Review by BrufordFreak — Highly-acclaimed jazz-rock fusion from a British quartet of seasoned musicians--including Hugh Hopper. 1. "Illusion" (3:54) nicely-partitioned jazz-oriented rock music...
Review by BrufordFreak — The sophomore album release by the German guitar genius. All tracks are Volker Kriegel compositions except where noted. 1. "Slums on Wheels" (13:24) John Marshall is ...
Review by Mellotron Storm — All I knew about 10CC back in the 70's was the songs I heard by them on the radio. So it was very surprising to listen this one for the first time. The witty lyrics...
Review by BrufordFreak — Swedish experimental Jazz-Rock Fusion with the help of Quartermass keyboard player Pete Robinson (later with Brand X). 1. "Bluegaloo" (6:25) a B+ funk track in a Herb...
Review by David_ProgCritique — For those who don't know him, Marco Minnemann is the drummer for the supergroup The Aristocrats (among others). He is a very complete musician, who participates ...
Review by David_ProgCritique — If you are regular readers of ProgCritique, you know that the first part of the work devoted to Joseph by Neal Morse, namely 'The Dreamer ? Joseph: Part One', ex...
Review by David_ProgCritique — Three years after their first record publication ('Fragments') Trifecta is back with 'The New Normal'. From the cover, the graphic codes of the first album are u...
Review by LoxTox — LAGWBAT is a freaking masterpiece and one of the best rock albums of all time for me. Each song continues to grow on me, having been listening to it on repeat since 2022. Thi...
Review by Warthur — For better or worse, the Sortie CD is the most easily accessible way to get a legitimate copy of the work of Cartoon, America's answer to Henry Cow or Samla Mammas Manna. Fo...
Review by Warthur — Cartoon's debut album was impressive in part because they were able to give the impression of a sprawling lineup with just a trio to hand; for their second album, they add m...
Review by VianaProghead — Review N� 772 "XII" is the ninth studio album of Barclay James Harvest and that was released in 1978. This album represents a mark in the musical career of the gro...
Review by Sheavy — If listening to bands jamming makes you break out in small, red, itchy bumps you're going to want to look toward some later mid 70s work for satisfaction, say the jazzy psyc...
Review by siLLy puPPy — One of Argentina's best kept secrets from the fertile and creative 1970s prog scene, S�NTESIS was a band like no other in a nation that followed in the footsteps of th...
Review by Mellotron Storm — "Peter And The Wolf" comes across as a children's tale, which it is, set to music here by an all-star cast. It's not up to the standards of MOTHER GONG's "Fairy Tal...
Review by BrufordFreak — Herbie's first studio album since decommissioning his Mwandishi project. Herbie is stated to have said that he was tired of the spacey, high-end stuff and just wanted ...
Review by tszirmay — From lovely Imola with its stunning Sforza castle, comes this new addition to the RPI school of prog, offering a classic take, flush from all the legendary influences, but...
Review by BrufordFreak — Australian studio/sessions musicians lured into breaking in a new recording studio just outside of Melbourne. 1. "Journey In Threes" (6:30) drums, funked up bass, clav...
Review by BrufordFreak — Brilliant and experimental/boundary pushing proggy Jazz-Rock Fusion from Sweden. They sound a bit like a Chick Corea-led FOCUS only better. 1. "Eber's Funk" (7:45) op...
Review by BrufordFreak — An album of brass-enhanced pop jazz-rock music not unlike that of Blood Sweat and Tears: the band's lead singer John Redpath's voice is pretty much a dead ringer for t...
Review by siLLy puPPy — The ever shape shifting stylistic approach with a chameleoneque name to match, the fourth album under Godspeed You! Emperor's side project SILVER MOUNTAIN PROJECT return...
Review by siLLy puPPy — This time appearing as THEE SILVER REVERIES which no trace of Zion to be found, the Canadian Godspeed You! Black Emperor side project of guitarist / pianist / vocalist E...
Review by BrufordFreak — A jazz-rock one off from Birmingham. The musicians were obviously inspired by COLOSSEUM, CHICAGO, and BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS as well as PROCOL HARUM, The SPENCER DAVIS ...
Review by BrufordFreak — A quartet of classically-trained multi-instrumentalists from Spain have their first album released to minor acclaim, produce one other, more classically-oriented album...
Review by Mellotron Storm — This along with "The Shadow- Vol.I" were recorded live in studio over a four day period late in December of 2019 at Ocean Sound Recordings in Oslo, Norway. Sadly th...
Review by mickcoxinha — This is pure brilliance misunderstood by many people who think this kind of music is some kind of contractual obligation or just someone playing with a new synth. To be...
Review by mickcoxinha — What is interesting about China is that it mixes two different characteristics of Vangelis work: the somewhat folkish sound with traditional Chinese flutes, percussion ...
Review by GameSwitcher — Another one of my all time favourite albums! This album was what they deemed the beginning of their deep dive into microtonal music, going so far as to have "volume 1" ...
Review by siLLy puPPy — Often considered the Italian Emerson, Lake & Palmer for its strong power trio dynamics, LE ORME was also one of the 70s Italian prog scene's biggest sellers and most pop...
Review by siLLy puPPy — ASIA MINOR was an unusual symphonic prog band that emerged in the 1970s Paris scene that was formed by two Turks and several French musicians and underwent numerous line...
Review by siLLy puPPy — While already one of the most eclectic of prog bands that got the larger prog party started with its 1969 classic "In The Court Of The Crimson King," Robert Fripp ingeni...
Review by BrufordFreak — Bennie just kept plugging along--as did many of his well-seasoned J-R Fuse collaborators: evolving with the infusing tides of funk, dynamics, smoothness, and commercia...
Review by sgtpepper — This band has all the visual prerequisites to be one of the Progressive Italiano bands - keyboards in the line-up, a late 70's release and all titled in Italian. The musi...
Review by Hector Enrique — Away from the sonorities of great metal intensity and closer to an intimate and peaceful aesthetic, and even with some insinuations to the accessible tendencies of e...
Review by andrea — Le Vele di Oniride began life in Imola in 2017 on the initiative of the band's lyricist and main composer Nello De Leo, former member of another prog band called Ellephant. T...
Review by Progosopher — Having been a PG fan for decades, I have to say this album infuriates me. Not because of the music, which is excellent, but because of the formatting. Many people have ...
Review by BrufordFreak — The debut album from this very-mature-sounding big band of Jazz-Rock Fusion enthusiasts from Wisconsin (where I live)--with six (!) full-time members of the horn sectio...
Review by Mellotron Storm — 4.5 stars. STICK MEN have made a pretty good career for themselves with their constant touring. Dozens of live albums are available from these guys and many of thos...
Review by Civas — This album very surprised me, I didn't know about this Italian band (even though I'm Italian too) MACROPHONIX is the third album of the band (I think I will listen to the prev...
Review by TheEliteExtremophile — Dvne (presumably pronounced like "dune," though Google Translate also tells me it's Bosnian for "days ago") is a Scottish quintet, and they're one of the more t...
Review by BrufordFreak — Definitely Jazz-Rock Fusion of the Third or "Smooth Jazz" Wave from this band from Appleton, Wisconsin's Lawrence University. 1. "The Fly" (4:04) pseudo-funk that sou...
Review by b_olariu — P'cock was an excellent german progressive electronic/rock band from early '80s. Formed by drummer Tommy Betzler in 1975 and releasing 3 albums in the '80s before disbandin...
Review by VianaProghead — Review N� 771 Supersister was a Dutch progressive rock band that was founded in The Hague, Netherlands in 1967. When it comes to Dutch prog rock, many people think...
Review by Aussie_Philosopher — Hello fellow music lovers. Caught by surprise, this album didn't have much hype before its release apart from the great video of impossible tightrope which is ho...
Review by Mellotron Storm — 4.5 stars. ONCE AND FUTURE BAND are from Oakland, California and this is their debut from 2017. Seasoned musicians, in fact a trio here with two guest female backin...
Review by ianjferris@gmail.com — So (pun intended), here we have it. This is Peter Gabriel releasing his inner Phil Collins in this magnificent double vinyl disc (single cd) album. It was afte...
Review by sgtpepper — "Giant for a day" is again a wrongly chosen album title that suggests a good familiar progressive music by the band. It starts on a relatively good note by strongly remind...
Review by sgtpepper — Gentle Giant really started to cut down on their ambitions and aspirations on the deceivingly ambitiously titled "The missing piece". Music gets less complex, somewhat mo...
Review by mickcoxinha — More on the psychedelic/experimental side than the prog side, Gracious debut is a mixed bag of what has been done during the late sixties and early seventies. It is one...
Review by kev rowland — Ahleuchatistas (AH LOO CHA TEES TAS) were formed in 2002 by Shane Parish (guitar), Derek Poteat (bass), and Sean Dail (drums), and by the time of this recording they ha...
Review by kev rowland — I was not the only person to be someone stunned when Acqua Fragile returned in 2017 with the excellent 'A New Chant'. Although they had recorded some albums in the Seve...