a modern classic prog album

Do you think there will ever be a prog album released in the future that will break new ground, be very highly rated, be considered a classic, appear in the top ranks along with close to the edge, foxtrot, thick as a brick, dark side of the moon ect. I'm not talking about just really good modern prog album theres many of those, I'm talking about like if you look at every top prog album list out there, this album would be in the top ten.

In short, will there ever be another Close to the Edge.

Only the test of time will enable us classify a new album as a classic.

justin4950834-2 wrote: Do you think there will ever be a prog album released in the future that will break new ground, be very highly rated, be considered a classic, appear in the top ranks along with close to the edge, foxtrot, thick as a brick, dark side of the moon ect. I'm not talking about just really good modern prog album theres many of those, I'm talking about like if you look at every top prog album list out there, this album would be in the top ten. In short, will there ever be another Close to the Edge.

In short, hey nonny Nope

It seems unrealistic to expect that an album recorded now could be considered to inhabit the same rarefied atmosphere that facilitated Prog appearing between 1968 and 1974 (ish) some 40 years later, yet somehow still break new ground? The conflation of events that gave rise to this rare and fleeting phenomenon celebrated from this website are far too many and disparate to list here but they certainly cannot be reverse engineered or replicated etc
There are probably scores of artists worldwide who continue to explore and advance genres like Baroque, Doo Wop, Folk, Trad Jazz, Blues, Reggae etc but it's unlikely that any of their recordings will be considered 'pivotal' or essential to the development of the original genre. It's the ongoing and far reaching influence of the likes of Close to the Edge that is important, not if anyone will make another one. I mean you don't ask a historian to read yer palm now do you?

Guldbamsen wrote: I agree with the furry rodent, even if it seems that once in a full moon we get an album from Swilson that gets überrated and literally flies to the top. It will however never have the same impact on the music world as say Close to the Edge had. It definitely won't sell as many copies nor reach as many ears through the radio.......but in a chart situation? Sure....but then again that means nothing, especially if 75% of the raters downloaded the album illegally.

Edited by Kati - May 01 2015 at 02:17

Kati wrote: Only the test of time will enable us classify a new album as a classic.

ole-the-first wrote: Guldbamsen wrote: It will however never have the same impact on the music world as say Close to the Edge had Honestly I see no reason for thinking this way. Most of the modern prog is quite far from what Yes or Genesis were about, bands like Porcupine Tree, The Mars Volta, Anathema etc are more based on alternative rock than on classic prog. Speaking more widely, we call a lot of bands 'prog' not because their music is directly rooted in Yes legacy, but because it changes the rock basis in similar manner with classic prog bands. Moreover, prog always needs to fuse genres. When a new genre appears, it becomes involved in prog world quite soon. Thus, any modern or future prog act, based on modern or future genres, easily can maintain cult status for decades and infulence a broad list of artists.

Exactomundo

Edited by Svetonio - May 01 2015 at 07:41

^ must be the ghost of El Cid Barrett haunting the place.

hellogoodbye wrote: Maybe

Svetonio wrote: Please be careful hellogoodbye! the ghosts are fearful almost as little lemmings!

Hellogoodbye has nothing to be afraid of. The internet traffic cops are closing in Pjer

Kati wrote: Only the test of time will enable us classify a new album as a classic.