8/1/81: Post-MTV Prog

Discipline doesn't make the Top 100? Wow.

I'm still going with Emerson, Lake & Powell. That's one of the first prog albums I bought after getting into Goblin, Tangerine Dream, and Rush (I wasn't even aware of the prog label back then).

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Rush - Signals

progaardvark wrote: King Crimson's Discipline. I'm inside a cesium atom making gnome bubbles.

Same here (and I also voted for Discipline:)

RRUUSSHH

Asia

Mr. Gabriel

Yes

The Tulls

Jethro Tull - The Broadsword And The Beast

The truth is, Rush... but I'll give my vote to the Mike Oldfield, which is a great album

Of all the albums on the list , EL and Powell was the only attempt to bring prog back in it's original long song format. Side One was for the headphones, side two was meant to crossover to the current audience with more 'radio friendly' tunes such as Touch and Go and Love Blind. They also do the classical thing on Mars. Cozy wanted to use electronic drums but the record company resisted it. Everything was going against the grain with this album and when the band toured the USA the audiences got smaller the further west they headed. Madison Square Gardens was probably the high point of the tour and eventually a live album came out of that show. It's much better than the poorly produced album which had way too much echo on the vocals. Sadly the line up didn't continue and as soon as Palmer was free of his commitments to Asia the original line reformed and announced a festival date in Germany. That soon fell through and it was maybe 5 years before they properly reformed. In the meantime Emerson and Palmer performed at an Atlantic record celebration bash as 'Emerson and Palmer' along with Robert Berry. There also followed the excrement that was 3 to the power of 3 with said same line up.

richardh wrote: Of all the albums on the list , EL and Powell was the only attempt to bring prog back in it's original long song format.

Pink Floyd TFC.