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Getting Comfortable With Frank Zappa's "One Size Fits All": Prog Review #18
Music, Prog Review, Prog Rock Countdown Aaron Kaiserman 10/22/18 Music, Prog Review, Prog Rock Countdown Aaron Kaiserman 10/22/18

Getting Comfortable With Frank Zappa's "One Size Fits All": Prog Review #18

Zappa's actual music was a total blank to me, however, and after listening to One Size Fits All, I'd say my nearly baseless assessment of Zappa was 75% correct.

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An Exorcism for Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells": Prog Review #17
Music, Prog Review, Prog Rock Countdown, Reviews Aaron Kaiserman 10/11/18 Music, Prog Review, Prog Rock Countdown, Reviews Aaron Kaiserman 10/11/18

An Exorcism for Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells": Prog Review #17

Many people are perhaps familiar with the opening 4 minutes or so, a section best known as the theme from The Exorcist (1973)

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Flailing About With Gentle Giant's "Octopus": Prog Review #16
Music, Prog Review, Prog Rock Countdown Aaron Kaiserman 10/5/18 Music, Prog Review, Prog Rock Countdown Aaron Kaiserman 10/5/18

Flailing About With Gentle Giant's "Octopus": Prog Review #16

If you want to justify someone's fear or distaste for the overly complex, intellectual, and alienating qualities of progressive music, look no further than Gentle Giant's Octopus; but if they can get some joy out of it, the battle is forever won.

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Stop for King Crimson's "Red": Prog Review #15
Music, Prog Review, Prog Rock Countdown Aaron Kaiserman 8/8/18 Music, Prog Review, Prog Rock Countdown Aaron Kaiserman 8/8/18

Stop for King Crimson's "Red": Prog Review #15

The story goes that Kurt Cobain said without Red there would be no Nirvana. But I don’t hold that against this album.

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Dancing in Time to Genesis's "Foxtrot": Prog Review #14
Music, Prog Review, Prog Rock Countdown Aaron Kaiserman 6/25/18 Music, Prog Review, Prog Rock Countdown Aaron Kaiserman 6/25/18

Dancing in Time to Genesis's "Foxtrot": Prog Review #14

I don’t just love Foxtrot; I feel a special attachment to it. And, yet, it is still only my third-favourite Genesis album.  

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Pink Floyd's "Animals" Tamed: Prog Review #13
Music, Prog Review, Prog Rock Countdown, Reviews Aaron Kaiserman 5/18/18 Music, Prog Review, Prog Rock Countdown, Reviews Aaron Kaiserman 5/18/18

Pink Floyd's "Animals" Tamed: Prog Review #13

In simplicity, Floyd finds their most power and charm.

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Dressing for ELP's "Brain Salad Surgery": Prog Review #12
Music, Prog Review, Prog Rock Countdown Aaron Kaiserman 5/15/18 Music, Prog Review, Prog Rock Countdown Aaron Kaiserman 5/15/18

Dressing for ELP's "Brain Salad Surgery": Prog Review #12

The band’s try-anything approach and rapidly shifting soundscapes can be alienating, making it music you have to work hard to appreciate. Yet forcing myself to listen to this album has been a real treat

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Rush’s “Hemispheres” Subdivided: Prog Review #11
Music, Prog Review, Prog Rock Countdown Aaron Kaiserman 5/9/18 Music, Prog Review, Prog Rock Countdown Aaron Kaiserman 5/9/18

Rush’s “Hemispheres” Subdivided: Prog Review #11

Tl;dr: I should be listening to A Farewell to Kings instead.

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