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Re: Your favourite (Prog) Rock Suite?

manurock — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:01:25 GMT

Author: manurock

Posted: 03/23/2018 21:01

@Amirkhosro Yeah, starless is so great! So many albums after ITCOTCK they released such a fantastic track...

Fischman wrote:

Yes, the Riverside was most excellent.
Officially on my wishlist now.

I'm glad you liked it 😁 For me it is their best album.

Re: Your favourite (Prog) Rock Suite?

Fischman — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 16:35:48 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 03/23/2018 20:35

Yes, the Riverside was most excellent.
Officially on my wishlist now.

Re: Your favourite (Prog) Rock Suite?

Amirkhosro — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 16:34:39 GMT

Author: Amirkhosro

Posted: 03/23/2018 20:34

Starless

Re: Your favourite (Prog) Rock Suite?

Fischman — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 13:10:19 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 03/23/2018 17:10

manurock wrote:

@SquishypuffDave Great to see you already mentioned Anesthetize! I love it so much.

Apart from the classics already mentioned I would go with my overal #2 called "Doomsday Afternoon" by Phideaux in which the first and last songs "Micro SoftDeathstar" and "Microdeath Sofstar" are brilliant and serve as a perfect introduction and a conclusion to the whole album.

Doomsday Afternoon by Phideaux.

For those of you who are more into prog metal, the 15 minute "Second Life Syndrome" of the same album. Different mellow and hard moments with lovely guitar-keyboard dialogues.

Second Life Syndrome by Riverside

I like what I've heard from Riverside, but that one is not yet known to me. Putting it in the queue now.

Re: Your favourite (Prog) Rock Suite?

Fischman — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 13:07:04 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 03/23/2018 17:07

bobbyb5 wrote:

Thought of some more I always liked.

Karn Evil 9.... Emerson Lake and Palmer

Hamburger Concerto...Focus

Anonymous 2...Focus

Hero and Heroine...Strawbs

A Passion Play... Jethro Tull

And here's some that aren't quite considered prog-rock today, but they used some of the most common characteristics often associated with prog rock; orchestral or symphonic rock, and Jazz Rock. And they work in the same way when you're listening to them. After all, there wasn't just one style of prog rock. And all these are pretty good.

Ocean Breakup/ King of the Universe/Bluebird Is Dead/Oh No Not Susan/New World Rising/Ocean
Breakup (Reprise).... Electric Light Orchestra -side one of "On the Third Day"

Chicago lll...... It has not one, not two, but THREE suites.

Travel Suite
Hour in the Shower
Elegy

Chicago ll.....

Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon
It Better End Soon- Four Movements

Alan Parsons Project.... Turn of a Friendly Card

Excellent list! Some stuff I'll have to listen to again as it's been some time.

Re: Your favourite (Prog) Rock Suite?

manurock — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 12:44:24 GMT

Author: manurock

Posted: 03/23/2018 16:44

@SquishypuffDave Great to see you already mentioned Anesthetize! I love it so much.

Apart from the classics already mentioned I would go with my overal #2 called "Doomsday Afternoon" by Phideaux in which the first and last songs "Micro SoftDeathstar" and "Microdeath Sofstar" are brilliant and serve as a perfect introduction and a conclusion to the whole album.

Doomsday Afternoon by Phideaux.

For those of you who are more into prog metal, the 15 minute "Second Life Syndrome" of the same album. Different mellow and hard moments with lovely guitar-keyboard dialogues.

Second Life Syndrome by Riverside

Re: Your favourite (Prog) Rock Suite?

bobbyb5 — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 06:22:37 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 03/23/2018 10:22

Thought of some more I always liked.

Karn Evil 9.... Emerson Lake and Palmer

Hamburger Concerto...Focus

Anonymous 2...Focus

Hero and Heroine...Strawbs

A Passion Play... Jethro Tull

And here's some that aren't quite considered prog-rock today, but they used some of the most common characteristics often associated with prog rock; orchestral or symphonic rock, and Jazz Rock. And they work in the same way when you're listening to them. After all, there wasn't just one style of prog rock. And all these are pretty good.

Ocean Breakup/ King of the Universe/Bluebird Is Dead/Oh No Not Susan/New World Rising/Ocean
Breakup (Reprise).... Electric Light Orchestra -side one of "On the Third Day"

Chicago lll...... It has not one, not two, but THREE suites.

Travel Suite
Hour in the Shower
Elegy

Chicago ll.....

Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon
It Better End Soon- Four Movements

Alan Parsons Project.... Turn of a Friendly Card

Re: Your favourite (Prog) Rock Suite?

Liedzeit — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 06:16:07 GMT

Author: Liedzeit

Posted: 03/23/2018 10:16

Sarabande by Jon Lord

My favourite. It helps that Lord played with the orchestra of my home town.

Re: Your favourite (Prog) Rock Suite?

bobbyb5 — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 04:43:49 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 03/23/2018 08:43

elo269megv wrote:

How about Mike Oldfield plays Tubular Bells ??

Good one. 😁

Re: Your favourite (Prog) Rock Suite?

SquishypuffDave — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 21:28:45 GMT

Author: SquishypuffDave

Posted: 03/23/2018 01:28

On top of what's already been mentioned:

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(I'll avoid albums that are also suites, because then I'd just be listing prog bands.)

And if I feel like playing fast and loose with this thread's genre restraints:

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Re: Your favourite (Prog) Rock Suite?

Fischman — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 16:14:20 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 03/22/2018 20:14

For those with a more metallic bent in their prog, Fates Warning's eight-part Ivory Gates of Dreams (side 2 of No Exit) is worth a listen

Link

Re: Your favourite (Prog) Rock Suite?

elo269megv — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 15:53:26 GMT

Author: elo269megv

Posted: 03/22/2018 19:53

How about Mike Oldfield plays Tubular Bells ??

Re: Your favourite (Prog) Rock Suite?

Fischman — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 12:15:15 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 03/22/2018 16:15

Probably not. I think of that more like a song cycle than an individual suite. Much like Rush's 'Fear' sequence.

Re: Your favourite (Prog) Rock Suite?

AAL2014 — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 12:12:22 GMT

Author: AAL2014

Posted: 03/22/2018 16:12

Fischman wrote:

Yep.

Fischman, would you count Dream Theater's 12 Step Suite?

Re: Your favourite (Prog) Rock Suite?

Fischman — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 11:52:13 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 03/22/2018 15:52

AAL2014 wrote:

The Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence for me can hold its own with 2112 and Supper's Ready.

Yep.

Re: Your favourite (Prog) Rock Suite?

AAL2014 — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 11:50:26 GMT

Author: AAL2014

Posted: 03/22/2018 15:50

The Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence for me can hold its own with 2112 and Supper's Ready.

Re: Your favourite (Prog) Rock Suite?

Fischman — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 11:34:47 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 03/22/2018 15:34

PinkMind wrote:

Since Prog inherites elements from classical music some artists have a habit of writing rock suites. Songs, usually ten to twenty minutes in lenght, with different parts. My favourite examples would be 2112 by Rush and Pink Floyds Shine on You Crazy Diamond. What are yours?

I love all the choices listed so far and, like you, the Rush and Floyd were the first to come to mind.

For me, the mac daddy of prog suites is now something more recent,
Duel With the Devil: I. Motherless Children/II. Walk Away/III. Silence of the Night/IV. You're Not Alone/V. Almost Home
from Bridge Across Forever, the 2001 release by supergroup Transatlantic.
Neal Morse (Spock's Beard Vocals and Keyboards)
Ronnie Stolt (The Flower Kings guitarist)
Pete Trevawas (Marillion bassist)
Mike Portnoy ( Dream Theater drummer)

This is a masterwork of neo-prog. As you would expect, the musicianship is top notch. The song structures are sprawling, but still coherent, and they are filled with surprisingly catchy and hummable melodies.

It clocks in at a whopping 26:47, but never fails to hold my interest.

Link

Re: Your favourite (Prog) Rock Suite?

Fischman — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 11:14:38 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 03/22/2018 15:14

bobbyb5 wrote:

My favorite ones are The Moody Blues..... Have You Heard Pt. 1/ The Voyage/ Have You Heard Pt 2 . From the album On the Threshold of a Dream. Actually, a couple of their entire albums could be seen as Suites. Since the songs are all connected both physically and theme wise. Like the album Days of Future Passed.

My other favorite is Nektar.. Remember the Future. It's actually two Suites, one on each side of the original album.

And of course I love the suite of songs And You and I by Yes.

Whoa! Nice Choices!

Re: Your favourite (Prog) Rock Suite?

bobbyb5 — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 08:19:51 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 03/22/2018 12:19

My favorite ones are The Moody Blues..... Have You Heard Pt. 1/ The Voyage/ Have You Heard Pt 2 . From the album On the Threshold of a Dream. Actually, a couple of their entire albums could be seen as Suites. Since the songs are all connected both physically and theme wise. Like the album Days of Future Passed.

My other favorite is Nektar.. Remember the Future. It's actually two Suites, one on each side of the original album.

And of course I love the suite of songs And You and I by Yes.

Re: Your favourite (Prog) Rock Suite?

CharlieBarley — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 19:31:30 GMT

Author: CharlieBarley

Posted: 03/21/2018 23:31

Mine's Shine On You Crazy Diamond too. Probably Echoes too but Shine On is my favourite.

Also King Crimson's The Court of the Crimson King and Epitaph.

I only really like Floyd and King Crimson in terms of prog. And I think I'd like Van der Graaf Generator too from the couple of snippets I've heard.