Bilbo Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 I have just re-discovered Tony Bank's album 'A Curious Feeling' - based on the book Flowers for Algernon. I had this on cassette 1,000 years ago and always loved it but forgot it. Just looked it up on youtube (it is not on Spotify). I love Tony Banks's writing and found that the Genesis songs I liked the most (One For The Vine, Guide Vocal, Evidence of Autumn etc) were almost always his but this album is something else. It is perfect end to end. If I had written it, I would have had to stop. It's the 'To Kill A Mockingbird' of Prog!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Not sure I've ever heard it. Must dig out a copy, though Genesis have never been my faves in the prog field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted August 7, 2015 Author Share Posted August 7, 2015 You are in for a treat, Kev!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 It's a good album, only let down (IMO) by the nagging feeling that some of the tunes would have been better with a tougher production and Collins and Rutherford on board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted August 7, 2015 Author Share Posted August 7, 2015 I love it just the way it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Is it all instrumental or are there guest vocalists on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Chester's on drums and Kim Beacon sings. Everything else is TB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted August 7, 2015 Author Share Posted August 7, 2015 Vocalist Kim Beacon (I think there are one or two instrumentals). The vocals are an important element to the album. My kid brother always says that the trouble with prog is that, with the exception of Genesis and Yes, the vocalists are all sh**. This album is a massive exception. Beacon's vocals are exquisite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1438961514' post='2839025'] Vocalist Kim Beacon (I think there are one or two instrumentals). The vocals are an important element to the album. My kid brother always says that the trouble with prog is that, with the exception of Genesis and Yes, the vocalists are all sh**. This album is a massive exception. Beacon's vocals are exquisite. [/quote] That goes some way to defining the perennial question, "what is Prog?". Lots of keyboards and a sh** vocalist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnythenotes Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Best prog album of all time.....Larks Tongues In Aspic. One of the worlds greatest bass players also is the lead vocalist.. Check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 [quote name='jonnythenotes' timestamp='1438962116' post='2839035'] Best prog album of all time.....Larks Tongues In Aspic. One of the worlds greatest bass players also is the lead vocalist.. Check it out. [/quote] I was wondering if post-Sinfield KC were prog. That incarnation certainly didn't have a sh** singer But in my opinion the best album would be Red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 (edited) I'll need to give it a listen but at the moment my favourite is Fragile by Yes. It's been my favourite album for the past 10 years at least I'm always looking out for new old stuff. I can't find anything new these days that excites me. Even the Chili Peppers newer stuff doesn't do anything for me and I have been a huge Chilis fan for the past 23 years Edited August 7, 2015 by Delberthot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 I think sometimes a band is classed as Prog because they don't fit into any other classification. My favourite is probably King Crimson in the court of the crimson king. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 I reckon 'Close To The Edge' could tick a few boxes. Love late KC (far more than the earlier stuff, all of the Wetton-era records are just sublime) but the songs are quite short for 'Prog'! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Apologies for being a bit obvious but it has to be Close To The Edge. Utter once in a lifetime, Mars in conjunction with Jupiter-style perfection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic_Groove Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 To play safe I would go for Close To The Edge. But I do love Tarkus & Brain Salad Surgery All this was embarrassing in the late 70's when I was a post-punk!!! Brendan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Mine is and always will be trick of the tail. I guess its the heavy Beatles influence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeyboro Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Do You Like It Here Now, Are You Settling In Yet? That is all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Panamonte Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 I'd have to add another vote for CTTE as it's been close to my heart for more than four decades, but I've been listening to a lot of Van der Graaf Generator and Peter Hammill recently and I'd say that both Pawn Hearts and H To He Who Am The Only One are definite contenders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Another shout for [i][b]In The Court of the Crimson King[/b][/i] here. I bought it when it first came out, and it was in a different class to anything else I'd heard at the time. Actually now that I think about it I bought Hot Rats at the same time: that was pretty good as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Either Chris Squire's Fish out of water or ELP's Trilogy for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowhand_mike Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 moving pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Second Album, Curved Air. Probably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Riva Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 [quote name='Delberthot' timestamp='1438962876' post='2839043'] I'll need to give it a listen but at the moment my favourite is Fragile by Yes. It's been my favourite album for the past 10 years at least[/quote] I can't get my head (or ears) around Close To The Edge, it does absolutely nothing for me... Fragile, on the other hand, I love.. [quote name='Sonic_Groove' timestamp='1438967809' post='2839094'] To play safe I would go for Close To The Edge. But I do love Tarkus & Brain Salad Surgery All this was embarrassing in the late 70's when I was a post-punk!!![/quote] Always good to remember that a lot of punks were rock/prog fans before punk came along. Most punk bands too - Mick Jones was a rock fan; The Pistols used to do Faces covers in rehearsals etc (Matlock ended up IN the Faces). I subscribe to the Danny Baker theory that it wasn't prog that sparked punk; more bands like Queen, Sad Cafe, ELO etc.. When did anyone (other than if you were a fan and heard the records) hear Yes, ELP, King Crimson, Camel? Queen et al were all available on the radio and available to all. Danny Baker is a wise man.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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