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Not prog imo but her writes lot of very well carved song ... du beau travail ;-)
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I'm going to say either Captain Jack, the Ballad of Billy the Kid, Prelude/Angry Young Man, Miami 2017, or Scenes from an Italian Restaurant.

Tough between Prelude/Angry Young Man and Scenes from an Italian Restaurant... I'm going with the latter, SfaIR :)

I think Piano Man has some prog undertones throughout.
Edit: Actually I think Turnstiles has a lot of prog, too. It's a borderline prog pop album.

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Originally posted by Progosopher Progosopher wrote:

When many of us think of the 70s we go from one extreme to the other - it is either Prog or Disco and Punk. But there was plenty of middle ground. Many mainstream bands and artists used methods that we consider typically Prog - among them sophisticated time signatures, nonstandard structures, and key changes on occasion. Remember, Yes, ELP, Jethro Tull, and Pink Floyd were very popular at the time. King Crimson and Genesis not so much, but the latter's popularity was growing even before they went commercial. Popular music then was much different than the canned popular music of today.


I mean Billy Joel from Piano Man until 52nd Street was exactly that perfect middle ground between prog and punk/disco imo. Glass Houses, onwards.... not as much. Def more punky/disco-y.

As I mentioned above, Piano Man has some prog undertones throughout the whole album.
Edit: I think Turnstiles is actually his proggiest album.

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Imo, I would say Scenes From An Italian Restaurant, The Entertainer and The Ballad Of Billy The Kid. There might be a few others since I am not familiar with his entire catalog.
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