Top 120 Neo Prog Albums of All Time

^ Honestly and personally, I think you should stop picking on almost each and every post of Paul that you don't like. I find it more and more disturbing how you are harassing him. It is clear that you will never get used to Paul's particular humour, but to express it each and every time and time again is really really really getting very very very tedious.

Cristi wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: Thanks Logan. I really need to Czech those bands out and Polish up on my knowledge of East European prog, as I'm always Hungary to expand my musical horizons.  My current Polish playlist:- Abraxas; Collage; Quidam; Satellite; SBB Three clichés in one sentence, must be a new record.

Logan wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: Bizarrely, Marillion's highly-acclaimed Brave & Marbles albums didn't even make it into the RYM Top 120.  Neither Brave nor Marbles are labelled/ tagged as Neo-Prog at RYM.  See: https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/marillion For Brave: RYM Rating 3.76 / 5.0 from 1,962 ratings Ranked #80 for 1994, #2,949 overall Genres Progressive Rock Alternative Rock, Rock Opera Descriptors atmospheric, introspective, male vocals, concept album, lonely, sombre, melodic, nocturnal, rock For Marbles: RYM Rating 3.80 / 5.0 from 1,928 ratings Ranked #21 for 2004, #1,984 overall Genres Progressive Rock, Alternative Rock Pop Rock, Post-Britpop Descriptors calm, introspective, melancholic, melodic, progressive, atmospheric, male vocals, mellow, concept album, soft, sombre, space, bittersweet, passionate The Neo-Prog phase at RYM for Marillion is considered to be the 80s one, and I have seen that view echoed at PA as well. Here is an excerpt from the Neo-Prog description at RYM (see https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/neo-prog/  : RYM wrote: Although the original scene died in the late '80s with Fish leaving Marillion and Peter Nicholls leaving IQ, the genre continued an underground following with bands like Pendragon, Arena and Galahad at the forefront, and creating some smaller scenes, like the '90s Polish scene of Abraxas, Collage and Quidam. Although Marillion moved further away from neo-prog, IQ continued to make albums in the style, and gained a further cult following after Peter Nicholls returned to the band.

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - September 17 2022 at 02:03

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: David_D wrote: I wrote: "All your examples tell me, Paul, that there might not be so much consensus about the definition  of Neo-Prog as I have thought it. " including your example in The Big Six - of the 80s? but I find PA's (and RYM's) definition to be a good one. Well, there's no consensus between Cristi & I, that's for sure.  There never is but you keep banging on as if your 'different' opinion is as equally valid as the consensus of the rest of the site. How about give it a rest for a bit. It's getting tiring.

Psychedelic Paul wrote: Well, there's no consensus between Cristi & I, that's for sure.

Edited by David_D - September 16 2022 at 09:27

Psychedelic Paul wrote: Citizens of Hope & Glory: an excellent history of Progressive Rock, where Echolyn, The Flower Kings & Spock's Beard all featured heavily in the chapter on Neo Prog.

Psychedelic Paul wrote: Citizens of Hope & Glory: an excellent history of Progressive Rock, where Echolyn, The Flower Kings & Spock's Beard all featured heavily in the chapter on Neo Prog.

Psychedelic Paul wrote: Citizens of Hope & Glory: an excellent history of Progressive Rock, where Echolyn, The Flower Kings & Spock's Beard all featured heavily in the chapter on Neo Prog.

Logan wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: Bizarrely, Marillion's highly-acclaimed Brave & Marbles albums didn't even make it into the RYM Top 120.  Neither Brave nor Marbles are labelled/ tagged as Neo-Prog at RYM.  See: https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/marillion For Brave: RYM Rating 3.76 / 5.0 from 1,962 ratings Ranked #80 for 1994, #2,949 overall Genres Progressive Rock Alternative Rock, Rock Opera Descriptors atmospheric, introspective, male vocals, concept album, lonely, sombre, melodic, nocturnal, rock For Marbles: RYM Rating 3.80 / 5.0 from 1,928 ratings Ranked #21 for 2004, #1,984 overall Genres Progressive Rock, Alternative Rock Pop Rock, Post-Britpop Descriptors calm, introspective, melancholic, melodic, progressive, atmospheric, male vocals, mellow, concept album, soft, sombre, space, bittersweet, passionate The Neo-Prog phase at RYM for Marillion is considered to be the 80s one, and I have seen that view echoed at PA as well. Here is an excerpt from the Neo-Prog description at RYM (see https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/neo-prog/  : RYM wrote: Although the original scene died in the late '80s with Fish leaving Marillion and Peter Nicholls leaving IQ, the genre continued an underground following with bands like Pendragon, Arena and Galahad at the forefront, and creating some smaller scenes, like the '90s Polish scene of Abraxas, Collage and Quidam. Although Marillion moved further away from neo-prog, IQ continued to make albums in the style, and gained a further cult following after Peter Nicholls returned to the band.