The Prog Rock Album Club

Trollheart · 10-26-2012, 01:15 PM

No, I get what you're saying, but don't forget Marillion only missed out on hitting number one with "Kayleigh" because of the charity record at the top at the time, and "Lavender" did well also, not to mention "Assassing", so for a prog band --- and a pretty new one at the time --- I think they flew the flag really well for the genre, or at least the neo-genre.

As for Spock's Beard, I just said, as I'm sure you saw, that the opening of (I think it was) "The water" on piano was very much what you might hear either of the two crooners sing. It was just that part, no offence to SB, but that was definitely what it put me in mind of. Pretty damn fine album.

And yes, it's the unknown one's choice this time round...

Incidentally, did you know Jadis have a new album out? Seriously! I just downloaded it yesterday: I thought they had broken up... nice surprise!

10-26-2012, 01:15 PM	#11 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	No, I get what you're saying, but don't forget Marillion only missed out on hitting number one with "Kayleigh" because of the charity record at the top at the time, and "Lavender" did well also, not to mention "Assassing", so for a prog band --- and a pretty new one at the time --- I think they flew the flag really well for the genre, or at least the neo-genre. As for Spock's Beard, I just said, as I'm sure you saw, that the opening of (I think it was) "The water" on piano was very much what you might hear either of the two crooners sing. It was just that part, no offence to SB, but that was definitely what it put me in mind of. Pretty damn fine album. And yes, it's the unknown one's choice this time round... Incidentally, did you know Jadis have a new album out? Seriously! I just downloaded it yesterday: I thought they had broken up... nice surprise! __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018