Should there be a new Category?

Cheesecakemouse wrote: I've written this suggestion on the "Help to improve the website" section of the forums. Some think its a great idea some think its a not so great idea. Basically a Select Albums Category, will have just the progressive albums of artists whose entire career is too diverse/commercial etc to be considered prog. For example David Bowies 'berlin' albums (Lodger, Low and Heroes) would be under this category while the rest would not be included, the same would go for Miles Davis fusion and would solve the debate with the Beatles since just their proto prog albums would be included while albums like A Hard Days Night would not be included (because they are clearly not prog). This would not mean Yes and Genesis in the 80s would be thrown out of the website, because their foundations are as prog bands, while Davis, Bowie and the Beatles etc roots/foundation is not prog but other style eg rock and jazz. Also Genesis and Yes etc 1980s albums are at the very least prog related. Anyway vote and discuss etc. I just want to see what this website on a whole thinks, I believe this will solve a lot of debate on this website and not reduce its integrity as a prog website.   ps. Check out the help to improve forum with the similar thread, because there may be some helpful info with this- check out the another crazy idea thread.

Everyone's pretty much unanimous on this (except one, there's always one). That means it should happen.

That would have been great! Excellent idea

That's one hell of an idea 

And what would be the name for such category, partially prog, temporarily prog, converted to prog, pop-prog or perhaps each problematic group should have its own category as in GEPR.

I like the idea..

I've written this suggestion on the "Help to improve the website" section of the forums. Some think its a great idea some think its a not so great idea. Basically a Select Albums Category, will have just the progressive albums of artists whose entire career is too diverse/commercial etc to be considered prog. For example David Bowies 'berlin' albums (Lodger, Low and Heroes) would be under this category while the rest would not be included, the same would go for Miles Davis fusion and would solve the debate with the Beatles since just their proto prog albums would be included while albums like A Hard Days Night would not be included (because they are clearly not prog). This would not mean Yes and Genesis in the 80s would be thrown out of the website, because their foundations are as prog bands, while Davis, Bowie and the Beatles etc roots/foundation is not prog but other style eg rock and jazz. Also Genesis and Yes etc 1980s albums are at the very least prog related. Anyway vote and discuss etc. I just want to see what this website on a whole thinks, I believe this will solve a lot of debate on this website and not reduce its integrity as a prog website.

Edited by Cheesecakemouse - July 07 2006 at 21:29