12 classic PA band latest albums & 12 non PA acts

Here I have chosen 12 classic and well-known (big name) Prog bands that were founded from the late 60s to early 70s, listed the last released studio album and paired those years up with albums from acts not in Prog Archives. I would have included Gentle Giant, but opted to only include ones that had post 1990 releases. Were there there several more options available for the poll, then I would have liked to include Soft Machine, Tangerine Dream and Kansas. The non-PA album years were contingent on the PA bands, otherwise I would have chosen different albums by some artists.

Feel free to vote for one option from each pairing (or more than one if one really wanted to), and one need not be familiar with much here to vote.

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I made a playlist with a track from each album (of variable quality and qualities). Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4KAErz7zEZI0VVyDIMueNgD



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The pairings:

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - In the Hot Seat (1994)
Portishead - Dummy (1994)

Genesis - ...Calling All Stations... (1997)
Stereolab - Dots and Loops (1997)

King Crimson - The Power to Believe (2003)
Melt-Banana - Cell-Scape (2003)

Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012)
Melody's Echo Chamber - Melody's Echo Chamber (2012)

Camel - The Snow Goose (Re-recording) (2013) OR Camel - A Nod and a Wink (2002)*
La Femme - Psycho Tropical Berlin (2013) OR Boards of Canada - Geogaddi (2002)*

Renaissance - Grandine il vento (2013)
Julia Holter - Loud City Song (2013)

Pink Floyd - The Endless River (2014)
Chelsea Wolfe - Pain Is Beauty (2014)

Van der Graaf Ganerator - Do Not Disturb (2016)
Bruno Pernadas - Those Who Throw Objects at the Crocodiles Will Be Asked to Retrieve Them (2016)

Yes - The Quest (2021)
Lingua Ignota - Sinner Get Ready (2021)

Caravan - It’s None of Your Business (2021)
otay:onii - Ming Ming (2021)

Jethro Tull - The Zealot Gene (2022)
Pan Daijing - Tissues (2022)

Magma - Kãrtëhl (2022)
Weyes Blood - And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow (2022)

** Note that I added Camel's A Nod and a Wink (2002) to the Camel line and Boards of Canada's 2002 album Geogaddi to the La Femme line as the 2002 out of PA pairing due to a comment about considering A Nod and a Wink to be the last Camel album. Please only vote once in any poll option line as it's an OR proposition. If you voted already for Camel's re-recording but prefer A Nod and Wink, then consider your vote to have gone to the 2002 album.

Edited by Logan - February 01 2023 at 07:50

Very often I only know one of a pairing. Can vote only for Pan Daijing and Lingua Ignota (in fact I don't know In the Hot Seat so I can't even vote for Portishead, but great album there; also The Zealot Gene is not so bad and may have won against some others).

Can't really do a pairing. All I could say is that I really dig Clockwork Angels.

King Crinsom and Jethro Tull.

Jethro Tull - The Zealot Gene (2022)

1. King Crimson.
2. Rush.
3. Jethro Tull.
4. Stereolab.
5. Magma.

octopus-4 wrote: I like Renaissance and Caravan in the list. Pink Floyd is just "not bad". I think Camel's last album is A Nod And A Wink. It would have my vote

While I decided that I should include that Snow Goose re-recording as Camel's last studio album for the poll, I would have preferred to include 2002's A Nod and a Wink. As the Snow Goose re-recording has four votes -- I much prefer the original studio album and the version on a Live Record from what I have heard of the re-recording -- I won't replace it, but I will add an "OR" to the Camel poll option line for a Nod and a Wink. I would ask those who voted for Camel already not to vote again, not that this is a contest. The Snow Goose's 2013 pairing of La Femme's Psycho Tropical Berlin, which I hope some seek this out, has zero votes anyway. It's all on youtube but you might have to sign in due to some, imo, silly concerns of it being too adult due to the tasty, or should that be tasteful?, breasts on the cover. For 2002 I can add a Boards of Canada album with Geogaddi. I love Boards of Canada. I especially have been playing Music has the Right to Children a lot of late. Very happy to get the chance to add a Boards of Canada album to the poll.

Jared wrote: I'm not sure what to vote here.... obviously Clockwork Angels is fabulous. I've ticked Endless River too, even though I've got to be in the mood. Calling All Stations was a bit of a horror show IIRC, but it's 25 years since I heard it. I could tick the Camel, but haven't heard the re-recording (have both the original studio and A Live Record). Yes isn't really Yes after Magnification; flogged 'Fly From Here' on ebay. Renaissance should have called it a day after ASFAS tbh... Now if you'd had included Mike Oldfield's RtO, that would certainly have garnered a vote!

^ If I do another, then Mike Oldfield will certainly be on it. He would have fit this big Prog name poll very well.

Now added Camel's A Nod and a Wink.... I prefer those earlier versions of A Snow Goose to what I heard of the re-recording. I could have imagined Kenny-G joining in on what little I heard. For me the original and the A Live Record versions are Camel at its best.

Edited by Logan - February 01 2023 at 07:58

I tend to find most bands later output tails off in comparison to their heydays. While Power To Believe is not in my top 5 King Crimson albums is does stand out as maintaining Crimson's standard of excellence after the slightly disappointing previous album. They get my vote. 

Edited by Nogbad_The_Bad - February 01 2023 at 08:47

Edited by suitkees - February 03 2023 at 05:05