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In the latest edition of Classic Rock magazine a poster lists the 50 albums that "have defined this most esoteric of genres"
Freak Out - Frank Zappa
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Procol Harum - S/T
Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Moody Blues - Days Of Future Passed
The Nice - The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack
King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief
Soft Machine - Volume Two
Curved Air - Air Conditioning
Van der Graaf Generator - The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other
Magma - S/T
Barclay James Harvest - Once Again
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Caravan - In The Land Of Grey And Pink
E.L.P. - Tarkus
Focus - Moving Waves
Yes - Fragile
Genesis - Foxtrot
Gentle Giant - Octopus
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds Of Fire
Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
E.L.P. - Brain Salad Surgery
Gong - Angel's Egg
Rick Wakeman - Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
Supertramp - Crime Of The Century
E.L.O. - Eldorado
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Hawkwind - Warrior On The Edge Of Time
Renaissance - Scheherazade
Camel - Moonmadness
Alan Parsons - Tales Of Mystery And Imagination
Kansas - Leftoverture
Peter Gabriel - First
Rush - A Farewell To Kings
Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
Asia - S/T
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
Yes - 90125
Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
Dream Theater - When Dream And Day Unite
Radiohead - OK Computer
Opeth - Blackwater Park
The Mars Volta - Deloused In The Comatorium
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Muse - Black Holes And Revelations
Mastodon - Crack The Skye
Each album gets a pic of the album cover with a short paragraph. The list, they say, was compiled by the likes of amongst others, Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree, Carl Palmer, members of Marillion, Mastodon, Dream Theater and Alice Cooper. Among all of the usual prog faves (Yes, ELP, Tull etc) there are some interesting inclusions, especially for me - none other than Eldorado by E.L.O.! Most such lists never mention E.L.O.
"Always hugely and very obviously influenced by The Beatles, ELO's overtly symphonic sound was ideal to blend in with prog. ELO started to take the prog genre in new directions, as did Supertramp around the same time. Eldorado was the first to be recorded with a full orchestra and is a concept album about a daydreamer."
One question - Are Pet Sounds and Sgt. Pepper really prog?
Freak Out - Frank Zappa
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Procol Harum - S/T
Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Moody Blues - Days Of Future Passed
The Nice - The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack
King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief
Soft Machine - Volume Two
Curved Air - Air Conditioning
Van der Graaf Generator - The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other
Magma - S/T
Barclay James Harvest - Once Again
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Caravan - In The Land Of Grey And Pink
E.L.P. - Tarkus
Focus - Moving Waves
Yes - Fragile
Genesis - Foxtrot
Gentle Giant - Octopus
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds Of Fire
Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
E.L.P. - Brain Salad Surgery
Gong - Angel's Egg
Rick Wakeman - Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
Supertramp - Crime Of The Century
E.L.O. - Eldorado
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Hawkwind - Warrior On The Edge Of Time
Renaissance - Scheherazade
Camel - Moonmadness
Alan Parsons - Tales Of Mystery And Imagination
Kansas - Leftoverture
Peter Gabriel - First
Rush - A Farewell To Kings
Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
Asia - S/T
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
Yes - 90125
Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
Dream Theater - When Dream And Day Unite
Radiohead - OK Computer
Opeth - Blackwater Park
The Mars Volta - Deloused In The Comatorium
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Muse - Black Holes And Revelations
Mastodon - Crack The Skye
Each album gets a pic of the album cover with a short paragraph. The list, they say, was compiled by the likes of amongst others, Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree, Carl Palmer, members of Marillion, Mastodon, Dream Theater and Alice Cooper. Among all of the usual prog faves (Yes, ELP, Tull etc) there are some interesting inclusions, especially for me - none other than Eldorado by E.L.O.! Most such lists never mention E.L.O.
"Always hugely and very obviously influenced by The Beatles, ELO's overtly symphonic sound was ideal to blend in with prog. ELO started to take the prog genre in new directions, as did Supertramp around the same time. Eldorado was the first to be recorded with a full orchestra and is a concept album about a daydreamer."
One question - Are Pet Sounds and Sgt. Pepper really prog?