Neo-Prog: Misplaced Childhood - Marillion

Prog Folk: Passengers - Mostly Autumn

Progressive Metal: Scenes From A Memory - Dream Theater

Psychedelic/Space Rock: Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

Symphonic Prog: Sola Scriptura - Neal Morse (so many I could have chosen from my favourite genre)

Prog Related: Argus - Wishbone Ash

Proto Prog: Machine Head - Deep Purple

Eclectic Prog:  U.K. - s/t

Heavy Prog:  Rush - Signals

Jazz Rock/Fusion:  Miles Davis - In a Silent Way

Neo Prog:  Marillion - Brave

Psychedelic/Space Rock:  Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Symphonic Prog:  Yes - 90125

Prog Related:  Mike Rutherford - Smallcreep's Day

Proto Prog:  Deep Purple - Deepest Purple

- Jazz Rock/Fusion: Miles Davis- "Big Fun"
- Krautrock: Agitation Free- "Malesch"
- Neo-Prog: IQ- "The Road Of Bones"
- Post-Rock/Math Rock: Giraffes? Giraffes! "More Skin With Milk Mouth" 
- Prog Folk: Spirogyra -  Jethro Tull- "A Passion Play"

Hi,

- Canterbury Scene: Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974)

While I love RW, in the Canterbury scene, CARAVAN should be the flag bearer ... though some other groups (later) took over the mantle. RW kinda fits better in the experimental area, for his taste in mixing anything under the zoo! GONG is a good pick, although I don't look at GONG as Canterbury much, and probably a wider mix of music, that defies a lot of descriptions.

- Eclectic Prog: Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (1971)

I prefer the period right after this, all the way to GODBLUFF/STILL LIFE ... much cleaner and stronger.

- Krautrock: Dom - Edge of Time (1972)

I'm not sure I could let go of Amon Duul 2's Dance of the Lemmings

- Prog Folk: Spirogyra - Bells, Boots and Shambles (1973)

While I like Spirogyra a lot, in this area I would pick The Incredible String Band ... and EARTH SPAN is just one of the rarest treats ever ... sadly a band that is not appreciated because they stood up for "poetry", not rock music or popular music per se. Maybe the ISB does not even fit in Prog Folk.

- Psychedelic/Space Rock: Message - From Books and Dreams (1973)

I'm not sure I would pick this band over GROBSCHNITT ... and specially SOLAR MUSIC. To my ears, Message, was interesting, but not that great music wise. This is a tough area, as I would probably like to put on Guru Guru here in their days with Ax Gernrich ... which is not only psychedelic, it is downright crazy and when it comes to spacy, this was better than Jimi! At least the music made more sense than the "songs" that Jimi did!

- Zeuhl: Magma - Kobaïa (1970)

Probably Mekanik or Kohntarkosz ... both of which have been massive staples in their live concerts. I think your choice is indicative of something so new and off kilter, that most of us could not get our ears tuned to it ... but with Mekanik and Kohntarkosz, this changed and we knew this was far out and serious.

I would have a hard time making comments on a lot of the other stuff. Nice list!!! Check that ... very nice list!!!

Crossover: Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing

Eclectic: King Crimson - Red

Experimental Post Metal: Anathema - Weather Systems

Heavy Prog: Rush - Moving Pictures

Jazz Rock: Bruford - One Of A Kind

Neo Prog: IQ - Ever

Post Rock: Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Yanqui U.X.O

Prog Folk: Jethro Tull - Aqualung

Progressive Electronic: Tangerine Dream - Tangram

Progressive Metal: Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition

Psychedelic Space Rock: Pink Floyd - Animals 

RPI: PFM - Per Un Amico

Symhonic Prog: ELP - Brain Salad Surgery

Tech Extreme Metal: Animals As Leaders - The Joy Of Motion

Prog Related: Muse - Origin Of Symmetry

Proto Prog: The Who - By Numbers 

I've created similar lists twice before. However, on this occasion, I have updated some of the entries:

 

 

Canterbury Scene: Hatfield and the North (Hatfield and the North)

Crossover Prog: Mental Notes (Split Enz)

Eclectic Prog: Pawn Hearts (Van der Graaf Generator)

Experimental/Post Metal: Part the Second (Maudlin of the Well)

Heavy Prog: Self Similar (The Mercury Tree)

Indo-Prog/Raga Rock: Mixtus Orbis (Andre Fertier's Clivage)

Jazz Rock/Fusion: Bruford: One of a Kind (Bill Bruford)

Krautrock: Faust IV (Faust)

Neo-Prog: Posthumous Silence (Sylvan)

Post Rock/Math Rock: For Long Tomorrow (Toe)

Prog Folk: Thick as a Brick (Jethro Tull)

Progressive Electronic: Rubycon (Tangerine Dream)

Progressive Metal: Anno Domini High Definition (Riverside)

Psychedelic/Space Rock: Journey to the Centre of the Eye (Nektar)

RIO/Avant-Prog: Not Available (The Residents)

Rock Progressivo Italiano: Per Un Amico (Premiata Forneria Marconi)

Symphonic Prog: Close to the Edge (Yes)

Tech/Extreme Prog Metal: Crack the Skye (Mastodon)

Zeuhl: 1001° Centigrades (Magma)

Various Genres/Artists: Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974

Prog Related: Technical Ecstasy (Black Sabbath)

Proto-Prog: Made in Japan (Deep Purple)

 

 

The same applies to me too. I could easily choose a hundred favourite albums from each prog sub-genre - apart from Avant Prog, obviously. 

Hi,

Again ... nice addon list. And tough all the way ... I really am not a good one for choosing A over B and vice versa ... specially as I like them both equally. I tend to not send my thoughts and feelings into the area of a dichotomy, in the arts, as some of the things are so different and have touches that really show its talent and ability.

Krautrock: Faust - So Far (1972)      

I remember getting this album, my first FAUST album, and the only thing I could take from it, was the very obvious goofing around with the sounds on a synth and on tape .. Guy Guden had done a lot of studio crazy stuff which he used in his own shows on stage (wrote and directed!) which kinda took the different, weird touch out of it all and brought it into the reality ... however, sound effect fooling around with starts, and BELONGS to, Spike Milligan and The Goons ... but I'm not sure many of us can get into the sound effects used at the time, on radio, to make a story come alive ... no one has EVER done it better than The Goons and later PDQ Bach that did it live on stage, unlike the studio heavy FAUST thing. There are some things in it that are recognizable, if you have an ear tuned to PDQ Bach (folks don't even realize that Peter Schikele is by very far one of the most progressive of folks, mainly because it is comedy ... and he does it live with local musicians) ... but many sound effects used there are heard with FAUST ... and the bicycle wheel, the tube in the air, and many of these sounds were all of a sudden in FAUST's album, different, and not as acoustic, of course. While, FAUST's use, for me, was more on the fun side of things, PDQ included it in a lot of his music and the far out interpretations of classical music that ... progressive folks don't usually seem to enjoy ... like humor can not be here at all ... FAUST was fun, but not very "artistic" in my book. And in that big K-rock special, seeing one of the guys just hitting a cement drum to get the sound as it turned ... kinda showed, right there, what FAUST was about right from the start.

Psychedelic/Space Rock: Far East Family Band - Parallel World (1976)

I got this, and we played it on Space Pirate Radio, just like we did a lot of Japanese things in those days, mainly because it was produced by Klaus Schulze ... and while a nice listen, it was OK in my book ... I never thought of it as Psychedelic since a lot of the touches in it were eastern music bits and pieces, to make it more "universal" and less westernized, and it was a good listen, but ... honestly? ... produced by KS, I thought that this was going to be a real TRIP ... and in many ways, it wasn't. Better considered as Space Rock, I suppose, but definitely not psychedelic at all ... unless we think of golks being ripped and stoned as such ... which is crazy ... by that time, even KS was clean and he had stated to his fan club that it interfered with his ability to control the music when played live and he would not remember which/what was being used and worked on.

Symphonic Prog: Ange - Au-delà du délire (1974)

If I had to choose one album that is for me, and truly special, this is the one ... and this band, all the way to TOME VI (their 6th album) ... was fantastic and had all the wonderful features of a true actor singing it ... not (like Meatloaf said was an actor that could sing!!!) ... and the emotions and touches the band worked on right from the start were incredible and continued for at least 15 to 20 more years. The version of these recently done by the brother that was the main keyboard player (not the singer) ... is still really good, but it's really hard to let go of that earlier touch ... and I wish someone would remix and remaster that ... though I seriously doubt they can improve anything ... the touches that we think someone would come up with, were already there by the beauty of the work and its interpretation, and I don't think that mechanics in the studio can improve the real thing!

Zeuhl: Bondage Fruit - Bondage Fruit I (1994)

Of all the bands in the 1999 Festival in SF, this band, and Buckethead, were the two that didn't do it for me ... I'm not sure why, and have to go back and listen to their material in the 1990's to get a better idea, but it was actually a nice performance, if not way too much guitar centered, when in terms of Zeuhl and its work, it is less on an instrument and more on the totality of the work ... something is amiss here, that I need to revisit one day. I never thought of it as Zeuhl on that day, as I was too busy being the photographer for the event.

2) Crossover: Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden

3) Eclectic: VdGG From H to He (or Pawn Hearts?)

4) Italiano: Area - Arbeit Macht Frei

5) RIO: Henry Cow - In Praise of Learning

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