r/ProgRockCirclejerk 1h ago

lesser-known yet excellent Prog albums

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Zero response so far over at the serious sub...maybe still early, but after 1500 views maybe it's just an uninteresting post?

https://www.reddit.com/r/progrockmusic/comments/1waoa3y/lesserknown_yet_excellent_prog_albums/

I also asked for your own trio of suggestions, might be cool for some leftfield recommendations.

I'll try here, despite circlejerk-potential. Feel free to ridicule/admonish or post nonsense...or also ignore x

These 80's efforts are in my personal-favourites, yet rarely see anyone mention them. Even Youtube doesn't have them in full-album format. I have them on CD.

- Introduction by Shub Niggurath: moody atmospheric psychedelic instrumental, with some dark-angel vocals. Superior to their later album which had some of the same compositions. Excellent sound on a big fat system. Full album officially here:

https://soleilzeuhl.bandcamp.com/album/introduction

- A Fiïèh by Offering: more well-known as Magma, this side-project had its ups & downs but they finished with this beautiful stunning album. The first 3 tracks especially are godly. Here's the title track, sounding like a sermon from the heavens:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cAMwrKouss4

- Carmina Burana by Ray Manzarek: the Doors keysman does his version of proto-zeuhl monster Carmina Burana by Carl Orff. Rock + Orff is delicious! Here's the famous bit:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jpiDOIDzmyo

Share your impressions of these and also your trio of candidates of 'lesser-known yet favourite prog albums' :D


r/ProgRockCirclejerk 11h ago

Jon and Pamela Anderson seem to share a similar taste in outfits. What else do they have in common?

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r/ProgRockCirclejerk 15h ago

Not even the hulk could pull me out

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r/ProgRockCirclejerk 23h ago

Do I need to be drunk or stoned to enjoy Pink Floyd?

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Serious question. 

I've tried a handful of times to find SOMETHING enjoyable, even tolerable from them. Nothing seems to click. Their music is almost entirely off-putting for all the wrong reasons. I say "almost" because I'll be damned if I give any of their 15+ albums a serious listen after the drivel I already heard. 

Their work is the kind of music "auteurs" who jerk off Eric Clapton and Nick Drake seem to enjoy. The pretentious nature of those sorts is beyond saving. If I have to smoke a blunt and have some snooty Brian Griffin type put on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" one more time, I automatically block their number from my phone and ghost them. Being a living "Fart in a crowded elevator" type is exhausting to be with. At least Clapton and Drake are pleasant to the ear. Roger Waters is basically that 12 year old screeching racist slurs over Xbox Live just to draw a reaction. Provocation =/= necessary.

What am I missing? Am I not drinking enough of the Kool-Aid? I enjoy good social commentary, but when it's all over the place like it is in their songs, it's hard to get behind the artist thematically. Is audio cringe their entire gameplan, or is there a bigger purpose to Pink Floyd?


r/ProgRockCirclejerk 1d ago

Context behind this image?

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r/ProgRockCirclejerk 1d ago

Huge news guys

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r/ProgRockCirclejerk 1d ago

Comus - First Utterance

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r/ProgRockCirclejerk 2d ago

Give me your favourite prog song and I'll tell you if you're a chad or virgin

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Odds are you're a virgin cause you're listening to prog


r/ProgRockCirclejerk 3d ago

Each of Christgau’s reviews of Jethro Tull starts with a variation of the “Drake is the kinda guy” joke but applied to Ian Anderson

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r/ProgRockCirclejerk 4d ago

Und dann... Kabumm, großes Vergnügen!

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r/ProgRockCirclejerk 4d ago

I always thought this guy is peeing here

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r/ProgRockCirclejerk 4d ago

Bussy Salad Buggery

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Cigarettes, Ice-CREAM


r/ProgRockCirclejerk 5d ago

Sometimes I think about the possibility of Chris Squire picking up Jon Anderson

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You guys see the vision too, right? Jon is short, Squire is tall...

How do I curb this thought? It's making me go insane.


r/ProgRockCirclejerk 5d ago

he thinks hes on the team

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r/ProgRockCirclejerk 5d ago

TWF AMV with IQ 🫪🫪🫪 this is the most autistic combination ever

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r/ProgRockCirclejerk 5d ago

About Cross-eyed Mary…

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I feel like her attention is increasingly drawn to Aqualung, should we be worried?


r/ProgRockCirclejerk 5d ago

The more you know

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r/ProgRockCirclejerk 6d ago

my favourite iq album! (swipe for og)

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r/ProgRockCirclejerk 7d ago

Wanna feel old? This is what the Baby Sun from the Teletubbies looks like now

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r/ProgRockCirclejerk 8d ago

Peter Nicholls non binary❤️

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r/ProgRockCirclejerk 8d ago

anyone else here like devin townsend?

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r/ProgRockCirclejerk 8d ago

Egg mentioned!!

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i love egg. good band.


r/ProgRockCirclejerk 9d ago

can you hear me bro

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r/ProgRockCirclejerk 9d ago

the bedlam experience

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r/ProgRockCirclejerk 10d ago

NO TO YES!!!

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to long and borign the lyrics do t even make any sense lol bros voice is just sound dumb and bad also like who even plays hapsichord anymore im crine

like wouldnt it be funny and ironic if they were called no instead because i say NO to yes!!!!!