Prog rock essentials

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmuA4oY0XzMa

:^)

Gentle Giant, Rush, Asia, Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, the list goes on

Not forgetting anything by ELP.

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>>53017526

>>53017567
>genesis
>a shovelware band that jumped into the 70's prog rock wagon to fit in
No, their music is very low quality compared to every other major prog band in that age.

>>53017620
kek

>>53017620
>not liking Broadway or Selling England

ayy

>>53017567
>IT WAS THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT

>>53017620
You could say the same about genre-jumping Jethro Tull and they're loved by most young prog dudes. Prognards remember that Thick as a Brick was ironic parody. Still their best album in spite of that prick Anderson.
Genesis biggest problem at the time was poor production values imo. Whether it was money or just inexperienced engineers they're pretty muddy records. I think Trespass is the best thing they put out. lol if you think anything after gabriel left is worth a shit. Banks is still one of the best keyboardists of all time, but he couldn't keep that train wreck together by himself.

>>53017567
>Asia
>Asia
>fucking Asia
god fucking dammit I hate that band so much. What a whole heap of wasted potential.

>>53017601
>godbluff higher than pawn hearts or H to He
nigga please

>>53017594
ELP is so fucking shit

>>53017601
>Kind of Blue
>no RiO
>no Krautrock

>>53019612
you're shit

>>53019612
WTF are you talking about? ELP was shit when Keith Emerson stopped using the Hammond organ but every album until Brain Salad Surgery is god-tier

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Any album this slippery nigga was on (except for Asia lol)

>>53020092
Are you serious? I mean Yes has some phenomenal albums but ~90% of what he's released is absolute garbage.

>>53020264
I guess I should have worded it different. Most albums in a band he's in is great. But he's also released great solo stuff( Not Necessarily Acoustic, The Haunted Melody, Steve Howe Remedy, Time) a lot of his solo stuff is in fact shit though. Like the homebrew series is godawful.

>>53017620
They did "genre jump" but their music is still great.

>>53017567

>Asia

Pfhahahaha

>>53018963
But Foxtrot and Selling England had great production

>>53019685

Damn shame.

RIO is one of my favorite genres.

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The GOAT prog album right here

>>53020781
It's good

ITCOTCK and Red are better though

>>53021092
maybe Red but definitely not ITCOCK.

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>>53021165
my cock?

>>53021165
you can post any album you want on this thread, and it will never be better than ITCOTCK

>>53021270
But King Crimson themselves have made better albums than ITCOCK. Multiple albums. ITCOCK is still fantastic, but Larks Tongues, Red and Discipline are all better.

>>53021270
Typical /mu/drone opinion

>>53021270
Red, Starless and Larks' Tongue are much better than ITCOTCK if you ask me.

>>53021270
this is true

>>53021288
Larks and Red i can understand, but why does everybody love Discipline so much? First time i heard it i was so dissapointed, it's just some trippy Tony Levin basslines with generic 80s guitar effects on top.
Anyway, nothing beats ITCOTCK

>>53021426
Because Discipline is a fantastic album. It's the African-influenced polyrhythms that make it so impressive. So many times in that era, the guitars are just playing in different time signatures from each other. It's really impressive and the music is also just killer. And no, plenty of prog albums beat ITCOCK. Get your /mu/drone shite outta here

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Can't believe it hasn't been posted
I GET UP

>>53021468
I GET DOOOOOWN

>>53017601
its pretty ok i approve of this
just remove pink floyd and rush and save yourself some time since they are not really prog
can also add more gentle giant, more magma more soft machine and maybe some return to forever

>>53021508
both Rush and Pink Floyd are prog dummy.

>>53021442
first of all i don't even know what /mu/drone is so lick my ass-crack.
if Discipline's only about the time signatures, then that's not really that interesting. There's more to music than just trying to be unique.
Not only ITCOTCK but even Islands and Lizard are better than fucking any 80s King Crimson, or any 80s music for that matter

>>53021508
Hemispheres is prog as fuck.

>>53021468
>>53021484
samefag

>>53021535
>he doesnt like 80s King Crimson
I wasnt saying theyre just good because of the time signatures, you just said " it's just some trippy Tony Levin basslines with generic 80s guitar effects on top." and I was pointing out that you are objectively wrong as to what the substance is. Whether you like it or not is up to you, but you asked why people liked it and I pointed out that there are some very interesting ideas put into place in that album/era. I like 70s King Crimson, but Islands and Lizard better than Discipline? lol

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>>53017526

>>53018993
Stop pretending like you were around when they formed to have been so disappointed, you unoriginal opinion-spouting faggot. They were ok for a stadium rock band

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>>53017601
This is the superior chart

Gnosis2000 > ProgArchives

>>53021683
nah, they suck.

>>53021702
Hendrix? Miles Davis? The Beatles? Coltrane?This list is a fucking joke.

>>53021734
Not Prog, I just added the Top 100 albums from the site in chart, independently of genre,

>>53021747
so its not a good prog chart then.

Saga, anyone?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bODothuoSqg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChWsp7bAL9E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I-SdqAG0xA

>>53021702
Should /prog/ do one of these?

>>53021875
i think we should kill ourselves instead

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>>53021762
Happy now?

>>53021875
What do you mean?

>>53021902
I think we should just use an actual top 100 prog chart in the prog thread. Ya know, seeing as how its a prog thread.

>>53021948
There are like 5 non-prog albums there, it' not really that important.

>prog
>not prog

>proggier than thou
>no true progsman

>>53021902
no ELP

>>53021978
I mean, it certainly gives a good basis on what are some good prog albums, talking it up as a really good prog chart is silly if there are non prog albums on it.

>>53022003
But it has PFT and Banco, which are superior.

>>53022010
Well, now you have the edited version.

>>53022040
Not even Brain Salad Surgery?

>>53022040
bitch

>>53017620
Get the fuck out

>>53022053
It's a good album, and I like it a lot, but if you commpare it to every other album on the chart it makes sense why it isn't there.

>>53022058
Hey! Why?

>>53017620
I agree. By far the worst of the "big" prog bands.

>>53021875
Might as well put in my top 10 since I'm a faggot
1. CTTE- Yes
2.Third Soft Machine
3. Larks- King Crimson
4. TFTO- Yes
5.ITCOTCK- King Crimson
6.Future Days- Can
7.Hemispheres- Rush
8. self titled- An Endless Sporadic
9. In the Land of Gray and Pink- Caravan
10. Red Queen to Gryphon Three- Gryphon
Special Mention goes to The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles and Fripp

>>53022157
>An Endless Sporadic
I'm glad someone remembered that album, it's great.

>>53022085
im sorry avant god forgive me

>>53022183
Yeah man, I'm really looking forward to them making a new official album. The demos and singles they've released recently is some of their best work.

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>>53017526
>almost everything mentioned here is from the 70s
Come on, there's some great new stuff as well

>>53022157
1. Cardiacs - Sing to God
2. Tipographica - God Says I Can't Dance
3. Yowie - Cryptooology
4. World's End Girlfriend - Seven Idiots
5. You Slut! - Critical Meat
6. Sajjanu - Pechiku!!
7. Koenjihyakkei - Angherr Shisspa
8. Jordan Rudess - Feeding The Wheel
9. Premiata Forneria Marconi - Per Un Amico
10. Rhun - Fanfare du Chaos
11. Yes - Close to the Edge
12. Ahleuchatistas - What You Will
13. The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
14. Gentle Giant - Free Hand
15. Area - Arbeit Macht Frei
16. Upsilon Acrux - Volucris Avis
17. Faust - Faust
18. Rich Woodson's Ellipsis - Control and Resistance
19. Dream Theater - Metropolis Part 2
20. Henry Cow - In Praise of Learning
21. 5uu's - Hunger's Teeth
22. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
23. Gong - Flying Teapot
24. Mong Hang - Debakata
25. Perhaps - Volume One

>The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles and Fripp
Is it actually good?

>>53022205
It's okay, we all make mistakes.

>>53022284
>still no Koenjihyakkei
Come on

>>53022332
I didn't make that chart, it's pretty old actually

>>53022352
Why do you keep posting it then?

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>>53022372
Because it's great IMO
Or this one which has Magma who are far superior Zeuhl band

>>53022332
>is it actually good?
I love it. It's not really prog so that's why it's an honorable mention, but yeah, good stuff. It's like proto-ITCOTCK.

>>53021902
no Tales From Topographic Oceans

>>53021533
you don't understand/haven't heard enough prog

>>53022674
No you're just stupid

>>53021508
>>53022674
Is this bait

>>53022674
Can't speak for PF, but Rush are actually Prog.

>>53022464
Accurate observation.

>>53022444
Does it actually sound like Proto- ITCOTCK?

>>53022441
>two motW albums
>two PT albums
>The Raven
>still no Koenjihyakkei
Also, K.A. was written in the 70s, so I don't think it fits on the chart.

>>53020781
>>53021092
>>53021165
>>53021270
>>53021288
>>53021293

>not realising that Islands is the superior album

>>53017620

As much I love Genesis, I agree.

>>53022735
It was made by Gallifrey, he really loves PT

>>53021092

ITWOP and Lizard are great too.

>>53017601
>In A Silent Way
what?

>>53022792
I mean, at least that's jazz fusion.
What the hell is Kind of Blue doing there?

>>53022764
You aren't listening

>>53021702
ANABELAS
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>>53022813

Yes I do

>>53022783
Gallifrey confirmed for not being objective enough.

>>53022809
>>53022792
It's a Prog Archives chart, not a Prog chart.

>>53022846
But, but why doesn't prog archives listen to prog exclusively??

>>53022864
Because they are allowed to rate stuff that was influential on Prog.
Still, Gnosis2000 is better in any possible way.

>>53022846
>objetive enough
But you can't be objective observing art, silly.
Did you listen to Durazno sangrando?

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This is slowly turning into one of my favourites, and dear god how amazing this is after a few listens

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Listening to this for the first time, thoughts?
I feel it will require multiple listens for true appreciation

>>53022904
You can, at least relatively more objective (or unbiased). Putting two albums from your favorite band in a essential chart is definitely not being objective.

Nope. Will try to listen to it today.

>>53022932
Diana is one of the objectively best songs ever. The chorus is extremely powerful.

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Can we all agree that Hatfield and the North are the best Canterbury Scene band by a comfortable margin?

>>53017601
>3 pink floyd albums

into the trash it goes

>>53022956
I guess, haven't listened enough of it, but Gnosis agrees with you.
I really like their song Share It.