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    Posted: January 05 2021 at 23:32
Exactly what it sounds like; what are some tracks that, to your ears, are "perfect" examples of progressive rock - that others may have no idea even exists?

Yes, we all know the big guns from Genesis, Yes, ELP, etc.; what are some lesser-known tracks from other bands, instrumental or otherwise, to you that are exceptional, 10/10 tracks?

Here's mine; this one is a beast and hits all the elements and right notes for me; I've had this in my head for about a week and a half now, and listened to it three times through on a car ride the other day, lol:

"I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021
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IQ - Further Away (Ever 1993)

Perfect modern Neo prog with that a little bit of metal influence. I'm willing to bet that all those people that have dismissed Neo prog/IQ out of hand have not heard this 'little' beauty.
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Anything off Martin Orford's The Old Road', a near perfect album for me!!
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The Tangent - Codpieces And Capes
Porg for short. My love of music doesn't end with prog! Feel free to discuss all sorts of music with me. Odds are I'll give it a chance if I haven't already! :)
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I'll add 2 wonderful songs that have helped me get through 2020 -

Pendragon - Afraid of Everything
Abel Ganz - One Small Soul
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^ videos don't work 
can you tell us the artists - songs?
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Lesser known in my mind, but they might be well-known to the people on this site..
Levitating downwards,
atomic feedback scream.
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^ I don't know them. Will listen. Tongue
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Banco del Mutuo Soccorso: La Conquista della Posizione Eretta


EDIT: I can't make the video work because I'm stupid but here's a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uXxtsEC5ig&ab_channel=ProgOrDie


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Song for all Seasons  - Renaissance
Not sure if it really qualifies as "lesser known" but it's the first one came to mind. 

Also Flight over Rio - Al Di Meola


Edited by Argo2112 - January 06 2021 at 07:24
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Picchio dal Pozzo - Merttiamo il caso che



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Symphonic prog isn't normally my favourite subgenre, but I love this one to pieces:
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A more off beat thing that is also just perfect is Fred Frith's Step Across the Border film.
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Two that blew me away when I first heard them when I started exploring Prog deeply:
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Simon Says - Brother Where' You Bound
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You know the person asking the question is a spotify user when they ask for tracks and not albums. ;)
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^I see no reason to infer that.

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One of my favorite Genesis tracks (For Absent Friends) sung by one of my favorite singers (Richard Sinclair)
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Originally posted by Tapfret Tapfret wrote:

^I see no reason to infer that.

I do especially in this day and age.
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