When you stopped buying their albums...

Yes-Heaven and Earth lacked so much and The quest kept me turned off. I don’t theink they’re coming back as a compositional force.

Jethro Tull started sputtering with Too Old to Rock and Roll, and Catfish rising was disappointing and the last album I bought.

After Silver clouds and Black Linings I jumped off the Dream Theater train. The music became nondistinctive to me, and I have only bought the first Mangini album, which I found samey.

Nektar lost appeal after Recycled

ELP really went down with Works, and Black Moon was the only one I found interesting after that.

Zappa lost some luster with Joe’s Garage II and III but still did lot of good stuff.

Pink Floyd lost some shine with A Momentary Lapse of Music, but the later albums offer partial redemption.

The Who was never the same after the Quadrophenia masterpiece.

Genesis never lost me, but never rose to previous heights when they became three.

The Flower Kings needed to explore new material after Banks of Eden-later albums don’t seem fresh or exploratory.

Jared wrote: Cosmiclawnmower wrote: Yep i saw your comment and agreed 'Eyes of the universe' was pretty rubbish except for about 2 tracks; it was just their attempt to mimic what Genesis were doing at the time.. Turn of the tide was.. marginally better. Yes, I think Octoberon is a really great album, but they were criticised by their label over the lack of singles. They were forced to strip down Rock n Roll Star which charted, but they apparently looked out of their comfort zone for their only appearance on TOTP and Woolly later admitted to hating it. A few years earlier, they had toured quite a bit with Camel and this was around their Rain Dances/ Breathless period, when they too were being asked for more vocals and a couple of singles. Gone To Earth was ok, but a bit too commercial, understandably given the context of the times. Although XII was a small improvement, you could tell there were tensions in the band concerning their future direction, leading to Woolly's departure, just as the same tensions had arisen in Camel, leading to the departures of Ferguson during the Rain Dances sessions and later Bardens himself during those for Breathless...

Jared wrote: Cosmiclawnmower wrote: BJH: XII definately turned off after Woolly's departure ha! I said exactly the same! There was a perceptible move toward commercialism afterwards, wasn't there?

Yes-Drama

ELP - Works Vol. 1

Cosmiclawnmower wrote: BJH: XII definately turned off after Woolly's departure

Fly From Here by Yes. I didn't buy Heaven & Earth. I did however, for some reason, buy The Quest when it first came out. 

Last time I bought each band’s new release when it was released (I may or may not have gotten later albums eventually, and even enjoyed them, but it was no longer a “must buy”) :

Camel - Dust & Dreams
Pink Floyd - Momentary Lapse
King Crimson - ConstruKction of Light
Genesis - none! (never stopped)
Yes - 90125
Jethro Tull - Rock Island
Moody Blues- The Present
Rush - Grace Under Pressure

Cristi wrote: I've never stopped buying their albums, I just know which ones to stay away from.

I'm going to subscribe that point of view. Always a second chance for strayed prog veterans. There are misses, however, that make such filosophy a bit hard to maintain: Invisible Touch, for example, and a long list of usual suspects.

Edited by Heart of the Matter - September 08 2022 at 09:12

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