Overview of Prog

[MikeEvs]

I'm probably the worst person to ask for a list of Prog, as my range of prog that I listen to is quite narrow.

So here are the albums that got me into prog in the order that I discovered them

Dream Theater - Images & Words
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb sun
Spock's Beard - The Light
Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane
Devin Townsend - Terria **
Transatlantic - Bridge Across Forever
Frost* - Milliontown
It Bites - The Tall Ships
Kino - Picture


** Whilst not everything Devin Townsend produces would be considered prog rock by most, in my opinion Devin is one of the most progressive artists around constantly evolving and changing the style of music he produces.

[D S]

DS - RPM

Shurely shome mishtake!  (The cheque's in the post Lyn...)

Allowed myself 5 of the old guard and 5 of the new(er) bands.

Rush – Moving Pictures (a 3 man symphony orchestra)
Genesis – Trick of the Tail (I'm a huge PG fan but this is the 1st album I got into of theirs)
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here (Shine On – nuff said!)
Yes – Talk (could have gone for CTTE, GFTO or 90125 but I think strikes the balance between complexity & accessibility)
Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells (I prefer Incantations & Ommadawn but classics don't get much bigger)
Frost* - Milliontown (I don't need to say anymore here, do I?)
It Bites – The Tall Ships (masterpiece)
Marillion – Misplaced Childhood (hook them in with Kayleigh and then explore more)
IQ – Subterranea (modern concept double album – so much better than Topo Oceans...)
Porcupine Tree – Deadwing (Mr Wilson is a modern prog icon.  Not much in it between this & Fear of a Blank Planet)

[tigermoth]

Hmm, tricky, especially as has been already said this list could change from day today, and what some call prog may not be what others would. "One man's saint is another man's fool, one man's hot is another man's cool." But ok here goes. 
War of the worlds, Jeff Lin
Nersary Crimes, Genesis
Spectral Mornings, (No Hackett on this list yet? Really?)
White White Album Album, Beatles
GFTO, Yes
Million Town, erm can't remember who did that one
War and Peace and Other Short Stories, Sean Filkins
The Black Forest, Agents of Mercy (There's that many bloody bands Roin Stolt has been in, but thats just one of my favourites)
The Underfall yard, BBT
Beneath the Waves, Kompendium (Got it 3 weeks ago and can't stop listening)

I'd also say to my prog ignoramus friend of which I have many, "If you've got a spare couple of bags, i'll chuck in every Hackett release, every Genesis release, and ... oh scrap that its just gonna get silly." Also as a free bonus i'd burn them a copy of my new album which I shouldn't do cos i'm rather hoping to sell some and it's not been released yet.
Interesting to see other people mentioning beatles. I tried to explain to a couple of my mates when we were all having a few bevies about prog. They were beeing extremely disparaging about it, and I said "Do you like Queen a Night at the opera? Do you like Beatles white album? Do you like Hendrix? Do you like the doors? Well you probably like prog then." I thought they might actually strike me. Lol

[Mordwin]

Not exactly easy... only 10? Hard to do the smorgasbord of prog in that little meagre selection

Anyway... my choices:

Clutching at Straws - probably my favourite of the Fish era
Genesis - accesible, poppy, but still with proggy elements.
Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds - one of my earliest exposures to prog I guess
Moving Pictures - again, accesible prog from my all-time favourite band
Omce Around The World - As DS went moder iB, I'll go for the classics
Wish You Were Here - what DS said!
The Yes Album - having heard this live yesterday... essential stuff!
Images and Words - the original and the best
The Philadelphia Experiment - <carlsberg>Probably the best live album in the world...</carlsberg>
The Wake - post punk prog didn't get much better...

[Rook]

Well, it looks like I'm going to have to order "The Tall Ships". It Bites wasn't on my radar at all untill after getting in to Frost*, and I perused a bit of the old stuff on youtube and to be honestr wasn't blown away. Then when "Map of the Past" came out and you lot made such an ado about it here, I picked it up, and it was Damn good. So it you lot are picking "The tTall Ships", implying it might be better...

I think I need to go a second round, and there was a lot of crossover with other choices here:

War of the Worlds - Jeff Wayne. My introduction to Prog.
Genesis - Foxtrot. Or really any of the early albums.
Three of a perfect pair - King Crimson. "No, there isn't anything wrong with your stereo. It is supposed to sound like that." Actual quote.
Cluching at Straws - Marillion. Any of the fish ones would do though.
Deadwing - Porcupine Tree.Might upgrade a few indy rock fans to Prog fans with this one...
Empire - Queensryche. Hearing this was a revelation. THAT! That is the kind of music I want to make!
Metallica - ...And Justice for All. First album I ever bought, and stamped indelibly on my rhythm guitar playing and writing. I count it as Prog Metal.
For Love and the Art of the Making - Beyond Twilight. Have you heard this album?
Fates Warning - Parallels. Probably their most commercial, but an accesible gateway to the world of FW.
The Visitor - Arena. Or Immortal? Either way...

And there are still more!

[rogerg]

I love Map of the Past, but yes, I think that Tall Ships is better.  And if you want even more, with maybe a titch more rockiness, grab Picture, by Kino.

[tigermoth]

"Jeff Lin?" Hahahaha. Did I smoke something without realising?

[owen]

Deffo agree with Rog