In the Prog Seat: Our Favorite Prog/Fusion Albums of 1979

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

Pete's Picks: Top 5 Prog Albums from 1979 1)Jethro Tull-Stormwatch 2)Kansas-Monolith 3)Eloy-Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes 4)Steve Hackett-Spectral Mornings 5)Saga-Images at Twilight Honorable mentions: Supertramp-Breakfast in America UK-Danger Morning Univers Zero-Heresie Frank Zappa-Sleep Dirt Dixie Dregs-Night of the Living Dregs Bruford-One of a Kind Anthony's picks: 1. UK--Danger Money 2. Bruford--One of a Kind 3. Steve Hackett--Spectral Mornings 4. Tony Banks--A Curious Feeling 5. Pink Floyd--The Wall HM: Brand X--Product Anthony Phillips--Sides Steve Howe Album Edgar Froese--Stuntman Eric's picks: 1. Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings 2. Bruford - One of a Kind 3. Dixie Dregs - Night of the Living Dregs 4. Surya - Surya 5. Frank Zappa - Sleep Dirt HM’s Jethro Tull - Stormwatch Camel - I Can See Your House From Here Saga - Images at Twilight SuperTramp - Breakfast in America Luis' picks: 1. Pink Floyd - the Wall, 2. Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage, 3. Bruford - One of a kind, 4. Jethro Tull - Stormwatch, 5. Univers Zero - Heresie. HM are Henry Cow - Western Civilization, Robert Fripp - Exposure Steven's picks: 1. Saga - Images At Twilight 2. Kansas - Monolith 3. Eloy - Silent Cries & Mighty Echoes 4. Jethro Tull - Stormwatch 5. Pink Floyd - The Wall HM UK - Danger Money Camel - I Can See Your House From Here Supertramp - Breakfast In America Mike Oldfield - Platinum Ken's picks: Top 5: 1. Eloy - Silent Cries And Mighty Echoes 2. Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings 3. Bruford - One Of A Kind 4. Borne - Exprime La Naranja 5. UK - Danger Money HM: Anyone’s Daughter - Adonis Arachnoid Asia Minor - Crossing The Line Crack - Si Todo Hiciera Crack Heldon - Stand By Mezquita - Recuedos De Mi Tierra Modry Efekt - Svet Hledacu Ragnarok - Fjarilar i Magen Laurent Thibault - Mais On Ne Peut Pas Rever Tout Le Temps Univers Zero - Heresie Chad's picks: 1. Bruford - One of a Kind 2. Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings 3. U.K. - Danger Money 4. Atlas - Blå Vardag 5. Eloy - Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes HM: Camel - I Can See Your House from Here Robert Fripp - Exposure Brand X - Product Dixie Dregs - Night of the Living Dregs FM - Surveillance Max Webster - A Million Vacations Synergy - Games George's picks: 5. Caldera - Dreamer 4. John Serry - Exhibition 3. Space Circus - Fantastic Arrival 2. Iceberg - Arc-en-Ciel 1. Bruford - One of a Kind HMs Phase - Midnight Madness Pekka Pohjola - Visitation Pondus - Myornas Frammarsch Atlas - Bla Vardag

[@garyjoyce2160]

Awesome. Pete. Thank you very much for list. GEORGE/ struck me out , every at bat on 3️⃣ pitches. 👍💯

[@garyjoyce2160]

Happy/ HEALTHY. Steven R 👍💯

[@johnbaris3057]

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[@Drew-vn8rx]

Man that Iceberg album is incredible. Just listened for the first time and that guitar blew me away

[@danielthomas7698]

Happy Birthday Steven

[@trevdowson5810]

Many thanks gentlemen.

[@geoffdennis8382]

1) Max Webster- A Million Vacations 2)Saga- Images At Twilight 3)Burford- One Of A Kind 4)Pink Floyd- The Wall 5)Jethro Tull- Storm Watch

[@mikelenox7999]

Joe's Garage changed my outlook on music. Brilliant

[@trainguy7276]

Fun show as always! Only heard a few albums from this year, enough for 5, so here we go! 1. UK - Danger Money 2. Eloy - Silent Cries And Mighty Echoes 3. Supertramp - Breakfast In America 4. Brand X - Product 5. Bruford - One Of A Kind HM: Alan Parsons Project - Eve Kansas - Monolith

[@mikelenox7999]

Love that Stormwatch

[@jonnyboybrownie6390]

happy birthday steven

[@lazarossamaras4427]

Let's get the ball rolling before watching. Pink Floyd - The Wall Eloy - Silent cries and mighty echoes Jethro Tull - Stormwatch Steve Hackett - Spectral mornings Supertramp - Breakfast in America HM, tangerine Dream - Force Majeure, UK - Danger money, SKY - S/T

[@nectarinedreams7208]

The Prog Seat guys taking jabs at one another, especially Luis and Ken, is one of my favourite things. Truly warms my heart.

[@davidcole7408]

I went on Amazon and bought a Eloy album and give it a try.

[@relativetimeworx8459]

UK - Danger Money Dixie Dregs - Night of the Living Dregs Jean Luc Ponty - Live Weather Report - 8:30 Bruford - One of a Kind

[@garyjoyce2160]

Another great episode: I’ll wait on my morning homework list. Thank you PETE/ and all the HOF co- hosts. 👍💯

[@georgelamie7001]

Already up!

[@jacobheaney3836]

1) Prism - III [Japanese Jazz Fusion Band] 2) David Sancious - Just As I Thought 3) Space Circus - Fantastic Arrival 4) Weather Report - 8:30 5) Billy Cobham - B.C HM: 1) Yes - Yesshows

[@wolf1977]

That Sancious album is terrific! I had forgotten about Space Circus - two excellent albums in 78/79, nice Japanese fusion, quite funky. I think Fantastic Arrival is the better album of the two

[@charlesmckinnon4872]

B.C. killer lp.

[@charlesmckinnon4872]

Spyro gyra too. Both on my list

[@charlesmckinnon4872]

B.C. spyro Gyra on my list👍

[@mikelenox7999]

OK I listened to Images At Twilight for the first time. really good!

[@747jono]

Nice to see Anthony back .

[@mikelenox7999]

Live Steve Hackett these days is awesome. Looking forward to The Ryman in october

[@joshcreasey]

1979, what a great year. The year before I was born. A lot of great albums across multiple genres were released that year. My top 5 from 1979 are: UK - Danger Money Eloy - Silent Cries And Mighty Echoes Kansas - Monolith Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings Jethro Tull - Stormwatch I checked out that Univers Zero Heresie album after you all did that crossover, Luis, and I will say that it is dark, menacing, unsettling, and absolutely brilliant!

[@utvf68]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Steven!!! 👏🏻🥳

[@sylves07]

Great Picks. Happy Birthday Steve!!!

[@eriklauritzen6898]

Love the Sleep Dirt love. But only if it's the original without the vocals on later pressings. That whole era was a clusterfuck for FZ. Lather would probably have been better presentation but ultimately we'll never know how that would have gone over in 1977. The 1996 version is fine, but I usually listen to the individual albums instead, these days

[@kcydm9725]

Univers Zero - Heresie Terje Rypdal, Miroslav Vitous & Jack DeJohnette - s/t John Abercrombie - Arcade Tangerine Dream - Force Majeure Eberhard Weber - Fluid Rustle

[@DropAnchor1978]

Nice to see Anthony mention "Sides" by Anthony Phillips. A very strong album!

[@ScottBerry-yn8rw]

My Top five: 1. Pink Floyd - The Wall 2 Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage 3. Jethro Tull - Stormwatch 4. Supertramp - Breakfast In America 5. Kansas - Monolith

[@747jono]

Happy birthday Stephen hope you had a fantastic day mate.

[@independenceltd.]

1. Pink Floyd - The Wall 2. Jethro Tull - Stormwatch 3. Kansas - Monolith Prog? 4. Supertramp - Breakfast in America 5. Styx - Cornerstone 6. Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery

[@garyjoyce2160]

The Donald/ all tremendous albums. IMO. Own all 6️⃣👍💯

[@christophercoles4401]

Hey The Donald. All great picks. Well done sir.

[@independenceltd.]

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[@jimhawkes]

Great show as ever gents, entertaining and informative! MY top 5 from 1979 is: 5. Pink Floyd "The Wall" 4. Saga "Images at Twilight" 3. Jethro Tull "Stormwatch" 2. Eloy "Silent Cries & Mighty Echoes" 1. Hawkwind "PXR5" HMs: Barclay James Harvest "Eyes of the Universe" ; Camel "I Can See Your House From Here" ; Saga "Images at Twilight" ; Tangerine Dream "Force Majeure"

[@sdrandazzo]

My top 5 favorite 1979 prog/fusion albums (in no particular order) are: 1. Dixie Dregs - Night of the Living Dregs, 2. Robert Fripp - Exposure, 3. Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings, 4. Univers Zéro - Hérésie and 5. Tangerine Dream - Force Majeure. My honorable mentions would include: Pink Floyd - The Wall, Heldon - Stand By, Jethro Tull - Stormwatch, U.K. - Danger Money, Camel - I Can See Your House From Here, Eloy - Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes, Henry Cow - Western Culture, Atlas - Blå vardag, Pekka Pohjola - Visitation, Crack - Si todo hiciera crack, This Heat - This Heat and Peter Hammill - pH7. It is nice to see most of the ITPS folks on this episode. Jobson drinking alerts notwithstanding lol.

[@wolf1977]

For the Dregs also King Biscuit Flower Hour (archival release from '97) but recorded in '79...

[@georgelamie7001]

@@wolf1977 The recording date is never the date used for anything. If you're gonna start doing that, you may as well go back on all studio albums and see when they were recorded. You'd end up changing the date on half the albums in history

[@georgelamie7001]

Breakfast in America is prog now, Sal? The term has lost all meaning when that album gets included.

[@sdrandazzo]

@@georgelamie7001 your right. I have edited my honorable mentions and took out the Super Tramp Breakfast in America album ... really enjoyed that album but it is not their prog album ... Crime of the Century was their closest prog album. Regards, Sal.

[@wolf1977]

@@georgelamie7001 I sometimes do, especially when an archival studio release comes out 10-20 years (or more) after being recorded. I like to have a 'sequential' picture of a band's output. In those cases when the release is way after the original recording date, I care more about what the band did than what the record company chose to do. My music library, my choice. Feel free to disagree/ignore...

[@stavs387]

1. Pink Floyd - The Wall 2.John McLaughlin with the One Truth Band - Electric Dreams 3. Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings 4, Tangerine Dream - Force Majeure. 5.Bruford - One of a Kind

[@hammerheadly]

Kansas comes to the Fisher Theater in Detroit this coming Saturday and I’ll be there!!!!!!

[@colbefc]

I love Pink Floyd, my fav is Wish You Were Here but I have never liked The Wall, tried to like it but just leaves me cold. Great show lads, thanks.

[@rickpaul4216]

The most overrated album ever. Except for a couple of songs I find it unlistenable.

[@WarhawkBeyond2040]

Another fantastic episode as always and loved hearing everyone's choices. Keep up the good work 1. Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings 2. UK - Danger Money 3. Bruford - One Of A Kind 4. Dixie Dregs - Night Of The Living Dregs 5. Mike Oldfield - Platinum

[@terrywalker8446]

Luis, Anthony, Steven👍🏻. Thanks for giving The Wall some love. It's one of those albums that I didn't "get" when I first bought it as a young metalhead. Now I think it's an absolutely incredible album. Steven, your (semi-throwaway) possible UK Connection episode comment about Kansas making an AOR album really needs to happen as Vinyl Confessions and Drastic Measures were both pretty good AOR albums. Play The Game Tonight, Fight Fire With Fire, and Everybody's My Friend are fantastic tracks🥰. Plus you could sneakily include the two Streets albums Steve Walsh recorded (with Mike Slamer of City Boy👍🏻) which are really good. Take no notice of Simon and Pete. They no almost nothing about quality AOR. The world needs to know about these albums🤘🏻

[@wolftree3948]

Another fun, fact-filled episode, and of course, I never get out of here alive without another purchase. I'm going to give Atlas a spin. I like other Tull albums more than the style of songs I've heard from the first few albums of the folk trilogy but the love some of you have for Stormwatch, I'm going to have to give this a listen, too very soon. Thanks again. I've also never heard Monolith front to back either and it's cheap to buy so why not.

[@neurophile]

In alphabetical order : Hackett, Steve - Spectral Mornings Parsons, Alan, Project - Eve Renaissance - Azure d'or Supertramp - Breakfast In America (79) UK - Danger Money mention : Godley & Creme - Freeze Frame

[@jamescastelli]

Glad to see someone mentioned APP's Eve. Only moderately prog. I would also suggest 10cc's Look Hear? (or is that 1980?) which seemed to be a bit proggier. Did anyone mention the dreaded Love Beach?

[@bertkarlsson1421]

My list: 1. Gusliar by Pesniary 2. Silent cries and mighty echoes by Eloy 3. Heresie by Univers Zero 4. Visitation by Pekka Pohjola 5. Spectral Mornings by Steve Hackett

[@stuartwexelbaum9070]

Great show Pete..My picks 1 Jethro Tull Stormwatch 2. Pink Floyd The Wall 3. The Steve Howe Album 4. Tony Banks A Curious Feeling 5. Camel I Can See By Your Face..HM Mike Oldfield Platinum..

[@acedylan]

Here are the panel's picks alpha-sorted by the artist. (#) indicates the number of panelists who chose the album. Anyone’s Daughter-Adonis Arachnoid-Arachnoid Asia Minor-Crossing the Line Atlas-Bla Vardag (2) Banks, Tony-A Curious Feeling Borne-Exprime La Naranja Brand X-Product (2) Bruford-One of a Kind (7) Caldera-Dreamer Camel-I Can See Your House From Here (3) Crack-Si Todo Hiciera Crack Dixie Dregs-Night of the Living Dregs (2) Eloy-Silent Cries & Mighty Echoes (4) FM-Surveillance Fripp, Robert-Exposure (2) Froese, Edgar-Stuntman Hackett, Steve-Spectral Mornings (5) Heldon-Stand By Henry Cow-Western Civilization Howe, Steve, The Steve Howe Album Iceberg-Arc-en-Ciel Jethro Tull-Stormwatch (4) Kansas-Monolith (2) Max Webster-A Million Vacations Mezquita-Recuedos De Mi Tierra Modry Efekt-Svet Hledacu Oldfield, Mike-Platinum Phase-Midnight Madness Phillips, Anthony-Sides Pink Floyd-The Wall (3) Pohjola, Pekka-Visitation Pondus-Myornas Frammarsch Ragnarok-Fjarilar i Magen Saga-Images at Twilight (3) Serry, John-Exhibition Space Circus-Fantastic Arrival Supertramp-Breakfast in America (3) Surya-Surya Synergy-Games Thibault, Laurent- Mais On Ne Peut Pas Rever Tout Le Temps UK-Danger Money (5) Univers Zero-Heresie (3) Zappa, Frank-Joe's Garage Zappa, Frank-Sheik Yerbouti Zappa, Frank-Sleep Dirt (2)

[@wolf1977]

Thx for doing the 'ranking' (# of mentions by panelists) - that's interesting info...One that jumps out is Supertramp's Breakfast in America which some don't consider to be prog - but obviously more than a few posters & 3 panelists including Pete do. Personally I put Floyd's The Wall into the psyche rock bucket but I can also see calling it prog...Space Circus/Fantastic Arrival was one I totally forgot about but it's a fine album, their other release Funky Caravan from '78 is also good

[@hauskahirvi]

Here are my favorites in no particular order (Honorable mentions listed below the UK poster story) - Bruford - One Of A Kind - Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings - Tangerine Dream - Force Majeure - Robert Fripp - Exposure - UK - Night After Night (Live) I suppose live albums don't count, but I've had Night After Night since it first came out and I listened to it a lot. I also have a large record store promo poster of the album. The poster is the same as the album cover. The poster was given to me by a girl working at a local record shop I used to frequent. She was thoughtful enough and saved it for me without me asking (what a sweet girl). She noticed I was a Prog freak. I still have the poster. HMs - Terje Rypdal / Miroslav Vitous / Jack DeJohnette - "Same Title" on ECM - Edgar Froese - Stuntman - Brand X - Product - Anthony Phillips - Sides - Peter Baumann - Trans Harmonic Nights - Camel - I Can See Your House From Here - Synergy - Games - Holger Czukay - Movies - Pink Floyd - The Wall - UK - Danger Money

[@tomtrana3449]

Good choice!

[@paulmortimer4131]

Great show guys and happy birthday to Steve My top five favourite albums from 1979 are 1 danger money. UK fantastic album 2. Eloy silent cries mighty echoes 3. Steve Hackett. Spectral mornings and Tony banks. Curious feeling both brilliant Pink Floyd. The Wall 4 5 Tangerine Dream. Force majeure UM Vangelis. China Supertramp breakfast in America Manfred. Mann’s earth. Angel station

[@joseantoniomarmol6324]

My top albums from 1979… no particular order: 1. Anyone’s Daughter - Adonis 2. Pink Floyd - The Wall 3. Eloy - Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes 4. UK - Danger Money 5. Jethro Tull - Stormwatch HM: Le Orme - Florian Asia Minor - Crossing The Line

[@johnhenfrey5936]

Great episode, and a big thanks to, Pete and the Gang. Looking forward to the Kansas show, in 2 weeks, hopefully heard something by them then.

[@knightvisioniixv]

For Frank Zappa, I'd include both Joe's Garage & Sheik Yerbouti - need 'em both. I'm in the 'love it' camp concerning Pink Floyd's The Wall. I concur with the mentions for Kansas, Univers Zero, Casiopea (in passing), Tull, etc. Renaissance's Azure d'Or was released in 1979. Shorter tracks, but I love the album. Luis - The Henry Cow album is amazing; my favorite from the group. However, I'm pretty sure it's Western Culture. 😜 Totally missed Chuck on this one; would've been cool to see some of his curve ball picks. Great episode.

[@mikelenox7999]

I remember when Saga opened for Kansas when I was in 8th grade. Too young to go, but some of my friends did with their older siblings.

[@charliebell4737]

I'll throw my hat in the ring :D - In no particular order: Product - Brand X Joe's Garage - Zappa Sides - Anthony Phillips Duet - Gary Burton Chick Corea No. 1 in Heaven - Sparks HM: American Garage - Pat Metheny Group Western Culture - Henry Cow Sleeping Beauty - Sun Ra Arkestra S/T- Can

[@SwanShadow]

5. Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (don't hate me... I love this album) 4. Breakfast in America - Supertramp 3. Spectral Mornings - Steve Hackett 2. Monolith - Kansas (I didn't love it as much in 1979, coming in the wake of the legendary Point of Know Return, but it's grown on me) 1. Stormwatch - Jethro Tull (one of my top 10 favorite albums all-time)

[@NigelSmith66]

Nice show - thanks guys. Great to hear Anthony mention "A Curious Feeling". Not surprisingly this sounds something like half way between "And Then There Were Three" and "Duke". I still only own it on LP, so sadly haven't listened to it much recently. I would also like to give a shout out to "Azure D'Or" by Renaissance. Despite lacking epic songs and an orchestra, it still feels like a decent Renaissance album. A track like "Golden Key" sounds like classic Renaissance to me, albeit in an abbreviated format.

[@wolf1977]

Curious Feeling is a good one - the box set A Chord Too Far nicely summarizes Banks' solo outings...Another Genesis alum Anthony Phillips put out the even better Wise After The Event one year earlier

[@shanebullock5005]

1. Stormwatch - Jethro Tull 2.Force Majeure -Tangerine Dream 3.Stuntman - Edgar Froese 4.Heresie - Univers Zero 5.Stand By - Heldon

[@FundamentalsUK]

Agree with Danger money Anthony , a perfect album IMO 🤘🏻

[@kamranmalik8546]

1. Pink Floyd - The Wall 2. Supertramp - Breakfast in America 3. Jethro Tull - Stormwatch 4. Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings 5. The Steve Howe Album 6. U.K. - Danger Money 7. Saga - Images at Twilight 8. Kansas - Monolith

[@christophercoles4401]

Great list Kamran.

[@russelldolter]

It needs to be mentioned. The Genesis alumni shown here absolutely proves the strength of musicianship, creativity and openness to numerous styles that were always evident in Genesis. Bruford/Banks/Hackett/Phillips/Collins (BrandX) and a loosely connected Kansas (Walsh/Ehart) were on 2 tracks for Hackett's 2nd album the year before, it cannot be understated that these men are forces to be reckoned with in their abilities and talents.

[@wolf1977]

Some top choices (all of these for me contain at least 5 really good/great tracks each). I'm going by the recording dates so a few of these came out later as archival releases. Also a couple of them are live & the panel is probably excluding live albums: Anyone's Daughter - Adonis Aviator - s/t Bedjabetch - Subrepticement Birth Control - Live 79 Brand X - Product Caldera - Dreamer Camel - I Can See Your House From Here Carsten Bohn's Bandstand - Mother Goose Shoes Crosswind - Crosswind II David Sancious - Just As I Thought (loved this record back in the day & still do) Dixie Dregs - King Biscuit (was recorded in 79 but released later) & Night Of The Living Dregs Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage Acts 1, 2, And 3/L.Shankar - Touch Me There/Sheik Yerbouti Gong - Time Is The Key Grace - s/t Grobschnitt - Merry-Go-Round Happy The Man - 3Rd: Better Late... (for me the best ever US prog band) Jean-Luc Ponty - Live & A Taste For Passion Jethro Tull - Stormwatch Jukka Tolonen - Jtb & Mountain Stream Kandahar - Pictures From The Past Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Angel Station Max Middleton - Another Sleeper Peter Banks - The Mars Tapes (excellent!) Robben Ford -The Inside Story Ruphus - Manmade Sukellusvene - Vesi- Ja Lintumusiikkia (probably unknown Finnish fusion/prog to many - it's on YT) Streetmark - Dry Supertramp - Breakfast in America Tai Phong - Last Flight Tony Banks - A Curious Feeling Tony Williams - The Joy Of Flying (man do I love Jan Hammer on this) Utopia - Adventures In Utopia Some biggies that just lost out based on my personal 5-track minimum: U.K., Hackett, Saga, Coryell, Watanabe, Jane, FM, Casiopea, Bruford

[@arnaudb.7669]

1- Univers Zero : Heresie 2- Frank Zappa : Sleep Dirt 3- David Sancious : Just As I Thought 4- Atlas : Bla Vardag 5- Anyone's Daughter : Adonis HM : Banco "Canto Di Primavera"

[@davidpousho4828]

Is Stevens birthday June 13th? We share a birthday then! Happy birthday Steven Reid!! And me!

[@mladent1464]

Happy birthday, Steven Reid! Also, I'd like to mention an album that hasn't been talked about - Nowandthen by Easter Island.

[@wolf1977]

Their Mother Sun (1999) really connected with me - for whatever reason that first one not so much (maybe gave some 'weird' Gentle Giant-type vibes at times vocally). "Face To Face" is a good tune though

[@keydobutkrak]

Good one

[@tracycampbell3060]

I love your accent Stephen and Saga

[@fitterstoke45]

Great to hear a nod for Henry Cow's Western Culture. Can I suggest a 1979 album that to me sounds prog even if it strictly isn't? Magazine's Secondhand Daylight is as prog as it gets to my ears: loads of great keyboards, solid dynamics, awesome musicianship and production. Magazine were far more complex than their "post punk" classification has deemed them.

[@jason-budney7624]

My picks: Bruford - One of a Kind Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings U.K. - Danger Money Jethro Tull - Storm Watch Pat Metheny Group - American Garage HM: Pink Floyd - The Wall Camel - I Can See Your House From Here Univers Zero - Heresie

[@kennycraig6769]

The annual Fairport Convention festival at Cropredy in Oxfordshire this year have Toyah and Robert Fripp performing. Should be interesting.

[@alternativepreacher4516]

5) UK : Danger Money 4) Pink Floyd : The Wall 3) Frank Zappa : Joe's Garage 2) Talking Heads (controversial pick maybe) : Fear of Music 1) Bill Bruford : One of a Kind

[@BlackMoore82]

Stanley Clarke - I Wanna Play For You. Billy Cobham - B.C. Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery. Frank Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti. Dixie Dregs - Night Of The Living Dregs.

[@georgemathie8123]

There are some great ones from this year saga images in twilight, Robert Fripp exposure, Peter Hammill ph7, Jethro Tull stormwatch and Barclay James harvest eyes of the universe these are a few that I like

[@kzustang]

Doing the Ken Golden trick and sticking another no. 5 (5. Bill Bruford - One of a Kind) 5. Gwendel - Les Mouettes Se Battent 4. Happy the Man - Crafy Hands (Sorry....it's 1978...) 3. Jetrho Tull - Stormwatch 2. Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings 1. Zappa - Joe's Garage Honorable mentions: Emma Myldenberger - Tour de Trance, ELO - DIscovery, Eloy - Silent Cries and Mighty Echos, Gong - Downwind, Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti, Steve Howe - The Steve Howe Album, Can - Can 1979, Atlas - Bla Verdag, John McLaughlin with the One Truth Band - Electric Dreams Best Rock albums of 1979 - AC/DC Highway to Hell, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes, Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Live Rust/Rust Never Sleeps

[@christophercoles4401]

Excellent list. Also love your list of Top Rock Albums Of 1979. I would also add: The Clash - London Calling Graham Parker & The Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks Blackfoot - Strikes Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady

[@wolf1977]

@@christophercoles4401 I'd also need: Allmans/Enlightened Rogues, ARS/Are You Ready, Bad Co/Desolation Angels, Bernie Marsden/And About Time Too, Blackjack/st, Marley/Survival, Boxer/Bloodletting, Cheap Trick/Dream Police, City Boy/The Day The Earth Caught Fire, David Werner/st, Dennis Wilson/Bamboo, Dire Straits/Communique, The Donkeys/Television Anarchy, Duke Jupiter/Taste The Night - and that's just A-D...1979 was a good year for rock!

[@christophercoles4401]

@@wolf1977 Now that's a killer list!

[@ik8034]

Most of the album's have been mentioned. I'd add Mike Oldfield, Platinum and live album, Exposed and BJH, Eye of the Universe.

[@bertkarlsson1421]

The debut album from Shingetsu came out 1979! Great album!

[@SWEETFA24]

Bruford One of a kind. Bruford, Holds worth, and Jeff Berlin what more can you say. Kind of a Prog album Sweet Cut Above The Rest. Mother Earth is very Prog to me.

[@docbobster]

Steve Hackett, Spectral Mornings Robert Fripp, Exposure Dixie Dregs, Night of the Living Dregs Bruford, One of a Kind Pat Metheny Group, American Garage

[@adnilrummut105]

1. frank zappa - joe's garage 2. joni mitchell - mingus 3. carlos santana - oneness 4. supertramp - breakfast in amerika 5. chrome - half machine lips move bootsy's rubber band - this boot is made for fonk-n frank zappa - sheik yerbouti frank zappa - sleep dirt the alan parsons project - eve john mclaughlin - electric dreams pink floyd - the wall james blood ulmer - tales of captain black ryo kawasaki - mirrors of my mind terje rypdal / miroslav vitous / jack dejohnette - selftitled karl ratzer - fingerprints karl ratzer - street talk

[@Leo-ci9kc]

1 The Wall 2 Eve - Alan Parsons 3 Breakfast in America 4 Joe's Garage 5 Games - Synergy

[@michaelbenz8092]

1. Bruford-One of a Kind 2. Pat Metheny-New Chautauqua 3. Steve Hackett-Spectral Mornings 4. Robert Fripp-Exposure 5. Frank Zappa-Sleep Dirt

[@wolf1977]

I think New Chautauqua is one of Metheny's best (along with American Garage which is even better & the prior year's Pat Metheny Group album) - love the guitar tone he's getting around this period

[@michaelbenz8092]

@@wolf1977 Yes, American Garage could have made the list as well. He was just having a lot of fun with his friends on that one. NC is very introspective, sort of like One Quiet Night.

[@davidsimon2096]

The Wall is clever and all that but it's also bordering on un-listenable to my delicate ears-so relentlessly downbeat and as for Roger Waters' vocals- don't even get me started. Stormwatch is a decent album but coming after two utterly brilliant albums namely Songs From The Wood and Heavy Horses, it always feels like a bit of a let down. I am surprised Danger Money seems to be damned with faint praise- I think it is absolutely superb and in some ways just as good as the debut. The keyboard solo in "Carrying No Cross" gives Keith Emerson a run for his money and is enough reason to own it. Steve Hackett well and truly peaked with Spectral Mornings although Please Don't Touch and Defector are up there as well. Totally agree with your comments about One Of A Kind- it is easily Bruford's best album which says a lot because all 3 Bruford albums are excellent. Great compositions, great playing, great production, great everything basically. I do like I Can See Your House From Here but I always feel it is a bit unfocussed and has some dumb-ass songs like "Remote Romance" nestling against "Ice" which is such a superb instrumental. Anyway for what it's worth this is my list of favourite 5 Prog/Fusion albums (in no particular order) as well as a few HMs including a couple no one even mentioned in passing! 1.Steve Hackett-Spectral Mornings 2.Bruford-One Of A Kind 3.Brand X-Product 4.Supertramp-Breakfast In America 5.UK-Danger Money Honourable Mentions 1.Jethro Tull- Stormwatch 2.Frank Zappa-Sheik Yerbouti 3.Renaissance -Azure D'or 4.Camel -I Can See Your House From Here 5.Tony Banks-A Curious Feeling 6.Robert Fripp-Exposure 7.Bill Nelson's Red Noise-Sound On Sound (surprised no one even mentioned this one-too Punk perhaps?) 8.Mike Oldfield- Platinum Better stop now-only meant to do 5 bubbling unders...

[@glenjammin69]

1. Bruford - One of a Kind 2. Pink Floyd - The Wall 3. Steve Hillage - Open 4. Brand X - Product 5. Iceberg - Arc-En-Ciel

[@kennbrown4638]

1. Kansas: Monolith 2. Eloy: Silent Cries & Mighty Echoes 3. Jethro Tull: Stormwatch 4. MacAthur: self-titled 5. Pink Floyd: The Wall

[@wolf1977]

Just recently got that MacArthur album - really good. I've seen it called a "U.S basement psych-prog monster released in 1979" - no doubt about it! Ultra-rare too (at least in physical media) supposedly originally limited to 200 private pressings which is probably why no panelist mentioned it - I have it as mp3 files. Looks like it was reissued in 2016 though. Cool tunes & fine guitar work, some of the vocals are just OK but the music's good enough to make up for that. Now posted to Bandcamp for all to enjoy...I also have their 2nd one called II which is good as well - not on Bandcamp but the whole thing's up on YT (not good audio quality though - if an album ever screamed "remaster me"...!)

[@ErikCuddles]

lepercohn promenade goddam thats a hell of a song .

[@zootallures6470]

_Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?_ The band was on tour in Germany. Tour manager Phil Kaufman made a joke. He went to the toilet in the tour bus and started screaming: Frank why does it hurt when I pee? Zappa wrote the song and two days later they were playing it in Sweden. [Charles Ulrich - The Big Note]

[@sspbrazil]

I have a few controversial albums on my list, but I stand by them as being Prog. 1. Spectral Mornings - Steve Hackett 2. One Of Kind - Bruford 3. Exposure - Robert Fripp 4. Secondhand Daylight - Magazine 5. 154 - Wire Honorable mentions: Product - Brand X I Can See Your House From Here - Camel Drums & Wires - XTC Fear Of Music - Talking Heads U.K. - Danger Money Sound-in-Sound - Bill Nelson's Red Noise

[@JohnMacRae23]

Top 5 (interesting year): Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings Frank Zappa - Sleep Dirt (instrumental version) Atlas - Blå Vardag Eloy - Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes Igra Staklenih Perli - s/t HMs, in no order; Crack - Si Todo Hiciera Crack Borne - Exprime La Naranja Pekka Pohjola - Visitation David Sancious - Just as I Thought Bill Bruford - One of a Kind Asia Minor - Crossing the Line Mezquita - Recuerdos De Mi Tierra Univers Zero - Heresie Heldon - Stand By Ragnarok - Fjarilar I Magen Flame Dream - Elements UK - Danger Money Neuschwanstein - Battlement Anthony Phillips - SIdes Tony Banks - A Curious Feeling Jethro Tull - Stormwatch Camel - I can See your House From Here Space Circus - Fantastic Arrival Anyone's Daughter - Adonis Saga - Images at Twilight

[@iancarss8349]

Henry Cow - Western Culture Univers Zero - Heresie Art Zoyd - Musique Pour L'Odyssee Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz Funk Greats

[@MrOrontea]

Luis is my man. Henry Cow/Western Culture, Univers Zero/Heresie and Frank Zappa/Joe's Garage would make my list too.

[@andrewmoran2563]

Steven. Surely you mean Another Brick in The Wall part 2 as a seven inch single instead of part 3.

[@FoutstoChandler]

Listening to Monolith now.

[@vagabond197979]

Just my opinion but I like this kind of show better than the album study format.

[@justamops]

In no order: Pink Floyd - The Wall Tangerine Dream - Force Majeure Frank Zappa - Shiek Yerbouti Jethro Tull - Stormwatch Supertramp - Breakfast in America Hon. Mention: Eloy - Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes Frank Zappa - Joe’s Garage Robert Fripp - Exposure Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings and Sky - Sky

[@PaulMcGarry-bo3jg]

Not mentioned: The Enid Touch Me, Hawkwind PXR5

[@douglashanau3339]

SHEIK ZERBOUTI is seen as a silly album - broken hearts, bobby brown, grow me a chin- but that version of band is remarkable. Bozzio is unreal and belew's work is out of this world. Not a prog album necessarily...but...

[@christophercoles4401]

Great pick Douglas . Sheik Yerbouti could definitely be classified as Prog , insofar as anything by Frank Zappa can be classified at all.

[@ericporter344]

Agree, great band, but I don’t really enjoy the silliness. First time or two maybe, but after that it wears thin

[@johnunderwood3132]

I have about 14 Zappa vinyls and I do not have Sheik vinyl

[@wolf1977]

@@ericporter344 I also tend to stay away from the sillier/more juvenile Zappa stuff (and also the free jazz tracks & orchestral stuff) so I hear what you're saying but many of the instrumental pieces (especially with Zappa on guitar) are killer. And he does have some tunes with 'regular' lyrics...I find that Dweezil does an admirable job maintaining his father's legacy in terms of rerecording Frank's guitar-based stuff. Zappa Plays Zappa from 2008 is tremendous

[@ericporter344]

@@wolf1977 I’ve seen Dweezil (Zappa Plays Zappa) many times, and agree he is doing a great job keeping his Dad’s music alive

[@christophercoles4401]

#1 Dixie Dregs - Night Of The Living Dregs #2 U.K. - Danger Money #3 Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage #4 Pink Floyd - The Wall #5 Jethro Tull - Stormwatch Honorable Mentions Supertramp - Breakfast In America Eloy - Silent Cries And Mighty Echoes Steve Hackett - Spectral Mirnings Kansas - Monolith

[@wolf1977]

I think Crafty Hands was 1978 but great record from (to me) the best-ever US prog band. I had their 3rd - "Better Late..." on my list but it's an archival release from 1990 of recordings made in '79

[@christophercoles4401]

@@wolf1977 You're right, it is from '78. My bad.

[@garyjoyce2160]

GEORGE/. And Eric “ silence is golden PORTER/ I’m doing Prom nails “ for. Mia. I’m definitely going to be tardy. But 💯 will catch up 👍💯

[@garyjoyce2160]

Took her to salon ⬆️⬆️⬆️

[@sdrandazzo]

Hi Gary, totally understand, family matters are the priority.

[@ericporter344]

Good luck!

[@jimneary2802]

Steven, how could you mention Monolith and NOT talk about 'How My Soul Cries Out for You'? One of the best songs Kansas ever recorded! Happy Birthday

[@joegrinvalsky7222]

Here are my Top 5 Prog as I hear them: 5. Heldon - "Stand By" 4. Shankar - "Touch Me There" 3. David Sancious - "Just as I Thought" 2. UK - "Danger Money" 1. Bruford - "One of a Kind"

[@wolf1977]

David Sancious - "Just as I Thought"✔✔✔

[@joegrinvalsky7222]

@@wolf1977 I know! When I saw it on your list I was 👍; now there's an individual with distinguished taste! Sancious is prog, even with Springsteen. Stunned the panel didn't honorable mention it...

[@stevefletcher6163]

Ken, want to by a toast rack ? ( toast not included)😅 5 Max Webster A million vacations 4 Dixie Dregs Night of the living dregs 3 Kansas Monolith 2 Jethro Tull Stormwatch 1 Saga Images at twilight

[@dmacnic]

Yes Luis! Stormwatch is such a great album. John Glascock was the master. Rest in Peace

[@mikelenox7999]

In no order sounds like Spectral Mornings One of a Kind Stormwatch That Eloy one Images and Twilight Monolith The Wall I probably missed one. lol

[@AroundtheDial-rj7tp]

Here are some lesser know great Prog/Fusion albums from 1979 (No particular order): 1. Adonis (Anyone's Daughter), 2. Heldon (Stand By), 3. SBB (Welcome), 4. Asia Minor (Crossing the Line), 5. Cybotron (Implosion), Honorable mentions: Schicke Fuhrs Frohling (Ticket to Everywhere), Prism (Prism III), Hawkwind (P.X.R.5)

[@interstellaroverdriven6450]

I see Heldon on your list therefore I need to checkout everything you have listed!!

[@katesjanice]

Don’t care for The Wall, but I love Monolith!

[@matthewjachimiec]

One that wasn’t mentioned is Pierre Moerlen’s Gong “Downwind.” A lot of people say this album is cheesy and a downgrade from the previous two albums featuring Holdsworth, but I still think it’s quite good. The title track with Mike Oldfield playing guitar is tremendous.

[@mbgaomo]

The Wall is such a depressing album. I don't play it much. Not even in my top 5 Pink Floyd albums.

[@wolf1977]

I find it depressing too but has some great moments as well. I find myself not playing it too often any longer but really made an impression in the day when it first came out...

[@nectarinedreams7208]

It's the opposite of depressing for me. It makes me feel like someone else "gets it", and I feel comforted by that. It's not their strongest musically but it's a supremely ambitious and largely successful rock opera. Probably my 4th or 5th favourite Floyd record.

[@larrysmith5249]

Very depressing to me too. Should have been a single album as the songs are not very strong.

[@danielsavoie6398]

Arc-en-ciel is in french it means rainbow

[@christopherhoffman201]

Stevie Wonder- Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants🎍

[@charlesmckinnon4872]

Max Webster Live Magnetic Air.