A favoured album from each PA category

- Canterbury Scene: Caravan/ Fairfield Halls '74
- Crossover Prog: BJH/ Live Tapes
- Eclectic Prog: Gentle Giant/ Playing The Fool
- Experimental/Post Metal: Anathema/ Universal
- Heavy Prog: Rush/ Exit Stage Left
- Indo-Prog/Raga Rock: None
- Jazz Rock/Fusion: Colosseum/ Live (1970)
- Krautrock: None
- Neo-Prog: IQ/ Forever Live
- Post-Rock/Math Rock: None
- Prog Folk: Tull/ Bursting Out (although this is cheating as it isn't Prog Folk)
- Progressive Electronic: TD/ Pergamon/Quichotte
- Progressive Metal: Therion/ Celebrators Of Becoming
- Psychedelic/Space Rock: Eloy/ Reincarnation On Stage
- RIO/Avant-Prog: None
- Rock Progressivo Italiano: None
- Symphonic Prog: Renaissance/ Carnegie Hall
- Tech/Extreme Prog Metal: Arcturus/ Shipwrecked In Oslo
- Zeuhl: None
- Prog Related: Rainbow/ On Stage
- Proto-Prog: Deep Purple/ Made In Japan



Edited by Jared - December 22 2024 at 07:01

Now I think I’ll go with an all 70’s or earlier list now. An overabundance of choices for the main subgenres and really struggled selecting the “one” for some of these, while several subgenres have yet to begin, eliminating any selection of the neo, metal, post kind. Again, I pass on Indo/Raga. I suppose I’ll do an 80s and 90s list next.

Canterbury Scene: Khan – Space Shanty (1972)

Crossover Prog: FM – Black Noise (1977)

Eclectic Prog: Bubu – Anabelas (1978)

Heavy Prog: Captain Beyond – Captain Beyond (1972)

Jazz Rock/Fusion: Mahavishnu Orchestra – The Inner Mounting Flame (1971)

Krautrock: Amon Duül II – Yeti (1970)

Prog Folk: Jethro Tull – Thick as a Brick (1972)

Progressive Electronic: Klaus Schulze – Timewind (1975)

Psychedelic/Space Rock: Pink Floyd – Animals (1977)

RIO/Avant-Prog: Frank Zappa – The Grand Wazoo (1972)

Rock Progressivo Italiano: il Balletto di Bronzo – Ys (1972)

Symphonic Prog: Genesis – Foxtrot (1972)

Zeuhl: Magma – Kobaïa (1970)

^ & ^^ Thanks Jared and Jason (aka bender99). You both share three not covered categories (Krautrock, RIO/Avant and Zeuhl), both have Caravan and IQ (albeit different albums) and share Led Zep's Physical Graffiti.

^^ Jared. What I find rather interesting is how people can favour different categories -- I love plenty of albums from all the categories you left out and those are some of my particular favourite categories for music -- and yet still find shared commonalities in other categories. From your list, I adore Pawn Hearts and would say that it is on the avant-prog side of things). And I also really love the Tangerine Dream, that Gryphon album, the Led Zep choice, and I like the Caravan, Oldfield, and Genesis. And I really like Colosseum. Kind of surprised, or whould I have known?, that you don't have any RPI. I would have thought you would have known and liked PFM's Per un Amico, maybe Le Orme's Felona e Sorona, maybe Celeste....

^ Jason, I especially love Physical Graffiti and Wish YOU Were Here (especially for Shine On which remains as magical as when I first heard it at the age of about 12) from your list. I also really like the Caravan, PFM, Abbey Road, and that Rush album was one of my favourite albums as a teenager. And I like the Jethro Tull. And when I went to Australia Hemispheres was the first album I ordered from a store since I missed it. I used to adore that album; still part of my DNA.

Thanks so much for all the lists. Got considerably more than I expected and every one has treasures per my tastes.

- Canterbury Scene: Caravan/ For Girls...
- Crossover Prog: M Oldfield/ Ommadawn
- Eclectic Prog: VDGG/ Pawn Hearts
- Experimental/Post Metal: Tool/ Lateralus
- Heavy Prog: Porcupine Tree/ Deadwing
- Indo-Prog/Raga Rock: None
- Jazz Rock/Fusion: Mahavishnu/ Birds Of Fire
- Krautrock: None
- Neo-Prog: IQ/ Ever
- Post-Rock/Math Rock: None
- Prog Folk: Gryphon/ Red Queen To Gryphon Three
- Progressive Electronic: TD/ Ricochet
- Progressive Metal: Pain Of Salvation/ Remedy Lane
- Psychedelic/Space Rock: Eloy/ Dawn
- RIO/Avant-Prog: None
- Rock Progressivo Italiano: None
- Symphonic Prog: Genesis/ SEBtP
- Tech/Extreme Prog Metal: Arcturus/ The Sham Mirrors
- Zeuhl: None
- Prog Related: Led Zep/ Physical Graffiti
- Proto-Prog: Deep Purple/ In Rock



Edited by Jared - December 22 2024 at 02:13

Logan wrote: With Samuel's list: I know we share a lot of musical loves in common, and so interesting to see as many album names I am unfamiliar with (means more for me to check out). :) I do love Le Poison Qui Rend Fou, Weidorje , Spiral and The Soft Parade. I know the Mastodon quite well and should listen again.

I first thought of Susanne Sundfør's Ten Love Songs for Crossover but you had already mentioned that album :) I'd be curious to know what you'd make of that Banda do Casaco album (unfortunately the official stream sounds worse than the original CD remaster). The Soft Parade is genuinely my favourite album, I never understood the low ratings.

Far Corner - Risk was my album of the year.

^ I didn't realise that Far Corner - Risk was a RIO/Avant-Prog album otherwise I would have included it on my list.

^ Thanks Lorenzo, I have liked all of those albums (well, I know the Shawn Phillips less than the other albums). While I followed what's in PA's categories for my lists regardless of how well I think it fits there, I will say that I think of Area as more JR/F and Avant Prog than an RPI category act (RPI is kind of a strange category in various ways... rather too eclectic perhaps, and unlike Krautrock with finding bands outside Germany and Canterbury, finding bands outside Canterbury, all in that category are from Italy so it seems less of styles, influence, or specific movements...). I think it used to be in JRF? I could be wrong. And the two Family albums I have I think of as on the Proto-Prog side. Fine with the band in Eclectic as I do think of those as Prog Art Rock too with Psych qualities.

EDIT, on a related note: Some here have said that Proto-Prog bands are not Prog (and that Prog Related bands are not Prog) but to me it depends on the album, song, and there is no distinct dividing line between Prog, non-Prog, embryonic Prog and full-fledged Prog. And sometimes it just comes down to the individuals interpretation and parameters. How some PA members defined the band category-wise does not define the band let alone the individual albums by a band, and of course we can't use multi-tags or deal with the albums individually.   But this edit digresses....

Edited by Logan - December 18 2024 at 13:04

Thanks so much for all of the lists. I know it can be a real challenge and take some time, so the effort is very much appreciated.    More already have tried this than I was expecting. I find it interesting to see the lists, compare lists, and like to see what I know and like and don't know from the lists. This can give me rather broader sense of some of the tastes and interests in our community/ specific members.

I'll mention what i like from each list. Lorenzo's, great to see you around again!, is to be continued (a strategy I was thinking of suggesting for some), but I truly love every album mentioned in his list thus far.

With Nikola's list, I particulary love Third, Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Ege Bamyasi, Ágætis Byrjun, First Utterance, Zeit, Ummagumma, Freak Out!, Zarathustra, and Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh. Really like Relayer, and Aja is very good...

With Christian's list, I love The National, The Dreaming (you turned me more onto that album and now it is one of my very favourite albums), Holger Czukay - Movies (such a wonderful album, really, really love it), Rubycon, Ummagumma, Berlin and revolver. And I like Phlegm, Heavy Horses and Infernal Machina a lot. I should listen that Association PC live as I like the band a lot. I don't know Tarentel or Cilio at all that I can recall. Will try to remember to remedy that at some time.

With Samuel's list: I know we share a lot of musical loves in common, and so interesting to see as many album names I am unfamiliar with (means more for me to check out). :) I do love Le Poison Qui Rend Fou, Weidorje , Spiral and The Soft Parade. I know the Mastodon quite well and should listen again.

Again thanks all, and I hope more will try this challenge. It's "a favoured album", it doesn't need to be one's favourite. I know lots of us would know and love huge amounts of albums from our favoured categories.