"Classic Rock Presents Prog" readers' all time best prog albums

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Not really, ask most long-term Genesis fans which one they like best and it'll be Trick of the Tail or Wind and Wuthering.

Only those who like 80s Genesis. Hardcore Genesis fans prefer Peter Gabriel.

Geir Hongro, Thursday, 30 July 2009 22:45 (fourteen years ago) link

(And not one negative word about those two albums - they are great, but the Peter ones are mostly even better)

Geir Hongro, Thursday, 30 July 2009 22:45 (fourteen years ago) link

Only those who like 80s Genesis. Hardcore Genesis fans prefer Peter Gabriel.

Well all I can say is that I was a member of Genesis Information (the band's official fan club, which one would presume consisted of hardcore fans) from about 1978 to 1980, they ran best album polls every year and TotT and WaW came out top every time.

anagram, Thursday, 30 July 2009 22:56 (fourteen years ago) link

Trick Of The Tail is by far my fave Genesis album. I love that album to death. and i have no time at all for 80's genesis. well, i don't hate 80's genesis, i like some of abacab and duke a lot, but i don't listen to it.

scott seward, Friday, 31 July 2009 02:03 (fourteen years ago) link

and wind & wuthering is probably my 2nd favorite! hmm, maybe i'm a peter gabriel hater after all.

scott seward, Friday, 31 July 2009 02:04 (fourteen years ago) link

also: Trespass has to be one of my LEAST favorite prog albums. by any band. ugh.

scott seward, Friday, 31 July 2009 02:08 (fourteen years ago) link

Only those who like 80s Genesis. Hardcore Genesis fans prefer Peter Gabriel.

If I was ever going to get drunk with power and abuse mod privileges, I would probably delete all of your posts where you made claims about anyone's likes and dislikes other than your own. It would probably take a month.

Beanbag the Gardener (WmC), Friday, 31 July 2009 02:12 (fourteen years ago) link

three years pass...

You know, Yes "Relayer" sounding better and better as years go by. I'm surprised there's no dedicated thread...

dlp9001, Saturday, 4 August 2012 00:48 (eleven years ago) link

eight years pass...

I read this whole thread after searching for Gnidrolog. The most bizarre assertion herein is that Eloy is better than anybody, I've heard three of their records and they're laughable.

Halfway there but for you, Monday, 12 April 2021 16:05 (three years ago) link

Have you heard the concept album where some stoner travels back to the Middle Ages in a time machine and teaches a princess how to smoke weed?

it's popol vu all over again (Matt #2), Monday, 12 April 2021 16:19 (three years ago) link

I skipped that one, I'm sure THAT's going to be the album to convince me they're awesome, ha ha.

Halfway there but for you, Monday, 12 April 2021 16:22 (three years ago) link

Pawn Hearts getting 10x the votes as Dark Side of the Moon warms my heart on this cold spring day

frogbs, Monday, 12 April 2021 16:25 (three years ago) link

I wonder if we reran this exact pill whether ILM would get it so gloriously correct a second time

imago, Monday, 12 April 2021 16:29 (three years ago) link

Don't understand who would pick Moonmadness as the best of this batch. The Snow Goose is quite nice but the albums where they write lyrics and sing them are not.

Halfway there but for you, Monday, 12 April 2021 16:42 (three years ago) link

Will Romano's book Mountains Come Out of the Sky lists Moonmadness as the 5th best/most important prog album, but I thought his love of Camel was a personal peculiarity, not a trend.

Halfway there but for you, Monday, 12 April 2021 17:14 (three years ago) link

Camel a big favourite for White Van Man Prog along with Yes and ELP. Must be the stoner feel to it.

it's popol vu all over again (Matt #2), Monday, 12 April 2021 17:54 (three years ago) link

They're apparently a big influence on neo-prog bands, maybe it's the straightforwardness that they find easier to emulate than the more arcane or complex stuff.

Halfway there but for you, Monday, 12 April 2021 17:57 (three years ago) link

Bingo

it's popol vu all over again (Matt #2), Monday, 12 April 2021 18:13 (three years ago) link


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