10 albums from 1979-80

Every album is a keeper in my opinion.

Drama edges Permanent Waves for top spot.

this is impossible.  Both The Wall and Peter Gabriel 3 are such amazing albums.  

While it is not an album i have returned to much in over 25 years, The Wall has been very important me, I find the Peter Gabriel excellent, loved that Supertramp album especially as a child, only in recent years did I finally hear that Bruford album (I might put it higher but listened the once).

My top five from the poll.

1. The Wall
2. Melt
3. Breakfast in America
4. One of a Kind
5. Permanent Waves

Lacking familiarity with Sky and the Steve Hackett album (I know that that SH is big one not to know and I will try to remedy).

While the conventional more mainstream Prog genre/ bands may have largely lost lustre by the late 70s (from a Prog standpoint especially), progressive and experimental music, and what I think of as prog umbrella music, was very much alive and well. I have seen that claim, but I think it comes from the more narrow-focused (one might say narrow-minded) old school, traditional, conservative, less adventurous, and most conventional of Prog listeners. And I find such people commonly are not open to other interpretations or ideas, as well as not being open to a wide variety of musical expression from around the world.

Edited by Logan - March 20 2025 at 11:35

The Wall

Edited by omphaloskepsis - March 20 2025 at 11:17

To this day, there are many people who are fully convinced that Prog died on December 31st, 1977. Some of the biggest names/groups were either no longer together, or were soldiering on and releasing material that just wasn't as popular as their earlier albums. For those of us who were there at the time, the decade reached its excessive peak in 1978, while 1979-80 became transitional years of looking forward to the new decade.