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Aus dem Uncut-Umfeld wurde soeben die neueste Ausgabe der Ultimate Record Collections angekündigt:
Ultimate Record Collection: 200 Greatest Progressive Rock Albums
Heute wurde das Heft ausgeliefert, die Liste sieht wie folgt aus:
1. KING CRIMSON – In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)
2. GENESIS – The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)
3. YES – Close to the Edge (1972)
4. ROBERT WYATT – Rock Bottom (1974)
5. GENESIS – Foxtrot (1972)
6. KING CRIMSON – Larks‘ Tongues in Aspic (1973)
7. CARAVAN – In the Land of Grey and Pink (1971)
8. PINK FLOYD – The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
9. VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR – Godbluff (1975)
10. YES – The Yes Album (1971)
11. PINK FLOYD – Meddle (1971)
12. KEVIN AYERS – Whatevershebringswesing (1971)
13. JETHRO TULL – Aqualung (1971)
14. THE MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA – The Inner Mounting Flame (1971)
15. GONG – Camembert Electrique (1971)
16. SOFT MACHINE – Third (1970)
17. YES – Fragile (1971)
18. GENESIS – Selling England By the Pound (1973)
19. EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1970)
20. MIKE OLDFIELD – Tubular Bells (1973)
21. KING CRIMSON – Red (1974)
22. HAWKWIND – Warrior on the Edge of Time (1975)
23. TANGERINE DREAM – Phaedra (1974)
24. ATOMIC ROOSTER – In Hearing Of… (1971)
25. APHRODITE’S CHILD – 666 (1971)
26. GENTLE GIANT – Octopus (1972)
27. FRIPP & ENO – (No Pussyfooting) (1973)
28. CHRIS SQUIRE – Fish Out of Water (1975)
29. HENRY COW – The Henry Cow Legend (1973)
30. YES – Relayer (1974)
31. ROBERT WYATT – Ruth is Stranger Than Richard (1975)
32. KEVIN AYERS – Joy of a Toy (1969)
33. STEVE HILLAGE – Fish Rising (1975)
34. SENSATIONS‘ FIX – Fragments of Light (1974)
35. JETHRO TULL – Thick As a Brick (1972)
36. CLARK-HUTCHINSON – A=MH² (1969)
37. VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR – Pawn Hearts (1971)
38. HATFIELD AND THE NORTH – The Rotters‘ Club (1975)
39. CARAVAN – If I Could Do It All Over Again, I’d Do It All Over You (1970)
40. NATIONAL HEALTH – Of Queues and Cures (1978)
41. PROCOL HARUM – Procol Harum (1967)
42. EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER – Picture at an Exhibition (1971)
43. PATTO – Patto (1970)
44. GENESIS – Nursery Cryme (1971)
45. EGG – The Civil Surface (1974)
46. MATCHING MOLE – Matching Mole (1972)
47. VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR – The Least We Can Do is Wave to Each Other (1970)
48. TWINK – Think Pink (1970)
49. AMAZING BLONDEL – Fantasia Lindum (1971)
50. MAGMA – Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh (1973)
51. McDONALD & GILES – McDonald & Giles (1971)
52. MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA – Birds of Fire (1973)
53. FRANCO BATTIATO – Fetus (1972)
54. PETE BROWN & PIBLOKTO! – Thousands on a Raf (1970)
55. JADE WARRIOR – Floating World (1974)
56. GONG – Flying Teapot (1973)
57. CAMEL – Mirage (1974)
58. THE NICE – The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack (1968)
59. FOCUS – Moving Waves (1971)
60. THE MOODY BLUES – Days of Future Passed (1967)
61. PREMIATA FORNERIA MARCONI – Per Un Amico (1972)
62. SOFT MACHINE – Bundles (1975)
63. ROY HARPER – Stormcock (1971)
64. THIRD EAR BAND – Alchemy (1969)
65. COMUS – First Utterance (1971)
66. KING CRIMSON – In the Wake of Poseidon (1970)
67. STEVE HACKETT – Voyage of the Acolyte (1975)
68. RENAISSANCE – Ashes are Burning (1973)
69. MELLOW CANDLE – Swaddling Songs (1972)
70. AMAZING BLONDEL – England (1972)
71. TREES – On the Shore (1970)
72. KEVIN AYERS – The Confessions of Dr. Dream and Other Stories (1974)
73. AKSAK MABOUL – Onze Danses Pour Combattre la Migraine (1977)
74. NUCLEUS – We’ll Talk About It Later (1971)
75. SPOOKY TOOTH – Spooky Two (1969)
76. GENTLE GIANT – Acquiring the Taste (1971)
77. AFFINITY – Affinity (1970)
78. MIGHTY BABY – Mighty Baby (1969)
79. 801 – 801 Live (1976)
80. GRACIOUS – Gracious! (1970)
81. PETER GABRIEL – Peter Gabriel (Car) (1977)
82. BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST – Once Again (1971)
83. MAGNA CARTA – Seasons (1970)
84. CARAVAN – For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night (1973)
85. ALAN PARSONS PROJECT – I Robot (1977)
86. QUIET SUN – Mainstream (1975)
87. FAMILY – Family Entertainment (1969)
88. DEEP PURPLE – The Book of Taliesyn (1968)
89. KING CRIMSON – Lizard (1970)
90. HENRY COW – Unrest (1974)
91. INVISIBLE – El Jardin de los Presentes (1976)
92. KEVIN AYERS – Bananamour (1973)
93. STEVE HILLAGE – Green (1978)
94. GENESIS – A Trick of the Tail (1976)
95. CARAVAN – Waterloo Lily (1972)
96. COS – Babel (1978)
97. ROBERT WYATT – The End of An Ear (1970)
98. HUGH HOPPER – 1984 (1973)
99. JETHRO TULL – Stand Up (1969)
100. GRYPHON – Midnight Mushrumps (1974)
101. THE MOODY BLUES – In Search of the Lost Chord (1968)
102. THE NICE – Five Bridges (1970)
103. VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR – H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
104. SOFT MACHINE – Seven (1973)
105. BANCO DEL MUTUO SOCCORSO – Darwin! (1972)
106. GNIDROLOG – Lady Lake (1972)
107. EGG – Egg (1970)
108. HATFIELD AND THE NORTH – Hatfield and the North (1974)
109. MATCHING MOLE – Matching Mole’s Little Red Record (1972)
110. HENRY COW – In Praise of Learning (1975)
111. SOFT MACHINE – Fourth (1971)
112. GENESIS – Wind and Wuthering (1976)
113. KING CRIMSON – Starless and Bible Black (1974)
114. KEVIN AYERS AND THE WHOLE WORLD – Shooting at the Moon (1969)
115. MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA – Between Nothingness & Eternity (1973)
116. MIKE OLDFIELD – Ommadawn (1975)
117. GONG – Angel’s Egg (1973)
118. GENESIS – Live (1973)
119. JETHRO TULL – Minstrel in the Gallery (1975)
120. EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER – Brain Salad Surgery (1973)
121. PETER HAMMILL – Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night (1973)
122. STEVE HILLAGE – Rainbow Dome Musick (1979)
123. THE SOFT MACHINE – The Soft Machine (1968)
124. VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR – Still Life (1976)
125. TREES – The Garden of Jane Delawney (1970)
126. CRESSIDA – Asylum (1971)
127. FUZZY DUCK – Fuzzy Duck (1971)
128. GENESIS – Duke (1980)
129. NIRVANA – The Existance of Change is Everywhere (1968)
130. PETER HAMMILL – Nadir’s Big Chance (1975)
131. THE SOFT MACHINE – Volume Two (1969)
132. FRUUPP – The Prince of Heaven’s Eyes (1974)
133. FUCHSIA – Fuchsia (1971)
134. PETER GABRIEL – Peter Gabriel (Scratch) (1978)
135. DAVID BEDFORD – Nurses Song With Elephants (1972)
136. HENRY COW – Concerts (1976)
137. PETER HAMMILL – The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage (1974)
138. THE MOODY BLUES – On the Threshold of a Dream (1969)
139. COLOSSEUM – Valentyne Suite (1969)
140. SECOND HAND – Reality (1968)
141. TEA AND SYMPHONY – An Asylum for the Musically Insane (1969)
142. BABE RUTH – First Base (1972)
143. QUATERMASS – Quatermass (1970)
144. IDLE RACE – The Birthday Party (1968)
145. CAMEL – The Snow Goose (1975)
146. GENTLE GIANT – The Power and the Glory (1974)
147. YES – Yes (1969)
148. STEVE HILLAGE – L (1976)
149. THE KEITH TIPPETT GROUP – Dedicated to You, But You Weren’t Listening (1971)
150. STRAWBS – Bursting at the Seams (1973)
151. CENTIPEDE – Septober Energy (1971)
152. GILES, GILES AND FRIPP – The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles and Fripp (1968)
153. RARE BIRD – As Your Mind Flies By (1970)
154. PIERROT LUNAIRE – Gudrun (1977)
155. VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR – World Record (1976)
156. CARAVAN – Caravan (1968)
157. THIRD EAR BAND – Third Ear Band (1970)
158. McCHURCH SOUNDROOM – McChurch Soundroom (1971)
159. JETHRO TULL – Too Old to Rock ’n‘ Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)
160. ANTHONY PHILLIPS – The Geese and the Ghost (1977)
161. EGG – The Polite Force (1971)
162. KING CRIMSON – Islands (1971)
163. PETE BROWN & PIBLOKTO! – Things May Come and Things May Go but the Art School Dance Goes on Forever (1970)
164. HAWKWIND – Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music (1976)
165. JETHRO TULL – Songs from the Wood (1977)
166. GENESIS – Trespass (1970)
167. STEVE HACKETT – Spectral Mornings (1979)
168. STRAWBS – Ghosts (1975)
169. STRAWBS – Hero and Heroine (1974)
170. PROCOL HARUM – A Salty Dog (1969)
171. CURVED AIR – Air Conditioning (1970)
172. KHAN – Space Shanty (1972)
173. AUDIENCE – The House on the Hill (1971)
174. MIKE OLDFIELD – Hergest Ridge (1974)
175. PETER BANKS – Two Sides of Peter Banks (1973)
176. HIGH TIDE – Sea Shanties (1969)
177. WISHBONE ASH – Argus (1972)
178. JETHRO TULL – War Child (1974)
179. JAN DUKES DE GREY – Mice and Rats in the Loft (1971)
180. EAST OF EDEN – Mercator Projected (1969)
181. T2 – It’ll All Work Out in Boomland (1970)
182. AKSAK MABOUL – Un Peu de L’Âme des Bandits (1980)
183. CZAR – Czar (1970)
184. HENRY COW – Western Culture (1979)
185. INCREDIBLE STRING BAND – Hard Rope and Silken Twine (1974)
186. ART BEARS – Hopes and Fears (1978)
187. IF – If (1970)
188. UNIVERS ZERO – Heresie (1979)
189. MAGMA – Attahk (1978)
190. ZAO – Z=7L (1973)
191. SAINT JUST – Saint Just (1973)
192. NUCLEUS – Solar Plexus (1971)
193. PETER HAMMILL – In Camera (1974)
194. ARCHAIA – Archaia (1977)
195. CATAPILLA – Catapilla (1970)
196. BEGGARS OPERA – Waters of Change (1971)
197. YES – Tales From Topographic Oceans (1973)
198. MAGMA – Köhntarkösz (1974)
199. VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR – The Least We Can Do is Wave to Each Other (1970)
200. KING CRIMSON – USA (1975)
Zwar ist die Auswahl insgesamt gelungen, und besonders die hohen Platzierungen für Rock Bottom und Third freuen mich. Doch es fällt auf, dass – mit Ausnahme von Duke und Un Peu de L’Âme des Bandits – ausschließlich Alben aus den 60er- und 70er-Jahren vertreten sind. Die Dopplung von The Least We Can Do… ist zudem ärgerlich und sollte bei einer solchen Liste nicht passieren.
Der Kommentar von Gregory Spawton (Big Big Train) zur Liste dürfte vor allem @wolfgang und @dengel aus der Seele sprechen.
If I’m honest, I picked up this newly published special edition of Uncut magazine both with interest and a degree of self-interest.
Big Big Train has been reviewed a couple of times in Uncut (an excellent and influential mainstream music publication) and, whilst I had no expectation of a high placing in the magazine’s top 200 progressive rock albums, I carried a slight hope that we might make an appearance or two in the lower reaches.
I flicked through the magazine in my local WHSmith’s (a shop that, in appearance, is now more a late-period Woolworths instead of the book-seller and newsagent of old) but found no mention of BBT in the first few pages (where the 200 to 150 chart placings were set out). Fair enough: we’re below the radar for many music writers.
However, I ploughed on through the magazine, no longer focusing on the self-interest angle but wondering how the list would play out, especially when it came to balancing albums released in the 70’s with those released during the early 80’s revival and those from the so-called third wave period (the 90’s through to now).
These lists are, of course, subjective but my assumption was that popular albums by Marillion and perhaps by Steven Wilson would be cheek-by-jowl with 70’s classics. I was intrigued as to how the editorial team would assess the relative merits of the different era bands. And how would the heavier rock fraternity (Rush, Dream Theater et al) be ranked? What about albums that successfully walk the line between alternative and prog rock (Radiohead, Talk Talk)? Howabout slightly more obscure but excellent albums by the 80’s second generation bands such as Twelfth Night (whose Fact and Fiction album has more than stood the test of time), Solstice, Pendragon, IQ and Pallas? Would any later period Pink Floyd recordings make the (un)cut? Many of these questions would surely be answered on the following pages.
But they weren’t because, according to this special edition of Uncut, prog rock only existed in the 70’s.
Well, that statement is not completely true, because two albums from 1980 did sneak in – Duke by Genesis and an avant / Rock In Opposition band from Belgium called Aksak Maboul whose album Un Peu De L’âme Des Bandits was awarded 182nd place on the list. But those two albums are, I think the latest releases mentioned. The other 198 albums are from the 70’s or 60’s.
I tried to think of a parallel scenario with different genres. The closest I could think of would be a best ever list of metal albums (a genre with a similar timeline to prog rock) which excluded Iron Maiden and Metallica. That would be a very strange list indeed.
I’m only too aware that the progressive rock glory days lie firmly back in the 70’s and that the charts will never again see simultaneous top 40 appearances from prog rock artists. Nevertheless, there is so much more to the genre than the extraordinarily narrow definition as deployed by Uncut.
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