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Originally posted by Gerinski Gerinski wrote:

You seem to like more the mellower side of prog. I understand that you didn't like Yes' Close to the Edge, but you might give a chance to some of their mellower songs, such as:

Turn of the Century
And You And I
Madrigal
Awaken
In the Presence Of

Also since you liked Renaissance's debut I would suggest also their albums:

Turn of the Cards
Ashes Are Burning 
Novella
Scheherazade and Other Stories

Try also Genesis' album Selling England by the Pound



I agree with you about Yes. It would not be wise to give up on them so easily. If he didn't like Jon Anderson's vocals then he could check out the Drama album and maybe also Fly From Here. 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (2) Thanks(2)   Quote Gerinski Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2023 at 15:08
You seem to like more the mellower side of prog. I understand that you didn't like Yes' Close to the Edge, but you might give a chance to some of their mellower songs, such as:

Turn of the Century
And You And I
Madrigal
Awaken
In the Presence Of

Also since you liked Renaissance's debut I would suggest also their albums:

Turn of the Cards
Ashes Are Burning 
Novella
Scheherazade and Other Stories

Try also Genesis' album Selling England by the Pound


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People are entitled to not like Yes just like they are entitled to not like Genesis, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, VDGG and Magma. 
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^ Really glad especially that you liked Bubu's Anabelas. That's a challenging listen for many an experienced Progger (the more mainstream ones) due its more out-there qualities. And we share a not like for Yes' Close to the Edge album, a rarity here it seems, which might help a bit in suggesting enjoyable music. I often have been told not to throw new people to Prog off the deep end (cough, Magma, cough). Really pleased that you took the time to listen and comment. It's very common that people asking for recommendations never comment on the choices or come back to the thread. Sometimes you get a vague, "Great suggestions everyone, keep them coming" which makes me wonder if they checked them out. I do try to base my recommendations on what people say they like usually.

At some time, maybe now, you might enjoy Godpspeed You! Black Emperor. Lift Your Skinny Fists lIke Antennas to Heaven is something of a masterpiece. It is on the more ambient side. It's a trip. Here is the first track:



And the album playlist: CLICK here

Oh, and do check out Magma at some time (many start out with MDK). Required listening, like it or not, imo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OjWBjvpr4s
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^Remember the future by Nektar tells a story also. It's one long 45 minute track that makes up the entire album though.
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Originally posted by Boojieboy Boojieboy wrote:

Seems like if "In the Court of the KC" is liked, then the next album ("In the Wake of Poseidon") would also be liked, since quite similar. Same for Nektar's "Tab in the Ocean" after the first album.


I did end up liking "In the Wake of Poseidon" but I didn't like "Tab in the Ocean" because my favorite part of "Journey to the Centre of the Eye" is that it tells a story (that is also why it is my favorite album), and I couldn't sense any storyline in tab in the ocean.
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Seems like if "In the Court of the KC" is liked, then the next album ("In the Wake of Poseidon") would also be liked, since quite similar. Same for Nektar's "Tab in the Ocean" after the first album.
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Anekdoten and Analgard are right up your alley.

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Thank all of you for the recommendations!

From what Logan said:
I liked "Embryo" by Pink Floyd,
I liked "Astronomy Domine" by Pink Floyd,
I liked "Interstellar Overdrive" by Pink Floyd,
I liked "Saucer full of Secrets" by Pink Floyd,
I liked "In Search of Space" by Hawkwind,
I liked "Solar Music Live" by Grobschnitt,
I liked "The Isle of Everywhere" and "Master Builder" by Gong,
I liked "The Sound" by Swans,
and I liked "Anabelas" by Bubu a lot.

How did you read what I would like so well?????????

From what Psychedelic Paul said:
I liked "Shibuya Nights (Live in Tokyo 2007)" by Agitation Free,
I liked "Space Shanty" by Khan,
I liked "Voyage of the Acolyte" by Steve Hackett (although some of the songs were a little fast-paced for me),
I liked "Stranger (On the Edge of Time)" by Pallas,
I liked "Dark Side of the Moon" by Pink Floyd (especially the song "Brain Damage" that one was beautiful),
I liked "Ashes are Burning" by Renaissance a lot,
and I liked "Strastosfear" by Tangerine Dream a lot.

Thank you for the assortment of awesome albums!!!

From what Lewian said:
I liked "The Sky Moves Sideways" by Porcupine Tree a lot
and I liked "Recordings" by Porcupine Tree.

Thanks for that band recommendation. Those two albums are some of my favorites now!

From what PhideauxFan said:
I liked "Sad Rain" by Anekdoten a lot.

Thanks for the recommendation of Anekdoten. I really liked "Sad Rain."

From what David_D said:
I liked "Renaissance" by Renaissance a lot.

Thanks for the recommendation of that album! It sounds very high quality and if I listen to it more it has a decent chance of being one of my favorites.

From what Archisorcerus said:
I liked Jurassic Shift by Ozric Tentacles.

Thanks for those recommendations! Sending those links in your post really helped me find the songs. (the most time consuming part of this has been finding the songs!)

From what Stressed Cheese said:

I started doing that when I started looking at Logan's suggestions. It has really helped! Thanks!

From what Saperlipopette! said:
I liked that song you sent!

Thanks for the recommendation. Plus, what is the signature gif from? I need to know. Why are children floating in a circle. What.

From what AFlowerKingCrimson said:

I tried to listen to Yes, but I didn't like their songs. I listened to "Close To The Edge" 3-4 times and I never liked it. Sorry.

Thanks for the recommendation anyways!

From what Gerinski said:

I will do that next, Thanks!


Now I will probably go to the "Top Prog Albums (all time)" but I am not sure which subgenres these songs are. Which subgenres should I check out?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Gerinski Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2023 at 09:19
Have you checked out the "Top Prog albums (all time)" search function?
There you may select the sub-genres you want and, if you want to, the years you want and countries of the bands.
If you are new to prog and based on what you liked so far, I would recommend checking out Symphonic, Crossover and RPI (if you don't mind lyrics in Italian, although there are some RPI albums sung in English too).

As others have said, with Prog it is a good practice to listen to the albums at least 2 or 3 times before deciding that "you don't like them", much of Prog takes some repeated listening to sink in, and more so when you are still a newbie to the genre.

Good luck and welcome to the wonderful world of Prog!
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Originally posted by Error Code 864G Error Code 864G wrote:

I tried the suggestions I got from AFlowerKingCrimson, Stressed Cheese, and Atavachron and these were the songs I liked:

I liked Cadence and Cascade, In the wake of Poseidon, Peace - A theme, and Peace - An end in "In the Wake of Poseidon" by King Crimson.
I liked Meddle by Pink Floyd (and really liked echoes)
I liked Take A Pebble in "Emerson, Lake & Palmer" by "Emerson, Lake & Palmer"
I also liked (even though it was not recommended here) Lost, but not Forgotten and Myth of a White Jesus in "The Devouring" by Djam Karet. I randomly found it and liked it.

Based on these, are there any other songs I should definitely check out?

Did you listen to YES yet? Wink They have the number one album on this forum.
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Originally posted by Error Code 864G Error Code 864G wrote:

I tried the suggestions I got from AFlowerKingCrimson, Stressed Cheese, and Atavachron and these were the songs I liked:

I liked Cadence and Cascade, In the wake of Poseidon, Peace - A theme, and Peace - An end in "In the Wake of Poseidon" by King Crimson.
I liked Meddle by Pink Floyd (and really liked echoes)
I liked Take A Pebble in "Emerson, Lake & Palmer" by "Emerson, Lake & Palmer"
Much like most of In the Court, t hey're all on the beautiful side of prog. I think there's a fair chance you'd really enjoy Camel - Mirage (and probably more by Camel)



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Also I'd just like to say if you're new to prog, sometimes it might take a little longer for an album to sink its hooks in. At least from my experience, and maybe some other posters can back me up on this. But generally we tend to like music that's more repetitive more easily, and prog rock often tends to be a bit more unpredictable. That means that it doesn't become familiar until a couple listens. Now, this generally isn't really a problem (and I'm not going to pretend prog rock is rocket science), but there are definitely a good amount of prog rock albums that I ended up liking much more than I'd expected based on my first listen. Whereas with more accessible poppy albums I tend to have the opposite (I really get into them quickly but then become bored with them rather quickly too).

So what I'm getting at I guess is, that, when you don't really like an album too much on first listen, or only like a couple of songs off of it, it might be worth it to give it another spin or two. Of course, it's tempting to just move on to something that seems more interesting, but listening to something that you're already sort of familiar with through a previous listen legit can make a difference. I guess it also doesn't help that with streaming being the main way people listen to music, it's easier than ever to just move on to the next thing (which is why I'm glad I'm still a physical music collector), but that's a whole nother story I guess.
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Hi, fellow forumer.

Perhaps you can try out Ozric Tentacles and Van der Graaf Generator.

Here are a couple of songs from them that I enjoy:




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Originally posted by Error Code 864G Error Code 864G wrote:

... really like are "In the Court of the Crimson King" by King Crimson ....

Does anyone know and songs that are similar to those two albums? ....

based on this, Renaissance (UK) - Renaissance (1969)

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Originally posted by Error Code 864G Error Code 864G wrote:

I am quite new to prog and I was looking to see if anyone had any recommendations. The two albums I have listened to and really like are "In the Court of the Crimson King" by King Crimson and "Journey to the Centre of the Eye" by Nektar. I tried listening to other albums by King Crimson and Nektar, but I didn't like any of the songs (with two exceptions from "red" by King Crimson). 

Does anyone know and songs that are similar to those two albums? If it helps, I like all the songs in those two albums.
You should listen to Anekdoten and Landberk (Sweden).



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You may like some Porcupine Tree, for example The Sky Moves Sideways or Recordings (this one got me into them), maybe also later more heavy material such as In Absentia.
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Originally posted by Error Code 864G Error Code 864G wrote:

I am quite new to prog and I was looking to see if anyone had any recommendations. The two albums I have listened to and really like are "In the Court of the Crimson King" by King Crimson and "Journey to the Centre of the Eye" by Nektar. I tried listening to other albums by King Crimson and Nektar, but I didn't like any of the songs (with two exceptions from "red" by King Crimson). 

Does anyone know and songs that are similar to those two albums? If it helps, I like all the songs in those two albums.

One favourite album recommendation chosen from each of twelve prog sub-genres (previously posted on the Prog Starter Kit thread).

Agitation Free - Shibuya Nights: Live in Tokyo (Krautrock)
Dream Theater - Images and Words (Progressive Metal)
Jethro Tull - Living in the Past (Prog Folk)
Khan - Space Shanty (Canterbury Scene)
Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte (Eclectic Prog)
Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn (Crossover Prog)
Pallas - The Edge of Time (Neo Prog)
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon (Psychedelic/Space Rock)
Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning (Symphonic Prog)
Santana - Abraxas (Jazz Rock/Fusion)
Tangerine Dream - Stratosfear (Progressive Electronic)
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (Heavy Prog)
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From Pink Floyd, I suggest "The Embryo", "Interstellar Overdrive", "Astronomy Domine", "A Saucerful of Secrets" and the "Atom Heart Mother" suite. Also Hawkwind, like music from In Search of Space. Also Grobschnitt, maybe off Solar Music Live. I also will recommend Gong's The Isle of Everywhere and Master Builder. I think there's lot of Krautrock you might get into. Try Ash Ra Tempel's "Traummaschine". And try Swans' "The Sound".

I find Bubu's Anabelas has some of those In the Court qualities, but it may be too much for you.

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I tried the suggestions I got from AFlowerKingCrimson, Stressed Cheese, and Atavachron and these were the songs I liked:

I liked Cadence and Cascade, In the wake of Poseidon, Peace - A theme, and Peace - An end in "In the Wake of Poseidon" by King Crimson.
I liked Meddle by Pink Floyd (and really liked echoes)
I liked Take A Pebble in "Emerson, Lake & Palmer" by "Emerson, Lake & Palmer"
I also liked (even though it was not recommended here) Lost, but not Forgotten and Myth of a White Jesus in "The Devouring" by Djam Karet. I randomly found it and liked it.

Based on these, are there any other songs I should definitely check out?
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