Top 5 Prog Rock Albums

[artboy]

1. Chris Squire - Fish Out of Water
2. King Crimson - Red
3. VDGG - Still Life
4. Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte
5. Fantomas - Suspended in Animation (check these guys out... they are TWISTED!.... they should be on the MOON!)

[Hawksun]

Originally Posted by artboy

5. Fantomas - Suspended in Animation (check these guys out... they are TWISTED!.... they should be on the MOON!)

I concur!

[Goodsall]

Gentle Giant - In A Glass House.
U.K. - U.K.
Fire Merchants - Landlords Of Atlantis.
Transatlantic - SMPTe
Yes - Relayer

[Rick and Roll]

Originally Posted by Goodsall

Gentle Giant - In A Glass House.
U.K. - U.K.
Fire Merchants - Landlords Of Atlantis.
Transatlantic - SMPTe
Yes - Relayer

Glass House and Octopus (picked by a lot of you) I'm always torn between. They're both in my top 10.

Fire merchants....sounds like a bunch of a holes to me

[pelothar]

Gentle giant's Octopus would probably be my nº 6

[Naganon]

1. Genesis - Selling England by The Pound
2. Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
3. Kayak - Last Encore
3. Esperanto - Dance Macabre
5. Focus - Hamburger Concerto

[mailotron]

nice ! Somoene who knows and likes "Danse Macabre"

[Methem]

Originally Posted by Yesspaz

I just wish that when new folks come to a place they'd search the boards for a while before posting. If I join a new community, I don't post something the first day. Most boards even have a sticky thread that reads something like "READ THIS FIRST" or "THESE TOPICS ALREADY HAVE FIVE THREADS."

Originally Posted by Rick and Roll

I don't think new members need to search the boards. This forum isn't the easiest to find stuff. I can't even find my old shows if I didn't have them written down.

Such a sticky thread, an FAQ, mentioned by Spaz would probably be a good idea. It could also contain general pointers to some of the most interesting and valuable threads on these forums.


-Methem

[Rick and Roll]

Originally Posted by Methem

Such a sticky thread, an FAQ, mentioned by Spaz would probably be a good idea. It could also contain general pointers to some of the most interesting and valuable threads on these forums.


-Methem

Sorry meth, spaz, I don't agree. this is a forum, full of free flowing thoughts, not a ranking, etc. Stickys should be used to keep important announcements at the top, not to rank threads.

Sometimes a thread seems worthwhile and no one hits it. Other times it's goofy and everyone does.

Seems to me people like it. Who cares that it gets recycled every so often?

[artboy]

I like threads that reappear...it is like revisiting the past... as with this thread... who knows.. 2 years from now my top 5 list might change and it will be fun seeing where my head was at this point in time!

[artboy]

Originally Posted by KeithieW

4) Pink Moon - Nick Drake (If Leo Kottke is on the Moon then so should Nick be!)

HERE HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nick deserves to be on the moon!!!!

[Rick and Roll]

Originally Posted by artboy

I like threads that reappear...it is like revisiting the past... as with this thread... who knows.. 2 years from now my top 5 list might change and it will be fun seeing where my head was at this point in time!

somebody said that this thread, good point...sometimes they change every day!

[artboy]

maybe the disgruntled should start a top 5 WORST prog album list thread if this bores them!

[anduril]

Not the best, but what I have listened more than three times a day.

Rush - a Farewell to Kings
Gentle Giant - Octopus
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
Camel - Snow Goose
Dream Theater - Metropolis pt. 2

[jtmckinley]

For what it's worth:

1) Close To The Edge - Yes
2) Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
3) Apostrophe - Frank Zappa
4) Foxtrot - Genesis
5) Tarkus - ELP

[theMusicMan]

1 - Seconds Out - Genesis
2 - Close to the Edge - Yes
3 - Trick of the Tail - Genesis
4 - Wish You Were Here - Pink F.
5 - Tales from Topographic Oceans - Yes

[Methem]

To R'n'R and artboy:

I've got no particular problem with this thread or these polls in general. It is just that with over 2500 threads and close to 20000 posts, it might be beneficial to offer a little guidance, other than just the keyword-based search mechanism, for those who're trying to find something specific from the archives.

Not that this is awfully important to me. Whatever eventually keeps the Moon best on its orbit... that's the way to go, I suppose.


-Methem

[Rick and Roll]

Originally Posted by Methem

To R'n'R and artboy:

I've got no particular problem with this thread or these polls in general. It is just that with over 2500 threads and close to 20000 posts, it might be beneficial to offer a little guidance, other than just the keyword-based search mechanism, for those who're trying to find something specific from the archives.


-Methem

Here's a suggestion...eliminate "Rick" from the search, and you'll be down to 17,000 posts

Don't worry, in the coming months my posting should decrease (promises promises)...

[Methem]

Originally Posted by Rick and Roll

Here's a suggestion...eliminate "Rick" from the search, and you'll be down to 17,000 posts

Ok, will consider that...

[Q-bert]

... seems like a good time for my first post...

1. Selling England by the Pound - Genesis,
2. Silent cries and mighty echoes - Eloy,
3. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd,
4. Lark's Tongues in Aspic - King Crimson,
5. Time is the key - Gong (Pierre Moerlen's Gong),

My choices are somewhat seasonal. Although the previous list represents my gold standards, I am at times (particularly during Fall) very partial to Wind & Wuthering, by Genesis, to One Size Fits All by Zappa, and to Tales from the Lush Attic, by IQ.