The Progressive Rock Albums That Changed Our Lives (w/Scot Lade)
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- Join Pete Pardo & Scot Lade from The Prog Corner for a discussion of 10 prog albums that changed our lives, and helped make us true fans of the genre. #progrock #progressiverock
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Glad to see Scot on the show!
Yeah!!!!
It's an honor to see Scott and Pete on this show.👍
It was an honor to have been asked to guest. Pete is the man!!!
@@TheProgCorner 👍
The Genesis reunion in 82 was called six of the best but this should be called two of the best.
@@mikereiss4216 I agree Mike.✌
Scot, great attidude, passionate and full of energy, more of him Pete!
Thank you!!!! Pete has my number…
I agree :)
I thought Scot was craaaaazy when I first watched him.... and I still do! But he is fun to listen to.
Chronological order..
1. Yes - The Yes Album
2. Rush - 2112
3. Kansas - Leftoverture
4. Alan Parsons Project - I Robot
5. Pink Floyd - Animals
6. Allan Holdsworth w IOU - Metal Fatigue
7. Tool - Æniema
8. Symphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy
9. Haken - The Mountain
10. Gentle Giant - Playing the Fool (LIVE)
For me Relayer by Yes and Larks tongues in aspic by King Crimson. To a lesser degree maybe Fragile by Yes, the first ELP and Selling England by the Pound by Genesis.
In search of the lost chord-- Moody Blues changed my musical taste and started my Journey into progressive rock
The fact that the two of you came together for this show is TH-cam heaven. Great discussion.
Glad to see Scot on the show! Always thought it was peculiar you two had never collaborated before.
And here it is!!!!!
Happy for you Scot! Watching your prog channel ranking recently with SoT on Number One had my fingers crossed more than ever. Pete's a really cool dude.@@TheProgCorner
I am very happy to see Scott now also on Sea of Traquility. Everything is coming together! Two of my favourite TH-cam channels!
God save the King - all the damn time!
Save him!!! Save him!!!
F the king
This is my first time seeing Scot. No one can ever call him shy. You got to love his passion for music. "Spreading the gospel of Prog."
PLEASE bring Scot back on! What great chemistry and energy y'all have together. One of my favourite episodes EVER!! Thanks for sharing!
Scot Lade has a GREAT TH-cam channel as well. Loved watching this!
Wow. Thank you!!!!
It can't be...My two favorite music channels finally got together
My chronological favourite prog albums.
Supertramp, Crime of the Century.
Genisis, Selling England.
Genisis, Trick of the Tail
Tangerine Dream, Cyclone
Supertramp, Crisis what Crisis
Pink Flloyd, Animals
Rush, Farewell to Kings
Supertramp, Even in the Quietist Moments
Jethro Tull, Heavy Horses
Marillion, Misplaced Childhood
Marillion, Clutching At Straws
❤ your selection.....but there is so much more out there...
@jameshoey303 I know, but they are the ones that made me go wow!
Thanks Pete and Scot!
The Yes Album (a joyful noise)
Genesis-A Trick of the Tail (exotic)
Rush-A Farewell to Kings (Xanadu=Rock literature)
Ole ELO (Classical Rock and Roll)
Peter Gabriel 3 (shocking)
King Crimson-Discipline (a completely new direction)
Frank Zappa-Apostrophe (humor with amazing guitar solos)
Jean Luc Ponty-Enigmatic Ocean (Electric)
Glass Hammer-If (Great prog with Christian themes)
The Flower Kings-Stardust We Are (immense discography)
Great guest and show. Awesome!
Yes! Great seeing my two favorite prog guys together on one show!! Awesome!
Pete bringing in these other TH-cam personalities is a great idea. Enjoyed this very much. Thanks
Scot rocks!! Love to see the enthusiasm the two of you bring together to the best genre in rock music.
Thank you!!!
Great to bring Scot’s prog enthusiasm to SoT, Pete. Busy with family matters today, but will check out the episode soon. Both of you are passionate guitar players and hope to see you riffing together on a future SoT episode. Cheers, Sal.
That would be awesome.
Fantastic episode. Pete and Scott have a great rapport discussing prog albums that influenced them. I felt like they were telling my prog journey. Hopefully, there will be more episodes.
Nice job Scott! Agree on Chicago Scott, amazing arrangements and musicianship. 👍
So looking forward to this!
Will Scot keep it mellow? Let’s find out!
🤔hmm knowing Scott😂😂
Phenomenal show Pete and Scot- love the choices :
Here are mine:
King Crimson - court of the Crimson King
Uriah Heep- Look at Yourself
Chicago Transit authority
Gypsy -1st album
Yes - Fragile
Hawkwind- Warrior on the edge of time
Renaissance - Turn of the Cards
Tangerine Dream Phaedra
Genesis- Foxtrot
Renaisance -ashes are burning
Honorable mentions-
ELP - first
Kansas - first
Pavlovs Dog - at the sound of the bell
King Crimson - Red
Caravan - in the land of grey and pink
Jethro Tull - Benefit
Blues Project - projections
Mce
Pete, thanks for having Scot. Those of us who follow The Prog Corner know of his immense dedication and deep love and knowledge of progressive rock. His enthusiasm is only matched by his personability and his humility. Thanks Pete
Scot and Pete!! What a wonderful team!
Brilliant episode. And when Scot pulled out Drums and Wires that was the icing on the cake.
You know I love me some XTC!!!
As a fan of both channels, it was great to see Scott as a guest on your show. Hope you both enjoyed putting it together as I did listening to it
something is telling me that Scot's pick is gonna be tarkus..
Fun show, the wild & wacky Scoot with the cool & calm Pete... perfect match!
Happy to see Scott on SOT…hopefully the first of many guest appearances!!! Great episode.
Great show. Scot's enthusiasm is infectious and I hope he becomes a regular guest on SoT.
He has his own channel..and it is fantastic!.!...Respect Peace ....Love...to Scott .?..and God save the King....so he lives long enough to face a fireing squad
@@jameshoey303You know the drill.
Scott was a great guest .. so much passion and energy.. fantastic show
Salutations! greetings! respect and looove!
“God Save The King!
Save that King!
We all know he needs saving!” 😉
And...." free Tibet "
That son of a gun needs some savin’.
@@TheProgCorner 🤣
Scott is the real deal! Hope to see more of this guy on SOT soon!
Hey Scot! Cool seeing you over here on SoT...finally. Great episode, and Pete picked the right person for the topic at hand. Hopefully we will see Scott here on a regular basis.
👍👍👍
Great to see you guys work together.
Both of you have rated european prog rock in the past. But one band you guys never mentioned as far as I know is the Dutch band Alquin. I think they made 4 studio and 1 live album. I highly recommend giving them a listening to. Prog-on, guys. 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
More shows needed with Scot
Thanks to you two guys for the video. It would be nice and interesting to do something similar again in the future...
Great episode! Scott's enthusiasm is contagious, I immediately subscribed to his channel after my first viewing. I am a big prog fan and a couple of years older than Scott and Pete. I always appreciate their insights, I watch both regularly, and was pleasantly surprised to see them together here.
You have a great chemistry with this guy and he has a lot of energy and enthusiasm, this was an excellent collaboration. It would be interesting to see you do more together. I was not familiar with him previously but I will check out his channel.
One of the best ever! Pete and Scot together. Loved it, and so thanks to both of you.
A joy to see you together. Makes a fabuous subject wonderful. ❤
Great show guys and great topic. Cool to hear about the importance of the specific Prog albums that shaped your musical development and love of Prog. I think we all have our own unique stories about this. Great to see Scot and Pete interacting. This should be a regular thing for you two, covering different topics.
Great chemistry between Pete and Scot.
Hey, 2 of my favorite channels together! Like a Marvel and DC crossover, really loved this one, Pete and Scott, thanks!
That’s perfect but I get to be DC !!!
I've been waiting for this to happen for a while. Classic episode already
(Me too!!!)
Great episode. Scott is a must bring back level guest. Good damn times.
Great show! The first record that really changed my life was not exactly Prog. One evening I listened to the radio and they played the full length version of "In a Gadda da Vida". Guess it was a Swiss radio station and it was in 1977 or 1978. Never had heard music like this before. At the time I was a big fan of Deep Purple. Next day I went to my record store to buy the LP and it really opened the door to bands like Yes or Genesis or even Van der Graaf Generator.
A great introduction of Scot Lade for me and what a great personality and enthusiasm. Thanks to both of you for taking the time for this episode. Highly watchable and enjoyable episode.
Great conversation amongst two of my favorite TH-camrs. And being a prog fan helps too.
Super show. It was a show like this that I got hooked on Quatermass. Now I am headed to search for Wobbler and "Anglaguard" (sp?)
My two favorite music review guys, together at last. Well, you've spurred me on again to do my own list. Let's see, harder to remember exactly when, but here goes, these ten changed my 20th century life:
1) Yes - Going For The One (for the first time music touches my soul, particularly "Turn Of The Century" and "Awaken", and I have been a disciple ever since, bought 'em all, went to every year's concert)
2) Genesis - Wind And Wuthering (moved again, this time by "Your Own Special Way" and "One For The Vine", second best to Yes)
3) ELP - Tarkus (the epic latched onto my heart and wouldn't let go, time for a catalog dive)
4) Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord ("Actor" made me practically weep, and for "Om" I laughed with glee)
5) Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood (loved this album top to bottom, my JT gateway drug, title track, "Cup Of Wonder", and "The Whistler")
6) Supertramp - Crime Of The Century (sonics, "School" merging into "Bloody Well Right", sheer awe)
7) FM - Black Noise (a mix of yearning hope "Phasors On Stun" and "Journey", and bleak desolation "Aldebaran" and title track, highs and lows, all good)
8) Gentle Giant - In A Glass House (turned me on to GG, great sound here too, crisp and heavy, "The Runaway" and "Experience", medieval and modern all at once)
9) Mike Oldfield - Crises (killer title epic, Simon Phillips drumming, and "In High Places" with Jon Anderson of Yes)
10) Renaissance - Scheherazade & Other Stories (fell in love wih Annie Haslam's voice, "Trip To The Fair" and title epic, the longer the better)
Cool you and Lade that's nice 👍🏻🤠
He has a neat channel
Great seeing Pete and Scot, my two favorite prog men, together! Excellent show! Hope to see you two teaming up again soon.
That was so much fun!!!!
Pete and Scot, fantastic.
Perfect timing, Pete. This helped immensely on my quest. Thank you Scott and Pete.
Top LP's that changed my life.
1. Steve Hillage - Fish Rising
2. Frank Marino - iv
3. Eloy - Silent cries & Mighty echoes
4. Goblin - Deep Red
5. Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii
6. 801 - Live
7. Mahavisnu Orchestra - Visions of the Emerald Beyond
8. Isis - In the absence of Faith
9. Rush - Hemispheres
10. Hawkwind - The Xenon Codex.
This Scott guy is truly passionate about prog, great guest Pete. So my door to prog got opened about ‘83-‘84 I think. Was ‘heavy’ into hard rock and nwobhm back then. I weekly visited the local library mainly for the vinyl. A schoolmate of mine was also regularly present and he came up with “Exit….Stage Left”, the Rush live album. It took a couple of spins but then it truly resonated. From there it were another couple of prog live albums that put me further on the road: “Seconds Out” and “Yesshows”. From there I went back in time some more to Pink Floyd (“Wish You Were Here”especially the Shine On… parts & like you discussed the album cover!). The first new kid on the prog block for me in the early 80s was the upcoming Marillion with their 2nd album “Fugazi”
Oh… and then in the 90s there was this weird, spacy underground band from the UK : Porcupine Tree (with a long haired Steven Wilson) playing their 2nd gig outside their home country UK, on a small prog festival in a small Dutch town called Uden. It blew me away and I became an absolute fan for the rest of their career, including the solo work of Steven Wilson.
Finally the discovery of Frank Zappa ! Sadly after his death so I could never see him live. Luckily he has a very talented son 😊
Cheers from the Netherlands…..
Chronological favourite prog albums.
Pink Floyd - Ummagumma
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
ELP - In Concert
Pink fLOYD - Dark Side Of The MooN
Pink FLoyD - Wish You were Here
WeeN - The Mollusk
Will sound great Pete! Will catch replay. Summer June- September has me catching music on the outside on weekends. Then seasonal change to catch shows when I am in more. Scott is great hearing him on his perspectives. Prog rock albums great in the genre that got me into it. Cheers!
Hey Pete really enjoyed Scott. One of your better guests. Thanks for keeping us all entertained
Great episode this Pete. You guys bounce off each other with great enthusiasm and energy. Love this video❤
Excellent Ep Scot is a major plus to SOT!!!!!
Pete. So glad you got Scott on the channel. He is such a vibrant dude and runs an expansive prog channel. Cheers from Australia.
Thank you, Tony!!! (An unpaid solicitation…)
I’m so happy to see Scot on here! Two of my favorite prog experts!
Joining of two prog greats- This needs to happen more often. Rock on gents.
What a great topic Pete !! And great to see Scot too !! I was new to the Prog genre in 1984 , so neo-prog was how it all started for me.
Marillion were appearing at my local theatre promoting the newly released ' Misplaced Childhood ' , so decided to get the most important album in my life ' Real to Reel ' ( a mid price release ). My life changed from that moment.....2nd most important - Genesis Live '73. Bought this straight after ( also mid price ). Try this said the record shop guy , you'll like this if you like Marillion. Life changing for me , those 2 albums.... nearly 40 years ago , still love the genre more than any other hands down. 😍
Loved this collaboration. Personally, when I first put on Foxtrot on a whim and heard Watcher of the Skies, I was never the same. It was nothing like I’d ever heard and I’ve been chasing that same prog high ever since.
Genesis 'Wind and Withering' was my entry into prog in '77, although I was unaware of the prog tag - it was simply music, great music at that, and it sat alongside acts like Earth Wind & Fire, Elton John, Pink Floyd, no problem, all just music, and all the bands were unique to my ears, not part of genres.
Scot is a great guest! Look forward to more episodes with him.
I'm late to this discussion, catching up on recent SOT videos, but I wanted to agree with all of the appreciation here for Scot! I was not aware of The Prog Corner, prior to watching this, but I will definitely become a subscriber! Scot's passion and enthusiasm are wonderful. Also, his musical journey is very much like mine-- from prog, to punk rock and indie rock, for many years, and then, back to prog (but still loving some punk and indie)!
Wow, Scot and Pete on the same screen! Freaking sweet!
As for the topic, the album that basically began my Journey into Prog, was Emerson Lake and Palmer's Pictures At An Exhibition.
Definitely weird for a 6 year old kid in 2005 to be listening to, but good grief, from beginning to end....just a mix of beauty and downright batshit insanity. The fact its not even 40 minutes just blows my mind.
It’s surreal….
@@TheProgCornerprobably made me cuckoo in the process, but worth it. Lol
"...from beginning to end...just a mix of beauty and downright batshit insanity."
I love this comment! On the cold, late-Autumn/early-Winter night I bought Pictures (and having popped it in shortly thereafter), it felt akin to experiencing vertigo; I thought it was straight up bonkers. Up to that moment, I had heard my fair share of 'strange' things, but something about PaaE made me go, "What is this?" Within its first five minutes, I just wasn't sure what to make of it, but I sat back and let it play. By the album's end, I not only became an ELP fan, but a classical music fan, as well (that's another story.) Beauty, majesty, rawness, sophistication, savagery... it's all there. Without question, Pictures would be on my own 'life-changing' list. It is an all-time fav, and for me, its impact has not lessened one iota.
@knightvisioniixv I'm glad you agree this is their best! Trilogy is my favorite STUDIO album (Brain Salad is so freaking close), but man, as soon as I listen to The Sage, Curse of Baba Yaga and of course, Great Gate of Kiev, it just had to be my favorite. Those are just S-Tier Prog classics, but the whole album (including Nutrocker) is a classic and my most important album of all time.
Guys... I've recently been finally getting deep with steely Dan. I've known about them all my life and heard their tunes on the radio and I've always been aware of. I recently bought their discography... It's like exploring plutonium. I think to myself.. why haven't I been listening to these guys earlier. I'm just blown away by I'm 50 years. WTF. So I know exactly what you guys are talking about right.
I will be ranking the Steely Dan albums soon!!!
@@TheProgCorner I think Pete did his a while back & (as he was wearing an Aja shirt) his top 3 were: Royal Scam/Aja/Can't Buy A Thrill
When I went through all the Steely Dan a couple years ago I couldn’t believe how much of their catalog I’d heard on the radio.
Fun episode guys! Love the energy and enthusiasm. I'm an old music fan who grew up during the classic period but gradually got more absorbed by other things in the 80s. Then during the pandemic period I came back to prog in a big way. Your channels have been two of my best resources for learning about all the stuff I missed over the years and how much great modern prog there actually is out there. Now to give today's exercise a try. Let's see what pops into the old noggin.
Procol Harum - Whiter Shade of Pale (My starting point)
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Yes - Yessongs (Yes I started with the live album)
Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn (and worked backwards)
Supertramp - Crime of the Century
Renaissance - Turn of the Cards (heard Mother Russia on the local college radio station a year or two after it had come out and was like "How have I not heard of this before?")
Dixie Dregs - What If (when being a southern rock fan leads you back to other prog and jazz fusion)
Mostly Autumn - Catch the Spirit (rerecorded best of their first four albums that drove me to get them all)
Nemo - Barbares (I couldn't understand a word and yet listened, transfixed)
Lee Abraham - Only Human (Hoping for more from him collaborating with Pete Jones)
Pete you gotta add this dude somewhere ! Scott and you have great chemistry and he had me sitting on the edge of my seat waiting for his high energy takes!😅
The chemistry was there. We had never even spoken before so it could have gone either way!!!!
Great seeing Scot on here, his channel is great too 💯😃👍
This is what we've been waiting for, Pete with Scot talking prog. What's not to like?
Mark!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for mentioning Tusmorke, Scot! Great band with so much musicality.
Great to see the two of you in conversation.
It really worked, didn’t it?
Hearing Carpet Crawlers on a compilation album called Supertracks led me to early Genesis and that journey. But Misplaced Childhood changed my life on a personal level. It helped me through a tough time, even though it’s most famous song was a precursor to that tough time.
I REALLY loved this episode and the theme- not picking the 'best,' or the albums from the band we listen to the most, but the bands that set us on a specific journey.
It was all Pete’s idea!!! It’s no accident Sea Of Tranquility is the best channel on TH-cam.
I watch Scott's TH-cam videos religiously. Like the Hudson Valley Squares, he has great energy in his love of music. I'll enjoy!
Excellent. Thanks for turning me on to wobbler.
I’m so glad you like them. They are just incredible.
This was such a great episode. I enjoy the passion between the two of you. I had friend,who's roommate had incredible music collection. He would put on album and describe all the nuances of the music. There are people that come into your life, that change your perception forever. I wish I could thank him.
Scot!! Great great show!!! When are you going to be in my show? Can’t wait!
Love that you bring in Scott to your channel Pete. Love both your shows.
Thanks, Michael.
Amazing episode from two legendary Prog TH-camrs! I feel very inspired! I’ll have to do some thinking about the Prog albums that changed my life!
You are the best, Nathan!!!!
I'd be curious about that, maybe a Top 5 episode?
Scot is great, love his channel, his knowledge and passion ! Hopefully Pete will add him to the Prog Panel - he definitely deserves a Prog seat spot !
I appreciate that comment.
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Genesis - Foxtrot
Yes - Close to the Edge
Rush - 2112
King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King
The Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy
Queen II
Kansas - Point of Know Return
Styx - The Grand Illusion
Great list!
Scot rocks! 😃
Yeah. Scott and Pete!
This was a fun episode. These two are a great match.
The two most important albums that changed my tastes. Two I bought for the album covers, and stayed for the music, and led me to prog, and all the prog I now adore:
Kansas: Song For America
Supertramp: Crime Of The Century
I have bought many an album based on the cover. Crime of the Century fits what's inside perfectly. It's my all-time favourite record of all time!
@@jeniferallan6693 although I'm a Kansas fan first and foremost(Supertramp a very close #2), I think I've listened to Crime more than any other album(the aforementioned Song For America a close #2). Crime is a perfect album
Thanks Pete and Scot for this great prog rock episode. I have my own channel which is Harold's Prog Rock Show.
In the UK Charisma did the same for “Live”. There was a price range called CLASS. Several great albums were released on it. A bit like Island Records HELP range which Pictures was on.
Awesome. Really enjoy SoT and The Prog Corner. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I’m not the biggest Prog guy out there. I don’t know if I can say any Prog album “changed my life,” but I can give a few examples of prog albums that expanded my musical horizons.
1. 2112 - Rush
Not the proggiest Rush album compared to what they’d release after it, but this was the first full album I listened to on my own time, and it made me a Rush fan. It actually instantly made Rush my favorite band. It’s still a top 10 album of all time for me and Rush is still my favorite band.
2. The Yes Album - Yes
I got into Yes shortly after Rush since I had heard that they were the favorite band of Rush’s members in the early 70s. The Yes Album was the first album I listened to from them and I instantly loved it for its mix of Rock, Jazz, Folk, and what I would come to know as progressive tendencies. It’s another contender for my top 10 favorite albums of all time. Also, Yes has been a top 3 favorite band for me since I became a fan.
3. Point of Know Return - Kansas
I had heard Leftoverture well before this one, but I wasn’t really into about half the album for a long time. I didn’t understand the appeal of Kansas because Leftoverture was supposed to be their ultimate album. So when I finally listened to another album from them, I was amazed at how consistently great it is. The title track, Paradox, The Spider, Portrait, Closet Chronicles, Lightning’s Hand, Sparks of the Tempest, Hopelessly Human-AGH! So many great songs (though I will say I’m not a fan of Dust in the Wind). And now, Kansas is a top 10 favorite band for me, with their first 5 albums all being favorites of mine, plus Monolith, Audio-Visions, and Somewhere to Elsewhere being close behind.
4. Selling England by the Pound - Genesis
I’m not a big Genesis fan. I like a lot of stuff from them, mainly from Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot, and this one, but I also think they have too much meandering, self indulgent drivel on all their 70s albums. So what is this album doing on the list? It was one of the first truly Prog albums I came to enjoy. I can’t even say that I love this album. Like I said, there’s some self-indulgent material (The Battle of Epping Forest and The Cinema Show) and More Fool Me which doesn’t really fit Genesis’ sound. But, man, when I’m in the mood for it, this album is fantastic. Dancing with the Moonlit Knight hit me like a truck the first time I heard it, and now it’s probably one of my top 10 favorite songs of all time. I Know What I Like in Your Wardrobe is a very charming song and one I can’t see myself ever growing tired of. Firth of Fifth has that “arpeggiated eighth notes in an uneven time signature” thing that I love in Prog songs. I can even get into The Battle of Epping Forest when I’m in the mood for a vocal driven epic. And I love the ending of The Cinema Show shifting into a variation of the riff from Moonlit Knight/Aisle of Plenty.
5. ELP - ELP
By far my favorite ELP album, their debut is more Jazz than actual Prog. My dad played a lot of piano-heavy jazz when I was young, and a lot of ELP’s debut reminds me of that stuff. There are three songs on it that aren’t quite like that. First is Knife-Edge, a driving hard rocker that foreshadows the tone of their later releases. Next is Tank, a showcase for Carl Palmer’s drumming and Keith Emerson’s keys, and probably the most Proggy sounding song on the album. And then there’s Lucky Man, a folk song that really has no place on the album, but it was a hit so I’ll give it to them. Overall, I love the album, and it actually got me back into a style of jazz I hadn’t listened to since I was a little kid.
Five life-affirming albums for me!!!
I’m right with you Scot. Kansas in the 70s consisted of the 6 finest musicians-particularly Kerry Livgren. No music lessons; can’t read or write musical notation, but has “written” some of the finest music & lyrics to be cut on vinyl. And still going strong after a near-death stroke in the 00s. He is a total class act.
What a great guest and great topic! This is what music is all about to those of us in the know, it's life changing capabilities. You guys both have reignited my passion for prog over the past few years and introduced me to a lot of these great bands and albums. I could put both of you guys on a list of life changing musical influences. My top life-changing prog albums:
1. ....And Justice For All - Is Metallica prog? No, but this album comes close to being the first prog-metal album in my mind. It's still my favorite Metallica album because it's the first entire album of theirs I ever sank my teeth into and turned me into a metal-head. I still consider this album in particular a prog album for all intents and purposes.
2. Operation: Mindcrime - Very much a gateway album for me and the first thing that most people consider some sort of actual prog that I ever gravitated toward. It was still metal, but even more squarely in the prog corner (pun intended) than Justice. It is quite possibly the single album that I have listened to more than any other. Simply a masterpiece start to finish, it does everything you want a prog or metal album to do. Will forever be in my top ten albums lists of all time, full stop
3. Momentary Lapse of Reason - First Floyd album I ever even opened my mind to (by far not my favorite now), but it allowed me to really hear and pay attention to something NOT heavy metal. After this Darkside, Animals, Meddle, and WYWH changed my favorite all-time artist from Ozzy/Sabbath to Pink Floyd for a looooong time.
4. Rift (Phish) - Another album from a band not typically considered a prog band, but this album does everything a prog album does and more. Phish's live stuff has all of their long-winded jams which quite honestly wear on me more as I get older, but their albums (especially their first 4) are bereft of the long-winded noodling and are either full blown prog like Rift, or prog-esque. Phish is the band I have seen live more than any other now. Anybody still closed of to jam bands should at least listen to this album with prog ears and you won't be disappointed. Mantis by Umphrey's McGee has been brought up on the channel before to along the same lines, also awesome
5. Thick as a Brick - What hasn't already been said about this album?
6. Roll the Bones - The album that got me into Rush. Similar to my Pink Floyd experience (but later), I didn't like the sound of early Rush with the crazy high-pitched screechy vocals (I still lean my favor to 80s Rush a bit), but Roll the Bones was eye-opening for me. It still ranks high in my Rush lists. Is there really a better album opener than Dreamline? This album gets a lot of shit, but I totally don't understand why
7. The Mollusk (Ween) - Another album from a non-prog band, but really this hits all of the same notes a prog album does for me personally. Ween does not stick to ANY genre, much less prog, but this feels similar to how prog albums flow with many ups, downs, proggy keyboards (Glenn McLelland for sure has ELP influences) and tonal shifts. In my mind, this and later (and even moreso) Quebec have the feel of a great prog album. This album opened the door for Ween to become my favorite band going forward and that probably will never change now.
8. Metropolis Part 2: Scenes From a Memory - Way later in life, hearing Home on the radio at work for the first time, my mind was absolutely blown. Such crazy fast and precise guitar playing, passionate vocals, and epic scope of a concept album. Instantly Dream Theater became one of my all time favorites and this made me seek out more prog concept albums than ever.
9. The Snow Goose (Camel) - What? There is a prog band out there that has a strong Pink Floyd feel and has more intricate songs AND concept albums? The first all instrumental album to rise high in the ranks of my favorite all-time albums list, this comes 100% courtesy of Sea of Tranquility, without whom I would never have heard of this band or this album. They are now one of my favorite bands ever
10. The Power and the Glory - Gentle Giant and Camel I discovered from Pete and the Sea and I thank you for it! I'd never heard of or listened to Gentle Giant before I'd found this channel and am eternally grateful to you. What an absolutely kick-ass band, how were they not the best selling band of all time? (We all know the answer to this question, but still :D ) I've always been drawn to concept albums since finding Thick as a Brick and these guys take everything great about music and turn it up to 11. I can't say enough great about them and they are now up there in rank with bands I've been listening to for decades.
Thanks for the work and the passion guys, keep up the great work!
Another comment here saying, more of this collaboration please!
Both “top shelf” music TH-camrs in my opinion! (To borrow a Pete phrase that I’ve been using more and more lol
What a treat Pete to see the mighty Prog Corner on your show
Dave!!!!