10 Albums For Someone New

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   It totally depends where they're at, if they're interested in prog, they've probably already heard some and liked it. You go from there. The staple entry points are not necessarily the big albums. I would hand a beginner Fragile or the Yes Album before CTTE. Similarly, Aqualung is a much better entry album than TAAB, and SEBtP better than Foxtrot and especially the Lamb.

Damnation, Awake, Second Life Syndrome, Crack the Skye are excellent metal entry points. In Abstentia is not a bad example of modern prog. 

The old schtick of giving Univers Zero and Magma to newbies....I guess it's still funny.

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Negoba Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: July 24 2008 Location: Big Muddy Status: Offline Points: 5208	Posted: August 28 2009 at 16:34
	It totally depends where they're at, if they're interested in prog, they've probably already heard some and liked it. You go from there. The staple entry points are not necessarily the big albums. I would hand a beginner Fragile or the Yes Album before CTTE. Similarly, Aqualung is a much better entry album than TAAB, and SEBtP better than Foxtrot and especially the Lamb. Damnation, Awake, Second Life Syndrome, Crack the Skye are excellent metal entry points. In Abstentia is not a bad example of modern prog. The old schtick of giving Univers Zero and Magma to newbies....I guess it's still funny.
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CPicard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 03 2008 Location: Là, sui monti. Status: Offline Points: 10841	Posted: August 28 2009 at 15:53
	01. Yes - Close To The Edge 02. King Crimson - Lizard 03. Genesis - Nursery Cryme 04. Jethro Tull - nearly any anthology 05. Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Trilogy 06. Frank Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti 07. Roxy Music - Roxy Music 08. Magma - Attahk 09. This Heat - Deceit 10. Univers Zéro - 1313 But that's a just personal opinion...

WalterDigsTunes Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 11 2007 Location: SanDiegoTijuana Status: Offline Points: 4373	Posted: August 28 2009 at 13:49
	The first six you mentioned, plus: 07. Crucis- Crucis/Los Delirios del Mariscal 08. King Crimson- Discipline 09. Marillion- Misplaced Childhood 10. Genesis- Selling England by the Pound

The Switch Blade Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: August 26 2009 Location: Oswego, NY Status: Offline Points: 19	Posted: August 28 2009 at 13:43
	If a friend tells you that he's interested in progressive music and wants ten albums to get introduced to the genre, what would you give them? 01. Pink Floyd - "Dark Side of the Moon" 02. Yes - "Close to the Edge" 03. King Crimson - "In the Court of the Crimson King" 04. Rush - "Moving Pictures" 05. Supertramp - "Breakfast in America" 06. Jethro Tull - "Thick as a Brick" 07. Porcupine Tree - "In Absentia" 08. Dream Theater - "Scenes From A Memory Metropolis Part II" 09. The Mars Volta - "De-Loused in the Comatorium" 10. Opeth - "Blackwater Park"
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