Your favorite prog rock music? ?

I too Like Renaissance, especially Annie's 5 octave soprano voice! Her solo album "Annie Haslam" 1990 although not prog, is a masterpiece.

Any mind altering rock influenced music could probably get a prog label stuck on it. Most of the greats bust up any sub-genre boxes people try to put em' in. Can, Mahavishnu Orchestra, F.Z., Hendrix, Henry Cow, King Crimson, Capt. Beefheart all presented ideas that show up just about everywhere in post 70's rock. Sometimes leprechaun and unicorn worship or spinal tap cliches have surfaced on the prog grid but there's a huge reservoir of good (often criminally under appreciated) stuff out there. Some previous threads on this site have good lists.

Here some we missed:
Marillion(all the stuff with Fish on vocals)
The Flock
Alquin(early stuff before they sold out)
Frank Zappa(Uncle Meat,Burnt Weeny Sandwhich,Zappa in New York etc.)
Refugee
Lake
Maxaphone(great album)
Manfred Mann's Earth Band

another of my favorites that is missing is Man. Their best is "Be good to yourself at least once a day"

Xiekitchen/Dan_ed - I'm with you on Novella, but I like "Song for All Seasons" just as much, and I prefer the music on "Scheherazade" a little more than both, but the pressings (I have 2) on it aren't as good (actually the Scherazade pressings are poor).

Also, I have Jade Warriors "Kites" but prefer "Waves" and "Floating Worlds" which have superior dynamics IMO, and I just prefer the music. The latter 2 are good audiofile quality pressings.

Finally, have either of you tried Illusion - "Out of the Mist"? Jane Relf isn't Annie Haslam, but on the other hand, Annie Haslam isn't Jane Relf. Jane is one of my favorite vocalist, sadly it's hard to find much by her except for the Illusion work, and "Moonstone".

Allan Holdsworth-Metal Fatigue