Top 10 All Intrumental Prog Albums

[WytchCrypt]

Just like the subject says albums with no vocals or spoken words - like Bruford's Mock Turtle speech before Fainting in Coils or Zappa's dialog sections of Civilization Phaze III

Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Fonya - Earth Shaper
SFF - Symphonic Pictures
Gryphon - Red Queen to Gryphon's Three
Steve & John Hackett - Sketches of Satie
Heldon - Un Reve Consequence Speciale
Klaus Schulze - Picture Music
Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
Morte Macabre - Symphonic Holocaust
Tomita - Pictures at an Exhibition

[rcarlberg]

Tangerine Dream - Phaedra ????
Klaus Schulze - Picture Music ????
Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene ????
Tomita - Pictures at an Exhibition ????

I don't think "instrumental prog" and "synthesizer albums" are the same thing.

[No Pride]

I don't think "instrumental prog" and "synthesizer albums" are the same thing.

I immediately knew there was going to be some genre disputes after the original post, not only because of what you just said, but also because many here don't consider fusion to be prog. Maybe it isn't; I don't know or care. But my list will disregard all of that.
Off the top of my head:

Chick Corea and RTF - Hymn of the Seventh Galay
Bruford - One of a Kind
Kenso - Yume Na Oka
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Inner Mounting Flame (I actually prefer VotEB, but it has vocals)
Jan Hammer - The First Seven Days (actually closer to symph prog than fusion)
Tribal Tech - Spears
Lyle Workman - Harmonic Crusader
Steve Vai - Passion and Warfare
Ben Monder - Oceana (hmm, do "wordless vocals" count?)
Symphony X - Moon Babies

[WytchCrypt]

I don't think "instrumental prog" and "synthesizer albums" are the same thing.

Then you don't have to put any on your list

[Reid]

I can't think of 10 right now, but Mike Keneally's Evidence Of Humanity is the best thing I've heard in the past five years.
And credit to Marco M. for the amazing drum track.

[bob_32_116]

Anthony Phillips - 1984
David Bedford - The Odyssey
Any number of Vangelis albums: China, Mask, Soil Festivities, Antarctica (not Bladerunner, which I think has some spoken word in it)
Most Tangerine Dream albums

[No Pride]

I can't think of 10 right now, but Mike Keneally's Evidence Of Humanity is the best thing I've heard in the past five years.
And credit to Marco M. for the amazing drum track.

Agreed, it's great, but Alex Machacek's music to the same drum tracks is equally amazing (in fact I like it a little more, much as I love MK)! The album is called "24 Tales;" very much worth checking out!

[nosebone]

Mixin it up:

Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - Di Terra
National Health - Of Queues & Cures
Bruford - One Of A Kind
Moving Gelatine Plates - The World of Genius Hans
Univers Zero - UZED
Frank Zappa - Sleep Dirt
Brand X - Masques
Weidorje - s/t
Soft Machine - Fourth
Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior

[bill g]

Cool thread idea. Well, right off (without constricted notions of what is prog) I'll say:

Tony Banks - Six
Kenso - Yume No Oka
Kenso - Sparta
Anthony Phillips - Slow Dance
Anthony Phillips - Soiree
Bo Hansson - Lord of the Rings
Bo Hansson - Magician's Hat
Anglagard - Viljans Oga
Lotus - S/T (the swedish release from around 1975)
Gryphon - Red Queen To Gryphon Three

Pretty sure none of those have any vocals.

[Reid]

Chris's post just reminded me that Helmet Of Gnats s/t is one of my favorites of the past 10 years.
I played that CD over and over for about three years!

And for an old favorite I'll mention Unsung Heroes by the Dregs.

[No Pride]

Chris's post just reminded me that Helmet Of Gnats s/t is one of my favorites of the past 10 years.
I played that CD over and over for about three years!

And for an old favorite I'll mention Unsung Heroes by the Dregs.

I liked Helmet of Gnats "High Street" a little better, but they're both quite good!

And how could I forget The Dregs?! My favorite is "Dregs of the Earth," but they never made a bad album.

[bill g]

Wow I could do another ten easy, including some Steve Howe, Finch, Helmet of Gnats-and I completely forgot about SKE!!

[firth5th]

tubular bells

[UnderAGlassMoon]

Some of my favorites include:

Karcius-Sphere
Karcius-Kaleidoscope
Universe Zero-Ceux du Dehors
Guapo-Black Oni
Guapo-Five Suns
Liquid Tension Experiment-2
Steve Morse-High Tension Wires
Steve Howe-Turbulance
Mahavishnu Orchestra-The Inner Mounting Flame
Niacin-Time Crunch

[UnderAGlassMoon]

Symphony X - Moon Babies

You meant Planet X, right?

[No Pride]

You meant Planet X, right?

Yes. Too many "X" bands.

[UnderAGlassMoon]

Yes. Too many "X" bands.

I hear ya, and I agree great album!

[Scrotum Scissor]

In Spe - In Spe
Tipographica - God Says I Can't Dance
Henry Cow - Western Culture
The Flying Luttenbachers - Cataclysm
Gotic - Gotic (or Escenes, is it?)
Univers Zero - Ceux du Dehors (minimal vox and sans words)
SKE - 1000 Autunni (minimal vox and sans words)
Schicke-Führs-Fröhling - Symphonic Pictures
Miriodor - Jongleries Elastique
Som Imaginario - Matanca do Porco

[mogrooves]

Henry Cow - Western Culture
Univers Zero - Ceux Du Dehors
Ash Ra Tempel - s/t
Soft Machine - Fourth
Don Bradsham-Leather - The Distance Between (wordless vocals notwithstanding)
Banco .... - Di Terra
National Health - Of Queues & Cures
Moving Gelatine Plates - The World of Genius Hans
Doctor Nerve ‎– Out To Bomb Fresh Kings
Gryphon - Red Queen to Gryphon's Three

[Scrotum Scissor]

National Health - Of Queues & Cures
Moving Gelatine Plates - The World of Genius Hans

Wut? Queues has Greaves crooning all through Pyle's "Binoculars", and Hans even sees three-part vocal harmonies in the title track!

All fantastic stuff, tho.

[rcarlberg]

tubular bells

"Plus... Tubular Bells!"

[Don Arnold]

Some of these have been mentioned, but a quick scan of my own collection bring these to mind (I'm sure there are others that I have too, as well as many many many I don't have!):

Anglagard ~ Epilog
Anglagard ~ Viljans Oga
The Enid ~ In the Region of the Summer Stars
Dun ~ Eros
Guapo ~ Five Suns
Kotebel ~ Concerto....
Jean Michel Jarre ~ Oxygene
Banco ~ Di Terra
Pat Methany ~ The Way Up
Kenso ~ II
Camel ~ Snow Goose

I know, I know...call it a "baker's ten"

[bill g]

Wut? Queues has Greaves crooning all through Pyle's "Binoculars", and Hans even sees three-part vocal harmonies in the title track!

All fantastic stuff, tho.

Yeah, that was the only reason I didn't include that stuff on my list, or Tubular Bells for that matter. All great stuff though.

D'oh. forgot about the latest Kotebel. Too many great ones to narrow to 10.

[Yaman Aksu]

something like this:
(after restricting it to one album per musician or band)

Boud Deun - Stolen Bicycle
Bruford Levin Upper Extremities
The Trey Gunn Band - The Joy of Molybdenum
Steve Rothery - Ghosts of Pripyat
Iris - Crossing the Desert
Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy
Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
David Torn - Cloud About Mercury
Änglagård - Epilog

If Epilog has some vocals and doesn't qualify, replace it with:
Brian Eno, Jah Wobble - Spinner

[Digital_Man]

^ Tubular Bells has spoken word on it though(the naming of the instruments part). The snowgoose has wordless vocals but but I suppose that's not a big deal. Surprised no one has mentioned "Six wives" yet.