Three Prog Folk Albums

Cosmiclawnmower wrote: Out of these three it has to be Comus.. Aqualung is a truely fantastic lp but more rock than folk IMHO. My personal folk prog favourite is this- Bob and Carole Pegg's 'Mr Fox'

I do not know this record. What year was it released?

A Crimson Mellotron wrote: Logan wrote: I have loved all three, and my first inclination was to get into the Progressive Folk merits of each album, but instead I’ll just comment in a different way on my appreciation. First thought was First Utterance, which to me is one of the absolute Acid Folk and Freak Folk greats (often my favourite kind of folk), but that Dead Can Dance album is brilliant and is the one that I would most like to play again right now, and am. Worked as a perfect musical suggestion for me right now. By the way, not that I would expect this to be the choice, I prefer the compilation Song to Comus.... to First Utterance, which includes FU. Not only do I love the bonus tracks, and Winter is a Coloured Bird might be my favourite Comus song, but I am one of those who genuinely appreciates To Keep From Crying, and that together with the bonus tracks and FU really works well for me as a package. A nice eclectic poll with three albums that are classics in their own right. I admit I have never heard the bonus tracks. I shall dig these up from somewhere.

Thanks.

Here is "Winter is a Coloured Bird"



"All the Colours of Darkness" (wonderful)



And "In the Lost Queen's Eyes"



Music of such quality that I would expect with another band for this not just to be bonus tracks. As for To Keep From Crying, which I don't know if you've heard, the songs "Children of the Universe" and "To Keep From Crying" are particular favourites of mine. That is a much reviled album by many who are into First Utterance and an album that is ignored (not listened to/ unknown) by many who disdain Comus for First Utterance. I do like the album Out of the Coma very much too even if I have called it Comus-by-numbers before (cashing in on the later found success of First Utterance). I do think it a shame that Comus didn't find more success early on and I do find First Utterance to be a remarkable album ("The Herald" being the initial stand-out for me but coming to love the whole album).

By the way, I wonder how many who have voted have heard all three albums in the poll?


Edited by Logan - February 07 2021 at 07:52

Will vote for Dead Can Dance, this album is a recent discovery. Aqualung's highlights are as good as anything but the album as a whole is a bit uneven. I gave the Comus album only one shot and it didn't convince me, maybe I should try again.