Your first Prog album? - Progressive Rock Music Forum

King Manuel wrote:

hobocamp wrote:

Fear of a Blank Planet

... and that did not make you turn your back on prog forever?

Fear of a Blank Planet is one of the best albums of modern prog era.

John Barleycorn Must Die- Traffic and the Santana debut

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The very first prog album I bought all by myself would have been Rush's "Exit... Stage Left".

^ Yeah, it's hard to say what my very first prog album I ever heard was. It was probably "Hemispheres', maybe even Opeth's "Watershed".

Frank Zappa's 'A Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch'.

Bad place to start.

Edited by Canterzeuhl - December 07 2012 at 13:39

There first one I very clearly remember was Yessongs, closely followed by TDSotM in the late '70s.

Pink Floyd Shine On The Crazy Diamond and Animals

I think I was 3-4 year old when heard it. so, it was probably near 1977 (I was born in 1973)

Of course I wasn't aware what "prog rock" is. My father was (and is) rock and jazz guitarist, and he has a good taste in music , so I grew listening father's music collection

other my "not so prog" but important influences was The Beatles and Deep Purple

Edited by awaken77 - December 12 2012 at 07:34

HackettFan wrote:

I think I had some vague awareness of Selling England by the Pound, but the Lamb Lies down on Broadway was the first I had listened to straight through. I was only about nine years old but I had a friend that was unusually hip for his age, and had gotten his hands on the album. The Lamb was also the first Prog album I (re)discovered as a teen. It's still my favorite.

You listened to THE LAMB at 9 years old?? Wow. What a mind job that must have been for you.

Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣

We're Only in It for the Money - Frank Zappa

It's funny, was a fan of classical music into my teenage years, my father was a huge ELP and Genesis fan going back to their hayday, and I had been hearing songs by Pink Floyd, Yes, and ELP on the car radio since I was a child but it wasn't till college that I put it all together (though I still don't care for Genesis). A buddy of mine (who was a pre-existing Tool fan, a band I hate with a passion to this day) and I both took notice of the music of Frank Zappa and from there expanded into the general prog world. If the usually bland DVE hadn't accepted someone's phone request for "Montana" who knows if I'd have ever found out that music could be more than just background noise. It was also a stroke of luck that We're Only in It for the Money was the first Zappa album I purchased (and I mean luck, I had no idea what to buy out of such a huge discography) because of how exceptionally weird it is. I miss those days of discovery somewhat but I also think my time may have been better spent chasing women, in hindsight

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Edited by manofmystery - December 14 2012 at 15:16

Time always wins.

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