Great non-prog prog albums you love?

Most proggers are very into music in general, and since X-mas is arriving, how about recommending some extremely superb albums with "advanced/progressive/non-pop" music for anyone to have under the tree this year:

My hard earned cash would support these albums:

* FSOL (the Future Sound of London) - Dead Cities (dark, progressive, electronica)

* Keith Jarret - The Köln Concert (One man, one piano, wonderful harmonies and melodies, greatest improvisation ever recoded?)

* Bendik Hofseth - Plantes, space and .... IKEA (What happens if you mix jazz and classical into pop song structures? You'll get great intellectual lyrics, enormous diversity, though the bad english accent does annoy me to some degree.

* Pat Metheny - Imaginary Day (Pat goes fusion/prog rock with amazing result! 48 string guitars, heavy metal riffs and acoustic songs made in heaven...?)

* Jeff Buckley - Grace (If you haven't heard it, you've missed the greatest voice of our generation...!)

Svein-Frode wrote: * Jeff Buckley - Grace (If you haven't heard it, you've missed the greatest voice of our generation...!)

Absolutely

 

Love: Forever Changes.

Dave Brubeck Quartet At Carnegie Hall . Several arrangements here on this 1964 recording which would and could inspire budding prog rockers - Rondo A La Turk  obviously inspired The Nice, while I personally know a number of good amateur and pro drummers who tried to keep up with Joe Morello's unusual and always deliberately varied time signatures.

Savoy Brown: Raw Sienna. To me the The British blues boom recording of the late 60's/early seventies - Chris Youlden's vocals IMHO better than any others of the period.

Edited by Dick Heath

"Pipedream" by Alan Hull, stunning solo album by the late Lindisfarne man.

"Year of the cat" by Al Stewart, criminally underrated singer songwriter, who can at times venture into prog territory.

"Boston" by Boston. A great power rock album.

"Rainbow rising" by Rainbow. Blackmore at his best

"Fireball" by Deep Purple. probably their most complete album

""Scavenger" by The Walkabouts. Why are this band not huge? Great female vocals, and stunning guitar work. You must hear the last track, "train to mercy".

"Cosmo's factory" by Creedence Clearwater Revival. An embarrasment on riches on one album.

"Catch bull at four" by Cat Stevens. If only he could have made more like this.

"Wrecking ball" by Emmylou Harris. Her perfect voice ventures away from country to wonderful new areas.

Edited by Easy Livin

Svein..

FSOL!!  Great choice, especially 'Lifeforms'

Rest proof Clockwork - Plaid

Music has the right to children - Boards of Canada

76:14 - Global Communication

Adventures beyond the Ultraworld - The Orb

Document - REM

Violator & Songs of Faith & devotion - Depeche Mode

The Queen is dead - The Smiths

Unforgettable fire - U2

Spooky - Lush

Heaven or Las Vegas - The Cocteau Twins

Five leaves left - Nick Drake

Ace of spades - Motorhead

Sabotage - Black Sabbath

Tin Drum - Japan

I could go on, but I'll spare you..

And also, add these up to the list

"Nothing like the Sun" - STING

"Lovers Live" - SADE ADU

"Elodia" - LACRIMOSA

"Evil Empire" - RATM

"Alchemy" - DIRE STRAITS

 

Enjoy!

Edited by landberkdoten

Muse - Absolution (it might be prog ...not sure...don't care...it kicks arse anyway!!)

Kate Bush - any of her first 5 albums

Stephen Caudel - Wine Dark Sea

Love - Forever Changes

The Stranglers - The Singles

 

Non Classical:

1. Made in Japan.....Deep Purple
2. Rumours.....Fleetwood Mac
3. The Grand Illusion.....STYX
4. A Night at the Opera......Queen
5. Phoenix......Grand Funk Railroad
6. Bat Out of Hell II......Meat Loaf
7. For America.....Jackson Browne
8. Climbing!.......Mountain
9. Abbey Road.....Beatles
10. Life After Death.....Iron Maiden
11. Joshua's Tree.....U2
12. The Best of The Doors 1985.....The Doors
13. If You can Believe Your Eyes and Ears......The Mamas and the Papas.
14. St. Radiguns.....Spyrogyra
15. A Friday Night in San Francisco.....Doi'Meola, De Lucía and Mc' Laughlin

And of course my Favorite: Who's Next.....The Who

Iván

Edited by ivan_2068

Al Stewart - Last Days Of The Century

Propaganda - A Secret Wish

Tubeway Army - Replicas

Simple Minds - Sparkle In The Rain

Lone Star - Lone Star/Firing On All Six

I'm a big Al Stewart fan myself and I think "Time Passages" and "24 Carrots" are his best. "Last Days Of The Century" is a very strange choice,Richardh.

Estradasphere - Buck Fever

Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle, Disco Volante & California

Kate Bush - The Dreaming

Queen - Jazz

Ulver - Perdition City

Einstürzende Neubauten - Silence Is Sexy

Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve

The Dillinger Escape Plan - The Dillinger Escape Plan

Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine

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