Favorite Progressive Rock Albums (w/Martin Popoff)
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
- Join Pete Pardo & Martin Popoff as they each discuss their 10 favorite prog-rock albums of all time. #progressiverock #prog
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5. Hemispheres
4. In The Court Of The Crimson King
3. Red
2. Animals
1. Close To The Edge
1.- Selling England by the Pound / Genesis
2.- Close to the Edge / Yes
3.- Lizard / King Crimson
4.- Three Friends / Gentle Giant
5.- Per un Amico / Premiata Forneria Marconi
6.- Thick as a Brick / Jethro Tull
7.- Felona e Sorona / Le Orme
8.- Moonmadness / Camel
9.- Pawn Hearts / Van der Graaf Generator
10.- In the Land of Grey and Pink / Caravan
Wow... awesome picks. You know your way around the genre. Surprised no Floyd ie Dark side of the moon.
@@nickfabiano7795 Tks!! I love Floyd, don't get me wrong, but those choices in my opinion represent the essential sound of 70's prog.
finally someone appreciate italian prog I could add osanna, area e banco del mutuo soccorso to orme and pfm
Who is premiata and le orme?
Orme? Many others that are better
Top ten progressive album discussion between two people. Takes an hour and a half. Makes perfect sense.
Martin takes 15 minutes to say hi.
What's the rush
Here in Lockdown London sipping French brandy and soaking up the prog rock show....making notes and will listen/relisten to 'em all. You are keeping us sane guys...thx!
Moving Pictures
9 minutes less than 1 hour and a half, to be exact XD.
In no order:
Selling England by the Pound - Genesis
Misplaced Childhood - Marillion
Animals - Pink Floyd
Hemispheres - Rush
The Power and the Glory - Gentle Giant
Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull
L’Heptade - Harmonium
Close to the Edge - Yes
Crime of the Century - Supertramp
In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
Love them all. Also Pawn Hearts by VDGG. Great choices though.
Elp trilogy
These are all amazing, l’heptade is a nice pick
Very Solid List!!
L'Heptade oui ! Un Québécois...
I listen to Close to the Hedge when I'm cutting the grass.
I prefer "I know what I like"...Me?, I'm just a lawnmower
I listen to relayer when I’m running a leg of the 400m ?
😂😂😂
I prefer Lawn Hearts
Who did Close to the Hedge? Sounds like a very interesting song title. It sounds like it's about some type of ghost story
Funny how the IMMENSE and rich italian prog scene is generally overlooked everywhere. The italians are the closest in quality to the english. Fantastic and epic albuns. Germans and french are also outstanding.
Darwin by Banco is amazing!
But what about sweden?
Edit: or i guess its not overlooked, forget
Yes, they need to listen Maxophone! This album is a masterpiece.
@@deepinblack1940 Maxophone Ita or Usa version? There are 2 versions on spotify
@@miavelvet I think ... All two versions. 😀
Genesis - Foxtrot
Pink Floyd - Animals
ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
Yes - Close To The Edge
King Crimson - In The Court Of..
Gentle Giant - Octopus
Van Der Graaf - Pawn Hearts
Focus - Moving Waves
Rush - Hemispheres
PFM - The World Became The World
Indeed, excellent choices.
Was just going to say, why isn't anyone mentioning Brain Salad Surgery? Cool 😎
Fragile, Yes album
Glad to see Moving Waves in your list.
1. Deloused in the Comatorium 2. Images & Words 3. Dark Side of the Moon 4. Selling England by the Pound 5. Close to the Edge 6. Red 7. First Utterance 8. Deadwing 9. Remedy Lane 10. Lateralus
I always Feel Like Martin Popoff has one of the most personal,pure and uninfluenced music tastes, he doesn’t like what you’re supposed to like what you’re told is “the best” he likes what he likes and it’s what makes him such a great unpredictable guest... great video again guys
Crazy Canuck !! Lol : D
I like his contrarian views too. I often strongly disagree with him- but that’s totally ok. We enjoy our music and have our different opinions and tastes. That makes his views and these videos very interesting.
Agree. I may think Abacab sounds like Genesis as infants playing simple-minded repetitive dumbed-down baby music on electronic tinker toys, but hey it proves he is not following a script or taking anyone's word for it.
Well maybe his opinion sounds like "very personal" in prog community...but he literally just prefer more commercial pop stuff which most people around prefer (people outside of prog community). I personally hate that music. Too pop, too mainstream, too boring.
@@miavelvet Not always. I think he likes to go against the grain. With some prog/rock bands yes, Popoff likes their more commercial music. With other bands though, he will go for the more obscure or cult stuff when everyone praises the commercial side. I think often the first album you heard or the music you grew up with can strongly influence your view on a band.
Have to say Animals is the one Floyd album that I find I am going back to more often and I am pretty sure it will creep up my list as time goes on.
@@shaynewest8757 my fav Floyd album by far
Dark
Heavy
And Gilmore’s playing !
Yes!! One of my favorites!! To me, the Apex high point for Floyd! It had Roger’s very harsh and bitter lyrics, but was tempered by the astounding music by Gilmour, Wright, and Mason! The last album that felt truly an entire band effort! They had created and played over half this album live for years, so the final recorded version was perfection to me! Gilmour’s guitar parts were the best he’s ever done! IMO!
Yes, The Wall was their biggest hit, but I felt the turn away from the band, and more focus on Water’s personal issues. It does contain some of my favorite Floyd songs, but find it hard to listen to start to finish. Animals was the last Floyd album I could set on repeat, and listen to over and over!
@Terrence Reardon and Friends Podcast Podcast DSOTM and WYWH are also 2 of my favorites! They contain that “warm” sound they perfected, with those warm and soothing sax parts, and the sexy female backup vocals; “that “space cadet glow” Waters later referred to in the Wall! I loved Animals for the return of the basic band, with no extra elements thrown in, just the band playing the music, (I know live, they had Snowy White playing extra guitar parts and bass parts)!
This was also at a time when punk rock was the “new thing”. The whole incident with Johnny Rotten wearing a “I hate Pink Floyd” tee shirt and all. I think Roger took this as a challenge and competition! “I was a punk while you noobs were still in diapers” thing! His lyrics in Animals were harsher than anything the punks could come up with. He finally released his socialist/anarchist ideas. Even dropped the F-bomb on “Pigs: 3 Different Kinds”, (the first time I heard this on a major record)! I still love the album, but feel his vitriol spilled over into the concerts, led to his antagonism against the fans, led to the spitting incident, then the Wall.
After the Wall, I thought, OK, he got this out of his system, (had given himself a mental and emotional enema), but then we got the Final Cut, which was more of the same, (even worse IMO), and I just got tired of Roger’s world view after that!!
Favorites, not ranked..
Roger Waters.. Amused To Death
Pink Floyd.. Animals
ELP.. Brain Salad Surgery
Jon and Vangelis.. The Friends Of Mr Cairo (*Awesome Title Track!*)
Jethro Tull.. Thick as a Brick
Yes.. The Yes Album
Triumverat.. Spartacus
Pink Floyd.. Dark Side Of The Moon
King Crimson.. In The Court Of The Crimson King
Supertramp.. Even in the Quietest Moments (*especially Fools Overture *)
I am a keyboard player, and I learned how to play Fool's Overture back when the album came out. Absolutely BRILLIANT song. :)
Spartacus is a pretty cool one. Good pick never thought Triumvirat would get a mention !
My favourite prog rock albums in ascending order
Misplaced Childhood - Marillion
Court of the Crimson King -, King Crimson
Brain Salad Surgery by ELP
Crises by Mike Oldfield
Hounds of Love by Kate Bush
Hope by Klaatu
L by Steve Hillage
2112 by Rush
Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd
Warrior at the Edge Of Time by Hawkwind
Marillion prog hahahahahahahahah no no no way
I also tried for the “no repeat artist” idea, even though certain musicians get repeat appearances.
1. Genesis - Foxtrot
2. King Crimson - Red
3. Yes - The Yes Album (toss up with CTTE)
4. Peter Gabriel - “melt”
5. Caravan - In The Land of Grey and Pink
6. Mastodon - Crack The Skye (Prog metal counts!)
7. Frank Zappa & The Mothers - One Size Fits All
8. Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte
9. Chris Squire - Fish Out Of Water
10. Pink Floyd - Meddle
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Cheers Pete & Martin. Great show as usual.
King Crimson-Red
Yes- Relayer
Rush- Hemispheres
Gentle Giant- The Power & The Glory
Genesis- Trespass
Jethro Tull- Passion Play
Frank Zappa- One Size Fits All
Porcupine Tree- In Absentia
Kansas-Leftoverture
UK
Excellent choice! Trespass is so underrated.
Yes- Relayer --- argreed 100%
The Power & The Glory, you sir are a very smart man. Absolutely fantastic wonderous album. Excellent choice lad
Ok except for Rush is a poor mans Yes!!!!!!
aldee356 but Rush isn't really a prog band they're just a poor man's Yes!!!
Here's my top 10!
Camel - Moonmadness
Opeth - Ghost Reveries (Metal, so might not count)
Gentle Giant - In a Glass House
Caravan - Land of Grey and Pink
Dream Theater - Images and Words
Harmonium - Les Cinq Saisons
Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.
IQ - The Road of Bones
Jethro Tull - Songs From the Wood
Opeth is Prog-Metal. So, it does count
Camel=🔥🔥🔥
have you guys forgotten thick as a brick and passion play
As well as gentle giants first three albums
@@paulskelland7718 I love all those albums as well
Quite surprised and happy to find some Harmonium in here! I'm from Quebec, Canada and they are my absolute all-time favorite band from Quebec. All of their 3 albums are great, but I personaly like L'Heptade the most.
Great to see other Harmonium fans here!
Cheers!
In no particular order:
- Selling England By the Pound (Genesis)
- Lark's Tongues In Aspic (King Crimson)
- Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)
- Scenes From a Memory (Dream Theater)
- Days Of Future Passed (Moody Blues)
- Tales From Topographic Oceans (Yes)
- Stardust We Are (Flower Kings)
- The Snow Goose (Camel)
- Clutching At Straws (Marillion)
- A Passion Play (Jethro Tull)
Honorable Mentions:
- Tubular Bells (Mike Oldfield)
- Masquerade Overture (Pendragon)
- Fear Of a Blank Planet (Porcupine Tree)
- Snow (Spock's Beard)
- Scheherazade (Renaissance)
- Hemispheres (Rush)
- Voyage Of the Acolyte (Steve Hackett)
- Cocoon (Tiger Moth Tales)
- Pawn Hearts (Van Der Graaf Generator)
- Empath (Devin Townsend)
- Octopus (Gentle Giant)
- The Whirlwind (Transatlantic)
- Ballermann (Grobschnitt)
- Brain Salad Surgery (ELP)
- Into the Electric Castle (Ayreon)
Empath. Yes!
Can't argue with that.
It was really hard for me to choose, because lot's of good stuff that I like
10) Solaris-Marsbéli Kronikák(Martian Chronicles)
9) Amon Düül II- Yeti
8) Museo Rosenbach- Zarathustra
7) Yes- Relayer
6) Genesis- Foxtrot
5) Camel- Mirage
4) King Crimson-In the Court of the Crimson King
3) ELP- Pictures at an Exhibition
2) Rick Wakeman- The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1) VDGG- Pawn Hearts
Honourable mentions:
5) Aphrodite's Child- 666
4) Rare Bird- Rare Bird
3) Renaissance- Scheherazade and other stories
2) Jethro Tull- Aqualung
1) Pink Floyd- A Saucerful of Secrets
Are Tangerine Dream classed as prog-rock?
@@markmiwurdz202, Yes, Tangerine Dream is krautrock and progressive electronic.
Thanks for all inspiring videos Pete!
I few of my favourites:
Ommadawn - Mike Oldfield
Hounds of love-Kate Bush
ELP-Trilogy
Scheherazade-Renaissance
Ghosts-Strawbs
Ferryman´s curse-Strawbs. A really overlooked band. Time for rankning the albums by Strawbs?
Strawbs are a great band. Straddled the line between folk and prog. Quite unique.
Strawbs from Antiques & Curios through Ghosts - great stuff.
Thanks to have mention Strawbs and Ghost is easily in my Top 20 favorites albums of all time 🙌
Zappa - Lather
Rush - 2112
Marillion - Misspent Childhood
Pink Floyd - Wish You were Here
If you’re going to misspend your childhood, you’ll probably end up misplacing it ;-)
@@g.belanger8302 Good Catch!!! I didn't Notice that I typed that..What was I thinking ??? Probably about Money$$$
Glad to see Porcupine Tree getting some love.
Pawn Hearts No. 1 !
I love the episodes that Martin and Pete share their opinions about music. What a great video.
Another great one guys.
My favorites
Pink Floyd - Wish you were here / The dark side of the moon
Genesis - Selling England by the pound
Jethro Tull - Thick as a brick
Camel - Moon madness
Yes - Close to the edge
Rush - A farewell to the kings
King Crimson - Red
Ok I could lay out whole discographies here. Haha.
ok but NOT prog
Lazarus Samaras Wish you were here is P.Fs worst album with Roger W.
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway is my favorite Prog Rock album.
It's my favorite album across all genres. There is nothing like it.
Peter gabriel dressing as a clown,or jester,whatever the fuck,he was one trippy dude
Beautiful choice
@@gaupau Thanks. "Beautiful" is a great word to use as The Lamb contains some of the most beautiful music I've ever heard.
Loved that Martin mentioned the Dreaming by Kate Bush, a wonderful album by a great artist
Cynic--Focus
Gypsy--self-titled
ELP--Tarkus
Colonel Les Claypool's Flying Frog Brigade--Live Frogs Set 2 (their live cover of the full Pink floyd Animals album).
Gojira--From Mars to Sirius
Flash--self-titled
Between the Buried and Me--Focus
Zappa in New York
White Witch--A Spiritual Greeting
Hawkwind--Space Ritual.
Wishbone Ash--Live Dates
Strawbs--Grave new World
Favorites:
Porcupine Tree-Fear of a Blank Planet
Gentle Giant- In a Glass House
Yes- Close to the Edge
Jethro Tull-Thick as a Brick
Mike Oldfield- Tubular Bells
Mars Volta-Frances the Mute
Pain of Salvation-Remedy Lane
Rush-Hemispheres
Pink Floyd- Animals
Tool-Lateralus
King Crimson-Larks Tongues in Aspic
ELP-Brain Salad Surgery
Love listening to these guys! Always makes me go back and re-listen to the albums!
Love the discussions you have with Martin. You both had fabulous lists! Thank so much for that!
I really enjoyed that discussion. You "honorably mentioned" some of my favorites and those are Stormwatch, Tarkus, Relayer, and Turn of the Cards. Others on my list are:
Gong- Magick Brother
Nektar- Remember the Future
Jon Anderson- Olias of Sunhillow
Alan Parsons- I Robot
Renaissance- Scheherazade
Blackmore's Night- Under a Violet Moon
Captain Beyond (1st album}
Thank you for including Abacab, so many dislike that album for some reason.
@@shaynewest8757 i dont think the reason is called Phil Collins. He was an excellent PG replacement on Trick of the tail, W&W and Seconds Out. As I see it it was a band decision to turn towards the more poppy stuff (like many other bands did in the early 80s).
Although not a favorite album of mine overall, the title track is killer. Definitely a prog tune that rocks.
@@michaelsrensen3398 Agreed, after Hackett left it was all over for me. Nothing against Phil, in fact Trick of the Tail and Wind and Wuthering have some of my favorite Genesis songs on them. He really added something special to that band. Came from a classical background rather than blues (one of the reasons I love Robert Fripp and Steve Howe so much as well) and always knew what notes to play and when to play them. The moods and dimensions he brought to the table were incendiary. He could play a helluva solo when needed too. Extremely tasteful player and a huge influence on my playing. I put Steve, Dave Gilmour, and Andy Latimer all in the same camp.
Over an hour to discuss some rock albums - where has this channel been all my life?
Fantastic. Best wishes from 🏴
The Yes Album, Rush - 2112, Crimson - Red, Genesis - Foxtrot, Floyd - The Wall, Roxy Music - Siren, ELO - Face The Music, Kansas - Leftoverture, Tull - Aqualung, Moody Blues - On The Threshold of a Dream
I agree about much of your selections, ANIMALS, HEMISPHERES, LEFTOVERTURE, DRAMA, Songs From the Wood etc. Maybe on the heavier prog side but I would add FATES WARNING APSOG, The Pineapple Thief Dissolution, Riverside Shrine of New Generation Slaves, Autumn Altitude, Porcupine Tree In Absentia, DARKWATER Where Stories End, A Perfect Circle Mer De Noms, OPETH Pale Communion.
Yes Close To The Edge wins!
Relayer
The Classics speak for themselves so I will suggest some modernish releases that fans of the golden age of prog might dig.
1.Magic Bus - Philip the egg ( think Gong, Caravan etc)
2.Astra - The Weirding ( if you dig they sound of vintage keys like Melltron and moog melded with scorching guitar work)
3.Motorpsycho - Death defying unicorn(Double album of epic jazz infused heavy prog)
Could name more but this should give your ears a treat and prove that great progressive music is still alive and well.
I love Fox Trot too! Focus/Moving Waves, Brain Salad Surgery/ELP or ELP debut, Nektar/Remember The Future, might make my list. I liked PFM too. Fun show! Love it all.
•Lateralus - Tool
•Discipline - King Crimson
•Animals - Pink Floyd
•Joe’s Garage - Frank Zappa
•De-loused In The Comatorium - Mars Volta
•Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
•Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull
•Moving Pictures - Rush
•Birds Of Fire - Mahavishnu Orchestra
•10,000 Days - Tool
Such a perfect list ...
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Not an album : but maybe the best progressive song : ECHOES by Pink Floyd.
you're right. I also wanted to cite a song from different groups, but I understand that no one has written such a beautiful majestic song like Echoes
Meddle, the album Echoes is on, is also a masterpiece, which is the most underrated part of the Floyd discography (Seamus is good too dammit!)
Love it
One of the most iconic psychedelic Songs, but not one of the greatest Prog Songs ever lol. There are much better ones, in my opinion.
@@j.j.4150 I don't agree. For me, progressive rock means looking forward, telling a story through music, breaking walls throughout genres. All that is present in this ultimate composition. 1972, my friend, 1972...
My top-30:
1) Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
2) King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
3) Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
4) Yes - Close to the Edge
5) Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
6) Genesis - The Lamb Líes Down on Brodway
7) King Crimson - Red
8) Genesis - Foxtrot
9) Pink Floyd - Animals
10) Camel - Mirage
11) Genesis - Nursery Cryme
12) Yes - Fragile
13) Yes - The Yes Album
14) King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic
15) ELP - Tarkus
16) Genesis - Trespass
17) Mike Oldfield - Ommadown
18) Jethro Tull - Thick As a Brick
19) Pink Floyd - The Wall
20) Camel - The Snow Goose
21) ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
22) Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
23) Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
24) Pink Floyd - Meddle
25) Yes - Relayer
26) Genesis - A Trick of the Tail
27) Alan Parsons Project - I Robot
28) IQ - The Wake
29) Camel - Moonmadness
30) Van Der Graaf Generator - Godbluff
Here’s my top ten in no particular order and only one per artist or group and I’ve listened to all of these in their entirety in the past several weeks:
1. Ommadawn - Mike Oldfield (or Tubular Bells or Hergest Ridge or Amarok)
2. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd (or Meddle or Dark Side of the Moon or Atom Heart Mother)
3. Misplaced Childhood - Marillion
4. Crime of the Century - Supertramp
5. Fragile - Yes (or Close to the Edge or Going for the One)
6. Eldorado - ELO
7. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis (or A Trick of the Tail or Selling England by the Pound or any Peter Gabriel)
8. 666 - Aphrodite’s Child (or Vangelis’ Opera Sauvage or Rosetta)
9. Phaedra - Tangerine Dream (or Rubycon or Froese’s Aqua)
10. I Robot - Alan Parsons Project (or Pyramid or Tales of Mystery and Imagination or Turn of a Friendly Card)
Love that someone included Ommadawn and Phaedra 😎
That 666 album is genius stuff really particularly for when it was made way back in 1972.
I'm not really a prog rock fan as such, though I love Kansas and enjoy some music by the likes of Rush, Tull, Yes, Procal Harem and I also love bands like Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Mountain and early Queen, hard rock bands with a progressive rock element. I just love listening to Pete and Martin talking about music.
Those banda are NOT prog!!!! KansasMountaol are commercial CRAP!!!
Marllions best was misplaced childhood!!!¡!¡
@@michaelsalisbury1477 In your opinion, not necessarily in the opinion of others, you're entitled to your view and it's to be respected, but that extends to you giving the same courtesy to other people's views and likes.
Jerry Atwool but Rush isn't really a prog band they're just a poor man's Yes.
@@michaelsalisbury1477 I'm sure the millions of Rush fans will be only too happy to agree with your description of them.
Noone is talking about Tales of Mystery and Imagination by the Alan Parsons Project ? What a fucking great progressive album !
Quote the Raven....never more. I have that on vinyl. So amazing!
@@preving Yes ! Such a great song !
@@stephanf3673 A Dream within A Dream (first song) on that album is an incredible instrumental but my fav Alan Parsons Project album is I Robot (1977)
Speaking of APP, there's a 1987 ballad by - of all people - The Communards(!) called Lovers and Friends that reminds me a bit of early APP or even Gentle Giant.
@@felinefanII i'll have to check that out. thanks
1. Transatlantic Whirlwind
2. Porcupine Tree: the incident
3. Steve Hackett: Spectral Mornings
4. UK
5. Yes: Going For The One
6. King Crimson: Red
7. Rush: Hempisheres
8. Focus: Moving Waves
8. Mystery: One Among The Living
9. Dream Theater: Metropolis Scenes From A Memory
10. Emerson, Lake & Powell
Steve Hackett Voyage of the Acolyte. I mean it is the lost Genesis album to some
And also some tracks on Please Don’t Touch... I think Steve was a more significant departure/loss than PG. I would love to see PG get together with SH for some live shows including PG era Genesis, now that would be amazing!
Sooooo good!
Phil Collins also sang on it - great album, a hidden gem
@@Attila86 he also played drums on it and Mike Rutherford played bass
@@maddysmith8846 Absolutely Maddy , they followed Peter's departure with a pair of classic LP's ( 3 including Second's Out ) , but it was never the same after Steve left 🎸
The flute was a mainstay of Prog rock. Jethro Tull, Genesis, the Moody Blues and Focus, among others, all featured and showcased the flute.
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Rush - Hemispheres
Yes - Relayer
Chicago - Chicago II
Horslips - The Book of Invasions
The Flower Kings - Flower Power
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Ad Infinitum - s/t
Echolyn - Mei
Transatlantic - SMPTE
Another great show, bravo!
My ten:
1. Pink Floyd: Dark side of the moon
2. Genesis: Selling England by the pound
3. Marillion: Script of a jesters tear
4. King Crimson: In the court of the Crimson king
5. Supertramp: Crime of the century
6. IQ: Dark matter
7. Porcupine tree: Fear of a blank planet
8. Eloy: Silent cries and mighty echoes
9. Focus: In and out of focus
10: The Moody Blues: Seventh sojourn
Focus I see your one of the few to mention them.Focus III and Moving waves would be in my top 20 for sure.In and out of focus is a very good pick !
@@paulkazakoff9231 I guess most Focus fans would rate Focus III and Moving waves higher than In and out of Focus. They are equally good I think. However In and out of Focus was one of my very first prog albums, and as such I have a soft spot for that particular LP, thus the pick. A very underrated band in my book.
@@michaelsrensen3398 Underrated sure are and one of my favourite concerts from the 1970's.To bad more folks should be aware of this wonderful band.
@@paulkazakoff9231 They might have grown bigger had they been a British or American band I think.
Finally a mention of IQ
1- Genesis: Selling England by the pound
2- Yes: Relayer
3- King Crimson: Red
4- Van der graaf generator: Godbluff
5- Camel: Moonmadness
6- Pink Floyd: Whish you were here
7- Steven Wilson: The raven that refused to sing
8- Gentle Giant: Acquiring the taste
9- Eloy: Ocean
10- Harmonium: Si on n'avait besoin d'une cinquième saison ( a great 70's band from Québec)
Harmonium! Nice that someone else knows that album. :)
@@nickalex79 i’m from Montréal and its a very very big band in Québec
Misplaced Childhood
Close To The Edge
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Wish You Were Here
Broadsword & The Beast
2112
Even In The Quietest Moments
Brain Salad Surgery
Clutching At Straws
Hon mentions. Duke, Division Bell, Meddle, Hemispheres, Script For A Jesters Tear
Good list
Nice call Pete on Siberian Khatru, I saw them open with this song in Toronto on their 10th anniversary tour in 1979 and they actually played the entire album. My favorite Yes album is Tales From Topographic Oceans but both are great. Great show as usual, thank you!
Adrien Belew played with Zappa, Bowie, King Crimson, Talking Heads. May mean something...
I consider anything with heavy use of mellotron probably prog. So yes, the Moodies should be in that category.
They were one of the first. Pick any of the first 4 albums and put them on your list
Tull without the trademark flute ... is like Hendrix without his guitar. Hmmm ...
Haha literally the signature sound, followed by Ian’s vocals.
Had to think about this.
1. Foxtrot - Genesis
2. Going for the One - Yes
3. Dark side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
4. In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
5. The World became the World - PFM
6. Selling England by the Pound - Genesis
7. Songs from the Wood - Jethro Tull
8. Works - Volume 1 - ELP
9. U.k. - U.K.
10. Animals - Pink Floyd
Honorable Mention: Voyage of the Acolyte - Steve Hackett, OK Computer - Radiohead, Close to the Edge - Yes, the Lamb - Genesis, Freehand - Gentle Giant
1. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
2. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
3. Yes - Close to the Edge
4. Jethro Tull - A Passion Play
5. Kansas - Point of Know Return
6. Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory
7. Renaissance - Scheherazade & Other Stories
8. The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed
9. Van der Graaf Generator - H to He Who Am The Only One
10. Soft Machine - Third
What a great show. Close to the Edge has to be number one, just magical.
That's basically one of my life's missions: to make a ultimative top10 progrock albums. Probably not going to happen, love all stuff too much. But as this interesting topic is brought back again, I must make a quick spontaneous top10, just what comes on my mind right now:
10. Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come - Journey (very overlooked, that stuff probably was considered alien in 1973)
9. Yes - Relayer
8. Supertramp - Crime of the Century
7. Eloy - Ocean (overlooked band for sure)
6. Peter Hammill - The Silent Corner And The Empty Stage (honorable mention - In Camera)
5. Rush - Moving Pictures
4. Pink Floyd - Animals
3. Camel - Mirage (surprised neither Pete nor Martin mentioned them)
2. King Crimson - Red
1. Van der Graaf Generator - Godbluff (perfect album in every aspect)
I just LOVE this show, and i’ve seen it a few times since 17th of december. I have most of those albums mentioned, and i agree with you guys for the most part. We have a lot of great prog bands here in Norway too, most from the resent years. I love SoT. Keep it up Pete & Co!
Regards from the city of Elverum!
1. Close To The Edge - Yes
2. In the Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson
3. Selling England By The Pound - Genesis
4. Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield
5. Meddle - Pink Floyd
6. Marillion - Script For A Jester's Tear
7. Turn Of The Cards - Renaissance
8. Ghosts - Strawbs
9. Hybris - Anglagard
10. The Sky Moved Sideways - Porcupine Tree
A great discussion gentlemen !!!
These would likely be my top 10 as of today ( lists made down the road would probably differ somewhat )
Jethro Tull : Aqualung. ( is it prog ? there are enough elements of it that are , I think )
Pink Floyd : Dark Side of the Moon
Genesis : Selling England by the Pound
Yes : Fragile ( I love Close to the Edge , but this one has Heart of the Sunrise , South Side of the Sky , & Roundabout )
Emerson , Lake & Palmer : Tarkus ( on another day it could be Brain Salad Surgery or Trilogy or the debut LP )
The Strawbs : Hero & Heroine. ( on another day it might be Ghosts )
Supertramp : Crime of the Century
King Crimson : In the Court of the Crimson King. ( on another day it might be Discipline )
Moody Blues : On the Threshold of a Dream
A Mulligan : Camel : Rain Dances ( another day it would be Moonmadness ) tied with Renaissance : Turn of the Card ( another day it would be Scheherazade )
Honourable mentions :
Kansas : Leftoverture
Gentle Giant : Free Hand
Porcupine Tree : Deadwing. ( another day it would be In Absentia )
OSI : OSI. ( I must check out Chroma Key )
Gordian Knot : Gordian Knot
Peter Gabriel : Car
I'll stop here as I could go on and on .
I think we need more detail !! Lol
Great list : D
@@ronniefarnsworth6465 Thanks ! Sometimes I get carried away....
@@johnw706 Lol, Well it is a Prog list !!!
You'll need a Pt.1B, Pt.2, 1st & 2nd Impression, a Reprise and an Alternate version !! : D
My list isn't that short either, their are just so many great Prog albums ! Lol
Great tee shirt pete. I threw an epic tantrum when i had to shovel out a foot of snow this morning
No particular order but the first 10 albums that came to my mind:
Larks tounges in aspic - King Crimson
Animals - Pink Floyd
Nursery crime - Genesis
Fear of a blank planet - Porcupine Tree
Aqualung - Jethro Tull
Acquiring the taste - Gentle Giant
Still life - Opeth (don't care if its metal that album is perfect)
Marbles - Marillion
H to He, who am the only one - Van der Graaf Generator
If I could do it all over again... - Caravan
Thanks Pete and Martin. Really enjoyed the vid. I love the 'is this prog' discussion. I have a couple like that in my 10
1. 'Red' - King Crimson
2. 'Animals' - Pink Floyd
3. 'Selling England By The Pound' - Genesis
4. 'Tago Mago' - Can
5. 'The Yes Album' - Yes
6. 'Automatic Fine Tuning' - AFT
7. 'Thick As A Brick' - Jethro Tull
8. 'Script For A Jester's Tear' - Marillion
9. 'In Search of The Lost Chord' - Moody Blues
10. 'ITCOTCK' - King Crimson
LOVE IT PETE.!!!!!
Hey Pete a ranking of peter gabriel’s album its long overdue i think !!
10. Devil Doll - Sacrilegium
9. Emerson Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
8. The Contortionist - Language
7. King Crimson - Beat
6. Pain of Salvation - One Hour by the Concrete Lake
5. Magellan - Test of Wills
4. Planet X - Universe
3. Genesis - And Then There Were Three
2. Opeth - Still Life
1. Yes - Relayer
I see King Crimson's Beat and I see a man of culture.
Great to see UK make the list. I saw them live back in the day. Even took photos of the show.
Epic show !!! Maybe the BEST video in the history of Sea of Tranquillity ! Thanks guys !!
1. Soft Machine Third
2. Santana Caravanseria
3. Rush Moving Pictures
4. Embryo Steig Aus
5. Tony Williams Believe It
Love the santana pick, what a great album.
Caravanseria !!! Nice Pick.. My Favorite Santana. Not sure if its Prog??? Definitely Jazz Fusion....& Totally Underrated..
Soft Machine! Whether we want to consider them fusion, prog rock, or whatever, they were something special.
Re: Eighties King Crimson, I think an undeniable influence on that period is Talking Heads (with whom Fripp and Belew were associated). The super rhythmic, world music-esque qualities plus Belew's voice, which often resembles David Byrne's, always make me think of the Heads. I love all the weird intersections of unlikely musicians that happened in that period.
Talking Heads are a superb unit but they are nowhere near being a prog rock band for Christ's sake.
@@EnosEverything Nobody said they were.
@@EnosEverything Talking Heads were very progressive. The true meaning has gotten lost over the years. People class Prog Rock as music from a period but during the period in question it was just called prog, it included fusion, classical, electronic, World and in fact any form. I'm in my 60s, we were there. We classed Talking Heads as prog, Fripp, Belew, Eno, Jon Hassell all played on their albums for gods sack. They are as prog as it gets, as Rick Wakeman said of Radiohead and he was spot on.
Yes, they were progressive but using them as an example of prog is a complete nonsense... By your theory every band that ever made morte than one abum is progressive asyou'd like to think that there music PROGRESSED between the first and second albums... So TALK TALK , WISHBONE ASH, URIAH HEEP, BUDGIE , MAN even FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS were progressive by your argument.. True prog was the prog rock of GENTLE GIANT , KING CRIMSON , VAN DER GREAF GENERATOR etc.etc.. I'm 68 and went through it all also... Oh and GOD'S SAKE is spelt thus , GOD'S SACK is where he kept his Christmas presents and loot.!!!! - if you want to hear some fine new music check out LUNATIC SOUL and the album THROUGH SHADED WOODS.... you won't be disappointed.
@@EnosEverything Those bands were prog, especially Wishbone Ash with it's mix of rock and folk, Argus sounds nothing like There's the Rub which is nothing like New England? As far as spelling goes that was my phone and I didn't check, oh dear me🤦♂️
I know Lunatic Soul and I like it as well as Riverside but that I wouldn't call progressive, more regressive. Good yes but nothing that hasn't been done before. That's what progressive is.
No not everyone is progressive. For example, Elbow are great, I like them a lot but if you listened to any album you would know it's them. Progressive is change. For example, King Crimson Lizard, sounds absolutely nothing like Discipline and that sounds nothing like The Power to Believe. Pink Floyd's Meddle sounds nothing like Wish You Were Here and that is not The Wall. VDGG Pawn Hearts sounds nothing like Still Life. Thus Talking Heads 77 sounds nothing like Remain in Light which sounds nothing like Naked. I could go on and on. There is a big difference. It was the mags that called prog, prog rock when Punk started. Wishbone Ash, Man, Family all prog bands as far as I'm aware. Talk Talk we're definitely progressive.
Riverside, Opeth, Porcupine Tree. Pineapple Thief all nice and classed as prog rock but not progressive at all, regressive, it's all been done.
Now Pain of Salvation are progressive, Radiohead are progressive, Autechre are progressive, Jagga Jazzist are progressive, Supersilent are progressive again I could go on.
Steven Wilson not, regressive. Although he changes his style it's always something that's been done before.
You probably wouldn't class David Bowie as prog but there as never been anyone more progressive than Bowie.
Wobbler, The Flower Kings, Neal Morse etc all classed as prog rock but they are anything but. As good as they are, it's still regressive, been done before.
Klaus Schulze Timewind sounds nothing like Audentity, now that's progressive.
Prog still lives in bands like Pain of Salvation, Between the Burried and Me, Vennart, etc. Not through Steven Wilson and Co.
The true meaning of progressive has been lost partly because of mags putting wrong labels on music and partly people not understanding the original term. Progressive is something that is completely new at time of release. Ask any of the original musicians and they will give you the same explanation as I have tried, rather poorly.
You probably won't agree with me but you are wrong but nevermind. Stay safe.
Oh by the way, check your own spelling before picking up someone else🤦♂️
At midnight I clicked the play button, telling myself, ten minutes and then I'll go to bed. It is almost half past one in the morning and I am finally going to bed, a happy man indeed. Thank you Pete and Martin, a great show.
Hemispheres - Rush
Wind & Wuthering - Genesis
Godbluff - Van Der Graaf Generator
Three Friends - Gentle Giant
Masque - Kansas
Songs From The Lions Cage - Arena
The Road Of Bones - IQ
Uomo Di Pezza - Le Orme
Rain Dances - Camel
Starcastle - Starcastle
Yeah your Damn right it's Crazy Martin !!!! Lol
Jethro Tull without The Flute, is like Reese's without Peanut Butter & Chocolate !! : D
Always a great education from these episodes
King Crimson - Larks Tongues in Aspic
Camel - Mirage
Alan Parsons Project - Pyramid
Pink Floyd - Animals
Ozric Tentacles - Jurassic Shift
Steven Wilson - The Raven who Refused to Sing
The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed
ELP - ELP
Eloy - Silent Cries Mighty Echoes
Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior
Camel’s Mirage is wonderful! Pure masterpiece!
Also love pyramid!!!
@@philipgraziano7570 best app album in my opinion!
@@JacobBailey their debut album is very underated as well
I was surprised that no ELP album was featured in the top 10, but great video nonetheless!
yeah, was tough to leave them out, but had to go with my gut.
@@seaoftranquilityprog if you're not staying true to yourself, what is the point of this exercise anyway?
No Brain Salad Surgery, no deal.
@@rael2099 trilogy is underatwd
@Martin Popoff You rock Martin!
Some really great choices, especially Chroma Key blew me off. I used to listen to Dead Air for radios and You go now for a long time. They are so introspective.
OSI also have great albums. Peter Gabriel' s albums up to So are so good. All the albums mentioned of course are unique and Animals has been part of my whole life.
As a mad Floyd fan, I am so happy that both of you ranked it in. Dogs and Sheep contain what the band is all about along with Wish you were here.
Someone commented to me that other than the uniqueness of the flute, Tull often sound Medieval and that is an intriguing aspect about them.
they are actually the most unique group and unrepeatable
Mirage by Camel has the same effect on me...
@@andrefigueiredo6284 Don't think about Mirage in the hustle and bustle, so obviously the album is great.
1) Camel - Rain Dances
2) Steve Hackett - Please Don't Touch
3) Gentle Giant - In a Glass House
4) Eloy - Ocean
5) Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant
6) IQ - Ever
7) Gentle Giant - Free Hand
8) Steve Hackett - Voyage Of the Acolyte
9) Gentle Giant - Interview
10) Eloy - Metromania
I love so many progressive rock albums!! Thank you guys for picking your favorites!! I enjoyed listening to your picks!! Take Care. 🎼🎤🎸🥁
King Crimson refreshed in the 80s is a joy to continue to discover for me. I like 70s better, but still enjoy Fripp's creativity!
As much as I love Discipline, it has nothing to do with the 70s Crimso sound and feel, they should have called the band Discipline instead, the same way Yes should have named themselves Cinema in 83.
As much as I agree with both of you, I feel that as far as the Crimson concept falls flat on the latter two 80s albums but are no means bad records. Red is my personal favourite KC album, Discipline is one of my favourite Adrian Belew albums in general and Power to Believe is my all time favourite album but rank at a lower tier as far as KC is concerned.
@@InsaneCarville And I love hearing you three talk about KC with such nuanced and diverse levels of appreciation.
The 90s / 00s refresh was pretty cool too.
Wait until you discover the 90s and 2000s!
Yes, the Adrian Belew albums (Twang Bar King and Lone Rhinoceros) are prog.
really good show. I was about to complain about the lack of love to ELP but you recovered in the end.
I don't know why but I kept waiting to say "Oh no freaking not that album" but you guys nailed it back and fourth. My new fav SoT show!! Great job and happy holidays friends!
Obviously a part 2 is needed.
Double album episode for sure. It's prog rock after all.
Crime of the Century? Is it prog? Everybody discuss while I go listen to that masterpiece for the umpteenth time...
To me it's definitely prog, and Supertramp's very best album to be honest!
Yes hands down. Supertramp are a very proggy band in general!
Progpop is such a term exists
Awesome episode ! These are the best when only you two appear. Great top ten each.
To Mr. Pardo's credit, these videos have made me appreciate certain bands more than ever, and a good example is Kansas. Commercial radio drove a couple of their songs into the ground, but I should never have let that spoil my interest in that band.
What a treat to hear Martin 's shout for Kevin Moore, Chroma Key and O.S.I! He echoes my feelings with respect to all 3 Chroma Key albums - they've been favourites of mine for a number of years - good time to revisit them.
1. Rush - Hemispheres. 2. Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade Of Grey. 3. Marillion - Clutching At Straws. 4. Saga - Heads Or Tails. 5. Styx - The Grand Illusion. 6. Transatlantic - SMPT:e. 7. Tool - Fear Inoculum. 8. Genesis - Duke. 9. The Gathering - How to Measure a Planet? 10. Royal Hunt - Fear.
Nice to see The Gathering in your list. A good list, lots of not immediately obvious choices. Prog on.
Good list. Nice to see some love for Fates Warning and Marillion
Underrated indeed. Although they obviously showed Within Temptation and a ton of other, mainly Dutch bands the way, I feel they were in a league of their own. For some reason I find myself mostly drawn to if_then_else, an album that doesn't get enough love imho, even from the band themselves.
1 - Foxtrot - Genesis
2 - Hemispheres - Rush
3 - Close to the Edge - Yes
4 - Minstrel in the Gallery - Jethro Tull
5 - Misplaced Childhood - Marillion
6 - Red - King Crimson
7 - Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
8 - Crime of the Century - Supertramp
9 - Images and Words - Dream Theater
10 - Beethoven’s Last Night - TSO
Honor Mention
11 - I Robot - TAPP
Focus- Moving Waves, 3
Close to The Edge-Yes
Pawn Hearts- Van Der Graaf Generator
In The Court of The Crimson King- King Crimson
Tarkus- ELP
Exposure-Robert Fripp
The Dark Side of The Moon, Obscured by Clouds-Pink Floyd
2112, Caress of Steel, Moving Pictures-Rush
Foxtrot, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway-Genesis
Misplaced Childhood-Marillion
Red Octopuss- Gentle Giant
More into jazz, Soft Machine- Third, Four, Bundles
...Sons of Apollo, Transatlantic, Dream Theater, Opeth, Porcupine Tree, they all have excellent prog metal albums.
A great prog band from the 70’s hardly anyone talks about is Hatfield And The North from the Canterbury scene. They released 2 records. A self titled record titled Hatfield And The North from 1973, and another called The Rotters Club from 1975. This is their masterpiece and should belong in any top 10 prog list. This is a jazz fusion classic. Flawless.
Saw Hatfield at St Andrews U in the early mid 70s and enjoy their albums but still prefer Caravan
For true progressive rock fans The 70's italian school of progressive rock (a genre of it's own) probably released the top tier albums in all of history (along with UK)..released during the same years or earlier and surpassing some of the already well-known mainstream UK prog rock albums: there's hundreds. One of them being and a personal favorite: "Museo Rosenbach-Zarathustra" 1973
1-Pink Floyd - Animals
2-King Crimson - Red
3- Yes - The Yes Album
4-ELP - Trilogy
5-Supertramp - Even In The Quietest Moments...
6-SBB - Nowy Horizont
7-The Alan Parsons Project - Pyramid
8-Mike Oldfield - Crises
9-Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Glorified Magnified
10-Rush - Farewell To Kings
A difficult one. You could go with the classic albums and bands, but sometimes a lesser known one is just fantastic. And what is prog? We all know the genre, but it can be really wide.
I just listed the ones I thought up first
King Crimson - The Power to Believe
Sky Architect - Nomad
RPWL - Beyond Man and Time
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
Genesis - Wind and Wuthering
Mike Oldfield - Amarok
HFMC - HFMC
Philhelmon - Perpetum Immobile
Kayak - Isis
Camel - Rajaz
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
ELP - Trilogy
Styx - The Grand Illusion
Some classics, some lesser known, but nevertheless love it, probably missed many...
What about the early Caravan with songs like 'for Richard'.
Amazing song. Likewise Camel's Lady Fantasy
classic Caravan are all masterpieces...... "For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night" my personal fav
Please can someone like AtomHeart Mother , Meddle and The Yes Album .
Alan psichedelic breakfast and echoes are really great....and atom heart mother too....specially when they were playing live....it is like a ritual of initiation.....The yes album is great too...
Love Atom Heart Mother!
@@wrinai San Tropez and Seamus The Dog...
Love all 3 of those albums
Oh good. Another Pardo/Popoff video! Love these.
Two P's in a podcast!
goopah, I saw what you did.
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Hey all...thank you Martin and Pete for another fantastic list...I have compiled together my top 10 progressive rock albums which have made the biggest impact on me the most...here they are
10. Snow - Spock's Beard
9. In Absentia - Porcupine Tree
8. Kaleidoscope - Transatlantic
7. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
6. Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull
5. Brain Salad Surgery - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
4. Days Of Future Passed - The Moody Blues
3. In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson
2. The Yes Album - Yes
1. Selling England By The Pound - Genesis