What albums did you listen to today?...continued - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Ommadawn/Return to Ommadawn - Mike Oldfield
Sanctuary/Sanctuary II - Robert Reed (the apprentice does a quality homage to the master IMHO)
Subterranea - IQ
Dunes (The River Flows Anthology - Disc 4) - Iona (the 'Snowdonia' suite is quality atmospheric Celtic prog!)
Delusion Rain - Mystery
Template for a Generation - Darwin's Radio

Edited by Squonk19 - March 10 2018 at 14:42

“Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.”

Leonard Cohen - Songs from Leonard Cohen

Michael Hurley - Armchair Boogie

Michael Hurley - Have Moicy!

Tortoise - The Brave and the Bold

Yo la Tengo - There's a Riot Going On

"Larks' tongues. Wrens' livers. Chaffinch brains. Jaguars' earlobes. Wolf nipple chips. Get 'em while they're hot. They're lovely. Dromedary pretzels, only half a denar."

Prog Sothoth wrote:

Jethro Tull - A Passion Play: Believe it or not, this is the first time I have ever heard this. Not sure what to say; I'm more of a Benefit and Stand Up guy. Yeah man, I'm a stand up guy.

I took me a years a get into a Passion play. I think it ´s one of their darkest album. I was really disappointed to a Passion Play at first. I was before that listened Stormwatch, Thick as a Brick, Benefit, Warchild, Stand Up & This Was and had really loved them all, so naturally I had really big expectations also to a Passion Play. Also I think one reason was poor sound quality of eighties repress, now I have original that sounds much better. But if you love Thick as a Brick, I think you will start to love a Passion Play with a many listenings.

Mortte wrote:

I took me a years a get into a Passion play. I think it ´s one of their darkest album. I was really disappointed to a Passion Play at first. I was before that listened Stormwatch, Thick as a Brick, Benefit, Warchild, Stand Up & This Was and had really loved them all, so naturally I had really big expectations also to a Passion Play. Also I think one reason was poor sound quality of eighties repress, now I have original that sounds much better. But if you love Thick as a Brick, I think you will start to love a Passion Play with a many listenings.

Yeah APP is going to be a tough nut to crack; the narrative bits really threw me. It IS interesting though. Thing is, unlike a lot of prog bands, up through 1971 JT had this string of great FM rock songs, which is kind of how I naively associated the band.

To be honest, growing up I never really regarded JT as a "prog" band per-se...I had considered them more in line with bands like Led Zep and The Who rather than Yes and ELP...so checking out some of their more epic stuff thanks to this site had been kind of an eye-opener.

I'll be spinning APP in the future though.

Ten Years After: Positive Vibrations

Pussy Galore: Groovy Hate f**k (Feel Good About Your Body)

Faust: C´est Com...Com...Complique

Whitesnake: Lovehunter

Fairport Convention: Full House

Magma: Köhntarkösz

Prog Sothoth wrote:

Mortte wrote:

I took me a years a get into a Passion play. I think it ´s one of their darkest album. I was really disappointed to a Passion Play at first. I was before that listened Stormwatch, Thick as a Brick, Benefit, Warchild, Stand Up & This Was and had really loved them all, so naturally I had really big expectations also to a Passion Play. Also I think one reason was poor sound quality of eighties repress, now I have original that sounds much better. But if you love Thick as a Brick, I think you will start to love a Passion Play with a many listenings.

Yeah APP is going to be a tough nut to crack; the narrative bits really threw me. It IS interesting though. Thing is, unlike a lot of prog bands, up through 1971 JT had this string of great FM rock songs, which is kind of how I naively associated the band.

To be honest, growing up I never really regarded JT as a "prog" band per-se...I had considered them more in line with bands like Led Zep and The Who rather than Yes and ELP...so checking out some of their more epic stuff thanks to this site had been kind of an eye-opener.

I'll be spinning APP in the future though.

I think APP is their finest album, at least in a prog context. But I originally thought of them more of a classic rock band too.

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Yes - Close to The Edge

Yes - Relayer

PFM - Per Un Amico

"I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021

Tasvallan Presidentti - Tasvallan Presidentti II

Asgard - In The Realm of Asgard

Gong - Angel's Egg

when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents

Yesterday:

Syrinx - Long Lost Relatives

Syrinx - Syrinx

Categories strain, crack and sometimes break, under their burden - step out of the space provided.

ALotOfBottle wrote:

Yesterday:

Syrinx - Long Lost Relatives

Syrinx - Syrinx

Amazing stuff!

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