o Seffer, Ghilgoul AKA Moon, Rebirth Cyclobe, Wounded Galaxies Flying Luttenbachers, Cataclysm Maneige, ManeigeOctober Equus, Permafrost Pivixki, Gravissima Tape, Luminarium Present, Triskaidekaphobie Vespero, Subkraut Yeti, Volume Obliteration Transcendence EDIT: Took out Western Culture, I'd forgotten the vocals on Viva Pa Ubu |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: October 25 2015 at 16:43
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10+10 favorites: Univers Zero - 1313 Herbie Hancock - Crossings Miles Davis - Big Fun Klaus Schulze - MirageDedalus-Dedalus
Sensations Fix - Portable Madness Terje Rypdal-Whenever I Seem to be Far Away Guapo - Five Suns Zanov - Green Ray Tangerine Dream - Phaedra Weather Report - Weather Report Rahmann - St Cluster - Zuckerzeit Flamen Dialis - Symptome Dei Lard Free - I'm Around Midnight Ragnarok - St Continuum - St Agitation Free - Malesch Popol Vuh - Brüder Des Schattens / Nosferatu Embryo - We Keep On |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: October 25 2015 at 19:35
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Interstellar Overdrive & A Saucerful of Secrets (Live at Pompeii version) - Pink Floyd YYZ & La Villa Strangiato - Rush Cinema - Yes Hocus Pocus - Focus One of These Days - Pink Floyd (don't it counts cause of that spooky line in the middle) Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Parts One and Two & Fracture - King Crimson afraid that's all i got... ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: October 26 2015 at 12:20
Those guys are really good! (So are the other two.)
Blow by Blow and Blue Wind, too. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: May 08 2018 at 13:20
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Liquid Tension Exp - S/T Return To Forever- Romantic Warrior Al Dimeola -Elegant Gypsy Jeff Beck- Blow By Blow Jeff Beck Wired Ozric Tentacles-The Floor's Too far Away Frank Zappa - Hot Rats ( Ok, one song w/ vocals here) Mahavishnu Orchestra - Bird of Fire Dixie Dregs - Bring em Back Alive Bozzio Levin Stevens - Situation Dangerous
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Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: May 08 2018 at 14:24
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Camel - Snow Goose Ozric Tentacles - Waterfall Cities Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior Uzva - Uoma Ragnarök - Ragnarök Hidria Spacefolk - Symbiosis Taipuva Luotisuora - 8 Wintergatan - Wintergatan Juha Kujanpää - Kultasiipi Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge These are the ones I could name instantly. I listen to a lot instrumental music so I have dozens of favorites, mostly folk, fusion, spacerock and a lot of ambient, dub and psytrance. |
Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: May 08 2018 at 20:49
It's surprisingly tough to come up with a good list, especially if you take JR/F or Prog Electronic albums out of the equation. My list of favourites would look something like this:
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Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: May 08 2018 at 22:19
Mine favorites would include, generally in order:
Lots of good choices out there! ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: May 09 2018 at 02:07
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Miles Davis - Bitches Brew Miles Davis - A Tribute to Jack Johnson Herbie Hancock - Man Child Herbie Hancock - Thrust Weather Report - Heavy Weather Billy Cobham - Total Eclipse Billy Cobham - Crosswinds Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: May 09 2018 at 05:37
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Wow, this is the first thread where I love each and every single album posted <3 |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: May 09 2018 at 08:30
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There are so many great instrumental albums out there, it's nearly impossible to pick and rank just 10. Part of what makes it difficult is my fairly recent foray into the Berlin School where I have found many great ones. What I can do is put a line of demarcation in an arbitrary chronological coordinate; say, 1990? Additionally, these are all ranked with A caveat of mood dependence. I also include some outside of PA. Pre-1990 1. Banco -...di Terra 2. Univers Zero - Used 3. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire 4. Tangerine Dream - Stratosphere 5. Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries 6. Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior 7. Bill Bruford - One of a Kind (I give a free pass to the Alice in Wonderland recitation on "Fainting in Coils") 8. Kitaro - Oasis 9. Richard Pinhas - Chronolyse 10. Brand X - Livestock Post-1990 1. Exivious - Exivious 2. Nebelnest - Nova Express 3. Happy Family -Tosčco 4. Bondage Fruit - VI 5. Alex Machacek (McHacek) - Featuring Ourselves 6. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones -UFO TOFU 7. Gordian Knot - Gordian Knot 8. Squintaloo - Über Bord 9. Djam Karet - Heavy Soul Sessions 10. Spastic Ink - Ink Complete ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: May 09 2018 at 08:51
Nice to see I'm not the only fan of VI. They are all great really, but I do love that one. ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: May 09 2018 at 09:46
objection, Your Honor. "The Snow Goose" is not purely instrumental; there is singing on several tracks, even if these contributions are only vocalizations (a musical term for "singing without lyrics", like "la-la-la") -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: May 09 2018 at 12:48
Definitely the best of the instrumental BFs. Though I still think II is the best overall. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow"> https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: deafmoon
Date Posted: May 29 2018 at 05:46
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Ghost Dance - Jaimie Muir, Michael Giles, David Cunningham Fred Taylor - Court of Circe PSI - Horizonte Pierre van der Linden - Drum Poetry Terry Bozzio - Live in Japan 2007 ------------- Deafmoon |
Posted By: tempest_77
Date Posted: May 30 2018 at 02:11
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In no particular order: Romantic Warrior by Return to Forever Handmade Cities by Plini The Way Forward by Intervals Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield The Joy of Motion by Animals as Leaders In the Region of Summer Stars (1984) by The Enid The Migration by Scale the Summit Gazeuse by Gong! And if I only do one per band, that's all I've got ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ------------- I use they/them pronouns (feel free to ask me about this!) Check out my music on https://tempestsounds.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - my bandcamp ! |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: May 30 2018 at 02:18
| I might come up with a list later and it will include jazz/rock fusion and post rock :) |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: May 30 2018 at 05:32
| Way earlier in the thread someone listed "hybris" by Anglagard. I was listening to that not too long ago and while it is mostly instrumental there are a few sections with vocals(in swedish) on it. |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: June 01 2018 at 08:49
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Hergest Ridge Six Wives Of Henry VIII ...Di Terra 1313 Lift Your Skinny Fists Birds Of Fire Glory Of The Inner Force Suspension & Displacement Agusa Viljans Oga Hadal Sherpa Symphonic Pictures |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: June 01 2018 at 08:50
| Also: Kotebel Cosmology |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: June 01 2018 at 09:35
That begs the question - is an instrumental something without words or something without any vocal sounds? (e.g. is Hocus Pocus an instrumental if it has yodelling?).
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: June 01 2018 at 16:20
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An instrumental usually avoids any sounds produced by the voice. Usually. An impromptu yelp may get a pass. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: July 21 2018 at 20:06
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Anglagard: Viljans Olga Camel: The Snow Goose Dixie Dregs: What If Emerson, Lake and Palmer: Pictures at an Exhibition Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven Allan Holdsworth: Hard Hat Area Liquid Tension Experiment: Liquid Tension Experiment Mike Oldfield: The Songs of Distant Earth Soft Machine: Fourth Rick Wakeman: The Six Wives of Henry VIII Separate Fusion List: John Abercrombe: Timeless Billy Cobham: Spectrum Miles Davis: In a Silent Way Al DiMeola: Splendido Hotel Eleventh House: Introducing the Eleventh House with Larry Coryell Herbie Hancock: Sextant Mahavishnu Orchestra: The Inner Mountain Flame Jaco Pastorious: Jaco Pastorious Return to Forever: Romantic Warrior John Scofield and the Metropole Orkest: 54 |