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Poll Question: Is al stewart a little bit prog?
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    Posted: May 12 2006 at 22:18
Well, he has some prog songs like Love Chronicles (16 min long!), nostradamus, year of the cat, etc...
 
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Yup,he's got some prog moves.
No doubt about it.
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Maybe.  Van Dyke Parks, too (I think they have similar sounds).
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Points: 10387 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 13 2006 at 03:49
sorry, but I draw a line at Al Stewart. next thing will be John Denver in here


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Points: 15585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 13 2006 at 04:51
Songs like "Nostrodamus" and "Roads to Moscow" Lent in a prog direction. I'd actually say "Bedsitter images" didn't, it was really just a long song.
 
A great artist whose "Year of the cat" album is one of my all time favourites.
 
Not a candidate for inclusion on this site though in my opinion.
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Points: 4986 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 13 2006 at 05:56
Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

sorry, but I draw a line at Al Stewart. next thing will be John Denver in here
 
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Year of the cat is good, and not prog.
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Points: 7659 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 13 2006 at 11:06

For me Al Stewart is a 'progressive troubadour', I love his splendid live CD Rhymes In Rooms Clap !
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I have heard people refer to Al Stewart as being 'prog lite', in the same canon as acts like Supertramp or Alan Parsons Project. I think he's done some progressive tracks over the years on his two best albums (imo) 'Past Present and Future' and 'Year Of The Cat', and songs like 'News From Spain'. 'Love Chronicles' is the 16 minute epic BTW Bob, not 'Bedsitter Images'.Smile That's his debut that's somewhat smothered in strings, imo. For all this though, I don't really think he should be here- there are singer songwriters that are arguably more progressive than Al Stewart (John Martyn, Tim Buckley) yet they aren't here, so there's not much merit in his inclusion either.
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Points: 401 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 13 2006 at 22:12
    I count myself as an Al Stewart fan. Past, present and Future, Year of the Cat and Modern Times have prog leanings and are his best work I feel, but I wouldn't class them as "prog". Roads to Moscow (from PP&F) is an amazing song    ...

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Points: 3300 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 15 2006 at 13:31
year of the cat
 
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Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

sorry, but I draw a line at Al Stewart. next thing will be John Denver in here
 
Which Denver album(s)? Surely nothing dealing with Colorado or the Rocky Mountains! There's actually a record called The Unplugged Collection...When was he ever plugged in? If we draw a dotted line, we could allow Cat Stevens & America in...
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