>
>Some good recommendations in your list, Steve. Interesting to see,
>though some albums seem to be everyone's darling, it still seems to
>be a matter of taste.
>
Yeah, I always find it fascinating when another prog fan and
I agree on 10 albums but then disagree on 5 others. What is the common
thread that's on the 10 we like but missing from the 5 we don't? :)
>So I'm really surprised that no one mentionend King Crimson's Larks'
>Tongues In Aspik yet. It's the first album with the core lineup
>Fripp/Wetton/Bruford. Very weird stuff, like most Crim albums, but
>the two title tracks (pt. 1 and 2) are among the most aggressive and
>heavy prog songs of all time. But the most surprising thing is, that
>they still sound fresh. They could put them on a 90s Crimson album
>and you wouldn't notice.
>
It's amazing how fresh sounding some of the older Crimson can
be. Robert Fripp was pretty far ahead of his time.
I've never been a huge fan of Crimson really. It's just not
melodic enough for me most of the time, I think. There are exceptions
(such as Starless) but I think that's a big reason I don't enjoy their
albums more. I thought that Discipline and Thrak might be a bit
easier for DT fans to get into at first listen.
>Don't forget Nursery Crime by Genesis, it doesn't stand out like
>Selling England but is still one of their best albums.
>
Yes, that's another good early Genesis album. I think it's
a bit rough in places, but certainly worth getting if you like the
others.
>Rush is a very special case. I never understood why everybody seems
>to love Moving Pictures. I'm trying to get into it for years, and
>well, it's ok, has some great stuff on it, but it never became a
>personal favorite. What about A Farewell To Kings? C'mon, Xanadu and
>Cygnus X-1 alone should be enough reason to put it on a best-of list!
>
I should have included A Farewell to Kings -- I knew I was
going to leave something off! ;-) I really do love "Moving Pictures"
(which I guess is a good example of what I was saying above). The
first three songs are great fun to sing and air-drum to and the last
three show their prog tendencies but are possibly more accessible than
some of their earlier albums.
>And am I still the only Gentle Giant fan on this list? Get Free Hand,
>The Power And The Glory, and Octopus *now*!
>
I've never been able to get into Gentle Giant. Their music is
just a bit too quirky and I don't really like their vocals. If someone
out there is looking for some complex music though, they should pick
up some Gentle Giant! I was almost going to include them in my first
list (along with Kansas and a couple others), but they didn't seem to
have the broad influence the other bands did.
Steve
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