YOUR SHOUT!

I Trawl The Megahertz steers Prefab Sprout into proggy waters. But what about the rest of their catalogue? We ask you…

“Meaningful lyrics, quirky time signatures and beautiful music that transports you to another world. Definitely some prog DNA in there..”

STUART HAYNES

“Concepts and astounding songwriting and musicianship. Always interesting to listen to with a novel outlook on subjects. Certainly progressive intelligent pop. I Trawl The

is closest to prog. I love them. They sit with The Divine Comedy for me.”

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PHILIP LORT

“One of my all-time favourites and much-loved by many prog fans. Paddy has cited Nursery Cryme as an influential album.”

ANDREW HAMER

“I would say art rock in the vein of 10cc. Fabulous songwriting over unusual chords at times.”

DAVID JEFFREY

“Hot dog, they’re not prog… Albuquerque.”

PHIL GORNER

“The excellent I Trawl The Megahertz is pretty proggy, but other than that I’d say pop. Great pop, but pop all the same.”

RUSSELL HARPER

“Their first album Swoon has more than its fair share of key, time sig and tempo changes, and I recommend any prog fan give that album a listen.”

SPENCER JONES

“Prog for people who like pop music.”

NEIL PENNELL

“Undoubtedly progressive. Many will focus upon the obvious singles, but even there McAloon often used unusual and interesting chord structures and arrangements. The recently reissued I Trawl The

(now under the band name) is the clearest proof to the less open-minded prog traditionalist. (See also every post-’77 Genesis critic.)”

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PHIL MORRIS

“I saw a late night TV arts show appearance, promoting

Jordan: The Comeback, and was hooked! It remains my favourite of their albums and is certainly a progressive pop masterpiece!”

CHRIS WALKDEN

“They played progressive pop, just as Tom Waits plays progressive folk music.”

GRAHAM KEY

“Love this band. Vastly underrated and a feature may bring their music to fresh ears. Always a good thing.”

PAUL GREENAN

“I love the Outer Limits feature. The term prog is broad, and I think having this article each month adds a bit of fun and spirited debate.”

STEVE PERRY

“In the fallow years of the 80s, I was searching for intelligent, beautifully arranged music, accidentally came across the video of Cars And Girls and knew it was something special. The album From Langley Park… became a favourite. Prog rock not sure, prog pop definitely. Great band.”

KEITH FLEEMAN