No don’t think you’ve mentioned it :). I actually enjoyed the previous album, Mission, but didn’t think it was a very ‘Styx’ sound, in fact the vocals on it sometimes reminded me of Chris De Burgh ( Don’t pay the ferryman , not Woman in red era ). This album I think is much more of the Styx sound especially the vocal harmonies.It is something of a return to form.
Styx peak has to the The Grand Illusion, which is probably one of my 10/10 albums. In fact, there's an obscure reference to Styx in the latest title of the thread. The headline in Sounds on the review by Geoff Barton of Styx's Grand Illusion was Pomp Rock Lives, Run for the Hills.
Have I ever mentioned that I once saw two Styx gigs sandwiched in between four Van Halen gigs? That was the year before Paradise Theater was released.
No don’t think you’ve mentioned it :). I actually enjoyed the previous album, Mission, but didn’t think it was a very ‘Styx’ sound, in fact the vocals on it sometimes reminded me of Chris De Burgh ( Don’t pay the ferryman , not Woman in red era ). This album I think is much more of the Styx sound especially the vocal harmonies.
Depending which day you ask me my top Styx album goes from Grand Illusion to Pieces of Eight.
Yes, Cyclorama is another good album, think Crash of the crown is better.Styx - can’t decide between The Grand Illusion and Pieces of Eight as both are brilliant.
Although my interest cooled after Cornerstone I did see them Live on the Paradise Theater tour which was simply awesome.
I did buy Cyclorama a while back and that was more like the Styx of old.
Like Flying colours,Flower Kings are good, though they do like the long album, some too long. Add Fates Warning to the list too, they’ve done some very good prog metal albums. I prefer the later ones with less of the high pitched vocals.A to Z of Classic Rock
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another hard one for me to decide between Frost and Foreigner.
I loved Foreigner back in the old Vinyl days. Double Vision, Dirty White Boy and Urgent were fantastic tracks. I lost touch with them after Agent Provocateur as I did with many other bands at that time.
Frost are a prog band with the occasional pop/rock ingredient. Led by Jem Godfrey and the criminally underrated John Mitchell they have released four studio albums to date. My favourite is still Milliontown which includes the epic title track and equally wonderful Black Light Machine.
I first heard of The Flower Kings via a free Cd with a Prog magazine.
I went and bought Paradox Hotel which has some really good cuts on it including the title track and the excellent instrumental Pioneers of Aviation. The follow up album Sum of all Fears did not sound so good. In isolation some tracks are fine but they seem to record absolutely every idea they think of.
Other bands include
Fair Port Convention
Free
Funeral for a Friend
Faith no More
Fall out Boy
Faster Pussycat
Feeder
Five Finger Death Punch
Fleetwood Mac
Flying Colours
Foo Fighters
and finally did you know that there was a supergroup made up of members from Franz Ferdinand and Sparks imaginatively titled FFS
Fates Warning of course - oops sorry BPLike Flying colours,Flower Kings are good, though they do lime the long album, some too long. Add Fates Warning to the list too, they’ve done some very good prog metal albums. I prefer the later ones with less of the high pitched vocals.
You forgot Family with the wonderful Roger Chapman. Good list though mate.hfabulous thunderbirds
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