From: barrett@scooby.cs.umass.edu (Daniel Barrett)
Newsgroups: rec.music.misc
Subject: RESULTS: Progressive Rock survey (long)
Date: 21 Aug 92 20:34:54 GMT
Reply-To: barrett@scooby.cs.umass.edu (Daniel Barrett)
Organization: BLAZEMONGER INCORPORATED


	The progressive rock survey is finished!  27 people responded, which
I consider to be only a fair turnout, but I think the results are
interesting.  This article contains my analysis, a summary of the winners,
and the complete voting statistics.

	Recall that the term "progressive rock", FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
SURVEY (no flames please), encompasses the style of music typified by
1970's bands like Genesis, Yes, ELP, Kansas, UK, Van der Graaf Generator,
Gentle Giant, Renaissance, Pink Floyd, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Camel, ....

MY ANALYSIS
===========

	First of all, people differed on the question of "what is progressive
rock."  I received votes for The Beatles, Crosby/Stills/Nash/Young, Janis
Joplin, and other bands which would probably not be discussed on the
Gibraltar mailing list (my benchmark for defining prog rock).  But this
survey is not meant to be judgmental -- just accurate -- so I included
every vote I received.

	Second, people had wildly different interpretations of the
difference between "mainstream", "obscure", and "in-between" progressive
rock.  Personally, I have never thought of Steve Hillage's "Fish Rising" as
mainstream.  Similarly, I doubt that Mahavishnu Orchestra's classic "Birds
of Fire" is obscure.  And several albums were listed under multiple
categories, such as Genesis "Lamb Lies Down" (mainstream and in-between) and
Camel "Mirage" (in-between and obscure).  Once again, such a distinction is
based on my opinion, so you are welcome to disagree.  Regardless, I recorded
all votes as they were sent to me.

	Third, remember that I allowed up to 3 answers for each question.
Some people listed only 1 answer for each.  Other people skipped some
questions and gave multiple answers for others.  Finally, some people gave 4
answers per question, which I accepted because (a) this is all for fun, and
(b) it meant that more bands would be listed for you (the reader of these
results) to learn about.

	I had some strong suspicious about who would win in certain
categories.  For example, I was correct for the "best mainstream" and "best
vocal harmonies" categories, but I was TOTALLY wrong about the "most
beautiful" album.

	Some of the results are really statistically insignificant.  In
several categories, only one or two albums received more than 1 vote, so
they were the "winners" by the smallest possible margin.  Such results
are... uh... for entertainment value only. :-)

	My goals for doing this survey were:

o	To find out other people's interests.
o	To compile a list of excellent, obscure prog rock albums.
o	To have fun.

I think the survey met these goals pretty well.

	Finally, I hope you enjoy my summary below.  Please don't be
offended if I make fun of any of the winning or losing albums.  This is all
for fun.  In fact, I own every single one of the winning albums, and enjoy
all of the winners in the "positive" categories (that excludes "most
overrated", "most pretentious", and "biggest ripoff").  Each result is
preceded by the original explanation of the category.

SUMMARY OF RESULTS
==================

(1) Best MAINSTREAM progressive rock album

	"A classic prog rock album by an artist/band that everybody knows
	about.  You even hear it on the radio sometimes."

	This was a close race between Yes "Fragile", Yes "Close to the Edge",
and ELP's "Brain Salad Surgery", and it finally resulted in a 3-way tie for
first place!!  The next 4 albums in the race were all by Genesis.

	If you consider the votes that each band got, Yes got 12,
Genesis got 10, and ELP got 7.

(2) Best OBSCURE progressive rock album

	"Nobody else has heard of it, but it's one of your all-time favorites.
	You play it for your friends, who exclaim 'Wow!!  What IS this??'"

	All I learned from this category was this:  nobody, and I mean
NOBODY, agrees on what "obscure" means.  Rick Wakeman?  The Residents?
Renaissance?  Mahavishnu Orchestra?  The Muffins?  L'Uovo di Colombo?  We
got them all.

	Only two albums got more than 1 vote:  Hatfield & the North "The
Rotter's Club", and Eddie Jobson "The Green Album".  The other *45* albums
got 1 vote each!  I declare this vote to be statistically unimpressive.
But at least we got a large list of obscure and possibly excellent prog
rock albums!

(3) Best IN-BETWEEN progressive rock album

	"It's not mainstream, but it's not totally obscure either."

	As in the previous category, only two albums got more than 1 vote:
Genesis "Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" and Van der Graaf Generator "Pawn
Hearts".

	By band, Gentle Giant had 4 votes, King Crimson 3, Genesis 2, and
ELP 2.

(4) Most BEAUTIFUL (sounding) progressive rock album

	"You love to listen to it.  You are unable to function or do anything
	else while this album is playing because the music captures your
	heart.  It makes you smile.  It makes you cry."

	In the surprise win of the century (in my opinion), Marillion
"Misplaced Childhood" won with 4 votes.  The four runners-up were Genesis
"Wind and Wuthering", Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) "Per Un Amico",
Renaissance "Scheherzade", and Yes "Close to the Edge".  The above albums
were the only ones to get more than 1 vote each.

	(FYI, the album that inspired me to create this survey category was
PFM "Per Un Amico", which I suspect many people have not heard.  Dan says
check it out! :-))

	As bands, Yes had 6 votes, Genesis 4, Gentle Giant and Renaissance
3, and Kansas 2.

(5) Most OVERRATED progressive rock album

	"The album that everybody else loves, but you hate."

	Yes, it's true.  The most beautiful album is also the most
overrated:  Marillion "Misplaced Childhood".  However, this is once
again not statistically impressive, since it was the ONLY album to get
more than 1 vote (2 votes, in fact).

	As bands, four got 3 votes each (ELP, Genesis, Marillion, Yes)
and three got 2 votes each (King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Renaissance).

(6) Most UNDERRATED progressive rock album

	"The album that everybody else hates, but you love."

	Yes, it's "Misplaced Childhood" again... JUST KIDDING!!!  HEY, PUT
THAT AXE DOWN!!! :-)  There was a three-way tie for first place, with 2 votes
each:  ELP "Love Beach", Genesis "Wind and Wuthering", and Yes "Drama".  All
other albums got 1 vote each.

	As bands, Genesis and Yes had 4 votes each, ELP 3, and Pink Floyd 2.

(7) Best "CONCEPT" album in progressive rock

	"All music on this album is based on a central theme, story,
	historical event, etc."

	At first, it looked like the vote might be close; but in the end, it
was a blowout!  Genesis "Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" beat Yes "Tales from
Topographic Oceans" by a score of 10 to 6.  Trailing in third place was
Marillion "Misplaced Childhood" (for real this time), with Jethro Tull "A
Passion Play" and Nektar "Remember the Future" close behind.  All other
albums had only 1 vote each.

	Other bands that got multiple votes were Camel and Pink Floyd
with 3 votes each.

(8) Most COMPLEX progressive rock album

	"The music on this album is so complex that you cannot understand
	what is going on.  A Ph.D. in music theory might help.  It doesn't
	matter whether you like or dislike the music.
	Don't confuse this with 'Most virtuosic.'  (But it is possible to
	have the same answer for both categories.)"

	With 5 votes, Yes "Relayer" topped this category.  Second place went
to Henry Cow "Legend" with 3 votes.  In a three-way tie for third place:
Univers Zero "UZED", Yes "Tales from Topographic Oceans", and Frank Zappa
"Jazz from Hell".  No other albums had more than 1 vote.

	The results in this category puzzled me.  I have heard all five of
the top albums, and there are (to my ear) clear differences in "complexity."
Somehow, I think that anybody who has heard "Legend" or Art Zoyd's
"Symphonie Pour Le Jour..." would not call "Relayer" a complex album.  (I
suspect these more obscure albums are not widely known, though.)  But this
is just my opinion.

	By band, there were 8 votes for Yes, 5 votes for Henry Cow, 4 votes
each for Frank Zappa and King Crimson, and 2 votes for Gentle Giant.

(9) Most VIRTUOSIC progressive rock album

	"The performance on this album is unbelievable -- surely no human
	being could have played it!  The keyboardist has at least four
	hands.  The singer has a 12-octave range.  No matter how good you
	get on your own instrument, you know that you'll NEVER be able to
	duplicate this playing.
	Don't confuse this with 'Most complex.'  (But it is possible to
	have the same answer for both categories.)"

	This category resulted in a tie between ELP's "Brain Salad Surgery"
and Yes "Relayer".  Other albums with more than 1 vote each were King
Crimson "Red", UK "UK", and Yes "Close to the Edge" and "Yessongs".

	By band, Yes had 9 votes, ELP had 8 votes, King Crimson 3,
and The Dixie Dregs 2.

(10) Most PRETENTIOUS progressive rock album

	"This album is so 'full of itself' that it's disgusting.  It's
	self-serving or self-worshipping.  The artist obviously believes
	that the music and/or lyrics are 'deep', but they are actually very
	shallow.  (You might like or dislike it.)"

	A 3-way tie here:  ELP "Love Beach" and "Works Volume 1", and Yes
"Tales from Topographic Oceans", each of which got 3 votes.  Jethro Tull was
close behind with 2 votes for "Passion Play."

(11) Biggest RIPOFF album in progressive rock

	"There are no original ideas on this album -- it is a blatant copy of
	another album or another band's style.  (You might like or dislike
	it.)"

	I decided to organize the results here by band rather than album.
The big winner was everyone's favorite Yes ripoff, Starcastle, with 5
votes.  Trailing in second place was Triumvirat (4 votes) for ripping off
ELP.  Third place went to Marillion (3 votes) for ripping off Genesis.

	Two bands were chastised for ripping THEMSELVES off -- Yes on
"Tormato" and Pink Floyd on "The Final Cut"!  And one voter indicated that
"most bootlegs" are ripoffs. :-)

(12) Best STUDIO TECHNIQUE in a progressive rock album

	"The production on this album has to be heard to be believed:  sound
	effects, mixing, etc.  Maybe this is an old album that was years
	ahead of its time, or a new album with impeccable recording quality."

	No surprise here -- the winner was Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of
the Moon" with 6 votes.  The only other albums to receive multiple
votes were King Crimson "Larks' Tongue in Aspic" and Pink Floyd "The
Wall."

(13) Best vocal harmonies in a progressive rock album

	Wow -- a four-way tie for first place!  Getting 3 votes each were
Queen "A Night at the Opera", Yes "Close to the Edge", and Gentle Giant
"Free Hand" and "Playing the Fool."  The runner-up was Yes "90125."

	Other bands receiving multiple votes were Renaissance and Genesis.
And somebody even voted for Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young!  Obviously
this must refer to the album they did with Magma. :-)

(14) Best male vocalist in progressive rock

	In a bitter battle to the finish, Jon Anderson (Yes) and Peter
Gabriel (Genesis, solo material) tied with 7 votes each, far ahead of the
other finishers.  Fish (Marillion) and Richard Sinclair (Caravan, Hatfield
& the North, Camel) had 3 votes each, and Peter Hammill (Van der Graaf
Generator, solo material), Greg Lake (ELP, Asia), Michael Sadler (Saga)
and Steve Walsh (Kansas) had 2 votes each.

(15) Best female vocalist in progressive rock

	This was another close battle... but in the end, Annie Haslam
(Renaissance) edged out Kate Bush by 1 vote.  The only other vocalists to
receive more than 1 vote were Barbara Gaskin and Amanda Parsons, two backup
singers from Hatfield & The North.  (Gaskin has most recently recorded with
Dave Stewart.)

	There were some really strange votes in this category, including
Chrissy Hynde (The Pretenders) and Janis Joplin!

And now, to summarize the winners:

	Best mainstream:	Yes, "Fragile"
				Yes, "Close to the Edge"
				ELP, "Brain Salad Surgery"
	Best obscure:		Hatfield & the North, "The Rotter's Club"
				Eddie Jobson, "The Green Album"
	Best in-between:	Genesis, "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway"
				Van der Graaf Generator, "Pawn Hearts"
	Most beautiful:		Marillion, "Misplaced Childhood"
	Most overrated:		Marillion, "Misplaced Childhood"
	Most underrated:	ELP, "Love Beach"
				Genesis, "Wind and Wuthering"
				Yes, "Drama"
	Best concept album:	Genesis, "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway"
	Most complex:		Yes, "Relayer"
	Most virtuosic:		ELP, "Brain Salad Surgery"
				Yes, "Relayer"
	Most pretentious:	ELP, "Love Beach"
				ELP, "Works Volume 1"
				Yes, "Tales from Topographic Oceans"
	Biggest ripoff:		Starcastle (ripoff of Yes)
	Best studio technique:	Pink Floyd, "Dark Side of the Moon"
	Best vocal harmonies:	Queen, "A Night at the Opera"
				Gentle Giant, "Free Hand"
				Gentle Giant, "Playing the Fool"
				Yes, "Close to the Edge"
	Best male vocalist:	Jon Anderson, Peter Gabriel
	Best female vocalist:	Annie Haslam

And now for some other interesting statistics!  The albums that APPEARED in
the most categories (top 10):

7	Yes				Tales from Topographic Oceans
6	Yes				Close to the Edge
5	Emerson, Lake & Palmer		Brain Salad Surgery
4	Genesis				The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
4	Gentle Giant			Power and the Glory
4	Mahavishnu Orchestra		Birds of Fire
4	Marillion			Misplaced Childhood
4	Renaissance			Scheherezade and other Stories
4	Rush				2112
4	Yes				90125

Albums that received the most VOTES over all categories (top 10):

16	Genesis				The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
16	Yes				Tales from Topographic Oceans
15	Yes				Close to the Edge
13	Emerson, Lake & Palmer		Brain Salad Surgery
10	Marillion			Misplaced Childhood
9	Yes				Relayer
8	Pink Floyd			Dark Side of the Moon
7	Triumvirat			Spartacus
7	Yes				Fragile
6	Jethro Tull			Passion Play

Bands with the most APPEARANCES over all categories (top 10):

34	Yes
23	ELP
21	Genesis
18	Gentle Giant
16	King Crimson
15	Pink Floyd
10	Frank Zappa
10	Camel
9	Renaissance
8	Jethro Tull

Bands with the most VOTES over all categories (top 10):

67	Yes
39	Genesis
36	ELP
22	Gentle Giant
21	Pink Floyd
18	King Crimson
15	Marillion
11	Jethro Tull
11	Frank Zappa
10	Renaissance

FULL STATISTICS
===============

(1) Best MAINSTREAM progressive rock album

VOTES	ARTIST				ALBUM
==========================================================================
6	Emerson, Lake & Palmer		Brain Salad Surgery
6	Yes				Close to the Edge
6	Yes				Fragile
3	Genesis				The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
2	Genesis				Seconds Out
2	Genesis				Selling England by the Pound
2	Genesis				Trick of the Tail
2	Jethro Tull			Thick as a Brick
2	Kansas				Leftoverture
1	The Beatles			Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts
1	Kate Bush			Hounds of Love
1	Dire Straits			Love over Gold
1	Emerson, Lake & Palmer		Trilogy
1	Peter Gabriel			3 ("melting face")
1	Genesis				Foxtrot
1	Steve Hackett			Please Don't Touch
1	Steve Hillage			Fish Rising
1	Jethro Tull			Minstrel in the Gallery
1	Kansas				Masque
1	King Crimson			In the Court of the Crimson King
1	Nektar				Remember The Future
1	Pink Floyd			Animals
1	Rush				Signals
1	Saga				Heads or Tales
1	The Who				Who's Next
1	Frank Zappa			Apostrophe/Overnight Sensation

(2) Best OBSCURE progressive rock album

VOTES	ARTIST				ALBUM
==========================================================================
2	Hatfield & the North		The Rotter's Club
2	Eddie Jobson			The Green Album
1	801				801 Live
1	Ian Anderson			Walk into Light
1	Aphrodite's Child		666
1	Ash Ra				Blackouts
1	Bill Bruford			Master Strokes
1	Camel				Mirage
1	Camel				Nude
1	Can				Ege Bamyasi
1	Caravan				In the Land of Grey and Pink
1	Carmen				Fandangoes in Space
1	Crash				Gods of Outstate Radio
1	Crucis				Crucis
1	R Crumb & Cheap Suit Serenaders	<any album>
1	The Dixie Dregs			The Great Spectacular
1	Djam Karet			Reflections from the Firepool
1	Drowning, Not Waving		<any album>
1	Eloy				Metromania
1	Ethos				Open Up
1	Family				Family Entertainment
1	Fireballet			Night on Bald Mountain
1	Gentle Giant			In a Glass House
1	Gryphon				Red Queen to Gryphon Four
1	Happy the Man			Crafty Hands
1	Hawkwind			<any album>
1	IQ				The Wake
1	Percy Jones			Propeller Music
1	Kalaban				Don't Panic
1	Kevin Bartlett			Evocations
1	Locanda Delle Fate		Forse Le Lucciole Non Si Amono Piu
1	Mahavishnu Orchestra		Birds of Fire
1	Mastermind			Volume 1
1	Patrick Moraz			i
1	The Muffins			185
1	Netherworld			In the Faltering Half Light
1	New Trolls			UT
1	Picchio dal Pozzo		Abbiamo...??? (2nd, title uncertain)
1	Mike Quatro			<any album>
1	Renaissance			Live at Carnegie Hall
1	The Residents			Nibbles
1	Terje Rypdal			Waves
1	Solaris				The Martian Chronicles
1	TNR				The Chessboard
1	Terraced Garden			Within
1	Thinking Plague			In This Life
1	L'Uovo di Colombo		L'Uovo di Colombo
1	Rick Wakeman			The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1	Wishbone Ash			Argus

(3) Best IN-BETWEEN progressive rock album

VOTES	ARTIST				ALBUM
==========================================================================
2	Genesis				The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
2	Van der Graaf Generator		Pawn Hearts
1	Bill Bruford			One of a Kind
1	Brand X				Livestock
1	Brand X				X-communications
1	Camel				Breathless
1	Camel				Mirage
1	The Dixie Dregs			Dregs of the Earth
1	Dream Theater			When Dream and Day Unite
1	Emerson, Lake & Palmer		Emerson, Lake & Palmer
1	Emerson, Lake & Palmer		Tarkus
1	Focus				Hocus Pocus
1	Gentle Giant			Acquiring the Taste
1	Gentle Giant			In a Glass House
1	Gentle Giant			Octopus
1	Gentle Giant			Power and the Glory
1	Happy the Man			Happy the Man
1	Sebastian Hardie		Four Moments
1	Hatfield & the North		Hatfield & the North
1	Steve Hillage			Green
1	Allan Holdsworth		Road Games
1	IQ				Tales from the Lush Attic
1	IQ				The Wake
1	King Crimson			Larks' Tongues in Aspic
1	King Crimson			Red
1	King Crimson			Starless and Bible Black
1	Kit and Coco			In Time
1	Marillion			Reel to Real
1	National Health			Complete
1	Pallas				The Sentinel
1	Pendragon			The Jewel
1	Pink Floyd			Animals
1	Pink Floyd			Meddle
1	Premiata Forneria Marconi	Per Un Amico
1	Procol Harum			Salty Dog
1	Renaissance			Scheherezade and other Stories
1	Saga				Worlds Apart
1	Talk Talk			The Spirit of Eden
1	Tangerine Dream			Force Majeure
1	Traffic				Traffic
1	Triumvirat			Spartacus
1	UK				Danger Money
1	Yes				Tales from Topographic Oceans

(4) Most BEAUTIFUL (sounding) progressive rock album

VOTES	ARTIST				ALBUM
==========================================================================
4	Marillion			Misplaced Childhood
2	Genesis				Wind and Wuthering
2	Premiata Forneria Marconi	Per Un Amico
2	Renaissance			Scheherezade and other Stories
2	Yes				Close to the Edge
1	Ambrosia			Ambrosia
1	Asturias			Circle in the Forest
1	Bellaphon			Firefly
1	Brian Eno			Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks
1	Camel				The Snow Goose
1	The Dixie Dregs			What If
1	Emerson, Lake & Palmer		Works Volume 1
1	Genesis				Selling England by the Pound
1	Genesis				Trespass
1	Gentle Giant			Acquiring the Taste
1	Gentle Giant			Free Hand
1	Gentle Giant			Three Friends
1	Gryphon				Midnight Mushrumps
1	Happy the Man			Crafty Hands
1	Michael Hoenig			Departure from the Northern Wasteland
1	Kansas				Leftoverture
1	Kansas				Masque
1	The Muffins			Manna/Mirage
1	Pink Floyd			Meddle ("Echoes")
1	Renaissance			Live at Carnegie Hall
1	Rypdal/Vitous/DeJohnette	1
1	Sad Lovers and Giants		The Mirror Test
1	Tangerine Dream			Canyon Dreams
1	Van der Graaf Generator		Pawn Hearts
1	Kit Watkins			A Different View
1	Robert Wyatt			Rock Bottom
1	Yes				Going for the One
1	Yes				Tales from Topographic Oceans
1	Yes				Union
1	Yes				Yessongs

(5) Most OVERRATED progressive rock album

VOTES	ARTIST				ALBUM
==========================================================================
2	Marillion			Misplaced Childhood
1	Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe	Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
1	Asia				<any album>
1	Il Balletto di Bronzo		YS
1	Bill Bruford			Earthworks
1	Djam Karet			Into the Firepool
1	Emerson, Lake & Palmer		<any album>
1	Emerson, Lake & Palmer		Pictures at an Exhibition
1	Emerson, Lake & Palmer		Welcome Back my Friends...
1	Focus				III
1	GTR				<any album>
1	Genesis				<any album>
1	Genesis				<any recent album>
1	Genesis				Trick of the Tail
1	Gentle Giant			<any album>
1	Gong				<any album>
1	IQ				Nomzamo & Are You Sitting...
1	Jethro Tull			A
1	King Crimson			Discipline
1	King Crimson			Lizard
1	Mahavishnu Orchestra		Birds of Fire
1	Marillion			Holiday in Eden
1	Alan Parsons Project		<any album>
1	Patrick Moraz			i
1	Nektar				A Tab in the Ocean
1	Pink Floyd			Dark Side of the Moon
1	Pink Floyd			The Wall
1	Queensryche			Empire
1	Renaissance			<any album>
1	Renaissance			Live at Carnegie Hall
1	Rush				2112
1	Yes				90125
1	Yes				Drama
1	Yes				Tormato

(6) Most UNDERRATED progressive rock album

VOTES	ARTIST				ALBUM
==========================================================================
2	Emerson, Lake & Palmer		Love Beach
2	Genesis				Wind and Wuthering
2	Yes				Drama
1	Camel				I Can See Your House From Here
1	Crazy Backwards Alphabet	Crazy Backwards Alphabet
1	The Dixie Dregs			What If
1	Emerson, Lake & Palmer		Brain Salad Surgery
1	Fire Merchants			?
1	Genesis				Invisible Touch
1	Genesis				Seconds Out
1	Gentle Giant			Power and the Glory
1	Grateful Dead			Shakedown Street
1	Hawkwind			Quark, Strangeness and Charm
1	Steve Hillage			L
1	Steve Howe			Beginnings
1	IQ				Nomzamo
1	Jethro Tull			Passion Play
1	Kansas				Leftoverture
1	King Crimson			Lizard
1	Mahavishnu Orchestra		Visions of the Emerald Beyond
1	National Health			Complete
1	The Nice			Everything Nice as Mother Makes It
1	Pink Floyd			Piper at the Gates of Dawn
1	Pink Floyd			The More Soundtrack
1	Renaissance			Azure d'or
1	Todd Rundgren			Todd Rundgren's Utopia
1	Mike Rutherford			Acting Very Strange
1	Styx				The Grand Illusion
1	Supertramp			Crime of the Century
1	Triumvirat			Spartacus
1	Van der Graaf Generator		The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome
1	Yes				90125
1	Yes				Union
1	Frank Zappa			Sleep Dirt

(7) Best "CONCEPT" album in progressive rock

VOTES	ARTIST				ALBUM
==========================================================================
10	Genesis				The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
6	Yes				Tales from Topographic Oceans
3	Marillion			Misplaced Childhood
2	Jethro Tull			Passion Play
2	Nektar				Remember The Future
1	Allan Holdsworth		Metal Fatigue ("Un-Merry Go Round")
1	Camel				Dust and Dreams
1	Camel				Nude
1	Camel				The Snow Goose
1	Emerson, Lake & Palmer		Pictures at an Exhibition
1	Gentle Giant			Power and the Glory
1	Hugh Hopper			1984
1	Jethro Tull			Thick as a Brick
1	Magellan			Hour of Restoration
1	Pallas				The Sentinel
1	Alan Parsons Project		Tales of Mystery and Imagination
1	Pink Floyd			Dark Side of the Moon
1	Pink Floyd			The Final Cut
1	Pink Floyd			The Wall
1	Queensryche			Operation: Mindcrime
1	Rush				2112
1	Triumvirat			Spartacus
1	Rick Wakeman			The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1	Frank Zappa			Joe's Garage

(8) Most COMPLEX progressive rock album

VOTES	ARTIST				ALBUM
==========================================================================
5	Yes				Relayer
3	Henry Cow			Legend
2	Univers Zero			UZED
2	Yes				Tales from Topographic Oceans
2	Frank Zappa			Jazz from Hell
1	Art Zoyd			Symphonie Pour Le Jour Ou Bruleront Les Cites
1	Carla Bley			Escalator over the Hill
1	Emerson, Lake & Palmer		Brain Salad Surgery
1	Robert Fripp & League of CG	Show of Hands
1	Gentle Giant			Octopus
1	Gentle Giant			Playing the Fool
1	Hatfield & the North		The Rotter's Club
1	Henry Cow			In Praise of Learning
1	Henry Cow			Western Culture
1	Allan Holdsworth		Atavachron ("Non-Brewed Condiment")
1	Jethro Tull			Passion Play
1	King Crimson			<any album>
1	King Crimson			Discipline
1	King Crimson			Larks' Tongues in Aspic
1	King Crimson			Lizard
1	Mahavishnu Orchestra		Birds of Fire
1	Mike Oldfield			Tubular Bells
1	Premiata Forneria Marconi	Chocolate Kings
1	RDM				Contamination
1	Rypdal/Vitous/DeJohnette	1
1	Van der Graaf Generator		Vital
1	Yes				Close to the Edge
1	Frank Zappa			Live in New York
1	Frank Zappa			Studio Tan

(9) Most VIRTUOSIC progressive rock album

VOTES	ARTIST				ALBUM
==========================================================================
4	Emerson, Lake & Palmer		Brain Salad Surgery
4	Yes				Relayer
2	King Crimson			Red
2	UK				UK
2	Yes				Close to the Edge
2	Yes				Yessongs
1	Area				Crac!
1	Crucis				Los Delirios Del Mariscal
1	The Dixie Dregs			Bring 'em Back Alive
1	The Dixie Dregs			Dregs of the Earth
1	Emerson, Lake & Palmer		Emerson, Lake & Palmer
1	Emerson, Lake & Palmer		Tarkus
1	Emerson, Lake & Palmer		Welcome Back My Friends...
1	Emerson, Lake & Palmer		Works Volume I (piano concerto)
1	Genesis				Foxtrot
1	Gentle Giant			Power and the Glory
1	George Harrison			All Things Must Pass
1	Henry Cow			In Praise of Learning
1	Steve Howe			Turbulence
1	King Crimson			Starless and Bible Black
1	Mahavishnu Orchestra		Birds of Fire
1	Michael Manring			Drastic Measures
1	John McLaughlin Trio		Que Alegria
1	Steve Morse Band		Coast to Coast
1	National Health			Complete
1	Premiata Forneria Marconi	Chocolate Kings
1	Van der Graaf Generator		Still Life
1	Jeff Watson			Lone Ranger (Holdsworth solo)
1	Yes				Tales from Topographic Oceans
1	Frank Zappa			One Size Fits All
1	Frank Zappa			You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore Volume 4

(10) Most PRETENTIOUS progressive rock album

VOTES	ARTIST				ALBUM
==========================================================================
3	Emerson, Lake & Palmer		Love Beach
3	Emerson, Lake & Palmer		Works Volume 1
3	Yes				Tales from Topographic Oceans
2	Jethro Tull			Passion Play
1	Absolute Elsewhere		Chariots of the Gods
1	John Anderson			Olias of Sunhillow
1	Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe	Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
1	Ark II				Flaming Youth
1	Asia				<any album>
1	Bill Bruford			Earthworks
1	Djam Karet			Reflections from the Firepool
1	Emerson, Lake & Palmer		Black Moon
1	Emerson, Lake & Palmer		Tarkus
1	Fish				Internal Exile
1	Focus				Moving Waves (title track)
1	Robert Fripp			God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners
1	Gentle Giant			Playing the Fool
1	King Crimson			Beat
1	King Crimson			Larks' Tongues in Aspic
1	Marillion			Misplaced Childhood
1	Nektar				A Tab in the Ocean
1	Rush				2112
1	Rush				Hemispheres
1	Saga				Saga ("Give 'em the Money")
1	Triumvirat			Illusions on a Double Dimple
1	Rick Wakeman			Journey to the Center of the Earth
1	Rick Wakeman			The Myths and Legends of King Arthur
1	Yes				Tormato

(11) Biggest RIPOFF album in progressive rock

VOTES	ARTIST				ALBUM
==========================================================================
5	Starcastle			Starcastle
		Rips off early Yes.
4	Triumvirat			Spartacus, Illusions on a Double Dimple
		Rips off ELP "Tarkus", "Trilogy", "Brain Salad Surgery"
		and Yes "Close to the Edge".
3	Marillion			<various>
		Rips off early Genesis.
1	Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe	Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
		Rips off Yes.
1	Druid				Toward The Sun
		Rips off Yes "Fragile".
1	Dyess				Vision in the Dark
		Rips off Marillion.
1	Emerson, Lake & Palmer		Emerson, Lake & Palmer
		Rips off several classical composers who were not
		credited on the album (Bartok, Janacek, ...).
1	Ethos				2nd album (contains "Pimp City")
		Rips off King Crimson, "In the Wake of Poseidon"
1	Fireballet			Fireballet
		Rips off Van der Graaf Generator "Pawn Hearts"
1	Kenso				3rd
		Rips off progressive rock in general.
1	King Crimson			In the Wake of Poseidon
		Rips off their own "In The Court of the Crimson King".
1	Now				Spheres
		Rips off Yes "Going for the One".
1	Pink Floyd			The Final Cut
		Rips off their own "Animals".
1	Rush				2112
		Rips off Led Zeppelin and Yes
1	Yes				Tormato
		Rips off their own earlier work!!
1	"Most bootlegs I've [heard]"

(12) Best STUDIO TECHNIQUE in a progressive rock album

VOTES	ARTIST				ALBUM
==========================================================================
6	Pink Floyd			Dark Side of the Moon
2	King Crimson			Larks' Tongues in Aspic
2	Pink Floyd			The Wall
1	Art Bears			Hopes and Fears
1	The Beatles			Abbey Road
1	The Beatles			Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts
1	The Beatles			White Album
1	Kate Bush			The Dreaming
1	Crack in the Sky [NOT "Crack the Sky"]
1	Dire Straits			Brothers in Arms
1	Emerson, Lake & Palmer		Brain Salad Surgery
1	Brian Eno			Another Green World
1	Eno & Byrne			My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
1	Peter Gabriel			Security
1	Genesis				Selling England by the Pound
1	Hawkwind			The Xenon Codex
1	Eddie Jobson			The Green Album
1	Jon & Vangelis			Friends of Mr. Cairo
1	Moody Blues			Days of Future Past
1	Moody Blues			In Search of the Lost Chord
1	Pink Floyd			Piper at the Gates of Dawn
1	Premiata Forneria Marconi	Per Un Amico
1	Renaissance			Scheherezade and other Stories
1	Rush				Signals
1	Soft Machine			Volumes I and II
1	UK				UK (Jobson/Holdsworth solos)
1	Western Vacation		Western Vacation (Steve Vai solo)
1	Yes				90125
1	Yes				Close to the Edge
1	Yes				Fragile
1	Frank Zappa			<Ed Mann's percussion performance>
1	Frank Zappa			Joe's Garage

(13) Best vocal harmonies in a progressive rock album

VOTES	ARTIST			REPRESENTATIVE BANDS &  ALBUMS
==========================================================================
3	Queen			A Night at the Opera
3	Gentle Giant		Free Hand
3	Gentle Giant		Playing the Fool
3	Yes			Close to the Edge
2	Yes			90125
1	Ambrosia		Ambrosia
1	Jon Anderson		Olias of Sunhillow
1	Kate Bush		The Dreaming
1	Camel			Stationary Traveller
1	Crosby Stills Nash...	Deja Vu
1	Peter Gabriel		1
1	Genesis			Foxtrot
1	Genesis			The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
1	Genesis			Trespass
1	Gentle Giant		Octopus
1	Gentle Giant		Three Friends
1	Hatfield & the North	The Rotter's Club
1	Kansas			Point of Know Return
1	Renaissance		Novella
1	Renaissance		Scheherezade and other Stories
1	Yes			Drama
1	Yes			Going for the One
1	Yes			Tales from Topographic Oceans
1	Yes			The Yes Album

(14) Best male vocalist in progressive rock

VOTES	ARTIST			REPRESENTATIVE BANDS & ALBUMS
==========================================================================
7	Jon Anderson		Yes, Jon & Vangelis, solo work
7	Peter Gabriel		Genesis, solo work
3	Fish			Marillion, "Script for a Jester's Tear"
3	Richard Sinclair	Camel "Breathless"; Caravan, Hatfield
2	Peter Hammill		"pH7", "Over", "The Margin"
2	Greg Lake		ELP, King Crimson "Court..."
2	Michael Sadler		Saga, "Saga"
2	Steve Walsh		Kansas
1	Alex Camaiti		Nuova Era, "Dopo L'infinito"
1	Phil Collins		Genesis "Seconds Out"
1	Steve Hogarth		"Season's End"
1	Bobby Martin		Frank Zappa, "Broadway the Hard Way"
1	Peter Nicholl		IQ/Niadems Ghost
1	Demetrios Stratos	Area, "Crac!" & "Caution Radiation Area"
1	David Sylvian		"Brilliant Trees"
1	Geoff Tate		Queensryche, "The Warning"
1	Paul Williams		Allan Holdsworth
1	Steve Winwood		Traffic "John Barlycorn Must Die"
1	John Wetton		Asia "Asia"

(15) Best female vocalist in progressive rock

VOTES	ARTIST			REPRESENTATIVE BANDS & ALBUMS
==========================================================================
7	Annie Haslam		Renaissance
6	Kate Bush		"The Dreaming"
2	Barbara Gaskin		Hatfield & The North
2	Amanda Parsons		Hatfield & The North
1	Nina Hagan		The Nina Hagan Band
1	Chrissy Hynde		Pretenders
1	Janis Joplin		Big Brother & the Holding Company
1	Jacqui MacShee		Pentangle
1	Rowanne Mark		Allan Holdsworth "Atavachron"
1	Maggie Reilly		Mike Oldfield, "5 Miles Out"
1	Jane Relf		Renaissance (original band)
1	Nikki Squire		Esquire
1	Julie Tippetts		Carla Bley, "Tropic Appetites"
1	Kare _____		Innocence Mission, "Innocence Mission"

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	I hope you enjoyed the survey and results!

                                                        Dan

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