Great Long Album tracks…

Claret knight · Post by **Claret knight** » Tue Sep 24, 2024 9:40 pm

Eagles Last Resort

Claret knight · Post by **Claret knight** » Tue Sep 24, 2024 9:41 pm

Eagles Last Resort

BabylonClaret · Post by **BabylonClaret** » Tue Sep 24, 2024 11:08 pm

Some great tracks here - The Musical Box is one of my favourite Genesis tracks.

Grendel doesnt count as an album track as its not on an album - b side to the 12 inch Market Square Heroes. For Marillion i think The Wwb hits 10 mins.

I'd add Close to the Egde from the same album (Yes), and I think Victim of Changes by Judas Priest is close to 10.

Good shout for Pictures of You - its actually about seven and a half (which is quite surprising) The Same Deep Water as You from the same album is almost 10 ans is a belter (like every track off Disintegration).
Also maybe Sealand from OMD's Architecture and Morality

boatshed bill · Post by **boatshed bill** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 12:19 am

King Crimson "Islands"
The Doors "When The Music's Over" and "The End"

Quicknick · Post by **Quicknick** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 3:48 am

Close to the Edge - Yes; The Gates of Delirium - Yes

ecc · Post by **ecc** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 5:53 am

Another Van Morrison song

"Rave on John Donne"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UknL1ALHDFk

"Marquee Moon" Television

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4myghLPLZc

cmobfc · Post by **cmobfc** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 6:47 am

Guillemots - Sao Paulo

Corky · Post by **Corky** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 7:38 am

Rare Earth Get Ready 21 minutes 30 seconds!!

theonlywayisup · Post by **theonlywayisup** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 8:00 am

Frank Zappa
Son of Mr Green Genes
Willie the Pimp
Both around 9 mins. Both off Hot Rats.

Mondsley · Post by **Mondsley** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 9:07 am

I can see there are a number of Prog fans on here, so I'll throw in Take a Pebble by Emerson, Lake and Palmer.

karatekid · Post by **karatekid** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 9:28 am

ChrisG wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 24, 2024 7:08 pm
Autobahn by Kraftwerk

Massive credit if you can see out the full 22 minutes of this one.

karatekid · Post by **karatekid** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 9:34 am

Pink Floyd - A saucer full of secrets . At 11 minutes it’s quite short by Floyd standards. Gets a bit lost in the middle but the ending is sublime.

No Captain Blackadder pun intended.

claret2018 · Post by **claret2018** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 9:49 am

Dopesmoker by Sleep

Clocks in at just over 63 minutes!

BobbyBoucher · Post by **BobbyBoucher** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 10:07 am

Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells Part 1

Hipper · Post by **Hipper** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 10:31 am

Focus - Anonymous 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsOxoaQCKtI

Status Quo - Roadhouse Blues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MfK59w-D4U

Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUHb3cBvWMY

Move over Gilmour!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeuB8Xil_kA

Paul Middleton - Snails

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NKxMJcI53U

Hendrickxz · Post by **Hendrickxz** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 10:42 am

Crossroads, Cream album version
Machine Gun, Jimi Hendrix

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 10:59 am

holdyourfire wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 24, 2024 6:19 pm
AWAKEN by YES 18 mins 34 from GOING FOR THE ONE

My favourite piece of music ever. Simply sublime. There is a section of it where all the band, including Anderson on vocals, seem to be playing differing things but it gels magnificently. Also the most pompous ending ever but petering out to the Anderson vocal. Still play it regularly almost 50 years on.
Incidentally I don’t know if you have heard it but there is a great live version on the Keys to Ascension album.

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 11:02 am

jrtod61 wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 24, 2024 8:39 pm
Marilyn Monroe Memorial Church - Amon Düül II

Hell fire I come across so few people who have even heard of them bud. Great choice.

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 11:05 am

dougcollins wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 24, 2024 9:24 pm
I used to busk in Keswick with Francis, good guy.

We were short listed to support them on a tour but we didn’t get the gig. Couple of our guys knew the keyboard player cos they were from Whitehaven, as were three of our band.

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 11:07 am

So many great choices on here that I agree with but I’ll throw in Karn Evil Nine by ELP.

Passing Clouds · Post by **Passing Clouds** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 11:39 am

The Cedar Room - Doves

get stuck in tracy · Post by **get stuck in tracy** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 11:55 am

In A Gadda Da Vida, Iron butterfly. As used in the simpsons during a church service !

Conroysleftfoot · Post by **Conroysleftfoot** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 1:01 pm

Focus - Eruption

pompeyclaret · Post by **pompeyclaret** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 2:31 pm

Steven Wilson - home invasion/ regret #9

Epic guitar solo

https://youtu.be/c254I4DBgp8?si=UoS8ihY3tj-xqMaC

sportinglee · Post by **sportinglee** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 2:54 pm

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner- Iron Maiden

dougcollins · Post by **dougcollins** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 2:58 pm

houseboy wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 25, 2024 11:05 am
We were short listed to support them on a tour but we didn’t get the gig. Couple of our guys knew the keyboard player cos they were from Whitehaven, as were three of our band.

Pre ‘It Bites’, met Francis through a mutual friend who lived in Keswick, we used to do Everley Brothers etc through the summer and made a packet.
He’s a top performer.

ashtonlongsider · Post by **ashtonlongsider** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 2:58 pm

Caravan- Nine Feet Underground.
Jethro Tull Thick as a Brick.

Claretmisterg · Post by **Claretmisterg** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 3:15 pm

My favourite long album tracks are echoes and shine on you crazy diamond by Pink Floyd both of which have been mentioned above.

My favourite long track which I haven’t seen mentioned is Starless by King Crimson (12 minutes plus) from the album “Red”.

https://youtu.be/OfR6_V91fG8?si=MJMGmreR_JiSAqSp

Claretmisterg · Post by **Claretmisterg** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 3:30 pm

sportinglee wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 25, 2024 2:54 pm
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner- Iron Maiden

Then there’s the Mariners’s Revenge Song by the Decemberists which is just brilliant.

https://youtu.be/5Sw61oITuts?si=EG_GwRAxO0rqM0VT

jetblackcat · Post by **jetblackcat** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 3:58 pm

Nantucket Sleighride (live version) - Mountain
Aja- Steely Dan
Time Was- Wishbone Ash

dougcollins · Post by **dougcollins** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 5:02 pm

ecc wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 25, 2024 5:53 am

"Marquee Moon" Television

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4myghLPLZc

How could I have forgotten that.

Simply brilliant.

bfcmik · Post by **bfcmik** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 5:19 pm

Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (possibly the best guitar solo ever) https://youtu.be/vi7cuAjArRs?si=k3fq6uhHgWIwry5i, High Hopes, and Sorrow, from the Pulse live album
Deep Purple - Space Truckin' from Made in Japan.
Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto #1
Bruck - 1st Violin Concerto
J S Bach - Toccata and Fugue (try Emerson, Lake and Palmer's version too)

exilecanada · Post by **exilecanada** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 5:19 pm

Mike Oldfield "Tubular Bells".

KateR · Post by **KateR** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 5:25 pm

In my Time of Dying

Achilles Last Stand

Led Zepplin

jos · Post by **jos** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 5:37 pm

dougcollins wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 25, 2024 2:58 pm
Pre ‘It Bites’, met Francis through a mutual friend who lived in Keswick, we used to do Everley Brothers etc through the summer and made a packet.
He’s a top performer.

Have seen him a few times, a couple quite recently one with a Blues band, and the other doing It Bites stuff. You can book him to come and sing in your house too (although it needs to be a big house).

John Mitchell who took FD’s place in IB also plays guitar in *Frost (led by the amazing Jem Godfrey)

Black Light Machine by *Frost is worthy of this thread.

aclaretinstevenage · Post by **aclaretinstevenage** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 6:03 pm

jetblackcat wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 25, 2024 3:58 pm
Nantucket Sleighride (live version) - Mountain
Aja- Steely Dan
Time Was- Wishbone Ash

Time Was is a brilliant shout.........as is the whole Argus Album!

karatekid · Post by **karatekid** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 7:08 pm

King Crimson - The court of the crimson king

Cabbage · Post by **Cabbage** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 8:02 pm

Camel- Ice

Luppy · Post by **Luppy** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 8:24 pm

Jungleland - Springsteen

10th Avenue Freeze Out - Springsteen

American Skin (41 Shots) - Springsteen

You can see where I'm going here......

jos · Post by **jos** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 8:37 pm

Luppy wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 25, 2024 8:24 pm
Jungleland - Springsteen

10th Avenue Freeze Out - Springsteen

American Skin (41 Shots) - Springsteen

You can see where I'm going here......

Not to mention the 10 minutes of yapping on between each song when he plays live … “get on with it for Pete’s sake”

I used to be in a Springsteen tribute band (in fact I’ve been in two) although not a massive fan myself, as a guitarist what used to annoy me was that he employed a couple of excellent guitarists but still insisted on playing lead on some songs, and tbh they are a bit rubbish, and what’s worse is that I had to mimic it!
Just let Nils play it.

Mind you I shouldn’t knock him because he’s made a darn site more money out of it than I have or ever will.

timshorts · Post by **timshorts** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 8:42 pm

Dazzler wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 24, 2024 7:18 pm
Rush - The Fountain Of Lamneth {20 mins}

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWdTqrszR2E

Played that earlier in the week. Excellent.

timshorts · Post by **timshorts** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 8:48 pm

Quicknick wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 25, 2024 3:48 am
Close to the Edge - Yes; The Gates of Delirium - Yes

Yes, and yes, but I hope that the version of gates of delerium that you proposed is the live version, which is just as close to perfect as you can get.

karatekid · Post by **karatekid** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 8:53 pm

timshorts wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 25, 2024 8:42 pm
Played that earlier in the week. Excellent.

There are two tracks on that album 10 minutes plus. The necromancer is the other.

dougcollins · Post by **dougcollins** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 9:04 pm

jos wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 25, 2024 8:37 pm
Not to mention the 10 minutes of yapping on between each song when he plays live … “get on with it for Pete’s sake”

I used to be in a Springsteen tribute band (in fact I’ve been in two) although not a massive fan myself, as a guitarist what used to annoy me was that he employed a couple of excellent guitarists but still insisted on playing lead on some songs, and tbh they are a bit rubbish, and what’s worse is that I had to mimic it!
Just let Nils play it.

Mind you I shouldn’t knock him because he’s made a darn site more money out of it than I have or ever will.

I went to see BS (under duress) and that his my take entirely- you've got one of the (arguably) top ten guitarists and you don't let him play. All bloody keyboards and saxes.
Then BS stands there on all his posters with his tele strapped on.
Guitar band- no, they're really not. And not for me.

timshorts · Post by **timshorts** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 9:21 pm

We appear to have used up the obvious choices from yes and rush, given that my personal rush favourite "natural science" falls short by 44 seconds, but can I add to the lidt:-
Green grass and high tides - the outlaws
Whirlwind - Austin young band (not timed it)
Stars - the frequency
The narrow margin - iq, and for those of you voting for some of the prog rock tracks above that haven't heard much iq, then please try it ( but not the last album as it's lost its way/awful)
And if we are allowed classical material, then
Concerto pour 7 instruments - Frank Martin
A colour symphony - Arthur bliss
Four sea interlude - britten

karatekid · Post by **karatekid** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 10:42 pm

Just had a listen to iq the narrow margin and enjoyed it. I’ll give them a bit more airtime.

Claretnick · Post by **Claretnick** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 10:58 pm

Psalm - Roxy Music from the 3rd album Stranded..

boatshed bill · Post by **boatshed bill** » Wed Sep 25, 2024 11:25 pm

Claretnick wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 25, 2024 10:58 pm
Psalm - Roxy Music from the 3rd album Stranded..

And from Stranded, "Mother of Pearl", not quite as long but seems to go on for ever.

Upthe carrots · Post by **Upthe carrots** » Thu Sep 26, 2024 2:39 am

Mother sky. Can. About 12 mins I think

Taffy on the wing · Post by **Taffy on the wing** » Thu Sep 26, 2024 3:19 am

Big Vinny K wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 24, 2024 7:02 pm
Diamond dogs from the album of the same name
Not 10 minutes but I always remember it being the longest track on the album and much longer than you usually get for a Bowie track.
So much to digest in the track - crazy lyrics as per usual !!….but great key changes, guitar solos etc

I think you might mean "Sweet thing/candidate/Sweet thing reprise"? Great song ...also love we are the dead on the same album.