Top 25 from these 8 nifty groups

[Poisoned Youth]

Cool, a list thread!

Okay, so I'm curious to see how your favorites stand out when compared to your other favorites from these 8 well established NIFTY GROUPS.

List your top 25 albums from this collection of bands:

Yes, Genesis, ELP, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Van der Graaf Generator, Gentle Giant.

It can be studio, live, whatever. Though preferably no solo albums.


NOTE: This thread is not about who makes up the NIFTY GROUPS. Just play with the hand I'm dealing out please.


Here would be mine:

1. Yes - Close to the Edge
2. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
3. King Crimson - Larks Tongues In Aspic
4. Yes - Fragile
5. Gentle Giant - Three Friends

6. King Crimson - Red
7. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
8. Yes - The Yes Album
9. Gentle Giant - Acquiring the Taste
10. Pink Floyd - Animals

11. Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Tarkus
12. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
13. King Crimson - The Great Deceiver Live 1973-1974
14. Pink Floyd - The Wall
15. Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant

16. King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black
17. Jethro Tull - Aqualung
18. Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
19. Van der Graaf Generator - Godbluff
20. Yes - Relayer

21. Genesis - Nursery Cryme
22. Yes - Going for the One
23. Van der Graaf Generator - Still Life
24. Gentle Giant - In A Glass House
25. King Crimson - Lizard


My count: Yes = 5, KC = 5, GG = 4, PF = 4, Genesis = 2, VdGG = 2, Tull = 2, ELP = 1

[cavgator]

Studio Albums

1. Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
2. U.K. - U.K.
3. Yes - Close To the Edge
4. Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
5. King Crimson - Red
6. Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
7. Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Tarkus
8. Pink Floyd - Animals
9. King Crimson - In The Court of The Crimson King
10. Yes - Fragile (expanded)

11. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
12. Jethro Tull - A Passion Play
13. King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black
14. Yes - The Yes Album
15. Genesis - Trick Of A Tail
16. U.K. - Danger Money
17. Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Trilogy
18. Yes - Relayer
19. Genesis - Foxtrot
20. King Crimson - Larks' Tongue in Aspic

21. Pink Floyd - Meddle
22. Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Emerson, Lake and Palmer
23. Yes - Going For The One
24. Genesis - Nursery Cryme
25. Jethro Tull - Minstrel In The Gallery

Honorable mention:

Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
King Crimson - Lizard
Gentle Giant - Three Friends
Jethro Tull - Aqualung

My count among the top 25: Yes 5, ELP 4, King Crimson 4, Genesis 4, Jethro Tull 3, Pink Floyd 3, U.k. 2 (both)

Apologies to GG, VdGG, the Canterbury bands, and many other worthies.

[grego]

It's mind cracking.
1 King Crimson In The Court Of Crimson King
2 Jethro Tull Minstrel In The Gallery
3 Gentle Giant - Octopus
4 Genesis Trespass
5 Genesis Nursery Cryme
6 VdGG The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other
7 Genesis Selling England By The Pound
8 Gentle Giant - The Power & The Glory
9 Gentle Giant - Free Hand
10 Yes Time & A Word
11 VdGG Still Life
12 VdGG The Quite Zone/The Pleasure Dome
13 King Crimson In The Wake Of Poseidon
14 Yes Relayer
15 Yes Close To The Edge
16 Gentle Giant Interview
17 Gentle Giant In A Glass House
18 King Crimson Islands
19 Genesis The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
20 King Crimson Starless & Bible Black
21 Genesis - Foxtrot
22 VdGG Godbluff
23 Yes Fragile
24 Gentle Giant debut
25 King Crimson Lizard

Gentle Giant - 6, King Crimson - 5, Genesis - 5, Yes - 4, VdGG - 4, Jethro Tull -1

[Progatron]

1. Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans
2. Jethro Tull - A Passion Play
3. Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail
4. Van Der Graaf Generator - Godbluff
5. Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
6. Genesis - Nursery Cryme
7. Yes - Going For The One
8. Pink Floyd - Live At Pompeii
9. Gentle Giant - Octopus
10. King Crimson - Red
11. Jethro Tull - Minstrel In The Gallery
12. Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
13. Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
14. Yes - The Yes Album
15. Jethro Tull - The Chateau D'Isaster Tapes
16. Jethro Tull - Aqualung
17. Pink Floyd - Animals
18. Genesis - Foxtrot
19. Yes - Relayer
20. Van Der Graaf Generator - H To He Who Am The Only One
21. Jethro Tull - Stand Up
22. Van Der Graaf Generator - The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other
23. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
24. ELP - Welcome Back My Friends...
25. Gentle Giant - Free Hand

... hated having to leave so many out! That was tough. If Hammill solo albums were allowed, The Silent Corner, In Camera and Over would all have been included. Likewise with Voyage Of The Acolyte and Fish Out Of Water.

[Rufus]

1:Close to the edge
2:Brain Salad Surgery
3.Fragile
4:The Yes Album
5:Relayer
6:Tarkus
7rama
8:Red
9:Going for the One
10:Tales from Topographic Oceans
11:Trilogy
12:Aqualung
13:Wind & Wuthering
14:Foxtrot
15:Thick as a Brick
16:Trick of the Tail
17:In a Glass House
18:Three Freinds
19:Time & a Word-expanded
20:Yes-expanded
21:Pictures at an Exhibition
22:Wish you were Here
23ark side of the Moon
24:The Wall
25:The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

VDGG=ZILCH, NONE, ZERO ete, etc....

[NogbadTheBad]

1. King Crimson - Larks Tongues In Aspic
2. Pink Floyd - Animals
3. Yes - CTTE
4. Jethro Tull - TAAB
5. Genesis - Foxtrot

6. King Crimson - Red
7. Pink Floyd - WYWH
8. Jethro Tull - Aqualung
9. Gentle Giant - Octopus
10. VDGG - Godbluff

11. King Crimson - Lizard
12. Jethro Tull - Passion Play
13. Gentle Giant - In A Glass House
14. VDGG - Pawn Hearts
15. Pink Floyd - Ummagumma

16. King Crimson - ITCOTCK
17. Pink Floyd - Meddle
18. Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood
19. VDGG - H to HE
20. King Crimson - Starless & Bible Black

21. Yes - Relayer
22. Genesis - Trespass
23. Gentle Giant - Free Hand
24. Yes - Fragile
25. Genesis - Nursery Cryme

King Crimson - 5, Pink Floyd - 4, Jethro Tull - 4, Yes - 3, VDGG - 3, Genesis - 3, Gentle Giant - 3, ELP - 0

[PeterG]

I am unable to rank them 1-25, but I have ranked them internally per band and then listed the bands in order of favouriteness

1.
JT - Songs from the Wood
JT - Aqualung
JT - The Christmas Album
JT - Heavy Horses
JT - Benefit
JT- Crest of a Knave
JT- Rock Island
JT- War Child


2.
PF - DSOTM
PF - Meddle
PF - Piper
PF - Ummagumma
PF - More
PF - AHM
PF - Saucerful of Secrets
PF - Final Cut


3.
Gen - A Trick of the Tail
Gen - W & W
Gen - Duke
Gen - ATTWT
Gen - Abacab
Gen- Genesis

4.
Yes - Fragile
Yes - CttE

5.
GG - Acquiring the Taste

JT = 8, PF = 8, Gen = 6, Yes = 2, GG = 1

[Trane]

14 Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon Eng 1973
14 Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here Eng 1975
14 Supertramp Crime of the Century Eng 1974
13 Jethro Tull Stand Up Eng 1969
14 Jethro Tull Tick As A Brick 1971 Eng 1970

13 King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King Eng 1969
13 King Crimson Lizard Eng 1970
13 King Crimson Larks Tongues In Aspic Eng 1973
13 King Crimson Red Eng 1974
13 Genesis Nursery Cryme Eng 1971

13 Genesis Foxtrot Eng 1972
13 Genesis Selling England By The Pound Eng 1973
13 Genesis Trick of the Tail Eng 1976
13 Van der Graaf Generator Trisector Eng 2008
13 Yes The Yes Album Eng 1971

13 Yes Close to the Edge Eng 1972
12 Gentle Giant Octopus Eng 1972
12 Gentle Giant In A Glass House Eng 1973
12 Pink Floyd Meddle Eng 1971
12 Pink Floyd Animals Eng 1977

12 Supertramp Supertramp Eng 1970
12 Supertramp Even in the Quietest Moments Eng 1977
12 Supertramp Brother Where You Bound Eng 1985
12 Van der Graaf Generator The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other Eng 1970
12 Jethro Tull Aqualung Eng 1970



You read right: no ELP (the first missed the cut by a hair), but then again there is some kind of trend in this thread...
Yup, some of you will jump at Supertramp as a Big X of prog...

I didn't list live albums, though.

[Poisoned Youth]

Yup, some of you will jump at Supertramp as a Big X of prog...

Call them what you want...but...

NOTE: This thread is not about who makes up the NIFTY GROUPS. Just play with the hand I'm dealing out please.

[bill g]

Going with the 8 bands mentioned...

1. Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
2. Genesis - Wind & Wuthering
3. Gentle Giant - The Power & The Glory
4. Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans
5. Genesis - Foxtrot
6. Genesis - Trick of the Tail
7. Gentle Giant - Octopus
8. Yes - Close To The Edge
9. Gentle Giant - Three Friends
10. King Crimson - Islands
11. King Crimson - Lizard
12. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
13. ELP - Tarkus
14. ELP - debut
15. Genesis - Trespass
16. Pink Floyd - Meddle
17. Gentle Giant - Acquiring The Taste
18. Gentle Giant - Free Hand
19. Yes - Fragile
20. Yes - Going For The One
21. King Crimson - Larks' Tongues In Aspic
22. Jethro Tull - Benefit
23. Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood
24. King Crimson - In The Wake of Poseidon
25. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway


Genesis - 6, Gentle Giant - 5, Yes - 4, King Crimson - 4, Jethro Tull - 3, ELP - 2, Pink Floyd - 1, VDGG - 0

[NogbadTheBad]

Call them what you want...but...

NOTE: This thread is not about who makes up the Big 5. Just play with the hand I'm dealing out please.

Just be glad he stuck to 25, with Trane's inability to count I was expecting him to post 73.

[NogbadTheBad]

I am unable to rank them 1-25, but I have ranked them internally per band and then listed the bands in order of favouriteness

Peter - I'm convinced that you and me pretty much cancel each other out on most of these

No Crimson, Floyd without Animals & WYWH, Genesis without Foxtrot & Trespass, Tull without TAAB & PP.

We're polar opposites, man

[hippypants]

1. King Crimson - In the Court Of
2. Genesis - Live
3. Genesis - Selling England
4. Yes - Close to the Edge
5. VdGG - Pawn Hearts
6. Pink Floyd - Ummagumma
7. King Crimson - In the Wake of Poseidon
8. Pink Floyd - Meddle
9. Genesis - Nursery Crymes
10. Yes - Fragile
11. Yes - The Yes Album
12. VdGG - Still Life
13. Genesis - Trick of the Tail
14. Gentle Giant - The Power & The Glory
15. Gentle Giant - Free Hand
16. King Crimson - Lizard
17. King Crimson - Islands
18. Pink Floyd - More
19. Jethro Tull - Stand Up
20. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
21. King Crimson - Lark's Tongue
22. Genesis--Wind & Wurthering
23. Yes--Time & A Word
24. ELP--1st album
25. VdGG--The Least We Can Do

[mogrooves]

I could easily exclude Yes and ELP by listing additional LPs by the others, but I won't:

1. Pawn Hearts
2. H To He....
3. The Least We Can Do...

4. ItCotKC
5. Lizard
6. Red

7. Octopus
8. Three Friends
9. AtT
10. TP&tG

11. Piper....
12. Ummagumma
13. Meddle

14. Foxtrot
15. Nursery Cryme
16. Trespass
17. The Lamb....

18. Benefit
19. Standup
20. This Was
21. LiTP

22. The Yes Album
23. Fragile

24. ELP
25. Tarkus

[Trane]

Quote Originally Posted by Poisoned Youth View Post
Call them what you want...but...

NOTE: This thread is not about who makes up the Big 5. Just play with the hand I'm dealing out please.

Just be glad he stuck to 25, with Trane's inability to count I was expecting him to post 73.

Not sure I did that on purpose (maybe I read top 10 ) (all those bands managed to collectively release 73 studio albums )

Cozy, I know, I wasn't about to start a debate... just pointing out a small quirk of mine...

I am unable to rank them 1-25, but I have ranked them internally per band and then listed the bands in order of favouriteness

Well cozy would've picked up by immediately how I ranked mine

I could easily exclude Yes and ELP by listing additional LPs by the others, but I won't:

I thought about that, but it turned out it would've been almost the same (no ELP)

[zravkapt]

Larks Tongues In Aspic
Thick As A Brick
Acquiring The Taste
Pawn Hearts
Foxtrot
Ummagumma
The Yes Album
Trilogy
The Dark Side Of The Moon
H To He Who Am The Only One
Relayer
Three Friends
Brain Salad Surgery
A Trick Of The Tail
Animals
Red
Close To The Edge
Minstrel In The Gallery
The Power And The Glory
Meddle
Lizard
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Godbluff
Fragile
Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Yes - 4, Genesis - 3, ELP - 3, KC - 3, PF - 4, JT - 2, VDGG - 3, GG - 3

[PeterG]

Peter - I'm convinced that you and me pretty much cancel each other out on most of these

No Crimson, Floyd without Animals & WYWH, Genesis without Foxtrot & Trespass, Tull without TAAB & PP.

We're polar opposites, man

We'd have a hell of a music evening together though

BUT, to clarify, those are what I prefer NOW & what I listen to NOW. I own all the other stuff as well, and maybe 15 years ago a lot of your favs were also a lot of my favs, just not any more. Never been a huge crimson fan, never been a huge ELP fan, but there are albums I like, and still listen to just not enough to be top 25 material - Islands, itcotck, itwop, Pics at an Ex, BSS.
GG - Octopus, Three Friends, Free Hand
Genesis - only Nursery Cryme from the Gabriel years is something I occasionally play, I just can't stick his voice or his lyrics.
Pink Floyd - never liked anything after DSOTM, except Final Cut & Division Bell. I like Roger Waters various live versions of The Wall though but not the studio album or the film.
As for Yes though, I actually dislike most Yes albums, don't like JA's voice.
As for VdGG, never got into them at all...sounds bloody awful to me, and I can't stand PH's voice
Taab & PP, no thanks, nor do I like Minstrel or Stand Up or This Was. For me Benefit & Aqualung are the only good albums from the early period.
If PY had named them my 25 would have included at least 3 albums each from Camel, Alan Parsons & Mike Oldfield.

You see my prog favs have always been of the more melodic type rather than the jazzy, fusiony, freeform, avantgarde, experimental type.
For me if the voice is wrong I can't listen to it, which is why I gave up on DT so early, love the music, but I can't STAND LaBrie's voice.

[Paul]

1. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
2. King Crimson - Discipline
3. Jethro Tull - Benefit
4. Yes - Close to the Edge
5. Genesis - Foxtrot

6. Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
7. Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
8. Genesis - Trespass
9. Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood
10. Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts

11. Yes - Yesshows
12. Gentle Giant - Free Hand
13. Van Der Graaf Generator - Godbluff
14. Yes - The Yes Album
15. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

16. Gentle Giant - Octopus
17. Jethro Tull - Stand Up
18. Genesis - A Trick of the Tail
19. Gentle Giant - In a Glass House
20. ELP - ELP

21. Yes - Fragile
22. ELP -Tarkus
23. Yes - Relayer
24. Genesis - Nursery Cryme
25. King Crimson - ITCOTKC

Genesis - 6, Yes - 5, Jethro Tull - 4, Gentle Giant - 3, VDGG - 2, ELP - 2, King Crimson - 2, Pink Floyd - 1

[Hobo Chang Ba]

I'm sure I'll forget something, also no particular order:

1. KC - Discipline
2. VDGG - Pawn Hearts
3. VDGG - H To He...
4. VDGG - Godbluff
5. Yes - Relayer
6. KC - Larks' Tongues...
7. KC - Red
8. KC - In The Court...
9. GG - The Power...
10. GG - Interview
11. GG - Octopus
12. GG - ATT
13. KC - Lizard
14. JT - Thick As A Brick
15. JT - APP
16. JT - WarChild
17. PF - Animals
18. PF - Meddle
19. Genesis - Foxtrot
20. Genesis - The Lamb...
21. PF - Ummagumma
22. Yes - Fragile
23. VDGG - Still Life
24. ELP - Welcome Back...
25. KC - The Great Deceiver

[cavgator]

You read right: no ELP (the first missed the cut by a hair), but then again there is some kind of trend in this thread...

Sure seems that way, even though they sold over 50,000,000 albums. Almost like it add cool points NOT to list them. Reminds me of back in the day when Yes fans or non-Big Six fans snubbed ELP as if to say, "I'm not a lemming. My taste is more sophisticated..."

[Poisoned Youth]

Sure seems that way, even though they sold over 50,000,000 albums. Almost like it add cool points NOT to list them. Reminds me of back in the day when Yes fans or non-Big Six fans snubbed ELP as if to say, "I'm not a lemming. My taste is more sophisticated..."

I think, based on other threads I have read at PE over the years, that ELP doesn't have the staying power over the decades that the other larger bands have. I know that's my case. I rarely reach for an ELP album and it's been that way for over a decade.

[Rufus]

Call them what you want...but...

NOTE: This thread is not about who makes up the Big 5. Just play with the hand I'm dealing out please.

But the title implies the big 5,6,7,8 etc so it was always going to fan a flame, especially when you list VDGG who where never even big 20. Now if you had listed Focus, Camel, Supertramp etc. that would have been more accurate! !

I grew up in prog circles & still mix with the same and VDGG are seldom discussed. There might be one VDGG per year here on PE which reflects their importance, popularity& influence!

[NogbadTheBad]

I just plugged VDGG into the search engine and got 3 threads in the last 4 weeks
In the same period Focus had 1, Camel 2 and Supertramp 0

Your prejudices are showing

[Progatron]

But the title implies the big 5,6,7,8 etc so it was always going to fan a flame, especially when you list VDGG who where never even big 20. Now if you had listed Focus, Camel, Supertramp etc. that would have been more accurate! !

I grew up in prog circles & still mix with the same and VDGG are seldom discussed. There might be one VDGG per year here on PE which reflects their importance, popularity& influence!

I can't help but laugh at the idea of a different opinion being described as 'more accurate'.

VDGG are wildly popular on PE. They are listed in 10 of the 13 submissions in this thread alone. They are an amazing band, one of the absolute top tier of prog, regardless of the constant negative opinions expressed by a tiny handful of forumers. You've made it clear you don't like them - but you're going to have to accept the fact that a LOT of people do. Phil Collins rules too, btw. Even more people love him.

[Poisoned Youth]

But the title implies the big 5,6,7,8 etc so it was always going to fan a flame, especially when you list VDGG who where never even big 20. Now if you had listed Focus, Camel, Supertramp etc. that would have been more accurate! !

I grew up in prog circles & still mix with the same and VDGG are seldom discussed. There might be one VDGG per year here on PE which reflects their importance, popularity& influence!

Fortunately I had the brilliant foresight of knowing this would fan flames and requested people just stick to the 8 bands I specifically listed. At that stage it becomes less about interpretation and more about the ability or refusal to simply follow directions.