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dwill123 
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 Posted: August 05 2014 at 19:02 |
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HackettFan
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Posted: August 05 2014 at 18:51 |
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Henry Kaiser - Moose and Salmon. It's just a wee bit too experimental for everyone I personally know other than me. I like it, though.
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The Doctor
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Posted: August 05 2014 at 12:30 |
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Genesis - Abacab (probably one of the most hated albums by a prog band)
Yes - Fly From Here (I think it's a great album and better than anything since Keys...don't think a lot of people share my opinion on that).
Only prog-related, but Black Sabbath - Born Again
Rush - Presto (my favorite of their 80s output, with Grace a close second, MP third and Signals & PW tied for fourth. HYF is way way behind them all).
BTW, Holy Moly, I have E&F's first four albums and love them. I'll have to check out Gate to Infinity. Nothing wrong with a touch of disco here and there.
Edited by The Doctor - August 05 2014 at 12:31
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I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?
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HolyMoly
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Posted: August 05 2014 at 12:07 |
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Of course, 3.51 isn't too bad a rating.
I'm interested in that Geddy Lee album now. Never got around to hearing it.
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SteveG
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Posted: August 05 2014 at 11:06 |
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^ Wow. All really good albums.
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Epignosis
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Posted: August 05 2014 at 11:00 |
These four of my 5-star reviews have an average rating of 3.51 or less.
   
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presdoug
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Posted: August 05 2014 at 10:47 |
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Gentle Giant-The Missing Piece-this album gets derided, but shouldn't, really. The music therein has a wonderful, free spirit to it, and is catchy without being trite.
Wallenstein-No More Love-this album is still prog enough to be a great record of the band, though it is seen as the beginning of the band's commercial slant away from prog. That's kind of unfair, as it is quite moving and meaningful lyrically and instrumentally in a prog sense.
Libra-Winter Day's Nightmare-the second album from this RPI band gets ignored, and unjustifiably so. The band, still led by the late, great Federico D'Andrea, prove that Libra could still be Libra, and this record is a good companion to their previous debut album.
Edited by presdoug - August 05 2014 at 10:49
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HolyMoly
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Posted: August 05 2014 at 10:35 |
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I really love "Gate to Infinity" by Earth and Fire. Common wisdom states that all their albums after 1973 are a waste of time, but I personally enjoy them greatly. As a matter of fact, few people even really mention them at all, and probably just believe the 2 or 3 people who have bothered to review them and said they're crap. I've done my best to turn the tide of critical opinion, but since their later albums gradually leave prog rock behind in favor of Europop and even disco, it's a hard sell for a PA audience. "Gate to Infinity", however, still has enough prog elements to warrant mention as a "prog album" for the purposes of this thread.
Edited by HolyMoly - August 05 2014 at 10:36
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Rick Robson
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Posted: August 05 2014 at 10:28 |
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^The great majority of the prog I enjoy are either trashed or unknown by my brazilian friends and the brazilian critics, exception still made to Pink Floyd and Aerosmith (even though I consider them prog-related).
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 "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB
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SteveG
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Posted: August 05 2014 at 10:07 |
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Everyone has at least one Prog album that they really love but seems to be thrashed by everyone else including friends as well as critics. What are some of your favorite unappreciated Prog albums and, more importantly, why should they be appreciated.
Edited by SteveG - August 05 2014 at 15:06
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What are your favorite unappreciated Prog albums?
