Top 120 Neo Prog Albums of All Time |
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Grumpyprogfan
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My top three neo-prog artists would be:
Sanguine Hum - Love all their work Frost* - Milliontown is a masterpiece The Psychedelic Ensemble - The neo band that no one knows about Then in no order... Arena - John Mitchell elevates this band Sylvan - Posthumous Silence and Artificial Paradise are amazing K2 - Allan Holdsworth guests on the first album Lifesigns - Cheerful prog pop music Subsignal - Heavy neo Marillion, IQ, Pendragon are bands that aren't my pint of brew. |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Anyway, Polish prog is for the distant future (maybe sometime in 2024) as I still have a British Neo Prog Top 30 playlist to listen to first. Abel Ganz Arena Castanarc Credo Cyan Edison's Children Elegant Simplicity The Far Meadow Fish Frost* Galahad IQ It Bites Jadis Janison Edge Landmarq Lifesigns Magenta Marillion Nth Ascension Martin Orford Pallas Pendragon Quantum Pig Sanguine Hum Shadowland Solstice The Tangent Twelfth Night The Violet Hour
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Psychedelic Paul
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I just discovered that Lifesigns and Sanguine Hum are both British bands, so I've added them to my Neo Prog playlist.
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Psychedelic Paul
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Don't take it personally. I hardly ever reply to P.M.'s - as David will tell you.
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Psychedelic Paul
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British Neo Prog Top 30 Playlist
1984: Abel Ganz - Gratuitous Flash - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZxsS9xKBm3HCPO8bTIHEUX
1985: Abel Ganz - Gullibles Travels - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYOOdLvTkYZDAnojcmk554l 1988: Abel Ganz - The Dangers of Strangers - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbGCnKOqEK44de_xu5iJ_hl 1994: Abel Ganz - The Deafening Silence - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBuc00NZ5U8 2008: Abel Ganz - Shooting Albatross - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZponSTA09xnlmNI45uQdK7 2014: Abel Ganz - Abel Ganz - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEaau9QDIYjWGz_SJl0URSl3 2020: Abel Ganz - The Life of the Honey Bee - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbbUGSYyC6C8ObGlizu2mi9 Edited by Psychedelic Paul - September 17 2022 at 12:20 |
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Psychedelic Paul
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British Neo Prog Top 30 Playlist
1995: Arena - Songs from the Lion's Cage - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mWD3neilwkfPLXcOKjQnp8aET0I1Ym9sM 1996: Arena - Pride - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lY9CdTgjaTd8ElJfLCGfZV_y-oMKTUouQ 1998: Arena - The Visitor - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lV_6WrC0UVywzQCkf4MdMfSPO3Ips2FCo 2000: Arena - Immortal? - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nNXBB1FImtecf23QT_b8Ng7_ofG7SZ7vo 2003: Arena - Contagion - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_myT56-Ask1S37Ko9u6aP6zSoN0dun6zEM 2005: Arena - Pepper's Ghost - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nW8-qNtbQFzrbxPnT8-EPo_aQnoBEY57U 2011: Arena - The Seventh Degree of Separation - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m_rTXGMgfWxZl0ZifVSy9b2VQfsF1H8WU 2013: Arena - Arena Live - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kGF5unTy4-GAZY-rsGVsAQuHL6oAgMWfw 2015: Arena - The Unquiet Sky - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l1yUZZG5v21cFYNDI1fF2byJEWyc1MJ1E 2018: Arena - Double Vision - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nj51TVrBj3Ubol5R5-FG950gaVskWySIg 2019: Arena - Re-Visited: Live - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XisBbOx-2H4&t=1020s Edited by Psychedelic Paul - September 17 2022 at 12:21 |
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David_D
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Right, and I think, we're talking about some communication which as a principle is relevant for all the members of the forum. Edited by David_D - September 17 2022 at 14:15 |
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quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
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Mellotron Storm
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I'd like to mention Twin Age out of Sweden, they have two albums I really appreciate "Lialim High" and "Month Of The Year". In the liner notes of the first one I mentioned they thank Jan Erik the Anekdoten bass player along with Ken Golden, Greg Walker and Steve F from Wayside. Not sure why I mentioned that but...
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Thanks for the recommendation. I'm not a fan of turnips and swedes, but I do love my Swedish prog and these are my current Top 10 favourites from the land of the midnight sun:- Anglagard Dice Roine Stolt and the Flower Kings Galleon Grand Stand Indisciplined Lucy Isidurs Bane Par Lindh Project Samla Mammas Manna Simon Says Unfortunately, Anekdoten and Opeth are not to my tastes, just like turnips and swedes.
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geekfreak
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I own 52 of these albums. Surprised there’s no Mostly Autumn on this list. |
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richardh
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Glass Hammer and The Flower Kings are solidly symphonic prog while Spock's Beard is not really neo either to my ears but not entirely sure what they come under. As for the list, its okay I suppose. All Marillion 80's albums at the top albeit in a slightly strange order.
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geekfreak
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The Neal Morse era Spock’s Beard albums are solid symphonic prog to my ears but I do agree with the running order of the Marillion albums. |
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Psychedelic Paul
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I'd like to have seen Mostly Autumn on the list too, but I've never seen them classed as Neo Prog, no matter how hard I've looked.
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BrufordFreak
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I disagree! The sound palettes, structural forms, and melodic sensibilities of all three of these band's works--even song-by-song--have been used before--are familiar to the seasoned listener (i.e. anyone familiar with the progressive rock, rock, and classic rock discographies of the 1970s)--with Roine Stolt being the most blatant and egregious "offender". This, to my mind, lends to their inclusion within the realms of Neo Prog: "new prog using the old". Of the three and a half, Neal Morse seems the one who is able to create the most fresh and "new" symphonic structures albeit still using "classic" forms and sound palettes. No one can blame an artist for wanting to revive and/or perpetuate a hallowed/revered sound, form, or style from the past. This practice, however, does breed the consequence of familiarity and, then, comparison. It's difficult to compare the discographies of Univers Zero, Henry Cow, Art Zoyd, Present, Humble Grumble, Major Parkinson, Yugen, Allan Holdsworth, Bill Bruford's Earthworks, and Factor Burzaco to previous songs/albums cuz there are so few taking rock music beyond the comfortable forms that have dominated rock/prog rock before, thus, you will rarely hear any "neo" suffix attached to a categorical definition of these bands. Today's symphonic artists are, however, mostly using the forms, sounds, and major/minor/pentatonic scales that were used by artists in the 1960s and 1970s, thus present certain degrees of "neo" or "revivalism," n'est-ce pas? |
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Psychedelic Paul
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You may be interested to know that The Flower Kings are listed as both Symphonic Prog and Neo Prog on Google - which I agree with - so there's plenty of Flower Power to go around for everyone, no matter whether your tastes veer more towards either Symphonic Prog or Neo Prog. At the end of the day (that's a cliche ), it doesn't really matter to me what The Flower Kings are categorised as on PA so long as they continue to make great music.
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richardh
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that's not my understanding of Neo Prog at all. It started with Marillion, IQ , Twelfth Night, Pallas and the like. It was more about bringing prog down to earth and away from, dare I say, 'Airy Fairy Nonsense' and lyrics that make no sense. Neo was a valiant attempt to ground prog but while retaining the best aspects of the musicianship. Glass Hammer and The Flower Kings very much embrace the classic era of symph prog and are not trying to modfiy it this is true but anyone that thinks that music evolves only by using different instruments is missing the point. You literally can create new music the way GH and TFK do otherwise pretty much no classical music has ever evolved which I doubt is true. This is my take on it. People generally dislike Neo Prog because they simply don't understand it which is sad really.
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Rick1
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^ Exactly; neo-prog was a particular movement exemplified by a small number of bands; most of whom did not have record deals. The scene was largely DIY and the music obtained on cassette tapes bought at gigs or mail order - I still have several: Solstice, Pendragon etc. The release of the 'Fire in Harmony' sampler was snapped up! I find this discussion of bands such as Glass Hammer and Flower Kings far removed from those sweaty nights at the Marquee Club.
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essexboyinwales
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I own 40 of these albums, going back to the OP. IQ are my favourite band and I’m a bit surprised to see some of their albums so far down, including Road Of Bones🤔
It Bites, Marillion, Pendragon, Frost* are all great. I need to listen to more Jadis and Arena….. |
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richardh
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^ possibly part of the issue is that Road Of Bones was released both as a single disc version and also with the bonus disc. I always preferred the bonus disc over the 'official' release personally so without looking at millions of reviews I'm not sure what the reviewers are basing their ratings on.
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Lewian
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I beat you with one Marillion (that I don't particularly like) and two IQ (that I do like a lot).
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