Albums where the first song is the best

[grego]

Procol Harum A Salty Dog
Strawbs - Hero & Heroine ( Autumn)
Gryphon - Treason( The Spring Song)
Jethro Tull - War Child
King Crimson - Lizard(Cirkus)
Eiliff - Eiliff( Byrd-Night Of The Seventh Day)
ELP Trilogy(The Endless Enigma)
Led Zeppelin Presense( Achilles Last Stand)

[emperorken]

Echolyn- Mei

Seriously,

Anima Mundi- The Way(Time to Understand)
InVertigo- Veritas(Darkness)
IQ- Frequency
K2- Book of the Dead(Infinite Voyage)
Konchordat- The New Crusade
Moody Blues- Question of Balance(Question)
No Name- 4(The Curse)
Phideaux- Snowtorch Part 1
Pink Floyd- Meddle(One of These Days)
SETI- Discoveries(A Draconian Tale)
Yes- The Yes Album(Yours Is No Disgrace)

[grego]

Really surprised to see One of These Days as best of Meddle..

[Progbear]

Title track of Sconcerto by Il Baricentro. The rest of the album has grown on me, but nothing is as exceptional as that astounding opening track.

[llanwydd]

In descending order:

1. The Yes Album (Yours Is No Disgrace)
2. Close to the Edge (Close to the Edge)
3. Nursery Cryme (The Musical Box)
4. Relayer (The Gates of Delirium)
5. Live/Dead (Dark Star)
6. Red (Red)
7. Novella (Can You Hear Me)
8. Beatles (Helter Skelter)
9. Rick Wakeman's Criminal Record (Statue of Justice)
10. Tarkus (Tarkus)

[grego]

I must add Amon Duul's Wolf City( Surrounded by the stars)
Err..for me Tarkus, CTTE, Gates are not just 'songs', but nevermind, it depends on terms we use.

[emperorken]

Really surprised to see One of These Days as best of Meddle..

I assume you are referring to Echoes, which is a fine epic. However, I think it is too long and drawn out. If it was more concise, I would like it better. In any case, "One of These Days" is one of my all time favorite PF tracks.

[bigjohnwayne]

Endless Calling from Izz's first album.


(walks out, drops the mic)

[PeterG]

Really surprised to see One of These Days as best of Meddle..

Me too. Everyone knows Echoes is the best track on Meddle.

[WytchCrypt]

Greenslade - Greenslade (Feathered Friends)
Crimso - Starless & Bible Black (The Great Deceiver)
Crimso - Lizard (Cirkus)
Ange - Guet Apens (A Colin Maillard)
Devil Doll - Eliogabalus (Mr Doctor)
Edith - A Space Between Ever and Never (Last Warning)
Pell Mell - Marburg (The Clown and the Queen)
Hawkwind - Warrior at the Edge of Time (Assault and Battery)
IQ - The Seventh House (The Wrong Side of Weird)
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire (Birds of Fire)
Marillion - Clutching at Straws (Hotel Hobbies Suite)
Renaissance - Renaissance (Kings and Queens)
Rush - Power Windows (The Big Money)
SFF - Symphonic Pictures (Tao)
Terraced Garden - Within (Sheltered)
Thinking Plague - In This Life (Lycanthropic)
VdGG - Still Life (Pilgrims)
VdGG - Vital (Ship of Fools)
Yes - Relayer (The Gates of Delirium)
Yes - Yesterdays (America)
Zappa - Studio Tan (The Adventures of Greggary Peccary)

...and of course...

Tull - Thick as a Brick

[bill g]

Cirkus the best song on Lizard?? Hmmm...

Anyway:

Anthony Phillips - Back To The Pavilion: Scottish Suite (or just part one even, 'Salmon Leap')
Led Zeppelin - Presence: Achilles' Last Stand
Renaissance - Prologue: Prologue
Fleetwood Mac - Future Games: Woman of 1000 Years
Gentle Giant - In A Glass House: The Runaway
King Crimson - Islands: Formentera Lady (maybe, tough call there. Love the title track too)

There's a lot more I think, for some reason can't think of them at the moment.

[PeterG]

From MY Big 5:

Jethro Tull
With You There To Help Me (Benefit)
Aqualung (same)
Warchild (same)
Roots to Branches (same)

Pink Floyd
SOYCD (WYWH)
Cirrus Minor (More)
Astronomy Domine (Piper)

Yes
OOALH (90125)
TGOD (Relayer)
CTTE (same)
Roundabout (Fragile)

Genesis
Abacab (same)
Mama (Genesis)
Looking for Someone (Trespass)

Gentle Giant
Prologue (3F)
Pantagruel's Nativity (ATT)

[emperorken]

Me too. Everyone knows Echoes is the best track on Meddle.

I may be the only one who doesn't think Echoes is the best track on Meddle, but that still means you can't say "everyone".

[bob_32_116]

Hmmm...

The Moody Blues - Question (A Question of Balance)
The Moody Blues - Lost in a Lost World (Seventh Sojourn)
Peter Gabriel - Moribund the Burgomeister ('1')
Mike + the Mechanics - Nobody's Perfect (The Living Years) (TBH this is probably only cos i've heard the title song so many times)
No-man - Angel Gets Caught In the Beauty Trap (Flowermouth)
Nosound - Some Warmth into tthis Chill (A Sense of Loss)
Steven Wilson - Harmony Korine (Insurgentes)
Anathema - Untouchable Pt. 1 (Weather Systems)
Sebastian Hardie - I Wish (Blueprint)
Propaganda - A Dream Within a Dream (A Secret Wish)

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For the record, I think OOALH is in the bottom rung of the tracks from 90125. I don't hate it, but I find it rather ordinary. My favourites from that album are "It Can Happen" and "Leave It".

[progeezer's ghost]

Transatlantic- SMPTe (All of the Above)
Rush- 2112 (duh)
King's X- Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (Out of the Silent Planet)
Spock's Beard- The Light (same)
Marillion- Sounds That Can't Be Made (Gaza)
IQ- Tales from the Lush Attic (The Last Human Gateway)
Magic Pie- Circus of Life (same- a five track epic)
Nightwish- Dark Passion Play (The Poet and the Pendulum)
Within Temptation- The Heart of Everything (The Howling)

...to be continued

[PeterG]

I may be the only one who doesn't think Echoes is the best track on Meddle, but that still means you can't say "everyone".

Okay then.....how about:

"Me too. Everyone except one prog dude in Vegas knows Echoes is the best track on Meddle."

[PeterG]

Heavy Prog

Rush
Anthem
2112
Cygnus X-1 Book II Hemispheres
The Spirit of Radio

Dream Theater
A Fortune in Lies

Magnum
Soldier of the Line
How far Jerusalem

[grego]

Hmmm...

Peter Gabriel - Moribund the Burgomeister ('1')

Gotta agree with this choice..this one is a tribute to good old Genesis..Gabriel debut is my fave album by him, love all the songs there.

[JKL2000]

> Edith - A Space Between Ever and Never (Last Warning)

Come on, this has to be a joke! That whole album blows, doesn't it? Or have I been wrong all along?

Agree with Power Windows - The Big Money and will add:

Rush - Test for Echo (Test for Echo)
Cast - Third Call (Where the Wind Blows)

[Yaman Aksu]

some are:

anglagard - hybris
anekdoten - from within
Boud Deun - General Observation
al di meola - casino
al di meola - scenario
al di meola - tirami su
architectural metaphor - Creature of the Velvet Void
fish - internal exile
fish - vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
peter gabriel - so
genesis - nursery cryme
king crimson - red
king crimson - thrak
marillion - holidays in eden
marillion - marbles
pink floyd - wish you were here
rush - 2112
rush - moving pictures
rush - signals
rush - counterparts

[JKL2000]

> fish- internal exile
> fish - vigil in a wilderness of mirrors

Good calls!

[No Pride]

Genesis - Duke

[bill g]

I may be the only one who doesn't think Echoes is the best track on Meddle, but that still means you can't say "everyone".

I probably like 'A Pillow Of Winds' the most, with Echoes and One Of These Days a close 2nd and 3rd.

[progman1975]

Steve Hackett - Ace of Wands
Steve Hackett - The Steepes
Traffic - Hidden Treasure
Dokken - Kiss of Death
Genesis - Down and Out
Hawkwind - Levitation
Rush - Hemispheres Cygnus X - 2
King Crimson - Larks Part 1
Al Di Meola - Flight Over Rio
Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood
Peter Gabriel - Moribund the Burgermeister
Black Sabbath - Hole in the Sky

[dgtlman]

Heavy Prog

Rush

The Spirit of Radio

Not even close to being the "best" track on that album. Nat. Sci., Jacob's & Freewill all smoke it.