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Best progressive rock album side

My intent is to seek albums which I may not own from the recommendations of you all. I ranked best sides of progressive rock albums on vinyl that I own and came up with the following list. I don't want it to undermine anything else that an artist has created. I love it all but as far as start to finish on one side this is what I came up with.

#1: Supper's Ready

#2: Terrapin Station

#3: Atom Heart Mother

#4 The Court of the King Crimson

#5 Echoes

Of course there are many more. Some may not be complete sides like Atom Heart Mother but the intent of the artisan was to make it a complete side. I had a very hard time deciding between #1 and #2. Both are very worthy in my mind.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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cawleyrc
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Frank Zappa 

Hot Rats whole album

morguldrelb
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Camel : Mirage (1972)

Side 2

Earthrise, Lady Fantasy + a,b,c. (all parts)

Voted #51 of Top 100 Prog Rock albums of all time in a 2014 poll in Prog Magazine.

A lot of my friends who like progressive rock were unfamiliar with Camel.

A hidden gem?

 

chowkwan
167 posts
 

From the Sage of Houston, Billy Gibbons:

Brian Eno and Robert Fripp's foray into some artful excursions into some ethereal electric experiments. There was a lot curious activities emerging in London, Amsterdam, and Berlin back then developing some fiercely fuzzy of synth-like effects way outside the norm which really blew the lid off things

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unreceivedogma
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I sorta associate prog rock with the British. That said:

 

- Quartermass

- Moody Blues: Just about their entire catalogue, but I will select In Search of the Lost Chord

- Jefferson Airplane: After Bathing at Baxter’s

- Pink Floyd: Meddle, Ummagumma

- Emerson Lake and Palmer: 1st album

 

edcyn
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Yeah, I'm stretching genre boundaries a bit but how 'bout Side One of Bowie's Aladdin Sane? The side boils with invention, energy and 'tude.   

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