PROGRESSIVE ROCK
VA - Prog Rock For Rookies Vol. 01 + Vol. 02 [2023] (2 x CDs)
VA - Prog Rock For Rookies (2023) is a compilation album featuring some of the best progressive rock songs from various artists in 2023. It is a great introduction to the genre for newcomers, as well as a satisfying collection for fans. The album received positive reviews from critics and listeners alike, who praised its diversity, quality, and creativity.
This was sent to me by a friend. It's a great listening experience.
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Track lists
Vol. 01
01 Camel - Song Within A Song 7:12
02 Jethro Tull - Aqualung (Live) 8:20
03 Jon & Vangelis - The Friends Of Mr. Cairo (Remastered) 12:05
04 10cc - Art For Art's Sake 5:59
05 Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman - Roundabout (Live) 7:34
06 Rick Wakeman - Catherine Of Aragon 3:48
07 Le Orme - Gioco Di Bimba 2:56
08 Aphrodite's Child - The Four Horsemen 5:53
09 Asia - Only Time Will Tell 4:44
10 Tangerine Dream - Love On A Real Train 3:58
11 Adrian Belew - Adidas In Heat 2:45
12 Ekseption - The 5th 3:23
13 Jon Anderson - Magic Love 3:48
14 Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow (Remastered 2013) 3:39
15 Styx - Crystal Ball 4:32
16 Gentle Giant - Giant 6:22
17 Steve Hackett - Star Of Sirius 7:05
18 Captain Beefheart - Ashtray Heart (2006 Digital Remaster) 3:26
19 Frank Zappa - Watermelon In Easter Hay 9:08
20 Il Balletto Di Bronzo - La Tua Casa Comoda (Remastered) 3:45
21 Kansas - Power 4:26
22 Klaatu - We're Off You Know 4:01
23 Gong - Prostitute Poem (Remastered 2018) 4:52
24 Mars Volta - Inertiatic Esp 4:27
25 Moody Blues - Your Wildest Dreams 4:50
26 Alan Parsons Project - The Raven (1987 Remix) 3:57
27 Queensrÿche - Operation Mindcrime (Remastered 2003) 4:45
28 Dream Theater - Ytse Jam 5:41
29 Spooky Tooth, Mike Harrison - I Am The Walrus 6:24
30 Supertramp - Even In The Quietest Moments 6:26
31 Vangelis - Theme From Antarctica (Remastered) 7:25
32 Van Der Graaf Generator - Refugees 6:20
33 Steven Wilson - Personal Shopper (Radio Edit) 3:54
34 Brand X - Nuclear Burn (2009 Remaster) 6:23
35 Peter Hammill - Nadir's Big Chance 3:30
36 Brian Eno, David Byrne - Regiment (2006 Digital Remaster) 4:11
Vol. 02
01 Asia - Sole Survivor 4:46
02 Yes - And You And I 11:15
03 Wishbone Ash - Stand And Deliver 7:18
04 Peter Hammill - Crying Wolf 5:08
05 Dixie Dregs - Refried Funky Chicken 3:18
06 Camel - Echoes 7:17
07 Jon & Vangelis - I Hear You Now 5:11
08 10cc - Life Is A Minestrone 4:41
09 Jethro Tull - My God (Live) 8:30
10 Jon Anderson - Maybe 4:06
11 Rick Wakeman - Space Oddity 4:47
12 Barclay James Harvest - Life Is For Living 3:39
13 Aphrodite's Child - Aegian Sea 5:22
14 Adrian Belew - The Lone Rhinoceros 3:59
15 Brian Eno, David Byrne - The Jezebel Spirit (2006 Digital Remaster) 4:56
16 Le Orme - Collage (Remastered 2021) 4:44
17 Mike Oldfield - Family Man 3:46
18 Styx - Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) 5:28
19 Gentle Giant - The Advent Of Panurge 4:42
20 Il Balletto Di Bronzo - Primo Incontro (Remastered) 3:26
21 Frank Zappa - Bobby Brown Goes Down 2:49
22 Steve Hackett - Please Don't Touch 3:39
23 Kansas - All I Wanted 3:21
24 Klaatu - Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft 7:10
25 Gong - A Sprinkling Of Clouds (Remastered 2018) 8:57
26 Mars Volta - Viscera Eyes (Radio Edit) 4:21
27 Moody Blues - Gemini Dream 4:09
28 Alan Parsons Project - (The System Of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether (1987 Remix) 4:20
29 Queensrÿche - Empire (Remastered 2003) 5:24
30 Dream Theater - A Fortune In Lies 5:11
31 Spooky Tooth - Better By You, Better Than Me 3:41
32 Supertramp - School 5:34
33 Van Der Graaf Generator - Killer 8:17
34 Steven Wilson - 12 Things I Forgot 4:42
35 Brand X - Don't Make Waves 5:31
36 Ekseption - Air 2:50
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An area of music I need to study more. Thanks BB (Beefheart and Zappa may be beyond my reach)
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the ride, lemonflag.
DeleteCheers.
Thank you, BB -- and delighted to see you back on the beam!
ReplyDelete@lemonflag, I hope you'll eventually or gradually give both Beefheart and Zappa the proverbial second chance. Now, just between you and me and, um, the national security apparatus, let me confess that I myself am NOT the world's biggest fan of those two artists. Yet there are certain works from each of them that I really do love.
For example, Zappa's "Watermelon In Easter Hay" (included in this collection) is one of my all-time favorite instrumentals -- indeed, one of my all-time favorite recordings, period. That piece comes from a concept album, "Joe's Garage," and the spoken word passage at the beginning might perhaps seem a bit confusing or off-putting unless encountered within the context of the actual story. Nevertheless, I for one think the rest of the track is gorgeous, and I would even say breathtakingly so.
As for the selection from Beefheart, "Ashtray Heart," I'll acknowledge that it's representative, by which I mean characteristically "difficult." Yet I'd also emphasize that the Captain's recorded output was a lot more variegated than either this track or his reputation might imply. Just for the sake of illustration, here's an alternative sample (another instrumental, as it happens) from "Doc At the Radar Station," the same album as is the source for "Ashtray Heart." This one's titled "A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGR2eYVgVbs .
All of the preceding is to indicate that, in my opinion at least , neither Beefheart nor Zappa should be written off as inaccessible. Both might require a bit of a stretch, sometimes rather more than that, but I honestly don't think that either of them could -- and certainly not in all instances -- be beyond your reach.
Thanks, Crab Devil.
DeleteI will leave lemonflag to comment if he wants but I do agree with your final assessment that both might require a bit of a stretch, sometimes rather more than that, but I honestly don't think that either of them could be beyond anyone's reach.
Cheers.
Crab Devil thank you for your detailed response to my comment. I gave both tunes a listen. After wishing Frank would shut up the music was nice. I gave it the entire 9 plus minutes. I thought a was on hold at the doctors office. The music went nowhere, sorry.
DeleteBeefheart is still a no go. That voice beat the punks by decades! The Carrot tune was nice, but again it did not grab me.
I have always enjoyed Peaches En Regalia but I fear I am too old for new discoveries. I'm an old sixties jingle jangle stuck in the mud.
BB good to see you back up to speed. Take care and keep doing what you enjoy.