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POLL: Pick the next Extended Play Lounge Featured Album

  • Camel - Moonmadness 89
  • Electric Light Orchestra - Eldorado 72
  • Fairport Convention - Liege and Lief 19
  • Strawbs - Grave New World 28
  • Jeff Wayne - Musical Version of the War of the Worlds 71
  • 2025-01-14
  • —2025-01-20
  • 279 votes
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Content

Hey y'all! I'm looking ahead to next week's EPL, and I've selected these five albums from the Master List that I'm eager to hear. Select your preferred option!

Comments

BRIAN MILLER

I've been waiting for you to hear Liege and Lief. I hope more people will vote for this masterpiece / defining album of the British Folk-Rock genre

Michael Josten

War of the worlds is great... I will be live there this year. Uuuuuuulllaaaaaaaaaaa ;)

Nick

Fingers crossed for Moonmadness...

Bubbalino

War of the Worlds and Grave New World in the same poll!! Damn it Doug!!

Carrow Council

I am convinced the only people who aren't voting for War of the Worlds are people who haven't heard it. One day it will win. One day...

Illume Eltanin

Like others, I’m torn between ELO and Jeff Wayne. But, Jeff Wayne has Justin Hayward, so my vote will go there for now.

zspleen

War of the Worlds..................ULLA!!!!!

Margaret Barnes

Come on, ELO fans!! El Dorado is (forgive me, y’all 😬) the Gold Standard!! 💛🌟

Claudio Fernandes

I voted for Camel, although I still think their best album is Mirage.

Adrian Goodrich

Oh Doug, this is really unfair! I have to go with my favourite Camel album (other than The Snow Goose, obviously) although it only just shades Mirage. Ahead of Grave New World, because a superb side 1 is IMO let down a bit by side 2. No doubt Moodmadness will come second again; but these are all great albums!

Adrian Goodrich

For those not already aware, the final track on Moonmadness is called "Lunar Sea". Think about it...! I confess it took me several years, way back in the 70s, before I realised where the album title came from! (Forehead slap...)

Mark Hehir

I am hoping for Jeff Wayne's musical version of War Of The Worlds. It is an absolutely EPIC album!

Guitar Channel

Have to go with Strawbs this time, even though I like all of these albums. 'Grave New World' was when the Strawbs ventured into more symphonic progressive, right after Wakeman left the band (strangely).

Tom (the soggy one)

Doug- If War Of The Worlds wins, you're gonna want a bucket break between sides two and three. It's okay- it's a natural intermission.

Tom (the soggy one)

Wow five equally excellent, yet distinctly different, choices. I may be changing my vote several times.

Alex Byrd

It was between ELO and Camel for me, and I'm sure both will make it eventually, but gosh dang have i been feeling ELO. Especially since they're on their farewell tour and all. El Dorado is the peak progressive/orchestral ELO.

Trevor Cotterell

Camel would be interesting but Mirage is so much better than Moonmadness! imho of course!

Adie

I went for Liege and Leaf and then realised the mountain it would have to climb, so I switched to ELO. In fact, I believe that it is better to approach ELO via the path from the origin, rather than start at the heights of success - it's a very interesting journey and the arrival point, El Dorado, is all the more impressive because of it. So, if the voting situation changes, I could be persuaded to change my vote. NB Strawbs is in the same position as Fairport, and I would perhaps go there with others. Maybe wherever Scot Poland goes, I'll go too! Dammit! After all that I just switched to Strawbs 🤣

Neale Brassell

I gotta go with ELO, Doug has done precious little of theirs and Eldorado is a true masterpiece. Not that I don't love Camel...

Bill Brinkmoeller

Looks like I'm voting for the loser again! I'd love to see Doug digging some Fairport Convention, though.

Tom (the soggy one)

Moonmadness is not my favorite early Camel (Mirage for the win), but is arguably their best.

Tom (the soggy one)

Doug- Since it's likely "Moonmadness", please break with your convention and do each song individually. Each one needs to be savored on their own; you will thank me for it. The album is less than 40 minutes, easy to do. Pretty sure no-one here will argue with me.

Ron Swirson

I wish Grave New World would have won or come in second. It's a great record I know Doug would have loved for its melding of folk and progressive elements, layered with interesting instrumentation and smart thought-provoking lyrics. Dave Cousins (lead singer and rhythm guitarist) is a very underrated songwriter/composer