Get your passports ready! On our mid-season finale we hear from five bands from all across the globe putting their own unique spin on the '70s prog rock sound. We discuss the highs and lows, the context surrounding the albums, even anime themes they may have inspired (?!), and of course our album rankings and top 5 tracks.

Albums Discussed:

Moving Waves by Focus

Sudamérica o el Regreso a la Aurora by Arco Iris

MDK by Magma

The Cave Down to Earth by Far East Family Band

Danger by The Lijadu Sisters

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We continue our prog rock mini series with the seven '70s albums of Pink Floyd! A legendary run of albums from a legendary band. Guitar solos, existential crises, eerie reunions, giant pigs, we cover all that and more along with ranking the albums and picking our top 5 songs!

Albums Discussed:

Atom Heart Mother

Meddle

Obscured by Clouds

The Dark Side of the Moon

Wish You Were Here

Animals

The Wall

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Happy Father's Day! I talk to my Dad about all things Genesis on this very special episode of the podcast. They were one of his favorite bands growing up, one of the defining bands of the prog rock scene that went on to become one of the surprise hit makers of the '80s. Albums Discussed:

Trespass

Nursery Cryme

Foxtrot

Selling England By the Pound

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

A Trick of the Tail

Wind and Wuthering

...And Then There Were Three...

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