Progrography - A (mostly) progressive rock discography

Steely Dan: “Josie” (1978)

The third and final femme fatale from Steely Dan’s brilliant Aja.

Posted On 23 Nov

The band’s third album strikes upon a brilliant balance of Victorian romance and Bauhaus minimalism.

A re-tooled Electric Light Orchestra creates this imperfect but impressive frankenstein of classical and rock music.

A very different version than what appeared on their first album, with an actual guitar solo and without the funny ending.

A ragged chronicle of the Harvest tour with songs you’ve never heard before.

The best vibraharpist and the best tenor sax player of their day join forces for an album that, frankly, isn’t their best.

A re-recorded version with better vocals and musical direction from Dusty Springfield’s arranger, Ivor Raymonde.

Afrobeat, ambient and avant-garde collide on Remain In Light, creating the quintessential college rock album.

Beefheart flexes his magic muscle one last time for these bite-size replicas of Trout Mask Replica.

This song appeared in the film On Dangerous Ground, a/k/a Choke Canyon, a/k/a that crappy film with Bishop from Aliens in it.

Posted On 9 Nov

The album of the film of the tour of the first album of the guy from The Police.

Ageless metal from an ageless man, forged in a bygone age of demons and wizards.

Squeeze’s first and only foray into the holiday season is this unappetizing fruitcake.

The second album proved that Styx was no fly-by-night band, even though it does sound a lot like Fly By Night.

Opportunists, maybe. Non-conformists, clearly. The Stranglers’ first is a strange mix of punk and psychedelia.