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Philéas

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Posted: June 17 2006 at 13:30

These are the ones I'd recommend you:

Rush:
Caress of Steel
A Farewell to Kings
Hemispheres
Moving Pictures
Signals

Yes:
Time and a Word
Close to the Edge
Fragile
Relayer

Genesis:
Nursery Cryme
Foxtrot
Selling England by the Pound
A Trick of the Tail

ELP:
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Tarkus
Trilogy

mgallard

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Posted: June 17 2006 at 15:12

stonebeard wrote:

Rush:

Earlier, more prog era: A Farewell to Kings

Straight-forward rock with a bit of prog era: Moving Pictures

80s synth rock (not a bad thing) era: Signals

Yes:

All-time masterpiece: Close to the Edge

CTTE but Jazzier: Relayer

A simpler and more relaxed album with the same level of creativity: Going for the One

Marillion:

The best place to start: Script for a Jester's Tear

Best album of the Fish era (IMO)(Much debate on this one

): Misplaced Childhood

Best Hogarth-era album: Marbles

Genesis:

A complete masterwork: Foxtrot

Softer than Foxtrot, yet still genius: Selling England by the Pound

Two underrecognised gems: Trick of the Tail, Wind and Wuthering

Excellent list, couldn't have done it better, agree with all and would add to Genesis masterpieces: "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway".

I'd also add a Steve Hackett record to the list: "Voyage of the Acolyte"
I'd also recommend Riverside, "Second Life Syndrome", as posted before.
Magic Pie, is very cool too (debut album).

Mogens

bhikkhu

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Posted: June 17 2006 at 23:28

I will be repeating some selections, but that will just solidify the choices you should definitely make. These are also the ones I feel are best to start with. It's not necessarily a list of outstanding achievment.

Rush: "Fly by Night," "2112," "Moving Pictures"
ELP: "Emerson Lake and Palmer," "Trilogy," "Brain Salad Surgery"
Yes: "The Yes Album," "Fragile," "Close to the Edge"
Genesis: "Nursery Cryme," Foxtrot," "A Trick of the Tail"
Marillion: "Script for a Jester's Tear," "Fugazi," "Misplaced Childhood"
(I can do without the Hogarth stuff)
Spock's Beard: "The Light," "Beware of Darkness," "V"
Anglagard: Both albums

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Ghandi 2

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Posted: June 18 2006 at 01:12

Genesis: Selling England... and Foxtrot

Yes: Relayer and CTTE (Relayer first! I have the feeling that, like I, you might not like CTTE)

ELP: Brain Salad Surgery, Trilogy

Random, more obscure but not totally obscure bands in assorted genres:

Van der Graaf Generator: H to He... (definately this one first; it's way more acessible than Pawn Hearts)

Frank Zappa: Hot Rats and The Grand Wazoo (Excellent introduction to Fusion. Nevermind that FZ is listed under Avant-Prog) Overnite Sensation for his more mainstream side

Jethro Tull: Thick As A Brick

Radiohead: Ok Computer, The Bends, Amnesiac

Tangerine Dream: Phaedra

King Crimson: ITCOTCK (everyone likes this, but I'm not sure why)

imoeng

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Posted: June 18 2006 at 02:56

Sathvik wrote:

I've been the hugest fan of prog/psychadellic rock bands like Pink Floyd and Porcupine Tree, and prog metal bands like Dream Theater, Opeth and Pain of Salvation for the longest time, Tool too but I'm not quite sure what category they fall into (come to think of it, they deserve they're own genre

). Obviously, these are all really big names and all I've found myself exposed to...its only recently that I've started dipping my fingers into other, older prog/psyc stuff (Camel, King Crimson).

its interesting u mentioned Dream Theater first for your favorite prog metal...