Progrography - Page 2 of 103 - A (mostly) progressive rock discography

[Review] OMD: Dazzle Ships (1983)

The operative nautical analogy would have been the Titanic, since this album was pretty much a disaster from the get-go.

A double-album opus featuring manipulated orchestral tapes, synthesizer and a vast cosmos of electronic sounds.

Maybe the most honest love song ever written, a point that sailed over most people’s heads including the videographer’s.

The band’s debut gives new meaning to the words “I know what I like in your wardrobe.”

This marks the beginning of Deep Purple Mk. III and the end of Purple as a prog/metal band.

The bloom was off the rose, and the success of the band’s new single paled in comparison to their first hit.

There’s nothing modest about ELP’s live adaptation of Mussorgsky’s classic collection of sound paintings.

Electronically treated trumpet ragas featuring the sounds of nature and primitive synthesizers.

Ten percent Indian (on Joey Belladonna’s mother’s side), ninety percent metal.

Another slice of technicolor heaven that puts the “pow” in power pop.

The light and heavy factions of Styx find better balance on the last of the Wooden Nickel recordings.

Posted On 4 Apr

The song that asks the musical question: “Whatever happened to Leon Trotsky?”

The second album repeats the success of the first down to the smallest details, which is a bit, um, boring.

A musical revolution fomented by the Fairlight computer musical instrument.

A new name (Bowie) and a new direction (English mod), one of which stuck around longer than the other.