Digital Dad Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 SignalsAnimalsTAAB THE Holy Prog Trinity in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 OK a more comprehensive list: Nightwish:WishmasterCentury ChildDark Passion PlayImaginaerumEndless Forms Most Beautiful Rush:Caress Of Steel2112A Farewell To KingsHemispheresPermanent WavesMoving Pictures Yes:Tales From Topographic OceansFragileClose To The EdgeRelayerGoing For The OneTormato Jethro Tull:AqualungThick As A Brick King Crimson:In The Court Of The Crimson King Starcastle:StarcastleCitadelFountains Of Light Miles Davis:NefertitiIn A Silent WayBitches Brew Kansas:MasqueLeftoverturePoint Of Know Return Can:Tago MagoMonster Movie Not sure this is complete. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 SignalsAnimalsTAAB THE Holy Prog Trinity in my book. Signals? Wow!! Is that album even prog? It's synth rock pop. I would take "Caress Of Steel" instead. Why does everyone love "Animals" so much? It's great but it's a snooze fest. Give me the overplayed "The Wall" instead! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Would "Houses Of The Holy" be considered prog ? No Quarter might be the closest - and I love that song Sure - Zep dabbled in a few different musical genres (not classical...) They did, but I don't know if I could call anything on that album (or any of theirs) to be progressive...No Quarter sounds kind of spooky/ominous, and prominently features a Mini-Moog, but I'm not sure that's a qualifier, on its own. Then again...The Crunge does feature the bizarre alternating time signatures, between 10/4 and 6/8... Those cheeky devils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 SignalsAnimalsTAAB THE Holy Prog Trinity in my book. Signals? Wow!! Is that album even prog? It's synth rock pop. I would take "Caress Of Steel" instead. Why does everyone love "Animals" so much? It's great but it's a snooze fest. Give me the overplayed "The Wall" instead! Yep Signals dude. The last actual Rush prog album. Never been a big Caress guy. Anmals are you kidding me. All that angst? Tons of tasty Gilmour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Signals? Prog? http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/0b/0b25f88d91050aadb69513c4118e574ad1daa4c0d93c7e130f60195d4f06c90a.jpg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Hahahahahahahaha... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 But seriously, Moving Pictures barely makes it as a prog album (it's great strengths lie elsewhere), and Signals is even more of a departure. Not one song on Signals comes across as a prog number, so how can they collectively do so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Once again the question is asked - what the hell is the definition of prog rock? The Moody Blues are considered a prog band, by some, and they don't begin to approach the muscial dexterity and technical competence of bands like Yes and ELP. In 1982, Signals was as progressive as Hemispheres was in 1978. Heck, Power Windows is more a concept album than 2112. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Kansas 70's Run. And maybe prog is in the ear of the beholder, lol Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-Tor Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Not sure if anyone mentioned "Operation Mindcrime" by Queensryche yet, but I'll throw that into the mix as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
By Tor Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 (edited) I love Prog so much I will try not to go on and on ... And on Sgt Pepper - The Beatles . Yes it is Prog in my eyes and it`s not rubbish or shit . All 70`s Rush * ( * Not Rush Rush though ) Close To The Edge - Yes .Going For The One - YesRelayer - YesFragile - YesMagnification - Yes Oxygene - Jean Micheal Jarre ( the greatest album ever that doe`nt feature a guitar !) Crime Of The Century - Supertramp . Maybe one of the most underrated Prog albums ever ! All Pink Floyd . ( except the last two and first two ) Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson Tubular Bells - Mike OldfieldHergest Ridge - Mike Oldfield Tommy - The Who War Of The Worlds - Jeff Wayne Eldorado - E..L.O. Brain Salad Surgery - E.L.P. Warrior On the Edge Of Time - Hawkwind Aqualung - Jethro Tull Peter Gabriel . 3 - Peter GabrielPeter Gabriel 4 - Peter Gabriel Demons And Wizards - Uriah HeepMagician`s Birthday - Uriah Heep Amused To Death - Roger Waters Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush ( the 9th wave is as Prog as it gets in the 80`s ) OK Computer - Radiohead Awakening - The Reasoning The Race For Space - Public Broadcasting Service Dreamboat Annie - Heart ( borderline Prog ?) The Twenty Seven Club - Magenta Metamorphosis - Magenta Yoshimi Battles Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips The Raven That Refused To Sing - Steven Wilson ( one of the finest Prog albums in the last 20 years ) Edited August 12, 2015 by By Tor 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnify Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 (edited) hmmm, this gets into the thorny issue of 'what is "prog rock"???', but I'll try to limit myself to the more traditional interpretation - all my favorites, and then "selected favorites" where it's necessary to narrow it down a little more.. And then - to totally make this impossible, I'll bold my top fifteen choices for my absolute favorites. Rush: Caress of Steel through Moving Pictures plus Clockwork Angels; neo-pseudo prog rock ALL (selected Favorites: Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, CA, AFtK)YES: The Yes Album through Drama (selected Favorites: Close to the Edge, Going for the One, Relayer, Drama)King Crimson: ALL (selected Favorites: In the Court, Red, Discipline, The Power to Believe, Thrak)Pink Floyd: Atom Heart Mother through The Wall (selected Favorites: Wish You Were Here, Animals)Roger Waters: Amused to DeathPorcupine Tree: ALL (selected Favorites: Fear of a Blank Planet, In Absentia, Deadwing)Steven Wilson: ALL (selected Favorites: HCE, Raven)Anathema: We're here Because We're Here, Weather Systems, Distant SatellitesOpeth: Blackwater Park, Ghost Reveries, Pale CommunionDream Theater: Images and Words, Awake, Scenes from a MemoryUK - UKGenesis - Foxtrot, Selling England by the PoundPeter Gabriel - Melt, SecurityMarillion - ALL with Fish (selected favorites: Misplaced Childhood, Jester, Clutching, well, ok, Fugazi too!)The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium, Frances the MuteKansas - LeftovertureQueensryche - Operation MindcrimeSound of Contact - DimensionautTool - Aenima, LATERALUS, 10,000 DaysSupertramp - Crime of the CenturyLed Zeppelin (yeah, I know, not traditional "prog rock", but there are elements: Physical Graffiti, IV, Houses)Jethro Tull - Aqualung, Thick as a BrickELP - Tarkus, Brain Salad Surgery, TrilogyBanco Del Mutuo Sorcosso - DARWIN!Bruford (Again, I know, he's more Jazz, but sorta crosses over) - Feels Good To Me(ok, now I've opened the door for Jazz fusion, I gotta add my favorites: Mahavishnu, DIXIE DREGS, Cobham, Return to Forever, Earthworks, Jean-Luc Ponty, The Aristocrats, Bela Fleck, Jeff Beck, etc.)Fish - Sunsets on EmpiresGentle Giant - Octopus, The Power and the GloryHarmonium- Si On Avait Besoin D'une Cinquieme SaisonPremiata Forneria Marconi - Per un AmicoQueen - Night at the Opera, News of the World Can I call ZAPPA prog? I got a dozen more albums to add... ;) Edited August 12, 2015 by cygnify 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 (edited) Why does everyone love "Animals" so much? It's great but it's a snooze fest. Give me the overplayed "The Wall" instead! ? ? ? ? ? Not at all a "snooze fest" - it's dreamy and trippy in spots, maybe, but it's astonishing music. "Dogs" has one of Gilmour's best solos. Wait . . . you're just messin' with us again, aren't you? Edited August 12, 2015 by toymaker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Forgot all about Dixie Dregs. The awesome musicianship makes them Prog but they sure were a weird conglomeration of styles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 i want to include. Peter Gabriel-3 and 4. Prog Enough for me. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 hmmm, this gets into the thorny issue of 'what is "prog rock"???', but I'll try to limit myself to the more traditional interpretation - all my favorites, and then "selected favorites" where it's necessary to narrow it down a little more.. And then - to totally make this impossible, I'll bold my top fifteen choices for my absolute favorites. Rush: Caress of Steel through Moving Pictures plus Clockwork Angels; neo-pseudo prog rock ALL (selected Favorites: Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, CA, AFtK)YES: The Yes Album through Drama (selected Favorites: Close to the Edge, Going for the One, Relayer, Drama)King Crimson: ALL (selected Favorites: In the Court, Red, Discipline, The Power to Believe, Thrak)Pink Floyd: Atom Heart Mother through The Wall (selected Favorites: Wish You Were Here, Animals)Roger Waters: Amused to DeathPorcupine Tree: ALL (selected Favorites: Fear of a Blank Planet, In Absentia, Deadwing)Steven Wilson: ALL (selected Favorites: HCE, Raven)Anathema: We're here Because We're Here, Weather Systems, Distant SatellitesOpeth: Blackwater Park, Ghost Reveries, Pale CommunionDream Theater: Images and Words, Awake, Scenes from a MemoryUK - UKGenesis - Foxtrot, Selling England by the PoundPeter Gabriel - Melt, SecurityMarillion - ALL with Fish (selected favorites: Misplaced Childhood, Jester, Clutching, well, ok, Fugazi too!)The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium, Frances the MuteKansas - LeftovertureQueensryche - Operation MindcrimeSound of Contact - DimensionautTool - Aenima, LATERALUS, 10,000 DaysSupertramp - Crime of the CenturyLed Zeppelin (yeah, I know, not traditional "prog rock", but there are elements: Physical Graffiti, IV, Houses)Jethro Tull - Aqualung, Thick as a BrickELP - Tarkus, Brain Salad Surgery, TrilogyBanco Del Mutuo Sorcosso - DARWIN!Bruford (Again, I know, he's more Jazz, but sorta crosses over) - Feels Good To Me(ok, now I've opened the door for Jazz fusion, I gotta add my favorites: Mahavishnu, DIXIE DREGS, Cobham, Return to Forever, Earthworks, Jean-Luc Ponty, The Aristocrats, Bela Fleck, Jeff Beck, etc.)Fish - Sunsets on EmpiresGentle Giant - Octopus, The Power and the GloryHarmonium- Si On Avait Besoin D'une Cinquieme SaisonPremiata Forneria Marconi - Per un AmicoQueen - Night at the Opera, News of the World Can I call ZAPPA prog? I got a dozen more albums to add... ;) Lol. I LOVE Zappa and I LOVE Prog but calling him Prog is really a stretch imo. Deserves his own thread imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 hmmm, this gets into the thorny issue of 'what is "prog rock"???', but I'll try to limit myself to the more traditional interpretation - all my favorites, and then "selected favorites" where it's necessary to narrow it down a little more.. And then - to totally make this impossible, I'll bold my top fifteen choices for my absolute favorites. Rush: Caress of Steel through Moving Pictures plus Clockwork Angels; neo-pseudo prog rock ALL (selected Favorites: Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, CA, AFtK)YES: The Yes Album through Drama (selected Favorites: Close to the Edge, Going for the One, Relayer, Drama)King Crimson: ALL (selected Favorites: In the Court, Red, Discipline, The Power to Believe, Thrak)Pink Floyd: Atom Heart Mother through The Wall (selected Favorites: Wish You Were Here, Animals)Roger Waters: Amused to DeathPorcupine Tree: ALL (selected Favorites: Fear of a Blank Planet, In Absentia, Deadwing)Steven Wilson: ALL (selected Favorites: HCE, Raven)Anathema: We're here Because We're Here, Weather Systems, Distant SatellitesOpeth: Blackwater Park, Ghost Reveries, Pale CommunionDream Theater: Images and Words, Awake, Scenes from a MemoryUK - UKGenesis - Foxtrot, Selling England by the PoundPeter Gabriel - Melt, SecurityMarillion - ALL with Fish (selected favorites: Misplaced Childhood, Jester, Clutching, well, ok, Fugazi too!)The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium, Frances the MuteKansas - LeftovertureQueensryche - Operation MindcrimeSound of Contact - DimensionautTool - Aenima, LATERALUS, 10,000 DaysSupertramp - Crime of the CenturyLed Zeppelin (yeah, I know, not traditional "prog rock", but there are elements: Physical Graffiti, IV, Houses)Jethro Tull - Aqualung, Thick as a BrickELP - Tarkus, Brain Salad Surgery, TrilogyBanco Del Mutuo Sorcosso - DARWIN!Bruford (Again, I know, he's more Jazz, but sorta crosses over) - Feels Good To Me(ok, now I've opened the door for Jazz fusion, I gotta add my favorites: Mahavishnu, DIXIE DREGS, Cobham, Return to Forever, Earthworks, Jean-Luc Ponty, The Aristocrats, Bela Fleck, Jeff Beck, etc.)Fish - Sunsets on EmpiresGentle Giant - Octopus, The Power and the GloryHarmonium- Si On Avait Besoin D'une Cinquieme SaisonPremiata Forneria Marconi - Per un AmicoQueen - Night at the Opera, News of the World Can I call ZAPPA prog? I got a dozen more albums to add... ;) Lol. I LOVE Zappa and I LOVE Prog but calling him Prog is really a stretch imo. Deserves his own thread imo. Zappa is definitely prog considering all of his odd time signatures. But I was thinking that prog is to rock like classic jazz is to smooth jazz. Time-wise they may be reversed, but the technicalities seems similar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Why does everyone love "Animals" so much? It's great but it's a snooze fest. Give me the overplayed "The Wall" instead! ? ? ? ? ? Not at all a "snooze fest" - it's dreamy and trippy in spots, maybe, but it's astonishing music. "Dogs" has one of Gilmour's best solos. Wait . . . you're just messin' with us again, aren't you?I also think it has some of Roger's best lyrics along with such dark and gloomy music. Its atmosphere is perfectly fit to them too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Why does everyone love "Animals" so much? It's great but it's a snooze fest. Give me the overplayed "The Wall" instead! ? ? ? ? ? Not at all a "snooze fest" - it's dreamy and trippy in spots, maybe, but it's astonishing music. "Dogs" has one of Gilmour's best solos. Wait . . . you're just messin' with us again, aren't you?I also think it has some of Roger's best lyrics along with such dark and gloomy music. Its atmosphere is perfectly fit to them too I was really digging The Final Cut the other day, too. I sort of prefer it to The Wall. I don't really like thinking about Waters "firing" Wright, but I have to say there's some very stirring stuff on that album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driven_to_xanadu Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 (edited) Genesis - Trespass Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here Yes- Fragile Edited August 14, 2015 by driven_to_xanadu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbobby10 Posted August 15, 2015 Author Share Posted August 15, 2015 Animals I think is now my favorite Pink Floyd album, it does have dark lyrics, but the musician ship is great on it. I LOVE IT ALL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pip65 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 (edited) Where do I start ? Most of my favourite albums are classified as prog : Caravan - In the Land of Grey and PinkGenesis - Nursery Cryme, Selling England by the PoundPink Floyd - Wish you were HerePorcupine Tree - Deadwing, FOABP, The IncidentSteven Wilson - The Raven, HCEHaken - The MountainMarillion - Script for a Jesters TearJethro Tull - Songs from The Wood, Broadsword and the BeastRush - Hemispheres, Moving Pictures, Permanent WavesSteve Hackett - Voyage of the AcolyteYes - Going for the One, Fragile, 90125Camel - The Snow Goose, Moonmadness, I Can see Your House from Here I'm sure I've forgotten some. Edited August 16, 2015 by pip65 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclonus X-1 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 These aren't necessarily my favorite albums by these bands, but I'm going with records that are both fantastic and quite "proggy" (at least for the groups in question). Amon Duul II -- Tanz der LemmingeCan -- Future Days Yes -- Close to the EdgeJethro Tull -- Thick as a BrickCurved Air -- Second AlbumTool -- UndertowGentle Giant -- The Power and the GlorySymphony X -- V: The New Mythology SuiteRenaissance -- Ashes Are BurningCamel -- The Snow Goose Deep Purple -- In RockMagma -- M.D.K.Eskaton -- 4 VisionsYezda Urfa -- Sacred BaboonEmerson, Lake & Palmer -- TarkusRush -- Caress of Steel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitboaf Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 I choose to un-bury this thread because no one mentioned: Moody Blues - Days of Future PassedMoody Blues - To Our Children's Children's Children Captain Beyond - self-titled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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