In the Prog Seat: Bands With Amazing Three Album Runs
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 8. 11. 2021
- Join Pete Pardo, Ken Golden, Steven Reid, Luis Nasser, George Lamie, Armando Venditti, Anthony Ferraro, and Eric Porter as they discuss bands who released three killer albums in a row.
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Pete's picks:
Frank Zappa- 1) Overnite Sensation 2) Apostrophe 3) One Size Fits All
Anglagard - 1) Hybris 2) Epilog 3) Viljans Oga
Mastodon- 1) Leviathan 2) Blood Mountain 3) Crack the Sky
Steven's picks:
Marillion-
Misplaced Childhood
Clutching At Straws
Seasonâs End
Queensryche-
Rage For Order
Operation Mindcrime
Empire
Muse-
Origin Of Symmetry
Absolution
Black Holes And Revelations
Eric's picks:
Echolyn
1. Mei
2. The End Is Beautiful
3. Echolyn
Happy The Man
1. S/T
2. Crafty Hands
3. 3rd...Better Late
Spock's Beard
1. The Light
2. Beware of Darkness
3. The Kindness of Strangers
Ken's picks:
Embryo - Steig Aus, Rock Session, We Keep On
Le Orme - Collage, Uomo Di Pezza, Felona E Sorona/Felona & Sorona
Granada - Hablo De Una Tierra, España Año 75, Valle Del Pas
George's picks:
Thank You Scientist - Maps of Non-Existent Places
Stranger Heads Prevail
Terraformer
Panzerballett - Starke Stucke
Hart Genossen
Tank Goodness
Fragile - Downside Up
No Wet
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Armando's picks:
Billy Cobham - 1) Spectrum 2) Crosswinds 3) Total Eclipse
IQ- 1) Dark Matter 2) Frequency 3) The Road of Bones
Frost*- 1) Experiments in Mass Appeal 2) Falling Satellites 3) Day and Age
Iâd love to see the rest of the choices, if possible.
Thanks for a great show!
Thanks a ton! Have a heck of a time looking some of these bands up to research without the names spelled out. The rest coming?đ
How about Luis and Anthony's choices ??
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1. Pink Floyd- The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, and Animals (1973-77)
2. Genesis- Foxtrot, Selling England By The Pound, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1972-74)
3. Yes- The Yes Album, Fragile, Close to the Edge (1971-72)
4. Emerson, Lake and Palmer- Tarkus, Trilogy, Brain Salad Surgery (1971-73)
5. Rush- 2112, A Farewell to Kings, Hemispheres (1976-78)
6. Jethro Tull- Benefit, Aqualung, Thick as a Brick (1970-1972)
7. The Moody Blues- Days of Future Passed, In Search of the Lost Chord, On The Threshold of a Dream (1967-69)
8. Marillion- Script For a Jester's Tear, Fugazi, Misplaced Childhood (1983-85)
That's a great list! Now add classic runs by Camel, Kansas, Magenta, Ozric Tentacles and Renaissance and Ozric Tentacles and you'll have a baker's dozen of great runs.
Supertramp had a nice run too
That Pink Floyd run can't be beaten.
@@tanvirchoudhury122 Yeah, lyrically, musically, sonicly, conceptually from whatever angle you listen to Floyd they were great and they had something to say. They reached the top of the mountain of artistic expression where only very few artists have gone before or since. Unbelievably great band.
@@tanvirchoudhury122 Not Prog but The Who Tommy, Whoâs Next and Quadrophenia is at the top for me looking down on everyone else! I love Floyd btw!! Keep rockin!
So glad when Pete said he was doing away with the âusual suspectsâ for this episode; That would have been too easy and predictable. Very good call. Iâd list Magmaâs â73-â74 studio album run, Univers Zeroâs first three, Areaâs first three, and the Tago Mago/Ege Bamyasi/Future Days run by Can for quick picks. Plenty others thatâll get picked up by others in the comments.
Chuck was sorely missed; Would have loved to see his picks for this topic.
1- Pain of Salvation: One Hour by the Concrete Lake, The Perfect Element 1, Remedy Lane.
2- Riverside: Out of Myself, Second Life Syndrome, Rapid Eye Movement.
3- Soen: Tellurian, Lykaia, Lotus.
superb choices.
Rush: Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures. Then again, I could group albums 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12...you get the idea! Lol. Thanks Pete for all you and your guests do! đđ
How about Opeth?! Now that they're a full on prog band đ Heritage, Pale Communion, Sorceress. 3 AMAZING albums from start to finish.
Great choice, and Pete plans to have more episodes, tough when you can only pick 3, Opeth was in my pile had my other choices been picked. Thanks for watching!
@@ericporter344 Yeah Iâm sure SOMEBODY has gotta dip into that catalogue. I only chose those 3 because theyâre more ârockâ, butâŠMy Arms, Your Hearse, Still Life, Blackwater Park would be my ultimate trio. That was a god level run of melodic prog death metal đ€
Awesome show yet again from my SOT Mates. SO happy about doing away with the usual suspects which had the guys thinking outside the box. I couldn't make last night's show due to family duties, yet I had my five which I'll use on another show.
Missed you Chuck, but like Pete said, more episodes coming. I'm going to have to get a few CDs from this episode I don't have, I'm sure you have some great ones up your sleeve
Chuck, really missed you on this episode. Looking forward to hearing those picks of yours. Would I be wrong if one of those would be Be Bop Deluxe? Say, Axe Victim, Futurama and Sunburst Finish?
@@kenwhite8103 nice one đ€
@@ericporter344 thanks my brother, Iâll try to make this next one.
Really looking forward to hearing your choices next time Chuck!
Great topic and highly enjoyable show. Thanks to all seven co-captains - and you, too, Pete. for taking the time to come up with their list and discuss each of them. As always, some new music for me to listen to came to light so thanks for listing choices elsewhere in the comments. This always allows viewing of the episode without copious note taking. And, in this instance, it brought me to learn Ken's new phrase for playing until a body part detaches. Funny, interesting, informative. If there is a Part II of this, hoping that Chuck Alvarez will offer some of his choices as well. Thanks, gents, for sharing your time, knowledge and passion in this latest episode In the Prog Seat.
Thanks John, hope you enjoy the new bands you plan to check out
Just wanted to thank you all for all the new bands that I have not heard of before , this is why I always watch this prog Tuesday .and Pete new reviews for new album.Some time it takes a few weeks to listen to the albums
Thanks David, I always learn something from these guys as well. Lots of knowledge and passion for music.
Thanks for watching
1. Pink Floyd- The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, and Animals (1973-77)
2 marillion - brave, Afraid of sunlight, this strange engine(1994-1997)
3 Mostly autumn- dressed in voices, sight of day, white rainbow(2014-2019)
Loving that less 'safe' Marillion choice than I went for Michael. Three great albums right enough!
Mostly Autumn- Sight of Day, White Rainbow and the magnificent Graveyard Star !
Hi guys,
Camel- Mirage, Snowgoose, Moonmadness
Jethro Tull- Benefit, Aqualung, Thick as a brick
Arena- The visitor, Immortal?, Contagion
That's my Arena 3 right there!
My pick is Gong and their trilogy of Flying teapot, Angels egg and You
Great pick Mike, Pete plans a follow up episode or two. Thanks for watching
Focus: Focus II:Moving waves, Focus III & Hamburger Concerto, not to mention the brilliant "live at the Rainbow".
George wasn't kidding, Fragile is incredible. Had never heard of them, but just now listening to Downside Up. It definitely scratches my King Crimson itch, but is also great fusion.
Thanks for this one, George
Great band Chris, George knows his stuff. Thanks for watching
I love the deep dives on this episode! Thank You Scientist and Special Providence were amazing picks!
I have to pick Porcupine Tree:
In Abstentia
Deadwing
Fear of a Blank Planet
There are more than I expected when I started looking, tried narrowing down my list some more but I donât know what to take off anymore so itâs my favourite 15. Quite a few also had more than 1 option for fantastic run of 3! I stuck to bands instead of solo artists.
King Crimson - Larksâ Tongues in Aspic / Starless and Bible Black / Red
Jethro Tull - Benefit / Aqualung / Thick as a Brick
Van der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One / Pawn Hearts / Godbluff
Gorguts - Obscura / From Wisdom to Hate / Colored Sands
The Chasm - Deathcult for Eternity: The Triumph / Procession to the Infraworld / Conjuration of the Spectral Empire
Death - Human / Individual Thought Patterns / Symbolic
Enslaved - Isa / Ruun / Vertebrae
Opeth - Still Life / Blackwater Park / Deliverance
Voivod - Killing Technology / Dimension Hatröss / Nothingface
Mastodon - Leviathan / Blood Mountain / Crack the Skye
Camel - Mirage / The Snow Goose / Moonmadness
Gentle Giant - Acquiring the Taste / Three Friends / Octopus
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia / Deadwing / Fear of a Blank Planet
Rush - A Farewell to Kings / Hemispheres / Permanent Waves
Yes - The Yes Album / Fragile / Close to the Edge
Honourable Mentions:
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
Caravan
Edge of Sanity
Eloy
Emperor
Family
Fates Warning
Genesis
Gojira
Leprous
Pink Floyd
Queen
Renaissance
Tool
Unfortunately I couldnât watch the premiere but will certainly be watching the episode ASAP! Thanks everybodyđ€đ€
Interesting stuff here!. If you like Black Metal check out the last three albums by Abigor (Leytmotif Luzifer, Höllenzwang, TotschlÀger) for me 10/10 records.
@@Ferion333 Iâll definitely do that! Only heard their âNachthymnenâ album but I really enjoyed it and Iâve been meaning to check out some more of their albums. Thanks for the recommendation!
Another great show gents.
For me I would go with:
Pendragon: The World; The Window of Life; The Masquerade Overture (1991-1996)
Eloy: Colours; Planets; Time to Turn (1980-1982)
Solstice: Silent Dance; New Life; Circles (1984-1997)
Yet another great show. Love listening to the passion and enthusiasm from everyone! đ
Thanks Keith, appreciate the nice comment and thanks for watching
@@ericporter344 you're more than welcome Eric. I'm not the biggest Prog guy in the world, I do have a big CD and record collection but not a whole lot of prog stuff...yet!
I just love listening to you guys talking about it on here and as my first post said, so passionately and enthusiastically. This applies to everything on SOT! đ
Thank you, guys! I learned Muse is considered to be a prog band as well. I could easily pick Tubular Bells (1973) / Hergest Ridge (1974) / Ommadawn (1975) from my hero Mike Oldfield as an obvious choice for this topic. But I try something else. I'll go for The Stranglers, one of my all time favourite bands. They had a soft prog touch on their darker albums (thanks to keyboard player Dave Greenfield who passed away last year due to covid). Check out Black & White (1978), The Raven (1979) and The Gospel According To The Meninblack (1981).
Nice!
Great stuff Gunter!
In no particular order:
1.Saga:Saga
2.Images At Twilight
3.Silent Knight
4.Nektar-Remember The Future
5.Down To Earth
6.Recycled
7.Gong-Flying Teapot
8.Angelâs Egg
9.You
10.Renaissance-Ashes Are Burning
11.Turn Of The Cards
12.Scheherazade and Other Stories
13.Jadis-More Than Meets The Eye
14.Across The Water
15.Somersault
Great list. Your Renaissance and Nektar choices are perfect đ
@@threestringsomg Thanks I have seen both live and got to hug Annie after the concert. Goddess.
Hey Rand, yes those first three from Saga are superb and the fourth is very good as well. Also great choice with the Jadis, magnificent albums but a horribly underrated band. For me the Gong trio would be Camembert Electrique, Flying Teapot and Angel's Egg - Camembert being one of my favourite albums of all time with Floating Live Anarchy being one of my fav live albums.
@@unchattytwit You would think IQ fans would love Jadis but most have never heard of them.
@@shyshift Yes, I love both bands but prefer Jadis with Chandler's guitar and Martin Orford's been with them in recent years. Hope to see them in a few weeks. Let me recommend some of my favourite lesser known prog bands that you might love but may not have heard of : Areknames, Jardin De La Croix, A Formal Horse, A Far Meadow, Syd Arthur and Tea For The Wicked. Keep progging.
Camel! Mirage, Snow Goose, Moonmadness.
Thanks to Ken for recommending Embryo. My pick is Camel. Mirage, Snow Goose, and Moonmadness. Queensryche-the stretch from Rage to Empire. Muse-Black Holes and the two that came after
The Resistance and The 2nd Law by Muse
Revisiting this awesome episode, would love to see more of these coming! Cheers
Great show guys. Cheers from Australia
Thanks Sam!
I'll slightly adjust Eric's pick of Echolyn to: Cowboy Poems Free/Mei/The End is Beautiful
Love it! Any echolyn is good!! Thanks for watching
Steven Wilson-
Grace for Drowning
Raven that Used to Sing
Hand Cannot Erase
These three albums are amazing.
Absolutely, thanks for watching Chris
Not really lesser known imo though.
Great episode as always guys I do know some but have homework which I love when it comes to this genre so thank you again!!!
Thank you Carey for watching, enjoy your homework
Omg you guys are on the ball with your picks and what I've been listening to....đ€© I literally uploaded my Steve Hackett 5cd box set onto my player yesterday and includes those 3 albums. Looking forwards to getting into those. Ok that's my last comment.âșïž Well done guys.
Talk Talk- The Colour Of Spring, Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stockâ„ïžâ„ïžâ„ïž...just discovered that great run of albums this week (though I'd argue It's My Life makes it a great run of 4 albums....although that album has no very proggy/jazzy elements compared to the 3 highlighted)
Not sure I would call them prog but very good especially ' Spirit of Eden '
@@Jlipnicki really. Why not? There are alot of experimental jazzy parts, combined with pop and rock sequences that are intermingling in alot of compositions. There's a journey to their last 3 records as a whole too that is def progressive. Though I admit they might lack that oft used totally prog characteristic of a sequential narrative.
I agree with Steven Reid about Queensryche. I love "Promised Land". It was difficult to begin with but it grows and sticks. I also saw them at the Barrowlands on that tour. After that, they just went sideways for years.
Yes it was that show I was at as well Tony. First time I'd seen them and I wasn't disappointed. What came after from the band was 'interesting' to say the least. I like bits and bobs but it took them to part with Geoff for both them and him to refund some real form again.
@@TranquilityFireReid Yeah, totally agree again. After PL, they were quite poor but definitely had a few decent songs here and there, then the whole acrimonious thing with Geoff. I never bothered with him after he left, after reading some of the stories. Shame, coz at his peak he was easily a top 5 rock/metal singer. The last few Queensryche albums have definitely been steps back in the right direction.
What a great topic and show! I'm going with two classic bands that aren't prog proper but I think helped laid the groundwork for what we would later call prog metal. Black Sabbath: Vol. 4, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, and Sabotage. Judas Priest: Sad Wings of Destiny, Sin after Sin, and Stained Class.
And great call by Luis with Discipline. Despite originally being from the Detroit area, I didn't know much about them until I saw them at ProgDay in 2016. I didn't know what to make of them at the show, and then got everything afterward. I was not at all disappointed.
Oh god, that is a great topic. I have a bunch of really great three-runs and a bunch of honorable mentions.
Camel: Mirage, The Snow Goose, Moonmadness (already mentioned in the show, but that one immediately popped up in my head when I started to watch this discussion).
Van der Graaf Generator: Godbluff, Still Life, World Record (as much as I like their first generator, the second one touches me on another level).
Gentle Giant: Octopus, In A Glass House, The Power And The Glory (actually could pick anything from Acquring The Taste to Interview).
Opeth: Watershed, Heritage, Pale Communion.
Pain of Salvation: Remedy Lane, Be, Scarsick (inclusion of Scarsick might seem controversial to some PoS fans, but I don't care).
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals (kinda obvious)
Rush: Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, Signals (their peak three albums for me).
Fates Warning: No Exit, Perfect Symmetry, Parallels (again, the band was on their peak at this time).
Big Big Train: Folklore, Grimspound, The Second Brightest Star (an actual conceptual trilogy, and a very great one).
Dream Theater: Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory, Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, Train of Thought.
King Crimson: Larks Tongues In Aspic, Starless and Bible Black, Red.
Genesis: Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot, Selling England By The Pound.
Anekdoten: Gravity, A Time of Day, Until All The Ghosts Are Gone (happy that Anglagard was remembered, but Anekdoten for me is a top Swedish pure progressive rock band and their whole discography is one big run, but the last three I suppose are really exceptional).
Caravan: In The Land of Grey And Pink, Waterloo Lily, For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night.
Jethro Tull: Aqualung, Thick As A Brick, A Passion Play (also quite obvious).
Queensryche: Operation: Mindcrime, Empire, Promised Land (a little adjustment on Steven's pick).
Liquid Tension Experiment: LTE1, LTE2, LTE3.
Wobbler: Rites at Dawn, From Silence To Somewhere, Dwellers of the Deep.
Gazpacho: Night, Tick Tock, Missa Atropos.
Honorable mentions:
Eloy: Power And The Passion, Dawn, Ocean (Anthony's pick also works for me just as equally)
Steven Wilson: The Raven That Refused To Sing (and other stories), Hand. Cannot. Erase., To The Bone.
Riverside: Shrine of New Generation Slaves, Love, Fear And The Time Machine, Wasteland.
Lunatic Soul: Walking On A Flashlight Beam, Fractured, Under The Fragmented Sky.
Andromeda: Chimera, Immunity Zone, Manifest Tyranny (nice shirt, George! P.S. how long Andromeda will take to release a new album. I'm already irritated by the claims 'we're working on it')
Atheist: Unquestionable Presence, Elements, Jupiter.
Leprous: Bilateral, Coal, The Congregation.
Yes: Close To The Edge, Tales From Topographic Oceans, Relayer.
Supertramp: Even In The Quietest Moments, Breakfast In America, Famous Last Words (also could start from Crime of the Century, but Crisis! What Crisis? is not one of my favourites by the band).
Peter Hammill: Chameleon In The Shadow Of The Night, The Silent Corner And The Empty Stage, In Camera.
ELP: ELP, Tarkus, Trilogy.
Enslaved: In Times, E, Utgard.
Manfred Mann's Earth Band: Nightingales And Bombers, The Roaring Silence, Watch.
Cosmograf: The Unreasonable Silence, The Hay-Man Dreams, Mind Over Depth (I really wanted to include Cosmograf, but their whole discography for me is an alternating sequence great-ok-great-ok-great-ok-..., so in this case The Hay-Man Dreams is a little bit weaker than the neighboring two).
Camel - Mirage, Snow Goose, Moonmadness
PTree- Signify, Stupid Dream, Lightbulb Sun. Or In Abstentia, Deadwing, Fear of a blank planet
Eloy- Dawn, Ocean, Silent Cries
GG- Acquiring, Three Friends, Octopus
Spocks Beard- Day for Night, V, Snow
Glass Hammer - Lex, Shadowlands, Inconsolable
Le Orme- Collage, U'omo, Felona
Banco- Banco, Darwin, Lo Sono
PFM-Storia, Per Un Amica, L'Isola
1. Renaissance: Ashes Are Burning, Turn of the Cards, Scheherezade and Other Stories (1973-75)
2. Marillion: Marillion.com, Anoraknaphobia, Marbles (1999-2004) (I am probably the only person who would pick this trio as my favorite from this band)
3. Fates Warning: Perfect Symmetry, Parallels, Inside Out (1989-1994)
4. Dream Theater: Images and Words, Awake, Falling Into Infinity (1992-1997)
5. Transatlantic: SMPTe, Bridge Across Forever, The Whirlwind (2000-2009)
Re Marillion comment, yes, you probably are!!!
I think that you could pick any 3 Marillion records.
For Renaissance I like Scheherazade, Novella, and Song For All Seasons.
Really good show that night! One of my alltime favorite episodes was Pete's 'Top (30) Italian Prog Albums from about 2 years ago. I have systematically traveling down 'the rabbit hole' with this and have been making some fantastic discoveries along the way!
Thus, I was happy to hear Ken Golden mentioning his favorite 3 albums by Le ORME! My absolute favorite of this group is: Uomo di Pezza! The cover art ALONE is worth the price of admission!Talk about beauty, grace, romanticism!... Now, I am having a bit of trouble with what is supposed to be their best album: 'Felona e Sorona' - which I find to be a bit overly bombastic - so I need to give it a few more listens...
Other favorites: 'IL VOLO' by IL VOLO +
'SEMIRAMIS' by SEMIRAMIS
'TILT' by ARTI + MESTIERI
Also: So glad to hear Pete's ZAPPA choices - particularly 'ONE SIZE FITS ALL' + 'APOSTROPHE'!
Yours in the music!... Robert
Learned so much from this. Infinite gratitude, my musical acumen progresses đ§ đŒ
Thanks for watching jams! Always learning
Thanks to Anthony for bringing attention to Camel - Stationary Traveler. My favorite Camel album.
Lots of Camel love Shawn, they are one of my favorite bands
Anthony, Thank you for sticking up for Hear From the Now Frontier. I think it's a great grower.
Oh Le Orme is someone I'm glad you guys looked at. Been wanting to check em out for ages. Arkefeldt and Tobias Forge have mentioned them as great in interviews ...
Huge thanks to Luis for recommending Discipline- Unfolded Like a Staircase from an episode earlier this year. That album is incredible. I canât believe I never heard this band before.
I am so glad you dug it. Desert Island disc for me.
@@lahloonatic and huge thanks from me too Luis for recommending Intronaut. For some reason i dismissed them as being 'another' stoner band but thanks to you I dived down the Intronaut rabbit hole and found them to be surprisingly progressive and really enjoyed what I heard. Thank you sir đđ»
Godley & Creme - Consequences, L, Freeze frame.
Sparks - Kimono my house, Propaganda, Indiscreet.
10cc - Sheet music, The original soundtrack, How dare you.
My three fav Sparks albums! Love the 10cc albums; Excellent picks from groups that are pretty hard to categorize.
Kayak-Royal Bed Bouncer, Last Encore, Starlight Dancer..Kraftwerk-Ralf & Florian, Autobahn, Radio Activity..Eno-Here Come The Warm Jets, Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy, Another Green World..Clouds-Scrapbook, Up Above Our Heads, Watercolour Days..Mike Oldfield-Tubular Bells, Hergest Ridge, Ommadawn..Gong-Flying Teapot, Angel's Egg, You..Porcupine Tree-Sky Moves Sideways, Signify, Stupid Dream..Tir Na Nog-Tir Na Nog, A Tear And A Smile, Strong In The Sun.
Huge Kayak fan.
@@shyshift Me too! :)
Hi guys, great listen again... Must be honest, a lot of old school prog doesn't do it for me, but love a lot of the modern stuff, and bands born from the neo-prog era of Marilliln and IQ, as well as the prog-metal side of things.
Stephen, good choices, but I'm going to big up a great Scottish prog band from my home city of Aberdeen, namely PALLAS. Their EMI debut, Eddy Offord produced 'Sentinel' was brilliant, as was its follow up, 'The Wedge', but I'm going with the trio of albums that came after those, namely Beat The Drum, The Cross & the Crucible and Dreams of Men...
On the heavier side of things, REDEMPTION, The Origins Of Ruin Snowfall on Judgement Day and This Mortal Coil, and THRESHOLD, Clone, Critical Mass, Hypothetical...
Also, Hon Mention to 1st 3 DISTRICT 97 albums
Great choices Iain - both bands and albums. This episode was so difficult to choose for because there are so many options. I emailed Peter not long before the show and suggested us not doing Hon Mentions on this occasion so we could come back round and mention different bands. Some of the suggestions from yourself and others have a good chance of featuring then I'd guess! ;-) Great stuff my friend.
Marillion : Fugazi, Childhood, Clutching
Marillion again. Brave, Sunlight, Strange Engine
Porcupine Tree. In Absentia, Deadwing, Fear of....
Spock's Beard. Day for Night, V, Snow
(1) ELO - *Eldorado* / *Face the Music* / *New World Record*
(2) Manfred Mann - *Roaring Silence* / *Watch* / *Angel Station*
(3) Procol Harum - *Whiter Shade of Pale* / *Shine on Brightly* / *A Salty Dog*
(4) Strawbs - *Bursting at the Seams* / *Hero & Heroine* / *Ghosts*
(5) Traffic - *Low Spark* / *Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory* / *When the Eagle Flies*
(6) Traffic Sound - *Virgin* / *Tibetâs Suzettes* / *Lux*
Thank you for immediately ruling out mainstream choices for the three album run eligibility (a somewhat surprising and welcoming twist) and narrowing them to deep choices - makes for a far more engaging discussion. A+ for originality and further ratcheting up my education. I only wish there was a little more time to delve into some of the choices to help folks not familiar with the kind of music involved. And I hope Luis is doing well.
Thanks for watching Wolf, I agree excluding the big names makes it more interesting.
@@ericporter344 Happy the Man, the first two albums and one of your picks, are a very recent purchase of mine although I haven't got around to listening to either yet but will soon!
@@wolftree3948 hope you enjoy them!
I would love to see this as one of your themed series, Pete. Day 1: favourite back to back albums. Day 2, best 3 album run (any genre). Day 3, best 4 album run. And so on....
Nektar:
Remember the Future / Down To Earth / Recycled
Saga:
Saga / Images At Twilight / Silent Knight / (Worlds Apart)
Mike Oldfield:
Ommadawn / Incantations / Platinum
đ thanks for watching Carl
Love those Oldfield picks Carl. Thanks for watching!
Can- Tago Mago,Ege Bamyasi and Future Days
Spock's Beard!!!â€ïžâđ„ I watched Pete's ranking video on them recently. Such a new band for me. Oh I got one of your faves Beware of Darkness on the back of watching your video on the go now Pete! Got the cd yesterday.đžđ€ Enjoying that one, V and Noise Floorđđđ
Fantastic for Ken to start with Embryo... amazing band.. We Keep On is superb...
All 10 studio albums by Fragile are fantastic.Surprised not to see Tribal Tech menioned here?!?!
Great show!
My picks :
1- David Sancious : Forest of Feelings /Transformation /Dance of the Age of Enligtenment
2- Magma : Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh /Wurdah Itah /Kohntarkosz
3- Weather Report : Mysterious Traveller /Tale Spinnin /Black Market
4- Univers Zero : 1313/Heresie/Ceux du Dehors
5- The Flower Kings : Back in the world of adventures/Retropolis/Stardust we are
Great list!
Great picks Arnaud, and as always, thanks for watching
From "Fat Albert Rotunda" to "Secrets", Herbie Hancock had an amazing NINE album run of electric funk/fusion !
I'll go with "Crossing" ,"Sextant", "Head Hunters"
Dixie Dregs - "What If" Night of the Living Dregs" "Dregs of the Earth"
Pick any three consecutive IQ albums in the run from Ever to Resistance.
I was there in 93 for Anglagard. went to Long Beach and bbqd after going to Gregs house. And met John Wetton. A great memory.
Rivers of Nihil - Monarchy, Where Owls Know My Name, and The Work
Spock's Beard - The Light, Beware of Darkness, and The Kindness of Strangers
Tiles - S/T, Fence the Clear, and Presents of Mind
Mastodon - Leviathan, Blood Mountain, and Crack the Skye
Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray, Disconnected, and FWX
Conception - Parallel Minds, In Your Multitude, and Flow
Hmm, Fence the Clear and Presents of Mind are my two favorite Tiles albums but I can't stretch it to three. I'd probably take Window Dressing over the debut though the album has a "demo" quality unfinished sound to it.
Top 10:
1. Genesis- Foxtrot, Selling england by the pound, The lamb
2. Yes- Close to the edge, Topographic oceans, Relayer
3. Jethro Tull- Aqualung, Thick as a brick, A passion play
4. Dream theater- Scenes from a memory, Six degrees, Train of thought
5. Gentle Giant- Acquiring the taste, Three friends, Octopus
6. Rush- A farewell to kings, Hemispheres, Permanent waves
7. Edge of sanity- Spectral sorrows, Purgatory afterglow, Crimson
8. Marillion- Fugazi, Misplaced childhood, Clutching at straws
9. Renaissance- Prologue, Ashes are burning, Turn of the cards
10. BTBAM- The future sequence, Coma ecliptic, Automata
My Yes, Rush and Tull picks are exactly the same as yours.
A few three album runs I love that weren't mentioned:
Big Big Train - The Underfall Yard, English Electric 1 & 2
Airbag - Identity, All Rights Removed, Greatest Show On Earth
IQ - Ever, Subterranea, Seventh House
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia, Deadwing, Fear of a Blank Planet
1) Miles Davis - Agharta (1975), Pangaea (1976), Dark Magus (1974)
2) Prism - Self Titled (1977), Second Thoughts / Second Move (1978), III (1979) [Japanese Jazz Fusion Band]
3) Weather Report - Mysterious Traveller (1974), Tale Spinnin (1975), Black Market (1976)
I've got an idea for an episode. I'd like to see everyone pick a prog/fusion album they hate - and then have to admit something that's good about that album. I'd just love to hear Luis talk about "Olias Of Sunhillow" . . . .
I like that it's not too long.
@@lahloonatic Thanks for indulging me! Cheers.
Great show. Nice choices from Mr. Reid. Of course, Anthony had to get Mr. Hackett in.
Thanks Dai!
I compared the catalogues of my favourite bands - Genesis, Yes, Jethro Tull and Camel - in terms of runs of great albums by allocating points and was surprised to see Camel came top. For 'prog quality' and as a whole, I don't think the first six albums can be beaten - especially as the first album is one of my all time favourites. Lesser known bands not mentioned who've had strings of wonderful albums: Jardin De La Croix, Areknames.and Tea For The Wicked. JDLC: Ocean Cosonauts,187 Steps Across The Universe, Circadia; Areknames: Areknames, Love Hate Round Trip, In Case Of Loss; TFTW : Endangered Species, Out To Lunch, Wicked Teapot. Keep Proggin'
Another great show. I prefer Pinapple Thief over Muse
I probably do too Scorpio. Thanks for watching!
It Bites; The Big Lad in the Windmill, Once Around the World and Eat Me In St. Louis.
Galactic cowboys are my pick, starting with the self titled album, then Space in Your Face, both with Geffen, then they moved to metal blade, changed the style a little, made Machine Fish. Awesome band from the 90s, use to open for Dream Theater
Massively underrated band. Haven't listened to them in too long!
I saw them open for KingâX in 1992 in San Francisco. They were great.
It Bites: The Big Lad In The Windmill, Once Around The World, Eat Me In St Louis
Fish: Sunsets On Empire, Raingods With Zippos, Fellini Days
Steven Wilson: The Raven That Refused To Sing, Hand. Cannot. Erase., To The Bone
Gryphon: Gryphon, Midnight Mushrumps, Red Queen To Gryphon Three
Gong: Flying Teapot, Angels Egg, You
Nektar Remember The Future, Down To Earth, Recycled! â€ïžâđ„â€ïžâđ„â€ïžâđ„
Can - 1. Tago Mago 2. Ege Bamyasi 3. Future Days
Enslaved - 1. Vertebrae 2. Axioma Ethica Odini 3. RIITIIR
Hawkwind - 1. In Search of Space 2. Doremi Fasol Latido 3. Hall of the Mountain Grill
Mystery: The World Is a Game, Delusion Rain, Lies and Butterflies
Mostly Autumn: Storms Over Still Water, Heart Full of Sky, Glass Shadows
Transatlantic: Whirlwind, Kaleidoscope, Absolute Universe
Isn't the first Mystery on your list the only one with Benoit David?
@@JIF882 I own and love all the Mystery albums. I just feel, according to the topic, the 3 I choose were the best back-to-back-to-back.
@@kennbrown4638 I was just asking a question
@@JIF882 Sorry, I misread your question. Thought you were wondering why I didn't choose that. The answer to your real question is, no, Benoit David was also on the prior two albums.
@@kennbrown4638 I was only asking about your choices. The latter two are with the current singer?
Jeff Beck - 1) Blow By Blow 2) Wired 3) There and Back
Nucleus (with Ian Carr) - pick any 3 CDs in succession from Torrid Zone box set
Fates Warning No Exit, Perfect Symmetry and Parallels.
And also letâs not ignore the first 3 solo albums by Rick Wakeman
Jethtro Tull- 1) Songs From the Wood 2) Heavy Horses 3) Stormwatch, or Weather Report- 1) Heavy Weather 2) Black Market 3) Mr. Gone, or Sting- 1) Blue Turtles 2) Soul Cages 3) Nothing Like the Sun, or Mahvishnu- 1) Inner Mounting Flame 2) Birds of Fire 3) Visions of Emerald, ⊠âŠ.
Supertramp: Crime Of the Century - Crisis, What Crisis and Even In The Quietest Moments
Dry River (Spanish Prog Rock Band founded in 2004): 2038 - DC (double live set) - Quatro Creciente
Asfalto (Spanish 'Rock Urbano' Band from the seventies): Asfalto (Chapa Discos, 1978) - Al otro lado (Chapa Discos, 1978) - ÂĄÂĄAhora!! (Chapa Discos, 1979)
Steve Tibbetts: Northern Song, Safe Journey, Exploded View.
David Sylvian: Brilliant Trees, Gone to Earth, Secrets of the Beehive (Alchemy came after BT, but it was an instrumental EP).
Dixie Dregs: Free Fall, What If, Night of the Living Dregs
Kansas had seven: Debut, Song For America, Masque, Leftoverture, Point Of Know Return, Two For the Show, Monolith
Supertramp had five: Crime of the Century, Crisis What Crisis, Even In the Quietest Moments, Breakfast in America, Paris
I might even add AudioVisions to that remarkable Kansas run.
Sweden have produced so many great modern prog influenced bands...Opeth, Anekdoten, Ghost....Anglagard I haven't checked out. Will do!
Thanks for watching, you'll be glad you checked out Anglagard, they are fantastic
Riverside (1. Shrine of New Generation Slaves - 2. Love, Fear and the Time Machine - 3. Wasteland)
Wobbler (1. Rites at Dawn - 2. From Silence To Somewhere - 3. Dwellers of the Deep)
Magic Pie (1. Motions Of Desire - 2. Circus of Life - 3. The Suffering Joy)
Caligula's Horse (1. Bloom - 2. In Contact - 3. Rise Radiant)
Haken (1. Visions - 2. The Mountain - 3. Affinity)
Can (1. Tago Mago - 2. Ege Bamyasi - 3. Future Days)
Gong (1. Camembert Electrique - 2. Flying Teapot - 3. Angelâs Egg)
Peter Gabriel (3 - 4 - So)
Oh nice, I forgot about Magic Pie, those 3 are great.
Presto Ballet: Peace Among The Ruins, Lost Art Of Time Travel, Invisible Places
Naxatras: Naxatras II, Naxatras III, Naxatras IV
Moon Safari: A Doorway To Summer, blomljud, Lover's End
Caravan, Camel and Eloy were the first 3 bands I thought of, but picking the three albums I found almost impossible.
1. Caravan - If I Could Do It All Over Again, In the Land of Grey and Pink, Waterloo Lily
2. Kansas - Song for America, Masque, Leftoverture
3. The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium, Frances the Mute, Amputechture
Great shout out for Kansas. I have posted on this video that you could pick any run of three from their first five albums. Even their sixth, Monolith is a great album, I also love Audio Visions. Their catalogue from the 70âs compares with anyones from that era.
ELO II (their progiest?), Eno - Tiger Mountain, Yes - Time & A Word, Moodys - Days of Future Passed, Roxy - For Your Pleasure (their first real touch of prog)
Dream Theater had four great in a row (after that they've been uneven): SFAM, 6DOIT, TOT and Octavarium!
Number Of The Beast
Piece Of Mind
Powerslave
Good call! Fantastic albums and my own personal favorites.đ
Barclay James Harvest (2 sets of 3):
S/T,
Once Again,
And Other Short Stories
or...
Time Honoured Ghosts,
Octoberon,
Gone To Earth
If I had to pick the better set, would have to choose the latter three.
Also, Amon Duul II:
Carnival In Babylon,
Dance Of The Lemmings,
Wolf City
And finally, Hawkwind:
Doremi Fasol Latido,
Hall Of The Mountain Grill,
Warrior On The Edge Of Time
(...not including live albums in any of the above artists' runs)
Max Webster: High Class In Borrowed Shoes - Mutiny Up My Sleeve - A Million Vacations
A part 2 was implied? What happened? Very good topic.
Arena - Immortal?, Contagion, Peppers Ghost
Threshold - Hypothetical, Critical Mass, Subsurface
Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination, I Robot, Pyramid
Touchstone - Wintercoast, The City Sleeps, Oceans of Time
Haken - Visions, The Mountain, Affinity.
You can expect to see some of these artists from me if we come back to this idea.
I was thinking you might mention these.
Cast - Vida (2015)
Cast - Power and Outcome (2017)
Cast - Vigesimus (2021)
Pete I have an idea for a future SOT episode it can be either on Hudson Valley Squares, In The Prog Seat, or Friday Morning with Martin Popoff:
Bands with different line-ups whether they were good or bad, I haven't really fleshed out this idea yet.
King Crimson and Yes come to mind. Asia perhaps.
IF everyone listend to PROG ROCK bands without bias, and just listened without prejudice to all these bands albums properly, then there will only be a handful of bands left in this game. But to take this game to bands that released 8 to 10 great albums in a row this will wither the pool down to even less. Here is my pick : Barclay James Harvest from their first until Turn of The Tide ( 1981 ). Pink Floyd from Medle until Final Cut ( 1981 ) Genesis from Tresspass until Duke ( 1980 ). Supertramp from their first until Famous Last Words ( 1982 ) So the late 1960's through until the early 1980's is the best era for PROG ROCK... The Moody Blues had three good albums in a row. Manfred Mann's had three in a row. Marillion had three. Yes maybe 2 or 3. Camel had more perhaps.
I think Muse are huge Queen fans and that perhaps come through in their riff making ...I think Queen paved the way for Muses popularity funnily enough....in the popular market. Origin of Symmetry is fantastic. But I still don't like much of their later stuff.
Dram Theater When Dream and Day Unite, Images and Words and Awake.
Elder- Lore, Reflections of A Floating World and Omens â€ïžâđ„â„ïžâ€ïžâđ„....though Gold and Silver Sessions EP in-between somewhere is also fab
Evergrey: The Dark Discovery (1998), Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy (1999), In Search of Truth (2001), Recreation Day (2003), The Inner Circle (2004).
Symphony X -- Odyssey, Paradise Lost, Iconoclast.
Rocket Scientists -- Brutal Architecture, Oblivion Days, Revolution Road.
Vienna by Ultravox never got to number one. It was held off by Joe Dolce!!
For three weeks, the first due to Roxy musicâs cover of John Lennonâs âJealous Guyâ.
Yes, looks like I got my number ones and twos completely mixed up!
Special Providence - Soul Alert. Killer. Thanks Luis. đ
That's my favorite of their 5.