Forty Years of Genesis’ “Duke”
"Duke is the album that loudly announced Genesis had entered the eighties too, riding a gradual storm of stylistic changes, just like plenty of their prog rock contemporaries."
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50 Years of Van Der Graaf Generator’s “The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other”
"This year marks 50 years since the album that "saved" Van Der Graaf Generator's career and clearly set the compass needle for the band's further evolution. An album that arrived ahead of its time and, with its avant-garde weirdo swagger,…
Van Der Graaf Generator: H To He, Who Am The Only One
Label: Charisma RecordsRelease date: 12/14/1970Production: John AnthonyAlbum length: 47:15 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 9.5/10
With their third album, “H To He, Who Am The Only One,” Van Der Graaf Generator wrote themselves…
Van Der Graaf Generator: The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other
""The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other" is one of those albums that was, in a way, at least ten years ahead of its time. Over the following year Hammill would push the band to the very limits of what it could do, and with the next two…
Genesis: Duke
"With "Duke", a huge hit worldwide and their first "gold" album on the UK charts, Genesis made a very good record. It sails successfully between prog and pop, and it still has enough progressive elements that it doesn't water down into a…
Genesis: Trespass
Label: Charisma RecordsRelease date: October 23, 1970Production: John AnthonyAlbum length: 42.56 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 9.0/10
With "Trespass", their first proper prog record, the band took a massive step forward from…