I guess you have to become a member of PE to take part of the poll. Mmm. no, not another... By the way, my favourite 1978-album isn't Crafty Hands, sorry, but it's UK's debut. Happy The Man are VERY close though!

Well, yes, one has to be a member in order to vote... So what? PE is a really good forum (for instance much better than Progressive Rock forum with its highly annoying smilies! ;D ). A lot of very interesting information is to be found over there, plus a lot of quite entertaining (i.e. prog, he-he..) threads/conversations.


UK first? Ok, cool. Look what are the first 10 so far:

1. UK - UK
2. National Health - Of Queues & Cures
3. Rush - Hemispheres
4. Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses
5. Happy The Man - Crafty Hands
6. National Health - National Health
7. Henry Cow - Western Culture
8. Grobschnitt - Solar Music Live ( I never heard this one!)
9. Genesis - ...And Then There Were Three...
10. Yes - Tormato


For a contrast here is my personal Top-10 of 1978:

1. Happy The Man - Crafty Hands
2. Dixie Dregs - What If?
3. Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses
4. UK - UK
5. National Health - Of Queues and Cures
6. Brand X - Masques (in their scenario it's at the # 37 )
7. Rush - Hemispheres
8. Mike Oldfield - Incantations
9. Henry Cow - Western Culture
10. Magma - Attahk

IMO Crafty Hands was the best in 1978...no doubt.

2. JT-Heavy Horses
3. UK
4. Rush-Hemispheres

Well, I want to have a live beside this computer. Too many boards aren't a good thing for me. When I would participate I would do that as a full member, so that means more time behind my PC. I'd rather stick to the forums I visit now. So, it has nothing to do with the quality of PE!

A top ten from '78? Maybe later.

Too many votes over there even do not mention Crafty Hands...

1978 is one of my favourite years. Here're my top albums (at least in the progressive scene):

1. UK: UK
2. Bill Bruford: Feels Good To Me
3. Happy The Man: Crafty Hands
4. Colin Towns: Full Circle (soundtrack)
5. Crack The Sky: Safety In Numbers
6. Steve Hackett: Please Don't Touch
7. Duncan Browne: The Wild Places
8. Brand X: Masque
9. National Health: Of Queues And Cures
10. Synergy: Cords
11. Peter Gabriel: II
12. Rush: Hemispheres
13. Dixie Dregs: What If?
14. David Gilmour: David Gilmour
15. David Sancious: True Stories
16. Thomas Flinter: Thomas Flinter
17. Wilding/Bonus: Pleasure Signals
18. Genesis: ...And Then There Were Three...
19. Camel: A Live Record and Breathess

Other top-albums to me were:

Les Dudek: Ghost Town Parade
Cafe Jacques: Cafe Jacques International
Kate Bush: The Kick Inside
Japan: Adolescent Sex
Japan: Obscure Alternatives
Jim Morrison: An American Prayer
Johnny Cougar: A Biography
Television: Adventure
Domenic Trojano Band: The Jokes On Me
Gino Vannelli: Brother To Brother

The present count at PE -

1 U.K. - U.K.
2 Rush - Hemispheres
3 National Health - Of Queues & Cures
4 Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses
5 Happy The Man - Crafty Hands
6 National Health - National Health
7 Yes - Tormato
8 Henry Cow - Western Culture
9 Grobschnitt - Solar Music Live
10 Genesis - ...And Then There Were Three...

Befrost, you see now what BP did in order to get you posting your vote on PE as well? ... ;D

My votes:
1. UK - UK
2. Happy the Man - Crafty Hands
3. Pat Metheny Group - Pat Metheny Group
4. National Health - Of Queues & Cures
5. Al Dimeola - Casino
6. Ambrosia - Life Beyond LA
7. Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
8. Dire Straits - Dire Straits
9. Renaissance - Song for All Seasons
10. Crack the Sky - Safety in Numbers

I feel like I should of stuck the Dregs in there, What IF, but others were voting for that.

Thought about that one too.

The placement in my vote between UK and HTM was hard to work out. In 1978, I definitely had HTM at the top of my list and didn't get turned on to UK till later. A lot of people consider Crafty Hands as HTM's best, but from my point of view which was biased by what I heard first, the first HTM is the best (but rated in 77 against different albums) and in the 77 poll PE rated it:

1 Yes - Going For The One 78 533
2 Pink Floyd - Animals 83 529
3 Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood 70 441
4 Rush - A Farewell To Kings 52 324
5 Genesis - Seconds Out 44 293
6 Locanda delle Fate - Forse Le Lucciole Non Si Amano Piu 41 278
7 Kansas - Point Of Know Return 42 251
8 Gentle Giant - Playing The Fool 37 230
9 Happy The Man - Happy The Man 36 203
10 Bruford - Feels Good To Me 29 180

My vote:
1. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel
2. Jethro Tull - Songs From the Wood
3. Happy the Man - Happy the Man
4. Al Dimeola - Elegant Gypsy
5. Alan Parsons Project - I Robot
6. Weather Report - Heavy Weather
7. Pink Floyd - Animals
8. Camel - Raindances
9. Passport - Iguaca
10. Genesis - Wind and Wuthering

As you might have seen I have this one in my top of 1978. On the cover of the LP I notice that it's been recorded in 77 and first published in the UK in that year. But I guess I focused on the P 1978 on the LP itself. One Of A Kind only has 1979 on its cover, which is also the case on the CD-versions. But on www.billbruford.co.uk/ the albums are put on 77 and 78, so I guess I've got to change my discographic dates.

You guys are too much like UK fan-boys! lol

How did you vote in 77 poll?

1. Yes - Going For The One
2. Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood
3. Happy The Man - Happy The Man
4. Kansas - Point Of Know Return
5. Jean Luc Ponty – Enigmatic Ocean
6. Pink Floyd - Animals
7. Utopia - Ra
8. Weather Report - Heavy Weather
9. Pekka Pohjola - Keesojen Lehto
10. FM - Black Noise

Why? I think the first UK came out in 1978...