After listening to Larry Graves (https://youtu.be/j53bZQoI9dM) give his Top Ten British Bands, I had to do my own list. I really needed 12 selections instead of 10, The Kinks and the Moody Blues belong on this list, but nothing is perfect. The Beatles. This band should top any list. What more can you say about … More Top Ten British Bands
The English band Supertramp released three classic album: Crime of the Century, Even in the Quietest Moments and Breakfast in America. It was on Crime of the Century that the group emerged from their somewhat generic folk/rock style to progressive-rock brilliance. This album is pure classic. FM radio embraced the songs “Dreamer” (Billboard #15), “Bloody … More Supertramp: Crime of the Century (1974)
The best album Supertramp ever made is not Breakfast in America. Crazy, you say! Breakfast in America had more commercial play and sold many more units, but Even in the Quietest Moments is equally deep, less grandeur, and has their best song. However, it boils down to a matter of taste and preference. Even in the … More Even in the Quietest Moments (1977)
An exciting genre of music enjoyed a tremendous popularity from the late 1960’s through the 1970’s, but even stalwarts like Genesis, Yes, King Crimson, ELP, Jethro Tull, Moody Blues and Renaissance either changed their style or broke up. Progressive rock didn’t die, it soldiered on but with less popularity as waves of new musical style … More Progressive Rock: Coming in for a Landing
This band had an amazing run of success from the early 1970’s into the next decade, then almost disappeared, when one of the main songwriters left for a solo career. The left behind a solid musical legacy of intelligent, thoughtful progressive music. Theron crowning achievement was Breakfast in America, an album ironically written by Englishmen. … More Supertramp
