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I'm just getting into prog, so this thread is a great resource (just ordered "Crimson King" and "Octopus", both of which I have heard but don't own). My wife is a big Yes fan so she got me into them, but at the moment I'm liking Genesis a lot. I bought the first box set (which includes everything with Peter Gabriel) and I'd consider all of that pretty essential. I'm also a big fan of Peter Gabriel's first solo albums as well, though he may not really be considered prog by that point. After I delve into King Crimson and Gentle Giant I'll be ready for some of the lesser known recommendations in this thread. The Bunk fucked around with this message at 18:53 on Mar 31, 2010 |
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Pickled Foetus posted:And finally my favourite, and the one you're least likely to have heard. Some of you may know of Split Enz as a New Wave band from New Zealand who achieved some brief fame in the early 1980s. But when they started in the 1970s they were a full-blown prog band (before founding member Phil Judd was replaced by Neil Finn), heavily influenced by the likes of Jethro Tull, Yes, Family, Zeppelin and Roxy Music. Their 1975 album 'Mental Notes' is the greatest prog album ever made, period, and I urge every prog lover to hunt down a copy. Don't believe me? Here: Yeah, I've got Mental Notes and Second Thoughts (plus Beginning of the Enz) and I like them a lot. It's not in the prog realm, but I also really love the Split Enz offshoot Swingers and their album Counting the Beat. It's more of a power pop/new wave type album. I wish I could find "All Over Town" online, but it's the greatest Cheap Trick song that isn't by Cheap Trick.
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