Bands whose albums sound the same - Progressive Rock Music Forum

I always found Renaissance, besides in the 80s, to have albums that sound scarily alike.

D~B

I kind of hate to say but I'm going to say Steve Hackett. Probably not so much in his early career but later on. Most if not all of the later albums I've heard by him sound very similar imo. Still very good though.

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - November 05 2022 at 17:35

Manuel wrote:

Blackmore's Night, Dream Theatre, Tangerine Dream, and I also like their music a lot. In general, the whole Prog Metal genre sounds quite similar to me, specially the guitar solos.

DT definitely has a sound, I don't know enough about Blackmore's Night to comment on it. But Tangerine Dream has over 100 releases. Sure, one can tell that Phaedra and Rubycon are related. Many of their albums recorded next to each other sound related. But there is no logical way to say that Zeit, Phaedra, Force Majeure, Tangram, Thief, Turn of The Tides, Underwater Sunlight, Mota Atma, and Purgatorio sound similar. TD has just recorded too many different styles. Most I like, some are Desert Island Disks and others well not so much. That's why I always end up checking back in if I run into a style that doesn't suit me. It will change.

You need more TD! Big smile

Edited by tdfloyd - October 27 2022 at 16:29

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miamiscot wrote:

I call BS.

about what?!

richardh wrote:

However much this is true in terms of composition, it does completely ignore Greg Lake's and Carl Palmer's contribution, both of whom are essential. I am a massive ELP fan because they as a band were imperious and raised the bar. Progressive Rock Music is not Progressive Classical Music. They aren't the same thing.

Hi,

Agreed, that both Greg and Carl added to the whole thing, but I bet that was defined when they worked the piece together and were able to add breaks, stops, starts and other moments. That's (usually) a part of rehearsal and learning a new piece. Except in the new "progressive" things added today when it's so metronomic as to be very boring ... makes me want to say ... "Where's the Music?"

Progressive Rock Music is NOT Classical Music; however, it is very difficult to not see the parallels in their composition and their resolution to several themes within the piece. The only problem here is that "Progressive Rock Music" is a boring, formulaic and beat up useless Model T of a score and needs to die ... and we are not musically educated (not that I am either in terms of specific music terms) enough to even SEE the parallels and how they work and develop.

What is even more bizarre, is that the "definition" of Progressive Music, wants a guitar solo, and ELP did not have one and did not need one because Keith would do it all by himself. So, in this sense, even ELP does not fit into the "Progressive" design and definition.

I, too, have loved ELP from the first, and the first album I bought of theirs was "Pictures at An Exhibition" which I felt was a nice rendition and take of the original classical music piece. So, it is even weirder to see it being said that both Classical and Progressive are not "the same" when in essence, Keith was very much about Classical Music and did a lot of it, including in his days with The Nice. It's the same person ... and we must give him some credit for his musicianship and knowledge of music. I even, on occasion, think that both Greg and Carl were blown away for all the material, but in the end, they were able to color the ideas and the music beautifully ... and you and I will always agree on that!

Edited by moshkito - October 24 2022 at 06:33

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However much this is true in terms of composition, it does completely ignore Greg Lake's and Carl Palmer's contribution, both of whom are essential. I am a massive ELP fan because they as a band were imperious and raised the bar. Progressive Rock Music is not Progressive Classical Music. They aren't the same thing.

Complete nonsense

Ian

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chopper wrote:

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I suspect you've misunderstood what he actually means by "the sound".

Hi,

Actually, I think you have misinterpreted the whole thing. There is only "one sound", not various in our imaginations. The thought is, immediately, where does it come from, and a lot of times you find that the structures are too close and similar for the whole thing to even possibly "sound" different, with 4 more effects (let's say!) to help it seem better.

You're getting fooled by publicity, and not the music!

What is weird is that what we are discussing is that so many bands repeated themselves as to make their whole creative output seem like sh*t! And I don't think it is! DT may have repeated themselves a bit too much, but on the whole, they are still good and strong, although the idea is still the same ... the guitar controls the rest of the music, ignoring the other instruments altogether!

This is one reason why I (continually!) ask for some music to get UNPLUGGED. Because too much of it is hiding behind an effect that we think makes it better, and this is not the case! It fools the audience, instead!

Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told!
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I have seven albums by Rush and seven albums by Dream Theater, but they do sound very similar to me, if not the same. Smile

By the way, I do like Opeth's Pale Communion album, even though most of their early albums sound the same to me. Smile

2014: Opeth - Pale Communion - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k4zvlDc_KHfwIVsRm03BPITtEMQamzwZw

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - October 22 2022 at 02:31

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