Phil Collins and here's why. . . . .

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 Easy Livin wrote:

Several years ago, the (then) admin team and M@x agreed that the solo work of any artist whose band is listed in a prog category could be added to prog related (or a full prog category of course if justified). When we agree that policy, Collins was held up as one of the very rare examples of where his solo discography was generally recognised as being far removed from prog. He was therefore quoted as the sole exception to the policy. This was done in a sort of light-hearted way at the time, intended more than anything else to recognise the controversy such an addition would cause. 

So, basically when the admin team agreed that the solo work of ANY artist whose band was listed in a prog category could be added, they decided to shun Phil out for his non-proggy solo work and created a loophole now known as the sole exception to the policy, for the sole purpose of keeping him out of the archive on the site.  

Right, well let's take a look at another prog group. YES. We all know of their work in the 70's. Their work in the 80's was far different than the decade before mentioned, and thus Trevor Rabin, who seems to take much of the grunt for their change in direction, is not listed in any prog category. And for good reason.  He had no place in the prog years of YES. He wasn't there for TFTO, Relayer, Close To The Edge, etc. Regardless of what peoples opinions of 80's YES were, and still are, Trevor Rabin, as before mentioned, didn't have a place in 70's YES.  He is a more suitable "exception to the rule".

Phil Collins is not a Trevor Rabin.

The man was there for Foxtrot. He was there for Nursery Cryme. He was there for Selling England. He was there for The Lamb. Songs like "The Musical Box", "Watcher Of The Skies", "Supper's Ready" and "In The Cage" do not exist without the wrongful exception to the rule, Mr. Phil Collins. And that shouldn't be ignored. 

Yea, Sussudio, You'll Be In My Heart, & Two Hearts are far from Prog. The same can be said for Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer, Shock The Monkey, and Big Time. If the album that holds "Games Without Frontiers" or "Intruder" can be recognized, then so should the album that holds "In The Air Tonight" or "The Roof Is Leaking".