Your Favourite Albums from each of PA's Sub-Genres
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Topic: Your Favourite Albums from each of PA's Sub-Genres
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: Your Favourite Albums from each of PA's Sub-Genres
Date Posted: February 22 2021 at 05:42
Another list! Thanks to Shadowyzard for the inspiration to create this thread.  Here are my favourite albums in each of the PA genres I'm familiar with:- CANTERBURY SCENE:- Khan - Space Shanty (1972) CROSSOVER PROG:- The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed (1967) ECLECTIC PROG - King Crimson:- In the Court of the Crimson King (1969) HEAVY PROG:- Steel Mill:- Green-Eyed God (1971) INDO PROG/RAGA ROCK:- Magic Carpet - Magic Carpet (1972) JAZZ-ROCK/FUSION:- Jan Hammer - Miami Vice: The Complete Collection (2002) KRAUTROCK:- Agitation Free - Shibuya Nights: Live in Tokyo (2011) NEO PROG:- IQ - Resistance (2019) PROG FOLK:- Spirogyra - Bells, Boots & Shambles (1973) PROG RELATED:- Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow (1976) PROGRESSIVE ELECTRONIC:- Ashra - New Age of Earth (1976) PROGRESSIVE METAL:- Ayreon - The Human Equation (2004) PROTO PROG - Jimi Hendrix - The Ultimate Experience (1992) PSYCHEDELIC/SPACE ROCK:- Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994) SYMPHONIC PROG:- Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning (1973) |
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Posted By: thief
Date Posted: February 22 2021 at 07:09
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My hot take:
Of course Eclectic, Symphonic, Heavy and Tech are the hardest to determine. For some subgenres (ie. Crossover, Folk, Electronic etc.) I'm dead set on a specific artist, but not that sure which album. ------------- TOP20 Songs https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=124211" rel="nofollow - Genesis https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=125999" rel="nofollow - Rush |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: February 22 2021 at 07:15
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Cool idea. CANTERBURY SCENE:- Hatfield & The North - Rotters Club (1975) CROSSOVER PROG:- Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn (1975) ECLECTIC PROG - King Crimson:- Larks Tongues In Aspic (1973) EXPERIMENTAL/POST METAL:- Gordian Knot - Gordian Knot (1999) HEAVY PROG:- Atomic Rooster - Death Walks Behind You (1970) INDO PROG/RAGA ROCK:- Third Ear Band - Third Ear Band (1970) JAZZ-ROCK/FUSION:- Pekka Pohjola - Keesojen Lehto (1977) KRAUTROCK:- CAN - Tago Mago (1971) NEO PROG:- Asturias - Fractals (2011) POST ROCK/MATH ROCK:- Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven (2000) PROG FOLK:- Roy Harper - Stormcock (1971) PROG RELATED:- Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973) PROGRESSIVE ELECTRONIC:- Tangerine Dream - Rubycon (1975) PROGRESSIVE METAL:- Diablo Swing Orchestra - Singalong Songs For The Damned & Delirious (2009) PROTO PROG - Deep Purple - Made In Japan (1972) PSYCHEDELIC/SPACE ROCK:- Pink Floyd - Animals (1977) RIO/AVANT:- Univers Zero - Ceux Du Dehors (1981) ROCK PROGRESSO ITALIANO:- Premiata Forneria Marconi - Per Un Amico (1972) SYMPHONIC PROG:- Yes - Close To The Edge (1972) TECH/EXTREME PROG METAL:- Behold ... The Arctopus - Hapeleptic Overtrove (2020) ZEUHL:- Eskaton - 4 Visions (1980) ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: February 22 2021 at 07:33
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Here’s a list of my favorite albums from each of Prog’s subgenres according to PA guidelines: HOMUNCULUS RES Limiti all'eguaglianza della parte con il tutto (Canterbury) (2013) BENT KNEE Shiny Eyed Babies (Crossover) (2014) SEVEN IMPALE City of the Sun (Eclectic) (2014) MAUDLIN OF THE WELL Part The Second (Experimental/Post Metal) (2009) PORCUPINE TREE Fear of a Blank Planet (Heavy Prog) (2007) SHAKTI Natural Elements (Indo-Prog/Raga Rock) (1977) HIROMI’S SONICBLOOM Time Control (J-R Fusion) (2007) ELECTRIC ORANGE Volume 10 (Krautrock) (2014) SYLVAN Posthumous Silence (Neo Prog) (2006) MONOBODY Raytracing (Post Rock/Math Rock) (2018) HARMONIUM Si on avait besoin d’une cinquième saison (Prog Folk) (1975) (truly: MIKE OLDFIELD Hergest Ridge; in PA as "Crossover") ALIO DIE & LORENZO Holographic Codex (Progressive Electronic) (2015) VOTUM Harvest Moon (Progressive Metal) (2013) VIOLETA DE OUTONO Volume 7 (Psychedelic/Space Rock) (2007) (truly: DEMEN Nektyr; not in PA) THINKING PLAGUE In Extremis (RIO/Avant) (1998) (truly: FIVE-STOREY ENSEMBLE Not This City; not in PA) PREMIATA FORNERIA MARCONI Per un amico (RPI) (1973) GENESIS The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (Symphonic) (1974) LEPROUS The Congregation (Tech/Extreme Metal) (2015) MAGMA Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh (Zeuhl) (1973) Odyssey - The Greatest Tale (Various Genres) (2005) TALKING HEADS Remain in Light (Prog Related) (1980) THE WHO Quadrophenia (Proto-Prog) (1973) ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 22 2021 at 07:53
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crossover - Supertramp - Crime of the Century post rock - GY!BE - Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada symphonic prog - Camel - Moonmadness proto-prog - Deep Purple - The Book of Taliesyn eclectic prog - Anekdoten - Vemod progressive metal - Ark - Burn the Sun tech/extreme prog-metal - Opeth - Morningrise neo-prog - Marillion - Brave post-metal - Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine RPI - Locanda delle Fate - Forse le lucciole non si amano piu heavy prog - Rush - Signals prog-folk - Jethro Tull - Stand Up indo/raga - no clue Krautrock - Neu! - Neu! '75 psychedelic/space - Pink Floyd - More prog-related - Queen - II RIO/Avant - Frank Zappa - Over-Nite Sensation Zeuhl - Magmal - s/t (Kobaia) Canterbury - Caravan - In The Land Of Grey And Pink
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: February 22 2021 at 08:17
Zappa isn't cheating, he's Avant on here, whereas he's really just Zappa. I was tempted to pick Kind Of Blue for Fusion  ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 22 2021 at 08:18
ok, thank you.
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Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 22 2021 at 08:52
I was tempted to choose Miles Davis' Kind of Blue album too, until I found Jan Hammer's Miami Vice album was on PA, and on the subject of Jan Hammer, I was planning to include him in my Classic Dutch Prog Blog, until I discovered he's not really Dutch.
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Posted By: Artik
Date Posted: February 22 2021 at 09:14
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CANTERBURY SCENE: Caravan - Waterloo Lilly CROSSOVER PROG: Roxy Music - For Your pleasure ECLECTIC PROG: King Crimson - Islands EXPERIMENTAL/POST METAL: Pan.Thy.Monium - Khaooohs HEAVY PROG: Rush - Hemispheres INDO PROG/RAGA ROCK: Shakti with John McLaughlin - Natural elements JAZZ-ROCK/FUSION: Nucleus - We'll talk about it later KRAUTROCK: Popol Vuh - Nosferatu (2 lp version) NEO PROG: Marillion - Fugazi POST ROCK/MATH ROCK: Swans - Children of God PROG FOLK: Jethro Tull - Thick as a brick PROG RELATED: Led Zeppelin - IV PROGRESSIVE ELECTRONIC: Tangerine Dream - Zeit PROGRESSIVE METAL: None - but I firmly believe Voivod - 'Nothingface' should be listed in this category, and I would choose it :) PROTO PROG: The Doors - Strange Days PSYCHEDELIC/SPACE ROCK: Pink Floyd - Ummagumma RIO/AVANT:- Univers Zero - Ceux Du Dehors (1981) ROCK PROGRESSO ITALIANO: Balletto Di Bronzo - YS SYMPHONIC PROG:- Yes - Tales from topographic oceans TECH/EXTREME PROG METAL: Pestilence - Spheres ZEUHL: Magma - Mekanïk Destruktïẁ Kommandöh Various Artists: Jesus Christ Superstar (Ian Gillan version)
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Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: February 22 2021 at 09:32
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Nice exercise, but not easy to choose just one of each (so in the list below there are sometimes two...) and for three subgenres I cannot come up with one I could call a "favourite". CANTERBURY SCENE: Gong - Angel's Egg (1973) CROSSOVER PROG: Radiohead - OK Computer (1997) / Peter Gabriel - Up (2002) ECLECTIC PROG - King Crimson:- Red (1974) EXPERIMENTAL/POST METAL: nothing (yet) HEAVY PROG: Rush - Moving Pictures (1981) INDO PROG/RAGA ROCK: nothing (yet) JAZZ-ROCK/FUSION: Santana - Caravanserai (1972) / David Torn - Cloud About Mercury (1987) KRAUTROCK:Neu! - Neu! (1972) NEO PROG: Marillion - Script For a Jester's Tear (1983) / Twelfth Night - Fact and Fiction (1982) POST ROCK/MATH ROCK: A Silver Mt. Zion - Born Into Trouble As The Sparks Fly Upwards (2001) PROG FOLK: Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1987) PROGRESSIVE ELECTRONIC: Kraftwerk - Trans-Europ Express (1977) PROGRESSIVE METAL: Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999) PSYCHEDELIC/SPACE ROCK: Pink Floyd - Animals (1977) RIO/AVANT: Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo (1972) ROCK PROGRESSIVO ITALIANO: Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Io Sono Nato Libero (1973) SYMPHONIC PROG:- Yes - Relayer (1974) TECH/EXTREME PROG METAL: nothing (yet) ZEUHL: Magma - Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh (1973) PROG RELATED: Queen - A Night at the Opera (1975) / Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti (1975) PROTO PROG: It's a Beautiful Day - s/t (1969) / The Who - Tommy (1969) ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: February 22 2021 at 11:16
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CANTERBURY SCENE: Hatfield And The North - Hatfield And The North CROSSOVER PROG: Split Enz - Mental Notes ECLECTIC PROG: Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts EXPERIMENTAL/POST METAL: Maudlin Of The Well - Part The Second HEAVY PROG: Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet INDO PROG/RAGA ROCK: Andre Fertier's Clivage - Mixtus Orbis JAZZ-ROCK/FUSION: Jean-Luc Ponty - Imaginary Voyage KRAUTROCK: Faust - Faust IV NEO PROG: Sylvan - Posthumous Silence POST ROCK/MATH ROCK: Toe - For Long Tomorrow PROG FOLK: Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick PROG RELATED: Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy PROGRESSIVE ELECTRONIC: Tangerine Dream - Rubycon PROGRESSIVE METAL: Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition PROTO PROG: Deep Purple - In Rock PSYCHEDELIC/SPACE ROCK: Nektar - Journey To The Centre Of The Eye RIO/AVANT-PROG: The Residents - Not Available ROCK PROGRESSO ITALIANO: Libra - Musica E Parole SYMPHONIC PROG: Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus TECH/EXTREME PROG METAL: Mastodon - Crack The Skye VARIOUS GENRES/ARTISTS: Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974 ZEUHL: Magma - 1001° Centigrades ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: February 22 2021 at 11:42
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* Canterbury Scene: Caravan - In The Land Of Grey And Pink (1971) * Crossover Prog: Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden (1988) * Eclectic Prog: King Crimson:- In the Court of the Crimson King (1969) * Heavy Prog: Anekdoten - Vemod (1993) * Jazz Rock / Fusion: Miles Davis - In A Silent Way (1969) * Neo Prog: Twelfth Night - Live and Let Live (1984) * Prog Folk: Jethro Tull - Aqualung (1971) * Prog Related: David Bowie - Hunky Dory (1971) * Progressive Electronic: Tangerine Dream - Rubycon (1975) * Progressive Metal: Sieges Even - The Art Of Navigating By The Stars (2005) * Proto Prog: The Beatles - Revolver (1966) * Psychedelic / Space Rock: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) * Symphonic Prog: Genesis - Selling England By A Pound (1973) * Post Rock / Math Rock: GYBE!!! - Lift Your Skinny Fist Like Antennas To Heaven (2000) * Tech / Eextreme Prog Metal: Voivod - Nothingface (1989) * Experimental/Post Metal: In The Woods... - Omnio (1997) * R.I.O / Avant Garde Prog: Cardiacs - Sign To God (1996) * R.P.I: Celeste - Principe Di Un Giorno (1976) * Various Genres: Leader Of The Starry Skies: A Tribute To Tim Smith, Songbook 1 (2010) * Zeuhl: Dûn - Eros (1981) * Krautrock: Dzyan - Electric Silence (1975) * Indo / Raga Prog: Third Ear Band - Alchemy (1969)
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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: February 22 2021 at 11:44
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Just the genres I'm familiar with: Canterbury Scene: Girls That Go Plump in the Night - Caravan Crossover Prog: Crime of The Century - Supertramp Eclectic: Larks Tongues in Aspic - King Crimson Heavy Prog: Moving Pictures - Rush Jazz Rock: Elegant Gypsy - Al Di Meloa Krautrock: Future Days - Can Neo Prog: Misplaced Childhood - Marillion Prog Folk: Thick as a Brick - Tull Prog Metal: Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence - Dream Theater Psychedelic: Animals - Pink Floyd RIO/ Avant: One Size Fits All - Zappa Symphonic: The Yes Album - Yes Zeuhl: Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh - Magma Prog Related: Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin Proto Prog: Who's Next - The Who Various Artists: Jesus Christ Superstar
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Posted By: yogev
Date Posted: February 22 2021 at 12:39
| To be honest, I didn't understand the difference between Crosover and Eclectic Prog... |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: February 22 2021 at 13:01
| ^ If you go on the home page & click on the sub genres near the top of the page you can see examples of what bands are in what genres. Scroll down from there and you can see examples of the top albums in each genre. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: February 22 2021 at 16:40
You left out several genres. I never noticed Jon Anderson is filed under "prog-related" in the archives. "Olias of Sunhillow" is definitely a prog album (I would say it fits into "eclectic"), not just prog-related. But this does in my opinion show how questionable it is to put artists into a certain category instead of albums. There are several other examples for this. My list would be this: Canterbury: Hatfield and the North - Hatfield and the North Crossover: Supertramp - Crime of the Century Eclectic: Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts Heavy Prog: High Tide - Sea Shanties Indo Prog/Raga Rock: Quintessence - Quintessence Jazz-rock/Fusion: Weather Report - Black Market (I would have voted for "Hot Stuff" by Barbara Dennerlein, which is definitely a jazz-rock/fusion album, but she was rejected from inclusion in the archives) Krautrock: Amon Düül II - Tanz der Lemminge Neo-Prog: Marillion - Fugazi Prog Folk: Lisa & Maria - Lisa & Maria Prog Related: Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow Progressive Electronic: Klaus Schulze - Mirage (very tough choice; there were many albums I could have chosen from) Rio/Avant: The Residents - Eskimo Rock Progressivo Italiano: Goblin - Deep Red Symphonic Prog: Yes - Relayer Proto Prog: Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland Psychedelic/Space Rock: Mother Gong - Fairy Tales (best prog album ever) Zeuhl: Magma - Mekanïk Destruktïẁ Kommandöh
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Posted By: Artik
Date Posted: February 22 2021 at 17:16
Good point. I would say there is plenty of other examples. Like Yes 'Big generator' and Genesis 'Abcab' listed as symphonic prog
 Jethro tull 'A' as prog folk  Pink Floyd 'Momentary laps of reason' as an example of psychedelic/space rock It is misleading, confusing and simply erroneous. I consider it as probably the biggest flaw on PA. I wish it was addressed. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 23 2021 at 16:14
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Kantelberg: Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink Crossover: Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells Eclectic: UK -Danger Money Experimental/Post Metal: Maudlin of the Well - Part the Second Heavy Prog: Anekdoten - Until All the Ghosts are Gone Indo Prog/Raga Rock: N/A Jazz-rock/Fusion: Dean Watson - Track of Days Krautrock: N/A Neo-Prog: Nine Stones Close - Leaves Post Rock / Math Rock: Battlestations - In a Cold Embrace Prog Folk: Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick Prog Related: John Cale - Music for a New Society Progressive Electronic: Klaus Schulze - Mirage Progressive Metal: Dream Theater - Metropolis Part II: Scenes from a Memory Proto-Prog: The Who - Who's Next Rio/Avant: Henry Cow - In Praise of Learning Rock Progressivo Italiano: Franco Battiato - Sulle Corde di Aries Symphonic Prog: Yes - Close to the Edge Proto Prog: The Who - Who's Next Psychedelic/Space Rock: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Tech/Extreme Prog Metal: N/A Zeuhl: Magma - Köhntarkösz I used the categories in which the bands are placed. Not all of the albums fit in these catagories. For Instance: Nine Stones Close is filed under Neo-Prog, but Leaves comes closer to Heavy, methinks. But I dont pretend to be a subgenre specialist.
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Posted By: Lieutenant_Lan
Date Posted: February 24 2021 at 20:17
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Psychedelic/Space Prog - Eloy - Ocean Heavy Prog - Rush - Permanent Waves Prog Folk - Jethro Tull - Aqualung Progressive Electronic - Tangerine Dream - Rubycon Rio/Avant Prog - Frank Zappa - Hot Rats Proto Prog - Beatles - Revolver Electric Prog - King Crimson - In the court of the crimson king Crossover Prog - Steven Wilson - Raven Symphonic Prog - Yes - Close to the Edge Extreme Prog Metal - Death - Leprosy Prog Metal - Dream Theater - Train of Thought
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Posted By: zwordser
Date Posted: March 05 2021 at 12:04
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OK. There are plenty of albums that I think have "better" songs than what I'm listing here--I'm evaluating the albums as a whole. Canterbury: Supersister - To The Highest Bidder Crossover: Supertramp - Crime of the Century Eclectic: King Crimpson - Red Experimental/Post Metal: Tool - Lateralus Heavy Prog: Rush - Hemispheres Indo Prog/Raga Rock: Andre Fertier's Clivage - Mixtus Orbis Jazz-rock/Fusion: Carlos Santana - Caravanserai Krautrock: Amon Düül II - Phallus Dei Neo-Prog: IQ - Dark Matter Post/Math Rock: Charts and Maps - Dead Horse Prog Folk: Spirogyra - St. Radigunds Prog Related: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III Progressive Electronic: Tangerine Dream - Rubycon Progressive Metal: Riverside - Second Life Syndrome Proto-Prog: The Who - Quadrophenia Psychadelic/Space Rock: Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd Rio/Avant: Univers Zero - Uzed Rock Progressivo Italiano: PFM - Per Un Amico Symphonic Prog: Yes - Relayer Tech/Extreme Prog Metal: Voivod - Nothingface (maybe: I need more listening. Opeth and Atheist in the running) Zeuhl: Magma - KA (Köhntarkhösz Anteria) ------------- Z |
Posted By: Umeda
Date Posted: March 06 2021 at 05:09
Not surprising. If I'm not wrong, they both were the same subgenre aeons ago. Canterbury - Caravan debut Crossover - Supertramp Crime of the Century Ecletic - King Crimson Larks' Tongues In Aspic Heavy Prog - Rush A Farewell To Kings Neo-Prog - Marillion Script For A Jester's Tear Prog Folk - Jethro Tull Aqualung Prog Metal - Dream Theater Images and Words Psychedelic Rock - Pink Floyd Animals Symphonic Rock - ELP debut Obviously only the ones I'm familiar with. Still got much to listen to. ------------- Not for rent. To any God or government. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: March 06 2021 at 05:33
You're right. Years ago, Crossover, Eclectic and Heavy were gathered under the label Art Rock.
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Posted By: bartymj
Date Posted: March 08 2021 at 02:32
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Based on where PA puts them and with little bearing on whether or not they actually belong there, my favourites (so far) Canterbury - Zopp (Zopp) Crossover - Ones and Zeros Vol.1 (3RDegree) Eclectic - Of Things That Never Were (Worm Ouroboros) Experimental/Post Metal - Judgement (Anathema) Heavy - Fear of a Blank Planet (Porcupine Tree) Indo/Raga - Not found anything I've enjoyed fully, but i did give 3 stars to Mixtus Orbis (Clivage) Jazz - Sonicbloom: Time Control (Hiromi Uehara) Krautrock - Phallus Dei (Amon Duul II) Neo-Prog - Clutching at Straws (Marillion) Post/Math - Small Years (Ana Never) Prog Folk - Aqualung (Jethro Tull) Prog Electronic - Spiral Meditations (Steve Roach) Prog Metal - Metropolis Part 2, Scenes from a Memory (Dream Theater) Psych/Space - I'm In Your Mind Fuzz (King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard) RIO/Avant - A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window (Cardiacs) Italiano - Did Swans Ever See God? (Submarine Silence) Symphonic - Close to the Edge (Yes) Tech/Extreme - Opeth (Heritage) - I know, not metal. But it's in here, and I'm not an extreme metal fan! Zeuhl - Mathematical Mother (Universal Totem Orchestra) |