Rolling Stone's"Best Prog-Rock Albums of All Time"

Top 10

Yes! That's awesome. I like everything on the list, though I might have a different top ten, myself, but I especially like SFaM at the top. It DOES deserve 1st and PA can eat it.

Not enough Rush albums in the list.  Should be at least 10 in the list.

Edited by rushfan4 - August 02 2012 at 13:42

Originally posted by Sympathy Orchestra I guess that I should not be surprised considering that it is from Rolling Stone magazine. They are the last bunch that should be writing about prog.

I don't know, I can think of several magazines I would deem less qualified:
Women's Health
Guns & Ammo
Cosmopolitan
National Geographic
etc.

That being said, Rolling Stone still sucks.

Originally posted by dtguitarfan Yes! That's awesome. I like everything on the list, though I might have a different top ten, myself, but I especially like SFaM at the top. It DOES deserve 1st and PA can eat it.

There goes the crusader again... Let me ask you the following: Isn't there something odd about the #1 progressive rock album being a progressive metal album that came out some 30 years after the genre's inception and is obviously derivative of many other albums in the list? Not that it might not be a great album, but it's obvious that the only reason DT make the top spot is that they are recent and thus more popular. I'd argue that a significant percentage of the DT voters hasn't heard any other album from the list.

Originally posted by Sympathy Orchestra I guess that I should not be surprised considering that it is from Rolling Stone magazine. They are the last bunch that should be writing about prog. There are many fine albums on the list, but to not have “Brain Salad Surgery” or “Thick as a Brick” on the list is a crime.

It's a readers' poll. Even though it's sometimes obvious that the editors are not very familiar with the album in question, they didn't compile the list. And with a list of only ten, it's inevitable that many essential albums will not make the cut.

 

Originally posted by Sympathy Orchestra I love how they took the subtitle of La Villa Strangiato as Rush admitting that they were too self indulgent. Funny, I always thought that was a jab at critics, such as those from Rolling Stone, who always criticized them as being such. Of course, they wouldn’t get it!

Of course they were making fun of themselves. I mean, how much more self-indulgent does it get than a multi-part suite based on Alex Lifeson's dreams?

Originally posted by KingCrInuYasha Not a knock against Dream Theater, since I've never heard any of their works, thus I can't make any judgment. How are they?

Originally posted by Horizons Originally posted by KingCrInuYasha Not a knock against Dream Theater, since I've never heard any of their works, thus I can't make any judgment. How are they? This should start an interesting discussion drama..

Originally posted by KingCrInuYasha Why am I not surprised that the album that made #1 is the only one I don't have in my collection? Not a knock against Dream Theater, since I've never heard any of their works, thus I can't make any judgment. How are they?

They are Prog Metal.  Actually, they pretty much inspired almost everyone else in that sub genre who came after them.  So their existence pisses PA off. 
But give them a shot, and try not to judge right away - speaking as one of the "crazy" fans who thinks they are the greatest band ever, I didn't like them right away: they had to grow on me.  They do a lot of intellectual stuff that has to grow on you, I think, before you start to enjoy their music and see the heart in it.

To quote Ian Anderson from "Baker St Muse":

Originally posted by KingCrInuYasha Why am I not surprised that the album that made #1 is the only one I don't have in my collection? Not a knock against Dream Theater, since I've never heard any of their works, thus I can't make any judgment. How are they?