Prog Passion Play

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   What's the best album by a band? ---- Yeah we've had plenty of those threads.

What's the most progressive album by a band? ---- This thread contains your answers.

Suggest any band you want, and post the most progressive album you have heard from this band. Explanations are always welcome.

Example:

Blind Guardian - A Night at the Opera
Reason: Heavy, complex and fresh compositions. Theatrical moods. And Then There Was Silence is extremely epic, longer than the longest tracks on Dream Theater's Train of Thought and Opeth's Blackwater Park, definitely commendable.

Opeth - Ghost Reveries (2005)
Reason: Combines the two different styles of the previous albums produced by Steven Wilson. A good variety of moods. Plenty of mellotron. Still Life is the best but Ghost Reveries is more progressive.

Pain of Salvation - Be (2004)
Reason: Considered by many to be a work of truly progressive music. Fresh and clean sound without the heaviness of the metal genre. A mixture of a million styles, yet somehow they all sound coherant. 

Nightwish - Dark Passion Play
Reason: Over 75 minutes, you don't get much longer than that. Some tracks are packed with variations and changes too.

Rush - Hemispheres (1978)
Reason: Brimming with energy, while still offering peaceful and pastoral moments.

Prog-Related bands are okay too, since it's interesting to discuss "what's the most progressive album by this non-prog band".

Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Reason: Double album, the longest album. A variety of styles. Progressive songwriting is present in some tracks.

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Reason: The packaging and the concept. Some will say Abbey Road and I'd like to hear why.

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paganinio Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 07 2008 Status: Offline Points: 1327	Topic: Prog Passion Play Posted: June 28 2012 at 03:28
	What's the best album by a band? ---- Yeah we've had plenty of those threads. What's the most progressive album by a band? ---- This thread contains your answers. Suggest any band you want, and post the most progressive album you have heard from this band. Explanations are always welcome. Example: Blind Guardian - A Night at the Opera Reason: Heavy, complex and fresh compositions. Theatrical moods. And Then There Was Silence is extremely epic, longer than the longest tracks on Dream Theater's Train of Thought and Opeth's Blackwater Park, definitely commendable. Opeth - Ghost Reveries (2005) Reason: Combines the two different styles of the previous albums produced by Steven Wilson. A good variety of moods. Plenty of mellotron. Still Life is the best but Ghost Reveries is more progressive. Pain of Salvation - Be (2004) Reason: Considered by many to be a work of truly progressive music. Fresh and clean sound without the heaviness of the metal genre. A mixture of a million styles, yet somehow they all sound coherant. Nightwish - Dark Passion Play Reason: Over 75 minutes, you don't get much longer than that. Some tracks are packed with variations and changes too. Rush - Hemispheres (1978) Reason: Brimming with energy, while still offering peaceful and pastoral moments. Prog-Related bands are okay too, since it's interesting to discuss "what's the most progressive album by this non-prog band". Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti Reason: Double album, the longest album. A variety of styles. Progressive songwriting is present in some tracks. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Reason: The packaging and the concept. Some will say Abbey Road and I'd like to hear why.


paganinio Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 07 2008 Status: Offline Points: 1327	Posted: June 29 2012 at 11:39
	Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans Really progressive compositions. One of the longest albums of its time too IMO. And the concept is simply gorgeous. Progressive spirit doesn't get much more evident than here.


Slaughternalia Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: February 17 2011 Status: Offline Points: 901	Posted: June 29 2012 at 18:45
	Lengthy albums=more progressive? What on earth are you on about?
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Ambient Hurricanes Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 25 2011 Location: internet Status: Offline Points: 2549	Posted: June 29 2012 at 20:18
	"Proggiest" or most "progressive" in the literal sense? Rush: Proggiest album: Hemispheres - Epic compositions, fantasy lyrics, time changes, multiple sections, etc and so on. Most progressive: Vapor Trails - Taking heavy alternative rock and grunge and turning it completely inside out. It's packed full of pained emotion and is gloriously dissonant, strident, distorted, and abrasive; nothing like it has been made before or since.
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richardh Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 29402	Posted: June 30 2012 at 03:01
	^ Vapor Trails is a really interesting choice Muse are a modern band I like a lot and their most progressive album is Absolution (imo).They went out of their way to make something different which always helps! It doesn't have long tracks but it has great dynamics as well as emotion laid bare and lots of atmosphere. You go on a rollercoaster ride in the best tradition of prog but its all song based with very little complexity. That doesn't matter though.Just a brilliant work. Seventies wise I would probably stick Vangelis - Heaven and Hell well up there. That is a symphonic prog masterpeice and I don't even need to put ''imo''. It just is. Vangelis nailed it down in one album. However I'm tempted to say the most progressive album in my collection is Aphrodites Child 666.So 'out there' that the record company waited two years to release it fearing a negative reaction.I've still not heard anything as brave and brilliant as that including King Crimson ,Genesis and anyone else for that matter.

wjohnd Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 16 2011 Location: Scotland, UK Status: Offline Points: 327	Posted: June 30 2012 at 03:35
	Progressive as in proggish AND demonstrating personal/ band growth and musical experimentation... Rush - caress of steel. Not their best executed but in some ways their bravest. Also Signals, which took them down a new track . In fact as a band i'd say Rush have consistently experimented with their style over their long careers.