4th BPB Poll results

 

The fourth BPB poll was one I was looking forward to running for a long time...reader's favourite King Crimson album.  KC is a band that means so very much to me, as anyone who knows me closely can attest.  Even though I (grumble grumble stupidbloodycarin2003grrhate) never got to see the band live in concert, I've probably listened to more King Crimson than any other band (if you add in all the concert recordings I've been lucky enough to acquire over the years).

Usually with polls I have some preconceived notions how they'll go.  Much the same is true here...I had a feeling the top albums would be Red and In the Court, and I was not at all mistaken.  Until the final day, the two were tied for total votes...and they nearly ended up tied too.

There were some surprises though.

I expected Discipline to end up polling higher.  4th isn't a disappointment, but I figured for sure it'd have come in above Larks.  The other huge surprise for me was how low The Power to Believe came in.  I know a lot of people who find that album to be a modern KC classic, so to finish with only 3 votes out of over 200 cast was a complete shock to me.

In any event...213 votes total, which I believe is tops for a poll on this site to date.

And a new poll to follow this weekend...be ready!


Red  50 (23%)
In the Court of the Crimson King  49 (23%)
Larks Tongues in Aspic  29 (13%)
Discipline  24 (11%)
Lizard  17 (7%)
Islands  12 (5%)
Starless and Bible Black  12 (5%)
Three of a Perfect Pair  5 (2%)
THRaK  5 (2%)
In the Wake of Poseidon  3 (1%)
The Power to Believe  3 (1%)
The ConstruKCtion of Light  2 (0%)
Beat  2 (0%)



Votes : 213
Closed 2 October 2010 11:59 PM
Poll Length: 14 days

Poll 3 Results

Bill’s Prog Blog’s third poll ended yesterday. It was a multiple choice answer type poll, which meant you could pick as many choices as you wanted. In the end, we had 83 responses, which was more than enough to make me happy.

The subject of this period’s poll was “What are your favourite styles of progressive music?”

Going in I had two pre-determined thoughts:

• Symphonic prog would be the top choice.
• Avant would be the bottom choice

Both ended up being correct.

I am not at all surprised by the fact that symphonic and neo-progressive finished as high as they did. They’re the most accessible forms of progressive music, I think, and considering that symphonic progressive tends to cover the ‘big six’ bands pretty well, there’s no shock that it topped the charts here. Likewise, considering how people tend to shy away from the more angular, avant side of the prog spectrum, the results there are somewhat less than surprising, shall we say.

Anyway, without further ado, the results:


Symphonic 53 (63%)
Neo-prog 30 (36%)
Prog Metal 29 (34%)
Space Rock 27 (32%)
Post Rock 25 (30%)
Fusion 24 (28%)
Post Prog 22 (26%)
Ambient 16 (19%)
Krautrock 15 (18%)
Rock in Opposition 14 (16%)
Zeuhl 13 (15%)
Avant 12 (14%)


Total votes: 83

POLL #2 RESULTS: favourite 'Big Six' band

To say I was thrilled with the response to this poll would be the understatement of the year. I figured I’d be happy with 100 votes…to blow past 150 was insane beyond my wildest dreams. And it was close the whole way, too; while Crimson and Floyd pulled away quickly, it was neck and neck for them the entire run of the poll, with neither group getting more than 1 or 2 votes ahead at any point.

Thanks to everyone who took part…a new poll will be posted later this evening!

King Crimson 43 (25%)
Pink Floyd 42 (25%)
Genesis 29 (17%)
Yes 25 (15%)
Emerson Lake and Palmer 14 (8%)
Jethro Tull 13 (7%)

Total votes: 166