50 albums turning 50 in 2023

[Mr. Holland]

My oh my, some definite classics among those, in general and also in prog rock:

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/albums-turning-50-in-2023/

So which 5 are your favourites?

[Enlighten]

Houses of the Holy
Quadrophenia
Brain Salad Surgery
Band on the Run
Countdown to Ecstasy

[Kevin W]

Tales Band on the Run
Dark Side....
Brain Salad Surgery
Piano Man

[brianos]

Brain Salad Surgery
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Houses of the Holy
Band on the Run
Dark Side of the Moon
Quadrophenia

[Yorkshire Square]

Tubular Bells
Queen
Countdown to Ecstasy
Brain Salad Surgery
Aladdin Sane

[Ash Armstrong]

Tales
Catch a Fire
Quadrophenia
A Wizard a True Star
Tubular Bells

And not on their list but definitely on mine:

Larks' Tongues in Aspic
Paris, 1919
Solid Air
For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night

[Homemade Parachute]

Yeah, Larks' Tongues for sure…

But no love yet for A Passion Play…? A vastly underrated album, in my no so humble opinion, especially considering how fast it was actually knocked out after retuning from the "Chateau Disaster" sessions, without recycling much of that material… Yes, maybe to much sax, but I still hold it just a touch below Thick as a Brick.

Selling England By the Pound is my favourite Gabriel-era Genesis album, as I never took to The Lamb, much as I tried.

I'd nominate Yessongs over Tales, maybe even, at least in terms of raw rotation count, as I've played the hell out of that on vinyl and CD. 20 years ago me would have put Brain Salad Surgery in there, current me would replace that with Aladdin Sane, so my five would be:

Yessongs
A Passion Play
Larks' Tongues in Aspic
The Wild, the Innocent, the E Street Shuffle
Aladdin Sane

Not in the five, but close, would be I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight, Houses of the Holy, Tales from Topographic Oceans, Brain Salad Surgery, Band on the Run, Selling England, Greetings from Asbury Park, and maybe whatever Fairport Convention did that year.

[kkleinschmidt]

Wow that's quite a list of albums! Hard to believe they left Larks' Tongues in Aspic off considering some of the other choices but that's par for the course with these sorts of things. Picking five is super tough definitely taking Tales, Quadrophenia, Dark Side, and Larks' Tongues which leaves one one more pick and I'm going with Grand Funk Railroad's We're An American Band because I loved hearing that song on the radio when it came out.

[Yorkshire Square]

Released on the same day as Larks:

How da fuk did we forget that!

[Ash Armstrong]

Yeah, Larks' Tongues for sure…

But no love yet for A Passion Play…? A vastly underrated album, in my no so humble opinion, especially considering how fast it was actually knocked out after retuning from the "Chateau Disaster" sessions, without recycling much of that material… Yes, maybe to much sax, but I still hold it just a touch below Thick as a Brick.

Selling England By the Pound is my favourite Gabriel-era Genesis album, as I never took to The Lamb, much as I tried.

I'd nominate Yessongs over Tales, maybe even, at least in terms of raw rotation count, as I've played the hell out of that on vinyl and CD. 20 years ago me would have put Brain Salad Surgery in there, current me would replace that with Aladdin Sane, so my five would be:

Yessongs
A Passion Play
Larks' Tongues in Aspic
The Wild, the Innocent, the E Street Shuffle
Aladdin Sane

Not in the five, but close, would be I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight, Houses of the Holy, Tales from Topographic Oceans, Brain Salad Surgery, Band on the Run, Selling England, Greetings from Asbury Park, and maybe whatever Fairport Convention did that year.

Oh Passion Play for sure. My introduction to Tull when it came out.

[Homemade Parachute]

Oh Passion Play for sure. My introduction to Tull when it came out.

Lordy: if that was your introduction, did you mistake it for a Monty Python album…?

[Ash Armstrong]

Lordy: if that was your introduction, did you mistake it for a Monty Python album…?

With matching tie and handkerchief...

I was 14. A bunch of us used to meet at lunchtime in the school music room and listen to whatever albums we'd bought recently. I heard Krim's Starless and Bible Black at one of those sessions, along with Caravan, Camel, Led Zep, Steeleye Span, Van Der Graaf Generator, Gentle Giant, et al.
Yes and Genesis I already knew.

[pianozach]

I've always thought that 1965 - 1975 were extraordinary years for Pop, Rock, and Prog.

1973 is no exception. Great year.

Some of my favorites released in 1975:

The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Billion Dollar Babies
The Dark Side of the Moon
A Wizard, a True Star
Houses of the Holy
1962-1966
1967-1970
Aladdin Sane
Yessongs
Tubular Bells
Living in the Material World
Styx II
A Passion Play
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Quadrophenia
Ringo
Piano Man
Brain Salad Surgery
Band on the Run
Tales from Topographic Oceans

. . . And that's not even a comprehensive list of excellent albums. I'm leaving out many great albums.

PICK only FIVE? Surely you jest!

1. TfTO
2. Band On The Run
3. AW/ATS
4. BSS

Tie for 5th. Living In the Material World / Yessongs

[Frumious B]

Looks like I have about 35 of the 50 on the list, but my top five are pretty safe and obvious picks:

The Dark Side of the Moon
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Houses of the Holy
Quadrophenia
Tales From Topographic Oceans

[Mr. Holland]

For me:

Pink Floyd - Darkside of the Moon
Frank Zappa - Over-nite Sensation (can't believe no one has picked that one yet!)
David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road