Last great Canterbury related album?

Rick1 wrote: Lol!  I have opened a hornet's nest with this one...I expected nothing else from the good folk of Prog Archives.  I tend to use Calyx - Aymeric Leroy's excellent Canterbury website - as a reference point for what is considered Canterbury related so my choices are conditioned by that.

Calyx is very good -- I used to visit that a lot. PA's Canterbury Scene page is very useful too as is the album chart: CLICK

And rateyourmusic etc.

By the way, I could imagine that the book might well have made that claim without the 1970s addition, and it's not that non-sensical (especially if it came out in the 90s). I might disagree, but I have a longer lens to look back on and a different perspective. In other words I could imagine that you were very correct when you said "I read somewhere that National Health's 'Of Queues and Cures' was the last, great Canterbury album". So sorry for wanting to uphold the value of post-1970 Canterbury Scene and Related albums. It is so subjective.

By the way, sticking with the 70s, I would have included Mother Gong's Fairy Tales from November 1979. But you know, the more I think about it, I could see why someone would think that 1978 was the last really great (which might read as classic) year for Canterbury Scene music even if many albums I love came out later. National Health with the debut (my favourite National Health album) and Queues and Cures were both very significant releases.

Even though I definitely prefer National Health's earlier album, I'll go with Cures (we could do with more cures, and less queues). Western Culture is my favourite on the list, but I don't think of it as either Canterbury Scene or Sound ad I think it makes more sense given the premise (comparing to your book source) to vote for one that I think Canterbury Scene, and I do go with that pick.

Psychedelic Paul wrote: Logan wrote: The first step on the road to wisdom is the recognition of one's own ignorance.   I think I'm recognising my own ignorance when it comes to Canterbury Scene music, so maybe that makes me wiser.

Not only is the recognition of one's own ignorance important, but knowing when not to pursue certain knowledge shows a certain wisdom too. :) There are some things that I'd rather not learn about or experience, and would not I think be of much value to me or even detrimental. There's only so much time. Listen to what interests you, but try to keep an open-mind even if you need to close those ears sometimes for your own well-being. :)



Edited by Logan - July 22 2020 at 04:02

U.K. ST.

Tom Ozric wrote: Frenetic Zetetic wrote: U.K. ST. U.K. are nowhere near related to anything Canterbury IMO. Classic days - Of Queues and Cures for sure. But there are many great albums from this sub-genre since then and even in very recent times.

See discussion earlier in thread....

Raff wrote: Logan wrote: I would have to disagree with the premise, I think that were many great Canterbury Scene related albums that came later than all of these, and I think that the Canterbury Sound is still going strong. Very much this. Some new "Canterbury sound" albums are outstanding, if one bothers to look outside the Seventies. In any case, I wouldn't call either Western Culture (which is a masterpiece, though not exactly easy listening) or UK's debut Canterbury - certainly not in terms of sound. Camel's Breathless has a stronger claim, IMHO.

Edited by Nogbad_The_Bad - July 22 2020 at 07:30

Psychedelic Paul wrote: I didn't know the band U.K were part of the Canterbury Scene.

Misleading title as there have been just as many great Canterbury-related releases in the last 10-20 years.

Edited by BrufordFreak - July 22 2020 at 08:07

Voted UK but don't think of them as Canterbury AT ALL. Same with several other choices here. Gilgamesh or National Health should get the votes.

Hercules wrote: UK's and Camel's albums are the best, but neither is Canterbury scene.

National Health

Taken as a bunch of albums, my vote goes to Another Fine Tune You've Got Me Into. One of the tastiest jazz-fusion albums out there.