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    Posted: March 14 2009 at 13:46
Ok, Retro-Prog fans! Here you have it, share your favorite albums of this awesome "scene"!

#1 Space Revolver
#2 Adam & Eve
#3 SMPTe
#4 Who's The Boss in the Factory?
#5 The Flower King
#6 The World That We Drive Through
#7 Not as Good as the Book
#8 Unfold the Future
#9 Bridge Across Forever
#10 Dark Matter/Paradox Hotel
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Don't know many of those , however:

1-Hybris
2-Bridge Across Forever
3-Metamorphosis
4-Seven
5-Not As Good as the Book
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^if you liked The Tangent, you should definitely check out some TFK, and of course, you do also like Transatlantic, so....

If you haven't yet, check Unfold the Future by TFK, if you want a jazzier complex Prog, which I think you would like, or check their first 2 albums, which have a lot of ELP presence.
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Points: 5195 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 14 2009 at 14:19
Here's a preliminary list ... I'm just not sure that I tagged all my favorite retro albums as such. I guess it's an ongoing process ... Big smile





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hey cacho, i think you should get some Kaipa

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I'd think that bands like Wobbler (which I love) Black Bonzo and Beardfish (great albums ) would also make it into such a list.
Also read Andy Tillison's view on this whole "retro-prog" as it's called in interviews/prog forums and the booklets of the Tangent albums.


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^ here's your list, based on your tag assignments at PF so far:



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I don't remember tagging those (or tagging much for that matter), but nevermind, cause they fit.
Indeed Gargamel (who have just released their second album) is a very good choice.

Perhaps also Discipline? Unfolded like Staircase is one of my all-time favourite album (my wife loves it as well).
There are also a ton of Italian symph-prog bands from the 90s' and 2000s' that will fit very well (alongside the aforementioned Maschera Di Cera)
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^ of course you're very welcome to tag those albums, but since I also have a really large collection (1500+ album) I know that it's a tedious task. Instead, I simply tag albums as I'm listening to them, so that little by little the tag database grows. And as a really nice side effects, the tags help me to refresh my memory. Smile

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Originally posted by cacho cacho wrote:

^if you liked The Tangent, you should definitely check out some TFK, and of course, you do also like Transatlantic, so....

If you haven't yet, check Unfold the Future by TFK, if you want a jazzier complex Prog, which I think you would like, or check their first 2 albums, which have a lot of ELP presence.
 
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Smpte by Transatlantic
Hybris by Anglagard
Sound Of The Apocalypse by Black Bonzo
Starduste We Are by The Flower Kings
A Place In The Queue by The Tangent
The Light by Spock's Beard (I don't know if it's retro prog)
Hinterland by Wobbler

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Retro-prog is not a great label to use. It just means nothing in my eyes. Why is TFK more "retro" than the neo-prog bands?
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^ I'd say that TFK are retro in that they are closer in style to the original prog bands than most Neo Prog bands ever were. But of course there are bands that are even more retro - like Wobble for example.

I'd say that "Retro" simply refers to bands who are trying to re-create a certain style that peaked more than a decade ago, without modern influences.
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Here is my list as created with Mike's formula above.  I'm nto sure why it didn't stop at 10, but consider the extra 6 bonus.
 
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Originally posted by Diaby Diaby wrote:

Retro-prog is not a great label to use. It just means nothing in my eyes. Why is TFK more "retro" than the neo-prog bands?


I like the label, and I think it's a better way to describe the music of such bands, rather than saying most of them are Symphonic...

I can barely think of a 'true' Neo Prog band which is Retro, this means, 80's Neo Prog bands. Yes, Neo Prog bands are developing a more Retro sound lately, IQ and others....
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Originally posted by avestin avestin wrote:


There are also a ton of Italian symph-prog bands from the 90s' and 2000s' that will fit very well (alongside the aforementioned Maschera Di Cera)



IndeedClap. Ubi Maior are another good example of contemporary RPI. As a matter of fact, most of the newer bands included in RPI (thank heavens and M@x for the name changeSmile) are retro, since their main source of inspiration are the great Italian prog bands of the Seventies.

Anyway, as already pointed out in a couple of posts, there are some 'retro' bands in Heavy Prog too. Besides Anekdoten and Black Bonzo, I'd like to mention Australian band Cosmic Nomads, recommended to us by HT (aka Bhikkhu) - a must for Hammond organ lovers.
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Originally posted by Mr ProgFreak Mr ProgFreak wrote:

^ I'd say that TFK are retro in that they are closer in style to the original prog bands than most Neo Prog bands ever were. But of course there are bands that are even more retro - like Wobble for example.

I'd say that "Retro" simply refers to bands who are trying to re-create a certain style that peaked more than a decade ago, without modern influences.
 
TFK without modern influences? They're a very eclectic band. One of the most eclectic, actually.
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^ They are retro to a great extent ... but on some albums (Retropolis, Stardust) more than on others (Space Revolver, Unfold the Future).  That's why tags have levels at PF ... but let's not go there in this thread.Big smile
 
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Originally posted by cacho cacho wrote:

Ok, Retro-Prog fans! Here you have it, share your favorite albums of this awesome "scene"!

#1 Space Revolver
#2 Adam & Eve
#3 SMPTe
#4 Who's The Boss in the Factory?
#5 The Flower King
#6 The World That We Drive Through
#7 Not as Good as the Book
#8 Unfold the Future
#9 Bridge Across Forever
#10 Dark Matter/Paradox Hotel
 
Just another way to get TFK on the map isn't it ? Wink. Well done, Cacho. But you forgot the most retro TFK album of them all (not my thought really but the critics say so): Sum of no Evil. Rest is ok I guess.
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Points: 38368 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 21 2009 at 14:46
I don't have a top ten, and don't think I'd call this a "retro-prog" band per se, but it is a sort of retro-folk prog and worth checking out, I think.

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