Any prog get-downs here?

I always stayed away from what I read were the "dismal" periods of Strawbs & Sabbs discographys. (Okay then, Sabbs were not prog.)

Now the other day I picked up Strawbs "Nomadness" lp - one of those reputedly dismal releases - and,guess what, I found it surprizingly good.
Everywhere you read that their period from "Nomadness" to "Goodbye" is weak.
"Nomadness" was attacked, the critics saying the band were going for the American market by moving towards paper-thin short-track pop. Indeed the tracks are shorter, but only the second track (and the only one written by Lambert) sounds specifically American.

I think this lp has the strongest ending of any Strawbs lp since the track "Where is this Dream of Your Youth?"

So then my question is:
how do you rate the three lps that followed this: Deep Cuts to Goodbye...summat (the one with the black & white "cartoon" cover.)

As to Sabbath, I never followed them after the Ozzy period.
Okay, everyone says "Heaven & Hell" with Dio is great, so I want the lps AFTER this rated.

Everyone clearly agrees "FORBIDDEN" is the worse.Tony Iommi included. (Even were it so that Iced T were not on it.)
Also the "Seventh...wotsit" lp.

How you rate the I.R.S. period?
Martin as vocalist period?

They say it sounds 80s generic (but still good) non-Sabbath - well IT WOULD without the distinctive plodding,note-bending Butler bass, wouldn't it? (But he did return to be on one of those lps.)

The Deep Purple Gillian as vocalist lp - I read he is going into melodramatics as if taking the piss, but still...it works for this simple rock kind of music.

RE: Any prog get-downs here?, posted on December 19, 2014 at 13:16:24
fantja Audiophile Posts: 15524 Location: Alabama Joined: September 11, 2010	I am a fan of prog music.

RE: Any prog get-downs here?, posted on December 19, 2014 at 14:05:18
baggrasan	That's not very specific. ... Anyways....well then , get posting! We gots to progify this place.

RE: Any prog get-downs here?, posted on December 19, 2014 at 16:09:10
fantja Audiophile Posts: 15524 Location: Alabama Joined: September 11, 2010	YES, ELP, RUSH, King Crimson, Camel...for openers.

RE: Any prog get-downs here?, posted on December 19, 2014 at 19:36:47
baggrasan	You are not allowed to post on my thread if you are a devotee of Rush. Rush = noob taste.

RE: Any prog get-downs here?, posted on December 19, 2014 at 19:54:39
baggrasan	Early into their career ('71) CAMEL made a lp with Philip Goodhand-Tait called "I think I'll write a song". Fearing the worst, I have never sought this lp out. Reasons: 1/with song titles like "Oh Rosanna" and "Why a woman needs a man"...well, you know. 2/Phil was a songwriter of 60s specializing in pop/"piano rock" Doesn't bode well, I would opine.

I'm in, posted on December 20, 2014 at 09:01:02
dwill123 Audiophile Posts: 2162 Location: Philadelphia Joined: September 7, 2003

RE: Any prog get-downs here?, posted on December 20, 2014 at 09:18:12
fantja Audiophile Posts: 15524 Location: Alabama Joined: September 11, 2010	Laughing...

RE: Any prog get-downs here?, posted on December 20, 2014 at 09:19:16
fantja Audiophile Posts: 15524 Location: Alabama Joined: September 11, 2010	The age old argument on wether or not RUSH is Prog?

RE: Any prog get-downs here?, posted on December 20, 2014 at 13:34:46
baggrasan	No. I dont want to go into that tired arguement whether that slim 2 or 3 lp -period of Rush is prog. Point is that Rush is simply...rubbish. That is enough Rush-talk on this thread , okay? Please?

RE: Any prog get-downs here?, posted on December 28, 2014 at 07:03:51
baggrasan	Abysmal. Simply abysmal that pwog gets the short shrift here. It is beyond sense that apparently so few here on this forum embrace the greater glory of The Almighty Pwog. You all should be very chasened to hear this sad fact. And THIS (headlining this very forum) is of no help either: "From Classic Rock to PROGESSIVE to hip hop to today's hot new tunes!"

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Any prog get-downs here?

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