Album Rating: 4.5

i only have this on vinyl so i cant say the same lol

Album Rating: 4.5

Ha. Wind up the old model T and hit the road Beverley Hillbilly style.

Cool!

Album Rating: 4.5

"Waters is really the only other prog lyricist I think highly of, although for me he could never hold a candle to Anderson."



Peter Sinfield, whilst writing in a heavily different style, wrote with more depth and poetry in my opinion. I do recognize Waters and Anderson's occasionally brilliant satire nonetheless. Richard Palmer-James, on the other hand, might actually represent a middle-ground between both styles.

Album Rating: 4.0

been jamming this hard lately i think i gotta go with side A though. album puts me in such a great mood.

Album Rating: 4.5

"Waters is really the only other prog lyricist I think highly of, although for me he could never hold a candle to Anderson."



Hodgson/Davies m8

Album Rating: 4.5

Apart from Crime of the Century, which contains some amazing writing, I've never actually paid attention to the lyrics within Supertramp very much, although I know that I probably should.

Album Rating: 4.5

Breakfast in America is a way poppier album, but the lyrics are a pretty harsh critic to the failed american dream imo

The last ten minutes or so of side A are insane.
Also, this is the coolest vinyl I have ever seen.
Grabbed it for RSD for around $6 =)

Sinfield has got absolutely nothing on Anderson. Maybe in terms of prog he wrote some good lyrics but as a general lyricist Anderson is the only prog related songwriter that deserves to mentioned in the same breath as Dylan and Cohen.

Album Rating: 4.5

Personally, I could easily see Sinfield's lyrics taken out of the context of King Crimson's music, and still be perfectly appreciable. Not quite at the same level as Dylan and Cohen, I give you that, but it's hardly comparable, since they all wrote in such different styles. Objectivity in poetry being arguably more easily applied than in music - that's quite a bold statement to make, but - we could probably compare their lyrics in terms of profound meaning and quality of the writing.

Unlike any other prog related lyricists, I think Anderson is actually comparable to the likes of Dylan in the way he writes, not just in terms of quality. I say "prog related" because I don't actually consider Anderson a prog songwriter as there are only a couple of albums in Tull's discography that I would call prog and those were partly written as a parody of the genre.

Album Rating: 4.5

I perfectly acknowledge that his writing qualities and the subtlety of his humor put him ahead of his prog contemporaries in terms of songwriting, but I like to see his lyrics, especially on this, more as a satire about pretentiousness in art in a general context. I read Anderson said it was especially aimed at prog bands, although personally, I never really agreed with the idea that prog artists are particularly pretentious, and at least not to a higher degree than those of any other stylistic scene. To me it's more about ambition than pretention, but still, that doesn't devalue my appreciation of Anderson's writing in any way.



I never had any problem with the lyrics in most prog bands actually, although lyrics are definitely not the reason I appreciate the genre. A lot of prog lyricists, considering poetry and writing are not their primary field of activity, actually had a great or at least appreciable writing style, notably Waters, Gabriel (at times), Davies, Hodgson, Fiori and most KC lyricists. On the other hand, where I agree with Anderson is as he mentions Yes and ELP as notable examples of what he spoofed, which is arguably legitimate. I have nothing against ambitious and over-the-top concepts as Yes did, if it's done and written well, which is sadly not always the case.

Album Rating: 4.5

...to be thick as a brick

Album Rating: 5.0

Best prog.

Album Rating: 4.5

Where the hell was Biggles?

Album Rating: 5.0

when you needed him last SAH-TUR-DEH-EE-AAAAAAY

Album Rating: 4.5

* fist bump *

Album Rating: 5.0

XD always up for some classic prog quoting

Quoting this transcends mere "classic prog quoting".

Thick as my dick