I'm a big Vangelis fan, too, ever since "Cosmos" was on 20 years ago.
My tastes in Vangelis have changed over the years, though. I was
originally attracted to his music because a lot of it is very
melodic. Now, some of his more "difficult" music I find a lot more
interesting. Opera Sauvage is probably my favorite album. Albedo 0.39
has some great cuts on it, especially Nucleogenesis. "666", an album
by the band he was in before he went solo, is a great prog-rock
concept album, too.
> Don't forget Vangelis Papathanassiou, too. "Blade Runner" is his
> masterpiece, but you need to get the bootlegs. I
like "China," "Albedo
> 0.39," "Mask," and "Heaven & Hell" an awful lot. "Beauborg" is good
for some
> retro "pre keyboard" synthesizer work.