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?
T2's Morning (takes up whole of side 2 of It'll All Work Out In Boomland)
Catherine Ribiero/Alpes' Un Jour...La Mort (takes up whole of side 2 of Paix) _________________ 'Reggae' & t'ing Folk 'n Stuff SHAMELESS RECORD DEALER PLUG
Some really stereotypical here, but this is my list:
Echoes
Supper's Ready
2112
Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres
Atom Heart Mother
Rime of the Ancient Mariner (does it count?)
Close to the Edge
The Dead Flag Blues (post rock but yeah, it's kind of a suite) _________________ Finally updated the overall chart
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.
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.
Post subject: Re: Your favourite (Prog) Rock Suite?
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.
The Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence for me can hold its own with 2112 and Supper's Ready. _________________ Attention all planets of the solar federation: We have assumed control.
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