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YesFan72 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: November 25 2007 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 3241 |
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I haven't bought any albums for a while... and I'd like a few recommendations. I like bands from all prog subgenres. I have most of the famous albums from Yes, King Crimson, Genesis, Jethro Tull, etc. I'd like to know about more of the lesser known groups.
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Padraic ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 16 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Status: Offline Points: 31169 |
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Check out the Canterbury subgenre. You can't go wrong with anything you see in the top albums there.
http://www.progarchives.com/subgenre.asp?style=12 |
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YesFan72 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: November 25 2007 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 3241 |
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I like some of the albums from there, especially those by Caravan. Any other suggestions?
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Padraic ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 16 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Status: Offline Points: 31169 |
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Hard to say - where do your tastes lie? Mostly symphonic? |
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YesFan72 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: November 25 2007 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 3241 |
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I've listened mostly to symphonic and folk just because that's what everyone always had said to listen to. I'm pretty open to anything.
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Padraic ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 16 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Status: Offline Points: 31169 |
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For something a bit more adventurous, perhaps try Henry Cow or Magma.
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YesFan72 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: November 25 2007 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 3241 |
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I listen to Henry Cow a lot. Magma is good, but not one of my favorites.
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VanderGraafKommandöh ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: July 04 2005 Location: Malaria Status: Offline Points: 89372 |
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Yikes!
Try something a bit tamer first, like Egg. Once you've got to their third album The Civil Surface, you may start appreciating music by Henry Cow and National Health then. ![]() Also try Picchio dal Pozzo from Italy. Their debut is Canterbury whilst their follow-up is Canterbury and avant-prog (RIO). Both are excellent and good primers for further exploration. However, I'm not sure of the availability of their albums. Edit: oh, you listen to Henry Cow already Try Hatfield and the North as well ![]() Edited by James - July 15 2008 at 18:03 |
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YesFan72 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: November 25 2007 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 3241 |
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I'll look into Hatfield and the North.
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Logan ![]() Forum & Site Admin Group ![]() ![]() Site Admin Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Status: Offline Points: 38655 |
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Do you have Robert Wyatt''s Rock Bottom yet?
It's likely if you that you know Henry Cow and Soft Machine already, but if you don't then well worth checking out. Checking your reviews list: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Good albums you've reviewed. If you don't know them already... I'd suggest Spirogra (start with the debut) and Comus - First Utterance. And Amazing Blondel - Synfonia for Guitar and Strings. I'd suggest you try News From Babel (the boxset)... Maybe get Picchio dal Pozzo's debut. And Area... And Weidorje. so much... |
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Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me.
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VanderGraafKommandöh ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: July 04 2005 Location: Malaria Status: Offline Points: 89372 |
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Rock Bottom is essential.
And that's my unbiased viewpoint. ![]() Oh yes, Letters Home, the second album by News from Babel is also excellent. Good pick! |
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NotAProghead ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Errors & Omissions Team Joined: October 22 2005 Location: Russia Status: Offline Points: 8046 |
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I love such "recommend me" posts from lazy people.
Who needs all these dull things like reviews, sort by genres, countries, music samples etc? Simply ask: recommend me.
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Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour)
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YesFan72 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: November 25 2007 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 3241 |
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What bands are similar to Comus? Comus is another of my favorites.
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Logan ![]() Forum & Site Admin Group ![]() ![]() Site Admin Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Status: Offline Points: 38655 |
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Spirogyra is similar (I recommended that and Comus based on your rating of Jan Dukes de Grey -- great acid folk).
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Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me.
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The Quiet One ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: January 16 2008 Location: Argentina Status: Offline Points: 15745 |
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^lol
Zappa? I suppose you know him, if not you better check him out with Hot Rats. From your reviews I can't say you like Heavy Prog, but you got Rush in Rio on your sig. so you might check Atomic Rooster and specially Black Widow a very good Heavy Folk Prog band, I would call them. Atomic Rooster - Death Walks Behind You (essential for any Hard Rock/Heavy Prog collection) Black Widow - Sacrifice (overlooked or unknown, pretty good stuff, if you like Tull, their Aqualung period, I'm sure you'll like them) |
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ghost_of_morphy ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: March 08 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2755 |
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OK, five lesser known recommendations. I would give any of these albums 4 stars (well, the HP Lovecraft one might get 3.5 since it's not really prog) and Amarok easily deserves 5.
Pulsar -- Strands of the Future. French symphonic prog.
Well, actually, this comes smack in the middle of their transition from space rock to symphonic. If you want something more purely symphonic, the next album Halloween is just as good.
Will O' The Wisp -- Will O' The Wisp. Greek psychedelic/space rock prog
Actually it's right on the symphonic prog border. Great modern prog with classic prog sensibilities. I got this yesterday and I've already listened to it three times. Give it a try.
H. P. Lovecraft -- H. P. Lovecraft American proto-prog.
A psychedelic album from 1967. Hearing how they twist "Let's Get Together" is worth the admission price (at least if you like psychedelic) but the whole album is of a high quality.
Mike Oldfield -- Amarok British crossover prog.
Oldfield's masterpiece. Given the bands that you've listed you probably are quite familiar with prog epics, but this one blew me away. It's an exquisitely produced and magnificently written symphony in rock. Schedule an hour out of a day and listen to it from start to finish doing nothing else. It's worth it.
Amagrama -- Ciclotimia. Argentinian symphonic prog.
The only album from this modern South American prog band. It was recorded by a group of teenagers, but you wouldn't know it from listening.
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npjnpj ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: December 05 2007 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 2720 |
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There are loads that I could recommend, but I'll stick to one: Porcupine Tree's 'Fear of a Blank Planet'. For me it's on par with the classix.
Doesn't often happen that I recommend an album three months on from when I would have first recommended it. It's a stayer.
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sleeper ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: October 09 2005 Location: Entropia Status: Offline Points: 16449 |
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Since you seem to be open to all sub generes, I'll give you an eclectic mix of my favourites:
Pain of Salvation- The Perfect Element/ 12:5 Kayo Dot- Choirs of the Eye/ Blue Lambency Downward maudlin of the Well- Bath/Leaving Your Body Map Opeth- Blackwater Park Dream Theater- Scens from a Memory/ Images and Words Dark Suns- Grave Human Genuine The Mars Volta- De-Loused in the Comatorium/ The Bedlam in Goliath The Pax Cecilia- Blessed are the Bonds (free to download off their website) Indukti- SUSAR Marillion- Script for a Jester Tear/ Misplaced Childhood/ Brave Saens- Escaping from the Hands of God White Willow- Storm Season Virgin Black- Requiem Mezzo Forte |
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Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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Nightfly ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: August 01 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 3659 |
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I'd recomend you check out Echolyn, Beardfish, The Flower Kings and Anekdoten for starters. I'm sure you'll find much to enjoy there. Check out some reviews on this site to find the best albums to start with. |
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YesFan72 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: November 25 2007 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 3241 |
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I like Beardfish, Anekdoten, and the Flower Kings. I've never heard of Echolyn.
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