Progiest non-prog album - Progressive Rock Music Forum

I'm thinking of stuff like Who's Next, Led Zeppelin IV, Deep Purple in Rock, etc. Do you have other examples of classic rock albums that are close to the edge of prog? Big smile

In the northeast of the United States and around Boston, Quill was a well-liked local attraction. Almost every member of the band could play many instruments, and they had a habit of switching them up while performing. At any moment during a set, guitarists and keyboardists will switch to horns, cellos, or woodwind instruments. Aside from being unexpected, the music itself has a unique, purposefully bizarre sound that falls between early British progressive rock and American psychedelic rock. The songs themselves have equally ridiculous titles, and the band members are all credited under wigged-out pseudonyms. The most noticeable instrument is frequently the bass guitar. Sonically, it's sparsely realised despite the performers' diverse skill sets, filled by barely audible organs and pianos as well as mixed-back guitars and drums.

The arrangements seem to be casual and improvised, a style that can only be achieved with extremely meticulous planning and orchestration. Loaded with social satire, the lyrics depart significantly from the popular hippy abandon of the time, and the backing tracks feature an odd assortment of chord progressions and modulations. The way it transitions between songs, and sometimes even within a single track, can be erratic.

They performed at Woodstock in 1969, but owing to technical difficulties, only a few minutes of their performance were filmed. Thus, Quill didn't feature in the Woodstock movie. Probably the destiny of this gifted band would have been very different if they had been in the film. Following the release of their self-titled album in 1970, they broke up.

City Boy and 10cc come to mind...

To avoid mentioning repeats... I want to say classic Moodies or Procol Harum

Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Zappastolethetowels

Zappastolethetowels wrote:

To avoid mentioning repeats... I want to say classic Moodies or Procol Harum

I think both are progressive rock, call them art-rock, crossover, proto-prog, all these tags are correct IMO. Smile

I can't argue with that, but...

Some users already mentioned the likes of Who, Uriah Heep, etc... so I didn't figure I was off the ball

Where do we draw the line? The eternal question bears repeating I guess Big smile

The Who

Queen

Supertramp

Radiohead

Deep Purple

Rainbow

Sabbath

Tull

take your pick

I see Prog as a spectrum and an umbrella, and it's an impossible question for me to answer partially as there is no clear dividing line between Prog and non-Prog and there is much I have not heard. The Prog/non-Prog dichotomy commonly does not work for me even when it comes to limiting itself to classic rock. Still, since I a team player and adaptable,

, I choose Cream's Wheels of Fire.

"Questions are a burden to others; answers a prison for oneself" (The Prisoner, 1967).

^ Very well-expressed.

"Questions are a burden to others; answers a prison for oneself" (The Prisoner, 1967).

Romantic Warrior by Return to Forever

Abbey Road by The Beatles

The 5th Symphony by Beethoven.

Toccata and Fugue in d minor by JS Bach

Long live Progresive music!

If song cycles, segues, and sound effects connecting songs is one's idea of prog (being reared on Floyd, it is for me!), then this first album by Joe Walsh is one I always adored (especially side 1's song cycle):

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