Prog "Masterpieces" that you couldn't get into

Tbh anything by Marillion. They seem to have a huge following but I find most of their music to either be boring or derivative. They seem to be a band based heavily on exploiting nostalgia rather than making original music. I've listened to many of their albums from all their different eras and it just doesn't do anything for me.

Edited by Zem - July 10 2017 at 13:28

I'm having a hard time listening to Crime of the Century, essentially because it feels like a mildly more complex Elton John and I never liked Elton John in the first place. I also hated The Raven that Refused to Sing, even though Luminol is amazing - more specifically its first four minutes.

Relayer & Topographic Oceans. I like Ritual but that album as a whole didn't really work for me.
 Same with Relayer, it has moments put overall not my favorite.
( & love Yes , go figure)


Edited by Argo2112 - July 07 2017 at 12:36

Every song on King Crimson, ITCOTCK, is wonderful to me - except: "Moonchild: The Illusion." The first part, "Moonchild: The Dream," is a marvelous Greg Lake ballad; the second Illusion part, however, is Fripp paying homage to John Cage (or something like that) - very difficult for me to ever get into. Other than that, the album is a stellar prog masterpiece...

doompaul wrote: Pink Floyd after Meddle.

infocat wrote: miamiscot wrote: Marillion's Brave is another one I don't really love. But I adore Marbles. Go figure. I love Brave.  I don't "get" Marbles.

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King Manuel wrote: I could name a lot of Bands that I don´t get or like (e.g. Steven Wilson, King Crimson, Soft Machine, etc.), but lets rather mention albums I don't like which are considered masterpieces by bands I generally am found of.   Yes - Relayer Spock´s Beard - Snow Jethro Tull- Aqualung Genesis - The lamb lies down Dream Theater - The Astonishing (well some call it a masterpiece other call it a total failure) Seven Steps to the green door - Fetish Rush 2112 (it don´t dislike it totally, but there are at least 10 Rush albums I like much more)

At first listens I thought I found some interesting elements on The Astonishing that would make me like some songs... but now that I have heard it more times, I'm thinking I won't really find something to really like. I do believe this album should have been released as a Petrucci solo album with a bunch of guest vocalists... or as a complete opposite, I believe if Portnoy had been involved he might have helped to make it a much greater album.