Genre: Prog rock
Places I remember: Fopp
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Bennett Built a Time Machine
Gear costume: The Center Line
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Bennett Built a Time Machine
Gear costume: The Center Line
They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6
Active compensatory factors: Compared to Porcupine Tree and The Pineapple Thief, I'm not a big fan of Spock's Beard. I have a couple of compilations of prog rock bands that have tracks by the early iteration of the band and they made my ears prick up, but not enough to hunt down their albums as I've done with those two aforementioned prog titans.
Active compensatory factors: Compared to Porcupine Tree and The Pineapple Thief, I'm not a big fan of Spock's Beard. I have a couple of compilations of prog rock bands that have tracks by the early iteration of the band and they made my ears prick up, but not enough to hunt down their albums as I've done with those two aforementioned prog titans.
Maybe it's the fact that I prefer British prog rock bands to the American ones.
Unfortunately, the one album I do have of theirs is well into their career (it's their 12th) and line-up changes had completely altered the band by 2015. Neal Morse was long gone, for instance.
As one reviewer put it - Step this way if you’re into keyboard arpeggios, staccato drumming, space-age bass and ever-shifting dynamics. However, I'm more likely to head towards Yes, Rick Wakeman's solo albums, and ELP for those ingredients more than I am this album.
Where do they all belong? I'd be tempted to listen to early albums with Neal but I have enough of this kind of music in other corners of the collection.
Where do they all belong? I'd be tempted to listen to early albums with Neal but I have enough of this kind of music in other corners of the collection.
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