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    Posted: February 11 2021 at 04:23
Which 3 albums would make the top of your list in respective genres not prog?

I’d like results per genre. If you like pop, list the top 3 pop albums. If you like country, name 3 of those. Preferably music that’s not proggy or too prog related.I’ve found tons of great prog here, but also music in other genres and I’d be interested to hear what your favorites are and check them out.

I get too prog focused at times and would like to expand my horizons.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote BaldFriede Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 11 2021 at 05:26
I'm a huge fan of 60s psychedelic music. I could name lots of albums, but since you want three only:






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It's going to be difficult, because genre boundaries are not clear, and a good thing that is. Music that tries to be stylistically pure is usually boring. So I will do it in a different way and select three albums that are related to a genre (or, in some cases, are in that genre). And since it is albums, it will have to be musical styles where the album is considered an artistic entity. So:

Related to punk
1 The Clash - London Calling
2 Idles - Brutalism
3 Sods (Sort Sol) - Minutes To Go

Related to new wave
1 Talking Heads - Fear of Music
2 The Police - Synchronicity
3 Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

Related to soul
1 Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
2 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
3 Otis Redding - Otis Blue

Related to folktronica
1 Björk - Post
2 Juana Molina - Wed 21
3 Hedningarna - Trä

These are the ones I could think of for now


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote BaldJean Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 12 2021 at 15:42
some awesome jazz albums:





here a track from each:







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I want to respond to this OP but I'm not in the mood to create categories and lists but here are some of the key non-prog albums of my life:
Don Juan's Reckless Daughter by Joni Mitchell
Dots and Loops by Stereolab
Pieces of a Man by Gil Scott-Heron
Treasure, Tiny Dynamine, and Echoes on a Shallow Bay by Cocteau Twins
The Look of Love by Diana Krall
Love Deluxe by Sade
Disintegration by The Cure
Pirates and Rickie Lee Jones by Rickie Lee Jones
Something / Anything, Todd, and Initiation by Todd Rundgren
Pelican West by Haircut One Hundred
Strange Kind of Love by Love and Money
The Dream Academy by The Dream Academy
Lost Souls by doves
Boy by U2
Idlewild, Walking Wounded, and Eden by Everything But the Girl
Nina Hagen Band by Nina Hagen Band
It's Better to Travel and Get in Touch with Yourself by Swing Out Sister
America by America
Rapture by Anita Baker
What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
Nektyr by Demen
Natural Elements by Shakti
Gregorian Chant by Choralschola der Wiener Hofburgkapelle
Eli by Kaz Lux and Jan Akkerman
Not This City by Five-Storey Ensemble

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