Top of the Pop-gressives
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Topic: Top of the Pop-gressives
Posted By: JD
Subject: Top of the Pop-gressives
Date Posted: 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 ? ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: December 05 2021 at 15:03
| When anyone says Pop-Prog, I always thing of A.C.T their first three albums are absolute killers in this regard. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date 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 |
Posted By: EduTatsumi
Date Posted: December 05 2021 at 16:03
| Tears for Fears would be another example of Progressive Pop? |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: December 05 2021 at 16:20
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XTC ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: December 05 2021 at 17:42
| Izz, Genesis (80's), and Utopia. |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: December 05 2021 at 19:58
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Some other standard bearers... Saga 3 Thomas Dolby Buggles ELO ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: enigmatic
Date 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. |
Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date 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. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: PhideauxFan
Date Posted: December 06 2021 at 02:10
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-Blackfield, -White Moth Black Butterfly.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 06 2021 at 02:14
| It Bites |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: December 06 2021 at 02:19
Everything Everything is a great example of contemporary prog pop. Love that song. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: December 06 2021 at 03:15
I love the Nik Kershaw Video Still... everything about it screams 1985!! 
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Posted By: TerLJack
Date Posted: December 06 2021 at 06:57
| Those first two Ambrosia albums are pretty yummy! |
Posted By: Progishness
Date 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. ------------- "We're going to need a bigger swear jar." Chloë Grace Moretz as Mindy McCready aka 'Hit Girl' in Kick-Ass 2 |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date 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. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date 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" |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date 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!!! ------------- The Prog Corner |
Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: December 06 2021 at 13:51
Yep, pretty much..  ------------- |
Posted By: Progmind
Date 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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Posted By: AlanB
Date Posted: December 07 2021 at 01:49
| More recently, Flying Colors |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: December 07 2021 at 07:58
Hi, For me, it kinda starts and stops here also! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: December 07 2021 at 09:57
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Planet P Project Kevin Gilbert Kayak Grandaddy City Boy Gary Wright Klaatu Todd Rundgren Pilot ------------- ---------- 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 |