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A Crimson Mellotron ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: September 10 2020 Location: Sofia, Bulgaria Status: Offline Points: 5747 |
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No band does exactly the same album twice, but most do like to stay in their comfort zone. Rarely, for an album or two, a band would do something that sounds completely different from what they are known for. So, what bands never stayed on the same page, and changed their sound over and over again, or at least did something different from their previous record? (Their catalogues might range from just two albums to more than ten.)
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Genesis, in a way.
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The two bands on this site that are best known for constantly changing their sound are Ulver and Kayo Dot. I'm not as big a fan of the former and have not heard all their albums, so I will let someone else do them justice.
Kayo dot are well known for refusing to make the same album twice, and will genre hop every one to two albums, while trying to be Avant and not sound like anyone else. Between Choirs, Blue Lambancy, Coyote, Stained Glass, Coffins and Blasphemy it feels like you are listening to completly different bands. Even between albums that stay in the rough genre the arrangement is very different to minimise crossover. Then you have albums like Hubardo and Dowsing that take in a wide range of genres in the same album, while trying to make it all coherent. I can't think of a better example of a band that don't make the same album twice (except Ulver, but they tend to stay on a similar theme for a few albums before moving onto something completely different). |
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I agree with Genesis in the context of their entire discography, relative to itself.
Gentle Giant has their own sound, but no two albums sound similar at all IMHO. VDGG could be argued similarly as well.
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Interesting question.
Choosing from the most famous, Riverside comes to mind. If we count the first three as one (it's a trilogy), all their albums are different. Duda even said that different albums was the goal. I disagree on Genesis. Btw it's funny: looks like most people on PA can answer any question in 3 equiprobable ways: Yes/Genesis/any of 10 other classical bands.
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I offer you Speed Freaks by Naked City, a 49-second composition that changes musical style every bar.
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King Crimson
Porcupine Tree Rush (although later on they became a bit samey) Echolyn
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Frank Zappa
Mike Keneally Pain of Salvation Gong Adrian Belew Opeth Steven Wilson |
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In no particular order:-
King Crimson Porcupine Tree Genesis Pink Floyd Yes Talk Talk Mike Oldfield
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Jethro Tull went from blues to rock, prog, folk influenced, middle eastern and some classical influences all over. Hardly a prog folk band as is clasified on this forum.
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...And they won a Grammy for best Metal album.
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Peter Gabriel
Talk Talk Rush,several times Tull Supertramp moved gradually through their career to a poppies. sound. Steely Dan moved it seems every album from the rock of cant buy a thrill to the jazzier sounds of gaucho. |
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Strawbs.
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There are two reason for a band to change sound: 1) Artistry, which I would regard as the best reason. All good artists evolve over time, and it is necessary to take new approaches to the music to keep it interesting for a talented band. The trick is to keep the basic sound or ideology of the band intact. My favorite example is Jade Warrior, whose diversity can not only be seen album to album but often song by song on a single album. 2) Commercialism. This is where the keeping to a sound or ideology intact comes most into play. A band or artist can modify over the years to maintain commercial viability yet keep to artistic vision of the music. This can best be seen by Prog stawarts who lasted for years, some of them still going. I do not think I have to mention all of them, but one that comes to mind is Rush, especially with Roll the Bones, which incorporated a rap into the title track, and the grungy Test For Echo. Neither of these albums are particularly highly rated on Prog Archives, yet they allowed the band to continue. The same can be said for the Rabin 80s years of Yes.
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Definitely Guru Guru. Almost every album of them is in a completely different style.
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Another thumbs up for Manuel.... ![]() Tull were able to do many styles but always managed to maintain that signature 'Tull sound', and I have never thought of them as 'prog folk' either.
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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard covers extremely different styles album to album while still sounding like King Gizzard.
Pysch Rock: In In Your Mind Fuzz, Quarters, Float Along Fill Your Lungs Garage/Psych: 12 Bar Bruise Prog: Polygondwanaland, Nonagon Infinity, Murder of the Universe Prog/Kraturock/Microtonal Middle Eastern: Flying Microtonal Banana Folk: Paper Mache Dream Balloon Boogie/Blues rock: Fishing For Fishies Jazz/Fusion: Sketches of Brunswick East Thrash/Stoner Metal: Infest the Rats Nest
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