The 80s Weren't As Bad As You Thought
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Topic: The 80s Weren't As Bad As You Thought
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Subject: The 80s Weren't As Bad As You Thought
Date Posted: December 22 2019 at 17:16
Sure the giants succumbed to commercialitis. Some tried and failed. Some tried and died. Some succeeded. Meanwhile there was actually a lot of great music going on if you knew where to look. So lets showcase them here.  ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 22 2019 at 17:20
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I will start with Johnson, David Earle with Jan Hammer Hip Address 1980 Feb.-Mar. Yeah before Jan became Mr. Miami Vice Soundtrack, which actually had some cool '80's music he did this one that kicked off the decade. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 22 2019 at 17:21
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Bowie, David Scary Monsters 1980 Feb.-Apr. I've always felt David did some of his best with Fripp and Eno and Fripp is here front and center. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: December 22 2019 at 17:22
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I didn't think the 80s were bad for music. I love a huge amount of 80s music, both prog and not prog, and a lot that is under a prog umbrella. I'll start by mentioning Art Zoyd in the 80s; love it. ------------- Just a fanboy passin' through. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 22 2019 at 17:24
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Sky Sky 2 1980 Apr. Sky, freaking Sky. Headed up by THE John Williams as far as I am concerned. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: December 22 2019 at 17:24
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80s were definitely not bad! Probably the weakest decade as far as prog goes since its birth but certainly lots of great music. ------------- The sun has left the sky... ...Now you can close your eyes |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 22 2019 at 17:24
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Bush, Kate Never for Ever 1979 1980 Sep.-May Kate get the prog bug big time. Hackett, Steve Defector (Remaster) 1980 Mar.-May It had its defective moment but The Steppes gives me goosebumps. Di Meola, Al Spendido Hotel 1980 May Splendido AlDimo indeedo. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 22 2019 at 17:25
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 22 2019 at 17:27
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 22 2019 at 17:28
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I should consolidate more as I haven't even finished with 1980 yet. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: December 22 2019 at 17:29
She released three albums in the Eighties, all quite progressive in their own way - especially The Dreaming (1982), though a lot of prog fans prefer Hounds of Love (1985) because of the side-long suite "The Ninth Wave". The Sensual World (1989), in my opinion, is not quite on the same level, but still an excellent album, with one song in particular ("Deeper Understanding") that foreshadows what society would become just a couple of decades later.
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Slartibartfast wrote:Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 22 2019 at 17:32
Twas The Dreaming that hooked me on her. I heard Suspended In Gaffa on college radio while driving and got a major case of the goosebumps. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: December 22 2019 at 17:34
The Ninth Wave is superb. I love The Sensual World (got it on cassette in the bargain bin not long after it was released. It also features Kate Bush's rockin' "Rocket's Tail" (with Gilmour on guitar). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yeimyOsdrA" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yeimyOsdrA "The Fog" is a particular favourite of mine. ------------- Just a fanboy passin' through. |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: December 22 2019 at 17:35
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Great minds think alike, Greg! I love "The Fog", with Nigel Kennedy on violin. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: December 22 2019 at 17:49
Yep. You just had to know where to look. It's the decade I first discovered prog so it can't be that bad. Lol. Plus you had the birth of neo prog which had some cool stuff not to mention the earliest albums by Djam Karet, Ozric Tentacles and Dream Theater.
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: December 22 2019 at 17:50
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Univers Zero, Eskaton, Present, Art Zoyd, Thinking Plague, King Crimson, This Heat, Cardiacs, The Enid, Shub-Niggurath, Dead Can Dance 80's were great! ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: December 22 2019 at 18:36
| Listening to a band on youtube called Cartoon and their first album from 1981. Not my usual style but I really like it. |
Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: December 22 2019 at 18:45
Bacamarte! ------------- The sun has left the sky... ...Now you can close your eyes |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: December 22 2019 at 20:17
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Indeed ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: December 22 2019 at 22:44
I could not say it better.
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Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: December 22 2019 at 23:23
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My goodness, it isn't like the 70's were wall-to-wall excellent music!! I thought the 80's were amazing....new instruments were being developed (Roland guitar synth), new techniques being used (Van Halen wasn't prog but he sure had an influence), and some of our favorite bands did some of their best work. King Crimson's "Discipline" remains some of my favorite work of their output. ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 00:11
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The rise of MTV was the main problem which came in the Wake of punk crashing and falling as always would. Something had to take it place and unfortunately something came to take it's place that was not about music. Talking of wake's though a little band from near Southampton helped restore my faith in prog . IQ released a couple of splendid albums until they also succumbed to Commercialitis although came back strong in the next decade. Besides IQ there was also Eloy and Rush keeping the prog banner flying for a while. The late eighties though were absolute death for prog as it seemed everyone just gave up the ghost. The early part of the decade did give up some prog gems and the likes of Vangelis and Tangerine Dream were still being very creative in electronic music. Emerson, Lake returned without Palmer ( who had got lost in Asia apparently) and recruited another 'P'. However they picked the wrong one as Phillips was available! Al Stewart probably released my favourite album of the decade The Last Days of The Century. His blend of AOR, prog and folk was just about perfected on this album. Superior imo to the more vaunted Year Of The Cat but then I do like both. Kate Bush as already mentioned released her best albums in this decade and was a breath of fresh air. I also love Suzanne Vega's debut album but it has nothing to do with prog of course. The likes of Simple Minds , Talk Talk ,Tears For Fears and China Crisis also managed to buck the plastic trend so there are goodies to be found if you look away from prog. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 01:03
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They were, but that doesn't mean great music wasn't being produced in the 80s. Each decade has had great stuff and each decade has had sh*t. That said, I would say comparatively to the other 'modern' decades, the 80s is clearly at the bottom in terms of the good stuff. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 02:51
You were nearly right here, apart from the fact that all their '80s albums were fantastic...  |
Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 06:28
| Eddie Jobson. The Green Album and Theme of Secrets. Case closed m'lud. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 06:39
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maybe not as bad as I say it is, but it's still the worst decade since the 40's & 50's by a mile (and more) of course there are good albums, but they're the exceptions that confirm the rule
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Posted By: judahbenkenobi
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 06:56
The 80's were great! They gave us Michael Jackson, Madonna, and New Kids on the Block! 
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 07:05
| I never thought the 80's were bad. I loved Madonna, Michael Jackson, Disco, Synth-Pop and the New Romantic movement of the 80's. |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 08:31
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Ah, the 80's: You take the good, you take the bad You take them both and there you have The facts of life, the facts of life  The 80's wasn't all bad, and certainly new wave, alternative, post punk had some definite pluses. More art rock than the "traditional" prog shined through.
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Posted By: tamijo_II
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 08:55
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Starting with 1980 - 1982 1980 Prog/Experimental: Aksak Maboul - Un Peu De
L'Ame Des Bandits Bill
Bruford - Gradually Going Tornado Daryl Hall
- Sacred Songs (a part of Fripp’s Exposure trilogy) Herbie
Hancock - Mr. Hands Eloy – Colours Jon &
Vangelis - Short Stories Pere Ubu - The
Art Of Walking Peter
Gabriel – III Talking
Heads - Remain In Light Yes – Drama Zamla
Mammaz Manna - Familjesprickor Other very important albums imho : David Bowie
- Scary Monsters (semi prog. to say the least) Bob Marley
& The Wailers – Uprising The Cure - Seventeen
Seconds U2 – Boy Van Halen -
Women And Children First Closer - Joy
Division 1981 Prog/Experimental: Brian
Eno/David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts Alux Nahual
- Alux Nahual Camel –
Nude David Byrne
- The Catherine Wheel Dün – Eros The Flying
Lizards - Fourth Wall Frank Zappa
: Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar, Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More and Return
of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (later a 1982 3xLP) + You Are What You
Is. Genesis: Abacab Jon &
Vangelis - The Friends Of Mr Cairo (not really prog/experimental but who cares) Jon Hassell
- Dream Theory In Malaya King
Crimson – Discipline Kultivator
- Barndomens Stigar Massacre - Killing
Time Robert
Fripp & The League of Gentlemen - The League of Gentlemen Rush - Moving
Pictures Other very important albums imho : Eurythmics
- In the Garden J. J. Cale –
Shades Japan - Tin
Drum 1982 Prog/Experimental: Al Di Meola
- Electric Rendezvous Andy
Summers & Robert Fripp - I Advance Masked Begnagrad –
Begnagrad Birth
Control - Bäng! Frank Zappa
- Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch Jethro Tull
- The Broadsword and the Beast King
Crimson – Beat Laurie
Anderson - Big Science Peter
Gabriel – IV Weather
Report - Weather Report Other very important albums imho : Robert (Allen) Palmer - Maybe It's Live Dire
Straits - Love Over Gold Grace Jones
- Living My Life Jean-Michel
Jarre - The Concerts In China Jon
Anderson – Animation Robert
Plant - Pictures at Eleven Weather
Report - Weather Report ------------- Same person as this profile: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=22524" rel="nofollow - Tamijo |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 09:09
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Solaris' "Marsbéli krónikįk" is a gem from this decade. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 09:23
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I don't listen to much prog from the 80s. Genesis, Gabriel, K. Bush, Yes and Rush. Now that's slim picken's.
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 09:51
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The 80s had some great prog. Camel - Nude and Stationary Traveller are superb Marillion - Script to Seasons End are all first class IQ - Tales and The Wake are brilliant and I even like those which cannot be mentioned. Sky - Sky 2 is brilliant and Sky 3 is very good Rush - Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures are great There were also great albums from Mike Oldfield, Los Jaivas, Eloy and Ozric Tentacles. Outside prog, Big Country released The Crossing, one of the best debuts of all time, then followed it up with Steeltown and The Seer, the last of which has some prog attributes and is brilliant. Runrig produced several stunning albums, including my own favourites Recovery and Heartland. I was living in St Andrews at the time and saw both bands live several times: they were incredible. Dire Straits released Making Movies and Love Over Gold, which I really like. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 09:54
I don't remember listening to much prog in the 1980's either, although there was plenty of other great music out there to keep me entertained throughout the 80's The 1990's and the 2000's were the worst two decades for me music-wise, because I didn't go online until 2010. I spent most of the 1990's and 2000's buying and listening to music from the three previous decades.
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Posted By: tamijo_II
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 10:01
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1983 - 1985 1983 Prog/Experimental: Here &
Now - Fantasy Shift Marillion -
Script For A Jester's Tear Frank Zappa
- The Man From Utopia Pink Floyd
- The Final Cut Other very important albums imho : Black
Sabbath - Born Again Japan - Oil
On Canvas Marianne
Faithfull - A Child's Adventure Talking
Heads - Speaking in Tongues Robert
Plant - The Principle Of Moments 1984 Prog/Experimental: Andy
Summers & Robert Fripp – Bewitched Brian Eno
& Harold Budd - The Pearl Dead Can
Dance - Dead Can Dance King
Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair Laurie
Anderson - Mister Heartbreak Marillion –
Fugazi Roger
Waters - The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking Rush - Grace
Under Pressure Other very important albums imho : Andreas
Vollenweider - Behind the Gardens - Behind the Wall - Under the Tree Deep Purple
- Perfect Stranger Frankie
Goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome Hüsker Dü -
Zen Arcade Mark
Knopfler – Cal 1985 Prog/Experimental: Art Zoyd - Le Mariage Du
Ciel Et De L'Enfer David
Sylvian – Alchemy, An Index Of Possibilities Dead Can
Dance - Spleen and Ideal Hellebore -
Il Y A Des Jours John Zorn -
The Big Gundown Horizont - Summer
In Town Kenso - Kenso
III Marillion -
Misplaced Childhood Nick Mason
and Rick Fenn – Profiles Weather
Report - This Is This! Other very important albums imho : Alan
Parsons Project – Stereotomy & Vulture Culture Dead
Kennedys - Frankenchrist Artists
United Against Apartheid – Sun City Dire
Straits - Brothers In Arms The Firm - The
Firm (Jimmy Page) Kate Bush -
Hounds of Love Simple
Minds - Once Upon a Time Supertramp
- Brother Where You Bound ------------- Same person as this profile: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=22524" rel="nofollow - Tamijo |
Posted By: Davesax1965
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 10:07
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The 80's were as bad as I thought, otherwise I wouldn't have thought it. ;-) ------------- |
Posted By: tamijo_II
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 10:49
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This is the end of my list of what I find to be essential 80's albums, there is a lot more just picked those i think anyone need to hear before...... 1986 - 1989
1986 Prog/Experimental: David
Sylvian - Gone To Earth Frank Zappa
- Jazz from hell Laurie
Anderson - Home of the Brave Miriodor – Miriodor Peter
Gabriel – So Talk Talk -
The Colour Of Spring Other very important albums imho : David Lee
Roth - Eat 'Em and Smile Eurythmics –
Revenge The Firm - Mean
Business Hüsker Dü -
Candy Apple Grey Megadeth - Peace
Sells...But Who's Buying? Miles Davis
– Tutu Paul Simon –
Graceland The The – Infected The Call - Reconciled
1987 Prog/Experimental: David
sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive Jethro Tull
- Crest Of A Knave Marillion -
Clutching at Straws Pink Floyd
- A Momentary Lapse Of Reason Roger
Waters - Radio K.A.O.S. Rush - Hold
Your Fire Yes - Big
Generator Other very important albums imho : Bill
Bruford's Earthworks - Earthworks The Cure - Kiss
Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me David Bowie
- Never Let Me Down Robbie
Robertson - Robbie Robertson Ryuichi
Sakamoto, David Byrne, Cong Su - The Last Emperor Simply Red
- Men and Women U2 - The
Joshua Tree Whitesnake
- 1987
1988 Prog/Experimental: Cardiacs - A
Little Man And A House And The Whole World Window Dead Can
Dance - Serpent's Egg Other very important albums imho : David Lee
Roth – Skyscraper Joan
Armatrading - The Shouting Stage Queensr˙che
- Operation: Mindcrime Robert
Plant - Now And Zen Sade - Stronger
Than Pride Sinéad
O'Connor - The Lion and the Cobra Steve Roach
- Dreamtime Return Talking
Heads - Naked Tracy
Chapman - Tracy Chapman U2 - Rattle
and Hum
1989 Prog/Experimental: Birdsongs
Of The Mesozoic – Faultline Horizont - The
Portrait Of A Boy Jethro Tull
- Rock Island Peter
Gabriel – Passion Porcupine
Tree - Tarquin's Seaweed Farm Swans - The
Burning World Anderson
Bruford Wakeman Howe - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe Other very important albums imho : Adrian
Belew - Mr. Music Head David Byrne
- Rei Momo Faith No
More - The Real Thing Culture - Too
Long In Slavery The Cure – Disintegration Lisa
Stansfield - Affection Simple
Minds - Street Fighting Years The The - Mind
Bomb ------------- Same person as this profile: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=22524" rel="nofollow - Tamijo |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 10:53
Even autotune isn't totally evil if used properly heheheeeh  |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 10:59
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Well I guess I am an hopeless music addict I don't care if you regard it as prog or not. I am termanlly addicted to music. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 11:09
I kinda liked MTV for a while and Beavis and Butthead for a while. Punk was crap for me in it's heyday. I love pronk like Cardiacs and Knifeworld. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 11:22
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The 80s was as bad as I thought. Knowing where to look for obscure stuff is a backhanded compliment. But it did exist, so here’s some of what got me through it: Steve Hackett - Defector (1980) Steve Hackett - Cured (1981) Steve Hackett - Highly Strung (1983) Henry Kaiser and Fred Frith - Who Needs Enemies (1983) Henry Kaiser - It’s a Wonderful Life (1984) Henry Kaiser - Devil in the Drain (1987) Henry Kaiser - Those Who Know History Are Doomed to Repeat It (1988) Frank Zappa - Shut Up N Play Yer Guitar (three disc box set) (1981) Frank Zappa - You Are What You Is (1981) Frank Zappa - Them Or Us (1984) Frank Zappa - Jazz From Hell (1986) Frank Zappa - Guitar (1988) King Crimson - Discipline (1981) King Crimson - Beat (1982) King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984) Adrian Belew - Lone Rhino (1982) Adrian Belew - Twang Bar King (1983) Adrian Belew - Desire Caught By the Tail (1986) Peter Gabriel - Melt Peter Gabriel - Security Peter Gabriel - So Peter Gabriel - Passion Jethro Tull - Crest of a Knave Frith, Ostertag and Minton - Voice of America (1982) French, Frith, Kaiser and Thompson - Live Love Larf and Loaf (1987) I’m struggling to remember. There was a Kevin Ayers album a friend of mine made a tape of and would play while we worked in a pizzeria, but I can’t recall the (correct) title. I had a couple of records with Bill Frisell too, but I don’t recall what they were called. ------------- A curse upon the heads of those who seek their fortunes in a lie. The truth is always waiting when there's nothing left to try. - Colin Henson, Jade Warrior (Now) |
Posted By: tamijo_II
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 11:42
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Splitting it into decades is not really fair either. When Prog was very fresh about 40-50 brilliant albums followed ITCOTCK from 1970 - 1974'ish. If you pick out those early masterpieces every decade becomes more equal. ------------- Same person as this profile: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=22524" rel="nofollow - Tamijo |
Posted By: tamijo_II
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 11:58
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MTV is just Telly replacing FM mainstream and has always existed, dont forget 70's top selling artists like: The Jackson
5 - The Osmonds - Bee Gees - Rod Stewart - Gilbert O'Sullivan Barry White
- Olivia Newton-John - Barry Manilow - Earth, Wind & Fire - KC and the Sunshine Band Glen
Campbell - Bay City Rollers – ABBA - A Taste of Honey - Donna Summer - Herb
Alpert and a lot more Not saying
they are bad but they are no better that average 80’s MTV – and def. not prog. ------------- Same person as this profile: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=22524" rel="nofollow - Tamijo |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 12:36
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I LOVED the 80s and all of the adventurous uses artist/musicians were coming up with for the technological advances of synthesizers, computer (Fairlight CMI), drum machines (Linn), and MIDI (Simmons drums, Synclavier, SynthAxe, Roland, etc.) So many bands that, to my ears and mind, were absolutely continuing the prog spirit have been barred from or relegated to "-related" status here on ProgArchives, including: XTC U2 Simple Minds Eurythmics Tom Tom Club David Sylvian Talking Heads Cocteau Twins Souixie & The Banshees The Cure Nina Hagen Lena Lovich Art of Noise Frankie Goes to Hollywood Psychedelic Furs ABC Mark Isham Propaganda Grace Jones Rosie Vela Aztec Camera Love and Money Joe Jackson and, of course, Prince Rogers Nelson, not to mention numerous artists who were maligned as their music became labeled (and scorned) as "World Music," "Smooth Jazz," and/or "New Age." ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 13:07
Yeah, if you think the 80's were good, you weren't there 
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 13:25
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The 80s were not thoroughly bad. They can be compared with a month or a season that is colder, with less hours of sun and more precipitation than the average for the time of the year: there are always some days with fine weather. ------------- 
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Posted By: foregonillusions
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 15:28
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Looking at my music library, I noticed that most of my 80's prog is from Japanese bands, so I'd say if you were a fan of that kind of symphonic prog, then the 80s were pretty alright. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 16:21
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Seven of my top 10 (OK make it top 12 or so) albums of all time hail from the eighties! King Crimson - Dscipline, Kate Bush - The Dreaming, Eno & Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, Camberwell Now - The Ghost Trade, David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees (the boldfaced ones have apparently not yet been mentioned in this thread, or I have missed that) and not listed on PA Comsat Angels - Sleep No More and Astor Piazzolla - Nuovo Tango, Hora Zero. Plus Holger Czukay Movies (1979) and Talk Talk Laughing Stock (1991), after their two previous 80s albums that come mightily close. Plus all the Cardiacs and Art Zoyd joy from that decade, of which it's hard to pick a favourite, and the next three of King Crimson after Discipline, all the other Kate Bush from that decade, plus great non-prog by Joe Jackson, Thomas Dolby, Killing Joke... Not only are the eighties not that bad, they actually *dominate* my favourites by some distance.
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Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 16:39
I once advocated for autotune on PA and still bear the scars from that exchange! ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 16:45
I'm not sure what FM station you were listening to in the 1970s. That crap you mentioned definitely wasn't being played in the Detroit area on FM. That stuff was more AM hits radio. Definitely non-stereo AM at that. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: tamijo_II
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 17:04
Likely some difference in radio over the world, so lets say top selling radio hits. All of those sold a lot of singels - you don't do that unless you are played on TV/Radio. ------------- Same person as this profile: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=22524" rel="nofollow - Tamijo |
Posted By: tamijo_II
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 17:06
That one was on my list. ------------- Same person as this profile: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=22524" rel="nofollow - Tamijo |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 23:25
| In my early youth I really hated eighties horribilities (Modern Talking, Bad Boys Blue etc) and cursed why I wasn´t born 20 years earlier. But gladly speed metal came and saved my youth. Much later I noticed for example Sonic Youth, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Nomeasno, Bad Brains, Minutemen, Wipers, Meat Puppets, Talking Heads, the Raincoats, the Pop Group, the Red Krayola, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Bauhaus, the Damned, the Cure, Joy Division, Kate Bush, Tom Waits, Captain Beefheart, Japan, Talk Talk made great albums in the eighties, I just wasn´t aware of them. Still I don´t think it was great time to prog, all the great prog albums have made in the sixties/seventies. Only few later exceptions. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 23:43
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^ I think the 80s was a great time for acts of the RIO/Avant Prog variety. So many of my favourite albums come from the 80s, both in and out of PA. ------------- Just a fanboy passin' through. |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 23:53
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: December 24 2019 at 00:15
I don;t know Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, will look into it. This would be throwing most people off the deep-end, but I feel like recommending that you try Art Zoyd's Génération sans futur from 1980. But that might be too easily likened to the music off Henry Cow's Western Culture. On second thought, maybe try This Heat's Deceit. ------------- Just a fanboy passin' through. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 24 2019 at 00:41
and the eighties crash and burn . If Yes - The Big Generator is ever regarded as 'essential' then I am truly dead and gone to hell.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 24 2019 at 00:47
Punk has something but then it got twisted into something else. The nonsense idea that you didn't need to be a musician to make music seemed to spawn a raft of one finger on the keyboard pop synth bands with weird hair. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 24 2019 at 00:55
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One real gem that I forgot about from that decade was Propaganda - A Secret Wish. Trevor Horn was involved witb some interesting stuff including Art of Noise and Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasure Dome. Had to be an ex proggie. Eddie Jobson - A Theme Of Secrets was previously mentioned and that's a goodie as well. I also think that Enya's - Watermark is a very beautiful album that bucked the trend.
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Posted By: friso
Date Posted: December 24 2019 at 01:03
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In the eighties Iron Maiden, Metallica, Voivod and many others made some great prog-infused metal albums and laid the groundwork for all progressive metal that came in the nineties. Blue Oyster Cult made 'Fire of Unknown Origin'. Camel released 'Nude'. Hawkwind recorded 'Live Chronicles'. Queensryche made 'Operation Mindcrime'. Scott Walker recorded the progressive vocal record 'Climate of Hunter'. Frank Sinatra recorded 'The Future' (part of trilogy). Than of course there are Marillion and IQ who started their impressive careers and launched the neo-prog genre. ------------- I'm guitarist and songwriter for the prog-related band Mother Bass. Find us at http://www.motherbass.com. I also enter stages throughout the Netherlands performing my poetry. |
Posted By: friso
Date Posted: December 24 2019 at 01:08
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Though honestly, who would trade the whole eighties againt just 1971 & 1972? ------------- I'm guitarist and songwriter for the prog-related band Mother Bass. Find us at http://www.motherbass.com. I also enter stages throughout the Netherlands performing my poetry. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 24 2019 at 01:10
| ^ I wouldn't trade it even for just one year from 1971-1975 |
Posted By: tamijo_II
Date Posted: December 24 2019 at 02:28
This is very typical internet: I'm taking time to make a list of +100 albums that i find interesting from the 80's, a very varied plate I think, with music to appeal to anyone's taste. You pick one album and PUKE on it. NB: It is not a trade, the 70's won't disappear if you listen to 80's music.
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Posted By: Davesax1965
Date Posted: December 24 2019 at 03:39
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"Hawkwind recorded 'Live Chronicles" - no further questions, Your Honour. ;-) ------------- |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: December 24 2019 at 03:40
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The 80s kicked arse!!! Just a matter of where you decide to turn the flashlight. Sure point it towards MTV and the whole ‘music needs spurious stuff like specific clothes/dances/looks in order to be interesting ie sell’ and you get a mountain of goo..but dig around a little and you end up with a Babushka doll of sorts that never seems to end. Currently listening to some Dead Can Dance and am about to embark on a little goosebumps enducing rollercoaster ride called Xavier  ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: December 24 2019 at 03:41
So much this
 . Excellent choices BTW. Loving the music produced in the Seventies does not mean you cannot appreciate what came after, even if it sounded "different". Though I have been into music for as long as I can remember, I started getting serious about it in the early Eighties, and this has coloured my whole attitude towards this much-reviled decade. I'll have to disagree with Hugues' statement that if you like the Eighties, it means you were not there . |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: December 24 2019 at 07:26
Great suggestions! ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: M27Barney
Date Posted: December 24 2019 at 09:38
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Did somebody mention Thomas Dolby and good in the same sentence? That talentless t**t sums up the commercial 80s perfectly. And if band like Pallas had been given the opportunity that later bands had...then the atlantis suite would have beaten all else in the 80s... ------------- Play me my song.....Here it comes again....... |
Posted By: TCat
Date Posted: December 24 2019 at 09:58
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There are some great albums listed throughout this thread that show that prog never died completely, even in the 80s. I didn't see mention of Kayak's "Merlin" or Saga's "World Apart" which were also great albums. Thanks to Logan for mentioning the often overlooked "Deceit" by This Heat. ------------- https://ibb.co/8x0xjR0" rel="nofollow">  |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: December 24 2019 at 10:02
 Hmm. I'm stating to think that the 80s was worst than I thought. Thank god for Midnight Oil. Luv those guys.------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: December 24 2019 at 10:22
When one has to defend a premise like "the 80s weren't as bad as you thought", I would suggest that it was indeed that bad, and folks are left scrambling to provide a spade to shovel out of the sh*te. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: December 24 2019 at 13:56
| Madrigal.....1988 |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: December 24 2019 at 16:10
Well, at least a certain Mr. Steve Hackett liked this one: |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: December 24 2019 at 19:33
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this turned out to be too much of a project for me at the moment but I couldn't stop! lots of good prog and non prog in the 1980s...here are some prog Amenophis - s/t Angelo Branduardi - "Cercando L'Oro" Anyone's Daughter - all their early 1980s albums, with one simple called "Live" being perhaps the best Dan Ar Braz - Acoustic" Asia Minor - "Between Flesh and Divine" Blue Oyster Cult - "Fire of Unknown Origin" Camel - "Stationary Traveller" Clannad - "Fuaim", "Magical Ring", and "Macalla" Eloy - probably their 3 best were released in the early 1980s - "Colours", "Planets" and "Time to Turn" Flaming Bess "Tanz der Gotetter" was from 1979 and launched an impressive career, though that is their best Gordon Giltrap - "Live at Oxford" Steve Hackett - "Defector", "Cured" (!), "Highly Strung" Itoiz - "Ezekiel" Los Jaivas - "Alturas de Machu Picchu" Jon and Vangelis - "Friends of Mr Cairo" Kerrs Pink - "Mellom Oss" Kitaro - "In Person (Digital)" Moving Hearts - s/t and "Dark End of the Street" Novalis - "Augenblicke" Mike Oldfield - "QE2", "Five Miles out" and several amazing singles like "Crime of Passion" and "Pictures in the Dark" Sally Oldfield - "Celebration" Gavin O'Loghlen - "The Poet and the Priest" Osiris - s/t and "Myths and Legends" Outer Limits - "Misty Moon" and "Scene of Pale Blue" Alan Parsons - "Turn of a Friendly Card" Pablo El Enterrador - s/t Pentangle - "In the Round" Pererin - "Teithgan" Rebekka - "Phoenix" Renaissance - "Camera Camera" - it's very good really Rousseau - "Retreat" Rubaja and Hernandez - "High Plateaux" Sky - II and III Jimi Slevin - Freeflight Alan Stivell - "Terre des Vivants" Strawbs - "Don't say Goodbye" David Sylvian - "Secrets of the Beehive" Tangerine Dream - "Exit" and "Underwater Sunlight" Bob Theil - "So Far" Andreas Vollenweider - "Down to the Moon" non prog isn't as readily available but here are a few Dire Straits - "Making Movies" Fleetwood Mac - "Tango in the Night" Van Morrison - "Poetic Champions Compose" Runrig - "Recovery", "Heartland" and "Cutter and the Clan" Ultravox - "Vienna" and "Quartet" Lindisfarne - "Sleepless Nights" Ian Matthews - "Walking a Changing Line" Ferron - "Testimony" Juluka - "African Litany", "Scatterlings" and "Stand your Ground" Savuka - "Third World Child" China Crisis - "Working with Fire and Steel" and "Flaunt the Imperfection" Bruce Cockburn - "Stealing Fire" Chris de Burgh - "The Getaway" Orealis - "Celtic Music" Loreena McKennitt - "Parallel Dreams" Sarah McLachlan - "Touch" the Men they Couldn't Hang - "Waiting for Bonaparte" and "Silvertown" Pogues - "Rum Sodomy and the Lash" Christy Moore - hmm, take your pick Pete Morton - "Frivolous Love" Spirit of the West - "Tripping up the Stairs" Triffids - "Born Sandy Devotional" and "Calenture" RedGum - "Caught in the Act" and "Frontline" Red Box - "Circle and the Square" Aha - "Hunting High and Low" |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: December 24 2019 at 23:00
I have listen some Art Zoyd (I believe it was their debut from 1976) and didn´t like it much. So I think I will try This Heat.
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Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: December 24 2019 at 23:07
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Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: December 25 2019 at 01:22
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: December 25 2019 at 03:01
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The Camberwell Now album The Ghost Trade I mentioned earlier is actually Charles Hayward and Trefor Goronwy of This Heat. I do like This Heat a lot but I'd rate The Ghost Trade even higher, so if you like This Heat, you may like that one, too. |
Posted By: Braka1
Date Posted: December 25 2019 at 03:15
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AFAIC the 80's pretty much did suck musically, at least that was my opinion when it was going on, and I was still in my teens or early 20's, so too young to be jaded. There was good music around, but pretty much all of it was underground or at very least alternative. That isn't always the case. I'd really enjoyed late 70's new wave, but it had all turned to New romantic trash by about 81. And I can't help feeling that 80's music was infected by a post-punk cynicism and irony that got very wearing. I'm not sure exactly when that wore off, but it eventually did to a large extent. I also think of that time as the end of the British era. For me British bands had dominated music from the Beatles through to punk and new wave, but they lost the plot in the early 80's and never came to dominate again, despite the Brit-Pop bubble of the mid 90's. The bands who came along and snatched the crown back were American. The year I tend to think of this happening is 1983, when, for instance, REM and Violent Femmes released their debut albums. I remember that as being the first time in my young life that I'd found myself mostly looking to American bands (though as the decade went on, I'd say Australia produced more of my favourite bands per head of population than anyone else. None of them were prog, though.) Well, not unless The Church count. ------------- Believe me Pope Paul, my toes are clean |
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Date Posted: December 25 2019 at 07:58
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Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: December 26 2019 at 00:43
| So... by some coincidence, I happened to be listening to L Subramaniam's Spanish Waves album - fantastic fusion if not exactly earth shattering or groundbreaking - only yesterday. I think more than knowing where to look, the 80s was about concentrated pockets of excellence in some genres while the rest didn't fare so well. 80s is the defining decade of metal but jazz rock in general continued to be strong in the 80s. But R&B declined sharply and only for RIO (within prog) could the 80s be said to be a strong decade. |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: December 26 2019 at 08:42
| At least I had Minutemen, XTC and Univers Zero... |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 27 2019 at 00:59
I think you must have a different use of the word 'essential' to me. There are plenty of others I could have picked on like Rock Island for instance. You put your head above the parapet so what do you expect?
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 27 2019 at 01:03
Merlin is half a great album although certainly worth a mention. The 'reboot' around about 2000 when they expanded it appeals to me a bit more. BTW best wishes to Ton Scherpenzeel who apparently has not been in the best of health recently.
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 27 2019 at 05:56
Man, I have mentioned this before but I saw Gentle Giant live int Atlanta at the Agora Ballroom May 29 1980 with 14 shows to go before they quit touring. It was simulcasted on 96 Rock and a friend of mine taped in cassette which I copied to CD but both are lost now.  Even though Civilian isn't a fan favorite it has one of their best songs. Inside Out. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 27 2019 at 05:59
At least in 40's and 50's you had jazz and classical
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 27 2019 at 06:16
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Oh hell I somehow skipped over Frith, Fred Gravity 1979 1980 Aug,,Nov.,Jan. Roches, The Nurds 1980 May Roxy Music Flesh & Blood 1980 May (Not their best but has its moments) Yes Drama 1980 Apr.-Jun.(Not their best but has its moments particularly considering it was Yes meets the Buggles )Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band Doc at the Radar Station 1980 Jun. League of Gentlemen, The Thrang Thrang Gozinbulx 1980 Jun.-Jul. XTC Black Sea 1980 Jun.-Jul. (Not officially prog around here but I disagree) Soft Machine Land of Cockayne 1980 Jun-Jul. Frith, Fred Speechless 1980 Apr.-Aug. Talking Heads Remain In Light 1980 Jul-Aug. (Not officially prog around here but I disagree) Jethro Tull A + Slipstream 1980 Aug. Bruninghaus, Rainer Friegeweht 1980 Aug. Zappa, Frank You Are What You Is 1980 Jul.-Sep. Metheny, Pat & Lyle Mays As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls 1980 Sep. Muffins, The <185> 1980 Sep. Eno, Brian-David Byrne My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (Remaster) 1979 Aug. - 1980 Oct. Oldfield, Mike QE2 1980 Oct. Police, The Zenyatta Mondatta 1980 Oct. (for me this where they started to go proggy culminating with Synchronicity) Zappa, Frank Tinseltown Rebellion 1978 1980 Oct.-Dec. Di Meola, Al/John McLaughlin/Paco de Lucia Friday Night In San Francisco 1980 Dec. Dixie Dregs Dregs of the Earth 1980 Rel. Laraaji Ambient 3/Day of Radience 1980 Rel. Tibbetts, Steve Yr 1980 Rel. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 27 2019 at 06:27
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King Crimson Discipline (Remaster) 1981 Jan. Dregs, The Unsung Heroes 1980 1981 Dec.-Feb. (Ugh a little commercialitis going on here) Talking Heads The Name of This Band is Talking Heads 1977 Nov, 1979 Jan. 1981 Nov.1980, Aug.1980,Feb. Sky Sky 3 1981 Rel. Mar. Psychedelic Furs, The Talk Talk Talk 1980 1981 Rel. Jun. Tibbetts, Steve Northern Song 1981 Rel. Jun. Harrison, Jerry Red and the Black, The 1981 Rel. Jun. Synergy Audion 1981 Jan.-Jun Dimeola, Al Electric Rendezvous 1981 May-Jun. Genesis Abacab 1981 May-Jun. (Whodunnit haters get over it. It was meant as a joke) Phillips, Anthony Private Parts & Pieces III 1981 Jun. Pastorius, Jaco Word of Mouth Released 1981 Jul. Police, The Ghost In The Machine 1981 Jan.-Sep. (more drifting into prog territory) Byrne, David Complete Score from "The Catherine Wheel", The 1981 Prem. Sep. Belew, Adrian Lone Rhino 1981 Aug.-Sep. Ponty, Jean-Luc Mystical Adventures 1981 Aug.-Sep. Hackett, Steve Cured Rec. 1981 Rel. Aug. (ugh a mix of commercialitis and some good stuff) Metheny Group, Pat Offramp 1981 Oct. XTC English Settlement 1981 Oct.-Nov. (this album for me makes them prog) Wyatt, Robert Nothing Can Stop Us 1982/1980 1981 Rel/Rec. Glass, Phillip Glassworks 1982 1981 Rec./Compo. Hassell, Jon Fourth World Volume Two: Dream Theory In Malaya 1981 Rec./Rel. Kayak Merlin 1981 Rec./Rel. (half prog album as pointed out earlier) Budd, Harold Serpent (In Quicksilver), The (Serpent (In Quicksilver)/Abandoned Cities, The) 1981 Rel. Hedges, Michael Breakfast in the Field 1981 Rel. (alas Michael died way too early) Hine, Rupert Immunity 1981 Rel. (I got this because it had Phil Collins on it) |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 27 2019 at 06:31
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Eno, Brian Ambient 4/On Land 1978 1982 Sep.-Jan. Residents, The Tunes of Two Cities (Tunes of Two Cities, The/Big Bubble, The) 1980 1982 Oct.-Jan. Dixie Dregs, the Industry Standard 1981 1982 Nov.-Jan. (this would be the Dregs swan song for a while and they had two vocal tracks at an attempt to have some commercial success) Jackson, Joe Night and Day 1982 Jan.-Feb. I didn't take Joe seriously until I heard a live concert of his. Turns out he is a big prog fan and it often shows in his music) Free Flight Jazz/Classical Union, The 1982 Mar. Oldfield, Mike Five Miles Out Rec.1981- 1982 Mar.Rel. Bush, Kate Dreaming, The 1980 1982 Sep.-May Summers, Andy-Robert Fripp I Advance Masked 1981 1982 Sep.,May Psychedelic Furs, The Forever Now 1982 Apr.-May King Crimson Beat 1982 Rel. Jun. Roxy Music Avalon 1981 1982 Rec./Rel. May Gabriel, Peter Security 1981 1982 Mar.-Sep. Metheny, Pat Group Travels 1982 Jul.-Nov. Sky Sky 4 Forthcoming 1982 Rel. Sky Sky Five Live 1982 Nov. XTC Mummer 1982 Sep.-Dec. Hampton, Col. Bruce and The Late Bronze Age Isles of Langerhan 1982 Rel. Manzanera, Phil Primitive Guitars 1982 Rel. Shadowfax Shadowfax 1982 Rel. (alas they toned down their progginess for Windham Hill but at least they made a comeback) |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 27 2019 at 06:34
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Talking Heads Speaking In Tongues 1982 1983 Jul.-Feb.,RJun. Marillion Script For A Jester's Tear (Remaster) 1982 1983 Dec.-Feb. Police, The Synchronicity 1982 1983 Dec.-Feb. (very prog to me definitely influenced by Fripp) Anderson, Laurie United States Live 1983 Feb. Oregon Oregon 1983 Feb. Tears for Fears Hurting, The Box Set Rec.1982- 1983 Rel. Mar. (they have mellotron, sounds prog to me  )Oldfield, Mike Crisis 1982 1983 Nov.-Apr. Ponty, Jean-Luc Individual Choice 1983 Mar.-May Isham, Mark Vapor Drawings 1983 Apr.-May De Grassi, Alex Southern Exposure 1983 May Eno, Brian Apollo Atmospheres & Soundtracks 1983 May Hine, Rupert Wildest Wish To Fly 1983 Corea, Chick Children's Songs 1983 Jul. Frith, Fred Cheap At Half the Price 1983 Aug. Belew, Adrian Twang Bar King 1983 Sep. Brunninghaus, Rainer Continuum 1983 Sep. Cocteau Twins Head Over Heels 1983 Oct. Moraz - Bruford Music For Piano and Drums 1983 Oct. Shadowfax Shadowdance 1983 Nov. Anderson, Laurie Mister Heartbreak 1983 Jul.-Dec. King Crimson Three of a Perfect Pair 1983 Jul.-Dec. Yamashta, Stomu Sea & Sky 1983 Oct.-Dec. Zappa, Frank Thing-Fish Rel. 1984|1976, 1980- 1983 Rec. Tibbetts, Steve Safe Journey 1983 Rec. Jobson, Eddie/Zinc The Green Album, The 1982 1983 Rec./Rel. Jackson, Joe Mike's Murder 1983 Rec./Rel. Sky Cadmium(Cadmium/Great Balloon Race Excerpts) 1983 Rel. Dec. (copied from LPs hence the excerpts of GBR which was Sky catching commercialitis and adding vocals) Di Meola, Al Scenario 1983 Rel. Holdsworth, Allan Road Games 1983 Rel. Vangelis Antarctica - The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 1983 Rel. Reich, Steve Desert Music, The Prem. Mar. 1984 1983 Comp. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 27 2019 at 06:38
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Skeleton Crew Learn To Talk(Learn To Talk/The Country of Blinds) 1983 1984 Dec.-Jan. (got to see them live they played two sets - one of album music and another improv. During the intermission the audience broke out into polyrythmic clapping between the sets )Jackson, Joe Body and Soul 1984 Jan. Marillion Fugazi 1983 1984 Nov.-Feb. Metheny, Pat Group First Circle 1984 Feb. XTC Big Express, The 1984 Feb. Early Shadowfax Dreams of Children, The 1984 Rel. Feb. Abercrombie, John Night 1984 Apr. Akkerman, Jan From the Basement (1-7) 1984 Apr. Summers, Andy-Robert Fripp Bewitched 1984 Apr.-May Subramaniam L./Stephane Grappelli Conversations 1984 May King Crimson Absent Lovers 1984 Jul. Ponty, Jean-Luc Open Mind 1984 Jul. Hackett, Steve Till We Have Faces 1983 1984 Rel. Aug. (sigh, at least Steve would get back the prog bug in the '90's) Psychedelic Furs, The Mirror Moves 1983 1984 Rec./Rel. Aug. Eurythmics 1984 for the love of big brother 1984 Aug. (my only Eurythmics album. I find the music proggy) Univers Zero Uzed 1984 Sep.-Oct. Gabriel, Peter Music by from the film Birdy 1984 Oct.-Dec. Oldfield, Mike Killing Fields, The Original Film Soundtrack 1984 Dec. Toto Dune Sountrack 1984 Dec. (Toto goes proggy also has an Eno track) Dukes of Stratosphear, The 25 O'Clock (Chips from the Chocolate Fireball) 1-6 1984 Dec. Phillips, Anthony Private Parts & Pieces 4: A Catch at the Tables 1983- 1984 Jones, Percy Propeller Music (1-4,7.8.11,12) 1984 Rec. New Order Low Life Rel. May 1985 1984 Rec. (I heard Elegia on a college radio station) Tears for Fears Songs From The Big Chair Rel. Feb. 1985|Dec.1983, 1984 Rec. Free Flight Beyond the Clouds 1984 Rec Budd, Harold/Brian Eno with Daniel Lanois Pearl, The Mar. 1984 Rel. Wyatt, Robert Work in Progress (mid-eighties) Aug. 1984 Rel. Budd, Harold Abandoned Cities (Serpent (In Quicksilver), The/Abandoned Cities) 1984 Rel. Carlos, Wendy Digital Moonscapes 1984 Rel. (not my favorite of hers) Hedges, Michael Aerial Boundaries 1984 Rel. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 27 2019 at 07:12
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Talking Heads Little Creatures 1984- 1985 Oct.-Mar. Marillion Misplaced Childhood 1985 Mar,-May. Bush, Kate Hounds of Love + 6 Bonus Tracks 1984- 1985 Jan.-Jun. Hedges, Michael Watching My Life Go By 1985 May.-Jun. Sting Dream of the Blue Turtles, The 1984- 1985 Rec/Rel. Jun. Brook, Michael with Brian Eno & Daniel Lanois Hybrid 1985 Jul. Ponty, Jean-Luc Fables 1985 Jul.-Aug. Eno, Brian Thursday Afternoon 1984- 1985 Aug. (I got the VHS of this and you were instructed to turn your TV on it's side to watch )Johnson, Eric Tones 1985 Aug.-Nov. Gabriel, Peter So 1985 Feb.-Dec. Jobson, Eddie Theme of Secrets 1984- 1985 Rec. Mitchell, Joni Dog Eat Dog 1984 1985 Rec./Rel. (Joni gets a little case of the commercialitis. Still a good alubm) Wyatt, Robert Old Rottenhat 1984 1985 Rec./Rel. Anderson, Laurie Home of the Brave 1985 Rec. Di Meola, Al Cielo e Terra 1985 Rec./Rel. Public Image Ltd. Album-Compact Disc-Cassette 1985 Rec. (the first pronk album? I read somewhere that Lydon actually ended up hating this album )Reich, Steve Another Look At Counterpoint 1967- 1985 Comp. Eno, Roger Voices Jul. 1985 Rel. Goodman, Jerry On the Future of Aviation 1985 Rel. Holdsworth, Allan Metal Fatigue 1985 Rel. (did someone say the '80's were good for metal? Well Allan was fatigued )Residents, The Big Bubble, The(Tunes of Two Cities, The Big Bubble) 1985 Rel.
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 27 2019 at 07:22
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Skeleton Crew The Country of Blinds(Learn To Talk/The Country of Blinds) Dec.1985- 1986 Jan. Jackson, Joe Big World 1986 Jan. Shadowfax Too Far To Whisper 1986 Feb. Torn, David Cloud About Mercury 1986 Mar. Tangerine Dream Underwater Sunlight 1986 Apr. Simon, Paul Graceland 1985 1986 Oct.-Jun. Summers, Andy XYZ 1986 Jun.-Sep. Jackson, Joe Live 1980/86 1980 1986 Oct. XTC Skylarking Surround Sound Series 1986 Apr.-Jun. Budd, Harold, Simon Raymonde, Robin Guthrie, Elizabeth Fraser Moon and the Melodies, The 1986 Nov. Rypdal, Terje & The Chasers Blue 1986 Nov. Synergy Metropolitan Suite 1986 Nov. Jethro Tull 20 Years of J.T.: The Radio Archives and Rare Tracks Disc 1 Rec. 1968- 1986 Rel Phillips, Anthony Archive Collection Volume One, The 1969- 1986 Rhodes, Happy Rhodes I 1984 1986 Rhodes, Happy Rhodes II 1984 1986 Rhodes, Happy Rearmament 1984 1986 Belew, Adrian Desire Caught By The Tail 1985 1986 Tibbetts, Steve Exploded View 1985 1986 Zappa, Frank Jazz From Hell 1985 1986 (It got a PMRC warning label despite being instrumental )David + David Boomtown 1985 1986 (Fripp influences here) Carlos, Wendy Beauty In the Beast 1986 (best of her albums I have heard) Kansas Power1986 (you would have thought that Steve Morse joining Kansas would have resulted in some great prog. Instead we got commercialitis, still a good album overall) Tangerine Dream Canyon Dreams 1986 Budd, Harold Lovely Thunder 1986 Rel. Glass, Philip Songs from Liquid Days 1986 Rel. Goodman, Jerry Ariel 1986 Rel. Montrose, Ronnie Territory 1986 Rel. Stewart, Dave/Barbara Gaskin Up From the Dark 1986 Rel.
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 27 2019 at 07:27
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Eno, Roger Between Tides 1987 Jan. Frith, Fred Technology of Tears, The 1987 Jan Isham, Mark/Arte Lande We Begin 1987 Jan. Djam Karet Ritual Continues, The 1987 Feb. Tangerine Dream Tyger 1987 Feb. Jethro Tull Crest of a Knave Rec. Early 1987 Rel. Sep. Frech Frith Kaiser Thompson Live, Love, Larf & Loaf 1987 Mar. Phillips, Anthony Private Parts and Pieces VII - Slow Waves, Soft Stars 1983 Jul. 1987 Mar. Metheny, Pat Group STILL life (talking) 1987 Mar.-Apr. Hedges, Michael Live on the Double Planet Jul. 1986- 1987 May Akkerman, Jan Heartware (1-7) Summer 1986 1987 May Dukes of Stratosphear, The Psonic Psunspot (Chips from the Chocolate Fireball) 43297 1987 Jun. Hassell, Jon Surgeon of the Nightsky Restores Dead Things ..., The 1985 May- 1987 Jul. Sting …Nothing Like The Sun 1987 Mar.-Aug. Rypdal, Terje Undisonus for Violin and Orchestra 1986 Dec. 1987 Sep. Goodman, Jerry It's Alive 1987 Sep.-Oct. Summers, Andy Mysterious Barricades 1987 Oct. Jethro Tull 20 Years of J.T.: Flawed Gems and the Other Sides of Tull 1970- 1987 Nov. Rec. Budd, Harold White Arcades, The 1987 Jun.-Dec. Bears,The Bears,The 1987 Rec./Rel. Bears,The Rise and Shine 1987 Nov.-Dec. Marillion B'Sides Themselves 1982 1987 Mitchell, Joni Chalk Mark In a Rain Storm 1986 1987 Talking Heads "Naked" Rec. 1987 Mar. Rel. Oldfield, Mike Islands Rec. 1987 Sep. Rel. Sylvian, David Secrets of the Beehive Rec. 1987 Nov. Rel. Hampton, Col. Bruce Arkansas 1987 Vangelis Direct 1987 New Percussion Group of Amsterdam Go Between 1987 Rel. Holdsworth, Allan Sand 1987 Rel. Ponty, Jean-Luc Gift of Time, The 1987 Rel. Van Tieghem, David Safety In Numbers 1987 Rel.
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 27 2019 at 07:30
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Kaiser, Henry Those Who Know History Are Doomed To Repeat It 1986/1987 Dec.- 1988 Mar. Enya Watermark Jun.- 1988 Apr. Dixie Dregs Off the Record 1988 Apr. Akkerman, Jan Heartware (1-7) Jan.- 1988 May Tangerine Dream Optical Race Rel, Oct. 1988 1988 Apr.-May Zappa, Frank Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life, The 1988 Feb.-Jun. Zappa, Frank Broadway the Hardway 1988 Feb.-Jun. Holdsworth, Allan/ Gordon Beck With a Heart in My Song 1988 May-Jun. Glass, Philip 1000 Airplanes on the Roof 1988 Jul. Prem. Reich, Steve w/ Kronos Quartet & Pat Metheny Different Trains & Electric Counterpoint 1987 Sep. 1988 Aug. Pere Ubu Cloudland 1988 Jun.-Sep. Rypdal, Terje Singles Collection, The 1988 Aug. Frith, Fred Guitar Solos 1978 Oct./ 1988 Sep. XTC Oranges & Lemons 1988 Jun.-Sep. Frith, Fred Top of His Head, The 1988 Aug.-Sep. Kansas In the Spirit of Things 1988 Rec./Rel. Oct. Jackson, Joe Blaze of Glory 1988 Nov.-Dec. Summers, Andy Golden Wire, The 1988 Nov.-Dec. Lavitz, T and the Bad Habitz Lavitz, T and the Bad Habitz 1988 Dec. Jones, Percy Propeller Music (5,6,9,10) 1988 Eno, Brian-Et. Al. Music for Films III 1983- 1988 Hackett, Steve Momentum 1987- 1988 Tibbetts, Steve Big Map Idea 1987- 1988 Jethro Tull 20 Years of J.T.: The Essential Tull Rel. 1971 1988 Rel. Blegvad, Peter downtime 1988 Rel. Childs, Toni Union 1988 Rel. Harrison, Jerry Casual Gods 1988 Rel, Isham, Mark Castalia 1988 Rel,
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 27 2019 at 07:34
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And rounding out the '80's Phillips, Anthony Missing Links Volume 1: Finger Painting 1979- 1989 Tears For Fears Seeds Of Love, The 1986- 1989 Bush, Kate Sensual World, The 198-7 1989 Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe 1988- 1989 Belew, Adrian Mr. Music Head 1988- 1989 McLachlan, Sarah Touch 1988- 1989 no-man speak 1988- 1989 Oldfield, Mike Earth Moving 1988- 1989 Circa Nirvana "Bleach" Jan. 1988 1989 Jan. Davis, Miles Amandla Dec. 1998- 1989 Early Jethro Tull Rock Island 1989 Early Phillips, Anthony Slow Dance Jun.1988- 1989 Mar. Djam Karet Reflections from the Firepool Sep. 1988 1989 May Burton, Gary Reunion 1989 May Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine 1989 May-Jun. Psychedelic Furs, The Book of Days 1989 May-Jul. Tangerine Dream Lily On the Beach 1989 Jul.-Aug. Budd, Harold Agua 1989 Dec. Primus Frizzle Fry 1989 Dec. Bush, Kate Aspects of the Sensual World 1987 -1989 XTC Rag & Bone Buffet 1987- 1989 Holdsworth, Allan Secrets 1989 Howe, Steve Turbulence 1989 Roach, Steve/Braheney,Kevin/Stearns,Michael Desert Solitaire 1989 Isham, Mark Tibet 1989 Rel. Jan. Ozric Tentacles Pungent Effulgent 1989 Rel. Feb. Beck, Jeff with Terry Bozzio and Tony Hymas Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop 1989 Rel. Oct. Anderson, Laurie Strange Angels 1989 Rel. Finn, Tim Tim Fin 1989 Rel. (got to see them live) Howard, Hayward, Frith, Laswell Meridiem 1989 Rel. Morse, Steve High Tension Wires 1989 Rel. Ponty, Jean Luc Storytelling 1989 Rel. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 27 2019 at 07:46
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[/QUOTE] and the eighties crash and burn . If Yes - The Big Generator is ever regarded as 'essential' then I am truly dead and gone to hell. [/QUOTE] You know I was kinda with Yes with 90210 but Big DeGenerator? Ugh. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: December 27 2019 at 09:30
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Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: December 27 2019 at 09:52
| Autobahn wasn't released in the 80's. |
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Date Posted: December 27 2019 at 10:35
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