Praised prog albums that you think are overrated

A Crimson Mellotron wrote: What comes to mind is Riverside's 'Second Eye Syndrome', then also: -Dream Theater's 'Images & Words' (it is fantastic but not a full-on prog masterpiece for me),  -Yes' 'The Yes Album' -Genesis' 'Trespass'

Emerson,Lake and Powell (1986) - 6/10 Black Moon (1992)  -5/10 In The Hot Seat (1994) - 2/10

^ completely agree ELP are incredible

kirk782 wrote: siLLy puPPy wrote: Pawn Hearts is a grower. It's what i call mature difficult listening music for seasoned proggers. It took me years before it clicked and now it's probably a top 10 of all time of any album. At least top 20 Same here. I first liked VdGG first two albums more; H to He and Least we can do is Wave [Aerosol grey machine doesn't count as a VdGG album]. The scope of Pawn Hearts is so much bigger but the album rocks as hard as it can. It also has some of Hamill's finest lyrics both introspective and sometimes dark. I personally think the band peaked with this album. Still Life and World Record , I couldn't come to love.

Pawn Hearts was definitely a grower for me, as was Van Der Graff as a band. I'm still growing into their music.

One album I've never been able to get into is Lamb Lies Down On Broadway. Don't get me wrong, it contains songs I love but as a whole album, I'm not into it.

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siLLy puPPy wrote: Pawn Hearts is a grower. It's what i call mature difficult listening music for seasoned proggers. It took me years before it clicked and now it's probably a top 10 of all time of any album. At least top 20

ThyroidGlands wrote: Well, that's everything. The idea for this post came to me from this thread: https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=132123 I'll start with Moonmadness and Mirage, albums currently ranked at #15 and #16.

^^Just as I thought. You pretend to care about "modern stuff" but you don't. You're always on repeat.

I go back hundreds of years myself and discover something new. All the time. Everyone does. Not just you. I have a bigger collection of Baroque music than I have "Prog Rock". Who cares. You made a list of Bach and Vivaldi. That was obviously ok, so what's the difference?