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05-05-2006, 05:42 PM
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I've recently fallen in love with all things self-indulgent (musically, that is). But I'm always looking for new music, so I'm wondering what you guys think are the essential albums of progressive rock.
To start off, I would say that Rush's '2112' is amazing, and definitley essential.
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05-05-2006, 10:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: florence , mississippi | | | King Crimson's Red is the essential prog album.
Magma's Mekanik Destructiv Kommandoh and Faust's Faust IV are close runners up.
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05-06-2006, 12:24 AM
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Originally Posted by page King Crimson's Red is the essential prog album.
Magma's Mekanik Destructiv Kommandoh and Faust's Faust IV are close runners up. | +1 to the Krimson! Rush/Hemispheres,Dream Theaters Awake,and Falling Into Infinity,Symphony-X if you like the heavier Prog metal,and Spocks Beard if you prefer something not as heavy,but very well crafted tunes,and great vocal work. Spocks Beard V and Snow would be a good start.
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05-06-2006, 12:34 AM
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Originally Posted by BassGod I've recently fallen in love with all things self-indulgent (musically, that is). But I'm always looking for new music, so I'm wondering what you guys think are the essential albums of progressive rock.
To start off, I would say that Rush's '2112' is amazing, and definitley essential.
Graeme | |
05-06-2006, 12:41 AM
|  | Ojo. | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Beaumont/Calimesa, CA | | | any genesis album with peter gabriel singing is pure genius.
(pre-1975)
although not really as wank-tastic as some later prog, it's all very, VERY good stuff.
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05-06-2006, 09:24 AM
| | ...and on the 8th day, God created the Habanero. | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Huntsville, AL | | Well, IMO, Yes' "Fragile", "Close to the Edge" or "Relayer" definitely qualify. Dream Theater's "Metropolis 2: Scenes from a Memory" or "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence", The Beatles "SGT. Pepper" (arguably the first progressive rock album) and "Queen II". These do it for me!  |
05-06-2006, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Joshua What he says.^^^
Selling England by the Pound should be required listening imo... | I also hear good things about their album The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway. Any good?
And is Red what most people would consider the King Crimson album? I've been meaning to check out this band (due to Tony Levin) but don't know where to start.
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05-06-2006, 10:24 AM
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05-06-2006, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Turock Close to the Edge | +1 and Fragile |
05-06-2006, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by ctbass +1 and Fragile | While there are some amazing tracks on Fragile (Roundabout, Long Distance and its epilogue), I don't like the whole album. There's a lot of stuff on that album I find to be quirky junk. |
05-06-2006, 10:55 AM
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05-06-2006, 11:01 AM
| | | | Anything Spock's Beard. Octane is actually my favorite, but it's less 'proggy'. However the bass lines are genius.
I also like Neal Morse's solo stuff. |
05-06-2006, 11:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Edinboro, PA | | | I'm going to repeat most of the albums listed:
King Crimson - Red
Emerson Lake and Palmer - Tarkus
Yes - Close to the Edge
Genesis - Selling England by The Pound
Gentle Giant - Free Hand
Amon Duul II - Yeti
Amon Duul II - Phallus Dei
Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time
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05-06-2006, 12:19 PM
| | | | The only Yes song I've ever heard has been 'Owner of a Lonely Heart', which I can't stand. Is the rest of their stuff along the same lines?
Graeme |
05-06-2006, 12:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: New Jersey | | | King Crimson's John Wetton period had a huge influence on myself and my fellow band members. During that period, they were funky (We'll Let You Know), heavy (Lark's Tongue in Aspic Part:II), and write beautiful songs (Book of Saturday). I would have to say that the trio of studio albums they put out are required listening for prog nerds.
YES - Close to the Edge, The Yes Album
Rush - Hemispheres
Genesis - Selling England by The Pound |
05-06-2006, 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by BassGod The only Yes song I've ever heard has been 'Owner of a Lonely Heart', which I can't stand. Is the rest of their stuff along the same lines?
Graeme | Heavens, no! The band that produced that bears little resemblance to the one that recorded "Close to the Edge".
Another to consider:
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick |
05-06-2006, 12:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota | | | Although Red is an incredible album, I must throw in their first album In the Court of thr Crimson King, and the first one with Adrian Belew and Tony Levin, Discipline.
I'll also toss Octopus by Gentle Giant out there.
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05-06-2006, 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by 73jbass Dream Theaters Awake,and Falling Into Infinity | I don't want to sound rude, but I REALLY have to disagree with you. Awake is more heavier for DT, and Falling Into Infinity is their most commercial album ever. I reccomend Images and Words and Metropolis Part II: Scenes From a Memory. |
05-06-2006, 01:36 PM
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Magma- Udu Wudu
CAN - Future Days
Frank Zappa & the Mothers - Weasels Ripped my Flesh, Lumpy Gravy, One Size Fits all, Hot Rats
Amon Duul(not Amon Duul II)- Psychedelic Underground
Van Der Graaf Generator - The Least We can do is Wave to Each other.
Jethro Tull - Stand Up , Benefit, Aqualung
ELP - Brain Salad Surgery.
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05-06-2006, 01:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA | | | Yes "The Yes Album" - Starship Trooper is one of my favorites.
+1 on the King Crimson "Discipline" "Court of the Crimson King" is tasty too.
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