=-> Quoting George Erdner to Martin Ridgley, re: "Best" Albums....
 GE> When it comes to anything related to the arts, whether its music,
 GE> poetry, or painting, or anything else, evaluations are always
 GE> subjective.
   Yeah, mostly.  But they're don't necessarily have to be *completely*
 subjective.
 GE> But picking a single "best" album is almost impossible, because there
 GE> are so many different criteria for judging.
   Agreed.
 GE> I'll go out on a limb and list (in no particular order) what I
 GE> subjectively regard as some of the best and/or most influential
 GE> progressive rock albums of the 60's & 70's.
 GE> The Child is Father to the Man -- Blood Sweat and Tears
 GE> Days of Future Past -- the Moody Blues
 GE> Piano Man -- Billy Joel
 GE> Ina-gadda-da-vida -- the Iron Butterfly
 GE> Tommy -- The Who
 GE> Abbey Road -- the Beatles
 GE> Bat Out of Hell -- Meat Loaf
 GE> Desperado -- the Eagles
 GE> We're Only in it for the Money -- the Mothers
 GE> Goodbye Yellow Brick Road -- Elton John
 GE> A Night at the Opera -- Queen
 GE> Court of the Crimson King -- King Crimson
   Wow!  You've certainly proved your point about subjectivity!  It seems
 you have very different ideas than I do about the terms `influential'
 and `progressive'.  
   "Piano Man" and "Desperado" certainly weren't progressive according to
 most people I've talked to.  And I've never heard them (or "Yellow Brick
 Road" for that matter) being referred to as particularly influential.
 Of course, that doesn't mean to say that they're not great albums.
 They are.  I just don't see them as being particularly widely influential
 or particularly progressive for their time.  I think you could make a
 reasonable argument for most of the other albums on the list fitting 
 into at least one of those categories, though.  :-)
    Cheers,
             Martin
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