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JD 
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 Topic: Top of the Pop-gressivesPosted: December 05 2021 at 14:10 |
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I just finished listening to a copy of Gowan's Strange Animal LP that I just bought and what an absolute pleasure. A perfect pristine copy beginning to end, but it got me thinking, he has all the elements of a prog band and album here but it clearly seems to be a pop album to me. And I'm fine with that, most of his others are in that same category, but there are other great examples as well. Yes' 90125, GTR, ASIA, Zon, Styx, Supertramp etc. But what less obvious ones am I missing? Who are the Top of the Pop-gressive bands and what albums straddle the line of Pop/Prog ?
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Posted: December 05 2021 at 15:03 |
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When anyone says Pop-Prog, I always thing of A.C.T their first three albums are absolute killers in this regard.
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Posted: December 05 2021 at 15:37 |
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Two of my pop-gressive favourites: Nik Kershaw. The video version actually starts like a piece of avantgarde-electronic.  Everything Everything |
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Posted: December 05 2021 at 16:03 |
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Tears for Fears would be another example of Progressive Pop?
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: December 05 2021 at 16:20 |
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XTC
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Posted: December 05 2021 at 17:42 |
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Izz, Genesis (80's), and Utopia.
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Posted: December 05 2021 at 19:58 |
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Some other standard bearers... Saga 3 Thomas Dolby Buggles ELO
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Posted: December 05 2021 at 20:00 |
I am shocked to see Nogbad_The_Bad posting in pop progressive thread. Ian - I thought you are more of a RIO/Avant-prog enthusiast. XTC is pretty good choice. I watched recently Thyme's Jones interview. He mentioned that "The Why Album", Cheer-Accident pop prog album was influenced by XTC. What else? Some of 10cc and Supertramp songs are both: pop-y and prog-y at the same time. How about early Talk Talk? My all-time favorite pop progressive song is "Golden Brown" by the Stranglers. I always considered Renaissance and Curved Air (at least some of their albums) to be part of pop progressive subgenre. |
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Posted: December 05 2021 at 20:11 |
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I am more RIO / Avant but I'm a fan of XTC, Supertramp, Talk Talk, Cardiacs.
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Posted: December 06 2021 at 02:10 |
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-Blackfield,
-White Moth Black Butterfly.
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Posted: December 06 2021 at 02:14 |
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It Bites
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Posted: December 06 2021 at 02:19 |
Everything Everything is a great example of contemporary prog pop. Love that song. |
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Posted: December 06 2021 at 03:15 |
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I love the Nik Kershaw Video Still... everything about it screams 1985!!
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Posted: December 06 2021 at 06:57 |
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Those first two Ambrosia albums are pretty yummy!
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Posted: December 06 2021 at 07:41 |
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The Tourists - Luminous Basement (1980) The third and final album of Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart's pre-Eurythmics band has quite a few proggy moments - such a shame that it was somewhat overlooked. Possibly the best proggy track... This is actually a non-album b-side which is also quite interesting. Edited by Progishness - December 06 2021 at 08:08 |
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Posted: December 06 2021 at 10:37 |
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Well known, but The Moody Blues, Alan Parsons, and David Bowie are all on that line.
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The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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Posted: December 06 2021 at 11:14 |
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Anyone's Daughter's Neue Sterne is a great progressive pop album
Here is a live version of "Der Plan" |
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Posted: December 06 2021 at 13:40 |
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XTC
Tears For Fears Talk Talk Talking Heads Ultravox All the above acts sound progressive to me!!!
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Posted: December 06 2021 at 13:51 |
Yep, pretty much..  Edited by Cosmiclawnmower - December 06 2021 at 13:54 |
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Posted: December 06 2021 at 20:27 |
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love XTC too
another good prog pop band its the Blue Nile
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