The Ten Best | Progressive Rock Albums
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- What is the Greatest progressive rock album of all time. This is my personal Top Ten prog albums, discussed from Pink Floyd to King Crimson. How many would make you list?
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Genesis belongs on no best list. ELP is tedious and pretentious. You completely skipped Procol Harum, Renaissance, and the most under appreciated prog band of all time, Caravan.
You are wack
Renaissance haven't heard them since Dinosaurs ruled the earth
first couple sentences made me throw up in my mouth a little bit, thanks well done
So when he says "This is my personal Top Ten prog albums" you somehow find a way to create an argument over his opinion? How about counter with your own top ten list. Course if all you are doing is looking for attention then I guess you win that childish endeavor.
Barclay James harvest often overlooked and underated
In my opinion it´s impossible not to include Close to the edge by Yes
My #1.
I love that Group but in the beginning , they were a cover group whith beatles song. We search the very first...I saw them playing Yes Album in the seventies...
@Claude but that's what music is all about the progression and evolution of Yes has turned them into one of the greatest bands of all time, in my opinion of course. I just got into Yes very recently and it's changed my life!
@@erickbravo6070 OK !
agreed. In his Yes ranking video Close to the Edge is his number 1 fave.
1.Tales From Topographic Oceans (I attended the 2nd-ever live performance) 2.In The Court Of The Crimson King (Greg Lake's parents invited me to tea at their house in 1976 and we sat at the kitchen table where Greg and Robert Fripp rehearsed the songs) 3.Aqualung 4.Selling England By The Pound (I saw the tour) 5.Wish You Were Here 6.Close To The Edge (Yes played the whole album on the 1973 tour) 7.The Dark Side Of The Moon 8.The Yes Album 9.Tubular Bells 10.Crime Of The Century (I saw the tour)
What a touching story.You & Gregs parents.Good choices.
Tales #1!
I'm so jealous of anyone who saw that tour!
It was fantastic.
I've always found the Selling England By The Pound by Genesis to be the greatest of the English prog rock albums and the finest album in all prog rock. It just epitomizes what prog was about to me.
I love Selling England By The Pound but it wouldn't even be my favorite Genesis album to say nothing of being the finest prog album in general.
Agreed
Even though “Epping Forest” is bombed with Peter Gabriel’s lyrics, as well as “Get ‘Em Out By Friday”, I still think those are some of the best Genesis songs. IMO the former is very underrated because it’s along with one of the best albums of all-time, but I think it fits with the other tracks.
Darlylizee but the lamb lies down is a more cohesive cihesive production.
@@kingcrimson2168 I totally agree.
This is one of the few channels where I feel a little smarter after watching...SO glad I found it today👍
Thank you for your kind words.
I agree with you, David Gilmour's playing on Animals is astonishingly brilliant.
Iagree with you ,its the Most wonderful Album from PF ,iheard this thousend Times and ist Most powerful,and its getting netter forbthe Bands career
@@norbertenderle8092 I must do a review of the 'Animals' album
@@classicalbum Think that from pigs, by the actuelly food crime of the Europe flesh mafia
The outro Gilmour played on Sheep is one of my favorites. It bookends the song nicely with Richard Wright's keyboard intro.
@@tomdumenjich7021 You're right, that is a beautiful outro. All the band's
playing is amazing on this album.
As a classical musician who is somewhat miffed that I was never inducted into the world of prog, this has really helped to keep my journey of discovery going. Great stuff 😃🤘🙏
Can I i can recommend to you as you are a classical musician also the band Kansas, especially songs like Song for America en the Pinnacle. Very tight band, very orchestral in a way.
Close to the Edge would be my choice but any Yes album would fit the list.
If I had to pick one Yes album of course it would have to be Close To The Edge. I think he chose Topographic is because of the subject matter of the whole album.
Yes I agree - I think Close To The Edge is a faultless masterpiece...Bill Bruford left Yes after ‘Close’ because he felt they could never top it...
@@frankmachin5438 I love Bruford and it's great he went on to King Crimson and even UK. I miss him his early days of Yes. That album Yesterdays has the best of the 1st 2 albums and then they all did the Simon and Garfunkel's America. You just cant beat Bruford back in those days.
@@hdrake1000 ....and don’t forget Genesis - Bruford is the only prog musician to play for all of the ‘Big Three’ - Yes, Genesis and King Crimson
@@frankmachin5438 Your right. I love him in UK also. Bill used Alan Holdsworth on his solo albums also.
I'm so happy that an album by Amon Duul II made this list! Thank you for recognizing how wonderful Yeti and Amon Duul II are.
I have never met another person here in the US (when I've asked anyone) that has heard of Amon Düül II.
I live in the US and love Amon Duul II. Julian Cope, the English musician, did a lot to reignite interest in Krautrock. He also championed Van Der Graaf Generator (as did John Lydon). These two bands are darker and more aggressive and are not reliant on refried Bach. Hence, they are solidly in the “alternative” canon.
Focus - Moving Waves
Dream Theater - Images and Words
Porcupine tree - Deadwing
Earth and Fire - Song of the marching children
Camel - Mirage
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Rush - Hemispheres
Eloy - Ocean
Saga - Worlds apart
Marillion - Clutching at straws
Jethro Tull - Passion play
finely someone sees earth and fire as prog
try this one for size, hard to believe these guys have been around 20 years, 8 albums, and no one's ever heard them. czcams.com/video/7k58q9XQeNk/video.html
Moving Waves is the only one for me there. I'd like to hear the Dream Theater album, though.
Wonderful selection. My number One has and will always be The Snow Goose by Camel. I believe Andy Latimer is on of the most underrated guitarists of his era. Cheers from Cape Town
Same. I haven’t heard all of prog rock albums in existence, therefore my opinion may change, but until now it is my number 1 prog rock album. I like the sound of the instruments and the way the album tells a story, plus it gives different emotions
Then didn't Frampton take over Camel?
@@ukesrule58 Nope. That was a completely different band called Framton's Camel . Cheers
Excellent musical analysis! Very much enjoy the way you describe the music.
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@classicalbum, I named my pet frog "Prog" before they came up with "Progressive" rock. A frogressively shocking thing at the time!
Top five (no order): red, selling, lamb, animals & the wall. 6 to 13 places (no order): close to the edge, fragile, foxtrot, wind and wuthering, wish you were here, dark side of the moon, lark's tongues in aspic, in the court
I nominate Audience's album, House on the Hill as a contender, it's in the top five in my books. Also a shoutout for Nektar's, Remember the Future.
Remembering "Remember the Future" will always be there.
To me, David Gilmour is a genius. My favorite guitarist of all time.
Great bands like Pink Floyd are always the result of multiple people's talents, but without Gilmour's playing I wouldn't find post-Barrett Pink Floyd nearly as interesting as I do. His feel is pretty untouchable.
Waters od geniusz Gilmour no
But it was Waters that wrote the songs, not that I disagree about Gilmore.
He doesn’t play anywhere near enough notes per minute, it’s about quantity not quality.
@@howie9751 dark side komposed Waters Animals Waters The Wall Waters finał cit Waters.wat qestion?
So glad to see A Passion Play get it’s due!! Great list!!
me too
I was born in 1973 and Prog Rock is my favorite music. Seems I was born in a good year for Prog Rock.
You are literally a child of prog rock.
I was born in 71. The start of the prog era.
@@matnichol 1970 for me. 1969 was the real official beginning of the prog era though since that's when King Crimson's first album came out.
I was born in 1958. I think one of the best years to be born and become a fan of the "symphonic rock" (yes, that's how we called it that time, kids. Not progrock!!! ;) ) because I was 13 when most of the the great albums began being released and I bought them when they were still warm! I saw lots of these bands live throughout the 70s.
I realize more and more that the period from my 13th till my 18th/19th birthday has really shaped my musical taste. I have to admit that after 1980 I lost interest in sympho/progrock, and moved on to new wave etc. But I listen to the great stuff from the 70s often and I still have all the vinyl and cherish it, even though I have most of this material on cd for a long time already. Been a Beatle-fan all my life btw! :)
My top-10 list is different from this one, but that's only normal, because personal. I think my #1 and #2 are steady (The lamb lies down on Broadway and Tales from topographic Oceans), but after those there are more than eight albums that can have the rest of the positions in my top-10. It's like Sophie's Choice and it varies! In random order: Dark side of the moon, In a glass house, Selling England by the pound, Foxtrot, Yes Album, Wish you were here, In the court of the Crimson King, The snowgoose, Atom heart mother, Crime of the century, Storia di uno minuto, PFM live in USA, to name some. What a time to grow up.... :)
You should teach a prog rock class at Oxford or Cambridge. Holy Christ, I thought I knew a lot about music.
Thank you for the high praise. Do check out my other videos
he ought to learn a bit of Latin first though - ec cetera ? magnus opus ?
Vielen Dank für deine fachkundigen Ausführungen, thank you very much !
@@classicalbum ❤
Do you honestly need anyone else to tell you whether something is good or not, whether you're allowed to like it or not?
Wow, what an eloquent man! My personal favorite is Tarkus by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer.
@Bookhouse Boy Tarkus just blows me away with that bass pattern using the interval of a fourth. I can hear the influence of Bela Bartok on Keith in this album. If you give me your mailing address, I will send you a signed copy of my book: "The Conscience of An Agnostic," which is listed on Amazon.
A fantastic top 10 and so beautifully presented your knowledge is amazing, I take my hat off to you sir. My hippy trippy favourites are Gong & Steve Hillage.
Glad to see Larks and Octopus getting some love. I was fortunate to see Gentle Giant at the back end of their career. I was blown away.
I got to see GG as a backup band awesome performance.
My top 10:
1. Genesis- Foxtrot
2. YES- Relayer
3. Pink Floyd- Wish you were here
4. ELP- Brain salad surgery
5. Dream theater- Images and words
6. Frank Zappa- One size fits all
7. King Crimson- Larks' tongues in aspic
8. UK- UK
9. Kansas- Kansas
10. Rush- Hemispheres
Surely Frank Zappa's Zoot Allures was a better album.
@@danhemming6624 lol come on now…
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Wish you werr hereis PFs worst album with Roger W.
Very cool compilation! He's touched base on some of my rare favorites, King Crimson, Genesis, Yes, Jethro Tull,
Wow! A reviewer who has a very good grasp of the English language. Kudos
"...makes King Crimson sounds like the Ramones". I spit my coffee. Great line.
Van Der Graafs great music, was a balance between Peter Hammil's beautiful music and lyric and David Jackson's genius on sax. Utterly the best and then some.
Totally agree! Pawn Hearts is still the best prog album
My favorites...Still Life and God Bluff also not bad at all 🙃
Wasn't Lemmy a member of Van Der Graaf on that album?
I'm starting to delve into the works of VDGG and I am enjoying it greatly!
I do love Passion Play. Could the best concert ever.
Great comments, it's fab to see Amon Duul get a mention, they're a hugely underrated band. I love YES! And of course any early Pink Floyd. So much great music from 70s. Probably the greatest era for pop and rock ever!
Some of my favs and some unknowns, always nice to hear your stories around the albums.
dark side is a modern masterpiece, i listened to this the first time i got stoned in '73 and i've owned it in every format since then. thanks for the video.
Love your perspectives and articulation. I picked up some good recommendations here. My personal favorites are "In the Court..." and "Fragile" and am currently digging the sound of Gentle Giant's "Acquiring the Taste". Nice list
Love the great Octopus but their Acquiring the Taste is just a sliver the better album, for me anyway.
My Top 10 Prog Albums:
01 - Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull
02 - 2112 - Rush
03 - Fragile - YES
04 - Pictures at an Exhibition - ELP
05 - Images & Words - Dream Theater
06 - The Wall - Pink Floyd
07 - Close to the Edge - YES
08 - Tarkus - ELP
09 - Caress of Steel - Rush
10 - Aqualung - Jethro Tull
In no particular order,, my humble 2 cents worth:
Godbluff - Van der Graaf Generator
Ege Bamyasi - Can
Camembert Electrique - Gong
Foxtrot - Genesis
Red - King Crimson
Fish Rising - Steve Hillage
Ummagumma - Pink Floyd
Three Friends - Gentle Giant
Hatfield and the North - Rotters Club
Soft Machine - Softs
I agree 100% with your choices. Not 1 choice not worthy of a great list. Great taste! ha ha
Caress of Steel is so hated by many -- but the prog part is fantastic -- a pity that there are inane fillers.
Pawn hearts is one of the best prog albums of all time and van der graaf are often overlooked retrospectively
From my collection of over 900 albums going back to the early 1970s, at the moment my top 10 progressive rock albums would be :
1 - Close to the Edge, Yes ;
2 - Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd ;
3 - Foxtrot, Genesis ;
4 - Thick as a Brick, Jethro Tull ;
5 - Dark Matter, IQ ;
6 - The Difference Machine, Big Big Train ;
7 - The Whirlwind, Transatlantic ;
8 - If, Glass Hammer ;
9- Into The Electric Castle, Ayreon,
10 - In The Court of The Crimson King, King Crimson.
This is just from my personal collection, albums that I seem to keep returning to more than others (next month of course, this list could change a little or be rearranged).
I have many more albums by the above and others. Honourable mentions must go to ELP, The Flower Kings, Riverside, Magenta, Spocks Beard, Pendragon, Caravan, Steve Hackett, Rick Wakeman, Mike Oldfield, Horslips, Porcupine Tree and Supertramp……. (the magnificent Fish Out of Water by Chris Squire).
What strikes me is how many of these albums were released in 1973. Probably the watershed year for Prog.
1972 was not bad either. "Close to the Edge", "Foxtrot", "Thick as a brick". What strikes me most is how fast some bands bands in the 1970s are throwing out instant classics. King Crimson, Yes, Genesis, Tull, Floyd all published at least one great album per year in the first half of the 1970s.
1973 began with 'Tubular Bells' followed by: 'Dark Side Of The Moon' 'A Passion Play'. 'Tales From Topographic Oceans' 'Larks Tongues In Aspic' 'Chamelion In The Shadow Of The Night' 'Selling England By The Pound' 'Birds Of Fire' 'Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy' 'Queen 1' 'In A Glass House' among others. A very good year. ADDENDUM: How could I forget ELP' s Brain Salad Surgery.
A watershed year for LSD both in quality and availabity :-)
@@simond1574 For me 1972 the better year and 1977 in 2º place.
Not just for Prog but the best year in music period! You had: Elton's Yellow Brick Road, The Doobie Bros Captain and Me, Montrose's first, Skynard's first, Alice Cooper's Billion Dollar Babies just to name a few!!!
I mostly ignore many of the CZcams reviewers to the point where I rely on you and one other CZcams channel to build my playlists. Thanks for getting me out of my classic rock rut.
Great list! Happy to see some of the more obscure bands like VdGG, Amon Duul II and Camel make it, and talked about with such affection. There are so many good bands from this era, from germany, france and italy too.. this got me thinking, if i made a list i would have to use at least 20 albums under your rules 😀
Your descriptions are fit for these albums. Amazing work!
Thank you very much! Have a great Christmas and keep an eye out for some new videos in 2021
So good to see Topographic Oceans here. I love that album. Very interesting top 10. Absolutely love some of them and had dismissed some others…must rectify. No doubts about Dark Side or Selling England.
Your verbose but very interesting takes of these records makes me smile. I like it.
I love all of your reviews. Never stop.
Brilliant analysis as usual
My personal favourite albums are
U.K by U.K
Danger money by U.K
Studio Tan by Frank Zappa
Brain Salad Surgery by E.L.P
Tarkus by E.L.P
Thick as a brick by Jethro Tull
Animals by Pink Floyd
Three friends by Gentle Giant
Selling England by a pound by Genesis
Going for the one by Yes
Moving pictures by Rush
Red by King Crimson
Change -Rush -Permanent waves......................
Have you been going through my record collection? LOL
Prog: the Lamb lies down on broadway
Andrea Baldoni not prog
@@jonesfactor9 You're not prog.
Yes, 'The Lamb' is the greatest Prog album in my opinion.
@@jonesfactor9 What????? Genesis-the Lamb Lies down on Broadway is not prog??? Please take your massively overdue dose of Thorazine!
Excellent list - it’s so hard to come up with “top - list” , when each album in progressive rock can provide unique textures that draw you in , during a particular listening . You hit upon my favorite Jethro Tull, Van Der Graff Generator , Genesis , Gentle Giant albums - and I too have a soft spot for Yes / Tales From Topographic Oceans ! An intriguing snd thought provoking list !! Most excellent!!
Some excellent insights into some excellent albums. Thanks.
A Passion Play - what a magnificent album! (However, I always miss out the Hare....)
Saw the title - thought to myself "I'd better see Brain Salad Surgery...or there will be HELL to pay!!!" Saw Brain Salad Surgery...put pitchfork back in the corner. ;-)
BSS is too inconsistent to be "best." Pretty much any earlier album was better, IMNSHO.
Kids today...
Just sayin'
I'm a longtime classic rock fan who's recently (last couple years) been taking deep dives into prog music. Love your channel. Thx
You became my favourite review channel.. Very down to earth and unpretensious while being incredibly informative and passionate, thank you
Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment
Just discovered your channel. Great lists, and I love your delivery and all the odd details you provide on the albums. Sub!
I only checked in to see if one of the best bands ever got a mention. At last a nod to CAMEL. Easily the most under rated band ever. The beauty in Andy's playing has never been equalled. I agree with other comments that Snow Goose isn't their best work but getting a mention is a start. I saw them at Bath ( just before the Albert Hall gig ) and they were utterly amazing. The latest line up is fabulous. Long live Camel.
I have all of the Camel albums. Outstanding band. My favourite to this day still remains Mirage.
Camel is amazing!
@@sciencereactions8221 The other band in the amazing category to my mind is Marillion. Are you familiar with their work ?
@@professorparrot3141 I’ve certainly heard of them, but I don’t know any of their songs. I should give them a listen:)
@@sciencereactions8221 I was given CD "Season's end" ( Marillion ) and love that. Then You Tube came up with a concert at Royal Albert Hall and one in Cardiff. Here they are joined by orchestra and it's magical. This is a link to The Space :
czcams.com/video/XYNMRXxeqvk/video.html
but also try Easter or Season's end. I bought both DVD's and am glad I did.
Wow what a treat. So many new albums to check out. Thanks buddy
Thank you, again, for pointing out the gaps in my musical journey. there's always room for discovery! You offer great sign posts along the way. Heady tangents for anyone's pilgrimage!
Here's one thats been around 20 years and you've probably never heard of them. czcams.com/video/7k58q9XQeNk/video.html
It's perfectly possible to love Prog AND Punk
I'm doing it. It is possible
Loads of people, more than is credited. Genres blend: Thrash is a combination of the two forms on a Metal base, Ambient is Prog while House is Disco but they meet in the middle. Soft Machine Prog or Jazz? Caravan Prog or Folk? Back on topic some continue to argue the Stranglers were too Prog to be Punk. But frankly who cares about the label when we can just enjoy well executed music in its many forms?
Schizophrenia ? Is that the method ?
My two favourite genres. The third is black metal.
Anyone who claims it's possible to love one out of Siouxie and the Banshees and Curved Air while hating the other... probably understands neither.
An interesting and sometimes surprising list of amazing albums. The groups all deserving mention.
I take no exception at having a Pink Floyd album at the head of the class and would not argue with your 'Dark Side' choice. 'Animals' might be mine, but I won't quibble. I do take exception to having Jethro Tull so high. My second choice (or actually first, truth be told) for the best progressive rock album has to be 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway'. I can understand why an Englishman would sentimentally chose Genesis' 'Selling England by the Pound' but the band's concept double album should be number one. It has some of the best compositions, jazz/fusion drumming and unity of its progression to a climax. It is masterful. Even Gabriel's abstract lyric adds to the album's allure. Enigmatic as it is, the overall concept is cosmic; using the analogy of a punk gang member discovering his humanity, to express man's search for the meaning of life, is itself simply brilliant. The album is epic and to my mind fully achieved.
Fantastic list and comments. I couldn't agree more! 😀
Pawn Hearts for me. Not just the best prog album but the best album of any kind ever! Utter, utter genius. Still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up after 50 years of listening.
Also 50 years.... it's still great...it grows with us over the course of a lifetime.
Twice now I've asked a young woman wearing a Dark Side of the Moon T-shirt what she thought of the group,
and twice now I've got an uncomprehending look. And basically a "who's pink.?" response to my question.
I don't believe I have the heart to ask a third time.
When you started with Yeti, I knew this list was going to be good.
Fantastic video once again. Cheers!
Thank you for this review. Subjective, sure (how could it be otherwise?) but you make very strong points for each selection and it would be hard to argue against either of your choices. A life-long fan of prog rock, still I learned new things and got my eyes opened to some angles of several of the albums. I appreciate your very thorough, very well articulated commentary.
ANother great review.
1. 2112 by Rush
2. Music From The Elder by Kiss (No they are not prog but this album definitely feels proggy)
3. Selling England By The Pound by Genesis (Totally agree this is the pinnacle of Gabriel Genesis)
4. Operation Mindcrime by Queensryche
5. Eldorado by The Electric Light Orchestra
6. Talk by Yes
7. Clockwork Angels by Rush
8. Foxtrot by Genesis
9. Minstrel In The Gallery by Jethro Tull
10. Queen II by Queen
Farewell To Kings, Hemispheres>>>2112>>>Clockwork Angels
Talk is one of the *LEAST* progressive of Yes’s albums.
Many years ago a prog friend of mine hated Kiss but I lent him Music from the Elder and he loved it. Go figure. Its not a regular Kiss album I must say. Produced by Bob Ezrin
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For me,, it's only been in the last two years that APP came to surpass TAAB. I think it's because I really began to focus on the story being told. Neither all good nor all bad. "I'd give up my halo for a horn, and the horn for the hat I once had." Musically, Night cap and the Chateau tapes definitely helped push APP past TAAB (just my experience). Thanks for a great list.
10. Brain Salad Surgery - ELP
9. Mirage - Camel
8. Close To The Edge - Yes
7. Octopus - Gentle Giant
6. Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull
5. In The Court Of The Crimson King -
4. Crime Of The Century - Supertramp
3. Animals - Pink Floyd
2. Mëkanïk Destruktiw Kommandoh - Magma
1. Selling England by the Pound - Genesis
Great list! Here is my list of the British albums I have listened to the most the last 20 years (only the most listened album per group/artist).
1. Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (1971)
2. Genesis - Nursery Cryme (1971)
(with Selling England close to the top)
3. Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (1978)
(wíth A Passion Play close to the top)
4. Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972)
(with Octopus close to the top)
5. King Crimson - The Power to Believe (2003)
(with Larks' Tongues In Aspic and Red close to the top)
6. Deep Purple - The Book of Taliesyn (1968)
7. Camel - Mirage (1974)
8. Chris Squire - Fish out of Water (1975)
9. Yes - Close to The Edge (1972)
10. Peter Hammill - In Camera (1974)
I also listen a lot to Italian Progressive Rock, so here is the same list for Italian bands.
1. Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso (1972)
(the best album ever)
2. Alphataurus - Alphataurus (1973)
3. Museo Rosenbach - Zarathustra (1973)
4. L’Uovo di Colombo - L’Uovo di Colombo (1973)
5. Celeste - Principe Di Un Giorno (1976)
6. Le Orme - Felona E Sorona (1973)
7. I Giganti - Terra in Bocca (1971)
8. Biglietto Per l'Inferno - Biglietto Per l'Inferno (1974)
9. Metamorfosi - Inferno (1973)
10. Il Balletto di Bronzo - YS (1972)
11. PFM - Storia di un minuto (1972)
I love Italian prog! How about Acqua Fragile (self-titled and Mass Media Stars)?
Brain Salad Surgery is fantastic, but it's the one everyone chooses kinda automatically. Though the live versions of the songs of this album are fabulous beyond description, I would take Trilogy over Brain Salad Surgery.
Enjoyed this video and I found myself agreeing with most of your choices Well argued and informative.Certainly agree about how excellent an album A Passion Play is.
An incredibly insightful and erudite set of reviews, sir. You've illuminated previously unfamiliar aspects of some of my most beloved albums while stirring my curiosity for albums I've long ignored. Very well done!
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I'd have included Argus by Wishbone Ash.
One of my favorite albums and certainly Wishbone Ash's finest achievement. However, not sure if it's prog.
Yes, Wishbone Ash
FELICIDADES. Tu selección, es digna de admirar y escuchar!!!
Excellent list and commentary. Album lists are always enjoyable, and I’m looking forward to revisiting these and listening to those I’ve never heard. I’m from the States, but I have to agree with you about the heart of prog being in Europe.
Awesome, thank you! So glad you dropped by
Just stumbled upon your channel.... this is great stuff!..... Superb choices Sir!... Will be tuning in from now on.
Great review. I must say that I much agree with your Top 10. Seriously: Not very often do I meet someone agreeing on Pawn Hearts, Tales of Topographic Oceans, and A Passion Play. And you didn't forget Gentle Giant Octopus. I even very recently got into Amon Düül II Yeti album. Perfect fit. Cheers!
Even though your top 10 is different to mine, I could sure be stranded on a desert island with yours!! Thanks so much!!
You have made a real difference in my musical education. Thank you.
What a kind thing to say... Thank you so much for watching.
Fantastic video, one of my favorites on CZcams. Please do a part II or something related to prog rock, I want to hear your comments on some other of your favorites classic Prog Rock Albums !!
Woow! As you said this is in fact YOUR choice of favourites, but really I appreciate your insight in choosing such albums that I think almost every prog fan can relate to. Really insigtfull and as unbiased as possibile I think
NAILED IT!!!!! Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel era Genesis, and Jethro Tull are my TOP 3 bands of all time!!!!!
I would add Yes and Camel , Jethro Tull my favorite .
Thanks for clarifying best and favorite....so many in the 70's,,, incredible decade with just enough technology for lights and sounds, with the right size stages.
What a great video with so many fascinating tidbits of information and thought-provoking insights. It makes me happy to be a prog-fan, so much colour, so much depth
I've just realised that I've been listening to half of these albums for years without knowing anything about them. Thanks for a very eloquent review.
I'm not sure if I'd put A Passion Play quite that high, but it was excellent to include it. That masterpiece of an album is so sadly overlooked. A masterwork. Now if that blasted Hare would just locate his spectacles already...
I found it to be Tull's most proggy album, but found it a bit disjointed. Aqualung, Thick as a Brick, and Minstrel in the Gallery stand out for me.
Another great post! I certainly won't be taking the time to read all of the comments, but I still include the album "Solar Fire" by Manfred Mann's Earth Band on my list of best progressive rock albums.
Could name every song off every album, love the review and keep it up my friend!
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Wonderful list... I would have placed the top two spots for Genesis: Selling England, and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway... so, so different for two consecutive albums (almost as different as OK Computer and Kid A)... Would have made room for King Crimson's debut, as well... but it all comes down to personal choice, so no wrong answers...
I feel like Red is KC's best. I love the debut album but songs like Fallen Angel and Starless take Red another level
@@joaquimgianini1234 I agree. Red is their pinnacle for me.
I think Harbour of Tears and Dust and Dreams by Camel have the edge on Snowgoose. Andy thinks Harbour of Tears is his best as well. Good selection from you nevertheless. I would add Fear of a Blank Planet by Porcupine Tree, The Raven that Refused to Sing (Steven Wilson) and Frequency (IQ) which I never get sick of hearing.
Awesome list! Some I haven't heard before, but I'll be sure to listen to them now!
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You gave me some very interesting new insights, thanx man!
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I always enjoy your content. Well researched and produced. Keep it coming!
A great list! I am surprised at how many I agree with. Brain Salad Surgery is special to me because it was my introduction to prog back in the late '70s. I agree that this them at their best but I always felt the work afterwards was tension between the band and not some sort of hubris or the debris of success that seems to plague a lot of bands. King Crimson is a favourite as well, another early discovery that helped me weather periods of horrible music. And you can't talk about prog without Yes and Pink Floyd. I would have had something from The Moody Blues but otherwise, I have to agree.
ELP purchased cinema in Fulham Broadway for their Manticore Studio, and used by many bands including Led Zep. Now long gone, demolishd along with my ex's childhood home to form a supermarket.
Well done, the reviews are as hypnotic as the music. Remember this is the reviewers favorites. My top 3 would be Relayer, selling england, danger money by UK
Good picks. Pawn Hearts is the litmus test for prog knowledge. Tales is also my favorite Yes and a brave choice given all the criticism. 4 sides of a prog album really need to be listened to the same way you'd sit to enjoy Wagner. Not for ADD types. And kudos on including ELP. As mentioned they've become the whipping boy for the excesses of prog, but Brain Salad Surgery and my favorite, Trilogy, are amazing albums. A Passion Play is also my favorite Tull. Selling England is up there, but for me the original live album is their best. It makes up for the bad recording quality of the previous two albums and Genesis sounded better live anyways. Octopus is a must pick, but I have a hard time choosing between that and The Power and the Glory,
Dude! First-time viewer, but I will stop at the outset to give you props for the ROXY & ELSEWHERE T...now, my expectations of you are p-r-e-t-t-y high! (after watching...) Yup, you lived up to your T-shirt! Gentle Giant's OCTOPUS? Right the freak on! Side four of TALES is legendary among former radio jocks I worked with (when the record was released). SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND? Check. I did sub, and I will be back! (Did you really use "obfuscation" or some variant of it in your intro?! You dawg, you!)
Ha! That's exactly what caught my eye too! Not a fan of Tales (altho the artwork's stellar) but this isn't my list, it's his and I cant fault his other nine picks.
Great list and musical analysis. Some of my all-time favorites are: King Crimson, Lizard; Can, Ege Bamyasi; Soft Machine, Third; Guru Guru, Dance of the Flames, Procol Harum, Ball, and Gong, You.
Thanks for the list, a have to dig into some of these albums I already have..
Enjoy!
Major props for including Yeti. Great album.
Great video and good list. For my taste I would have picked "Three friends" " Red" Closer to the edge" "Foxtrot" "Thick as a brick" and I would have fit Gongs "You" in somewhere. I love the teapots. Good stuff though.
I Love this list! Stumbled on your channel while I was Listening to Ironclaw their song Winter