Progressive Rock (Prog Rock) Complete DiscographyThis web-page has detailed descriptions and background information on Progressive Rock (Prog Rock) . Progressive rock (also referred to as prog rock or prog) is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of the 1960s as much as take its rightful place beside the modern classical music of Stravinsky and Bartók." Progressive rock bands pushed "rock's technical and compositional boundaries" by going beyond the standard rock or popular verse-chorus-based song structures. The Oxford Companion to Music states that progressive rock bands "...explored extended musical structures which involved intricate instrumental patterns and textures and often esoteric subject matter." Additionally, the arrangements often incorporated elements drawn from classical, jazz, and world music. Instrumentals were common, while songs with lyrics were sometimes conceptual, abstract, or based in fantasy. Progressive rock bands sometimes used "concept albums that made unified statements, usually telling an epic story or tackling a grand overarching theme."[2] Progressive rock developed from late 1960s psychedelic rock, as part of a wide-ranging tendency in rock music of this era to draw inspiration from ever more diverse influences. The term was initially applied to the music of bands such as Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Yes, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Soft Machine, and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, ] reaching its peak of popularity in the mid 1970s.
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ISLAND ILPS 9101 |
"Ahead Rings Out" was the debut album by British blues-rock band Blodwyn Pig, released in 1969. The band had been formed in 1969 by Mick Abrahams, the former guitarist of Jethro Tull, and sales of "Ahead Rings Out" rivalled those of Jethro Tull's next album, "Stand Up", reaching No. 9 on the British album chart. The album contains a healthy mixture of various styles of progressive blues and "The Modern Alchemist" displayed the jazz influence and saxophone skills of Jack Lancaster. |
1969 | UK / England |
White Spoon Records Spoon 004 / 66.22.237-01
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Monster Movie is the debut album by the German krautrock band Can, recorded and released in 1969. After the release of their first two singles in 1968, Can produced an album that was to be their full-length debut, entitled Prepared to Meet Thy Pnoom, but no record company was willing to release it. Monster Movie was Can's attempt to make a more accessible record for commercial release. |
1989 | Germany |
Warner Bros Records K 46092 |
"Second Album" was the second album released by British Prog rock group "Curved Air." It reached No. 11 in the UK Charts on 9 October 1971, and "Back Street Luv" became a UK No. 4 chart hit on 7 August 1971. |
1971 | UK / England |
Manticore 87 224 ET / C 85 382
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 Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Self-titled This album has also been released as: Island ILPS-9132, Manticore 87 224 |
1970 |
Germany |
Island Records 85 804
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1972 |
Germany | |
ISLAND ILPS 9155
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This the second album by the British progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 1971. |
1971 | UK / England |
Reprise Records RS 6384
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This album "FAMILY - A Song For Me" The album was recorded late 1969 in Olympic Studios in London. It was their first album with new members John Weider on bass and Poli Palmer on keyboards, flute and vibraphone. |
1970 | |
United Artists Records UAS 29 218 XD |
"200 Motels" is tje 1971 American-British musical surrealist film cowritten and directed by Frank Zappa and Tony Palmer and starring The Mothers of Invention, Theodore Bikel and Ringo Starr. The film covers a loose storyline about The Mothers of Invention going crazy in the small town Centerville. This soundtrack album was released in the same year. |
1971 | Germany |
Reprise Records RS 2030 31,107 |
"Chunga's Revenge" is the album by Frank Zappa, released on October 23, 1970. Zappa's first effort of the 1970s marks the first appearance of former Turtles members Flo & Eddie on a Zappa record, and signals the dawn of a controversial epoch in Zappa's history (this era is both hated and loved by Zappa fans in equal measure). Chunga's Revenge represents a shift from both the satirical political commentary of his 1960s work with The Mothers of Invention, and the jazz fusion of Hot Rats. |
1970 | Germany |
Reprise Records 44 078 RS 6356 30,936 |
"Hot Rats" is the second solo album by Frank Zappa. It was released in October 1969. Five of the six songs are instrumental ("Willie the Pimp" features a short vocal by Captain Beefheart). It was Zappa's first recording project after the dissolution of the original Mothers of Invention. In his original sleeve notes Zappa described the album as "a movie for your ears." |
1969 | Germany |
Charisma CAS 1058 Quartet/Genesis
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This album "GENESIS - Foxtrot UK" is the fourth studio album by English progressive rock band Genesis and the second from the band line-up which included Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins, and Steve Hackett. |
1972 | UK / England |
DECCA SKL 4990 , ZAL 8839P,
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This the first album by Genesis, released in March 1969 on Decca Records in England (London Records in North America). It was produced by Jonathan King, who discovered them in 1967 while the members of Genesis were pupils at Charterhouse School, King's alma mater. |
1969 | England
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Philips 6369 916
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This album "GENESIS - NURSERY CRYME Gatefold Album cover" is the third studio album by Genesis and was recorded and released in 1971. |
1971 | Germany |
Charisma CAS 1074, Notebest Ltd, Carlin Music
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"Selling England by the Pound" is the fifth studio album by the progressive rock band Genesis and was recorded and released in 1973. It followed Foxtrot and was the band's commercial peak so far hitting No.3 in the UK where it remained on the charts for 21 weeks. |
1973 | England
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Liberty LBG 28672
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This album "HAWKWIND . Hall of the Mountain Grill" is the fourth studio album by space rock band Hawkwind, released in 1974. It is regarded by many critics and fans as a career highlight. |
1974 | UK / England
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RCA Victor LSP 4058 |
"Crown of Creation" was released in 1968 and is the fourth album by the San Francisco rock band "Jefferson Airplane". |
1968 | Germany |
Green Chrysalis CHR 1044 / ILPS 9145
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JETHRO TULL - Aqualung Gatefold UK England | 1971 | UK England |
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"Heavy Horses" is the eleventh studio album by Jethro Tull, released on 10 April 1978. It is considered the second album in a trilogy of folk-rock albums by Jethro Tull, although folk music's influence is evident on a great number of Jethro Tull releases. The album abandons much of the folk lyrical content typical of the previous studio album, "Songs from the Wood", in exchange for a more realist perspective on the changing world. Likewise, the band sound is harder and tighter. This album was the last studio album to feature John Glascock playing bass on all tracks. |
1978 | West Germany |
Green Chrysalis CHR 1042 / ILPS 9103 |
"Stand Up" is the second album by "Jethro Tull". Prior to this album, the band's original guitarist Mick Abrahams had left the band due to musical differences with Ian Anderson. Abrahams wanted to stay with the blues-rock sound of "This Was", while Anderson wished to branch out into other musical forms. |
1969 | UK England |
Green Chrysalis 1041 / ILPS 9085 |
"This Was" is the debut album by the rock band "Jethro Tull", released in 1968. Recorded at a cost of only £1200 GBP, the album received generally favourable reviews and sold well upon its release. In the documentary film of the Woodstock Festival, portions of the songs "Beggar's Farm" and "Serenade to a Cuckoo" may be heard on the PA system, indicating the level of notice the album achieved in the United States. |
1968 | UK England |
Polydor 2310269
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This is the s Polydor International album release cover, controversially, with a photo of group of nude women, which was replaced after Experience Hendrix took control of Hendrix' recordings. |
1968 | UK / England |
Barclay 0920069 Super Panache
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"Electric Ladyland" is the third and final album of new material by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. It is the only Hendrix studio album professionally produced under his supervision. |
1968 | France |
2-Color Atlantic 940.056, XBLY 940.056
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JIMI HENDRIX OTIS REDDING - Monterey International Pop Festival |
1967 | France |
Reprise REP 64017
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This album "JIMI HENDRIX - Sound Track Recordings from the Film " is the soundtrack to the 1973 documentary film, Jimi Hendrix and the second live album by him. |
193 | Germany |
Liberty LBG 83464
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Man are a rock band from South Wales whose style is a mixture of West Coast psychedelia, progressive rock, blues and country-rock. Formed in 1968 as a reincarnation of Welsh rock harmony group ''The Bystanders''. |
1971 | England |
Bronze 200 367
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MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND - Angel Station Lyrics sheet and fold open poster |
1979 | Germany |
Vertigo 6360 '87
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This a rock album released in 1973 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. Messin' followed Glorified Magnified and preceded Solar Fire, and like all Earth Band albums contains a mixture of originals and covers |
1973 | England
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Bronze 28 789
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This album "MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND - Roaring Silence" is the album released in 1976 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. Like other Earth Band albums, this includes material by other composers |
1976 | Germany |
Bronze 25 862 XOT
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This a studio album with several live tracks released in 1978 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. |
1978 | Switzerland |
Orange RCA Victor SF 8163 / LSP 4448 / ZPRS 9053 |
PAUL KANTNER Jefferson Starship - Blows Against the Empire |
1971 | UK England |
Red Label Virgin 206 927
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This is the first studio album by British singer, musician and songwriter Peter Gabriel and the first of four with the same eponymous title. it was produced by Bob Ezrin. Gabriel and Ezrin assembled a team of talented musicians, including Robert Fripp of King Crimson, to record the album. |
1977 | |
The Famous Charisma Label 9124 025
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Peter Gabriel is the second solo album by the British singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel, released in 1978. This album is the second of four with the same eponymous title. Guitarist Robert Fripp served as producer, whose influence on the album is evident in the use of Frippertronics on the track "Exposure." |
1978 | West Germany |
The Famous Charisma Label 6302 201
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"Peter Gabriel" is the fourth album released by the British progressive rock musician Peter Gabriel. This album was originally released as Gabriel's fourth eponymous album, this album was released in the USA as "Security" |
1982 | |
White Label 207 587bel Virgin
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PETER GABRIEL - So |
1986 | Germany / Netherlands |
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EMI 2C 068-60033
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This album "QUEEN - News of the World" i is the sixth studio album by British rock group Queen, released in 1977. Containing hit songs "We Will Rock You", "We Are the Champions" and "Spread Your Wings". |
1977 | France |
Sovereign Capitol ST-11216 |
"Ashes Are Burning" is the album by progressive rock band Renaissance, released in 1973 It was the first of several Renaissance albums to feature an orchestra playing along with the band on some songs. |
1973 | England |
CBS S 64188 |
"The End of an Ear" is the debut solo album by Soft Machine's Robert Wyatt. |
1970 | England UK |
Decca SLK 16 665 / ZAL 8476 |
"Beggars Banquet" is the seventh studio album by the English rock band The Rolling Stones. It was released in December 1968 by Decca Records in the United Kingdom and London Records in the United States. It marked a return to the band's R&B roots, generally viewed as more primal than the conspicuous psychedelia of "Their Satanic Majesties Request". |
1968 | Germany |
Decca SLK 16 487-P / ZAL 7752 |
"Flowers" is an American compilation album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1967. The songs either appeared as singles, had been omitted from the American versions of Aftermath and Between the Buttons, were collected from studio sessions dating back to 1965, or are reissues of songs recently released on other albums. |
1967 | Germany |
Decca TXS 103 |
"Their Satanic Majesties Request" is the psychedelic rock album by The Rolling Stones recorded and released in 1967. Its title is a play on the "Her Britannic Majesty requests and requires..." text that appears inside a British passport. |
1967 | Germany |
EPIC E 31175 / AL 31175 |
Feedback is the fifth album by the rock & roll band Spirit. Released in 1972, it was the first Spirit album without original members Jay Ferguson and Mark Andes, and it was also the only Spirit album that did not feature Randy California performing on it, as California had left the group to pursue a solo career. |
1972 | USA |
ODE Records Z12 44004 |
Spirit's self-titled debut album is one whose multifarious experimentalism owes a lot to the contemporary successes of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Pink Floyd's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. I |
1967 | USA |
EPIC BN 26281 |
"Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus" is the fourth album by the psychedelic rock ensemble Spirit. Produced by David Briggs, who is best known for his work with Neil Young. |
1970 | Antone Holland |
Polydor 2442 112  |
The WHO - Tommy Gatefold |
1969 | France |
