Biggest Transition Between 2 Albums
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Topic: Biggest Transition Between 2 Albums
Posted By: Xonty
Subject: Biggest Transition Between 2 Albums
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 13:02
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What are the biggest transitions a band has made from one album to the next? Try and keep it so most of the members have stayed the same/there isn't a long gap or hiatus the band took (e.g. King Crimson's Red to Discipline). A couple of my favourites: Genesis: From Genesis To Revelation - Trespass Harmonium: s/t - Si On Avait... The Moody Blues - The Magnificent Moodies - Days Of Future Passed Mike Oldfield - Earth Moving - Amarok As always, thanks for any feedback
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 13:11
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the biggest transition in the prog world, but obscure as anything Dedalus-s/t-Materiale also Le Orme-Contrappunti-Smogmagica Wallenstein-No More Love-Charlene Triumvirat-Pompeii-A La Carte |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 14:44
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Nice topic. Here's a few... Il Balletto Di Bronzo - Sirio 2222 To Ys. Cosmos Factory - Black Hole To Metal Reflection Here & Now - Give & Take To Fantasy Shift Il Rovescio Della Medaglia - La Bibbia To Contaminazione Jumbo - Vietato Ai Minori Di 18 Anni To Violini D'autunno Mansun - Attack Of The Grey Lantern To Six Radiohead - Ok Computer To Kid A Yes - Drama To 90125
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 15:05
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Ulver's done that with just about every album. Some of the transitions were somewhat gradual but a few of them were complete 180s (like, as in Black Metal to Acoustic Folk to Electronica to Post Rock). It makes them interesting to follow, but it's a little creepy too. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 15:08
 Yep stop the search, Doug found the winner in Dedalus. Wow...talk about taking the road less travelled. I made an indecipherable review of it a good while back and I still stand by my words. Free jazz fusion meets the loony bin locals. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
presdoug wrote:Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 15:36
------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: twseel
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 15:51
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Björk - Medúlla -> Drawing Restraint 9 ------------- 
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Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 15:54
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Jan Dukes de Grey: Sorcerers— Mice and Rats in the Loft— Strange Terrain ------------- https://dreamwindow.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - My Music 
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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 16:24
| Oh, that would have to be Tales From Topographic Oceans to Relayer (I went for the obvious). |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 16:29
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King Crimson - Red to Discipline Gong - You to Shamal Tangerine Dream - Atem to Phaedra ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 16:57
I have actually never heard The Bends.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 17:36
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ELP - Brain Salad Surgery to Works Volume One Mike Oldfield - Incantations to Platinum IQ - The Wake to Nomzamo Glass Hammer - Culture Of Ascent to Three Cheers For The Broken Hearted Mansun - Six to Little Kix  Aphrodites Child - It's Five O Clock to 666 |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 17:48
To say Ok Computer was a shock is an understatement, The Bends was an ok indie pop album with a hit single ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 17:50
And not in a good way ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Luna
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 18:04
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Kayo Dot from Hubardo to Coffins on Io ------------- https://aprilmaymarch.bandcamp.com/track/the-badger" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 18:09
subjective but Incantations is my favourite Oldfield album
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 18:09
In a good way? ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 19:02
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Morse Code : Tansmission II to La Marche des Hommes Van der Graaf : World Record to The Quiet Zone Peter Hammill : In Camera to Nadir Big Chance Supertramp : Indelibly Stamped to Crime of the Century Pendragon : Kowtow to The World ------------- |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 19:09
Exactly. |
Posted By: fudgenuts64
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 19:42
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Talking Heads from Remain In Light to Speaking In Tongues... they still rocked! ------------- 
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 22:57
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Just to throw out a big name for once. Red to Discipline is pretty impressive. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Luna
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 23:16
I like both. Coffins is easier to swallow and catchier, but Hubardo has much more depth and can be more rewarding. ------------- https://aprilmaymarch.bandcamp.com/track/the-badger" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 23:44
------------- https://dreamwindow.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - My Music
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: October 31 2014 at 06:07
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High and Dry, and Fake Plastic Trees ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: October 31 2014 at 06:35
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I thought of another one that belongs among the most perplexing of u-turns: Franco Battiato: L'Egitto prima delle Sabie - L'era del cinghiale bianco. The difference in sound here is hard to convey in words. The shift is so strange that you begin to question whether it indeed is the same artist in charge of both. From the most extreme minimalism with 'delle Sabie's' one-note scale piano experiments to the gorgeously produced art pop of 'cinghiale bianco'. We may have a winner here. For proof? ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: October 31 2014 at 06:59
 I really like the Platinum suite and Incantations bores me so much.  |
Posted By: Intruder
Date Posted: October 31 2014 at 07:14
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Presence > In Through the Out Door
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: October 31 2014 at 07:20
This would have been my choice as well Yes actually, both albums are excellent. From wind instrument led avant-guard black metal to a King Crimson esq take on 80's goth rock. How about Coyote to Gamma Knife, also from KD. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 01 2014 at 04:48
I love both albums. Oldfield is a genius.
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Posted By: BarryGlibb
Date Posted: November 01 2014 at 05:13
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Jethro Tull: "This Was" to "Stand Up" then "Too Old to Rock'n'Roll...... " to "Songs From The Wood" then "Stormwatch" to "A" Horslips: "The Unfortunate Cup of Tea" to "The Book of Invasions" Wishbone Ash: "There's The Rub" to "Locked In" then "Locked In" to "New England" Radiohead: as stated previously "OK Computer" to "Kid A" Not prog or prog-related......but probably the most dramatic change from one album to the next... Simple Minds: "Life in a Day" to "Real to Real Cacophony" and not to forget...... The Skids: "The Absolute Game" to "Joy" |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: November 01 2014 at 08:59
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Someone had to do it King Crimson ITWOP to Lizard Lizard to Islands Islands to LTiA Red to Discipline ToaPP to Thrak ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: November 01 2014 at 09:37
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Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: November 01 2014 at 09:50
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biggest transition huh? hmmmm, maybe Rush (Hemispheres to Permanent Waves, prog to 80's pop basically, starting off the 1980's itself actually) and Genesis (The Lamb to ATotT), King Crimson (Islands to Larks' Tongues)....that's all i got for now... ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: November 01 2014 at 14:03
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Jade Warrior: from Last Autumn's Dream to Floating World. Also, I echo the already mentioned transition between FGTR to Trespass. |
Posted By: KingCrInuYasha
Date Posted: November 01 2014 at 14:25
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David Bowie: s/t to Space Oddity to The Man Who Sold The World to Hunk Dory. ------------- He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball! |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: November 01 2014 at 15:19
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Tull: This Was-Stand Up. The blues Was. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: November 01 2014 at 15:54
------------- https://dreamwindow.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - My Music
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Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: November 01 2014 at 19:45
If you went for the obvious, you'd have mentioned Time and a Word to The Yes Album. ------------- 
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Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: November 01 2014 at 19:48
Yep, KC is no stranger to changes in direction. I'd go with you first example as the most dramatic one. -------------
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Posted By: Prog_Traveller
Date Posted: November 01 2014 at 19:55
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Fragile to Close to the Edge Foxtrot to SEBTP DSOTM to Wish you were here
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 02 2014 at 02:47
really?
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Posted By: BarryGlibb
Date Posted: November 03 2014 at 16:19
Yeah, can't see any really big transitions in this lot.. |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: November 03 2014 at 16:26
Really?! Most journalists at the time of Dark Side' to Wish' would disagree. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: November 03 2014 at 16:26
hah. The winner by a MILE because one could throw his ENTIRE 70's output into this. No two albums sounded the same. He went from traditional prog rock to... this over the course of the 70's http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=126940" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=126940 and then from there to the sublime and irresistible L'era del cinghiale bianco. What an amazing artist. I'd leave Raff in a heartbeat for him... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: November 03 2014 at 16:31
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 03 2014 at 16:38
I always take note of what journalists have to say Meddle - DSOTM is a much bigger transition after which there was an evolution but not much transition (imo)
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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: November 03 2014 at 16:48
Good one, Steve. How about Mel Torme: Christmas Songs to Mel Torme: Songs of the Black Death? |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: November 03 2014 at 16:48
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^^ Don't forget about 'Obscured by Clouds', there were already some hints of DSOTM in it... and that album is awesome |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: November 03 2014 at 18:34
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Pretty much any 2 consecutive Floyd albums would have a bigger change than DSOTM to WYWH ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Matte
Date Posted: November 05 2014 at 16:39
And further... Wishbone Ash: "Raw To The Bone" to "Nouveau Calls" Wishbone Ash: "Illuminations" to "Trance Visionary"
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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: November 05 2014 at 17:00
| Didn't Bruford audition or maybe even once play for Wishbone Ash? |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: November 05 2014 at 17:22
like The Final Cut to AMLoR ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: ebil0505
Date Posted: November 06 2014 at 16:29
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Phideaux - The Great Leap ------> Doomsday Afternoon ------------- "I like to think oysters transcend national barriers." - Roger Waters |
Posted By: floflo79
Date Posted: January 18 2015 at 07:06
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Selling England By The Pound to The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway The Lamb have a more rock, modern sound. Selling is more medieval and soft. ------------- 
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