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Points: 10616 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 28 2012 at 01:47
Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Kayak - Merlin

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Thule -  debute Ultime Thule is a must have and the follow up is very good, but it is from hte early 90s but have the sound you would like.

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Points: 65867 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 28 2012 at 02:15
Originally posted by zoviet zoviet wrote:

i'm shocked.  No one has yet suggested Pink Floyd's A Momentary Lapse of Reason? it ticks all the right boxes; huge digital production, synths, anthemic songs........get that!!!
AMLoR was a very good and a very disappointing record--  think New Coke.

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Some great suggestions in here. However, if this could help, neo prog in general does not answers my question, since I'm searching for a sort of 80s pop made with a bit of progness, not prog made with a bit of 80sness :D
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^ Japan.
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Oh yeah, early, 80's Talk Talk as well. Later Talk Talk is drastically different; popularly referred to as per-cursor Post-Rock. I prefer the later albums, immensely, but the albums that Talk Talk are popularly known for have that distinctive 80's production with synth pop leanings, but with a progressive mind set within their songwriting. Japan's another good suggestion -  sort of similar to Talk Talk.
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^ I know a couple of Talk Talk songs, don't remember which year they come from, but I guess they're the most famous.
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im still saying Thule (as they are in heavy prog, not particularly neo prog, but heavy prog, and some gothic and some darker textures, and strngeness)
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I second Japan, if you are looking for 80s pop with prog tendencies. Try Tin Drum. Maybe also some XTC? Skylarking has some proggy undertones imo.
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I agree with XTC, David. The good music of the 80's comes from Punk rock.
Secondhand Daylight by Magazine or Japan's Tin Drum can be good examples too :
 
 
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Tales From the Lush Attic and The Wake by IQ. nao
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i forgot about the Alan Parsons Project too.........pop prog or prog pop heheh.
 
Turn Of a Friendly Card and Stereotomy are pretty proggish 80s stuff, v nice!!!
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Originally posted by IMPF IMPF wrote:

Tales From the Lush Attic and The Wake by IQ. nao
Honestly, I don't hear any flashy 80s pop elements in IQ's music Confused
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Originally posted by Ytse_Jam Ytse_Jam wrote:

Originally posted by IMPF IMPF wrote:

Tales From the Lush Attic and The Wake by IQ. nao
Honestly, I don't hear any flashy 80s pop elements in IQ's music Confused
IQ's most 80's sounding album is Nomzamo which I personally regard as one of their weakest but you might find it interesting
 
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If you're looking for a combo of synth-pop and prog, the two bands that spring to mind are It Bites and Twelfth Night.  For It Bites, the only album I have of theirs is their most recent, Map of the Past, but it is a great blend of those two styles.  For Twelfth Night, check out either Fact and Fiction or Art and Illusion, both are great works in the field.  
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Originally posted by Ytse_Jam Ytse_Jam wrote:

Originally posted by IMPF IMPF wrote:

Tales From the Lush Attic and The Wake by IQ. nao
Honestly, I don't hear any flashy 80s pop elements in IQ's music Confused



You should try the 2nd album from Pallas "the Wedge" it has an elaborated sound....but it's still synthpop
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^ Wow, nice tip, thanks!
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Poor recording quality, but a good representation of their synth-pop stylings.



And another. 

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Points: 186 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 07 2012 at 16:27
You should hear Saga...even if they never liked to me. There are even nice cheesy synth solos...










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Points: 13298 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 07 2012 at 16:53
Came here to suggests loads of excellent 80s RIO/Avant. Guess that's not what you're looking for. LOL
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