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Points: 10616 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 09 2010 at 16:19

Well, well, Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye, my two favorite soul artists.

Proggish? Well, sometimes. Conceptual artists, looking beyond the 3 minute song. Prog, though, as stipulated on this site? I'm inclined to say "no".
 
Very interesting artists though for a lot of prog fans.
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Points: 7028 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 09 2010 at 15:35
Originally posted by Adams Bolero Adams Bolero wrote:

I propose that Marvin Gaye be added for his album ''Here, My Dear''. This is an essential album for any Progressive Motown collectionWink

Very nice, it so sounds like Dick Parry on sax tooLOL
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Points: 8138 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 09 2010 at 15:21
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Points: 679 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 09 2010 at 12:16

I propose that Marvin Gaye be added for his album ''Here, My Dear''. This is an essential album for any Progressive Motown collectionWink



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Points: 3595 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 09 2010 at 10:36
Stevie Wonder For Crossover, really. I already know for a fact no one on this site would ever support him being added, but I'll be damned if I don't see Songs in the Key of Life as a progressive "rock" album.

For one, it's a double album, secondly, it's got two main concepts running through it (human suffering/political suffering), so it could be considered a concept album. Thirdly, it has an extreme amount of diversity, from soul ballads to jazz rock instrumentals, to synth rockers, to all sorts of stuff. Plus, who was more influential on music, in general, guys?!

+double/conceptual album
+extremely diverse
+atypical song duration/format (from 2 minutes to 9 minutes, has instrumentals)
+varied instrumentation, including the synth roll of Village Ghetto Land, to the jazzy rocking of contusion etc. It's not just your standard guitar, bass, drums, singer, ya dig?
+Highly influential to god knows who.
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