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Pawn Hearts is the fourth studio album by the English progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator, released in 1971 on Charisma Records. The album's centerpiece is 'A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers,' a 23-minute multi-section suite occupying the entire first side of the LP. The record also includes...

"Godbluff" is the fifth studio album by the English progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator, released in 1975. It marked the band's reunion following a brief hiatus and represents a return to their characteristic intense, avant-garde rock style. The record consists of four complex, multi-part...

Starless and Bible Black is the eighth studio album by the English progressive rock band King Crimson, released in 1974 on Island Records. Much of the album was assembled from live improvisations recorded during their 1973 tour, which were later refined with studio overdubs. It highlights the highly...

Frances the Mute is the second studio album by American progressive rock group The Mars Volta, released in 2005 on Universal Records. The album expands on the narrative established in their debut and was partly inspired by a diary found by the late sound technician Jeremy Michael Ward. It is a conce...

THRAK is the eleventh studio album by the British progressive rock band King Crimson, released in 1995. It marked the end of an eleven-year hiatus for the band and introduced a distinctive "double trio" lineup featuring two guitarists, two bassists, and two drummers. This configuration produced a de...

The Bedlam in Goliath is the fourth studio album by the American progressive rock band The Mars Volta, released in 2008. It is a concept record loosely based on the band's experiences with a Ouija board they purchased while touring, which they claimed caused supernatural misfortune and disruptions d...

Amputechture is the third studio album by American progressive rock band The Mars Volta, released in 2006. The album continues their style of experimental progressive rock with Latin influences, featuring extended compositions including the 16-minute "Tetragrammaton." John Frusciante of Red Hot Chil...

Gentle Giant's penultimate studio album (1977), reflecting the British prog band's struggle to maintain artistic complexity amid declining commercial interest in progressive rock.