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What "is" a prog album? I hear the term bandied about and see the label attached to certain bands. Have any bands not previously labelled "prog" released what was considered to be a prog album (and for once I'm not being pedantic or facetious, it's a genuine enquiry).

Aah Rob - the best ever:

Close to The Edge by YES
Relayer by YES

Thick As A Brick by Jethro Tull

2112 by Rush
A Farewell To Kings by Rush

and (are you ready for this?)

the Pntateuch of the Cosmogony by Dave Greenslade

Enjoy!!

AYP

Steve Hillage..Fish Rising!

Right, read all that, and no. I'm proud to be British though. And it turns out I do own several prog rock albums and never knew it.

Edited - Aqualung by Jethro Tull if only for the immortal lyrics "sitting on a park bench.....snot dripping down his nose...."

"The lamb lies down on broadway" or "selling england by the pound" Genesis....andy@the stories

Just to twist the genre a little this band are without doubt my favourite, probably of all time, and are still going strong (still have their own hair, teeth, etc) .... Muse... Origin Of Symmetry album ... set the tone for the new Progressives.

I know they're not Yes (brought up on them - still brilliant) but they are the best live act I've seen for a very long time.

There's a good question ... best live act you've ever seen?

Shep ;-)

Love Close To The Edge, check out 'The Yes Album' and 'Going For The One' by Yes.
Selling England By The Pound - Genesis , Also post Gabriel 'Trick Of The Tail' and 'Wind and Wuthering' are good as is Gabriel's first solo album.
Tull - agree on 'Aqualung' and 'Thick As A Brick' - also 'Songs From The Wood' and 'Broadsword and the Beast'.
As for Hillage - check out some Gong too, 'You' is great ( bit jazz prog!) as is their earlier stuff like Camembert Electrique'
Colisseum II may be up your street if you like your prog a bit jazzy too.
Greenslade are good too.

If you like Muse then check out a great newish Bolton band called Drama , some really great material from them, get links here:
http://www.facebook.com/dramaofficial

Jules

Emerson Lake & Palmer - Emerson Lake & Palmer, Tarkus, Pictures of an Exibition.
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Camel - The Snow Goose
Automatic Man - Automatic Man, ( Absolutely Ace Album)

Time to re-visit my Vinyl collection.

Hi Rob, I have quite a large collection of prog, pretty much everything from that era worth collecting (bearing in mind that I consider prog to be more the 70s era than modern day prog),

Yes close to the edge was a an absolute classic,
all of the above suggestions are good
funny enough the sampler albums of the time had some brilliant classic prog stuff on them with all different bands on them there has to be something you like, heres a few titles to look out for :-

Journey to the edge which contains Tull, Camel, Curved air, Van der graff generator, Family, Iron butterfly etc

Still dizzy after all these years :- Black Sabbath, Colosseum, Affinity, May Blitz, Beggars opera etc

good stuff to listen to :- early Genesis, Pendragon, Marillion with and more so without Fish, early Floyd but there is some strange stuff amongst it, Budgie, Gracious, Gravy train are just a few worth a listen,

some might disagree with me here but the best Deep Purple album to have a listen to is Deep Purple in rock,

I have been to see most of these bands, brilliant stuff.

Have a listen to these..

Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet/The Sky moves Sideways

Rush - 2112/Hemispheres

Marillion - Brave

Shaun

I'm with Shaun on this one;

Porcupine Tree; In absentia/Fear of a blank planet/The Incident

I got into them through Gavin Harrison's drumming, but all the musicianship is top notch, and the lyrical content is good too.

Pete

Hi Matey.

May I humbly suggest some choices not so far suggested?

Milliontown by Frost* (My choice for best debut CD ever and if you only take on board ONE of my recommendations then please let it be this one)

Spectral Mornings by Steve Hackett. (Ex Genesis guitarist and one of the finest albums ever made IMHO)

Smallcreeps Day by Mike Rutherford

The Seventh House by IQ (Dark Matter and Frequency are tasty as well)

The album that "got me into" the Genre was Tubular Bells but get the 2003 re-done version

If you want the best of "proggy Genesis" live then you MUST buy Seconds Out...The greatest live album ever again IMHO.

Good listening

Best wishes

John

Rob:

You Tube Slogans by Steve..... ;-)

Eddie Van Who?

Best wishes

John

yaaaaaaaaaay ......... i own some prog rock!!

if Deep Purple In Rock is prog??

Oh and I've got some Porcupine Trees too

daddy - o!!

Rob:

You NEED to get Frost* matey

Milliontown

Trust me

John

Rob........... Thank me later ;-)

Gentle Giant - The Missing Piece.
MN

All the Fish era of Marillion albums are superb.

Rob, I've loads of Camel, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Yes, Steve Hackett, Rick Wakeman, Dream Theatre ect, CD's that I would gladly lend to you if you wish,

Wick.

Pentatauch of Cosmogon..........quality

Here's a bit of Camel for you. Listen all the way through !

Milliontown is a great call !!

one of my fav recent albums

but if your liking the modern prog.....

It Bites The Tall Ships ....... and they are gigging later this year !

Another for you Rob (along the lines of what Wick put up)

Would Red Noise by Bill Nelson's Sound on Sound count? I know he's classed as "Experimental Rock" but isn't that a sub-division of prog? It's an amazing album, pushing the boundaries of the pop song structure whilst at the same time being brilliantly enjoyable.

If I Could Do It All Over Again, and In The Land Of The Grey And Pink, both by Caravan

Rob (now with Night Train)