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Topic: Recommend me some 80s prog
Posted By: Ytse_Jam
Subject: Recommend me some 80s prog
Date Posted: August 27 2012 at 11:17
I love both 70s and 80s, and I'm searching for some good 80s music with lot of synth riffs and catchy melodies, but with a clear prog vein (otherwise I would listen to AOR...). So far, two perfect examples would be Genesis' Duke, Rush's 80s era and Yes' 90125. Do you know some more that could fit the description? Thanks.



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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: August 27 2012 at 11:20
You should definitely check out Camel's Nude. It's a wonderful album.



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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: August 27 2012 at 11:31
Ok this is a long shot, but it is one of my favourite albums full stop. Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun. Loads of melody, haunting atmospheres and it is from 1987. Ticks most of the boxes in your query, - just don't expect 'prog rock'.

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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: August 27 2012 at 11:32
Here are the Top 100 albums released i the 80s according to PA.

http://www.progarchives.com/top-prog-albums.asp?ssubgenres=&salbumtypes=1&syears=1989&syears=1988&syears=1987&syears=1986&syears=1985&syears=1984&syears=1983&syears=1982&syears=1981&syears=1980&scountries=&sminratings=0&smaxratings=0&sminavgratings=0&smaxresults=100&x=83&y=3#list" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/top-prog-albums.asp?ssubgenres=&salbumtypes=1&syears=1989&syears=1988&syears=1987&syears=1986&syears=1985&syears=1984&syears=1983&syears=1982&syears=1981&syears=1980&scountries=&sminratings=0&smaxratings=0&sminavgratings=0&smaxresults=100&x=83&y=3#list


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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 27 2012 at 11:33
Based on you're examples I don't expect you'll have much interest in all the R.I.O/Avant/Zeuhl-albums I'd like to reccomend, so how about this electropop delight?






Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: August 27 2012 at 11:42
Eloy's "Planets" and "Colours" come to mind.  They were a 70s prog band that made an especially smooth and graceful transition into the 80s and its technology.  Lots of synthesizers, used very creatively and intelligently.

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Date Posted: August 27 2012 at 13:03



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Posted By: Ytse_Jam
Date Posted: August 27 2012 at 14:41
Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Here are the Top 100 albums released i the 80s according to PA.

http://www.progarchives.com/top-prog-albums.asp?ssubgenres=&salbumtypes=1&syears=1989&syears=1988&syears=1987&syears=1986&syears=1985&syears=1984&syears=1983&syears=1982&syears=1981&syears=1980&scountries=&sminratings=0&smaxratings=0&sminavgratings=0&smaxresults=100&x=83&y=3#list" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/top-prog-albums.asp?ssubgenres=&salbumtypes=1&syears=1989&syears=1988&syears=1987&syears=1986&syears=1985&syears=1984&syears=1983&syears=1982&syears=1981&syears=1980&scountries=&sminratings=0&smaxratings=0&sminavgratings=0&smaxresults=100&x=83&y=3#list
I'm not searching for albums 'only' released in the 80s, I'm talking about that typical synth/pop vein that albums like those I wrote above have. You know, catchy synth riffs, riverbs, echoes, strange athmospheres and so on, but played in an intelligent way.. BTW, thank you all, I'm gonna check all of this stuff.


Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: August 27 2012 at 14:43
Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

You should definitely check out Camel's Nude. It's a wonderful album.


David, that is a wonderful recommendation, which I endorse fully. An exceptional album.

The OP might also wish to try Gabriel's solo stuff, i.e. III, IV, So, and (top of the list) Passion.

The neo "scene" burst out in that decade, so go for Marillion, IQ, Pendragon, and Twelfth Night to start with.

There is a lot of good stuff in the '80's to explore, and our charts will help you a lot.


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Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: August 27 2012 at 14:57
Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:

Eloy's "Planets" and "Colours" come to mind.  They were a 70s prog band that made an especially smooth and graceful transition into the 80s and its technology.  Lots of synthesizers, used very creatively and intelligently.
 
 
I second that. And I add Time To Turn to that list. Eloy rules!


Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: August 27 2012 at 15:41
Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

You should definitely check out Camel's Nude. It's a wonderful album.


David, that is a wonderful recommendation, which I endorse fully. An exceptional album.

The OP might also wish to try Gabriel's solo stuff, i.e. III, IV, So, and (top of the list) Passion.

The neo "scene" burst out in that decade, so go for Marillion, IQ, Pendragon, and Twelfth Night to start with.

There is a lot of good stuff in the '80's to explore, and our charts will help you a lot.


Thanks Steve.

I second those recs too. Gotta have a little 80s Marillion in your collection, that just goes without sayingBig smile

So, I thought about your query Monsieur Ytse Jam, and you certainly have to check out Solaris:


Asia Minor also - especially with your affinity for melodic synths:


What about some ANyones Daughter?:


UUUUUHHHHH and I almost forgot Amenophis (This baby is a real humdinger that often gets overlooked for some reason):


Maybe some Supertramp with David Gilmour on guitar?:



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Posted By: Prog_Traveller
Date Posted: August 27 2012 at 15:53
Twelfth Night-fact and fiction (1982). Also, try some Marillion from that time period. 


Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: August 27 2012 at 15:59
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood comes highly recommended by The Bearded BardThumbs Up

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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: August 27 2012 at 16:13
Originally posted by Morningrise Morningrise wrote:

Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:

Eloy's "Planets" and "Colours" come to mind.  They were a 70s prog band that made an especially smooth and graceful transition into the 80s and its technology.  Lots of synthesizers, used very creatively and intelligently.
 
 
I second that. And I add Time To Turn to that list. Eloy rules!
I'm not as familiar with Time to Turn, but I understand it's cut much from the same cloth.


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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: August 27 2012 at 16:50
If I remember anything else with bigger names I'll post here later, I'm dabbling to much in obscure stuff at the moment. Maybe Eardance would be up your alley if you're into King Crimson 80's sound.




Posted By: Ytse_Jam
Date Posted: August 27 2012 at 18:01
Damn, Eloy's music is good, but I simply can't stand the singer's voice Confused. I enjoyed the albums you recommended, though


Posted By: zoviet
Date Posted: August 27 2012 at 20:52
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!!!
 
I would also recommend Camel's The Single Factor, shorter songs but wonderfully streamlined 80s sound
 
The King Crimson trilogy is essential 80s prog listening too, esepciallyThree Of A Perfect Pair, sequencer prog!!
 
 
 
 


Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: August 27 2012 at 23:51
Ahhhhhh...... Rush?!


Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: August 28 2012 at 00:35
Hey Ytse, check out the two Canadian bands, Saga and FM. Two bands, one native of Toronto, the other native to Sarnia. I kind of grew up with them on Toronto, Canadian classic rock radio, with many of their commercially successful singles playing quite frequently. I'd post you some links, but they unfortunately haven't been working for lately. You've most likely heard of Saga, pretty big band within Canada and really big in Germany. Saga seem to fit your description the most though - Crossover with soaring, melodic guitar, tasteful synth leads, epic vocals, but all compacted into an 80's sounds. Check out the album World's Apart. FM's more atmsopheric and experiemntal; certainly not radio friendly like Saga. Check out the album Black Noise - a hidden gem in the world of Prog. 

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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 28 2012 at 01:05
Kayak - Merlin


Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: August 28 2012 at 01:47
Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Kayak - Merlin

Yeah, that's a good one.


Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: August 28 2012 at 01:57
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.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wITJyljtuTA/TBrNKuUiL9I/AAAAAAAABU8/50W09ht3VEw/s400/Thule%2B1.jpg


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Posted By: Atavachron
Date 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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Posted By: Ytse_Jam
Date Posted: August 28 2012 at 06:45
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


Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: August 28 2012 at 07:11
^ Japan.


Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: August 28 2012 at 12:34
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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Posted By: Ytse_Jam
Date Posted: August 28 2012 at 13:41
^ I know a couple of Talk Talk songs, don't remember which year they come from, but I guess they're the most famous.


Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: August 28 2012 at 17:33
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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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: August 28 2012 at 17:37
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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Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: August 28 2012 at 17:59
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 :
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCzSeeiAFqQ" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCzSeeiAFqQ
 
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Posted By: IMPF
Date Posted: August 28 2012 at 21:08
Tales From the Lush Attic and The Wake by IQ. nao


Posted By: zoviet
Date Posted: August 29 2012 at 01:59
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!!!


Posted By: Ytse_Jam
Date Posted: August 29 2012 at 10:52
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


Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 30 2012 at 02:34
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
 


Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: August 30 2012 at 07:38
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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Posted By: Aragon
Date Posted: September 03 2012 at 16:04
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










Posted By: Ytse_Jam
Date Posted: September 03 2012 at 17:49
^ Wow, nice tip, thanks!


Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: September 03 2012 at 18:38


Poor recording quality, but a good representation of their synth-pop stylings.



And another. 



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Posted By: Aragon
Date 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...










Posted By: Andy Webb
Date 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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Posted By: Ytse_Jam
Date Posted: September 07 2012 at 17:16
^ I guess not :)


Posted By: Usandthem
Date Posted: September 08 2012 at 07:54
Asia is a good example of 80's prog with a pop sound.


Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: September 08 2012 at 08:59

Some great albums are

QUEENSRŸCHE
1) Operation Mindcrime
2) The warning
3) Rage for Order

Genesis
1) Duke

Rush
1) Grace Under Pressure
2) Signals
Pink Floyd
1) A Momentary Lapse of Reason


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Posted By: Ytse_Jam
Date Posted: September 08 2012 at 18:04
^ Of course they are, I listed them as examples in my first post Wink


Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: September 09 2012 at 09:07
Oh sorry about that. Didn't see or read that, but I have some others you might dig.
1) The Cure. " Disintegration" 1989. This really may be of the best electronic pop/rock albums on the planet next to DUKE of course. Give this a spin. You won't be sorry and you'll have a much different opinion of The Cure all together. It is a classic.

Another good one is the entire BLADERUNNER soundtrack by VANGELIS. This album more strictly envolves the clever use of Syth fused with some jazz/rock on some songs of course, but more or less it is an electronic album with a strong progressive side. Really great for 1982

Anyway. Hope this helps

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Posted By: Aragon
Date Posted: September 09 2012 at 10:13
try even some album from Franco Battiato from the eighties


Posted By: Ytse_Jam
Date Posted: September 09 2012 at 13:49
Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

Oh sorry about that. Didn't see or read that, but I have some others you might dig.
1) The Cure. " Disintegration" 1989. This really may be of the best electronic pop/rock albums on the planet next to DUKE of course. Give this a spin. You won't be sorry and you'll have a much different opinion of The Cure all together. It is a classic.

Another good one is the entire BLADERUNNER soundtrack by VANGELIS. This album more strictly envolves the clever use of Syth fused with some jazz/rock on some songs of course, but more or less it is an electronic album with a strong progressive side. Really great for 1982

Anyway. Hope this helps
Don't worry about that Wink.
BTW, Blade Runner is a masterpiece and I love both the film and the soundtrack, the athmospheres in there are terrific!


Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: September 10 2012 at 01:18
Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

Oh sorry about that. Didn't see or read that, but I have some others you might dig.
1) The Cure. " Disintegration" 1989. This really may be of the best electronic pop/rock albums on the planet next to DUKE of course. Give this a spin. You won't be sorry and you'll have a much different opinion of The Cure all together. It is a classic.

Another good one is the entire BLADERUNNER soundtrack by VANGELIS. This album more strictly envolves the clever use of Syth fused with some jazz/rock on some songs of course, but more or less it is an electronic album with a strong progressive side. Really great for 1982

Anyway. Hope this helps
On the subject of Vangelis eighties releases I would add Mask and Direct.The former is an electronic prog masterpieice imo while Direct is a very nice balanced collection of peices and somewhat overlooked I feel.


Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: September 10 2012 at 09:16
Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

Oh sorry about that. Didn't see or read that, but I have some others you might dig. 1) The Cure. " Disintegration" 1989. This really may be of the best electronic pop/rock albums on the planet next to DUKE of course. Give this a spin. You won't be sorry and you'll have a much different opinion of The Cure all together. It is a classic. Another good one is the entire BLADERUNNER soundtrack by VANGELIS. This album more strictly envolves the clever use of Syth fused with some jazz/rock on some songs of course, but more or less it is an electronic album with a strong progressive side. Really great for 1982 Anyway. Hope this helps


On the subject of Vangelis eighties releases I would add Mask and Direct.The former is an electronic prog masterpieice imo while Direct is a very nice balanced collection of peices and somewhat overlooked I feel.



I agree!! I love direct!! How great is Rotations logic. Amazing stuff for sure

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Posted By: Aragon
Date Posted: September 11 2012 at 06:08
I suggest even the B sides of Marillion....Listen this song...strange atmosphere, synth riff, .the keyboards riff keep the same from begin to the end, although it isn't so poppish.




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Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: September 11 2012 at 10:00


I agree. The first four albums by Marillion are thier best. Basically the Fish years 1982-1988. Anyway. Great recommendation

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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: September 11 2012 at 12:35
I'd recommend staying away from what you originally mentioned.  The big names in prog went pop an abandoned what made prog great.

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Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: September 11 2012 at 12:46

Some prog bands were very disappointing when they added a pop element to their sound. I feel that Genesis wasn't all bad when they made that major transition. Duke, Genesis(1983), and ABACAB are pretty decent albums I think. ABACAB is really pushing it for me with the amount of pop that is laced in the music.

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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: September 11 2012 at 12:52


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Date Posted: September 11 2012 at 12:52
Bowie, David    Scary Monsters    1980
Brand X    Do They Hurt?    1980
Budd, Harold / Brian Eno    Ambient 2/The Platform of Mirror    1980
Bush, Kate    Never for Ever    1980
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band    Doc at the Radar Station    1980
Di Meola, Al    Spendido Hotel    1980
Di Meola, Al/John McLaughlin/Paco de Lucia    Friday Night In San Francisco    1980
Dixie Dregs    Dregs of the Earth    1980
Eno, Brian-David Byrne    My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (Remaster)    1980
Frith, Fred    Speechless    1980
Gabriel, Peter    III    1980
Hackett, Steve    Defector (Remaster)    1980
Hall, Daryl    Sacred Songs    1980
Hampton, Co. Bruce and The Late Bronze Age    Outside Looking Out    1980
Hof, Jasper Van't    Live In Montreaux    1980
Jethro Tull    A + Slipstream    1980
Johnson, David Earle with Jan Hammer    Hip Address    1980
Laraaji    Ambient 3/Day of Radience    1980
League of Gentlemen, The    Thrang Thrang Gozinbulx    1980
Metheny, Pat & Lyle Mays    As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls    1980
Muffins, The    <185>    1980
Talking Heads    Remain In Light (Remaster)    1980
Tibbetts, Steve    Yr    1980
Weather Report    Night Passage    1980
XTC    Black Sea    1980
Bruninghaus, Rainer    Freigeweht    1981
Budd, Harold    Serpent (In Quicksilver/Abandoned Cities, The    1981
Byrne, David    Complete Score from ""The Catherine Wheel"", The    1981
Corea, Chick Miroslav Vitous Roy Haynes    Trio Music    1981
Dregs, The    Unsung Heroes    1981
Harrison, Jerry    Red and the Black, The    1981
Hedges, Michael    Breakfast in the Field    1981
Hine, Rupert    Immunity    1981
Jackson, Joe    joe jackson's jumpin' jive    1981
King Crimson    Discipline    1981
Pastorius, Jaco    Word of Mouth    1981
Phillips, Anthony    Private Parts & Pieces III    1981
Police, The    Ghost In The Machine    1981
Psychedelic Furs, The    Talk Talk Talk    1981
Sky    Sky 2    1981
Sky    Sky 3    1981
Soft Machine    Land of Cockayne    1981
Synergy    Audion    1981
Zappa, Frank    You Are What You Is    1981
Belew, Adrian    Lone Rhino    1982
Bush, Kate    Dreaming, The    1982
Dimeola, Al    Electric Rendezvous    1982
Gabriel, Peter    Security    1982
Glass, Phillip    Glassworks    1982
Hampton, Co. Bruce and The Late Bronze Age    Isles of Langerhan    1982
Jackson, Joe    Night and Day (Deluxe Edition)    1982
King Crimson    Beat    1982
Manzanera, Phil    Primititve Guitars    1982
Metheny Group, Pat    Offramp    1982
Oldfield, Mike    Five Miles Out    1982
Ponty, Jean-Luc    Mystical Adventures    1982
Psychedelic Furs, The    Forever Now    1982
Roxy Music    Avalon    1982
Summers, Andy-Robert Fripp    I Advanced Masked    1982
Talking Heads    The Name of This Band is Talking Heads    1982
XTC    English Settlement (Remaster)    1982
Belew, Adrian    Twang Bar King    1983
Eno, Brian    Apollo Atmospheres & Soundtracks    1983
Eno, Brian    More Music For Films    1983
Frith, Fred    Cheap At Half the Price    1983
Hine, Rupert    Wildest Wish To Fly    1983
Isham, Mark    Vapor Drawings    1983
Jobson, Eddie/Zinc    The Green Album, The    1983
Marillion    Script For A Jester's Tear (Remaster)    1983
Moraz - Buford    Music For Piano and Drums    1983
Oldfield, Mike    Crisis    1983
Oregon    Oregon    1983
Police, The    Synchronicity    1983
Jackson, Joe    Body and Soul    1984
L. Subramanium/Stephane Grappelli    Conversations    1984
Skeleton Crew    Learn To Talk/The Country of Blinds    1984
Sky    Squared    1984
Summers, Andy-Robert Fripp    Bewitched    1984
Bush, Kate    Hounds of Love + 6 Bonus Tracks    1985
Holdsworth, Allan    i.o.u.    1985
Holdsworth, Allan    Metal Fatigue    1985
Jobson, Eddie    Theme of Secrets    1985
Reich, Steve    Desert Music, The    1985
Sky    Cadmium/Great Balloon Race Excerpts    1985
Sting    Dream of the Blue Turtles, The    1985
Tears for Fears    Songs From The Big Chair    1985
Anderson, Laurie    Home of the Brave    1986
Budd, Harold    Lovely Thunder    1986
Budd, Harold, Simon Raymonde, Robin Guthrie, Elizabeth Fraser    Moon and the Melodies, The    1986
Carlos, Wendy    Beauty In the Beast    1986
Cluster & Brian Eno    Old Land    1986
David + David    Boomtown    1986
Eno, Brian    Ambient 4/On Land    1986
Gabriel, Peter    So    1986
Glass, Phillip    Songs from Liquid Days    1986
Jackson, Joe    Big World    1986
Jackson, Joe    Live 1980/86    1986
Kansas    Power    1986
Lloyd Webber, Andrew and Julian    Variations and Aurora    1986
Montrose, Ronnie    Territory    1986
Torn, David    Cloud About Mercury    1986
Wyatt, Robert    Old Rottenhat    1986
XTC    Skylarking    1986
Zappa, Frank    Jazz From Hell    1986
Akkerman, Jan    Heartware    1987
Bears,The    Bears,The    1987
Bears,The    Rise and Shine    1987
Bensusan, Pierre    Spices    1987
Budd, Harold    White Arcades, The    1987
Ferry, Bryan    Bete Noire    1987
Frech Frith Kaiser Thompson    Live, Love, Larf & Loaf    1987
Frith, Fred    Technology of Tears, The    1987
Hampton, Col. Bruce    Arkansas    1987
Hassell, Jon    Surgeon of the Nightsky Restores Dead Things ..., The    1987
Van Tieghem, David    Safety In Numbers    1987
XTC    Mummer    1987
Jackson, Joe    Blaze of Glory    1988
Kaiser, Henry    Those Who Know History Are Doomed To Repeat It    1988
Pere Ubu    Cloudland    1988
Reich, Steve w/ Kronos Quartet & Pat Metheny    Different Trains & Electric Counterpoint    1988
Rypday, Terje    Singles Collection, The    1988
Vangelis    Direct    1988
Zappa, Frank    Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life, The    1988
Zappa, Frank    Broadway the Hardway    1988
Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe    Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe    1989
Anderson, Laurie    Strange Angels    1989
Badalamenti, Angelo    Soundtrack from Twin Peaks    1989
XTC    Oranges & Lemons    1989



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Posted By: zoviet
Date Posted: September 25 2012 at 00:46
Eloy - Metromania
love it!!! ultimaate assimilation of the 80s into their 70s space rock sound, i think its kinda reviled but thats where i think it works hahahaha


Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: September 25 2012 at 00:53
Zoviet! I really like Metromania too, although I think the track `Nightriders' is a little throwaway and rubbish, but I love the rest! The cold drums give the album a kind of robotic/sci-fi sound - very appropriate anyway!

To be honest, I even rather like their later 80's album `Ra' - now THAT one gets a lot of hate!


Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: September 25 2012 at 08:07


Great 80's prog.......

QUEENSRŸCHE: 1984-1988 (all albums from this time)
MARILLION: 1983-1987 ( all albums with Fish basically)
IRION MAIDEN: 1986-1988 ( SOMEWHERE IN TIME, 7th SON OF A 7th SON)
FATES WARNING: 1988-1989 ( NO EXIT, PERFECT SYMETRY)
VANGELIS: 1982 ( BLADERUNNER MOVIE SOUNDTRACK)
GENEISIS: 1980( DUKE)
I.Q: 1986 ( THE WAKE)
PINK FLOYD 1987 ( A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON)
DEAD CAN DANCE 1988 ( THE SERPENTS EGG)
METALLICA 1986 ( MASTER OF PUPPETS)
TANGERINE DREAM 1981-1987 ( RIDING ON THE RAY)

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Posted By: zoviet
Date Posted: September 26 2012 at 06:11
Originally posted by Aussie-Byrd-Brother Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:

Zoviet! I really like Metromania too, although I think the track `Nightriders' is a little throwaway and rubbish, but I love the rest! The cold drums give the album a kind of robotic/sci-fi sound - very appropriate anyway!

To be honest, I even rather like their later 80's album `Ra' - now THAT one gets a lot of hate!
 
thanks!! i am so checkin that one out hehehehehe.............i'm defintely one for 'dark side' of discographies especially for 70s prog bands doin it in the 80s..............LOL
 
Dammit PROG mag shld have a special feature on prog in the 80s, cmon!!!


Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: September 26 2012 at 06:19
Hey Zoviet, `Ra's got a very flat production, and all the drums are programmed, so they have a very cold and robotic sound - Like with Metromania, I always defended that because Eloy during that period are very science fiction sounding, so it just compliments that sound. Besides, look at the album sleeves from then, too - Sci-fi once again!


Posted By: Ytse_Jam
Date Posted: September 26 2012 at 07:34
Originally posted by zoviet zoviet wrote:

 
Dammit PROG mag shld have a special feature on prog in the 80s, cmon!!!
Agreed! Long live 80s prog!




Posted By: zoviet
Date Posted: September 26 2012 at 07:51
LOLi love how things go and come in cycles...in the 90s we were all laughing at 80s stuff but now that sh*t really sounds way totally amazing and innovative.  like they had no clue and just bleedin did it hahah


Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: September 26 2012 at 10:42
Originally posted by zoviet zoviet wrote:



LOLi love how things go and come in cycles...in the 90s we were all laughing at 80s stuff but now that sh*t really sounds way totally amazing and innovative.  like they had no clue and just bleedin did it hahah


Ha ha true!! 80's were a funny time for fashion and I think a lot of 'pop' starts took it too far....80's hair!! 😜

As for music it's thee most brilliant era to me and by far my favourite. I own so much prog from this era it's crazy. There is so much!! How can anyone not love I.Q's THE WAKE. to me that is the best Neo prog 80's album. It's scary how brilliant it is. 👌I'd also be happy to recommend more other than my list shown above. ☺

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