Recommend me some underrated Progressive Rock albums
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Is there such a thing as underrated progressive rock? Seems like prog fans throw around 10s more than anyone else.
Yes - Drama
Grateful Dead - American Beauty
>>61953524
That's only on rym; rym specializes in metal and prog more than any other genres. Go to any other community and prog will be as fairly rated as any other genre
Btw Sumut by Sume is some underrated progressive rock.
>>61953508
I hope you don't think ITCOTCK is underrated.
>>61953524
You're not really wrong, but there are definitely prog albums which aren't as well known as they should be.
>>61953541
I am a huge fan of Yes.
>My favorite album.
Captain Beyond - S/T
god tier underrated prog desu senpai
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>>61953508
Not a huge prog fan, but I thought it was enjoyable.
when prog hits post-rock people look the other way and it's tragic
>>61953578
>Scheherazade And Other Stories
That album is really something...
Why is US prog from the 70's nonexistent? Seems like there was no such thing as American prog until the 90's (if you count prog metal).
all gazpacho really
>>61953657
There's some, but it's mostly either extremely derivative of English prog (Starcastle) or just kind of questionable in general (Kansas). Rush may be the only great North American prog band from the 70s.
And also the album named Spartacus (by the same band)
>>61953933
>Starcastle
What album should I start with?
>>61954089
You can probably go chronologically. I'm not really a fan of them though, so maybe someone else will have better advice.
>>61953508
Don't know if you can call it underrated but whatever, just listen to it if you haven't
>inb4 not prog rock
Good point, but listen to it anyways
Most underrated Ango Prog I can think of.
John Wetton - Vox and Bass
Eddie Jobson - Keys and Electric Violin
Terry Bozzio - Drums
http://youtu.be/YAE1XTvKLXA
The swedish prog (progressive) scene is very good, but I haven't listened to enough to give solid recs. If you're interested, try fläsket brinner, bo hansson, and samla mammas manna.
That höstsonaten album is the only one i've heard. People here love the band so I'm sure they have more exiting stuff in the discography.
Also devil doll is ok. Overrated by those who've heard it, but still a very unique and good band.
>>61954396
>Googles höstsonaten
>The first result is Bergman's Autumn Sonata
Made my day.
Asia Minor - Between Flesh & Divine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eVIhbqbn8s
>>61954443
I'm assuming you know höstsonaten means autumn sonata. It's probably where they got the name, as they're not swedish.
Their albums are all on bandcamp.
Finnish prog represent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp86F6RbnPM
Ommadawn is great.
It was because Mike Oldfield went through that whole "rebirth" bullshit and turned into a pop artist.
Why is pop always the fate of prog rock bands?
>>61954490
It was before*
>>61954483
Along with Wigwam, Tasavallan Presidentti is the other big Finnish prog group of the 70's
Both worth checking out for fans of 70's prog, particularly of the Canterbury variety
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JupBvGpdtsw
>>61954490
Because people need to pay their mortgages.
And don't give me that Peter Gabriel shit. He made pop too.
>>61954490
best Mike Oldfield album right here
>>61954490
At least Yes's pop (Big Generator) was good
:>
>>61954490
The most important album for me
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>>61954519
I like the pop as well as the prog from bands like Genesis and Yes, you can still have quite proggy songs on a pop album, take Abacab for example. Home by the Sea and Dodo/Lurker had some prog parts
Anima Latina by Lucio Battisti
Definitely underrated for some reasons:
1) it's italian
2) even italians ignore that Battisti was into progressive in the mid-70's
3) latin prog rock, a very specific sub-genre
4) not easy listening (compared to other prog works in the same period)
In my opinion, it's a great work and it's as good as (if not even better than) the best albums of the most famous prog bands in the early 70's
>>61954503
Yeah you're right. I am a big Peter Gabriel fan but he had his pop phase to made his money before he came back to prog. Every time I hear Solisbury Hill I die a little inside. At least he went back though.
>>61954797
At least he had some good pop songs. Most prog-turned-pop artists were fucking terrible at pop music.
>>61954370
one of my all time favorites
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>>61953557
That's because prog is really underrated everywhere else and yet produces better music than your generic indie
What was the last time Pitchfork or Rolling Stone have positively reviewed a prog album?
Most stuff ITT is not underrated and highly acclaimed on places like Progarchives
>>61954370
Is that really underrated? That album is amazing and a lot of people know it.
>>61955039
>2000 review of 70s album
Kek
>>61953524
Because progressive rock is
Best genre of rock music
>>61955025
Well, underrated on /mu/ maybe.
Not sure how popular this is on /mu/ but it's definitely worth checking out. a bit medieval
sweet smoke - just a poke
<3
>>61955005
A lot of Prog is wanky crap tbqh
>>61955208
>four pink floyd albums
>dream theatre
>steven wilson
>tool
>but no Alan Parsons Project
further proof that they're underrated on /mu/
>>61955243
fair enough; point gladly taken
>>61953508
Not underrated but not as known
Try some stuff here
Ignore the metalcore and basic prog metal sections
>>61954490
best prog album of all time probably
the return of the intro theme in the ending of part one gets me everytime
>>61955886
>alternative prog
>muse
Shit list
>>61955243
Forget what /mu/ thinks. Like many other boards its all meme opinions, with a few unique individuals. It doesn't take an especially bright person to know that Alan Parson Project is very, very good prog. Good taste.
>>61955901
>implying this isn't prog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuFifSCzwq0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlKW77GS8Jg
For Italian prog (and imo, all prog) you can't go past Quella Vecchia Locanda. The debut is the greatest prog album of all time for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNc7u38vk5Y
>>61955904
Barely
And it's fucking awful too
>>61955930
>it's fucking awful
No you are
>>61955920
Oh, and 666 by Aphrodite's Child. One of the most diverse albums I've ever heard. Mixes psychedelic rock, pop, prog, experimental, metal, ambient, and avant garde stuff in one very, very neat package. And it was recorded in 70/71.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcAnMTHuNNk
>>61955951
Wow anon, you sure showed me
Go back to listening to your wannabe Radiohead
>>61955967
>Muse
>wannabe Radiohead
Epic meme faggot
>>61956003
>u-ur response is le maymay so fugg u
Do you have anything worthwhile to say or are you just going to spout buzzwords?
>>61954656
This album is underrated on /mu/, winter wine is one of my all time favs
>>61953508
VDGG - Pawn Hearts
Gentle Giant - Free Hand
>>61954656
and this
>>61956015
>Do you have anything worthwhile to say or are you just going to spout buzzwords?
Oh the fucking irony LMAO
Focus 3
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>>61956074
These are all highly acclaimed in prog circles, not underrated at all
>>61955900
It will always be Ommadawn before tubular bells. It was when he was in the heat of his depression, and you could hear it in his music. I know its selfish to be upset that he went through that whole 'rebirth' process, but imagine the beautiful music he could have made.
>>61956133
Yeah you're right. I only posted selling england because it was related Peter. Doesn't make it a bad suggestion though.
>>61953557
>>61956133
Because all prog and metal is underrated on /mu/ except shitty avant-prog spork-core and hipster black metal
>>61956115
>XD LMAO IRONY LOOOOOOOOOOL
This has to be b8
>>61956210
Are you genuinely fucking retarded? Jesus Christ
>>61956246
>hurr durr i have nothing to say so ill call u dum dum :(
You're embarassing yourself, it's best if you stick to /r/music
>>61955901
>>61955930
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>>61956210
You didn't say anything of value during this whole conversation, just shut the fuck up or kill yourself.
>>61956282
Sure thing, here's your reply.
>>61956269
You are the worst troll I have ever seen
>>61956291
Go suck Thom Yorke cock you fucktarded /mu/ drone
>>61956293
>ur le troll
Stop samefagging already
>>61956309
FUCK DUDE YOU ARE SAMEFAGGING SO HARD
GOT THAT AUTOMATIC POSTING ON EH
Great now some faggot detailed the thread
Pic related is a great underrated album though the
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>>61956325
>hurr everyone who disagrees with me is a samefag
Fuck off and die you piece of shit
>>61956313
Holy shit fuck off already
>>61956357
Dude your posts were made exactly 1 minute apart, literally down to the fucking second
It's obvious that you were samefagging.
Prog AOTY
>>61956382
You aren't even good at this, it's so blatantly obvious that you're pretending to be more than one person
The postercount hasn't changed at all, it's still at 40. You can't win man
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>>61956403
So are you actually going to say anything except 'hurr muuse sux Radiohead is so much better'
Fucking pathetic waste of air
>>61956403
Shut the fuck up already for fucks sake
>>61956394
>>61956418
No, because that was the entire point of the argument. It was literally my statement that Muse are awful copies of Radiohead that caused you to sperg out so badly.
>>61956430
Oh you have more than one browser on your computer, cool.
>>61954797
>implying Solsbury Hill is bad
You must be one of those guys who think Duke is a bad album as well.
Another decent thread detailed by a mentally retarded poster
>>61956458
>Muse are awful copies of Radiohead
So you never actually listened to Muse and just repeat retarded memes
How embarrassing, you fucking smug cunt
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>>61956498
>postercount still at 41
God damn you sure are unsubtle.
How beautifully ironic is it that you claim that my argument is a meme when calling my argument a meme is a meme?
>>61956464
>implying Duke has been played 5 times a day on radio stations, and at most weddings you've ever been to
>>61956582
Tbh Misunderstanding from Duke was played a lot on radio stations, and that sucks because it's the one Duke track that's actually shit.
>>61956614
Yeah straight up. Its not that Solsbury Hill is a bad song, its just, man, when you've heard it for the 400,000th time it loses its luster.
Still enjoy Duke though. Genesis is one of those bands that never really got bad, no matter what 'phase' they were going through.
>>61956511
You are retarded because you didn' notice the postter count rose before
>>61955208
Nice
>>61956736
It rose from 40 to 41 because of >>61956464, not you. Try again.
My general impression is that prog people kind of hate it from what I've seen, so in my view it's very underrated
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az6mdJcfb9A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JrrBDi8k70
https://youtu.be/R37yYnfC_-k
I'm a sucker for spoken word and this aesthetic though
https://youtu.be/VKlt-zvJLzU?t=541
Not sure if I can vouch for the whole album, but I really like this segment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAbMdwfJB6A
Portugal doesn't have much when it comes to Prog Rock, but the few albums that we do have, oddly enough are pretty good.
Two really notable ones from one of our most famous pop artists back when he was young and didn't suck:
https://youtu.be/d6_Y03E3NWU?t=737
https://youtu.be/otfChsCRGf8?t=877
I don't see this album mentioned as often as it should be. Very romantic album, easily my favorite Italian release
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>>61957949
Now these are underrated
Gong - You
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He Who am the Only One.... Fripp plays on a song
Currently freeleech on What.cd
>>61957639
Loving what I'm hearing
>3 stars on progarchives
I really don't understand that site
>>61953541
You people need to stop recommending Grateful Dead studio albums. They're so shit in comparison to the live shows.
>>61958051
Chicken and Cheese
>>61956153
Yeah it does. It doesn't fit criteria for this topic.
Kansas is really unfairly dismissed on /mu/ and by prog fans in general.
Their S/T and Leftoverture are great albums
>>61956133
Actually i have never seen BMS on mu or in the many charts of prog rock that i have found in the years
>>61955005
>what is radiohead
>>61958612
Kansas's vocalist and lyrics is what I really despise. I feel like they're responsible for cheesiness in Prog like the worse 2/3's of Dream Theater's music and anything by Neal Morse.
Mars Volta gets shit on pretty frequently... Frances the Mute definitely has moments of brilliants and is completely underrated
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>>61955243
my niggas
Curved Air - Phantasmagoria (or Live)
Beggar's Opera - Pathfinder
Atomic Rooster - s/t
Lucifer Was - Underground and Beyond
Black Widow - Sacrifice
Anything by Birth Control
Most of these are pretty heavy prog, so if you don't like that then out of these you'll probably only like Curved Air out of this bunch
It's okay
>>61957760
I never dabbled much on it, but what the fuck is this really José Cid? This is amazing
>>61960124
Jose Cid is the folklore demigod of lunar/space portuguese rock
Japanese symphonic/canterbury-ish prog from the 80s
another Italian favorite, not sure if I'd call it "underrated" though
Norwegian hard prog with female vocalist (and a good one at that)
>>61960306
I'm PT myself, never really cared for José Cid, only knew him for sometimes singing a few radio rock songs on those Sunday afternoon programs.
Never knew he made god-tier prog in the 70s
>>61954726
God, I forgot to put the YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCu_qRkjFmM&list=PLE68828A1524B5D76
>>61959209
This is the first time I've ever seen anyone other than myself post about either Birth Control or Beggars Opera on /mu/.
Also, Lucifer's Friend, particularly Banquet. It's kinda fusion-y. But progressive nonetheless.
Unsurprisingly noone has mentioned this album yet. It was produced in 1967 and it was a crucial work for the development of art rock.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y_9hwW1eV0
>>61960124
José Cid / Quarteto 1111 made 3 Progressive Rock Albums in the 70s when he was young, which were thoroughly ignored by everyone, so he just stopped doing them and become a pop singer. Don't even bother looking up his discography, you'll be thoroughly disappointed.
If you want to complete his collection the last piece of Prog Rock he ever did was this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOrNyWCQZFc&ab_channel=PunchPow
This might be good. Haven't listened to it in full but what I heard was really good.
>>61958912
Yeah but when people aren't shitting on it they're saying it's their favorite of TMV
This for real tho
