My son tuned me in to you. Thank You for everything. I never heard of IQ and I am listening on Spotify and I’m an instant fan (for lack of a better word) Thank You once more. Best wishes for you and yours
You know, Andy I gotta thank you. Your enthusiasm for Weather Report’s “ Heavy Weather” got me to buy it. Honestly my friend. What a gift!! That is the best Jazz album I’ve ever freaking heard. I’m 42 years old. I’m a late bloomer to jazz in general, but that album is so freaking enjoyable. Thank you for the exposure.
Here is my top 10 - for now! 10) Camel Mirage 09) PFM Per Un Amico 08) Tangerine Dream Force Majeure 07) Le Orme Uomo di Pezza 06) Soft Machine Third 05) Etron Fou Leloublan Les Poumens Gonfles 04) Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Io Sono Nato Libero 03) Klaus Schulze X 02) Peter Hammill In Camera 01) Van der Graaf Generator Pawn Hearts
1 Yes: Close To The Edge 2 Genesis: Foxtrot 3 VDGG: Pawn Hearts 4 Gentle Giant: Three Friends 5 Jethro Tull: Thick As A Brick 6 Kansas: Leftoverture 7 PFM: Per Un Amico 8 Focus: Focus III 9 Camel: The Snowgoose 10 King Crimson: Red 11 Pink Floyd: Animals 12 Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells 13 Il Balletto Di Bronzo: YS 14 Jade Warrior: Way Of The Sun 15 Nektar: Remember The Future 16 Locanda Delle Fate: Forse Le Lucciole Non Si Amano Piu 17 Finch: Glory Of The Inner Force 18 Crucis: Los Delirios Del Mariscal 19 Happy The Man: Crafty Hands 20 Caravan: For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night 21 ELP: Brain Salad Surgery 22 Steve Hackett: Voyage Of The Acolyte 23 Renaissance: Ashes Are Burning 24 Museo Rosenbach: Zarathustra 25 Clearlight: Forever Blowing Bubbles 26 Gong: You 27 Bubu: Anabelas 28 Steve Hillage: Fish Rising 29 Eloy: Ocean 30 Rick Wakeman: The Six Wives Of Henry VIII 31 Magma: Kobaia 32 Atoll: L' Araignee Mal 33 MIA: Cornostipicon 34 Eela Craig: Eela Craig 35 Sloche: Standacone 36 Flash: Flash 37 Grobschnitt: Ballerman 38 Los Canarios: Ciclos 39 Rush: Hemespheres 40 Fermata: Huascaran 41 Anglagard: Hybris 42 Arachnoid: Arachnoid 43 Arco Iris: Agitor Lucens V 44 Wallenstein: Blitzkrieg 45 National Health: National Health 46 Quiet Sun: Mainstream 47 Los Canarios: Ciclos 48 Atila: Reviure 49 COS: Viva Boma 50 Shylock: Ile De Fievre
Oh My God! I found recently this Channel and i love it! Andy, you are my hero! I admire you! And.. i love your playing on drums with IQ! Amazing work. I respect you very much! God bless you! Salud! From Argentina
Nice list . Mine : 1. Tales from Topografic Oceans - Yes 2. Wind and Wuthering - Genesis 3. Trilogy - ELP 4. In the court of the crimson king - King Crimson 5. Atom heart mother - Pink Floyd 6. The dreaming - Kate Bush 7. The raven that refused to sing - Steven Wilson 8. Olias of sunhillow - Jon Anderson 9. Dark matter - IQ 10. If - Glass Hammer Others nearly : Trout mask replica - Beefheart , The garden - Unitopia , X-dreams -Annette Peacock and Fear of a blank planet - Porcupine Tree. And maybe even State - Todd Rundgren - though I have to listen to that one again.
Thank you Andy, for your love and dedication to music. These lists have to be told for the new generations. My list would be... 1-King Crimson 2-Thick as a brick-Jethro Tull 3-Meddle-Pink Floyd 4-Going for the one-Yes 5-Trespass-Genesis 6-Ommadawn-Mike Oldfield 7-Moondance-Camel 8-The raven-Steve Wilson 9-The gist of Gemini-Gin Vanelli 10-Affenstunde-Popol Vuh.
I nearly fell off my chair when you lifted up your number 1 choice Close To The Edge. I'm so pleased. I love it. The day it went into the charts I met my wife that Sat night. Still got her and the album. Well the cd anyway. It was the 23rd of Sept 1972.
This was a great Prog Rock overview. I grew up on Gentle Giant, Yes and King Crimson amongst others in the early 70’s on so great picks. I also drifted in and out of the genre but when I get into it I find it incredible.
Really enjoying your videos, thanks. I have a near identical music taste to you, but with enough differences that I’m discovering some great music and being prompted to check out some new stuff!
Did the same thing as you Andy - started off deeply into progressive rock, but then went on a long journey through several other genres over the next 30 years. Then one day, I felt the urge to put on something proggy again. I think it was Close to the Edge, but it might have been Selling England by the Pound. I fell in love with prog all over again. At its best, it's the most important music of the rock era, I think.
That's cool to see a real prog rock performer expressing their top 10 prog bands of all time. So Andy, I confess that I haven't explored IQ's works, and thank you for your brilliant "Ever" advice. And also thanks for your performance on the "Frequency" album... that's history! Your starting with UK was very well established, naming each member of this all-star band with their skills. Taking into account the branch of GG's prog-funkiness, I'd say that something analogous in the prog-fusion side is Santana's Oneness, which would definitely be included in my top ten. One thing is clear, it's impossible to satisfy everybody's taste in prog rock. As seen in the comments, many other bands seem to be left behind. But the universe of groups and fields could be associated with something like the question "Would you prefer to immerse in Los Delirios del Mariscal with the Transatlantic cruise or take the Big Big Train travelling in the Trans Europe Express?"
Pleasant surprise to see Red as your KC pick; everyone seems to pick In the Court... but the opening title track on Red has always grabbed me with its combination of power and sophistication. It's got such a vicious attitude, while employing both octatonic and whole-tone scales. Hard to omit Discipline, though -- even though both have Fripp and Bruford, they're different bands. For Yes, your choice is the popular one, but I prefer Relayer -- also three tracks, but it just clicks more with me. I wish Moraz had stayed with them longer. On the Wilson pick -- it took several listenings to finally "get" this one, and it's great, but I'd still put his PT albums Deadwing, FOABP and In Absentia above it.
Patrick Moraz is wonderful I loved him with the Moody Blues too. However, he is not English, a bit of an outsider, and very much his own person, so he would move on. My close friends from Switzerland were good friends with him, and he was over their home often. That house is also the same one that Deep Purple used to record Machine Head, when "Frank Zappa and the Mothers, had the best place in town..". Funny - small world!
Outstanding show!! My first exposure to your channel. "The Lamb" changed my life and remains my #1 favorite prog lp of all-time!! Love Gentle Giant and Gong as well. Fantastic show!!
I really appreciate your willingness to champion prog rock & your "Top Ten" which certainly isn't "wrong", but a couple nit-picks: THX for recognizing VDGG "Pawn Hearts," truly a towering, monumental album. NOT for everyone, to be sure. Thx also for recognizing KC "Red". This REALLY grabbed me as a teenager in the '70's. The brooding power of "Starless" & Fripp's daring but ingeneous "guitar solo" still blows me away with its audacity. Tearful props also for the late John Wetton's smoky, heartfelt vocals. "Starless" & "Fallen Angel" especially. Gotta say that I admire Gentle Giant more than I liked them. I listened studiously to their early albums, but "I'm not feeling it." Go ahead & shoot me, but they DID connect for me on their last 3 "sellout" albums, "Missing Piece", "Giant for a Day" & especially "Civilian", a GREAT & widely overlooked album.
My Desert Island selection in no particular order of preference (this it's bloody difficult!) would be: Rush: Hemispheres Dream Theater: Scenes From A Memory Pink Floyd: Dark Side of The Moon It Bites: One Around The World Steven Wilson: Hand Cannot Erase Roger Waters: Amused To Death Porcupine Tree: In Absentia Genesis: A Trick Of The Tail Rush: Moving Pictures Yes: Going For The One I could probably do another two lists of 10
Thanks Andy, looking forward to more prog videos. At the end yo said you were going off on a tangent - now there's a damn fine current prog band if ever there was one - i.e. The Tangent with the inimitable Andy Tillison on keyboards. I'll bet if you put 100 or 1000 or even a million (if they'd admit to it) prog fans in a room and ask for their top ten favourite prog albums, but only allowing them to pick one for each band, you'd be very hard pressed to get two identical lists. I agree with your evaluation of Pink Floyd, however for me the bombast is what makes ELP's Brain Salad Surgery one of my favourite prog albums. KarnEvil 9 floored me when I first heard it back in late 1974 and I still love listening to it now - at first I wasnt so fond of the second Impression, the piano trio part, but now I absolutely love it. All your other picks, cant argue with them being up there in upper echelons of my lists, though I'd be picking different albums fr a lot of them as I'm not as fond of the Lamb Lies Down as I am of Selling England and Trick of th Tail, and for me my favourite Yes will always be the first I ever had of theirs - Tales From Topographic Oceans, because it was the first and I immersed myself in it so much before hearing any other Yes albums that its always been my no 1, but everything from the 70's through to Drama and 90125 is just fantastic - and due to time and place etc I also really rate Tormato. Jethro Tull - my favourite era is their 'folk prog' trilogy though I tend to go for Stormwatch as favourite and I'd have a Farewell to Kings rather than Moving Pictures for Rush. My first IQ was Forever Live (the CD and Video set from when John Jowitt still had hair) and then I naturally got Ever, and I've always had a soft spot for it as there's a certain feeling I get from it whenever I listen to it. I never really liked Steven Wilson much - his singing spoilt Porcupine Tree for me in the past - however I risked it with the Raven and agree its a fantastic prog album - for those who want him to carry on doing prog I can see why he wouldnt , having done such a fantastic job with that and the follow up Hand Cannot Erase. I could ramble on for ages but will draw a line there only to say that my top ten would have to include Rick Wakeman's 6 wives, Chris Squire's Fish Out of Water, Camel's Rain Dances and Barclay James Harvest's Octoberon. I'd have to swap out the IQ, Gong, UK and Gentle Giant to put them in though they'd be just there or thereabouts in the next batch of ten. And yes, Weathers joined GG for Octopus.
I have been thinking about this a lot...with the jazz and fusion I seem to be able to be more objective than with rock and prog. I find my favourites are usually the ones I grew up listening to. I think this is because in reality I have grown out of prog a bit. I'm sure if I had heard Van De Graff Generator, Utopia, Kansas etc when I was 14 they would be on this list. I listened to a ton of Floyd and ELP when I was younger but they never made their mark on my listening. I liked them but not as much as the bands in my list. ELP I find slightly ridiculous to be honest...their fans hold them up to be these great virtuosos but no prog band has ever had the musicians to match the fusion guys IMO. Prog is about the vision and creativity for me. I did hear Camel when I was young (my best mate was a fan) and again I found them a bit twee and a little boring. Prog can be wild a crazy and it can be conservative and pedestrian. I tend to like the former....
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer Heck it'd be a boring and drab world if we all liked the same stuff, though I think I can see what you are saying about the virtuosity of fusion guys v prog guys - I'm not musically trained so I just react to what I'm hearing and make an unconscious decision about what sounds pleasing to me, which has developed a lot as I've grown older and come to appreciate things that I'd never have given any attention to as a spotty young 14 year old or even a less spotty and not so young 40 year old, as that's when I really started to branch out. As for virtuosity I suppose in Prog you have to look to the likes of guys like Allan Holdsworth and maybe Patrick Moraz? I do think Keith Emerson was fantastic at what he did though I do concede that at times he probably leaned more towards showmanship and showing off his chops - or as John Peel put it, showing a complete waste of talent and electricity, and theres a CZcams video of him with Count Basie on Basie's TV show for soemwtime inthe late 70's where Basie looks totlally effortless compared to Emerson who looks to be trying real hard. It would have been very interesting to have seen or heard a keyboard battle between Emerson and Corea or Wakeman and Hammer. I do also have a very sneaking regard for Don Airey, particularly his playing on those Colosseum 2 records. As for Camel, maybe check out their Rain Dances album that has Richard Sinclair on bass and Mel Collins on saxes and flutes, and some of the tracks like LunarSea on Moonmadness and Echoes or The Sleeper on Breathless.
@@terryjohnson5275 Floyd has different phases as many bands with some development do. I prefer the more acoustic and soft sung Floyd (Meddle, More, Obscured). ELP I love Trilogy, again for the acoustic element and great singing. Vocals come up a bit more in acoustic environments. Love Tormato (Steve Wilson hates it - so we argued ha ha). Drama jams to the max and the vocals are great (Man in a white car!). Yes, Moraz is a genius - almost beyond his "peers" in The Moody Blues/Yes.
IQ’s EVER really hits home. What a terrific choice. I have such an attachment to that album and it would be on my list as well. Such a joy. What a choice! :)
I'm an American millennial coming towards prog from a different point of reference, mainly Coheed and Cambria, The Mars Volta, and progressive metal like Periphery and Dream Theater. So, I really appreciate the older bent of this list and that you happen to ignore stuff I have already like Pink Floyd and ELP. I honestly had no idea Jethro Tull were considered prog and not just folk (and that's on me!). Early Genesis being so much different than what I know Collins and Gabriel for is also blowing my mind!
YES! 1st album in..U.K.!! a disc i was hoping you wouldnt rule out of true PROG!! Bruford alone deserves credit for pulling together such an incredible band!!! We all have our favorite moments of all time on this disc..mine is Allans acoustic intro to Nevermore.... Im still near tears when I hear it..
Hi Andy. I'm surprised there was no Van Der Graaf Generator! My favourite prog band. Pawn Hearts is one of the greatest albums ever made. An amazing blend of opera and heavy jazz... and they are from Manchester! It would be great to hear your take on them. Thanks for the great vid, as usual and time to check out your recommendations!
@ Andy Edwards I get what you mean, their sound and production is rather dense, losing the virtuosity of the playing and musical content. Being a musician I'm sure you are tuned into that element of prog. I think thats why I've always had a problem with Yes! Now you've highlighted this I'll go back to listening to Yes with a fresh perceptive. I love the dramatic shade of light and dark of Van der graaf generator. Nice one Andy, thanks for that, another lesson learned.
Definitely curious to hear if you've taken the dive into much of the newer (post 2000) progressive stuff (especially in metal) like Between the Buried and Me, Mars Volta, Vektor, etc
I stumbled across an old program band named Colosseum the other day and they were amazing. Can't understand why they are not on more people's top lists. The musicians are fantastic.
Did you see Colosseum or Colosseum II? Both were Jon Hiseman projects, somewhat short-lived as the bands splintered- this may be why. There are well known and often talked about musicians who were in both bands. Colosseum- Chris Farlowe, Dave Greenslade, Clem Clempson (Humble Pie) Colosseum II- the late great Gary Moore, Don Airey (now in Deep Purple), Neil Murray (later played in Whitesnake and Black Sabbath)
1 Hot Rats- zappa 2 Thick as a brick -tull 3 Bundles-Soft Machine 4Larks tongues in aspic-Crimson 5Close to the edge-Yes 6Physical Graffiti-Led 7Three Friends-Gentle Giant 8South Saturn Delta-Hendrix 9Meddle-Pink Floyd 10Third-Soft Machine 11Waka Jawaka-Zappa 12Are you experience-Hendrix 13 Heavy Horses-Tull 14In the court of the crimson-king-crimson 15Presence-Led 16Going for the one-Yes 17The soft Parade-the doors 18Construção-Chico 19O clube da esquina-Milton 20Alagbon close-Fela Kuti
Great list -well done. I have to admit, I am a bit hurt regarding your dismissal of ELP. I guess I am a huge fan of three masters playing "over the top"! But with their wide variety there is something wonderful for everyone in their first 6 albums.
1. Ommadawn - Mike Oldfield 2. Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd and in no particular order the rest are: 3. Lamb Lies Down on Broadway- Genesis 4. Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson 5. Fragile - Yes 6. 666 - Aphrodite’s Child 7. Aqualung - Jethro Tull 8. Crime of the Century - Supertramp 9. Misplaced Childhood - Marillion 10. Scheherazade - Renaissance
Love your channel. And you're a real professional drummer holy shit!! Impressive. I agree with many of these. LLDOB is so life changing. Interested in your opinion of A Passion Play.
Waht a Intersting content! I'm starting to listening to IQ 'ever' album. 10. Dire straits - love over gold 9. Dream theater - scene from a memory 8. Wishbone ash - argus 7. The enid - in the region of summer star 6. SymphonyX - the divine wings of tragedy 5. ELP - triloge 4. Camel - breathless 3. Genesis - foxtrot 2. Yes - close to the edge 1. Mike oldfield - The boxed album (tubular bells- Hergest ridge - ommadawn
Great picks! I was lucky enough to see that configuration of UK when they were touring that first album. Bruford's solo album, One of a Kind, also has Holdsworth and has a couple of the best Holdsworth solos I've heard. Free Hand is great, I would personally rank The Power and the Glory slightly higher. Lamb and Red are spot on (for me) - best prog albums ever in my book. On Lamb it's funny that Tony Banks in interviews throughout the years was resentful of Gabriel taking over all of the lyric writing and story concept. Thank god they didn't interfere, Gabriel's most accomplished writing and Banks genius musical inventions. Same with Red. Interviews with Wetton and Bruford talking about having to take Fripp's hand and placing it on the right place on the guitar neck, because of some spiritual crisis (?!) he was going through at the time. In spite of all that, it ended up being King Crimson and Fripp's best album. And my list would end with Tales From Topographic Oceans. My favorite Yes album - requires more time than Close to the Edge.
The list is spot on. Gong and SW were a surprise. Interesting choice from the Jethro Tull catalogue. I’m glad you put my favourite band on the list ( the only not from England ). This would be my list: 10. Porcupine Tree “Fear of a blank planet” 9. Riverside “ Love, fear and the time machine” 8. Marillion “Brave” 7. Genesis “ Selling England by the pound” 6. Jethro Tull “ A passion play” 5. Caravan “ In the land of grey and pink” 4. Kansas “Leftoverture” 3. King Crimson “ Discipline “ ( this was the toughest choice ) 2. Yes “ Relayer “ ( sorry but I love Moraz ) 1. Rush “ Signals” ( the Rush favourite changes every couple of years ) I have other favourites, but they belong to the more metal side of prog… I first saw your video on the best jazz albums of all time and I decided to follow the channel. You included Ornette on the list. That was enough for me ( although you omitted Mingus, but you mentioned both him and Eric Dolphy )
The unraked album lists that are underrated by others but best for me are; RUSH (Power Window), Genesis (Duke), Klaatu (Hope), Renaissance (Song for All Seasons), Yes (Drama), Jeff Waynes' (musical version of War of the World), Rick Wakeman (Criminal Record), Supertramp (Live Paris), Moody Blues (Days of Future Passed), ASIA (Alpha) and Procol Harum (A Salty Dog).
Hello from FRANCE (in order ) Kansas : song for america ange : au dela du delire anathema : alternative 4 Renaissance - Scheherazade & Other Stories Leprous : aeolia IQ :road of bones genesis : trespass green carnation : acoustics verses. Jethro Tull : aqualung Styx - Return To Paradise dionysos ; la mecanique du coeur dire straits : love over gold UFO:the wild, the willing and the innocent zappa : hot rats Martin circus : acte II
I'm revisiting this video just to hear again what you have to say about each of your selections. They're all so great. Such unique and emotionally moving music. God I love prog. Speaking of great prog -- has Rain been working up new material? I adore the first two albums and would so like to see a third released.
You are right about the funkiness of Gentle Giant, which is perhaps not always immediately obvious. There are certainly some funky moments in In A Glasshouse and I love the groove in Mr Class and Quality before it segues into Three Friends from that gem of an album. Acquiring The Taste is undoubtedly also a prog masterpiece, and seems as fresh today as it was in 1971. I’d choose those over Free Hand, although I can understand the choice.
I'm with you on 8 out of the 10! I lean more towards the PMG era of Gong which was more fusion for me. Tull's Minstrel slightly edges Songs for me solely because of the Intro of the Title Track. IQ...AWESOME BAND! I forgot you played on Frequency! OUTSTANDING WORK!
Great video Andy some interesting stuff, makes you want to go & dig it all out !! Your choices largely reflect what's in my collection so Brownie points for you Andy 😂 ,however I have quite a few Gentle Giant albums but strangely enough just not too ga ga !! about them probably just me but I find myself having to be in a certain mood to listen to them 😮 Their musicianship of course is on the nail no question but find a lot of their stuff comes across as a bit twee !! but as I say that's just me & yeah get your thing re their album covers ! I have a compilation double album that depicts a pair of fat legs in baseball boots on the cover !!! 😮 one of the most NAFF !!! covers ever , anyway that's my rant for the day , away to dig out some more of your vids 😊
Ok, ten is ten and it's not a lot. You mention You by Gong, ok with You. There's a place in England named Canterbury where David Allen, an australian poete lived in the Robert Wyatt's house. This english drummer/singer created Soft Machine. David Allen left the band for border troubles reasons and made the Gong rang in France. But early before the band The Wild Flower split and gave Soft Machine and ... Caravan. Is this music from the Canterbury scene is Progressive. If you skip those bands (Soft Machine, Caravan, Hatfield and the North, Egg ... )you missed where it all began, prog, jazz rock, IMMO. A prog fan should have an interest for the Canterbury scene. There's a lot to discover.
Great video, great artists, great albums. I'm looking forward to hearing you talk about modern bands. Personally I enjoy Moon Safari as much as my classic bands but bands like them don't tend to get talked about too much on CZcams.
I've made a few attempts to get into prog throughout my life. I tried with Yes as a teen. Lots of older teens had Yes albums. They'd try and turn us young kids onto them in their basements while playing pool. After about an hour we'd give up and plead for some AC/DC. Older guy would say, "No AC/DC. I'll meet you halfway with Boston." Then around 14, I tried early Rush. All the geeky mid-teen guys were super into Rush. Not me. Then in 20 and beyond I've tried to like Zappa. Tough. I like 1/4 of his stuff. I like his serious jams. Not the dorky humor. I think I'm finally coming around at 53. Gonna give it a real effort this time. I've made some playlists with prog albums like your channel suggest. Really obscure stuff from England that we Americans have never heard of. I like your enthusiasm. It keeps me from getting down during the long slog of some of these prog songs. Oh well, there's always the delete button. I don't need to keep the bad songs on my prog playlists. Anyway, thanks for the verve and suggestions. Been listening to The Strawbs: "Hero and Heroine. --Captain in SoCal.
Man we have very close taste music ! , I have to check out IQ I haven't heard that that i know of . of course i'd choose some different albums but . a lot of those you chose or the bands and artist are right up in there of my all time Favs.
Bunch of prog albums that I love that comes to mind: Karnivool - Sound Awake Tool - Fear Inoculum hubris. - Apocryphal Gravity The Contortionist - Clairvoyant Haken - Fauna Elder - Omens King Crimson - Red Leprous - Malina Sonar Ft. David Torn - Vortex Oddland - Vermillion Wheel - Resident Human Our Oceans - S/T Playgrounded - In Time of Gravity Vulkan - Technatura
As an outside of England observer, born in the USA, if you want that 'English thing', you spoke of, no one does it better than early Fairport Convention. Admittedly, it took a while to digest their music, but once I got it, the payoff was great.
jethro tull is one of my all time favorites. barlow is one of the best alltime drummers, and martin barre is probably the most underrated guitarists ever
Strangely i see Tull more as blues based folkrock outside thick and a passion play. 1.UK:danger money 2.yes:close tt edge 3.vdgg:pawn hearts 4.gentle giant:in a glass house 5.king crimson:in the court 6.camel:mirage 7.pink floyd:animals 8.genesis:nursery cryme 9.tai phong:tai phong 10.renaissance:novella Looking forward to more prog videos Andy ! Btw,i'm a big fan of IQ.the wake nearly made my top ten.Ever is my second favorite.
UK very underwhelming considering their personnel. Will give them another shot. Tull's stuff kind of defines English esthetics. SFTW -will need to listen again to gauge where it falls on my list. Gentle Giant, for me, has no "best" album but I consider them the best of prog bands. My favorite tho is Genesis and TLLDOB is the best album ever- or top 3 depending on my mood. ELP Tarkus may be greatest prog song of all time- maybe I've Od'd on Suppers Ready. Rush- not a fan. Even argue with buds whether they are prog. Yes is fine- The Yes Album is a favorite. Will give Gong and the other more obscure groups a listen. You might want to try Marscape with Brand X personnel and Phil Collins and lemme know what you think. Thx for letting me opine. BTW The Last Voyage was my introduction to GG.i I waited in my car to find out who it was. Thought it was a female singer. Disregard the crossed out lines. Not sure why they're there
King Crimson's Red grabbed me from the first time I heard it on WGTB in Washington DC (Georgetown actually). That album is their finest studio album for that period of KC. As for Yes I would have picked either Relayer or Tales From Topographic Oceans before CTTE, yeah I'm one of those people.
& a 54 year old American basement drummer's version that caught the Audiophile bug in 1986 (in no particular order) *UK - Danger Money .. *Rush - Hemispheres .. *Alan Parson Project - Tales of Mystery & Imagination .. *Yes-Drama .. *Genesis-Nursery Crimes .. *Peter Gabriel - Security .. *King Crimson - Discipline, .. *Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon .. *Chris Squire - Fish Out of Water .. *Porcupine Tree - Deadwing ......................... (Prog-Metal not included)
Liked your list a lot, although for me Genesis should have been in the no. 1 spot with Selling England By The Pound or Foxtrot. The emotional depth in the music of Genesis is to me greater than in any other prog band of their era AND they also possess a lot of virtuosic skill on their instruments, Dancing With The Moonlit Knight is a good example of that.
Nice selection. I might (surely) forget something but here’s my top 10 based on music quality:( sorry but very few things got close to Genesis and Yes repertoire in terms of compositional value for me) 1-Close To Edge 2-The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 3-Foxtrot 4-Fragile 5-Trick Of The Tail 6-Selling England By The Pound 7-Voyage Of The Acolyte 8-The Yes Album 9-Nursery Cryme 10-Going For The One Then there is Jethro Tull -Songs From The Wood- on top, more Genesis, Yes and Chris Squire solo album, Steve Hackett Spectral Mornings and the rest of prog rock with great albums from King Crimson, Van Der Graaf, Camel, UK, Gong, Andrew Lloyd Webber Variations, Curved Air, Gentle Giant etc. Rush is one of my favorite bands ever and I don’t consider them prog rock as a 70’s term.. nor is Zappa who is btw my favourite artist ever.
Hi Andy, nice to meet you. I know a violin player who played on a Magenta album. Small world! That was my first IQ album. And it's probably my favorite by them. I enjoyed your list and agreed with most of what you said, though I'm a little more fond of Floyd than you are. Lots of heavy hitters here. I'm looking forward to watching your other videos. I've been on a bit of a prog fad this past year or so where I've been addicted to the sound of mellotron. Just couldn't seem to get enough of it. I hope I can make some recommendations for your listening pleasure. Cheers
Totally agree on ELP. I never could think of Pink Floyd as prog - too bluesy, too psychedelic and not really that concerned with technical virtuosity - more of a blues band on acid.
Gong actually do have their own world: Planet Gong, and a few other bands live there as well, such as Here & Now, Ozric Tentacles, The Invisible Opera Company of Tibet, System 7, etc.
1 - Snow Goose by Camel 2 - A Passion Play by Jethro Tull 3- Raven that Refused to sing - Steven Wilson 4- UK by UK 5- Wish you were Here - Pink Floyd . I'm afraid I regard Lamb Lies Down on Broadway as totally overated . I bought it when it came out , played it a few times and gave it to a friend.
Interesting choices - will need to check out Gong, Gentle Giant and UK, but after careful consideration, these would be my choices:- 1. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 2. Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet 3. Marillion - Script For A Jester's Tear 4. Pink Floyd - The Wall 5. Twelfth Night - Live At Target 6. IQ - Subterranea 7. Rush - A Farewell To Kings 8. Pineapple Thief - Variations On A Dream 9. Anathema - Weather Systems 10. Yes - Close To The Edge
Impressed you can choose only ten albums, love the selection but I'd probably end up with a top 100 and still be thinking of others, where would bands like Return to Forever, Pineapple Tree,, Uno, Barclay James Harvest, the Enid and many others fit, also Caravan (so many good albums but especially Girls who grow plump...), is Frank Zappa prog? Peter Gabriel and Mike Rutherford's solo albums (I love Smallcreeps Day), Colosseum II (Gary Moore was also a guitar god!), Tangerine Dream, as far as Genesis I'd have voted for Foxtrot (Suppers Ready is...) or possibly Selling England, as others have said so much to enjoy, as far as Rush I'd say the duo of Farewell to Kings and Hemispheres are the ultimate prog albums, love Red especially Starless which is heartaching, I've asked my sons to play it at my funeral if they can - it speaks of loss and resurrection, as far as Yes - Close to the Edge and Fragile are both perfect, and yup, you forgot Peter Hamill, I had the good fortune to see Nova back in the late '70's (can't remember who they were supporting but they were excellent) also Steve Hillage, are Brand X allowed? The list like the road could go on forever... Thanks for the channel.
17:56 this is called “hocketing” . It comes from baroque music. Yes, G.G do it very well and make it very funky. One of my favourite things in music.Sleepytime gorilla museum is a contemporary prog band that do it very well as well...very dissonant and rhythmically sophisticated. Any gg fan would find them interesting
Back in high school my friends and I were huge Yes and Genesis fans. We liked UK too when their first album was released. So we were excited to see UK fronting another band that we liked well enough, but were not big fans. That band was Jethro Tull. UK was simply amazing and surprise, surprise, cheeky Ian Anderson and band were amazing as well. That's quite the line-up, San Francisco Cow Palace, I'm guessing 1981 or 1982.
My top 5 Los jaivas ... alturas de macchu Picchu King crimson...in the court of the crimson king Jethro Tull...thick as a break Yes ..close to the edge Génesis ...selling England bye the pound
1- Happy The Man : Happy The Man 2- Banco : Di Terra 3- Yes : Tales From Topographic Oceans 4- Utopia : Todd Rundgren's Utopia 5- Soft Machine : Third 6- Magma : KA 7- Univers Zero : Heresie 8- Gentle Giant : Three Friends 9- The Muffins : Manna/Mirage 10- National Health : Of Queues and Cures
Nice to see Univers Zero get a mention but are they prog rock, more RIO (Rock In Opposition). National Health also more of a Fusion band like Bruford and Hatfield and the North, maybe that's why he doesn't mention those bands. Although, the same could be said of Soft Machine and UK but they are more associated with prog for some reason.
Just found your channel. Very nice and great reasoning, although I am not quite in agreement with your choices (which could be that I haven't listened to a few of the bands you list). Nice to see JT on the list, some people don't regard them as progressive. I would put The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway ahead of Close To The Edge ( I used to own six or seven Yes albums, and CTTE was my favorite), simply because I have always found it difficult to get their lyrics... And now I have to go listen to Gong!
My son tuned me in to you. Thank You for everything. I never heard of IQ and I am listening on Spotify and I’m an instant fan (for lack of a better word) Thank You once more. Best wishes for you and yours
Any man who takes his kids on a detour round the countryside to appreciate music even more, gets my vote.
You know, Andy I gotta thank you. Your enthusiasm for Weather Report’s “ Heavy Weather” got me to buy it. Honestly my friend. What a gift!! That is the best Jazz album I’ve ever freaking heard. I’m 42 years old. I’m a late bloomer to jazz in general, but that album is so freaking enjoyable. Thank you for the exposure.
I must check that out
I *adore* Three Friends! It's slowly become my favourite GG record and one of my favourites of all time
I freakin love this channel and Mr. Edwards. What an amazing perspective with vast real life experience to match.
Here is my top 10 - for now!
10) Camel Mirage
09) PFM Per Un Amico
08) Tangerine Dream Force Majeure
07) Le Orme Uomo di Pezza
06) Soft Machine Third
05) Etron Fou Leloublan Les Poumens Gonfles
04) Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Io Sono Nato Libero
03) Klaus Schulze X
02) Peter Hammill In Camera
01) Van der Graaf Generator Pawn Hearts
Oh man! Nice to see Force Majeure in there.
Nice. I have never met anyone else who was into PFM.
1 Yes: Close To The Edge
2 Genesis: Foxtrot
3 VDGG: Pawn Hearts
4 Gentle Giant: Three Friends
5 Jethro Tull: Thick As A Brick
6 Kansas: Leftoverture
7 PFM: Per Un Amico
8 Focus: Focus III
9 Camel: The Snowgoose
10 King Crimson: Red
11 Pink Floyd: Animals
12 Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells
13 Il Balletto Di Bronzo: YS
14 Jade Warrior: Way Of The Sun
15 Nektar: Remember The Future
16 Locanda Delle Fate: Forse Le Lucciole Non Si Amano Piu
17 Finch: Glory Of The Inner Force
18 Crucis: Los Delirios Del Mariscal
19 Happy The Man: Crafty Hands
20 Caravan: For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night
21 ELP: Brain Salad Surgery
22 Steve Hackett: Voyage Of The Acolyte
23 Renaissance: Ashes Are Burning
24 Museo Rosenbach: Zarathustra
25 Clearlight: Forever Blowing Bubbles
26 Gong: You
27 Bubu: Anabelas
28 Steve Hillage: Fish Rising
29 Eloy: Ocean
30 Rick Wakeman: The Six Wives Of Henry VIII
31 Magma: Kobaia
32 Atoll: L' Araignee Mal
33 MIA: Cornostipicon
34 Eela Craig: Eela Craig
35 Sloche: Standacone
36 Flash: Flash
37 Grobschnitt: Ballerman
38 Los Canarios: Ciclos
39 Rush: Hemespheres
40 Fermata: Huascaran
41 Anglagard: Hybris
42 Arachnoid: Arachnoid
43 Arco Iris: Agitor Lucens V
44 Wallenstein: Blitzkrieg
45 National Health: National Health
46 Quiet Sun: Mainstream
47 Los Canarios: Ciclos
48 Atila: Reviure
49 COS: Viva Boma
50 Shylock: Ile De Fievre
Yes Nektar is soooo god! I Will check out your list
Oh My God! I found recently this Channel and i love it! Andy, you are my hero! I admire you! And.. i love your playing on drums with IQ! Amazing work. I respect you very much! God bless you! Salud! From Argentina
Wow, thanks!
Nice list .
Mine :
1. Tales from Topografic Oceans - Yes
2. Wind and Wuthering - Genesis
3. Trilogy - ELP
4. In the court of the crimson king - King Crimson
5. Atom heart mother - Pink Floyd
6. The dreaming - Kate Bush
7. The raven that refused to sing - Steven Wilson
8. Olias of sunhillow - Jon Anderson
9. Dark matter - IQ
10. If - Glass Hammer
Others nearly : Trout mask replica - Beefheart , The garden - Unitopia , X-dreams -Annette Peacock and Fear of a blank planet - Porcupine Tree. And maybe even State - Todd Rundgren - though I have to listen to that one again.
Thank you Andy, for your love and dedication to music. These lists have to be told for the new generations.
My list would be...
1-King Crimson
2-Thick as a brick-Jethro Tull
3-Meddle-Pink Floyd
4-Going for the one-Yes
5-Trespass-Genesis
6-Ommadawn-Mike Oldfield
7-Moondance-Camel
8-The raven-Steve Wilson
9-The gist of Gemini-Gin Vanelli
10-Affenstunde-Popol Vuh.
I nearly fell off my chair when you lifted up your number 1 choice Close To The Edge. I'm so pleased. I love it. The day it went into the charts I met my wife that Sat night. Still got her and the album. Well the cd anyway. It was the 23rd of Sept 1972.
Kind of an amazing day, eh?
About the best describer of prog rock on you tube really enjoyed this man’s descriptions.
That is very kind...I must do more prog on here
This was a great Prog Rock overview. I grew up on Gentle Giant, Yes and King Crimson amongst others in the early 70’s on so great picks. I also drifted in and out of the genre but when I get into it I find it incredible.
Really enjoying your videos, thanks. I have a near identical music taste to you, but with enough differences that I’m discovering some great music and being prompted to check out some new stuff!
Thanks j b...that's what it's all about!
1. Dream Theater- Six degrees of inner turbulence
2. Opeth- Blackwater park
3. Devin Townsend project- Deconstruction
4. Genesis- Foxtrot
5. BTBAM- Parallax II: Future sequence
6. Yes- Relayer
7. Mastodon- Crack the Skye
8. Jethro Tull- Thick as a brick
9. ELP- Trilogy
10. Steve Vai- Fire garden
Love to see SDOIT getting some love
Did the same thing as you Andy - started off deeply into progressive rock, but then went on a long journey through several other genres over the next 30 years. Then one day, I felt the urge to put on something proggy again. I think it was Close to the Edge, but it might have been Selling England by the Pound.
I fell in love with prog all over again. At its best, it's the most important music of the rock era, I think.
That's cool to see a real prog rock performer expressing their top 10 prog bands of all time. So Andy, I confess that I haven't explored IQ's works, and thank you for your brilliant "Ever" advice. And also thanks for your performance on the "Frequency" album... that's history!
Your starting with UK was very well established, naming each member of this all-star band with their skills.
Taking into account the branch of GG's prog-funkiness, I'd say that something analogous in the prog-fusion side is Santana's Oneness, which would definitely be included in my top ten.
One thing is clear, it's impossible to satisfy everybody's taste in prog rock. As seen in the comments, many other bands seem to be left behind.
But the universe of groups and fields could be associated with something like the question "Would you prefer to immerse in Los Delirios del Mariscal with the Transatlantic cruise or take the Big Big Train travelling in the Trans Europe Express?"
Pleasant surprise to see Red as your KC pick; everyone seems to pick In the Court... but the opening title track on Red has always grabbed me with its combination of power and sophistication. It's got such a vicious attitude, while employing both octatonic and whole-tone scales. Hard to omit Discipline, though -- even though both have Fripp and Bruford, they're different bands.
For Yes, your choice is the popular one, but I prefer Relayer -- also three tracks, but it just clicks more with me. I wish Moraz had stayed with them longer.
On the Wilson pick -- it took several listenings to finally "get" this one, and it's great, but I'd still put his PT albums Deadwing, FOABP and In Absentia above it.
Patrick Moraz is wonderful I loved him with the Moody Blues too. However, he is not English, a bit of an outsider, and very much his own person, so he would move on. My close friends from Switzerland were good friends with him, and he was over their home often. That house is also the same one that Deep Purple used to record Machine Head, when "Frank Zappa and the Mothers, had the best place in town..". Funny - small world!
Outstanding show!! My first exposure to your channel. "The Lamb" changed my life and remains my #1 favorite prog lp of all-time!! Love Gentle Giant and Gong as well. Fantastic show!!
Thanks. More albums for my list.
Great selection and across the decades too. Nice video.
I really appreciate your willingness to champion prog rock & your "Top Ten" which certainly isn't "wrong", but a couple nit-picks:
THX for recognizing VDGG "Pawn Hearts," truly a towering, monumental album. NOT for everyone, to be sure.
Thx also for recognizing KC "Red". This REALLY grabbed me as a teenager in the '70's. The brooding power of "Starless" & Fripp's daring but ingeneous "guitar solo" still blows me away with its audacity. Tearful props also for the late John Wetton's smoky, heartfelt vocals. "Starless" & "Fallen Angel" especially.
Gotta say that I admire Gentle Giant more than I liked them. I listened studiously to their early albums, but "I'm not feeling it." Go ahead & shoot me, but they DID connect for me on their last 3 "sellout" albums, "Missing Piece", "Giant for a Day" & especially "Civilian", a GREAT & widely overlooked album.
My Desert Island selection in no particular order of preference (this it's bloody difficult!) would be:
Rush: Hemispheres
Dream Theater: Scenes From A Memory
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of The Moon
It Bites: One Around The World
Steven Wilson: Hand Cannot Erase
Roger Waters: Amused To Death
Porcupine Tree: In Absentia
Genesis: A Trick Of The Tail
Rush: Moving Pictures
Yes: Going For The One
I could probably do another two lists of 10
Fantastic!
Thanks Andy, looking forward to more prog videos. At the end yo said you were going off on a tangent - now there's a damn fine current prog band if ever there was one - i.e. The Tangent with the inimitable Andy Tillison on keyboards.
I'll bet if you put 100 or 1000 or even a million (if they'd admit to it) prog fans in a room and ask for their top ten favourite prog albums, but only allowing them to pick one for each band, you'd be very hard pressed to get two identical lists.
I agree with your evaluation of Pink Floyd, however for me the bombast is what makes ELP's Brain Salad Surgery one of my favourite prog albums. KarnEvil 9 floored me when I first heard it back in late 1974 and I still love listening to it now - at first I wasnt so fond of the second Impression, the piano trio part, but now I absolutely love it.
All your other picks, cant argue with them being up there in upper echelons of my lists, though I'd be picking different albums fr a lot of them as I'm not as fond of the Lamb Lies Down as I am of Selling England and Trick of th Tail, and for me my favourite Yes will always be the first I ever had of theirs - Tales From Topographic Oceans, because it was the first and I immersed myself in it so much before hearing any other Yes albums that its always been my no 1, but everything from the 70's through to Drama and 90125 is just fantastic - and due to time and place etc I also really rate Tormato. Jethro Tull - my favourite era is their 'folk prog' trilogy though I tend to go for Stormwatch as favourite and I'd have a Farewell to Kings rather than Moving Pictures for Rush. My first IQ was Forever Live (the CD and Video set from when John Jowitt still had hair) and then I naturally got Ever, and I've always had a soft spot for it as there's a certain feeling I get from it whenever I listen to it. I never really liked Steven Wilson much - his singing spoilt Porcupine Tree for me in the past - however I risked it with the Raven and agree its a fantastic prog album - for those who want him to carry on doing prog I can see why he wouldnt , having done such a fantastic job with that and the follow up Hand Cannot Erase.
I could ramble on for ages but will draw a line there only to say that my top ten would have to include Rick Wakeman's 6 wives, Chris Squire's Fish Out of Water, Camel's Rain Dances and Barclay James Harvest's Octoberon. I'd have to swap out the IQ, Gong, UK and Gentle Giant to put them in though they'd be just there or thereabouts in the next batch of ten.
And yes, Weathers joined GG for Octopus.
I have been thinking about this a lot...with the jazz and fusion I seem to be able to be more objective than with rock and prog. I find my favourites are usually the ones I grew up listening to. I think this is because in reality I have grown out of prog a bit. I'm sure if I had heard Van De Graff Generator, Utopia, Kansas etc when I was 14 they would be on this list. I listened to a ton of Floyd and ELP when I was younger but they never made their mark on my listening. I liked them but not as much as the bands in my list. ELP I find slightly ridiculous to be honest...their fans hold them up to be these great virtuosos but no prog band has ever had the musicians to match the fusion guys IMO. Prog is about the vision and creativity for me. I did hear Camel when I was young (my best mate was a fan) and again I found them a bit twee and a little boring. Prog can be wild a crazy and it can be conservative and pedestrian. I tend to like the former....
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer Heck it'd be a boring and drab world if we all liked the same stuff, though I think I can see what you are saying about the virtuosity of fusion guys v prog guys - I'm not musically trained so I just react to what I'm hearing and make an unconscious decision about what sounds pleasing to me, which has developed a lot as I've grown older and come to appreciate things that I'd never have given any attention to as a spotty young 14 year old or even a less spotty and not so young 40 year old, as that's when I really started to branch out.
As for virtuosity I suppose in Prog you have to look to the likes of guys like Allan Holdsworth and maybe Patrick Moraz? I do think Keith Emerson was fantastic at what he did though I do concede that at times he probably leaned more towards showmanship and showing off his chops - or as John Peel put it, showing a complete waste of talent and electricity, and theres a CZcams video of him with Count Basie on Basie's TV show for soemwtime inthe late 70's where Basie looks totlally effortless compared to Emerson who looks to be trying real hard.
It would have been very interesting to have seen or heard a keyboard battle between Emerson and Corea or Wakeman and Hammer. I do also have a very sneaking regard for Don Airey, particularly his playing on those Colosseum 2 records.
As for Camel, maybe check out their Rain Dances album that has Richard Sinclair on bass and Mel Collins on saxes and flutes, and some of the tracks like LunarSea on Moonmadness and Echoes or The Sleeper on Breathless.
@@terryjohnson5275 Floyd has different phases as many bands with some development do. I prefer the more acoustic and soft sung Floyd (Meddle, More, Obscured). ELP I love Trilogy, again for the acoustic element and great singing. Vocals come up a bit more in acoustic environments. Love Tormato (Steve Wilson hates it - so we argued ha ha). Drama jams to the max and the vocals are great (Man in a white car!). Yes, Moraz is a genius - almost beyond his "peers" in The Moody Blues/Yes.
rain dances is a nice pick, love uneven song and first light. my favorite, though, is "Rajaz"
IQ’s EVER really hits home. What a terrific choice. I have such an attachment to that album and it would be on my list as well. Such a joy. What a choice! :)
I love your taste in music
I'm an American millennial coming towards prog from a different point of reference, mainly Coheed and Cambria, The Mars Volta, and progressive metal like Periphery and Dream Theater. So, I really appreciate the older bent of this list and that you happen to ignore stuff I have already like Pink Floyd and ELP. I honestly had no idea Jethro Tull were considered prog and not just folk (and that's on me!). Early Genesis being so much different than what I know Collins and Gabriel for is also blowing my mind!
Great information Andy. I appreciate your reviews and and suggestions. Thank you...
Glad you like them!
That Gong album is simply incredible..found it thanks to this channel 👍👍👍
Really great comments regarding the heavy hitters of prog and their work! 👍
YES! 1st album in..U.K.!! a disc i was hoping you wouldnt rule out of true PROG!! Bruford alone deserves credit for pulling together such an incredible band!!!
We all have our favorite moments of all time on this disc..mine is Allans acoustic intro to Nevermore.... Im still near tears when I hear it..
The Steven Wilson remix of Jethro Tull's Aqualung L.P. is so well done,his mix makes the music come alive to me.
Love Gong..Would you like some tea?
Hi Andy. I'm surprised there was no Van Der Graaf Generator! My favourite prog band. Pawn Hearts is one of the greatest albums ever made. An amazing blend of opera and heavy jazz... and they are from Manchester! It would be great to hear your take on them. Thanks for the great vid, as usual and time to check out your recommendations!
I have listened to them many a time and never really got into them I'm afraid. I must be missing something as I know many proggers love them
@ Andy Edwards I get what you mean, their sound and production is rather dense, losing the virtuosity of the playing and musical content. Being a musician I'm sure you are tuned into that element of prog. I think thats why I've always had a problem with Yes! Now you've highlighted this I'll go back to listening to Yes with a fresh perceptive. I love the dramatic shade of light and dark of Van der graaf generator. Nice one Andy, thanks for that, another lesson learned.
@@nickfryearson1531 Hey,quick question. I listened to Pawn Hearts and wasn't a huge fan, but I really digged God bluff. Any recommendations?
I'd have four VDGG albums in my top 10! "H to He" through to "Still Life."
@@benjaminseelig8675 the undercover man ist one of my all time favorites
Definitely curious to hear if you've taken the dive into much of the newer (post 2000) progressive stuff (especially in metal) like Between the Buried and Me, Mars Volta, Vektor, etc
I stumbled across an old program band named Colosseum the other day and they were amazing. Can't understand why they are not on more people's top lists. The musicians are fantastic.
Did you see Colosseum or Colosseum II?
Both were Jon Hiseman projects, somewhat short-lived as the bands splintered- this may be why. There are well known and often talked about musicians who were in both bands.
Colosseum- Chris Farlowe, Dave Greenslade, Clem Clempson (Humble Pie)
Colosseum II- the late great Gary Moore, Don Airey (now in Deep Purple), Neil Murray (later played in Whitesnake and Black Sabbath)
I don't really listen to them, generally. But if I want an absolutely stonking live prog tour de force, I listen the Colosseum Live.
@@danguee1lost Angeles amazing
John Weathers came in on the fourth Gentle Giant album Octopus, which is probably my favorite or maybe Acquiring the Taste? Great list in any case.
Guru Guru, Can, Camel, l like your line up. Also Captain Beefheart as for me Can EdgeBamyasi is #1 Gong You #2 and fish Rising runner up
1 Hot Rats- zappa
2 Thick as a brick -tull
3 Bundles-Soft Machine
4Larks tongues in aspic-Crimson
5Close to the edge-Yes
6Physical Graffiti-Led
7Three Friends-Gentle Giant
8South Saturn Delta-Hendrix
9Meddle-Pink Floyd
10Third-Soft Machine
11Waka Jawaka-Zappa
12Are you experience-Hendrix
13 Heavy Horses-Tull
14In the court of the crimson-king-crimson
15Presence-Led
16Going for the one-Yes
17The soft Parade-the doors
18Construção-Chico
19O clube da esquina-Milton
20Alagbon close-Fela Kuti
Great list -well done. I have to admit, I am a bit hurt regarding your dismissal of ELP. I guess I am a huge fan of three masters playing "over the top"! But with their wide variety there is something wonderful for everyone in their first 6 albums.
IQ are an amazing band. Never seen them live😢
Love your videos!!!
Thank you!!
....And just now I realise it's Raining in the back 😊. Genius ... as is the album 👍
1. Ommadawn - Mike Oldfield
2. Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd
and in no particular order the rest are:
3. Lamb Lies Down on Broadway- Genesis
4. Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
5. Fragile - Yes
6. 666 - Aphrodite’s Child
7. Aqualung - Jethro Tull
8. Crime of the Century - Supertramp
9. Misplaced Childhood - Marillion
10. Scheherazade - Renaissance
Love your channel. And you're a real professional drummer holy shit!! Impressive. I agree with many of these. LLDOB is so life changing. Interested in your opinion of A Passion Play.
Great line up good job
leaving prog for jazz and fusion…free jazz…and then returning to prog…yep, did all of that 😂 great video
Waht a Intersting content! I'm starting to listening to IQ 'ever' album.
10. Dire straits - love over gold
9. Dream theater - scene from a memory
8. Wishbone ash - argus
7. The enid - in the region of summer star
6. SymphonyX - the divine wings of tragedy
5. ELP - triloge
4. Camel - breathless
3. Genesis - foxtrot
2. Yes - close to the edge
1. Mike oldfield - The boxed album (tubular bells- Hergest ridge - ommadawn
Huk. where is king crimson's album
Great picks! I was lucky enough to see that configuration of UK when they were touring that first album. Bruford's solo album, One of a Kind, also has Holdsworth and has a couple of the best Holdsworth solos I've heard. Free Hand is great, I would personally rank The Power and the Glory slightly higher. Lamb and Red are spot on (for me) - best prog albums ever in my book. On Lamb it's funny that Tony Banks in interviews throughout the years was resentful of Gabriel taking over all of the lyric writing and story concept. Thank god they didn't interfere, Gabriel's most accomplished writing and Banks genius musical inventions. Same with Red. Interviews with Wetton and Bruford talking about having to take Fripp's hand and placing it on the right place on the guitar neck, because of some spiritual crisis (?!) he was going through at the time. In spite of all that, it ended up being King Crimson and Fripp's best album. And my list would end with Tales From Topographic Oceans. My favorite Yes album - requires more time than Close to the Edge.
The list is spot on. Gong and SW were a surprise. Interesting choice from the Jethro Tull catalogue. I’m glad you put my favourite band on the list ( the only not from England ). This would be my list:
10. Porcupine Tree “Fear of a blank planet”
9. Riverside “ Love, fear and the time machine”
8. Marillion “Brave”
7. Genesis “ Selling England by the pound”
6. Jethro Tull “ A passion play”
5. Caravan “ In the land of grey and pink”
4. Kansas “Leftoverture”
3. King Crimson “ Discipline “ ( this was the toughest choice )
2. Yes “ Relayer “ ( sorry but I love Moraz )
1. Rush “ Signals” ( the Rush favourite changes every couple of years )
I have other favourites, but they belong to the more metal side of prog…
I first saw your video on the best jazz albums of all time and I decided to follow the channel. You included Ornette on the list. That was enough for me ( although you omitted Mingus, but you mentioned both him and Eric Dolphy )
The unraked album lists that are underrated by others but best for me are; RUSH (Power Window), Genesis (Duke), Klaatu (Hope), Renaissance (Song for All Seasons), Yes (Drama), Jeff Waynes' (musical version of War of the World), Rick Wakeman (Criminal Record), Supertramp (Live Paris), Moody Blues (Days of Future Passed), ASIA (Alpha) and Procol Harum (A Salty Dog).
I’d describe those as ‘lighter’ prog. Maybe there should be a sub category.
Let's face it, we all had those albums too.
Very good call on Red adore it
Hello from FRANCE (in order )
Kansas : song for america
ange : au dela du delire
anathema : alternative 4
Renaissance - Scheherazade & Other Stories
Leprous : aeolia
IQ :road of bones
genesis : trespass
green carnation : acoustics verses.
Jethro Tull : aqualung
Styx - Return To Paradise
dionysos ; la mecanique du coeur
dire straits : love over gold
UFO:the wild, the willing and the innocent
zappa : hot rats
Martin circus : acte II
I'm revisiting this video just to hear again what you have to say about each of your selections. They're all so great. Such unique and emotionally moving music. God I love prog.
Speaking of great prog -- has Rain been working up new material? I adore the first two albums and would so like to see a third released.
I'm agree, Red and Close to the edge are de best prog albums. An incredible amount of music inside
Of those three Yes albums mentioned, it's hard to choose just one. But good top choice by Andy. 👍
You are right about the funkiness of Gentle Giant, which is perhaps not always immediately obvious. There are certainly some funky moments in In A Glasshouse and I love the groove in Mr Class and Quality before it segues into Three Friends from that gem of an album. Acquiring The Taste is undoubtedly also a prog masterpiece, and seems as fresh today as it was in 1971. I’d choose those over Free Hand, although I can understand the choice.
I did a whole video where I discuss my favourite GG album and I changed my my mind, my favourite (at the moment) is In a Glass House.
I'm with you on 8 out of the 10! I lean more towards the PMG era of Gong which was more fusion for me. Tull's Minstrel slightly edges Songs for me solely because of the Intro of the Title Track. IQ...AWESOME BAND! I forgot you played on Frequency! OUTSTANDING WORK!
I’m so glad Pink Floyd is not here. I also agree on your take with ELO.
Eddy Jobson was also in Curved Air, the Album Air Cut.
The SW remix from Freehand is mindblowing on a good headphone.
Great video Andy some interesting stuff, makes you want to go & dig it all out !! Your choices largely reflect what's in my collection so Brownie points for you Andy 😂 ,however I have quite a few Gentle Giant albums but strangely enough just not too ga ga !! about them probably just me but I find myself having to be in a certain mood to listen to them 😮 Their musicianship of course is on the nail no question but find a lot of their stuff comes across as a bit twee !! but as I say that's just me & yeah get your thing re their album covers ! I have a compilation double album that depicts a pair of fat legs in baseball boots on the cover !!! 😮 one of the most NAFF !!! covers ever , anyway that's my rant for the day , away to dig out some more of your vids 😊
Angel=1975 Angel=Helluva Band 1976 -British Draped Pomp by the Washington DC Band! 'The Fortune' is a work of Pure Genius!!!
great list! Totally agree on 'Ever" my favorite IQ track, though, is "Frequency". Nice drums there 😀
Thanks...I secretly think the same!!!! And very proud of my drumming on that one
Ok, ten is ten and it's not a lot. You mention You by Gong, ok with You.
There's a place in England named Canterbury where David Allen, an australian poete lived in the Robert Wyatt's house. This english drummer/singer created Soft Machine. David Allen left the band for border troubles reasons and made the Gong rang in France.
But early before the band The Wild Flower split and gave Soft Machine and ... Caravan.
Is this music from the Canterbury scene is Progressive. If you skip those bands (Soft Machine, Caravan, Hatfield and the North, Egg ... )you missed where it all began, prog, jazz rock, IMMO.
A prog fan should have an interest for the Canterbury scene. There's a lot to discover.
Great video, great artists, great albums.
I'm looking forward to hearing you talk about modern bands. Personally I enjoy Moon Safari as much as my classic bands but bands like them don't tend to get talked about too much on CZcams.
I'm a huge Moon Safari fan!
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer Any particular album of theirs Andy.
@@tonypeake467 Himlabacken Vol 1...completely original prog!!! They were an influence on my band RAIN
I've made a few attempts to get into prog throughout my life. I tried with Yes as a teen. Lots of older teens had Yes albums. They'd try and turn us young kids onto them in their basements while playing pool. After about an hour we'd give up and plead for some AC/DC. Older guy would say, "No AC/DC. I'll meet you halfway with Boston." Then around 14, I tried early Rush. All the geeky mid-teen guys were super into Rush. Not me. Then in 20 and beyond I've tried to like Zappa. Tough. I like 1/4 of his stuff. I like his serious jams. Not the dorky humor.
I think I'm finally coming around at 53. Gonna give it a real effort this time. I've made some playlists with prog albums like your channel suggest. Really obscure stuff from England that we Americans have never heard of. I like your enthusiasm. It keeps me from getting down during the long slog of some of these prog songs. Oh well, there's always the delete button. I don't need to keep the bad songs on my prog playlists. Anyway, thanks for the verve and suggestions. Been listening to The Strawbs: "Hero and Heroine. --Captain in SoCal.
Man we have very close taste music ! , I have to check out IQ I haven't heard that that i know of . of course i'd choose some different albums but . a lot of those you chose or the bands and artist are right up in there of my all time Favs.
Bunch of prog albums that I love that comes to mind:
Karnivool - Sound Awake
Tool - Fear Inoculum
hubris. - Apocryphal Gravity
The Contortionist - Clairvoyant
Haken - Fauna
Elder - Omens
King Crimson - Red
Leprous - Malina
Sonar Ft. David Torn - Vortex
Oddland - Vermillion
Wheel - Resident Human
Our Oceans - S/T
Playgrounded - In Time of Gravity
Vulkan - Technatura
Not pure prog rock records, but all have strong elements of prog in areas of modern music I like.
IQ Ever such a masterpiece
As an outside of England observer, born in the USA, if you want that 'English thing', you spoke of,
no one does it better than early Fairport Convention.
Admittedly, it took a while to digest their music, but once I got it, the payoff was great.
Nice looking vinyl collection.
You played with IQ!?! Mad respect!!
Yes: czcams.com/video/meCVVSRi_YM/video.html
jethro tull is one of my all time favorites. barlow is one of the best alltime drummers, and martin barre is probably the most underrated guitarists ever
Strangely i see Tull more as blues based folkrock outside thick and a passion play.
1.UK:danger money
2.yes:close tt edge
3.vdgg:pawn hearts
4.gentle giant:in a glass house
5.king crimson:in the court
6.camel:mirage
7.pink floyd:animals
8.genesis:nursery cryme
9.tai phong:tai phong
10.renaissance:novella
Looking forward to more prog videos Andy !
Btw,i'm a big fan of IQ.the wake nearly made my top ten.Ever is my second favorite.
UK very underwhelming considering their personnel. Will give them another shot. Tull's stuff kind of defines English esthetics. SFTW -will need to listen again to gauge where it falls on my list. Gentle Giant, for me, has no "best" album but I consider them the best of prog bands. My favorite tho is Genesis and TLLDOB is the best album ever- or top 3 depending on my mood. ELP Tarkus may be greatest prog song of all time- maybe I've Od'd on Suppers Ready. Rush- not a fan. Even argue with buds whether they are prog. Yes is fine- The Yes Album is a favorite. Will give Gong and the other more obscure groups a listen. You might want to try Marscape with Brand X personnel and Phil Collins and lemme know what you think. Thx for letting me opine. BTW The Last Voyage was my introduction to GG.i I waited in my car to find out who it was. Thought it was a female singer. Disregard the crossed out lines. Not sure why they're there
Loved the countdown, and all ten albums. Can't help laughing that a drummer doesn't seem to be able to count though!!
Eddie Jobson also played on Jethro Tull’s album ‘A.’ You just mentioned him so there might be another mention. 👍🏻
King Crimson's Red grabbed me from the first time I heard it on WGTB in Washington DC (Georgetown actually). That album is their finest studio album for that period of KC. As for Yes I would have picked either Relayer or Tales From Topographic Oceans before CTTE, yeah I'm one of those people.
& a 54 year old American basement drummer's version that caught the Audiophile bug in 1986 (in no particular order) *UK - Danger Money .. *Rush - Hemispheres .. *Alan Parson Project - Tales of Mystery & Imagination .. *Yes-Drama .. *Genesis-Nursery Crimes .. *Peter Gabriel - Security .. *King Crimson - Discipline, .. *Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon .. *Chris Squire - Fish Out of Water .. *Porcupine Tree - Deadwing ......................... (Prog-Metal not included)
John Pugwash Weathers joined the Giant on Octopus
Liked your list a lot, although for me Genesis should have been in the no. 1 spot with Selling England By The Pound or Foxtrot. The emotional depth in the music of Genesis is to me greater than in any other prog band of their era AND they also possess a lot of virtuosic skill on their instruments, Dancing With The Moonlit Knight is a good example of that.
Better than Ever, Forever Live
Nice selection. I might (surely) forget something but here’s my top 10 based on music quality:( sorry but very few things got close to Genesis and Yes repertoire in terms of compositional value for me)
1-Close To Edge
2-The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
3-Foxtrot
4-Fragile
5-Trick Of The Tail
6-Selling England By The Pound
7-Voyage Of The Acolyte
8-The Yes Album
9-Nursery Cryme
10-Going For The One
Then there is Jethro Tull -Songs From The Wood- on top, more Genesis, Yes and Chris Squire solo album, Steve Hackett Spectral Mornings and the rest of prog rock with great albums from King Crimson, Van Der Graaf, Camel, UK, Gong, Andrew Lloyd Webber Variations, Curved Air, Gentle Giant etc.
Rush is one of my favorite bands ever and I don’t consider them prog rock as a 70’s term.. nor is Zappa who is btw my favourite artist ever.
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Hi Andy, nice to meet you. I know a violin player who played on a Magenta album. Small world! That was my first IQ album. And it's probably my favorite by them. I enjoyed your list and agreed with most of what you said, though I'm a little more fond of Floyd than you are. Lots of heavy hitters here. I'm looking forward to watching your other videos. I've been on a bit of a prog fad this past year or so where I've been addicted to the sound of mellotron. Just couldn't seem to get enough of it. I hope I can make some recommendations for your listening pleasure. Cheers
Thanks John
Totally agree on ELP. I never could think of Pink Floyd as prog - too bluesy, too psychedelic and not really that concerned with technical virtuosity - more of a blues band on acid.
Gong actually do have their own world: Planet Gong, and a few other bands live there as well, such as Here & Now, Ozric Tentacles, The Invisible Opera Company of Tibet, System 7, etc.
1 - Snow Goose by Camel 2 - A Passion Play by Jethro Tull 3- Raven that Refused to sing - Steven Wilson 4- UK by UK 5- Wish you were Here - Pink Floyd . I'm afraid I regard Lamb Lies Down on Broadway as totally overated . I bought it when it came out , played it a few times and gave it to a friend.
One of my Prog albums of all the time is "It' ll All Work Out In Boomland" by T2.
Interesting choices - will need to check out Gong, Gentle Giant and UK, but after careful consideration, these would be my choices:-
1. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
2. Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet
3. Marillion - Script For A Jester's Tear
4. Pink Floyd - The Wall
5. Twelfth Night - Live At Target
6. IQ - Subterranea
7. Rush - A Farewell To Kings
8. Pineapple Thief - Variations On A Dream
9. Anathema - Weather Systems
10. Yes - Close To The Edge
Thanks, Andy. I have to confess I was a little disappointed that you omitted Emerson, Lake and Palmer and Pink Floyd but it's your list, not mine.
Impressed you can choose only ten albums, love the selection but I'd probably end up with a top 100 and still be thinking of others, where would bands like Return to Forever, Pineapple Tree,, Uno, Barclay James Harvest, the Enid and many others fit, also Caravan (so many good albums but especially Girls who grow plump...), is Frank Zappa prog? Peter Gabriel and Mike Rutherford's solo albums (I love Smallcreeps Day), Colosseum II (Gary Moore was also a guitar god!), Tangerine Dream, as far as Genesis I'd have voted for Foxtrot (Suppers Ready is...) or possibly Selling England, as others have said so much to enjoy, as far as Rush I'd say the duo of Farewell to Kings and Hemispheres are the ultimate prog albums, love Red especially Starless which is heartaching, I've asked my sons to play it at my funeral if they can - it speaks of loss and resurrection, as far as Yes - Close to the Edge and Fragile are both perfect, and yup, you forgot Peter Hamill, I had the good fortune to see Nova back in the late '70's (can't remember who they were supporting but they were excellent) also Steve Hillage, are Brand X allowed? The list like the road could go on forever... Thanks for the channel.
Steven wilson,gentle gaint ,king crimson
17:56 this is called “hocketing” . It comes from baroque music. Yes, G.G do it very well and make it very funky. One of my favourite things in music.Sleepytime gorilla museum is a contemporary prog band that do it very well as well...very dissonant and rhythmically sophisticated. Any gg fan would find them interesting
Back in high school my friends and I were huge Yes and Genesis fans. We liked UK too when their first album was released. So we were excited to see UK fronting another band that we liked well enough, but were not big fans. That band was Jethro Tull. UK was simply amazing and surprise, surprise, cheeky Ian Anderson and band were amazing as well. That's quite the line-up, San Francisco Cow Palace, I'm guessing 1981 or 1982.
My top 5
Los jaivas ... alturas de macchu Picchu
King crimson...in the court of the crimson king
Jethro Tull...thick as a break
Yes ..close to the edge
Génesis ...selling England bye the pound
enjoyed this video, agree with many choices , never checked out Gentle Giant, Steve Wilson or IQ, but will thanks,
1- Happy The Man : Happy The Man
2- Banco : Di Terra
3- Yes : Tales From Topographic Oceans
4- Utopia : Todd Rundgren's Utopia
5- Soft Machine : Third
6- Magma : KA
7- Univers Zero : Heresie
8- Gentle Giant : Three Friends
9- The Muffins : Manna/Mirage
10- National Health : Of Queues and Cures
Nice to see Univers Zero get a mention but are they prog rock, more RIO (Rock In Opposition).
National Health also more of a Fusion band like Bruford and Hatfield and the North, maybe that's why he doesn't mention those bands. Although, the same could be said of Soft Machine and UK but they are more associated with prog for some reason.
Magma...now you,re talkng.
Gentle Giant is "my" band and the Steve Wilson remix of Free Hand brings it to....heaven, really, heaven.
There is something very unique about GG
Heard (and purchased shortly after) that album for the first time about a year ago. It’s a stunner on many levels.
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I think "Selling England by the Pound" is the best Genesis album !! sorry !!
I like Foxtrot, Nursery Crymes and Lamb more than that one.....sorry.
Just found your channel. Very nice and great reasoning, although I am not quite in agreement with your choices (which could be that I haven't listened to a few of the bands you list). Nice to see JT on the list, some people don't regard them as progressive.
I would put The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway ahead of Close To The Edge ( I used to own six or seven Yes albums, and CTTE was my favorite), simply because I have always found it difficult to get their lyrics...
And now I have to go listen to Gong!
I think Lamb is a brilliant but flawed album with a little filler...