Hatfield and the North debut Magma - Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh Ange - Le Cimetière des arlequins Matching Mole's Little Red Record Manfred Mann's Earth Band -Nightingales & Bombers Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother Area debut Henry Cow - LegEnd Steve Hillage - L King Crimson - Red
I got as far as Gong, paused, went and listened to the Radio Gnome Invisible trilogy for the first time, then listened again, then read and watched everything I could find about this period of Gong, became a huge fan, then returned to this video and watched the rest. Thanks Andy!
A Trick of the Tail was the first Genesis album I ever heard. Genesis became my favorite band and Trick of the Tail, to this day, is my favorite musical album - period....dont even have to ponder..... Love your channel.
My favorites (in no particular order) 1) Rush - A Farewell To Kings 2) Rush - Hemispheres 3) Yes - The Yes Album 4) Yes - Fragile 5) King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King 6) King Crimson - Red 7) Genesis - Selling England By The Pound 8) Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 9) Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon 10) Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here I mean, it's not an original list. Not a single deep cut among them. But it's a true list.
I love this channel and I literally can't stand most of the music Andy talks about. Lord knows I've tried, just can't do it. Still, the music history is really interesting and Andy is so damn entertaining.
Same. A friend of mine keeps recommending songs by Zappa, Holdsworth etc. I politely listen to them all the way through, only to have my utter dislike of jazz rock/fusion reinforced 😄
Totally agree Andy is such a good raconteur but I don’t like most of the music he does But he has pointed me to some brilliant music I wouldn’t have gone to otherwise 😊
My list is rather short … King Crimson - in the court Renaissance - Ashes are burning Moody Blues - Question of balance PFM - The world became the world Banco - Darwin Jethro Tull - Aqualung Pink Floyd - Atom heart mother
Very true. Tommy really got behind Yes' Drama album, and I recently discovered he was spot-on. It's a brilliant album. He was a champion of prog rock, but also very much other kinds of rock. Gillan was a band he played a lot - they were a kind of punky AND proggy take on the Deep Purple sound. Tommy Vance was also a nice guy. I got through to the show once when he was filling in for Fluff, and we had a great chat which he mentioned after the session. RiP Tommy and Fluff.
@@BanalayerPete1972 The very first Friday Rock Show was a two hour live performance from Yes, which came as a shock to me tuning in for John Peel. Gillan was a band I particularly loved, I've actually been listening to them quite a lot recently. I thought they were the most interesting band to come out of Deep Purple. I still have a box of tapes somewhere with concerts recorded from Tommy Vance's and Fluff's shows.
When it comes to prog I'm pretty mainstream. My 10 favourites are: King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King Yes: Fragile Genesis: Selling England by the Pound Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Trilogy Rush: A Farewell to Kings Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here The Moody Blues: On the Threshold of a Dream Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick Strawbs: Hero and Heroine Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention: One Size Fits All Other prog albums I love: Yes: The Yes Album Yes: Close to the Edge Yes: Relayer Genesis: A Trick of the Tail Genesis: Wind & Wuthering Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Rush: 2112 Rush: Hemispheres Pink Floyd: Animals Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd: Meddle The Moody Blues: Every Good Boy Deserves Favour The Moody Blues: A Question of Balance The Moody Blues: To Our Children's Children's Children Gentle Giant: Three Friends Gentle Giant: Octopus Gentle Giant: Acquiring the Taste Jethro Tull: Aqualung Jethro Tull: Songs from the Wood Frank Zappa: Apostrophe Frank Zappa & The Mothers / Captain Beefheart: Bongo Fury Frank Zappa & The Mothers: Over-Nite Sensation Strawbs: Nomadness Strawbs: From the Witchwood Electric Light Orchestra: Face the Music Electric Light Orchestra: Eldorado Van der Graaf Generator: Godbluff
Fripp Exposure has so many guys on it Peter Gabriel, Terry Roche Vocal, Fripp produced The ROCHES hit debut album, folk, a cappella and a little Fripptronics.
Greg Lake stated once that Trilogy was their most representative album. Brain Salad Surgery, in part due to its' savvy sequencing, still blows my mind though. My #1
I love the bit when you are talking about Yes and the number of LPs you got through before finding Awaken. I used to listen to the Alan Freeman Saturday rock show every Saturday and ended up buying lots of great Todd Rundgren albums before finding the live version of Just One Victory on Another Live. By then I was sold on Todd. God bless Fluff.
Relayer is my favorite Yes LP. But I have listened to Going for the One a lot lately thanks in part to you and the fact that it stayed in my car. I like going for the One better when I listen to it as the one After Relayer as opposed to the one Before Tormato. (if that makes any sense).
My Top Ten but Only One From Each Artist: 1) Porcupine Tree: Fear of the Black Planet. 2) Steven Wilson: Hand.Cannot.Erase. 3) Yes: Close to the Edge. 4) Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. 5) King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King. 6) Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick. 7) Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon. 8) Traffic: The Low Spark of a High Heeled Boys. 9) ELP: ELP. 10) Riverside: Love Fear and the Time Machine.
Really good list...I had the good fortune of seeing Genesis (with Peter Gabriel) perform The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway- I remember that as being one of the three best concerts that I've ever seen. The second was Pink Floyd performing the Dark Side of the Moon. The third was interestingly enough, Roxy Music- early. I think it was Country Life that they were supporting. This period, IMHO, was rock as a highly developed art form. Early Tull was also incredible- This Was, Stand Up, and Benefit were tremendous albums as well. My choice for Traffic was John Barelycorn, Winwood's songwriting is absolutely brilliant. Have to check out Porcupine Tree, don't know their music very well. Early Soft Machine also was brilliant- especially their work with Kevin Ayers.
Good list (of the 6 I know-gotta check out the other 4). Personally I have a soft spot for “Wish you Were Here” : “did you trade a walk in part in a war, for a lead role in a cage”
God, I SO disagree with you about Yes. First off, I simply could never accept that the greatest Yes album wasn't a Bruford era work. And, although choosing between the Yes Album, Fragile, and Close is pretty painful, ultimately, I HAS to be Close, as it's so clearly their most virtuosic album, while also containing their most memorable extended compositions. It's the album that best defines Yes' music, and is as good an exemplar of what prog is all about as any. I really wonder why you deny it that distinction each time out?
Thanks Andy, I've not listened to much progressive rock since I saw ELP live in the early 1970s. I enjoyed your video and, by the miracle of Amazon, I have been able to download your 10 recommendations. Wondering where and when I was going to listen to these, I tried the ELP one whilst on my daily walk around the Wyre Forest (yes, nearby) - it was the perfect setting for the music. I'll be playing and, I expect, enjoying your recommended prog "must haves" in the near future. Cheers!
Trilogy my favorite ELP easily. Keith’s piano playing in the title track is so beautiful. You made mistake. Egg was a fine Canterbury band too, speaking of Dave Stewart.
Great info on these albums. Haven’t heard Trilogy. David Sylvian .. Gone to Earth and Brilliant Trees 🌲 Deep Purple .. Concerto for group and orchestra. 1969 (Remastered surround sound and film - DVD) Close to the Edge, YES .. possibly the best album made by any rock band. A Trick of the tale, Genesis (or Lamb lies down on Broadway ) Bill Nelson - The Summer of God’s Piano Cocteau Twins .. Bluebell knoll and Treasure
Bill Nelson is a perceptive choice. He has lived the Prog/Art Rock manifesto since his days in Be Bop Deluxe. I have a number of his albums, but sadly not this one mentioned. I will have to remedy this. Of the ones I have, I love his "Getting the Holy Ghost Across" ("On a Blue Wing" here in the religiously uptight US) and BBD's "Modern Music".
Love the new love for ELP! They are not my first choice, but they definitely are a great listen. I do have the feeling that some brits are obsessed with american cowboy music. Doesnt do anything for me, because I love neoclassical
The writing and keys Keith Emerson creates in Endless Enigma is other worldly. You can’t describe it. I’ve prob said it before here somewhere and getting forgetful so prob will again, it always makes me cry with pure emotion. He really knows how to do that. Plus everything else. I assume you’ve seen the vid of him composing it live in his big barn that got burned down on you tube? Yes of course you have, pure magic.
The Rotters' Club is also a novel by Jonathan Coe. It's a beautiful book a sort of coming of age story about a group of friends. At one point in the story the boys taste changes from prog rock to punk. Coe knows a lot about music. It' also very funny.
Interesting Fact: The last 15 seconds of Trilogy was used during the late 70's early 80's as the theme music for NZBC's 6 O'Clock News. Of course most Kiwis have no idea who Emerson Lake and Palmer were.
That's so funny! One of the local news channels in Norfolk,Va. used the last bit from "Living Sin' as their news intro. I forget which years, but was at least '74-'75.
Magma- Live King Crimson- ITCOTCK Genesis- Selling England by the Pound ELP- Tarkus Magma- MDK King Crimson- Red Gentle Giant- Three Friends Glass Hammer- Chronometrie Yes- Relayer Tangerine Dream- Phaedra Andy- I need to gt you to listen to Magma a lot more, and dive deep into their music. Some it is absolutely thrilling, such as the Live disc from 1975. And they are still going strong today!
Have you heard 'The Myths & Legends of Merton Womble and his Journey To The Centre of the Earth'? Think I'm joking? ua-cam.com/video/MXBA2hAj-EU/v-deo.html
ELP is my favorite band. Trilogy is my favorite ELP album. Trilogy and From the Beginning are my favorite ELP songs. The Fugue section of Endless Enigma thrills me to my core. The piano and bass counterpart is just jaw-dropping. I can't tell you how happy I am to see you coming from (almost!) forgetting this band entirely to falling back in love with them.
Yes, I love Trilogy , my favorite ELP song . Hatfield & The North? Streamed it right away, so good, thankyou. Yes is my favorite band. When Going For The One came out I listened to it a thousand times. As a guitar player I appreciate the up and down scale sequence at the end of Turn of the Century. Awaken is other worldly, uplifting, and spiritual. Yes! Trick of the Tail is incredible. Every song is good, amazing songwriting. One of the best, it really takes you on a journey. Super video, good job!
I know all the stories behind Topographic Oceans and all the critiques. But it is my favourite Yes album. It used to be Close to the Edge, but when I got older it was replaced by Topographic, which was one of my least favorite albums when I was younger :)
Yeah, this is me too. Except I loved it immediately simply because it’s Yes. And then the years and many, many subsequent listens proved to me unequivocally how wonderful Tales is. Let the world think what it will about this album. You and I both know along with many others what a beautiful piece of work this habitually maligned recording remains to this day. All these years later it still continues to get better with each listen. Impossible as it seems. There’s noone and nothing like Yes.
Great choices Andy - especially Trilogy, Going for the One and Trick of the Tail - I'm pleased you mentioned it as being one of IQ's favourites as I always thought the interplay between the Martin and Mike on keyboards and guitar at their soaring best was reminiscent of the playing on this album. In fact I think I remember IQ covering Robbery, Assault and Battery on a bootleg I had of them in early 80s. Joyful stuff.
Andy Edwards message to all youtube channels, "video editing is for suckers!!!" Or maybe, just maybe, Andy has a genius way of commenting on how a lot of ProgRock albums meander around in an elliptical manner that eventually drives many people crazy?
When talking about Yes you hinted that Rick Wakeman was less serious than the rest of the band. His books "Grumpy Old Rockstar" and "Further Adventures of a Grumpy Old Rockstar" are hilarious and well worth a read.
Beat has always been my favourite 80s Crimson album. Love the cover too…The blue and pink pops. And Exposure is the perfect transition between Red and Discipline (not that it was intended to be).
Great topic. Mine would look like this: Yes, The Yes Album ELP, s/t Gentle Giant, Free Hand Colosseum, The Valentyne Suite King Crimson, Discipline Genesis, A Trick of the Tail Chris Squire, Fish Out of Water Spock’s Beard, V Glass Hammer, The Inconsolable Secret Porcupine Tree, Lightbulb Sun
"Trilogy" was the very first Prog Rock album I heard. And "A Trick Of The Tail" was the first Genesis album I ever heard. I am still listening to both regularly today.
Great list. Exposure was a nice surprise on the list, one of my faves ! As an aside : Fripp's solo on Baby's on Fire deserves to be on the top of some list, not sure if it's prog..frippertronics forever.
Going for the One has always been one of my fav Yes albums. Turn of the Century, Wonderous Stories is a standout along with Awaken. A Farewell to Kings is my fav RUSH album. I really love how much acoustic guitar is on the album. The sound is rich and more authentic then their later albums. Thx Andy!
Somebody finally recognized Trilogy! A fantastic but never before mentioned album. It's Number One with me. The multiple shot inside cover is cool. Going For The One - same comments. Awaken is their greatet epic IMHO. I always thought that Discipline was easily the best of that trilogy. For me, ELP triple live album is an all time keeper no matter what. Yes's 9012Live is excellent.
King Crimson. Red. Hawkwind. Warrior on the edge of time. Atomic Rooster. In hearing of. Nektar Remember the future. PFM Jet Lag. Pink Floyd Dark side of the moon. The Strawbs. Deep Cuts. Triumvirat. Old loves die hard. Caravan. Canterbury Tales. Yes Fragile. Vander Graaf Generator Pawn Hearts. Chris Squire. Fish out of water Genesis Foxtrot. There are thirteen but I could come up with more if I had to..
That's a very decent list. Italian representation and my favorite Crimson album, a rare shout-out for Triumvirat and to one of my favorite and possibly one of most underrated bands of all time with Atomic Rooster. Not to mention that Nektar album should be considered a standard.
I spent many late nights in the '80's recording music from the Brave New Waves show on CBC radio, poised to press the red 'record' button and the 'play' button simultaneously on my new stereo cassette recorder/player. You had to time it right, so you pressed the button immediately after the intro and before the song started. I often missed the first part of the song or the intro, so I had lots of cool and interesting music on cassette, but no idea who was playing. Prog on, Andy! Love your channel.
Thanks for another grest list, Andy. I love how you can go down the beaten path, or off into the weeds, with equal ability (and always manage to justify it.)
A Farewell To Kings towers above any of the other choices and will always be my favourite Rush album, seconded by Permanent Waves and Hemispheres for silver and bronze. Moving Pictures is slightly flawed by some moments on side 2 that point to the abominations in the 80's beginning with Signals.
They'd probably look better with a minor resequence (i.e. don't close either of them with "Vital Signs" or "Countdown"). Grace Under Pressure, despite its flaws, is the one album post-MP I would consider excellent, in addition to their 70's canon.
Kings isn't better than Signals, unless Xanadu (which is very cool) is like the most important song in the history of music or something. Rush continued to evolve and improve until I think the technology, touring, party supplies caught up with HYF and even that is at least good at times, even though it's got the problems old prog fans say the early 80's stuff has.
@@colinburroughs9871 "Party supplies", ha ha. It's not just "Xanadu", though. The title track and "Cygnus X-1" are also vastly superior to anything on Signals other than "Subdivisions" and "The Analog Kid".
In the order I got into them: King Crimson, In the Wake of Poseidon Deep Purple, Book of Taliesyn Yes, Fragile Rick Wakeman, Journey to the Centre of The Earth Jethro Tull, Songs from the Wood Led Zeppelin, In Through the Out Door Gentle Giant, Octopus Stories, Travelling Underground UFO, Flying (One Hour Space Rock) Caravan, In the Land of Grey & Pink Special mention for Pendragon's 1984 mini-album - excellent stuff.
When Going For The One came out they actually advertised it on TV. It was that advert that got me to buy my first Yes album. Monstrous masterpiece = monsterpiece.
My list: 1. King Crimson - In the Court... 2. Aphrodite's Child - 666 3. Yes - Close To The Edge 4. Genesis - Nursery Cryme 5. PFM - Storia Di Un Minuto Any Robert Wyatt album 7. Caravan - In The Land Of Grey And Pink 8. ELP - Tarkus 9. Gentle Giant - Octopus 10. Rush - Hemispheres
Good choices Andy, nicely defined. IMO the ELP live album from 74 is the promise of that band fulfilled . Great musicians who defined themselves by their live performances. This is them at their peak. In all cases the live renditions on that album are more committed and dynamic than the studio recordings and that says a lot.
‘Trilogy’ has always and forever been my favorite ELP, since I was a teen, also mainly based on Lake’s ‘From the Beginning’ which I would always put on mixtapes I made for girlfriends
I added up the length of all the ads that played during this video and it was longer than Close To The Edge, Thick As A Brick, 2112 and Supper's Ready all put together.
Trick of the Tail is truly great, and the concert was far more satisfying than that of Lamb, but Gabriel's lyrics are unmatched, so Lamb rules my heart. "No one cares" about lyrics, but they certainly wrote TotT with the Gabriel lyrical style firmly in mind. Also, add me to the list of those dismayed at how little notice is paid to Gentle Giant.
One of the reasons I, ( we ) love prog is the musicianship: how do these guys pull this music off live? And, therefore, my favorite albums are live: Welcome back my friends ( Aquatarkus ) Yessongs ( Perpetual Change ) Seconds Out. ( Cinema Show ) But my favorite, hands down, is 801 live with the best cover of any tune in history. TNK
FACT CHECK: Just checked my copy of Going For The One (original vinyl version from back in the day) and Patrick Moraz gets a special thank you, but no reference to posing naked for the cover shot. Methinks Andy is fixated. For me, Trick Of The Tail, Wind and Wuthering and Seconds Out are peak Genesis. Hackett adding his ethereal guitar work and Collins upgrading the Gabriel tunes live.
Glad to hear someone give Bob Fripp's Exposure some well deserved... EXPOSURE AT LAST. Such an shamefully underrated album. Thanks Andy, on behalf of all the music lovers who'll discover this gem after seeing it on this list. Cheers !
I couldn’t agree more with Trilogy, Trick and Farewell. However, with Genesis and Rush, I’ll always be at odds on choosing my absolute favorite. It’s still an ongoing toss up between their finest. But Trilogy has been my #1 by ELP, most likely since it’s the album that finally woke me up to them. No doubt a genuine, timeless treasure.
I dig this setup, Andy, with the wide angle lens and your drums and vinyl in the background. My must-haves are not for the uninitiated, whatever that may be. The list changes often but always includes Soft Machine Volume Two and Third, Hatfield and the North's debut, The Lamb Lies Down, Relayer, ELP's debut, Starless and Bible Black, Gong's Angel's Egg, Weidorje's one and only, Neu! '75 and A.R. & Machines' Echo. Yeah, had to have 11. Nice theory on the Going for the One cover. Patrick Moreass...
If you want to hear the real Dave Stewart you can listen to _National Health - Dreams Wide Awake._ The guy is from another planet. _Santana - Caravanserai_ is on my list.
@@BanalayerPete1972 Unfortunately only Caravanserai and Love Devotion Surrender are prog… Let’s add even Swing of Delight. I’ve read a biography about Santana. In the 70s-80s he would have his clashes with CBS because he wanted to make music like this but they wanted the Latino stuff which was selling.
@@zootallures6470: Welcome too, I'd say. There are still prog elements on albums like Abraxas, even on Supernatural. I didn't know there was pressure on Carlos to be commercial. It's a pity labels do that.
I'm glad you mentioned the Friday Night Rock Show. I used to to listen to it (from about 1980-1983) before it went all metal. Tommy Vance used to play a really good variety of rock (and a bit of fusion). The opening theme tune is stonkignly brilliant (Dixie Dregs - Take It Off The Top) but also the incidental music (while he'd be talking) was brilliant: the likes of Steve Khan, Lenny White, Al di Meola, to name but a few - Tommy had great taste. Great days.
A highly informative video. I love Beat and that whole era, badly need to check out that Fripp album. Need to add Trick of the Tail to my collection also. Been addicted to Gong since discovering them here.
You’re absolutely bang on about Going For the One. I’ve listened to so much Yes I don’t play it anymore, but after this episode I’m going to listen to Awaken. That piece hypnotised me as a lad and still gives me goosebumps.
Mumps is one of my all time favs. Beautiful. Miller is a gem. Dave Stewart is my hands down favorite keyboardist. Composing amazing pieces with National Health. Mont too. Egg. I mean damn! Legend.
Thank you for giving UK the respect they earned. I have long been of the opinion that the first UK album was, in fact, the last truly great, truly prog rock album. After its release, most of the big prog bands began their ill-fated attempts at prog-pop crossover. Gentle Giant's "The Missing Piece," Genesis's "ABACAB," Yes "90125," to name a very few. Bands left their baroque and roll roots in search of gold. And for the most part, compared with "In the Dead of Night" and "Time to Kill," the prog that followed sounded absolutely ridiculous. That is with one notable exception: King Crimson who, with a total personnel change, managed to move well beyond prog without bothering to sell out.
My personal list: 1. King Crimson - Starless & Bible Black 2. Magma - Retrospective Vol 1 & 2 3. King Crimson - Red 4. Mothers of Invention - We're only in it for the money 5. Soft Machine - Vol. 1 & 2 6. Aksak Maboul - Un Peu de l'Âme des Bandits 7. Univers Zero - Ceux Du Dehors 8. Gong - Angel's Egg 9. von Zamla - Zamlaranamma 10. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
Shocked that there is no Gentle Giant!!! They are at the very top of my list, with either Power and the Glory, Octopus, or In a Glass House. Btw, LOVE your videos, man. Very grateful for your intelligence and insight.
I'm with you on 'Trilogy'
🤠😁🥰
So refreshing for someone to lead off their favorites with Emerson, Lake and Palmer.
Agreed. Trilogy is classy. No BJ songs etc. That was so lame....embarrassing.
Trilogy has always been my favorite ELP.
Hatfield and the North debut
Magma - Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh
Ange - Le Cimetière des arlequins
Matching Mole's Little Red Record
Manfred Mann's Earth Band -Nightingales & Bombers
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
Area debut
Henry Cow - LegEnd
Steve Hillage - L
King Crimson - Red
Must hear Henry Cow soon. Not only is the name a nice contrast with Blodwyn Pig, but I had an Uncle Henry who looked very like a cow!
AREA AREA AREA - Arbeit macht frei
I got as far as Gong, paused, went and listened to the Radio Gnome Invisible trilogy for the first time, then listened again, then read and watched everything I could find about this period of Gong, became a huge fan, then returned to this video and watched the rest. Thanks Andy!
A Trick of the Tail was the first Genesis album I ever heard. Genesis became my favorite band and Trick of the Tail, to this day, is my favorite musical album - period....dont even have to ponder..... Love your channel.
Andy ! GENTLE GIANT has to be in that list, come on !
Camel - The Snow Goose was the seed that grew into a lot of prog bands that followed. Any list of Prog must haves MUST have Camel in it.
Agreed, camel is Underrated even in the prog community
because he thinks Latimer is not too good.
@@kirkhunter146He isn't, can't stand Camel, it's derivitive and boring.
@@wahid-lg1kk Derivative???? They influenced tons of band that came after them...
@@lukaf2393 making them derivative in the second degree
My favorites (in no particular order)
1) Rush - A Farewell To Kings
2) Rush - Hemispheres
3) Yes - The Yes Album
4) Yes - Fragile
5) King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King
6) King Crimson - Red
7) Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
8) Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
9) Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
10) Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
I mean, it's not an original list. Not a single deep cut among them. But it's a true list.
Good list, I've got most of those. I'd have found a place for Close To The Edge though 👍
I love this channel and I literally can't stand most of the music Andy talks about. Lord knows I've tried, just can't do it. Still, the music history is really interesting and Andy is so damn entertaining.
Same. A friend of mine keeps recommending songs by Zappa, Holdsworth etc. I politely listen to them all the way through, only to have my utter dislike of jazz rock/fusion reinforced 😄
Agree absolutely
Totally agree
Andy is such a good raconteur but I don’t like most of the music he does
But he has pointed me to some brilliant music I wouldn’t have gone to otherwise 😊
this cult of personality thing is just creepy.
Awaken is, in my humble opinion, the best Prog song ever written. Thank you for the post. Cheers from Indiana.
I have to have “Thick as a Brick” in there - masterpiece
I agree with you 1000% about Going for the One and the song Awaken. Astounding.
GOING FOR THE ONE! YES! I Do Agree on this album!
My list is rather short …
King Crimson - in the court
Renaissance - Ashes are burning
Moody Blues - Question of balance
PFM - The world became the world
Banco - Darwin
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Pink Floyd - Atom heart mother
The importance of Tommy Vance to a generation of UK music listeners cannot be overstated.
‘ROCK ! ..... with Tommy Vance !!!’
The listeners top 10 was like a buyer's guide before UA-cam.
Likewise here in NYC was Scott Muni.
Very true. Tommy really got behind Yes' Drama album, and I recently discovered he was spot-on. It's a brilliant album. He was a champion of prog rock, but also very much other kinds of rock. Gillan was a band he played a lot - they were a kind of punky AND proggy take on the Deep Purple sound. Tommy Vance was also a nice guy. I got through to the show once when he was filling in for Fluff, and we had a great chat which he mentioned after the session. RiP Tommy and Fluff.
@@BanalayerPete1972 The very first Friday Rock Show was a two hour live performance from Yes, which came as a shock to me tuning in for John Peel. Gillan was a band I particularly loved, I've actually been listening to them quite a lot recently. I thought they were the most interesting band to come out of Deep Purple. I still have a box of tapes somewhere with concerts recorded from Tommy Vance's and Fluff's shows.
Nice to see The Rotters Club on this list. One of my favorite albums of all time. Mumps is a masterpiece. That acapella opening is gorgeous.
Couldn't agree more!
When it comes to prog I'm pretty mainstream. My 10 favourites are:
King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King
Yes: Fragile
Genesis: Selling England by the Pound
Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Trilogy
Rush: A Farewell to Kings
Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here
The Moody Blues: On the Threshold of a Dream
Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick
Strawbs: Hero and Heroine
Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention: One Size Fits All
Other prog albums I love:
Yes: The Yes Album
Yes: Close to the Edge
Yes: Relayer
Genesis: A Trick of the Tail
Genesis: Wind & Wuthering
Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Rush: 2112
Rush: Hemispheres
Pink Floyd: Animals
Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd: Meddle
The Moody Blues: Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
The Moody Blues: A Question of Balance
The Moody Blues: To Our Children's Children's Children
Gentle Giant: Three Friends
Gentle Giant: Octopus
Gentle Giant: Acquiring the Taste
Jethro Tull: Aqualung
Jethro Tull: Songs from the Wood
Frank Zappa: Apostrophe
Frank Zappa & The Mothers / Captain Beefheart: Bongo Fury
Frank Zappa & The Mothers: Over-Nite Sensation
Strawbs: Nomadness
Strawbs: From the Witchwood
Electric Light Orchestra: Face the Music
Electric Light Orchestra: Eldorado
Van der Graaf Generator: Godbluff
I don't always agree with you BUT you are giving me an education. I thought I knew music but your knowledge is outstanding. Cheers. Love the channel.
Trick Of The Tail is my favorite Genesis record. Sounds like Gabriel era to me and a less demanding, easier listen
You tossed Close to the Edge on the floor?
Blasphemy!
Fellow YES fans . . .
WE RIDE AT DAWN!!
Got worked up
Haven't watched entire vid yet. 😎
He tossed it on soft cushions.
Watch Monty Python - Soft cushions
@roberttee9790: It's ok, you can redirect your ire to those of us who (marginally) prefer Fragile!😄
@@BanalayerPete1972And/or Relayer and Going for the One...
@@BanalayerPete1972 Fragile is exactly equal to Close to the Edge
@@wahid-lg1kk: Yes, I'd agree overall.
Pendragon Masquerade overture always come back to it for modern prog. Never tire of it.
Just got that one on vinyl :D it is incredible
Voyage of the Acolyte.
Trilogy, my first ELP purchase - the infectious brilliance of The Endless Enigma grabs me as much now as it did when I first heard it in '79.
Fripp Exposure has so many guys on it Peter Gabriel, Terry Roche Vocal, Fripp produced The ROCHES hit debut album, folk, a cappella and a little Fripptronics.
Don't forget Peter Hammill ☝
Greg Lake stated once that Trilogy was their most representative album.
Brain Salad Surgery, in part due to its' savvy sequencing, still blows my mind though. My #1
I love the bit when you are talking about Yes and the number of LPs you got through before finding Awaken. I used to listen to the Alan Freeman Saturday rock show every Saturday and ended up buying lots of great Todd Rundgren albums before finding the live version of Just One Victory on Another Live. By then I was sold on Todd.
God bless Fluff.
Aaaahhh, yes! Rotter's Club by Hatfield and the North! One of the best albums ever!
Yes Close to the Edge is a perfect example of Prog
Relayer is my favorite Yes LP. But I have listened to Going for the One a lot lately thanks in part to you and the fact that it stayed in my car. I like going for the One better when I listen to it as the one After Relayer as opposed to the one Before Tormato. (if that makes any sense).
Trilogy was one of the first proper albums I bought as a teenager and it’s a big favourite of mine and l like thevsleeve artwork design
My Top Ten but Only One From Each Artist:
1) Porcupine Tree: Fear of the Black Planet.
2) Steven Wilson: Hand.Cannot.Erase.
3) Yes: Close to the Edge.
4) Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.
5) King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King.
6) Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick.
7) Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon.
8) Traffic: The Low Spark of a High Heeled Boys.
9) ELP: ELP.
10) Riverside: Love Fear and the Time Machine.
Really good list...I had the good fortune of seeing Genesis (with Peter Gabriel) perform The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway- I remember that as being one of the three best concerts that I've ever seen. The second was Pink Floyd performing the Dark Side of the Moon. The third was interestingly enough, Roxy Music- early. I think it was Country Life that they were supporting. This period, IMHO, was rock as a highly developed art form. Early Tull was also incredible- This Was, Stand Up, and Benefit were tremendous albums as well. My choice for Traffic was John Barelycorn, Winwood's songwriting is absolutely brilliant. Have to check out Porcupine Tree, don't know their music very well. Early Soft Machine also was brilliant- especially their work with Kevin Ayers.
@Magicmatty2024
We all have opinion’s but just google search that Traffic Album under Wikipedia!
See what they call that Traffic Album?
Good list (of the 6 I know-gotta check out the other 4). Personally I have a soft spot for “Wish you Were Here” : “did you trade a walk in part in a war, for a lead role in a cage”
God, I SO disagree with you about Yes. First off, I simply could never accept that the greatest Yes album wasn't a Bruford era work. And, although choosing between the Yes Album, Fragile, and Close is pretty painful, ultimately, I HAS to be Close, as it's so clearly their most virtuosic album, while also containing their most memorable extended compositions. It's the album that best defines Yes' music, and is as good an exemplar of what prog is all about as any. I really wonder why you deny it that distinction each time out?
Nice to see Riverside in the list
Thanks Andy, I've not listened to much progressive rock since I saw ELP live in the early 1970s. I enjoyed your video and, by the miracle of Amazon, I have been able to download your 10 recommendations. Wondering where and when I was going to listen to these, I tried the ELP one whilst on my daily walk around the Wyre Forest (yes, nearby) - it was the perfect setting for the music. I'll be playing and, I expect, enjoying your recommended prog "must haves" in the near future. Cheers!
Trilogy my favorite ELP easily. Keith’s piano playing in the title track is so beautiful. You made mistake. Egg was a fine Canterbury band too, speaking of Dave Stewart.
Great info on these albums. Haven’t heard Trilogy.
David Sylvian .. Gone to Earth and Brilliant Trees 🌲
Deep Purple .. Concerto for group and orchestra. 1969 (Remastered surround sound and film - DVD)
Close to the Edge, YES .. possibly the best album made by any rock band.
A Trick of the tale, Genesis (or Lamb lies down on Broadway )
Bill Nelson - The Summer of God’s Piano
Cocteau Twins .. Bluebell knoll and Treasure
Bill Nelson is a perceptive choice. He has lived the Prog/Art Rock manifesto since his days in Be Bop Deluxe. I have a number of his albums, but sadly not this one mentioned. I will have to remedy this. Of the ones I have, I love his "Getting the Holy Ghost Across" ("On a Blue Wing" here in the religiously uptight US) and BBD's "Modern Music".
The first four of David Sylvian. A brilliant quartet.
@@ronbo11 I could t remember the name of the Holy Ghost album , which I love .. and could easily have put that down.
@@willemdegraaf5495 It’s a shame he isn’t more widely appreciated .. but he would have to be more mainstream .. so that would be out of the question 😀
Love the new love for ELP! They are not my first choice, but they definitely are a great listen. I do have the feeling that some brits are obsessed with american cowboy music. Doesnt do anything for me, because I love neoclassical
The writing and keys Keith Emerson creates in Endless Enigma is other worldly. You can’t describe it. I’ve prob said it before here somewhere and getting forgetful so prob will again, it always makes me cry with pure emotion. He really knows how to do that. Plus everything else. I assume you’ve seen the vid of him composing it live in his big barn that got burned down on you tube? Yes of course you have, pure magic.
The Rotters' Club is also a novel by Jonathan Coe. It's a beautiful book a sort of coming of age story about a group of friends. At one point in the story the boys taste changes from prog rock to punk. Coe knows a lot about music. It' also very funny.
The first album of the Gong trilogy is actually called 'Flying Teapot' - all 3 were subtitled 'Radio Gnome Invisible' (Parts 1, 2 and 3)
We both love Gong You. Do you also appreciate Fish Rising by Steve Hillage? Fantastic! (I also like Angel's Egg.)
Interesting Fact: The last 15 seconds of Trilogy was used during the late 70's early 80's as the theme music for NZBC's 6 O'Clock News. Of course most Kiwis have no idea who Emerson Lake and Palmer were.
That's so funny! One of the local news channels in Norfolk,Va. used the last bit from "Living Sin' as their news intro. I forget which years, but was at least '74-'75.
Magma- Live
King Crimson- ITCOTCK
Genesis- Selling England by the Pound
ELP- Tarkus
Magma- MDK
King Crimson- Red
Gentle Giant- Three Friends
Glass Hammer- Chronometrie
Yes- Relayer
Tangerine Dream- Phaedra
Andy- I need to gt you to listen to Magma a lot more, and dive deep into their music. Some it is absolutely thrilling, such as the Live disc from 1975. And they are still going strong today!
Womblng Songs (1973) is a must have - a concept album about environmentalist furry creatures who lived underground.
The Wombles invented jazz.
Stafford Bingley Hall circa '73. Amazing gig. Orinoco's stage dives were legendary
Have you heard 'The Myths & Legends of Merton Womble and his Journey To The Centre of the Earth'? Think I'm joking? ua-cam.com/video/MXBA2hAj-EU/v-deo.html
@@ModoBro they could have been huge. So sad about Wellington's drug problems
FISH says he owes everything to MacWomble !
Andy, your take on Rush is hilarious & true.
ELP is my favorite band. Trilogy is my favorite ELP album. Trilogy and From the Beginning are my favorite ELP songs. The Fugue section of Endless Enigma thrills me to my core. The piano and bass counterpart is just jaw-dropping. I can't tell you how happy I am to see you coming from (almost!) forgetting this band entirely to falling back in love with them.
Yes, I love Trilogy , my favorite ELP song . Hatfield & The North? Streamed it right away, so good, thankyou. Yes is my favorite band. When Going For The One came out I listened to it a thousand times. As a guitar player I appreciate the up and down scale sequence at the end of Turn of the Century. Awaken is other worldly, uplifting, and spiritual. Yes! Trick of the Tail is incredible. Every song is good, amazing songwriting. One of the best, it really takes you on a journey. Super video, good job!
I know all the stories behind Topographic Oceans and all the critiques. But it is my favourite Yes album. It used to be Close to the Edge, but when I got older it was replaced by Topographic, which was one of my least favorite albums when I was younger :)
Yeah, this is me too. Except I loved it immediately simply because it’s Yes. And then the years and many, many subsequent listens proved to me unequivocally how wonderful Tales is.
Let the world think what it will about this album. You and I both know along with many others what a beautiful piece of work this habitually maligned recording remains to this day.
All these years later it still continues to get better with each listen. Impossible as it seems.
There’s noone and nothing like Yes.
Great choices Andy - especially Trilogy, Going for the One and Trick of the Tail - I'm pleased you mentioned it as being one of IQ's favourites as I always thought the interplay between the Martin and Mike on keyboards and guitar at their soaring best was reminiscent of the playing on this album. In fact I think I remember IQ covering Robbery, Assault and Battery on a bootleg I had of them in early 80s. Joyful stuff.
Andy Edwards message to all youtube channels, "video editing is for suckers!!!" Or maybe, just maybe, Andy has a genius way of commenting on how a lot of ProgRock albums meander around in an elliptical manner that eventually drives many people crazy?
Re inside sleeve of GFTO. Look at them there. Yes. A great bunch of lads.
A mention for Todd Rungren would be nice
A Wizard, A True Star is an epic album!
Yeah, Todd Rungren. His production work on XTC's Skylarking is phenomenal. One of the greatest albums ever imho.
When talking about Yes you hinted that Rick Wakeman was less serious than the rest of the band.
His books "Grumpy Old Rockstar" and "Further Adventures of a Grumpy Old Rockstar" are hilarious and well worth a read.
Beat has always been my favourite 80s Crimson album. Love the cover too…The blue and pink pops.
And Exposure is the perfect transition between Red and Discipline (not that it was intended to be).
Trilogy is my fave ELP album and, I think their best musically.
I agree
Absolutely fantastic have a wonderful day Andy ❤😊
Fantastic video (and also screamingly funny!)
Great topic. Mine would look like this:
Yes, The Yes Album
ELP, s/t
Gentle Giant, Free Hand
Colosseum, The Valentyne Suite
King Crimson, Discipline
Genesis, A Trick of the Tail
Chris Squire, Fish Out of Water
Spock’s Beard, V
Glass Hammer, The Inconsolable Secret
Porcupine Tree, Lightbulb Sun
"Trilogy" was the very first Prog Rock album I heard. And "A Trick Of The Tail" was the first Genesis album I ever heard. I am still listening to both regularly today.
Great list. Exposure was a nice surprise on the list, one of my faves ! As an aside : Fripp's solo on Baby's on Fire deserves to be on the top of some list, not sure if it's prog..frippertronics forever.
Going for the One has always been one of my fav Yes albums. Turn of the Century, Wonderous Stories is a standout along with Awaken.
A Farewell to Kings is my fav RUSH album. I really love how much acoustic guitar is on the album. The sound is rich and more authentic then their later albums.
Thx Andy!
Somebody finally recognized Trilogy! A fantastic but never before mentioned album. It's Number One with me. The multiple shot inside cover is cool. Going For The One - same comments. Awaken is their greatet epic IMHO. I always thought that Discipline was easily the best of that trilogy. For me, ELP triple live album is an all time keeper no matter what. Yes's 9012Live is excellent.
King Crimson. Red. Hawkwind. Warrior on the edge of time. Atomic Rooster. In hearing of. Nektar Remember the future. PFM Jet Lag. Pink Floyd Dark side of the moon. The Strawbs. Deep Cuts. Triumvirat. Old loves die hard. Caravan. Canterbury Tales. Yes Fragile. Vander Graaf Generator Pawn Hearts. Chris Squire. Fish out of water Genesis Foxtrot. There are thirteen but I could come up with more if I had to..
That's a very decent list. Italian representation and my favorite Crimson album, a rare shout-out for Triumvirat and to one of my favorite and possibly one of most underrated bands of all time with Atomic Rooster. Not to mention that Nektar album should be considered a standard.
Nice list!
Close to the Edge, ITCOTCK, Fish Rising, TAAB,Foxtrot,BSS,In the Land of Grey and Pink,Space Shanty,Pawn Hearts, WYWH
Love it! Idea for a future video: TOP TEN CANADIAN PROG BANDS 🤘
My dearly departed bro and I got 5he sampler Zappa album .. the later the double cds after……x x thank you for the memory here…..
I feel like I could listen to you continuously. lol
I feel that way because often I listen to you continuously.
Yes, Awaken is the greatest.😊
A Trick of the Tail is definitely the Genesis masterpiece.
No it isn't. It is good but 'masterpiece' is way too overused.
Not their best either.
@@shirleymental4189 To each their own 😀
@@javilalima "to each their own" runs rather counter to stating that it's *the* Genesis *masterpiece*, isn't it?.
@@chaosme1ster It is … for me.
lamb lies down my fav older genesis
I spent many late nights in the '80's recording music from the Brave New Waves show on CBC radio, poised to press the red 'record' button and the 'play' button simultaneously on my new stereo cassette recorder/player. You had to time it right, so you pressed the button immediately after the intro and before the song started. I often missed the first part of the song or the intro, so I had lots of cool and interesting music on cassette, but no idea who was playing.
Prog on, Andy! Love your channel.
Thanks for another grest list, Andy. I love how you can go down the beaten path, or off into the weeds, with equal ability (and always manage to justify it.)
A Farewell To Kings towers above any of the other choices and will always be my favourite Rush album, seconded by Permanent Waves and Hemispheres for silver and bronze. Moving Pictures is slightly flawed by some moments on side 2 that point to the abominations in the 80's beginning with Signals.
I liked Signals, but you can’t compare it with Pemanent Waves, Hemispheres or AFTK.
My fav Rush albums are MP and Power Windows. Early to mid 80's are their peak years, at least in the studio.
They'd probably look better with a minor resequence (i.e. don't close either of them with "Vital Signs" or "Countdown").
Grace Under Pressure, despite its flaws, is the one album post-MP I would consider excellent, in addition to their 70's canon.
Kings isn't better than Signals, unless Xanadu (which is very cool) is like the most important song in the history of music or something. Rush continued to evolve and improve until I think the technology, touring, party supplies caught up with HYF and even that is at least good at times, even though it's got the problems old prog fans say the early 80's stuff has.
@@colinburroughs9871 "Party supplies", ha ha.
It's not just "Xanadu", though. The title track and "Cygnus X-1" are also vastly superior to anything on Signals other than "Subdivisions" and "The Analog Kid".
Excellent episode!
In the order I got into them:
King Crimson, In the Wake of Poseidon
Deep Purple, Book of Taliesyn
Yes, Fragile
Rick Wakeman, Journey to the Centre of The Earth
Jethro Tull, Songs from the Wood
Led Zeppelin, In Through the Out Door
Gentle Giant, Octopus
Stories, Travelling Underground
UFO, Flying (One Hour Space Rock)
Caravan, In the Land of Grey & Pink
Special mention for Pendragon's 1984 mini-album - excellent stuff.
Good list. You hit a LOT of my fav's, i.e. the ones I am emotionally tied-with!
Awaken is my favourite too ❤
Glad you like GONG! Angels Egg was my favorite too... and King Crimson's Beat! Yeah.
When Going For The One came out they actually advertised it on TV. It was that advert that got me to buy my first Yes album. Monstrous masterpiece = monsterpiece.
My list:
1. King Crimson - In the Court...
2. Aphrodite's Child - 666
3. Yes - Close To The Edge
4. Genesis - Nursery Cryme
5. PFM - Storia Di Un Minuto
Any Robert Wyatt album
7. Caravan - In The Land Of Grey And Pink
8. ELP - Tarkus
9. Gentle Giant - Octopus
10. Rush - Hemispheres
Good choices Andy, nicely defined. IMO the ELP live album from 74 is the promise of that band fulfilled . Great musicians who defined themselves by their live performances. This is them at their peak. In all cases the live renditions on that album are more committed and dynamic than the studio recordings and that says a lot.
What about Renaissance???
‘Trilogy’ has always and forever been my favorite ELP, since I was a teen, also mainly based on Lake’s ‘From the Beginning’ which I would always put on mixtapes I made for girlfriends
I added up the length of all the ads that played during this video and it was longer than Close To The Edge, Thick As A Brick, 2112 and Supper's Ready all put together.
Trick of the Tail is truly great, and the concert was far more satisfying than that of Lamb, but Gabriel's lyrics are unmatched, so Lamb rules my heart. "No one cares" about lyrics, but they certainly wrote TotT with the Gabriel lyrical style firmly in mind. Also, add me to the list of those dismayed at how little notice is paid to Gentle Giant.
One of the reasons I, ( we ) love prog is the musicianship: how do these guys pull this music off live? And, therefore, my favorite albums are live:
Welcome back my friends ( Aquatarkus )
Yessongs ( Perpetual Change )
Seconds Out. ( Cinema Show )
But my favorite, hands down, is 801 live with the best cover of any tune in history. TNK
FACT CHECK: Just checked my copy of Going For The One (original vinyl version from back in the day) and Patrick Moraz gets a special thank you, but no reference to posing naked for the cover shot.
Methinks Andy is fixated.
For me, Trick Of The Tail, Wind and Wuthering and Seconds Out are peak Genesis. Hackett adding his ethereal guitar work and Collins upgrading the Gabriel tunes live.
Glad to hear someone give Bob Fripp's Exposure some well deserved... EXPOSURE AT LAST. Such an shamefully underrated album. Thanks Andy, on behalf of all the music lovers who'll discover this gem after seeing it on this list. Cheers !
I couldn’t agree more with Trilogy, Trick and Farewell. However, with Genesis and Rush, I’ll always be at odds on choosing my absolute favorite. It’s still an ongoing toss up between their finest. But Trilogy has been my #1 by ELP, most likely since it’s the album that finally woke me up to them. No doubt a genuine, timeless treasure.
I dig this setup, Andy, with the wide angle lens and your drums and vinyl in the background.
My must-haves are not for the uninitiated, whatever that may be.
The list changes often but always includes Soft Machine Volume Two and Third, Hatfield and the North's debut, The Lamb Lies Down, Relayer, ELP's debut, Starless and Bible Black, Gong's Angel's Egg, Weidorje's one and only, Neu! '75 and A.R. & Machines' Echo. Yeah, had to have 11.
Nice theory on the Going for the One cover. Patrick Moreass...
If you want to hear the real Dave Stewart you can listen to _National Health - Dreams Wide Awake._ The guy is from another planet.
_Santana - Caravanserai_ is on my list.
Of Queues and Cures is in my Top 10 albums of all time (as is Bruford's One of a Kind).
@@zachjohnson637 👍 Stewart is playing on both.
He is the most underrated musician since the first bushman started to hit two sticks together.
Glad to see Santana's prog credentials recognized.
@@BanalayerPete1972 Unfortunately only Caravanserai and Love Devotion Surrender are prog… Let’s add even Swing of Delight.
I’ve read a biography about Santana. In the 70s-80s he would have his clashes with CBS because he wanted to make music like this but they wanted the Latino stuff which was selling.
@@zootallures6470: Welcome too, I'd say. There are still prog elements on albums like Abraxas, even on Supernatural. I didn't know there was pressure on Carlos to be commercial. It's a pity labels do that.
I love Trilogy! Keith Emerson was so heavy on this record and I love 'From the Beginning'
I have yet to hear anything from the Canterbury Scene that I don’t like. Glad to see you bigging up the Canterbury bands (and Dave Stewart)
I'm glad you mentioned the Friday Night Rock Show. I used to to listen to it (from about 1980-1983) before it went all metal. Tommy Vance used to play a really good variety of rock (and a bit of fusion). The opening theme tune is stonkignly brilliant (Dixie Dregs - Take It Off The Top) but also the incidental music (while he'd be talking) was brilliant: the likes of Steve Khan, Lenny White, Al di Meola, to name but a few - Tommy had great taste. Great days.
A highly informative video. I love Beat and that whole era, badly need to check out that Fripp album. Need to add Trick of the Tail to my collection also. Been addicted to Gong since discovering them here.
You’re absolutely bang on about Going For the One. I’ve listened to so much Yes I don’t play it anymore, but after this episode I’m going to listen to Awaken. That piece hypnotised me as a lad and still gives me goosebumps.
Just tuned in, as always very informative.
Loving your channel you got on to ufo never give them a fair hearing. So now am rocking out to cheeks of steal all day
Thank you.
Great FZ pick !
Mumps is one of my all time favs. Beautiful. Miller is a gem. Dave Stewart is my hands down favorite keyboardist. Composing amazing pieces with National Health. Mont too. Egg. I mean damn! Legend.
Thank you for giving UK the respect they earned. I have long been of the opinion that the first UK album was, in fact, the last truly great, truly prog rock album. After its release, most of the big prog bands began their ill-fated attempts at prog-pop crossover. Gentle Giant's "The Missing Piece," Genesis's "ABACAB," Yes "90125," to name a very few. Bands left their baroque and roll roots in search of gold. And for the most part, compared with "In the Dead of Night" and "Time to Kill," the prog that followed sounded absolutely ridiculous. That is with one notable exception: King Crimson who, with a total personnel change, managed to move well beyond prog without bothering to sell out.
My personal list:
1. King Crimson - Starless & Bible Black
2. Magma - Retrospective Vol 1 & 2
3. King Crimson - Red
4. Mothers of Invention - We're only in it for the money
5. Soft Machine - Vol. 1 & 2
6. Aksak Maboul - Un Peu de l'Âme des Bandits
7. Univers Zero - Ceux Du Dehors
8. Gong - Angel's Egg
9. von Zamla - Zamlaranamma
10. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
I’ve been binge watching your videos. Sometimes you’re a little obnoxious, but your dedication to rock fandom is infectious.
thank you. Perhaps there are aspects of my videos that are tongue in cheek? Who knows....
Shocked that there is no Gentle Giant!!! They are at the very top of my list, with either Power and the Glory, Octopus, or In a Glass House. Btw, LOVE your videos, man. Very grateful for your intelligence and insight.