Proggiest Studio Debut from Prog-Related

Hey, that album kind of reminds me of Progressive Rock!

Some of these Prog Related bands started out on much less Proggy feet than others, of course.  Some become more Proggy over time, whilst others went the opposite way.

Which of these albums are the most Procalicious to you?  Yes, I'm allowing multiple votes this time -- use it wisely.  Of course I don't expect you to have heard all of these albums -- I haven't.  Just don't vote for an album you haven't even heard, please.

The Alan Parson's Project debut is my favourite of these, and very Proggy in a Pink Floydish sort of way (if it ain't Prog, it's seriously Prog Related).  The follow-up, I Robot, was hardly a let-down either.  Primus is a fun proggy group... Quite a few strong albums here from a Prog,(or Prog Related)  perspective, and quite a few weak ones.  I can't say which is the most Proggy since I haven't heard all of them, although I have a good idea of some albums that are less Proggy than others.

Sounds kind of funny to say, "Well I think THIS album is just slightly more related to Prog than THAT one, but they're both soooo totally related, y'know."

Okay, I thought about adding the albums of solo artists who'd worked for big name Prog bands (and are in Prog Related for their solo efforts) such as Peter Gabriel (PG I), Mike Rutherford (Smallcreep's Day) Jon Anderson (Olias of Sunhillow), Richard Wright (Wet Dream), David Gilmour (DG), Nick Mason (Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports), Steve Vai (Flex-Able), Geddy Lee (My favourite Headache), Peter Sinfield (Still) and John Wetton who was in many bands before releasing their so-called 'solo' albums, but opted not to. 

I also decided not to include bands with only one album, so Solstice Coil and the Blackfield collaborative album is not included, for instance.

Note that Primus has a live album that dates earlier, but I'm only including debut "studio albums" in the list.

If not Prog per se, I'm thinking of an album so kind of Proggish that upon listening to it you might exclaim:

"Man, that some hardcore Prog Related tuneage!  I mean, could it get any more Prog Related than that?  Freakin' awesome; it's just so totally related to Prog.  It's like, if I didn't know that that's not Prog, I might have thought for a second that that was Prog!  Totally related, totally. Blew me way just hearing that SUPREMELY Prog-Related tuneage."

Of course your head would explode right after.

So, I wanna hear your thoughts on this, which of these albums would you say has the most relation to Progressive Rock (be it cousin, uncle, wicked stepmother, or whatever).


Edited by Logan - October 04 2006 at 23:17