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David_D 
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 Topic: Your favourite Heavy Prog albums?Posted: January 04 2022 at 03:56 |
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Happy New Year to everybody, and how about follow the fireworks up with some Heavy Prog. I think, that will be just fine.
Here's my list, unranked: Anekdoten (S) - Vemod (1993) Bi Kyo Ran (J) - Bi Kyo Ran (1982) Black Sabbath (UK) - Paranoid (1970) Budka Suflera (PL) - Cien Wielkiej Gory (1975) Captain Beyond (US) - Captain Beyond (1972) Dragon (B) - Dragon (1976) Landberk (S) - Rigtigt Äkta (1992) The Mars Volta (US) - De-loused in the Comatorium (2003) Porcupine Tree (UK) - Coma Divine. Recorded Live In Rome (1997) Procession (I) - Frontiera (1972) Scorpions (D) - Lonesome Crow (1972) Steel Mill (UK) - Green Eyed God (1971) T2 (UK) - It’ll All Work out in Boomland (1970) Uriah Heep (UK) - Look at Yourself (1971) And as usually, I hope, you'll enjoy it! Edited by David_D - January 03 2024 at 03:42 |
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chopper
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Posted: January 04 2022 at 05:12 |
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Only heard a few of these. I've been listening to the T2 album since it's recent reissue, that's really good.
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Grumpyprogfan
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Posted: January 04 2022 at 07:01 |
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Rush is my favorite heavy prog band and I could list at least six from them, all from The Aristocrats, several from Haken and PT. I will list only one per band.
"Black Sabbath (UK) - Paranoid (1970)" are not heavy prog according to PA.
Anekdoten - Vemod Anti-Depressive Delivery - Chain of Foods The Aristocrats - Culture Clash Beautiful Bedlam - s/t Enchant - Juggling 9 or Dropping 10 Haken - Visions Karnivool - Sound Awake The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream Rush - Moving Pictures Them Moose Rush - Dancing Maze Vulkan - Technatura Edited by Grumpyprogfan - January 04 2022 at 07:02 |
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Cristi
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Posted: January 04 2022 at 07:11 |
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I don't consider a few bands mentioned here as heavy prog (Anekdoten, Black Sabbath, Haken, Karnivool, Porcupine Tree).
I'll be back with a list in a little bit.
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: January 04 2022 at 07:45 |
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Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath* (Prog Related)
Atomic Rooster - Death Walks Behind You Groundhogs - Split* (Prog Related)
Hedvig Mollestad - All Them Witches A Formal Horse - Meat Mallet Porcupine Tree - In Absentia Led Zeppelin - IV* (Prog Related) Rainbow - Rising* (Prog Related) Scorpions - Lonesome Crow* (not on PA) Rush - A Farewell To Kings Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend* (Prog Related) Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son* (Prog Related) Anekdoten - Vemod Uriah Heep - Salisbury BBI - s/t Bi Kyo Ran - s/t The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute The Mercury Tree - Permutations As you included Black Sabbath & Scorpions I included them in my list but neither are in Heavy on PA. I added Groundhogs, Budgie, Led Zep, Iron Maiden & Rainbow based on that logic. Edited by Nogbad_The_Bad - January 04 2022 at 07:47 |
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David_D
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Posted: January 04 2022 at 08:11 |
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I can certainly recommend give a listen to some of them. Most of them are high og very high rated.
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: January 04 2022 at 08:36 |
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Many of the bands in my eventual A-Z list won't be strictly defined as Heavy Prog on PA either. I'm taking a broad brush approach to Heavy Prog, otherwise I'll be unable to sweep together a full A-Z list of bands.
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Posted: January 04 2022 at 08:37 |
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Some of my favorite heavy prog albums - one album per band, in alphabetic order.
Anekdoten - Vemod Atomic Rooster - Death Walks Behind You Black Widow - Sacrifice Fields - s/t Fusion Orchestra - Skeletons in Armour Fuzzy Duck - s/t Gravy Train - s/t Indian Summer - s/t Jonesy - Keeping Up Junipher Greene - Friendship Landberk - Riktigt Äkta Morte Macabre - Symphonic Holocaust Murphy Blend - First Loss Odin - s/t Room - Pre-Flight Rush - Permanent Waves Steel Mill - Green Eyed God Still Life - s/t T2 - It'll All Work Out in Boomland Twenty Sixty Six And Then - Reflections On The Future Virus - Revelation Waterloo - First Battle Writing on the Wall - The Power of the Picts I excluded Budgie, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin. I don't think they are heavy prog bands. Edited by enigmatic - January 04 2022 at 08:39 |
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David_D
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Posted: January 04 2022 at 08:55 |
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I'm looking forward to, and no need to hurry.
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Posted: January 04 2022 at 09:44 |
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If I stick to PA definition of heavy prog I end up with a lot of Rush & Porcupine Tree.
Moving Pictures - Rush Hemispheres - Rush Permanent Waves - Rush Counterparts - Rush In Absentia - Porcupine Tree Deadwing - Porcupine Tree Lightbulb Sun - Porcupine Tree LRM - Levin, Minnemann, Rudess The Aristocrats - S/T |
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Posted: January 04 2022 at 10:17 |
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Here's 10 Good Ones... 1 per band
Permanent Waves - Rush
Lightbulb Sun - PT Tug Of War - Enchant Bridge - Everon Age Of Impact - Explorers Club Impossible Figures - Magellan Presents Of Mind - Tiles I Am Anonymous - Headspace Gravity - Anekdoten One In A Million - Poverty's No Crime (15 years ago, I argued that PNC should be Heavy Prog rather than PM, because they are just as much Rush-like as Enchant or Tiles, but no-one agreed then and I'm sure they won't now either, but I'm still including them) |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: January 04 2022 at 11:07 |
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This was easier that I thought it'd be. BAKERY - Rock Mass for Love (1971) CAPTAIN BEYOND - Captain Beyond (1972) DR. Z - Three Parts to My Soul (1971) EASTER ISLAND - Easter Island (1979) FIELDS - Fields (1971) GRAVY TRAIN - (A Ballad of) A Peaceful Man (1971) KEN HENSLEY - Proud Words on a Dusty Shelf (1973) IRISH COFFEE - Irish Coffee (1971) JACKAL - Awake (1973) KAHVAS JUTE - Wide Open (1971) LONE STAR - Lone Star (1976) MAY BLITZ - May Blitz (1970) NORTHWIND - Northwind (1974) ODIN - Odin (1972) PALADIN - Charge! (1972) QUATERMASS - Quatermass (1970) RAW MATERIAL - Time Is... (1971) STEEL MILL - Green-Eyed God (1972) TOMORROW'S GIFT - Tomorrow's Gift (1970) THE UNDERGROUND SET - The Underground Set (1970) VALHALLA - Valhalla (1969) WRITING ON THE WALL - Power of the Picts (1969) YEZDA URFA - Boris (1975) ZARATHUSTRA - Zarathustra (1972)
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Posted: January 04 2022 at 12:51 |
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Aallriight, happy to see and hear.
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: January 04 2022 at 12:56 |
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We have a match on two favourite albums: Captain Beyond & Steel Mill.
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David_D
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Posted: January 04 2022 at 13:12 |
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I've reconsidered my list, see my edit.
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Posted: January 04 2022 at 13:13 |
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I've surely seen that! and I'm very fond of both of them.
Edited by David_D - January 04 2022 at 17:00 |
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David_D
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In fact, I think, there're not so few albums, we both are fond of. I've already seen quite a bit.
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This is why I haven’t participated yet. It’s a tricky one, and several people have noted that what is considered heavy prog by them (or others) is not by PA, or vice versa. As an example that I’ve seen crop up often, a band like Porcupine Tree has changed styles numerous times. They are down as heavy prog in PA, and regardless of whether or not they have ever been heavy prog, there’s no way that every PT album is heavy prog. My favourite PT studio album is The Sky Moves Sideways. Is that heavy prog? Some might say yes, but a lot would probably say no. But, for argument’s sake, keeping to what PA considers heavy prog (and remembering that it might be true for some of the discography, but not necessarily all of it), my favourites would probably be from the following: Anekdoten Arabs in Aspic Arcane Battle Circus The Bloody Mallard Breaking Orbit Confusion Field D’Accord Deformica Dialeto El Doom & The Born Electric Enfant Ghost Medicine Ghost Toast Headspace Karmamoi Karnivool The Mars Volta Mother Turtle Onségen Ensemble Osada Vida Pinkroom Porcupine Tree Sky Architect Time Collapse If I counted correctly, that’s 25 artists to choose from. I think it’s probably my favourite 25 from the many that are listed as heavy prog on PA. I could easily list another 25, and probably just as easily another 25 after that, but these are probably the crème de La crème for me. And, yes, I’m aware they are all quite modern. I do like a lot of earlier heavy prog and could easily list 25 from then, and another 25 after that, etc. - but generally, I guess I prefer the more modern heavy prog sound. 🤷🏻♂️ I’ll try and come back with an actual list of albums….. 🤔 |
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Posted: January 05 2022 at 04:23 |
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I agree with not including Scorpions on PA, but I think, Lonesome Crow is a fine Heavy Prog album to mention.
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