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    Posted: June 01 2012 at 17:51
What non-prog (and non proto prog and prog related) pop and rock albums to you consider to be masterpieces?  I don't just mean an album that you enjoy, I mean a full-fledged brilliant artistic masterpiece.  Please include albums that you consider to be progressive but are not included on this site.
 
There are two specific ones that I can think of off the top of my head, the first being Coldplay's Viva La Vida. 
 
 
The second is the obscure but brilliant modern album "Distortion" by the one-man project At Sea.  I'm not sure if this would be considered "prog" or not, but the artist isn't on this site (yet, anyway).  This is one of my favorite albums of all time, and it seems to me to be a mirror of my own soul.  You can listen to the entire thing at this link:
 
 
 
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YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!
Greg you are my hero man!!!!!!! That sounds positively absobleepingloodly fantastic!! Thank you.

I might be mistaken, but that is actually what I personally would consider to be prog rock in an operatic ethereal zeuhl kind of way. Amazing stuff anywho. You made me a fan.
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Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!
Greg you are my hero man!!!!!!! That sounds positively absobleepingloodly fantastic!! Thank you.

I might be mistaken, but that is actually what I personally would consider to be prog rock in an operatic ethereal zeuhl kind of way. Amazing stuff anywho. You made me a fan.


I really love that album, and have for quite a long time now.  I love choral rock etc. type albums.  I consider it to be progressive rock, and have suggested it for PA a couple times.  http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=62800


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Seal - Human Beings

Late-night pop romance masterpiece.
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Stevie Wonder - Innervisions/Talking Book/Songs in the Key of Life
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Alice in Chains - Dirt
The Kinks - Arthur
The Clash - London Calling

Excellent, but a touch short of masterpiece imo: 

Donald Fagen - Nightfly
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn...
Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
Television - Marquee Moon
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Dave Matthews Band - Before these Crowded Streets
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In rock, I would vote for Tears For Fears - Seeds of Love. Their first two albums also should be considered.

Less rock, but still under the broad umbrella of pop/rock, I'll toss out some love to Joanna Newsom's Ys, and follow that up with Munly & The Lee Lewis Harlots.
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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
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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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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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Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal. Flawless death metal, absolutely immense.
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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"


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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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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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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.
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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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Originally posted by dreadpirateroberts dreadpirateroberts wrote:


Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady


THE token "non-prog" masterpiece


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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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