This seems to happen with progressive rock at alarming levels. They just reach a point where they take their pretentious bullshit a little too far, and the fans grow weary of it. You saw that with Jethro Tull, which pushed its luck with A Passion Play after scoring a critical success with Thick as a Brick. Yes took it too far with Topographic Oceans. I’m sure ELP has an album where they pushed the envelope a little too far and pushed away the audience in the process. Unfortunately, that had a pendulum effect, with ELP releasing the wimpy Love Beach in an attempt to reel back in those lapsed fans.
I think A Passion Play being my favorite album in that whole genre might be my least popular opinion in all of music, I really don’t get the hate. And I’m not really a Tull fan even.
I feel like Topographic Oceans could’ve been way better if it was condensed by almost half its runtime. The songs have cool ideas, but no focus and they all blend together.
This seems to happen with progressive rock at alarming levels. They just reach a point where they take their pretentious bullshit a little too far, and the fans grow weary of it. You saw that with Jethro Tull, which pushed its luck with A Passion Play after scoring a critical success with Thick as a Brick. Yes took it too far with Topographic Oceans. I’m sure ELP has an album where they pushed the envelope a little too far and pushed away the audience in the process. Unfortunately, that had a pendulum effect, with ELP releasing the wimpy Love Beach in an attempt to reel back in those lapsed fans.
I think A Passion Play being my favorite album in that whole genre might be my least popular opinion in all of music, I really don’t get the hate. And I’m not really a Tull fan even.
I feel like Topographic Oceans could’ve been way better if it was condensed by almost half its runtime. The songs have cool ideas, but no focus and they all blend together.