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This is a timeline of artists, albums, and events in progressive rock and its subgenres. This article contains the timeline for the period 1970–1979. Contents. 1970 – 1971 – 1972 – 1973 – 1974 – 1975 – 1976 – 1977 – 1978 – 1979. See also; References; 1970 Newly formed bands
20. Sept. 2022 · The 10 Essential 70s Prog Rock Albums. By Nick Shilton. ( Prog ) last updated 20 September 2022. Epic soundtracks with intricate, melodic harmonies or gratuitous, overblown tosh? No other rock genre - even in the 70s - divided opinion like Prog. (Image credit: Getty Images)
- Nick Shilton
1. The Move - Shazam. Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Progressive Pop. Critic Score. 100. 1 review. Amazon. Music. Spotify. 2. Black Widow - Sacrifice. March 0, 1970. Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock. Critic Score. 90. 2 reviews. Amazon. 3. Warpig - Warpig. Hard Rock, Progressive Rock. Critic Score. 90. 1 review.
After the late 1970s, progressive rock fragmented in numerous forms. Some bands achieved commercial success well into the 1980s (albeit with changed lineups and more compact song structures) or crossed into symphonic pop, arena rock, or new wave. Early groups who exhibited progressive features are retroactively described as "proto-prog".
- Premiata Forneria Marconi: Photos of Ghosts
- Marillion: F.E.A.R.
- Badger: One Live Badger
- Genesis: Selling England by The Pound
- Procol Harum: Exotic Birds & Fruit
- Marillion: Misplaced Childhood and Clutching at Straws
- Rush: Hemispheres
- Yes: Tales from Topographic Oceans
- Camel: Mirage
- Supertramp: Crime of The Century
The Italian band Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) was the first second-generation prog band, cutting their teeth on Jethro Tull and King Crimson covers. By the time of their American debut, they’d found their own style, with a strong sense of pastoral melody and European folk influences (their heavier rock side would come out in time). Purists prefe...
Marillion’s second incarnation with singer Steve Hogarth is still a bit underrated, despite his being in place since 1989. Though they’ve done pop on occasion, the Hogarth-led band took its cue from the Brexit and Trump era to go conceptual once again in 2016 (the title stands for “F… Everyone and Run”). F.E.A.R is less about specific politics than...
Perhaps the most obscure entry on a list of greatest prog rock albums, Badger was keyboardist Tony Kaye’s short-lived post-Yes band, along with Jon Anderson’s pre-Yes bandmate David Foster on bass and vocals (Anderson produced this live album, from a show that Yes was headlining). Kaye plays some of his finest recorded solos and the rhythm section ...
Though they were through with side-long tracks, Genesis’ imagination continued to run wild on Foxtrot’s followup, with Peter Gabriel inhabiting a rogue’s gallery of characters and the band’s playing getting more muscular; “Firth of Fifth” and “The Cinema Show” became oft-played career standards. And wonder of wonders, the whimsical “I Know What I L...
Though many Procol Harum diehards will always prefer the Robin Trower era, the band was even grander on this later effort with the equally fine Mick Grabham on guitar. The first half of Exotic Birds & Fruitreaches a heavenly peak with the extended ballad “The Idol,” and Side Two offers “Butterfly Boys,” one of the funnier slaps a prog band has ever...
Original singer Fish’s tenure with Marillion, which only lasted four albums, ended with two conceptual epics. Misplaced Childhoodis often considered the peak, since it had two indelible singles (“Kayleigh” and “Lavender”) and dealt with the timeless prog theme of loss of innocence and the end of a pivotal love. Yet Clutching at Straws is in retrosp...
Hemispheres was the deepest into prog that Rush ever got, with a side-long piece full of interlocking musical themes and a fascinating storyline (about two civilizations that represent the left and right sides of the brain). Flip it over and there’s “La Villa Strangiato,” Rush’s longest, trickiest, and most impressive instrumental. There are also c...
History tends to give this one a bad rap: With four side-long pieces based on Hindu Shashtric scriptures, it’s got to be dense and impenetrable, right? Wrong: Most of Tales From Topographic Oceansis as gorgeously melodic as anything Yes ever did, and the band charges hard, newly fortified by drummer Alan White. To name just one moment, Rick Wakeman...
At this early stage, Camel was perched midway between prog and fusion: Their second album Mirageis two-thirds instrumental (the next, The Snow Goose, had just one brief vocal), and it’s largely hinged on the interplay of keyboardist Peter Bardens and guitarist Andy Latimer, both dazzling soloists. But Mirage also has “Lady Fantasy,” their most roma...
Though it produced a major UK hit (and one that predated punk) with “Bloody Well Right,” Crime of The Centurywas actually Supertramp’s deepest album, with songs about a tortured soul’s descent into madness: “Rudy,” “Hide in Your Shell” and “Asylum” form a highly emotive and rather dark trilogy. It makes it even more surprising that Supertramp becam...
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14. Juli 2023 · Top 50 Progressive Rock Albums. From 'The Lamb' to 'Octopus' to 'The Snow Goose' — the best LPs that dream beyond 4/4. Virgin. 50. Hatfield and the North - 'Hatfield and the North' (1974) It's ...
9. Juni 2023 · Our list of the best prog rock bands ever ranges from the genre's earliest groups to modern day stalwarts. Dive in!
