Progrography - A (mostly) progressive rock discography

[Review] Lou Reed: Metal Machine Music – The Amine β Ring (1975)

From La Monte Young’s dream comes Lou Reed’s 60-minute nightmare.

With Phil Collins and Steve Hackett on board, Genesis enters its classic phase of imaginative storytelling.

Sea, feel and hear the story of a misguided mod with multiple personalities in Townshend’s true masterpiece.

If you thought Tommy was an emotional train wreck, you hadn’t heard anything yet.

The band expands their musical palette with exciting results on their first studio album since American Beauty.

Best. Glam. Album. Ever(yone who uses single-word sentences should be beaten with a large dictionary).

Bolan continues his winning ways as top mail with this instant, inscrutable classic.

The ornate rock of Procol Harum plus an orchestra proves to be a double-edged, jewel-encrusted sword.

Posted On 9 May

The band forges brightly into future with this literary, ambitious follow-up, capped by the multipart suite, “In Held Twas In I.”

Posted On 9 May

Frampton comes alive, McCartney comes to America and brings an extra elpee’s worth of Beatles songs with him.

The first “Mahavishnu” recording features acoustic Indian raga jazz on side one and his flamenco-style acoustic jazz playing on side two.

Posted On 7 May

Apparently, Eno was just getting warmed up on Jets. Once heard, this album will change your world.

Poco’s first is a sweet and surprisingly solid collection of country-rock originals featuring the songs and vocals of Richie Furay.

Recorded in Abbey Road Studios in London in 1971, this features re-recordings of some of Fela’s recent homeland hits.

The band’s second is even darker than their first. That’s right, I wrote darker.

Posted On 17 Apr