The 80s..the worst era for prog.

I'm afraid I missed the prog scene in the 80's live so to speak. Just married, new house, I could go on. Now I'm back cataloguing from the 80's onwards. I have to say that though there is some good prog around that decade, the 80's content of my collection is a bit thin on the ground. Any recommendations in the symphonic/metal prog genre. I have some Queensryche, Marillion and IQ

80s were by far the worst music era. I hate 98% of 80s, slick production, all digital synths, guitar playing, no originality, atmosphere. Best prog from 80s for me were some late French groups like Dun for example. I am anti-neoprogger, so 80s arent for me. Nowadays here are much more good prog bands than in 80s.

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The 80’s were great…

 

1980

“Macchina Maccheronica” by Stormy Six
”Sky 2” by Sky
”A Story of Mysterious Forest” by Ain Soph
”Privado” by Ananga-Ranga
”Between Flesh and Divine” by Asia Minor
”Um Peu de l'Âme des Bandits” by Aksak Maboul
”Gusliar” by Pesniary
”Gevecht met de Engel” by Flairck
”Familesprickor” by Zamla Mammaz Manna
”Blue Motion” by Blue Motion

 

1981

“Terpandre” by Terpandre
”Ceux du Dehors” by Univers Zero
”Játékok” by East
”Planets” by Eloy
”Divergencie” by Collegium Musicum
”Cartoon” by Cartoon
”Emile au Jardin Patrologique” by Debile Menthol
”Speechless” by Fred Frith

 

1982

“Erdenklang” by Bognermayr, Hubert e Zuschrader, Harald
”In Blau” by Anyone's Daughter
”Sky 4” by Sky
”Hüség” by East
”Zamlaranamma” by von Zamla
”Também Eu” by Banda do Casaco
”End of Illusion” by Anders Helmerson
”Al Volo” by Stormy Six
”Begnagrad” by Begnagrad

 

1983

“The Final Cut” by Pink Floyd
”A Fury of Glass” by La Rossa
”Vill Du Höra Mer” by Lars Hollmer
”Põletus” by Kaseke
”Locomo” by Gwendal
”Antarctica” by Vangelis
”Depois do Fim” by Bacamarte
”Music from Left Field” by Cartoon

 

1984

“Music for Piano and Drums” by Patrick Moraz e Bill Bruford
”Marsbéli Krónikák” by Solaris
”A Catch at the Tables” by Anthony Phillips
”Three of a Perfect Pair” by King Crimson
”Les Sillons de la Terre” by Etron Fou Leloublan
”Battre Campagne” by Debile Menthol
”Uzed” by Univers Zero
”Twelve” by Anthony Phillips
”Work Resumed on the Tower” by News from Babel

 

1985

“90125” by Yes

“Warmth Of the Earth” by Edward Artemiev
”Broadcasting from Home” by Penguin Cafe Orchestra
”Summer in Town” by Horizont
”Le Poison Qui Rend Fou” by Present
”Le Mariage du Ciel et de L'Enfer” by Art Zoyd
”Sea Reflections, Le Isildurs Bane
”Sagrado, Le Sagrado Coração da Terra
”Il y a des Jours” by Hellebore
”In Spe (Typewriter Concerto in D) ” by In Spe
”Old Friends New Friends” by Rick van der Linden

 

1986

“Les Morts Vonte Vite” by Shub-Niggurath
”Letters Home” by News from Babel
”Estación de Sombra” by Nazca
”And Close As This” by Peter Hammill

”Hat And Field” by Ain Soph
”Ivory Moon” by Anthony Phillips
”La Mosaïque de la Rêverie” by Pageant

 

1987

“Heatwave” by Univers Zero
”Magdalena” by Magdalena
”Barren Dream” by Mr. Sirius
”Water Blue” by Vermillion Sands
”Berlin” by Art Zoyd
”The Scene of Pale Blue” by Outer Limits
”Eight Moments of Eternity” by Isildurs Bane

 

1988

“Adolescencia Cronica” by Iconoclasta
”Baroque in the Future” by Deja Vu
”Blue Chip Orchestra” by Blue Chip Orchestra
”Espace Fini” by Tiemko
”In a Foreign Town” by Peter Hammill
”Miriodor” by Miriodor
”Circle in the Forest” by Asturias
”Svatba” by Iva Bittová & Pavel Fajt

 

1989

“The Girl Who Was... Death” by Devil Doll
”Cheval” by Isildurs Bane
”Ilia”Epos
”The Portrait of a Boy” by Horizont
”Nosferatu” by Art Zoyd
”In This Life” by Thinking Plague
”Strata” by Opus Avantra

Manunkind wrote: ^^^ Now there's a man who's done his homework.

And i’m seeing the Simpsons.

Fox channel is broadcasting – here in Portugal – 3 episodes at the time so you can’t escape.

I’ve just saw the mythic episode where the church organist plays “In-the-Gadda-da-Vida” or “In the garden of Eden”

By the way I forgot to include on the list “Drama” by Yes… and many more I hope...

Remember that Rush released their best album (IMO, anyway) in the 80s, and Yes also did some great work then, despite what everyone says. Also, ABWH was an awesome album. Camel did some good albums then, Nude was great.

geezer wrote: There is many "good" albums in samuel.jeronimo's list but only a few that I consider "essential". Every decade so far has had many of these "good" albums. And the list is lacking some of the most essential 80's albums like Dun - Eros. So, therefore I still think the 80's sucked big time. It might have been a good decade if you like neo-prog which I most certainly do not.

Exactly. For neo-prog fans it was probably great, but for me the 80's had almost nothing to offer. Of course there are exceptions but it was clearly the worst decade for prog IMO.

Every era have had it's great and it's bad!...probably in the '70 there was more great than in every other era!

geezer wrote: There is many "good" albums in samuel.jeronimo's list but only a few that I consider "essential". Every decade so far has had many of these "good" albums. And the list is lacking some of the most essential 80's albums like Dun - Eros. So, therefore I still think the 80's sucked big time. It might have been a good decade if you like neo-prog which I most certainly do not.

I think that the problem with the 80’s is that mass media tries to input us a vision of was it was.

Even when get out of prog you’ll find good things such as Sonic Youth or Echo and the Bunnymen.

 

Using the prog term to include the various categories at PA, then, according to my collection, the 90's is the worst decade.  I belive that RIO/ Avant was flourishing in the 80s, which makes it a very strong decade for my tastes.  And there's something about a particular cold aesthetic that I was hearing in the 80s that appeals to me.  Though I could think of many albums I love from the 80s. Art Zoyd is a particular fave band of mine from the time (also love Art Zoyd's 70's albums). In the 80s I didn't know Art Zoyd, but back then I really liked Kraftwerk's Computer World (a pretty good example of the colder music I enjoyed at the time and continues to appeal).  There's too much, I thought, great 80's experimental music that I've forgotten that I would hear thanks to a university radio station program which played really interesting to me music.

The 90's was something of a musical wasteland to me in the 90's, but then "arthouse" film was my passion during that decade.

 I've never really got this "decades" thing - that's a purely abstract construct, an accidental alignment of dates on a calendar set 429 years ago by Pope Greg the 13th. Decades just reflect the fact that we count in base-10. Nothing, especially music, transitions at the beginning of each decade, nothing, especially music, has a life-span of exactly ten years. If musical fads are cyclic (and some are, some aren't) then they are very unlikely to be on a ten year cycle.