Greatest Progressive Album ever

[tangentmusic]

Thumbs up for "Thick As A Brick". Ian Anderson is a genius

 

[MrRatty]

I read the title of this thread and thought "Close to the Edge" and hey, that's in the first post! But I'm not sure I could argue with many of the other suggestions either.

 

[dpbass66]

HAve to agree with BASSHAPPI...

Yes, "Gates of Deliruim", on Relayer, its got to be in the top 5 assuming you just cant pick a "best".

 

[burnunit]

I'll go with
"Relayer" - Yes
"Atom Heart Mother" - Floyd
"Apostrophe", "One Size Fits All" - Zappa
"Red" - King Crimson
"Brain Salad Surgery" - ELP

I might just put these on and make an afternoon of it.

 

[Sketchy]

Coming from the guy who can't decide his three favourite bands (all of which are prog, admittedly), I'll have to say that Dark Side Of The Moon is my favourite, due to how well it flows, and just how well it works. Besides, I love The Great Gig In The Sky. If anything, that just makes it for me.

Favourite, however, does not necessarily mean greatest, but, I think DSofM ranks there along with:
Fear Of A Blank Planet and The Sky Moves Sideways - Porcupine Tree
Metropolis Pt II - Dream Theater
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis (even though I prefer Nursery Cryme)
Larks' Tongues In Aspic and In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson Pawn Hearts - Van Der Graaf Generator
Snow - Spock's Beard
Tales From Topographic Oceans - Yes

Eh, screw it, they're all great.

 

[neurotictim]

If you haven't heard MESHUGGAH yet look them up. Very original.

Been following them since Chaosphere... Great band, but even weird time signatures and bad-a$$ drumming can get repetitive...

:shrug:

YMMV and all that.

 

[ThudThudThud]

801-Live
PFM-Chocolate Kings

 

[Basshappi]

Other's that should be mentioned:

The Mars Volta - Deloused In The Comatorium

The Dixie Dregs - "FreeFall", but everything up through "Industry Standard" is superb. They veer into jazz/fusion quite a bit, but it's prog enough for me.

Genesis - "A Trick Of The Tale", post-Gabriel goodness. I thought they stayed rather proggy up through "Duke"

Jing Chi - "Jing Chi", is rather yummy!

 

[dpbass66]

Nobody has mentioned any Dream Theatre????

 

[Chowowbus]

Tool..10,000 days is one of my personal favs..

 

[fishtx]

an unanswerable question...but I'll name a few I would add to the list as great ones...some have been mentioned:

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Hendrix - Axis Bold as Love/ Electric Ladyland
Gentle Giant - Aquiring the Taste
Yes - Close to the edge
ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
Kansas - Masque/ Song for America
Billy Cobham - Spectrum
Mahavisnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
Al DiMeola - Land of the Midnight Sun

 

[onosson]

Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame!!

 

[lucas vigor]

Close to the edge

Fragile

Relayer

Moving Pictures

Starless and Bible Black

Physical Graffiti


And for some non-rock albums that are very "progressive"

Travels (Pat Metheny's famous live album
Heavy Weather (Weather Report)
45th parallel (Oregon)
The Surgeon of the night sky (Jon Hassell)
Bitches Brew (Miles Davis)
Manchild (Herbie Hancock)

 

[tangentmusic]

tangent,

It's just too broad a question to pick one definitive answer. BUT I agree with everythig you said about "Close To The Edge". It IS both "peaceful and disquieting".

I listen to Yes at home all the time (I mean almost every day!), and that CD takes me back and gives me chills like the very first time I heard it.

I'm blown away by my continuing appreciation of Squire's bass parts. Phase 1: "That's a bass??" Phase 2: "He can really compose unique parts." Phase 3: "That guy rocks!"

Chris Squire's Bass lines were so inventive, melodic and unique that he is in a category of his own. Lots of love for "Relayer" here too.
"Tales" is also an album of epic proportions. I still listen to all 3 regularly

 

[kelto]

Kezia - Protest the hero
Coheed and Cambria (all of there albums)
Animals as leaders does deserve a mention
Frances the mute-Mars Volta
Fragile art of existence-control denied
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles has some pretty progressive tastes thrown in there IMO

 

[PunkSweeper]

This thread needs moar Rush.

 

[Flabass]

Thumbs up for "Thick As A Brick". Ian Anderson is a genius

+1

 

[EddieBass]

This is sooo underated !!!

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THIS OS SPART... err... PROG ROCK !!!!

 

[dpbass66]

Agree on the Rush, arguably one of the greatest progressive rock bands ever. 2112, Hemispheres, that era deserves some mention.... I think a few have said so...

 

[tangentmusic]

Rush is one of my all-time favorite bands.
I'm partial to their "Progressive Era" of Caress Of Steel, 2112, Farewell to Kings & Hemispheres, but Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, Signals, Grace Under Pressure & Power Windows rank right up there with me also. Heck, all their records are great!