Prog Rocks
‘Wind & Wuthering’: Top 10 Heights For Genesis In Their Own Special Way
On January 15, 1977, the progressive innovators debuted on the UK chart with their eighth album.
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Features1 month ago‘In Dulci Jubilo’: Mike Oldfield’s Jubilant Christmas Music
The single was not just Oldfield's first UK Top 5 hit, but has become a part of the sound of Christmas in his home country.
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Features1 month ago
‘Ricochet’: Tangerine Dream On The Rebound With Live Album
The career-shaping studio releases ‘Phaedra’ and ‘Rubycon’ were followed by the band's first live album.
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Features3 months ago
Natural Born Bassman: Spooky Tooth And Humble Pie’s Greg Ridley
Before he was 22, Ridley had been a co-founder of two key British bands of the late 1960s, Spooky Tooth and Humble Pie.
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Features3 months ago
‘Selling England By The Pound’: Genesis’ ‘Pretty English Pictures’
Expectations for ‘Selling England By The Pound’ were high in the UK, and it didn’t disappoint, with a No.3 debut.
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Features4 months ago
‘Crime Of The Century’: Supertramp Turn From Dreamers To Achievers
The band’s third LP provided a commercial breakthrough, hit singles and gold status.
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Features4 months ago
‘Breathless’: How Camel Held Back The New Wave
The progressive rock staples had a long-established audience by the late 1970s, and proved it again with their new UK release of September 22, 1978.
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Features4 months ago
‘Rain Dances’: Camel Rise To The Punk Competition
The band's fifth album made the UK Top 20 at the height of the new wave movement.
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Features4 months ago
Best Genesis Songs: 20 Prog And Pop Epics
In a career spanning more than five decades, Genesis covered the bases from resonant love songs to elaborate flights of fantasy.
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Features5 months ago
Classics Of The Progressive Pantheon: The Best Songs By Rush
A stroll through the peerless catalog of Rush reveals a mighty inventory of tracks that fans have helped to make immortal.
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Features5 months ago
Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes: Progressive Pioneer Kevin Ayers
The scope of Ayers' work paved the way for many other psych-rock musicians.
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Features6 months ago
10 Must-Own Prog Albums
Our prog rock buying guide features some undisputed prog landmarks and lesser-appreciated gems of the genre. Dig in!
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Features6 months ago
‘In Search Of The Lost Chord’: A Mystical Landmark For The Moody Blues
Their 1968 album 'In Search Of The Lost Chord' provided the real commercial breakthrough for the band's new album-oriented sound.
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Features7 months ago
Genesis’ Midsummer Night At Knebworth Festival
In the 1970s, the annual Knebworth festival was something of a British institution.
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Features8 months ago
‘Match Of The Day’: How Genesis Spent Their Saturdays
In 1977, the group saluted what is now the longest-running TV football show in the world.
