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    Posted: May 17 2021 at 04:47
The New Wave eighties may have been the lost decade for some in the history of Prog-Rock. but then along came Marillion and the birth of the Neo-Prog era, so all was not lost. Smile

Some well-known favourites of mine:-

1980: ELO & Olivia Newton John - Xanadu
1981: Rick Wakeman - 1984
1982: Roxy Music - Avalon
1983: Yes - 90125
1984: David Gilmour - About Face
1985: Annie Haslam - Still Life
1986: Emerson, Lake & Powell
1987: Mike Oldfield - Islands
1988: Pink Floyd - Delicate Sound of Thunder
1989: The Enid - Final Noise

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ELO and ONJ are prog?
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

ELO and ONJ are prog?

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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

ELO and ONJ are prog?

The much-derided Xanadu album is listed as Crossover Prog here on PA, even though it doesn't resemble prog in any shape or form. Roxy Music's Avalon album doesn't sound much like prog to me either. Wink


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1980 - Zamla Mammaz Manna - Familjesprickor
1981 - Univers Zero - Ceux Du Dehors
1982 - Art Zoyd - Phase IV
1983 - Art Zoyd - Les Espaces Inquiets
1984 - Univers Zero - Uzed
1985 - Present - Les Poison Qui Rend Fou
1986 - Shub Niggurath - Les Morts Vont Vite
1987 - Dead Can Dance - Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun
1988 - Cardiacs - A Little Man And A House And The Whole World Window
1989 - Thinking Plague - In This Life

What a great decade for avant.



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Some of these bands currently are not included as prog related on PA, but should be.

80: Genesis - Duke
81: Rush - Moving Pictures
82: Adrian Belew - Lone Rhino
83: The Police - Synchronicity
84: Talking Heads  - Stop Making Sense
85: Allan Holdsworth  - Metal Fatigue
86: XTC - Skylarking
87: The Bears - The Bears
88: Queensryche  - Operation Mindcrime
89: Todd Rundgren - Nearly Human
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^ Skylarking? Oh hell yeah!
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1980: Peter Gabriel - Melt
1981: King Crimson - Discipline
1982: National Health - D.S. Al Coda
1983: Mike Oldfield - Crises
1984: Cardiacs - The Seaside
1985: Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue
1986: Genesis - Invisible Touch (yes, really)
1987: Mr. Sirius - Barren Dream
1988: Rascal Reporters - Happy Accidents
1989: Ozric Tentacles - Pungent Effulgent


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The 1980s are a weak period for me. I guess this...

1980: Yes - Drama
1981: King Crimson - Discipline
1982: Eloy - Time to Turn
1983: Marillion - Script for a Jester's Tear
1984: Solaris - Marsbéli krónikák
1985: Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
1986: Emerson, Lake & Powell - same
1987: Marillion - Clutching at Straws
1988: Hawkwind - The Xenon Codex
1989: Social Tension - MacBethia
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1980: Rush- Permanent Waves
1981: This Heat- Deceit 
1982: Twelfth Night- Fact and Fiction 
1983: Yes - 90125
1984: Rush- Grace Under Pressure
1985: Marillion- Misplaced Childhood
1986: Talk Talk- The Colour of Spring
1987: Yes- The Big Generator
1988: Dead Can Dance- Serpent's Egg
1989: Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
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1980:  Peter Gabriel                     - Melt
1981:  Electric Light Orchestra   - Time
1982:  Manfred Mann's Earth B  -  Somewhere in Afrika
1983:  Pink Floyd                          -  The Final Cut
1984:  Camel                                 -  Stationary Traveller 
1985:  Marillion                             - Misplaced Childhood 
1986:  Queen                                 - A Kind of Magic
1987:  Jethro Tull                         -  Crest of a Knave
1988:  Al Stewart                          - Last Days of the Century
1989:  Marillion                             - Seasons End


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^ It's good to see a vote for The Final Cut. I wasn't expecting to see a Pink Floyd album in anyone's list but mine for the 1980's. Smile
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1980: Yes - 'Drama'
1981: King Crimson - 'Discipline'
1982: Iron Maiden - 'The Number of the Beast'
1983: Black Sabbath - 'Born Again'
1984: Marillion - 'Fugazi'
1985: Dead Can Dance - 'Spleen and Ideal'
1986: Depeche Mode - 'Black Celebration'
1987: Savatage - 'Hall of the Mountain King'
1988: Kingdom Come - S/T
1989: Tears for Fears - 'The Seeds of Love'
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I'll have a go..

1980 - Genesis - Duke
1981 - Rush - Moving Pictures
1982 - JT - Broadsword & the Beast
1983 - Marillion - Script..
1984 - XTC - The Big Express
1985 - The Enid - The Spell
1986 - Peter Gabriel - So
1987 - Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason
1988 - It Bites - Once Around the World
1989 - Rush - Presto
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1980 - Brian Eno with Harold Budd Ambient 2: Plateaux of Mirror
1981 - King Crimson Discipline
1982 - Kate Bush The Dreaming
1983 - The Fixx Reach the Beach
1984 - David Sylvian Brilliant Trees
1985 - Cocteau Twins Echoes on a Shallow Bay/Tiny Dynamine
1986 - David Sylvian Gone to Earth
1987 - Pat Metheny Group Still Life (Talking)
1988 - Bruce Cockburn Big Circumstance
1989 - The Cure Disintegration

And, yes: I consider all of these albums prog.


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1980 - Asia Menor - Between Flesh & Divine
1981 - Univers Zero - Ceux Du Dehors
1982 - Twelfth Night - Fact & Fiction
1983 - Marillion - Script For....
1984 - Cardiacs - The Seaside
1985 - IQ - The Wake
1986 - Talk Talk - The Colour Of Spring
1987 - The Dukes Of Stratosphear - Psonic Psunspot
1988 - Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden
1989 - Cardiacs - On Land In The Sea
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1980: Permanent Waves by Rush
1981: Moving Pictures by Rush
1982: Offramp by Pat Metheny Group (The Dreaming by Kate Bush)
1983: Script for a Jester's Tear by Marillion
1984: In the Region of the Summer Stars (1984) by The Enid
1985: Misplaced Childhood by Marillion
1986: Les Morts Vont Vite by Shub-Niggurath
1987: Within the Realm of a Dying Sun by Dead Can Dance (Secrets of the Beehive by David Sylvian, Clutching at Straws by Marillion)
1988: Spirit of Eden by Talk Talk (A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window by Cardiacs, Operation: Mindcrime by Queensr˙che)
1989: Junta by Phish (On Land and in the Sea by Cardiacs, Nothingface by Voivod)
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1980 - David Bowie - Scary Monsters
1981 - Eloy - Planets
1982 - Anyone's Daughter - In Blau
1983 - Marillion- Script for a Jester's Tear
1984 - Solaris - Marsbéli Krónikák
1985 - IQ - The Wake
1986 - Peter Gabriel - So
1987 - Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
1988 - Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg
1989 - Ozric Tentacles - Punguent Effulgent


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1980: Yes - Drama
1981: Rush - Moving Pictures
1982: Kate Bush - The Dreaming
1983: Yes - 90125
1984: Rush - Grace Under Pressure
1985: Rush - Power Windows
1986: Peter Gabriel - So
1987: Marillion - Clutching at Straws
1988: Queensryche  - Operation Mindcrime
1989: ABWH - ABWH
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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

1980 - Zamla Mammaz Manna - Familjesprickor
1981 - Univers Zero - Ceux Du Dehors
1982 - Art Zoyd - Phase IV
1983 - Art Zoyd - Les Espaces Inquiets
1984 - Univers Zero - Uzed
1985 - Present - Les Poison Qui Rend Fou
1986 - Shub Niggurath - Les Morts Vont Vite
1987 - Dead Can Dance - Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun
1988 - Cardiacs - A Little Man And A House And The Whole World Window
1989 - Thinking Plague - In This Life

What a great decade for avant.

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