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Posted: June 02 2012 at 14:02

This night wounds time.

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Posted: June 02 2012 at 13:50

Elvis Costello - My Aim is True
The Band - The Band AKA The Brown Album
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
Tom Waits - Bone Machine

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Posted: June 02 2012 at 13:34

dreadpirateroberts wrote:

Triceratopsoil wrote:

dreadpirateroberts wrote:

Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady

THE token "non-prog" masterpiece

Hahaha! Indeed

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Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues is amazing as well.

Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.

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Posted: June 02 2012 at 12:17

Triceratopsoil wrote:

dreadpirateroberts wrote:

Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady

THE token "non-prog" masterpiece

Hahaha! Indeed

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Posted: June 02 2012 at 11:59

Some more:
The Velvet Underground - w/ Nico
The Grateful Dead - American Beauty
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Pearl Jam - Ten
Dinosaur Jr. - Green Mind
Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
Elton John - Madman Across The Water and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie - Bird And Diz
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue (It's really a Jazz album, not a Fusion/ Jazz Rock record)
Andrew Bird - Noble Beast

Edited by Fox On The Rocks - June 02 2012 at 12:22

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Posted: June 02 2012 at 05:23

Stravinsky, Webster, Monk, Zeppelin, The The, Cat Stevens, Fleetwood, Bruckner, J.J. Cale, Mingus, Bowie, Mitchell

................ect ect ect

could make a huge list , with all the non prog, 5 stars albums out there.

Edited by tamijo - June 02 2012 at 05:23

Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours

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Posted: June 02 2012 at 04:27

Bang On A Can - Cheating, Lying, Stealing

John Coltrane - A Love Supreme

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Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.

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Posted: June 02 2012 at 04:17

Triceratopsoil wrote:

Insert Swans here

What?

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Posted: June 02 2012 at 04:11

Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left, Bryter Layter, Pink Moon

Andy Irvine - Rainy Sundays... Windy Dreams

Laïs - Dorothea

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déjà Vu

Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico

Planxty - Cold Blow and the Rainy Night

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Posted: June 02 2012 at 03:00

dreadpirateroberts wrote:

Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady

THE token "non-prog" masterpiece

Edited by Triceratopsoil - June 02 2012 at 03:01

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Posted: June 02 2012 at 02:29

Some of my favourites, and not all strictly 'Rock' but generally popular at the least:

Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Kings of Leon - Because of the Times

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Posted: June 02 2012 at 02:06

Vagabonds of the Western World- Thin Lizzy

Nightlife- Thin Lizzy

Black Rose- Thin Lizzy

Seal IV- Seal

Soul 1&2- Seal

What's Going On- Marvin Gaye

Jazz Masters IV- Paul Hardcastle

Back to the World- Curtis Mayfield

Superfly- Curtis Mayfield

Having a Rave Up- The Yardbirds

Rodrigo Y Gabriela- Rodrigo Y Gabriela

Americas- Strunz and Farah

Heat of the Sun- Strunz and Farah

Living Proof- Buddy Guy

Pink Moon- Nick Drake

Otis Blue- Otis Redding

I Put a Spell On You- Nina Simone

Disraeli Gears- Cream

Reach the Beach- The Fixx

Phantom- The Fixx

Live!- Lou Rawls

Riverside- Luka Bloom

Volume Two- She and Him

If I Should Fall From Grace With God- The Pogues

Peace and Love- The Pogues

Hell's Ditch- The Pogues

That's all I can think of right now.

EDIT: Of Tide and Trail- Dan Arborise. My Number one non-prog, I can't believe I forgot to mention it.

Tattoo- Rory Gallagher

Edited by Master of Time - June 02 2012 at 02:24

Triceratopsoil View Drop Down

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Posted: June 02 2012 at 01:50

Insert Swans here

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Posted: June 02 2012 at 01:36

The Stooges and the Shatner for sure, I'd add Giant Steps, Band of Gypsys, Deja Vu, The Song Remains the Same, Diary of a Madman, Van Halen, Joshua Tree

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Posted: June 02 2012 at 01:20

Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
Elton John - Madman Across the Waters
a-ha - Hunting High and Low
At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command

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Posted: June 02 2012 at 01:01

Let's assume that Pink Floyd are a prog rock group (contrary to the opinion of some).

The Byrds - "5th Dimension"

The Taliesin Orchestra - "Forbidden Forest: The Impressions of George Winston"

Paul Romero (et al.) - soundtrack for "Heroes of Might and Magic III"

The Zombies - "Odessey and Oracle"

The Durutti Column - "The Return of the Durutti Column"

Nick Drake - "Five Leaves Left"

v All included on the site.

~~If we DO count non-core prog, like prog-related, ambient (a.k.a. progressive electronic), Deutsch Avantgarde, etc. :~~

~~The Beatles - "White Album"~~

~~Brian Eno and Harold Budd - "The Plateaux of Mirror"~~

~~Vangelis - "Blade Runner" soundtrack (1994)~~

~~Popol Vuh - "Aguirre"~~

~~Eno - "Another Green World"~~

~~Harold Budd - "The Pavilion of Dreams"~~

~~Bert Jansch - "Rosemary Lane"~~

~~Peter Gabriel - III ("Melt")~~

~~Talking Heads - "Fear of Music"~~

~~Popol Vuh - "Hosianna Mantra"~~

Edited by Dayvenkirq - June 27 2012 at 00:10

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Posted: June 02 2012 at 00:59

Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal. Flawless death metal, absolutely immense.

With magic, you can turn a frog into a prince.
With science, you can turn a frog into a Ph.D. and you still have the frog you started with.

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Posted: June 02 2012 at 00:31

And on a heavier note:

Extreme- Extreme II: Pornograffitti

Van Halen- Van Halen

Motorhead- Ace Of Spades

Judas Priest- Painkiller

Deftones- White Pony

Sepultura- Arise

Megadeth- Rust In Peace

Carcass- Heartwork

Dark Angel- Darkness Descends

Slayer- Reign In Blood

Exodus- Fabulous Disaster

Pantera- Vulgar Display Of Power

Celtic Frost- To Mega Therion

Mayhem- De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas

Mercyful Fate- Melissa

King Diamond- Abigail

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Posted: June 02 2012 at 00:19

Alice In Chains- Dirt

The Smiths- The Queen Is Dead

Joy Division- Unknown Pleasures

My Bloody Valentine- Loveless

Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation

Jeff Buckley- Grace

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds- Murder Ballads

Nick Drake- Bryter Layter

Velvet Underground- The Velvet Underground & Nico

Beach Boys- Pet Sounds

Soundgarden- Superunknown

Screaming Trees- Dust

Tears For Fears- Songs From The Big Chair

The Cure- Pornography

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Posted: June 01 2012 at 23:59

Every Smashing Pumpkins album of the 90's. Those albums really changed the way I thought about Music and really made me realize the emotional aspect of Music. Billy Corgan delivers his emotions so vividly through his lyrics - some of the best of all time, in my opinion of course.Not to mention that all four of them were absolutely exceptional players, Billy and Jimmy in particular.
I consider them extremely Prog Related, but they're not on this site.
Also, Alice In Chains - Dirt
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power Headbanger

Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation and Dirty