A UK Progressive Rock Primer-20+ Must Hear Albums

[@hollowman6282]

I think Sea of Tranquility is becoming my fovourite KZbin music channel.

[@fattymcfatso1083]

It's the thinking person's music channel.

[@ydzhugdanov]

More like my favourite KZbin channel ever!

[@flyfishincrazy]

It’s the best...blows Beato away IMHO

[@weezhopkins]

Of all music channels out there, lately Sea Of Tranquility's been one of my favourites.

[@Realbillball]

Yes, I do very much agree. And Pete is such a wonderful host.

[@EternalChampion435]

Mr Reid is one of my favorite guests, keep him on!

[@TranquilityFireReid]

Thank you! I love being on the show!

[@reducecotwo]

👍

[@bignosedarrel4270]

YES, I DONT CARE IM 15, THIS 15 YEAR OLD LOVES PROG!!!! Thanks Pete for this primer, I am in love with prog from U.K, America, wherever and theirs a few of these I haven't heard yet so thanks alot!😊

[@mikegrandcolas6402]

Welcome to the club Darrel. You’re always welcome here. Get ready to hear some incredible music. You won’t regret it.

[@bignosedarrel4270]

@@mikegrandcolas6402 Don't worry I won't and I haven't yet.. Im a fan of almost all rock and metal but prog will always be my favorite.. Tool, Camel and Pink Floyd are my three favorite bands all prog and I have went on a outstanding journey and i hope it's doesn't end any time soon!

[@TonyAMO]

Glad I'm not the only zoomer who enjoys prog! (19 yo btw)

[@mikegrandcolas6402]

@@TonyAMO I’m so happy that there is some hope for the future. I’m glad you guys are along for the ride.

[@andreijurca5546]

@@TonyAMO 16

[@LuchaLibertaria]

Welcome back Steven Reid! 🤘 My Top 20: 1- King Crimson - Larks Tongues In Aspic 2- UK - In The Dead Of Night 3- Yes - Close To The Edge 4- Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick 5- Genesis - Nursery Crymes 6- Peter Banks - Flash 7- Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 8- Wishbone Ash - Argus 9- Nektar - Remember The Future 10- Renaissance - Turn Of The Cards 11- Steve Hillage - Fish Rising 12- Beggars Opera - Waters Of Change 13- Barclay James Harvest - Once Again 14- Strawbs - Grave New World 15- Khan - Space Shanty 16- Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come - Kingdom Come 17- Marillion - Clutching At Straws 18- IQ - Subterranea 19- Jadis - More Than Meets The Eye 20- Threshold - Dead Reckoning

[@peteh7966]

Larks Tongues is my fave KC album. Love Steve Hillage too, been a fan for ages. A great list you put together there!

[@LuchaLibertaria]

@@peteh7966 Thank you Pete!

[@skallagrimr_kveldulfsson]

That Khan album is great!

[@SKarthikeyan75]

Good call with Space Shanty and Fish Rising :)

[@barriehull7076]

Barclay James Harvest - Once Again early 72 for 50p, a friend had it, but wanted rid!

[@paulmortimer4131]

I’m going to give some love to British composer who no one has mentioned Mike Oldfield tubular bells and Ommadawn prog rock the man to me is a genius very clever multi instrumentalist. My two favourite albums of the 70s mostly Autumn are a very good band passengers brilliant white rainbow and sight of day Really good show Pete and Steve

[@patrickcrowther9195]

My parents bought ‘Ommadawn’ when it came out and I grew up listening to it. It’s a wonderful record. ‘Hey and away we go...’

[@arbonne1805]

Yeah, I'd agree that either album you mentioned would be a good addition to an essential UK prog playlist.

[@timothyfuller4299]

Thank you

[@Shiveshpandey009]

Mike Oldfield is ❤️

[@marinhrabric6162]

He's album from 94 is phenomenal and underrated. The Songs of Distant Earth

[@stephanechamberland8486]

With Martin Popoff , Steven is my favorite guest ! Great episode !

[@ricklabonte6790]

great show Guys. I agree with it all. I consider Alan Parson Project, Pink Floyd and Supertramp definitely a Prog rock band

[@johnw706]

A nice selection of artists and albums . Thanks ! I would throw in : The Strawbs : Hero & Heroine , and Ghosts Alan Parsons : I Robot Moody Blues : On the Threshold of a Dream Camel : Rain Dances and Moonmadness Porcupine Tree : Deadwing Peter Gabriel : 1 : Car Emerson , Lake & Palmer : Tarkus and Trilogy Cheers !

[@garyjoyce2160]

Welcome again STEVEN!!👍💯always good stuff/ you and PETE

[@TranquilityFireReid]

Thanks again Gary!

[@garyjoyce2160]

@@TranquilityFireReid / well deserved! Love your style, passion, happy ways & definitely “ the accent ). Lol. Stay well my friend!!!✅💯

[@chiragchittar4179]

Wow this was excellent! Always a pleasure to hear Steve because of some of his unconventional choices and very convincing arguments (the reason why he picked muse, completely agree). In addition thanks for the fantasy recommendation and the England album. Should check it out! My top 20 in no particular order and one album per band Jethro tull-aqualung King crimson-in the court of the crimson king Yes-the yes album ELP-ELP Genesis-foxtrot Pink floyd-animals Camel-mirage Caravan-in the land of the grey and pink Steven wilson-the raven that refused to sing Cressida-asylum If-if 2 Traffic-john barleycorn must die T2-it'l work out in boomland Egg-egg Mike oldfield-tubular bells Nucleus-elastic rock Fruupp-modern masquerades Porcupine tree-in absentia Asgard-asgard Van de graaf generator-the least we can do is wave to each other

[@holydiver73]

In no particular order. Some bands are repeated, but they are, in my opinion, essential. 20 Genesis - Selling England by the Pound. 19 Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood 18 Caravan - Cunning Stunts 17 Yes - Fragile 16 Camel - Mirage 15 Marillion - Script for a Jester’s Tear 14 Asia - Asia 13 King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King 12 ELP - Tarkus 11 Genesis - Nursery Cryme 10 Yes - Close to the Edge 9 Gentle Giant - Octopus 8 Gryphon - Red Queen to Gryphon Three 7 Greenslade - Bedside Manners are Extra 6 Druid - Towards the Sun 5 Camel - Moonmadness 4 Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink 3 Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick 2 Genesis - Foxtrot 1 Yes - Going for the One I’d love to put Nektar - A tab in the ocean on this list, but they’re classed as a German band, even though they were all ex-pat Britishers.

[@richardsinger01]

Superb list. No 1 and No 4 would be very near the top for me too. In The Court of the Crimson King was my first introduction to prog (same for many I suppose) and I still love it..

[@wombatski100]

Good pick with Greenslade

[@justicelovingskunk9910]

I found that video strangely relaxing. Thanks. Some interesting picks as well. Here's my 20 (no band mentioned twice), stretching the def a bit... 20) Pink Floyd - Saucerful of Secrets 19) Jan Dukes de Grey - Mice and Rats in the Loft 18) The Beatles - Sergeant Pepper 17) The Crazy World of Arthur Brown 16) Fripp & Eno - No Pussyfooting 15) Roxy Music - s/t 14) The Pretty Things - SF Sorrow 13) Syd Barrett - Barrett 12) Caravan - If i could do it all over again i'd do it all over you 11) Hatfield and the North - Rotters Club 10) Yes - Fragile 9) King Crimson - Discipline 8) Gentle Giant - Acquiring the Taste 7) Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts 6) Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom 5) Kevin Ayers and the Whole World - Shooting at the Moon 4) Third Ear Band - s/t 3) Henry Cow - Unrest 2) The Soft Machine - s/t 1) Comus - First Utterance

[@scorpiorising3741]

Great show Pete and Steve. Can listen to you two all day!!

[@agitation-free]

Some of my prog(ish) UK favs: Gong - You Soft Machine - 2 Steve Hillage - Green The Incredible String Band - Hangman's Beautiful Daughter Anthony Phillips - The Geese And The Ghost Fripp And Eno - Evening Star Iggenbottom - Iggenbottom's Wrench

[@peteh7966]

+1 on The Incredible String Band, also Steve Hillage's Green, some very peaceful vibes on that album,

[@skallagrimr_kveldulfsson]

Love The Geese and the Ghost

[@diannecarpenter7718]

I love UK progressive rock!! Thank you guys for this video!! I appreciate it !!🎼🎤🎸🎵🥁

[@BenefitInKind]

This is such a good discussion. Probably the best USA/UK collaboration. Please do more with this team up, it's much appreciated.

[@massimobattaglioli6651]

The Lamb lies down on Broadway is a friggin’ masterpiece

[@Nitramessahc]

Renaissance is often overlooked, but definitely belongs here.

[@robertmcdougall3166]

Not a band at the time which caught my attention atthe time and never went to see them live but coming back to them years later, some of their work influenced many of today's bands. Turn of the Cards is a stunning album and nice to see it on the list.

[@sspbrazil]

Robert Wyatt’s solo work and Matching Mole are up there for the Canterbury scene as is Kevin Ayers solo work. Very quirky. Good stuff.

[@julianallcock9495]

Love these shows - I've missed so much music over the years! I would have put ELP higher, but fist-pumped when you BOTH pulled CTTE as your no.1 - one of the first albums I bought. I was brought up on classical music - for me, this masterpiece can sit happily alongside any of the classical greats.

[@Bill-py1fn]

An excellent bang up job guys! Nailed it.👍✌

[@Ft.Gagiano]

Thx for Mentioning The lamb lies down on broadway. Which these days get Undeservingly hate from critics. If Any new band do this albums concept in 2021. They be called Genuis.

[@peteh7966]

I can't see why it gets so much hate, just put it on, relax and go on a musical journey for an hour and a half :-)

[@craigbullock629]

Good job Pete. You perform a great service with this type of video. I'm in my late 60s so I grew up with all the classic prog. I like prog more now than I ever did. One of my kids is starting to get it now so this is a great tool to guide people on what to check out.

[@peteh7966]

I'm 61 and still finding new (old) prog to listen to!

[@robvickers2126]

Hi all. I m 68 and really happy to be discovering new prog music all the damn time.

[@peteh7966]

@@robvickers2126 Yeah, it's turning out to be pretty expensive :-) What's some of your latest discoveries, Rob?

[@robvickers2126]

Hi Pete. Yeah your right. I ve recently got into Gazpacho, Wobbler Abel Ganz and Aisles as well as catching with bands I d missed out on like Happy the Man, Cathedral ( Stained Glass Stories is an awesome album).

[@peteh7966]

@@robvickers2126 Hey Rob, got the Cathedral album a little while ago, great stuff. I'll check out some of those you mentioned. If you haven't yet, have a listen to Nightwinds, Eloy, Acqua Fragile, Illuvatar, Differences, Beyond, Starcastle and one of my favourites, an obscure Aussie band called Aleph, who had an album called Surface Tension back in the 70's. Missed out on a lot of stuff back in the day as it's was mainly the usual suspects who got exposure here in Australia (Yes, ELP, Tull et al), so have had a lot of catching up to do. Pete's videos have put me onto some fantastic bands, so am very thankful for that.

[@TheCornishCockney]

An absolute pleasure of a show fellas. Super familiar with most of your picks,but others unknown to me but will now check them out. Pete,since watching your shows,i'm getting 3 or 4 deliveries per week of CD's due to recommendations from you and your guests. Thank you for that.

[@ChilliCheezdog]

▲ 'Dark Side' gets my vote - as does 🐖 'Animals' - but I highly recommend the Peter Gabriel album that Steven loves so much. The track 'No Self Control' (featuring Kate Bush, Robert Fripp and Phil Collins) is amazing.

[@captainbeyond7469]

Another stellar show with the always entertaining Steven Reid. So many epic choices can’t argue with a single one. I would add a couple that are special to me on the British side of prog. 1- Chris Squire- Fish out of Water 2- Steve Hillage- Fish Rising 3- Steve Hillage- “L”

[@peteh7966]

That's interesting, I never thought of Steve Hillage as "prog", he just has that great "hippie" vibe, such a great guitarist and singer and as for Chris Squire, I have been collecting anything I get my hands on that has Chris playing on it and so far, three's not one album where Chris wasn't playing and singing at the top of his game, an absolute legend. Just got the 5.1 mix of Fish Out of Water, very tastefully done. I've known this album ever since it was released and this mix is revealing things to me I've never heard before!

[@captainbeyond7469]

@@peteh7966 Just ordered the Squire remix looking forward to diving in.

[@peteh7966]

@@captainbeyond7469 Recently pre-ordered Olias of Sunhillow from Cherry Red records, should be here mid-March, really looking forward to that one. Got The Yes Album, Fragile, CTTE, Topographic Oceans and Relayer in 5.1 also, great stuff.

[@captainbeyond7469]

@@peteh7966 Love the Anderson solo album had it on vinyl back in the day. Need to order that one thanks for jogging my memory. 👊

[@peteh7966]

@@captainbeyond7469 No worries, I had all the solo albums back in the day, even Alan's "Ramshackled", which is pretty good, althugh in no way a prog masterpiece :-)

[@IAmisMaster]

CTTE got me through my freshman year of college and all those early morning traveling and waits. “I get uuuuup, I get dooooown.”

[@m053168]

Brilliant Stuff as always Steven!!! gotta love the Pallas The Sentinel inclusion!!! My list (yeah its 21 not 20....ok 22) Arena - The Visitor King Crimson - Red King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King Genesis - Foxtrot Genesis - Live Jethro Tull - The Minstrel in the Gallery Pink Floyd - Wish You were Here UK - UK Yes - Close to the Edge Camel - Mirage Camel - Live Record (The Snow Goose best version) Marillion - Clutching at Straws Van Der Graaf Generator - H to the He, Who Am the Only One Gentle Giant - Octupus Gentle Giant - Free Hand IQ - Ever IQ - The Road of Bones Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn Steve Hackett - The Voyage of the Acolyte Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden Radiohead - Kid A Steven Wilson - Hand.Cannot.Erase

[@TranquilityFireReid]

Great list Christopher!

[@m053168]

Thanks Steven!

[@robertmcdougall3166]

Great to see someone else appreciates Arena 'The Visitor' and IQ 'Road of Bones' both would be on my list.

[@m053168]

@@robertmcdougall3166 Thanks Robert, Arena and IQ were my gateway bands that got me into prog in the first place, The Visitor and Ever totally blew me away when I first heard them.

[@connerstines1578]

A good lesser known one is Hero And Heroine by the Strawbs. Criminally underrated band, one of my favorites.

[@knightvisioniixv]

I love The Strawbs. Agree, very underrated.

[@mikegrandcolas6402]

Great selection, one of the best.

[@peteh7966]

Ghosts, an absolute classic!

[@powrnap]

Great choices. If we’re gonna include quasi prog like Alan Parsons, Moody Blues, and Supertramp, we should consider ELO (particularly Eldorado) and Roxy Music (particularly Siren).

[@terryparkin6121]

Damn right ELO's Eldorado for sure.Great prog rock album.

[@greghansell5115]

Totally agree with you on ELO - even 'Face the Music' & 'On the Third Day' would be worthy prog rock listens...

[@mattshaw5179]

Great video, as always!! Let's give this ago!! In no particular order, Jade Warrior - last autumn's dream Pink Floyd - wish you where here Anathema - weather systems It Bites - big lad in the windmill Marillion - fugazi Yes - the yes album The nice - the thoughts of emerlist davjack Man - be good to yourself... Ultrasound - everything picture Genesis - foxtrot Jethro tull - aqualung King crimson - in the court of the crimson king Porcupine tree - in absentia Wishbone ash - wishbone ash Mike Oldfield - tubular bells Iq - are you sitting comfortably? Ozric tentacles - erpland Manfred Mann's earth band - roaring silence Family - music in a doll's House Crippled black phoenix - (mankind) the crafty ape. Some may argue that some of these aren't Prog, but I don't care!!

[@shaunogle530]

Wonderful show. You both make the albums sound so fresh across the decades with your passion. Chapeau.

[@michaelbenz8092]

I love it! Close to the Edge is # 1. Lots of other great picks, too. I have nothing to add.

[@knightvisioniixv]

Excluding my No. 1, I couldn't possibly rank these. Just some random faves (one album per artist): 1. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Pictures at an Exhibition 2. King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic 3. Genesis - Nursery Cryme 4. Gentle Giant - In a Glass House 5. Yes - Relayer 6. Renaissance - Turn of the Cards 7. Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink 8. The Strawbs - Bursting at the Seams 9. Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts 10. Procol Harum - A Salty Dog 11. Soft Machine - Third 12. Camel - Songs Inspired by The Snow Goose 13. Henry Cow - Western Culture 14. Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery 15. Pink Floyd - Animals

[@peteh7966]

You have impeccable taste (very similar to mine LOL).

[@lazarossamaras4427]

Fantasy - Paint the picture is the debut. UK Classics, well, there are more of course Genesis -Selling England by the pound Genesis - A trick of the tail Pink Floyd - Wish you were here Pink Floyd - The dark side of the moon Gentle Giant - Octopus YES - Fragile KING CRIMSON - Red JETHRO TULL - Thick as a brick CAMEL - Moonmadness MARILLION - Clutching at straws PALLAS - The sentinel PENDRAGON - Not of this world IQ - Subterranea PORCUPINE TREE - In absentia GALAHAD - Sleepers

[@stevescott2903]

Brilliant show guys. Love the way you played off of one another with the North American perspective from Pete to the more modern post-rock-progressive perspective from the UK.

[@MrFrikkenfrakken]

Excellent show Steven and Pete. My picks; 'For All We Shared' Mostly Autumn, 'A Song For All Seasons' Renaissance, 'Tubular Bells' Mike Oldfield, 'Avalon' Roxy Music, 'Starless and Bible Black' King Crimson, 'Trilogy' ELP, 'Meddle' Pink Floyd.

[@frankpentangeli8104]

On Games Without Frontiers, the woman sings "Jeux Sans Frontières", which is the French translation of "Games Without Frontiers".

[@skallagrimr_kveldulfsson]

That woman is no other than Kate Bush, BTW

[@mikeprofo2328]

There was a program on British TV in the 70s called It's a Knockout, the French version was called Jeux Sans Frontieres, so I recognised what she was singing the first time I heard it. Also I learnt some French at school.

[@Daniel-415-Ponce]

Similar to how a female background vocalist (Perri Lister) can be heard singing, "Les yeux sans visage," in the Billy Idol hit song "Eyes Without a Face." I have to wonder if Idol borrowed the concept from Gabriel.

[@TbsDltn]

indeed

[@anthonycampbell8420]

Great show guys. Glad to see Muse getting mentioned. IMO, Absolution is one of their best albums

[@blackcatcentralmusic]

I agree with most of Pete's choices but I learned about albums to investigate from Steven. For a person approaching progressive rock for the first time, Pete's list is the one I recommend. I have different choices for my "favorite" albums and the "essential" albums for first time listeners. For example, "Close To the Edge" is "essential" Yes but my "favorite" is "Relayer". Now as a seasoned progressive rock fan I need to check out some albums from Steven's list.

[@ukrocksounds3419]

Love to see Niamh the prog nerd on this channel, her Yes vinyl collection is stunning. A young woman so passionate and knowledgable about Prog.

[@brianschleede5859]

I am also been watching Niamh’s channel. I would like to see her and Pete do a show together.

[@johnmichaelwilliams6694]

Saved this for Sunday morning viewing over breakfast and coffee since I knew a list of this would be needed. Always a pleasure to see Steven in the co-captain chair and this program was a distinct highlight of the recent increase in prog programs on the channel. Before watching, only expected to be familiar with a few of your choices but was surprised to be familiar with almost half of them. But the show perfectly served a purpose to drive my interest to seek new albums for listening and perhaps give another chance to some dismissed in the far past. And though Thick As A Brick might be my personal favorite to such a list, Close To The Edge is always slipping in and out of that spot. Looking forward to the post-90 show you two are planning. Thanks again, gents, for devoting so much of your time to make such an enjoyable and informative program.

[@TranquilityFireReid]

Thanks John! Glad you enjoyed the show and that it inspired some new listening.

[@NickBR57]

Good to see Caravan in there. I loved them from my school days in the early seventies. One of the best bands I saw live at ujniversity. Have them all and love many of them

[@bgbe7119]

Another fine show and a few more honourable additions to my playlists. Sea of Tranquility, especially the two-handers with Martin Popoff and Steven Reid, has been great company in lockdown insanity.

[@johnnycashlives316]

Pete thank you so much for what you do. Love your channel.

[@jydymyyyr9630]

I'm not a prog fan outside of Pink Floyd and some Yes, but listening to this show makes me want to do a little more research. Thanks for making this interesting and expanding my musical experience. Steven is a great co-host!

[@TranquilityFireReid]

Thanks Jydy. Glad you enjoyed the show! Hope you like the music you discover!

[@mdlatham]

pete thanks for the videos and all your effort. they make my day. im watching SOT videos more than TV now LOL!

[@dtltmtgt]

Have to say your comments on Lamb Lies Down were perfect.

[@deanjonasson6776]

Quality episode! A great balance of old & new, classic & obscure, dark & light. Good to see many of my favourites mentioned but I now have a list of artists to add to my prog collection. The best part for me was the respectful interaction between Steven and Pete; their genuine surprise at some of the choices and the confirmation that followed. Looking forward to further explorations.

[@jason-budney7624]

I love me some UK prog, and what a perfect show! Picks that I know very well, others that I need to listen to again, and best of all some new albums to check out. Thanks Pete & Steve.

[@electricshock3266]

Wow, so great to hear Comus mentioned. Love that album. Was lucky enough to see them live 8 years ago, Diana was nightmarish! Unsettling in the way the Wicker Man is.

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

That Comus album is amazing, thanks for the recommendation. You guys could do another one of these videos, honorable mentions maybe.

[@davidbourne6478]

Now you need to make a video on must hear US/ Canada prog albums ✌🏽

[@patrickcrowther9195]

I’m not going to choose anything too obscure as I’m no expert on Prog. Five I’d recommend... Robert Wyatt - *Rock Bottom* Yes - *The Yes Album* King Crimson - *Discipline* Genesis - *Selling England by the Pound* Supertramp - *Crime of the Century*

[@andytudor6517]

Superb show. A lot I've got, and some of these have been getting me through lockdown especially exploring Genesis atm. Now ive got some more albums to check out!

[@tedkay_music]

Rain-Singularity Yes-Drama Yes-Fragile Yes-Close to the edge King Crimson-In the court of the crimson king Pink Floyd-Animals Genesis-Invisible touch Genesis-Genesis 1980 The Alan Parsons Project-I robot The Alan Parson project-eve Supertramp-Crime of the century

[@rightchordleadership]

Invisible Touch a prog album? 😆

[@tedkay_music]

@@rightchordleadership Yep

[@marcoscuervo2002]

Yes i love All this récords but i wouldnt put invisible touch and close to The edge In The same league

[@tedkay_music]

@@marcoscuervo2002 ok

[@marcoscuervo2002]

@@tedkay_music lol

[@csabacsernak7445]

Hi Pete! Do you like british AOR band FM? Do you ranked FM albums, maybe with Steven, if he like too? Great duo!

[@kostasmad1431]

The last 3 albums of Talk Talk should be there...

[@BassGoBomb]

Spirit of Eden ... is AMAZING .. :-)

[@shaunsmith3538]

Great shout 👍

[@Gedsparrow81]

Ah i see you're a man of culture as well

[@andydio1964]

I agree with you 100%

[@aqualung4359]

The Colour of Spring is a lovely album, Mark Hollis was a great writer and musician, sadly missed.

[@johnhenfrey5936]

Really good show, let’s hope for a part 2 at least, of the more obscure bands. Steven not sure we do sneer at prog rock here in the u.k. after all we have a glossy magazine called Prog that gets published, so someone must be buying here in the u.k.

[@TranquilityFireReid]

Good point John, I was referring to more of the mainstream view towards prog, but didn't really make that very clear. Thanks for watching!

[@ImprobableTodd]

Buying Prog Magazine here in Petaluma, CA too. The North Bay has an eclectic rock heritage after all...

[@johnhenfrey5936]

@@ImprobableTodd really glad to hear it Todd. If we all keep buying it, no chance of it stopping been published.

[@resistor27]

I buy it in Duluth Minnesota!

[@leekemp7383]

I’d class Mansun and their album six as great Modern prog album.

[@MartyMurray]

I love the early Alan Parsons Project albums, and "Tales Of Mystery" is probably my favourite. The backup musicians on that album were mainly California proggers (at the time) Ambrosia, and the British band Pilot.

[@Fresh-tw7ev]

Just listening to the great three albums of APP last night.

[@petesawchuk]

And in fitting cross-pollination, the 1st 2 Alan Parsons-produced Ambrosia albums [“Ambrosia “ and “Somewhere I’ve Never Travelled”] are some of the best American prog - actually, some of the best prog, period - ever.

[@Fresh-tw7ev]

@@petesawchuk “Holdin’ On” is a superb song.

[@wombatski100]

Do love Pyramid. Was waiting at the airport in Madeira some years ago and Eye in the Sky was playing which was a tad odd. I think I was the only person singing along

[@SomeSong2]

Some of my picks Oceansize: Self Preserved While the Bodies Float Up It Bites: The Big Lad In the Windmill Gentle Giant: In a Glass House Pink Floyd: Meddle Muse: Absolution The Dream Academy: self titled

[@katesjanice]

Rick Wakeman is not the only master composer rather than songwriter. Kerry Livgren falls in that category too. A brilliant orchestrator.

[@joeking5310]

Fantasy beyond the beyond, great start, but different sleeve to my vinyl copy. Paint a picture was their first. Comus first utterance another great choice. I bought it in the late 70's because of the album cover not knowing what it was, and never regretted it. Peter Gabriel - jeux sans frontiere, or, in English, It's a knockout, was a huge international game show in Europe in the 70's. Brilliant and hilarious.

[@paulelliott3220]

Amplifier - The Octopus is awesome, great band Porcupine Tree - Deadwing and others are brilliant Radiohead - OK Computer Camel - Moonmadness Yes - The Yes Album ELP - Trilogy Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells Wishbone Ash - Argus Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Asia - Asia ... nice rundown

[@tonyhonour665]

England are very definitely on my list. The band played a wonderful set at Fusion 2 in 2019. Pallas are a great choice, I would add Pendragon, IQ, Solstice and Comedy of Errors as well.

[@brooklyniron1999]

Pete's enthusiasm, generosity and knowledge are a mood booster.

[@robvickers2126]

Hi Pete. A great hours listen, both you and Steven obviously have a great knowledge and passion for the music. Great to hear Fantasy and Comus discussed and England getting a mention. Have you listened to Gracious much. a bit messy in places but when it hits the spot it's terrific.

[@paulsimister944]

When I do my list, This is Gracious! will probably appear.

[@robvickers2126]

Hi Paul. Good choice. I like the first 3 tracks of the first album a lot but the other 2 only in parts. This is Gracious a much better album in total for me.

[@agitation-free]

Love that Comus album! Great pick!

[@michelleangers342]

Enjoyed this video so much! Thank you and Steven too.

[@wagstaff6135]

Great episode. I guessed you'd both converge on the no. 1 before I started, LOL. I was surprised Martin and Pete didn't when they did a similar theme.... I love it both ways. This is a good journey.

[@davidjb1701]

I just love the shows with Pete and Steve. You love all the bands I do. Keep them coming

[@darrellbevacqua3871]

Great show again. Steven Reid is the best!

[@TranquilityFireReid]

Thanks Darrell!

[@Pinerocks]

I would have included Mike Oldfield, probably Ommadawn

[@DrOz-007]

More folk than anything else, but one of the best albums of the 70s.

[@molotulo8808]

Germany's "Eloy", who came out in '71 yet put out their latest album in 2019 with "The Vision, the Sword and the Pyre part 2" and... Nektar whose first album in 1971 yet releasing "The Other Side" in 2020!!! Both still recording!

[@DavysFlicks]

Great lists! Take a shot every time Fripp or Bruford shows up though. Or every time Steven says "it has to be said.." or "I have to say" ;)

[@julesb4887]

Thanks guys, that was so interesting. Totally agree with your top pick. I loved it when it first came out and still play it now.

[@ejc636]

Brilliant guys been waiting for this gem. Thanks Mr Reid also.

[@virtualsignals1215]

This actually worked really well with Pete choosing the true classics and the guest choosing slightly different, more "modern" classics. Great video again. I loved it. (and own all the albums except for that Fantasy one which I will now track down).

[@MartyMurray]

Thank you for picking Renaissance, Pete. I saw them play live for that album, at Convocation Hall at the University of Toronto, and then I saw them at Massey Hall, also in Toronto, for the Scheherazade tour. Really great band live. Big favourites of mine. You guys have picked a bunch of albums I'm going to check out, some by bands I don't even know, and some that I just never really got around to listening to. Thanks so much for this show!

[@petesawchuk]

Agreed, extra points for including Renaissance. Saw them during a 4-night run in March 1978 @ New York’s City Center on the “A Song For All Seasons” tour. Some of the best live singing I’ve ever heard. Annie Haslam downstage right, barefoot in a floor-length light blue gown, charmingly giggling between songs. Unforgettable.

[@MartyMurray]

@@petesawchuk And she designed and made all of her onstage dresses herself!

[@petesawchuk]

@@MartyMurray Somehow that doesn't surprise me! A dear friend and occasional bandmate of mine who sadly passed a few years ago, David Keyes, played bass in Renaissance through the 2000s. He couldn't say enough great things about her. Having survived breast cancer herself, Annie was a huge help to him in his long battle with leiomyosarcoma. Two great souls that got to play music together!

[@jorgeenriquezarategomero9750]

1.Close to the Edge 2.In the court of Crimson King 3.Acqualung 4.Emerson,Lake and Palmer (1st) 5.Yes the album 6.Crime of century 7.Thick as a brick 8.Trilogy 9.Fragile 10.Selling England by pounds 11.Benefit 12.Tarkus 13.Heavy horses 14. Larges Aspics in tongues 15. Relayer

[@cuzididat]

Yep! This is a great channel. Lots of fun, and the topics are interesting.

[@simond1574]

1. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound 2. King Crimson - In the court of the Crimson King 3. Yes - Close to the edge 4. Marillion - Clutching at Straws 5. Porcupine Tree - In Absentia 6. Pink Floyd - Wish you were here 7. Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings 8. Marillion - Brave 9. IQ - Subterranea 10.Genesis - Foxtrott 11.Supertramp - Crime of the Century 12.Fish - Raingods with Zippos 13.Anathema - Weather Systems 14.Pendragon - Love over Fear 15.Yes - Going for the one 16.Big Big Train - English Electric 17.Jethro Tull - Aqualung 18.Gentle Giant Aquiring The Taste 19.T2 - It'll all work out in Boomland 20.Steve Hackett - Darktown 21.Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed 22.King Crimson - Lizard

[@if6wuzz9]

Brilliant list there!

[@SomeSong2]

Great call on Origin of Symmetry. Totally unexpected but a wallop of an album.

[@danbretherton]

You’ve done it again! Comus is brilliant

[@mikegrandcolas6402]

This is why I like your channel so much... I was a teenager in the 70’s and music was and has been my hobby since then. Thought I’d heard most everything and then you show me a group called Fantasy. Started listening to the album and was blown away. Great suggestion. Thanks.

[@peteh7966]

Got Paint a Picture and Beyond the Beyond recently on Discogs, great stuff.

[@peteh7966]

You should try some of Eloy's albums if you haven't already and check out Nightwinds too. Acqua Fragile Illuvatar Differences - The Voyage Cathedral - Stained Glass Stories. Sooooo much music - so little time (and money).

[@mikegrandcolas6402]

Thanks for the tip on nightwinds. I really appreciate it and will check them out. I am familiar with and have a collection of Eloy. Good point about so much music and so little time and money. I’ve got the time (I hope) but after retirement I have to be a little more careful about the money. Thanks again.

[@TranquilityFireReid]

Great to hear that you like it Mike. Thanks for watching!

[@peteh7966]

@@mikegrandcolas6402 Ahhhh retirement, it's so good, fishing every day and now I have plenty of time to listen to and collect more music, it is expensive, but don't forget, you can't take it with you :-)

[@peteygemini60]

Great episode and more Steve 👍

[@patrickcrowther9195]

Muse aren’t just playing arenas, they’re playing stadiums! They did two nights at Wembley Stadium in 2007. Pretty amazing considering the style of music they play. I’m not a fan personally, but they must be doing something right as they are HUGE. Just one thing - no ‘Love Beach’?! Surely some mistake...

[@robertmcdougall3166]

Some absolutely great selections from both you gents. So thrilled to see Camel’s Mirage on the list, one of my all-time favourites. Great to see Atomic Rooster’s Death Walks Behind You, another of my favourites but have it categorised as ‘Rock’. So many many great albums.

[@TheHarold1966]

Pallas cd The Sentinel is indeed a masterpiece from 1984. The artwork is actually by Patrick Woodroffe and not by Rodney Matthews. Woodroffe also did the Greenslade cd Time and Tide which is also great. Rodney Matthews is known for the artwork on the Asia cd Aqua.

[@mvunit3]

And Magnum ;) One of my fave Album Illustrators along with Roger Dean (who Rodney, gets mistaken for as well). I bought the debut Pallas album as a blind purchase, it was Patrick's art that had me buy it, I was NOT disappointed, one of my fave Prog Rock albums (was able to get the limited edition "Mini-Album CD" as well with the entire "Atlantis Suite"). I also own Greenslade's "Pentateuch of the Cosmogony" on Lp/Book that took decades to find at a long gone record store, and by _accident_ found the CD version about 12 years ago :). Sad note: Patrick died a "week" before H.R. Giger . . . rest in peace :(.

[@TheHarold1966]

@@mvunit3 I have also in my lp collection David Greenslade his first album and the second one Pentateuch of the Cosmogony. Sad news about the passing away of Patrick Woodroffe and H.R. Giger. He is famous of the Emerson, Lake & Palmer album Brain Salad Surgery from 1973.

[@manuelper]

Origin of Symmetry getting some love! Wow, I'm impressed. I consider OoS their best album and top to bottom, their most 'prog', though they hit prog elements and some tracks in other releases, this is the album if you want a more prog-Muse.

[@eduardocalvo9631]

What a show!!! Steven is my kind of guy. Anyone who has the guts of picking a Hogarth era album as his No. 1 pick is potential BFF material. Today FEAR is my no. 1 Marillion album. No worries, Clutching is my No. 2. Got the Royal Albert Hall Blu-ray and the studio vinyl. Looking forward to the post 90's show. I submit that the second golden era of prog began in the nineties and is still going strong today (The Absolute Universe anyone?).

[@jeremybravo9345]

Love the progressive rock primer 20+ must hear albums to have in collection. Could you do the same thing, but for southern rock?

[@thedarkwizardroom]

Good video. Steven gave me things to check out I missed along the way with Fantasy and Pallas and Steven Wilson. Need to listen and get in music collection then. It was only a few years ago when I discovered Eloy which I missed and probably past in the 90's like Pete was pointing out could have been where I thought Genesis Yes King Crimson ELP etc and bands heard I grew up with still were going forward with material that didn't notice the other prog music I must hear and have. Cheers.

[@terryjohnson5275]

A great selection of essential albums from whichto expand and inspired choice having Steven Reid as co-captain. I dont have the Comus or Fantasy but both are on Spotify and Deezer so have streamed them. Fantasy sounds like the kind of really good prog album from a band in the last ten to twenty years referencing bands of the 70's - its a real shame I havent heard of them until now and that they never took off back in the 70's. Comus sounds like the bastard son of King Crimson and Jethro Tull with a hint of Bernard Lanzetti on vocals and while some of the music sounds quite lovely and very relaxing the lyrics are something else indeed - I mean where do you get the inspiration to write something like Drip Drip from! I doubt I'll add them to my collection but will definitely stream them both again. As for the are they arent they or is it or isnt it prog - if its great music does it matter? I think Tull are prog in the same way Rush are in that they didnt stick to one type of music for more than maybe a couple of albums. Muse are definitely prog to me. Nice to see the Alan Parsons Project album in there as well, as its a great album and also features as did a number of Alan Parson's output, one of my favourite British artists, John Miles on guitar and vocals. And if they and Supertramp are in there I do think that , even as an honourable mention, Barclay James Harvest should be there too - I'd pick Octoberon though you could also go to their first live album or Once Again - they lost a lot, if not all their proggyness after Wooly Wolstenholme left although they still produced some great music, as does John Lees' version of BJH today. As for Rick Wakeman - I agree that his output was patchy from 1984 up to the recent Red Planet - Return to the Centre of the Earth and Out There were pretty good though.

[@resistor27]

BJH, I agree

[@billstevens9686]

Thoroughly enjoyed this. While watching I compiled my own list which, unsurprisingly, included quite a few you chose. Notable exceptions to me were Chris Squire's Fish Out Of Water, Greatest Show On Earth's Horizons & Sgt Pepper.

[@molotulo8808]

My first concert ever was YES, but the opening band was Gryphon. Gryphon was actually the first band I ever saw in concert (1974)but it took till 2017 when I was able to buy 'Red Queen to Gryphon Three"! It was a 100% instrumental! Awesome album, awesome band!

[@vincentbrightling1686]

Great to see Discipline included. It's never sounded like progressive rock to me but I could care less. It's stunning.

[@tonypeake467]

Adore Discipline. Belew, Fripp, Levin + Bruford, awesome.

[@Daniel-415-Ponce]

I consider the trilogy of albums that Crimson did with Adrian Belew in the early 80's to be new wave prog rock.

[@vincentbrightling1686]

@@Daniel-415-Ponce Probably. Just great music far as I'm concerned - whatever people call it.

[@einarassipavicius1991]

1. Van der Graaf Generator - Godbluff (Pawn Hearts is also killer, but this one is my all time favorite album) 2. King Crimson - Red 3. Camel - Mirage 4. Pink Floyd - Animals 5. Peter Hammill - The Silent Corner And The Empty Stage 6. U.K. - U.K. 7. Gentle Giant - In a Glass House 8. Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come - Journey (very underrated gem) 9. Yes - Relayer 10. Supertramp - Crime of the Century 11. Caravan - Waterloo Lily (Nine Feet Underground is legendary, but jazzier Caravan is even better for me) 12. Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet 13. Soft Machine - Third 14. Genesis - Selling England By The Pound (Foxtrot is as equally good for me) 15. Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (this one somehow spoke to me more than Thick As A Brick) 16. Wishbone Ash - Argus 17. Marillion - Script For A Jester's Tear 18. Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Solar Fire 19. Hawkwind - Warrior On The Edge of Time (somehow less and less people consider Hawkwind as prog, such a shame) 20. Gryphon - Red Queen To Gryphon Three (now that's a progressive folk album!)

[@unchattytwit]

Best show I've seen so far on SOT- joyous. We have to have another show with second albums by the bands then maybe third best album! Mostly one album for each of the great bands, in no particular ranking and 24 albums: Camel - Camel; Genesis - Foxtrot / lamb Lies Down On Broadway; Yes - Yes Album/ Fragile / Close to The Edge; King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King/ Lark's Tongue in Aspic/ Starless / Red; Jethro Tull - Aqualung / Thick As A Brick; Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon; Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom; Van Der Graaf Generator - Godbluff; Wishbone Ash - Argus; Peter Hammill - The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage; Van Der Graaf Generator - Godbluff; Gentle Giant - Octopus/ In A Glass House; Caravan - In The Land of Grey and Pink; Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells; Gong - Camembert Electrique; Steve Hackett Spectral Mornings