Album Rating: 4.3

i fuckin wish

Album Rating: 5.0

that or an imitator

Album Rating: 4.3

accept no imitators

Album Rating: 5.0

i know i wouldnt, if you catch my drift ;]

Album Rating: 5.0

" Barbie is baseline?"



doubt it

not enough pretentious trolling

Album Rating: 3.5

no way im pretty sure baseline hated my gutz and barb is a nice barbarian

Album Rating: 5.0

Idk, have you ever seen them in the same place at the same time? It seems plausible.

Parks has a sixth sense for these things.

Album Rating: 5.0

I just caught up. Apparently you think im someone else, which is beyond comical, all I was saying is Dom said The Wall wasn't a group effort, that doesnt even make sense. There is no way in hell you can tell me that Richard Wrights performance on that was shadowed. Those were some of his best moments on keyboard, and Nicks drumming were top notch, considering the album was recorded in less than a year, i dont even need to talk about Gilmours leads and backing vocals. When's the last time you listened to that entire album, Dom?

Album Rating: 5.0

...and barbarians do rule.

Album Rating: 4.3

lynch budgie

Album Rating: 5.0

noooooooooooo i like budgie!

Album Rating: 5.0

...not gonna lynch another barbarian

Album Rating: 5.0

yall just be happy ill never have the opportunity to cull all the novelty accounts is all im sayin

Album Rating: 4.3

make a burn book and publish it as a list plz

Album Rating: 5.0

@park you would like the song Culling The Herd then, its top notch thrash.

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

prolly the best on the nose ablum ever

Album Rating: 5.0

I like you now

Album Rating: 5.0

If you're not an alt you should definitely make one!

Album Rating: 5.0

"the fact this came out as late as ‘77 makes it seem really basic, ngl "



Bad take.



It took major balls for PF to stick to and expand upon their core sound through the peak of the punk revolution in Britain of all places, when most prog bands were either fizzling out altogether or changing styles as a means of staying afloat. Don't forget that the punk revolution was in large part a response against prog rock, and a lot of working class youth who were drawn to punk and post-punk effectively equated the genre with the middle class and posh southerners (rightfully or wrongfully). Not only did PF survive and thrive thanks to this album and The Wall, but they managed to channel the rage that spawned punk in the first place into an extraordinarily creative and timeless piece of anti-capitalist lyricism that the overwhelming majority of punk bands from this wave of the genre's evolution could have never dreamed of capturing.

I'd also argue that PF were far more progressive than the majority of their peers at this stage of the 70s. With a few notable exceptions, prog had been stagnant for years at this point, with the genre's worst tendencies becoming stereotypes subject to mass mockery in the popular consciousness (like Ian Anderson's cockpiece and flute, or Peter Gabriel's scrotum costume). PF full-on embraced socially conscious lyricism in a time when it was desperately needed (rampant stagflation & the birth of Thatcherism), and a more minimalistic approach to composition in spite of never moving too far away from the sound that defined their 70s sound overall.



Couldn't help responding after reading the previous page.

Album Rating: 4.5

^ Agreed with all of that



Honestly, this is one of the biggest examples I point to when people tell me prog and punk are incompatible with each other. Punk isn't just about the musical style, but it's also about a certain spirit and atmosphere it captures; I really wish more 70s prog bands tapped into this, especially with how politically charged many of them were. The unceasingly oppressive, bleak feel of Animals captures the political landscape more effectively than even most punk albums did back then



This has actually been a big talking point on ProgArchives for many years now. A lot of people seem to jump to the conclusion that a punk-prog approach would just lead to mindless 4-chord strumming, which is such a reductionist and ignorant way to view the concept. Hell, if anything, King Crimson's take on post-punk elements with Discipline pretty much disproves that claim