Prog Rock Timeline: 1989

1. KING'S X Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (about as perfect a rock album as one can imagine) / DJAM KARET Reflections from the Firepool (a masterpiece) (tie)

Thinking Plague > Ozric Tentacles > ABWH

omphaloskepsis wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: ^ Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe has always been a genuine YES album to me too - even though it doesn't include Chris Squire - in just the same way as The Quest (2021) and Mirror to the Sky (2023) are bona fide YES albums, even though the only original member is Steve Howe. My favourite YES album by far is The Quest, although some may say my heart is in the wrong place.  That's the beautiful thing about YES.  Every album can end up as your favorite.  Depends on the fan.   I adore The Big Generator and ABWH.  Some folks dig Drama.  Other's go for the Quest.  I imagine "Mirror to the Sky" will wurm it's way into the hearts of others.  Of course ABWH is a genuine YES album.  How many musicians have been members of YES?  ABWH had four members from it's Fragile/CTTE line up. Like Meat Loaf said, "Two out of three ain't bad"... if true, then Four out of five must be much better.

Psychedelic Paul wrote: David_D wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: 1. Tears for Fears 2. Kenso 3. Isidurs Bane 4. Outer Limits 5. Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe Sorry Paul, but your #1 is pretty laughable top Progressive Rock album for 1989, even considering it's based on Wikipedia's timeline.  The Seeds of Love is the only 5-star album for me in this poll, so it was an obvious choice for the #1 slot, although it'd be a Mad World indeed if Tears for Fears were classed as a prog band here at ProgArchives. Still, stranger things have happened.

chopper wrote: I read today that Squire instructed his lawyers to not let ABWH use the "Yes" name.

omphaloskepsis wrote: Cristi wrote: omphaloskepsis wrote: Of course ABWH is a genuine YES album.  How many musicians have been members of YES?  ABWH has four members from it's Fragile/CTTE line up. Like Meat Loaf said, "Two out of three ain't bad"... if true, then Four out of five is much better.  How is it genuine when even the musicians did not release it under the Yes name?!  I read long ago that it was released under ABWH out of respect for Chris Squire, because he had been the heart and soul of the band, the driving force behind it. I can understand that.  I defer to Shakespeare-  "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"

ABWH. Always liked Brother of Mine, Birthright and Order of the Universe. Teakbois is bad, like Circus of Heaven bad. The rest is decent enough though. I listened to the album often when it first came out. Solid effort overall.

Tears for Fears is not really Prog, but this was a good pop album. Kings X Gretchen Goes to Nebraska is the best album they did. They deserved a bigger stage than they ever received.

I have Rush's Presto, but it's a mediocre album. It's part of a run of mediocre releases by Rush that began with Hold Your Fire.

Psychedelic Paul wrote: ^ Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe has always been a genuine YES album to me too - even though it doesn't include Chris Squire - in just the same way as The Quest (2021) and Mirror to the Sky (2023) are bona fide YES albums, even though the only original member is Steve Howe. My favourite YES album by far is The Quest, although some may say my heart is in the wrong place.

Edited by omphaloskepsis - April 04 2023 at 10:45

Season's End closely followed by Are You Sitting Comfortably.

Psychedelic Paul wrote: 1. Tears for Fears 2. Kenso 3. Isidurs Bane 4. Outer Limits 5. Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe