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^^ So, let me get this straight... once, you managed to find a copy of a Marillion album in a small town outside Nottingham, therefore you think that if you bide your time, someone will deposit a moderately obscure, 20 year old Polish Neo album in the same place, when I've just shown you a cheap copy with free postage?

Paul, welcome to the mM prog bargain page... just knock yourself out:


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This is the neo-prog top 10:

1. 'Fire in Harmony' - Various
2. 'Silent Dance' - Solstice
3. 'Script for a Jester's Tear' - Marillion
4. 'The Wake' - IQ
5. 'The Sentinel' - Pallas
6. 'The Jewel' - Pendragon
7. 'Fact and Fiction' - Twelfth Night
8. 'Fugazi' - Marillion
9. 'Fire in the Sky' - Quasar
10. 'Tales from the Lush Attic' - IQ

All the rest is froth




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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Bizarrely, Marillion's highly-acclaimed Brave & Marbles albums didn't even make it into the RYM Top 120. Ouch

Neither Brave nor Marbles are labelled/ tagged as Neo-Prog at RYM.  See: https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/marillion

For Brave:

RYM Rating3.76 / 5.0 from 1,962 ratings
Ranked#80 for 1994, #2,949 overall
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atmospheric, introspective, male vocals, concept album, lonely, sombre, melodic, nocturnal, rock


For Marbles:

RYM Rating3.80 / 5.0 from 1,928 ratings
Ranked#21 for 2004, #1,984 overall
Genres
Descriptors
calm, introspective, melancholic, melodic, progressive, atmospheric, male vocals, mellow, concept album, soft, sombre, space, bittersweet, passionate


The Neo-Prog phase at RYM for Marillion is considered to be the 80s one, and I have seen that view echoed at PA as well.

Here is an excerpt from the Neo-Prog description at RYM (see https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/neo-prog/  :

Originally posted by RYM RYM wrote:

Although the original scene died in the late '80s with Fish leaving Marillion and Peter Nicholls leaving IQ, the genre continued an underground following with bands like Pendragon, Arena and Galahad at the forefront, and creating some smaller scenes, like the '90s Polish scene of Abraxas, Collage and Quidam. Although Marillion moved further away from neo-prog, IQ continued to make albums in the style, and gained a further cult following after Peter Nicholls returned to the band.



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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Thanks! It's a pity I never buy anything from Ebay, so I'll keep a look out for the album in the Satellite towns around Nottingham. Smile

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I don't think I'm even going to try to understand that comment...

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Langley Mill is one of the satellite towns of Nottingham, and Langley Mill Records is where I occasionally buy CD's from when I'm out and about that way. That's where I bought Marillion's Marbles CD from, so it's as good a place as any to look for Neo Prog albums. Smile
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Thanks! It's a pity I never buy anything from Ebay, so I'll keep a look out for the album in the Satellite towns around Nottingham. Smile

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I don't think I'm even going to try to understand that comment...

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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Citizens of Hope & Glory: an excellent history of Progressive Rock, where Echolyn, The Flower Kings & Spock's Beard all featured heavily in the chapter on Neo Prog. Smile


Let me tell you again, since you're baiting me again - I disagree, and many others will to. Let it go, please. 
I don't mind you disagreeing with me again. It's when we agree on something that I begin to get worried. Tongue
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Satellite - A Street Between Sunrise 

Now Paul... click on this link and buy this album. Even you can afford this price, and you can thank me later, especially as you are often moaning that you can't build a library of affordable neo-prog... 
Thanks! It's a pity I never buy anything from Ebay, so I'll keep a look out for the album in the Satellite towns around Nottingham. Smile
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Satellite - A Street Between Sunrise 

Now Paul... click on this link and buy this album. Even you can afford this price, and you can thank me later, especially as you are often moaning that you can't build a library of affordable neo-prog... 
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Citizens of Hope & Glory: an excellent history of Progressive Rock, where Echolyn, The Flower Kings & Spock's Beard all featured heavily in the chapter on Neo Prog. Smile


Let me tell you again, since you're baiting me again - I disagree, and many others will to. Let it go, please. 
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Citizens of Hope & Glory: an excellent history of Progressive Rock, where Echolyn, The Flower Kings & Spock's Beard all featured heavily in the chapter on Neo Prog. Smile
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

There's a couple of Neo Prog bands on the RYM & Last.FM list from eastern Europe that I'm looking forward to checking out:- Satellite & Collage. I haven't listened to them yet, but I expect they'll be well-Polished. Tongue

Poland has a really good neo-prog scene, a lot of good stuff, definitely worth exploring. 
Djiekuje! I'm just hoping Collage & Satellite both sing in English, as I doubt if there are many people outside of Poland who understand Polish. Smile 

Satellite sing in English. 
Collage has albums in English and a few in Polish. Moonshine (1994) is a must listen. 
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

There's a couple of Neo Prog bands on the RYM & Last.FM list from eastern Europe that I'm looking forward to checking out:- Satellite & Collage. I haven't listened to them yet, but I expect they'll be well-Polished. Tongue

Poland has a really good neo-prog scene, a lot of good stuff, definitely worth exploring. 
Djiekuje! I'm just hoping Collage & Satellite both sing in English, as I doubt if there are many people outside of Poland who understand Polish. Smile 
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

There's a couple of Neo Prog bands on the RYM & Last.FM list from eastern Europe that I'm looking forward to checking out:- Satellite & Collage. I haven't listened to them yet, but I expect they'll be well-Polished. Tongue

Poland has a really good neo-prog scene, a lot of good stuff, definitely worth exploring. 
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Rick1 Rick1 wrote:

Neo-prog existed very briefly, from around 81-85 with much of it centred on the Marquee Club in London.

When you're so sure about the definition of this sub-genre, I'd like to hear what it is based on. Tongue

He's referring to the English neo-prog scene and I'll have to believe him, but in the late 80-early 90s the scene revived and in the 90s a new wave of bands appeared. 
Also neo-prog was not exclusively British, there were bands in other countries as well. 

At the time, it didn't feel like an international movement and I don't recall bands from other countries coming in.  Neo-prog was characterised by a DIY, almost post-punk ethic, and only Marillion attained commercial success and were the only band that the wider music public were conscious of.  Pallas were the only other band signed up by a major label.  What came later was a revival, as you point out, which does not seem to be linked to a particular place or movement.
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Rick1 Rick1 wrote:

Neo-prog existed very briefly, from around 81-85 with much of it centred on the Marquee Club in London.

When you're so sure about the definition of this sub-genre, I'd like to hear what it is based on. Tongue

He's referring to the English neo-prog scene and I'll have to believe him, but in the late 80-early 90s the scene revived and in the 90s a new wave of bands appeared. 
Also neo-prog was not exclusively British, there were bands in other countries as well. 
There's a couple of Neo Prog bands on the RYM & Last.FM list from eastern Europe that I'm looking forward to checking out:- Satellite & Collage. I haven't listened to them yet, but I expect they'll be well-Polished. Tongue


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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Rick1 Rick1 wrote:

Neo-prog existed very briefly, from around 81-85 with much of it centred on the Marquee Club in London.

When you're so sure about the definition of this sub-genre, I'd like to hear what it is based on. Tongue

He's referring to the English neo-prog scene and I'll have to believe him, but in the late 80-early 90s the scene revived and in the 90s a new wave of bands appeared. 
Also neo-prog was not exclusively British, there were bands in other countries as well. 
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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Rick1 Rick1 wrote:

Neo-prog existed very briefly, from around 81-85 with much of it centred on the Marquee Club in London.

When you're so sure about the definition of this sub-genre, I'd like to hear what it is based on. Tongue

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Last FM's Top 40 List of Neo Prog Bands

 1. IQ
 2. Pendragon
 3. Arena
 4. Marillion
 5. Satellite
 6. Pallas
 7. Collage 
 8. The Tangent
 9. Echolyn
10. Fish 
11. Jadis 
12. Believe
13. It Bites
14. Spock's Beard
15. Frost*
16. The Watch
17. Gazpacho
18. Moongarden
19. RPWL
20. Clepsydra
21. The Flower Kings
22. The Reasoning
23. Little Atlas
24. Galahad
25. KingBathMat
26. Mansun
27. Sylvan
28. IT
29. Discipline
30. Millenium
31. Presto Ballet
32. Magenta
33. Quidam
34. Mindgames
35. Martigan
36. Galleon
37. Illuvatar
38. Knight Area
39. Anubis
40. Comedy of Errors

I prefer Last.FM's list, mainly because it includes Discipline, Echolyn, The Flower Kings & Spock's Beard amongst Neo Prog bands, even though I'm not a fan of any of those bands. Wacko 

From my perspective, Neo Prog is really just another name for a new generation of Symphonic Prog. Big smile


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Originally posted by Rick1 Rick1 wrote:

Neo-prog existed very briefly, from around 81-85 with much of it centred on the Marquee Club in London.

When you're so sure about the definition of this sub-genre, I'd like to hear what it is based on. Tongue
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Seems like a reasonable list. Nice to see lots of Pendragon there although I would have expected Love Over Fear to be above some of their other albums.
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