Ten Albums That Changed The World

[@jeffschielka7845]

Hey Scot! So much music, so little time!!!👍☮️👑🐍🙏😎

[@TheProgCorner]

I know, right??

[@jeffschielka7845]

​@@TheProgCorner👍😎

[@Matias-music-71]

bingo

[@bobsala7780]

All the albums that immediately sprang to my mind for this topic are ones you gave honorable mentions to.

[@TheProgCorner]

Nice!!!!

[@gorancabrajic3240]

Great list , glad you mentioned Änglagård. Cheers my friend.

[@TheProgCorner]

Had to!!!

[@doscwolny2221]

I will have to get back to this. Im not sure that i agree with 7 out of 10. Anyway i enjoyed your vid as per usual.

[@TheProgCorner]

7out of 10 ain’t bad.

[@danielfuentes3226]

Awesome picks Scot of albums that changed the world.I agree that Sgt Pepper by the Beatles should be no. 1 it did change everything,but my personal opinion "A Kind of Blue " by Miles Davis change the history of jazz.

[@TheProgCorner]

Absolutely!!!

[@danielfuentes3226]

@TheProgCorner ✌

[@CloseToTheEdge-Prog]

Interesting top 10, I wouldn't agree with a lot of it Scot but that's the beauty of us all, we all hear music differently. Great video as usual from the prog master Scot.

[@TheProgCorner]

Not my favorite albums - just some influential one!!!

[@CloseToTheEdge-Prog]

@@TheProgCorner Yes, they were influential, the album that influenced Sg Peppers was Freak Out by Frank Zappa. Zappa for me is the most influential artist of them all.

[@Mister_Jahn]

@@CloseToTheEdge-Prog yes, he made Hendrix possible. It was an exciting time of artists pushing boundaries... Another off Scotts list, I got a surprise drum lesson from THE Joe Morello.... I was like sir, I'm really a guitarist who just started playing drums some this year... But he was cool and said, "we won't hold that against you." He then switched me from matched grip to traditional. Been that way since. He was very encouraging.

[@paulcollins5586]

The Pistols arrived with a bang.

[@TheProgCorner]

They sure did!!!

[@celestindupilon2773]

Hi Scot, what always strikes me is the bandwidth of your musical taste! It's just mindblowing!

[@TheProgCorner]

I worked in a record store through the eighties!!!! That helped!!!

[@SomniRespiratoryFlux]

Maybe it didn't change how music was written, but the first Boston album certainly left a mark in how music production was done, and I'd say that's worth at least an honorable mention. And while it isn't the first rock opera (or for my money particularly close to the best), but The Wall certainly left a mark on the sheer ambition on display, with the movie and the stage show from the tour. There's a reason it's so well remembered, even if it's not my favorite Floyd album.

[@TheProgCorner]

The first Boston album is a great call.

[@RobertsOnMyTurntable]

Excellent list Scott. So diverse. Love it

[@TheProgCorner]

Thank you, sir!!! U Da Man!!!

[@TFTO1973]

Man, what a great list. But what sticks most in my head is, 'The Yes Album'

[@TheProgCorner]

I almost included it…

[@SpookyLuvCookie]

enjoyed your honourable mentions and the list itself. the ending, however, I did not expect. you're quite bonkers aren't you? love and light

[@TheProgCorner]

I’m insane. It checks out!!! Thanks for watching all the way until the end…

[@SpookyLuvCookie]

@TheProgCorner Unsane

[@morrisgautreau6704]

I cannot argue about that list! Sounds right to me!

[@JojoFryrocks]

Great list Scot, lots of food for thought there. I think I would have added Van Halen, which kicked off the entire hair metal phenomenon of the 80s 🎸🤘🏻

[@TheProgCorner]

I agree!!!! And the first Metallica too. I put this episode together In literally 15 minutes so I knew I was going to forget a few!!!!! 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️🤪🤪🤪

[@ilabelle1]

It’s a topic and a half. I’m gonna make the world a whole lot smaller. A resident of one. You’ve hit on a lot of touchstone albums that crossover onto my extended list. After all these years Scot you probably have a vague idea of where I’m gonna go. The albums that changed me and my life that I’ve mentioned on numerous occasions. So without further ado: 01. The White Album 02. Blood on the Tracks 03. Meddle 04. Close to the Edge 05. The Lamb Lies Down 06. Stratosfear 07. The Hurting 08. Plastic Ono Band 09. Machine Head 10. Zappa in New York Of course I could go on endlessly but the above albums all had a profound impact on me and shaped my taste in music. They are the albums that I cannot live without.

[@TheProgCorner]

Tears For Fears!!!! Awesome!!!

[@ilabelle1]

@ TFF are great and The Hurting is a masterpiece.

[@LuisGarcia-ee2tr]

My list, in no particular order: # Beggars Banquet - Stones # Dark side of the Moon - Floyd # Who's Next - The Who # Led Zeppelin Ii # Machine Head - Deep Purple # Black Sabbath (debut) # Fragile - Yes # Stand Up - J. Tull

[@TheProgCorner]

Awesome!!!

[@OliverWalker1978]

I couldn't agree more with this list, and what an eclectic list it is! Pepper happens to be my all-time favorite album (but that's beside the point).

[@TheProgCorner]

Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite

[@johnbellamy3406]

And super well done for including Never Mind the Bollocks. So often overlooked but they changed the world.

[@TheProgCorner]

Absolutely!!!!

[@flyer5347]

Great video Scot! A bit random, but have you listened to anything from Nick Drake? Only 3 albums, all of which are masterpieces in my view . Very sad life story, he deserved more.

[@TheProgCorner]

I love all three Nick Drake albums!!!!

[@shipsahoy1793]

you're very entertaining man, you could've been a comedian also😉. .. In the Court of the Crimson King probably changed my life lol but so did artists like Mies, Brubeck, and the Beatles. Enjoying my Dad's jazz came before the glory days of Rock. The rock of the 50s was nothing to me compared to the jazz scene in the 50s. A lot of the jazz albums back then were recorded close to where I lived at the time! I started to embrace rock in the mid 60s. I think the Beatle albums rubber soul and revolver changed my mind about how I felt about pop music as a kid.

[@TheProgCorner]

Revolver was my first true love.

[@shipsahoy1793]

@@TheProgCorner 😎👍👍 I appreciate the commentary, keep on rocking, man!🍻👨🏻

[@cloudstrife8833]

Amazing t-shirt scott

[@kellywann3794]

Fantastic video!

[@markspooner1224]

Great selection, everybody will have their opinion, I'm happy to stick with yours (for today).

[@TheProgCorner]

Why thank you!!!!

[@bhidtrSw.65qqhwtsloUtDeklbne15]

Well done. Those obscure albums that we don’t normally think about were actually good choices for influential albums.👍

[@TheProgCorner]

THANK YOU!!!!!!

[@aminahmed2220]

What is the fantastic video 3have awesome day Scot also today is my half older brother birthday ❤😊

[@TheProgCorner]

Okay!! Thank you!!!

[@NelsonMontana1234]

Good list.. You forgot the first Black Sabbath, Close to the Edge and Amy Whineshouse.

[@TheProgCorner]

Black Sabbath s/t was in my Honorable Mentions!!!

[@NelsonMontana1234]

@@TheProgCorner Ah, sorry I missed that! Good man. LOL

[@paulcollins5586]

J. M .Jarre OXYGENE Still sounds futuristic. Great List. Classics.

[@TheProgCorner]

Good call.

[@stevenhicks6660]

Any list that has ANY Beach boys album higher than Pink Floyd is BLASPHEMY 😂😂😂😂.... still the Best PROG channel on KZbin 👍💯💥

[@TheProgCorner]

It’s not based on quality!!!!! Just impact and yeah - I felt bad leaving TDSOTM off the list!!!!

[@jhillst]

Without Pet Sounds, there likely would not have been Dark Side of the Moon.

[@TheProgCorner]

Or Sgt Pepper

[@johnbellamy3406]

Well done for including Hybris!

[@TheProgCorner]

It had to be included!!!!

[@stukevideo]

Good list! Remember that Poor King Chuckie lost his wife years ago, and she was a real dish.

[@BlindArthurBlake]

Now wait a minute, I play 78's still sometimes. I even have Blind Willie Johnson - Motherless Children Have A Hard Time on 78

[@TheProgCorner]

I just bought a bunch of 78s!!!

[@diegogustavocastro7039]

Impeccable !!!👌

[@TheProgCorner]

Thank you very much!!!

[@terrymtbnurse4760]

Metallica, Kill em' All. Changed everything. Created a new culture and I was they to experience it all.

[@sergiikhovanskyi5127]

Hello from Ukraine. Cheers, nice top 10

[@TheProgCorner]

🇺🇦❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇦

[@NothingLikeVinyl]

Great list! I think that Van Halen's debut album marked a "before" and an "after" in ths history of electric guitar. It should be in the list in my opinion.

[@TheProgCorner]

A good call.

[@stewarttiley9683]

Ramones Debut! Any Kraftwerk album!!! Jean Michel Jarre Oxygene! Sabbath debut! Bee Gee’s Saturday Night Fever! Tubular Bells!?! Bauhaus debut! The Cure’s P word album! Come on man!!! I still love your channel!!!

[@TheProgCorner]

Ramones, Kraftwerk and Sabbath made my Honorable Mentions!!!

[@BrockwaysVinylBytes]

Yay!!! 😃🤘

[@TheProgCorner]

Cody!!!!

[@benavich8]

So hard to come up with a top 10 like this...great picks there. I would put in the first Montrose debut LP from 1973.....one of the most influential hard rock LP's ever, especially in the US.

[@TheProgCorner]

What a great album!!!!!

[@benavich8]

@TheProgCorner "Been a long education, but my homework is done, I'm gonna Rock the Nation......."

[@markmaxwell1013]

Days Of Future Passed? Too classical? Glad you put some jazz in there!

[@Prog-t9d]

Huge fan of Miles Davis. He had a very prog phase during his electric era. Great list.

[@TheProgCorner]

I appreciate that!!!

[@volkerbaaden3566]

Greetings from Germany. Burn from Deep Purple changed my music world

[@finylvinyl66]

It would have to be Machine Head.

[@chozora]

Kinda surprised to see no Rubber Soul, for having started the creative "battle" between the Beatles & the Beach Boys, resulting in Pet Sounds and Sgt. Pepper. Still a great list!

[@TheProgCorner]

Or Revolver?

[@FuturePast2019]

Brian Wilson recorded Pet Sounds while the Beach Boys toured Japan etc. And it was a flop. So Capitol released Greatest Hits Vol 2 shortly after. But just a year after : Sgt Pepper (Should be #1)

[@randytaylor220]

Completely agree with the list. But some days I think Revolver was more progressive and influential than Pepoer. But both to me are on the same level.

[@TheProgCorner]

I prefer Revolver but Sgt Pepper seemed to move the needle more. 🤔

[@randytaylor220]

@@TheProgCorner true. Can you imagine if they would’ve added Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields to it?

[@Matias-music-71]

Beatles Rubber Soul , Elvis Presley Elvis Presley , Black Sabbath Black Sabbath , Michael Jackson Thriller , Kraftwerk The Man Machine , Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground , Judas Priest Sad Wings Of Destiny , ABBA Arrival , Nirvana Nevermind , Ray Charles Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music .., I think these for various differing reasons really transformed the musical landscape as we know it ..,

[@TheProgCorner]

Elvis!!!

[@AllMediaReviewsPodcast]

Surprised to include Hybris, but not Dark Side. If I was to pick a Modern Prog album, or an album from the last 30-35 years, I actually would pick Images & Words. It wasn't the 1st Progressive Metal album, but arguably, it is the most impactful album for progressive rock and metal since it came out.

[@TheProgCorner]

And it had an actual hit…

[@Mister_Jahn]

Crucial that you included Hendrix... He blew the doors off their hinges and made albums an experience. It wasn't about singles.

[@TheProgCorner]

👍👍👍

[@oy6793]

Nice collection.im not so sure about anglagard,I a always thought that marillion started the Neo prog thing.also like that sex pistols

[@TheProgCorner]

Änglagård started the Third Wave.

[@shipsahoy1793]

Sad wings of destiny by priest was kind of late to the party, but it's a fantastic album anyway!😉 .. if it was released about 6 years sooner, we'd be having a totally different conversations about that album than what we currently typically experience!😉

[@TheProgCorner]

I think you might be right!!!

[@Jeremyracle-qb9mo]

Great eclectic list ! Arguably - well, I'm arguing ! - Meet The Beatles was more impactful than Sgt Pepper. I imagine all over the USA kids got together after listening to that to form a band, ending the predominance of the solo singer. Just a thought !

[@TheProgCorner]

A solid point.

[@GSMMobile-i3h]

Focus "Moving Waves" "..?..Edgar Winter Group "They only come out at Night"..."Quadrophenia" The Who .."Ummagumma" Pink Floyd

[@TheProgCorner]

Nice!!!! Quadrophenia!!!

[@shipsahoy1793]

The sex pistols album is fun to play along with because it's so mindless and easy if you're a musician.. I used to have a good time playing along with it on guitar when I was much younger.. I never listened to it, though; I have to play it, that's the only way I could listen to it..😂 ah the good ol' days lol

[@TheProgCorner]

Indeed!!!! GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!!!!

[@michaelbaucom4019]

Dave Brubeck had to be there. You hear his influence from a few jazz fusion artists, a few prog artists, Steely Dan(however you categorize the Dan)

[@TheProgCorner]

The Dan are their own sub genre!!!

[@juliemusique-tn4dp]

carole king cats stevens tea for tillerman beatles sergeant pepper ....yes close to the edge and fragile ......thick as a brick...miles so good .....lots of jazz musicians i agree excellent

[@TheProgCorner]

Cat Stevens!!!!

[@PJprog]

Some incredible selections there Scot. Are you experienced... wow. Most definitely. Here's a few ; The Specials debut. Dream Theater - Images and Words. The Human League - Reproduction. Led Zeppelin lV Blondie - Parallel Lines. We are so privileged to have been alive in these amazing times. 😍🎵🎵🤘

[@TheProgCorner]

Awesome picks!!!!!

[@ricardoluna7114]

I agree about Sgt Pepper 🤘

[@TheProgCorner]

Yeah!!!!

[@МаксимКайгородов-ш5к]

I bet on Revolver! I was wrong by one album!

[@TheProgCorner]

I thought about Revolver (as it’s a better album but…)

[@МаксимКайгородов-ш5к]

Yes, I agree that Sgt. Pepper is great. There's nothing to argue about. But I had Revolver in mind! You and I think almost the same way! Thanks for Hendrix, Brubeck and Miles! Very broad genre coverage! Thanks for the review!

[@toddspango]

I always thought of Sgt. Peppers as the sequel to Revolver. The ideas that started there, the time signatures, the replacement of all the instruments on Eleanor Rigby, the loop/sample on TNK. Sgt. Pepper's is the same ideas only more so.

[@TheProgCorner]

Me too!!!!

[@jeniferallan6693]

Never mind the bollocks 1976

[@TheProgCorner]

Did I say 77?

[@jeniferallan6693]

@TheProgCorner bollocks is a word commonly used when someone has either messed up badly or what they are hearing is utter crap! 😆

[@SoCalDan530]

Van Halen's first record changed the world of guitars.

[@TheProgCorner]

It should have been on the list as I completely agree!!!👍

[@LarryGravesCanadianStudmuffin]

#1 will always be #1!

[@TheProgCorner]

That’s right!!!

[@TigerMtnKing]

🤩

[@TheProgCorner]

😍

[@SteveOSpielberg]

The Wurzels have an album called Nevermind The Bullocks Eres The Wurzels.

[@TheProgCorner]

You know I’ve never heard that album!!!

[@paultom5794]

Nice one

[@TheProgCorner]

Thank you!!!

[@DabsDad]

in utero is a nearly perfect album. Good call..

[@TheProgCorner]

Amazing!!!!😻

[@tromatrom]

Aerosol Grey Machine came out one month before In the Court of the Crimson King. Just sayin'.

[@kenl2091]

Love love love Anglagard but, even given that this is the Prog Corner, I think it's a stretch to have it in the top 10. Misplaced Childhood might have more of a claim as a prog kickstarter. Also no Velvet Underground and Nico even in the honourable mentions? That might be the first germs of punk and a few other genres to boot. Finally, bollocks is indeed an interesting word. It's Old English in its origins and, besides the obvious meaning, tends just to mean 'nonsense' or 'rubbish' these days. Still used fairly often here in the UK (by my age group, not sure about Gen Z)

[@TheProgCorner]

I mentioned Velvet Underground and Nico…

[@kenl2091]

@@TheProgCorner Oops! Cloth ears, me. Should have known that you wouldn't make a rookie mistake like that!

[@TheProgCorner]

@@kenl2091 I’ve made plenty of those…

[@josepmariaromeu2005]

I love Anglagard but "change the world"? Very few people know about them. Agree with the other 9.

[@TheProgCorner]

You know I have to throw in a “controversial” pick!!!!

[@briandunn9816]

Meet the Beatles started it all.

[@TheProgCorner]

Kind of…

[@srvuk]

Only the Hendrix album changed my world. The Sex Pistols were nothing more than a temporary gimmick that had more impact on fashion that anything musical. Eddie Cochran was the original punk rocker with C'mon Everybody, long before these later day opportunists came along.

[@TheProgCorner]

The Pistols were indeed a gimmick but their influence was undeniable.

[@sunlightglider6772]

👍

[@toddspango]

Did you notice that the title of #3 refers to #2? No? Nevermind...

[@TheProgCorner]

I did!!!!

[@marktaylor2502]

GOAT lists are stupid so without fanfare here’s my stupid list King Crimson, In Court of the Crimson King The Clash, London Calling Zappa Freak, Out! Beach Boys, Pet Sounds Wes Montgomery, Live At The Half Note Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited Miles Davis, Bitches Brew John Coltrane, Impressions Jimi Hendrix, Are You Experienced Spirit, Spirit (possibly the first fusion album)

[@neurophile]

How about Elvis Presley's "Golden Records" (beginning of 1958) ? (all big hits from 1957)

[@TheProgCorner]

Why not??!!

[@GranvilleGuitars]

Including "Time Out" = Good. Omitting "Dark Side Of The Moon" = not so good.

[@TheProgCorner]

I didn’t feel like talking about TDSOTM today!!!

[@GranvilleGuitars]

@@TheProgCorner - That is a perfectly valid stance. Well played, sir.

[@WooBino.]

Sex Pistols < The Clash

[@TheProgCorner]

Of course!!!! But Sex Pistols were first.

[@doscwolny2221]

The stranglers>the clash>sex pistols

[@crazyprayingmantis5596]

What...no Eoghan Quigg?

[@TheProgCorner]

Crazy!!!🤪

[@ricardoluna7114]

And Thick as a Brick or Close to the Edge?? Or Grand Wazoo of F Zappa??

[@TheProgCorner]

I had Freak Out in my Honorable Mentions…

[@SpenceCurry]

Robin trower bridge of sighs. Kate Bush. The dreaming. Traffic S/T. Jethro tulll A. Bad co burning sky. Journey. Next. Jo Jo gunne jumping the gunne. Santana. Festival gun club. Miami

[@TheProgCorner]

Gun Club!!!!

[@SpenceCurry]

Miami! The shows from 1983!were incendary​@@TheProgCorner

[@leproghead]

Better dummer than Tony Williams? Andy Edwards😜

[@TheProgCorner]

Just ask him!!!!

[@richardhoward7503]

I've never got why 'Pet Sounds' is considered a masterpiece. Maybe you need to take a three hour bus journey with a driver who loves the Beach Boys to appreciate how bloody awful they are.😂

[@yankeefan1208]

It’s more known for its production and how the songs were recorded in the studio. It completely inspired the way the Sgt Pepper album was recorded.

[@shipsahoy1793]

personally Rich, I'd say it's because McCartney said he liked the album .. I always generally disliked The Beach Boys sound, but they did have a few good tunes in the studio, but there were a lot of other people involved in those tunes to accomplish them. The production consisted of session musicians and technical people that helped make it happen. with the beach boys and one engineer and one producer, it would've never happened.. totally different conversation.

[@betrayaloftheunborn5289]

Agreed. Never got it. Loved the Smile sessions though.

[@JojoFryrocks]

Agree, I don’t get it either, but I think Scot is right to include it because of the way it influenced the Beatles

[@mordantfilms]

True that Nevermind changed everything, however, what it influenced was awful. The best part about Nirvana's popularity was helping get older, better post punk bands more attention.

[@TheProgCorner]

👍👍👍

[@JojoFryrocks]

I’m not sure how I feel about this one. I love Nirvana and all the Seattle bands, and it certainly changed the musical landscape, it gave rock music one last burst of energy before it fizzled out forever. I feel conflicted though because I know how much Kurt disliked how the album sounded and ultimately couldn’t deal with the success 😢

[@mordantfilms]

@@JojoFryrocks I love Screaming Trees, Melvins, Mudhoney and Green River the most from the ol' NW. I really like Nirvana, but all the corporate clones like Puddle of Mudd and Bush were just utter garbage. Don't get me started on the clones of Alice in Chains and Pearl Jam. Alice in Chains and Soundgarden were great (Pearl Jam is a bit meh) but the bands that copped their sound...yuck! I find some of the NW bands from today pretty good, like Big Business (love 'em) and Helms Alee.

[@JojoFryrocks]

@ yeah all those post-grunge bands were utter rubbish! The thing is, all those Seattle bands were totally different. AIC and Soundgarden were more metal, Nirvana saw themselves as punk/new wave, Pearl Jam were more or less a straightforward rock band. They had nothing in common except the flannel 🤣

[@Taffy84]

Anglagard??? A band no one even knows changed the world? BS.

[@TheProgCorner]

It’s The Prog Corner. Truth In Advertising. Prog On!!!

[@jasonshort1437]

Tony Williams is definitely the greatest drummer to ever pick up a pair of sticks.

[@TheProgCorner]

I have zero problem with that statement. NO LIES DETECTED!!!!

[@phillipburton8055]

Pet sounds, come on 2 good songs doesn’t make a game changer, so over rated!

[@TheProgCorner]

Overrated? Yes. Influential? Also yes.