F.O.R.S.
– Before (2018) NOT RATED
La Fabbrica dell’Assoluto
– 1984: L’ultimo uomo d’Europa (2015) 4.00 stars
Fabio Zuffanti
– La quarta vittima (2014) 4.00 stars
Fabric Of Reality Project
– Still Life (2018) NOT RATED
Face Off
– The Colour of Rain (2013) 3.50 stars
Face The Day
– Corroding Dreams (2016) NOT RATED
Faces
– First Step (1970) 4.00 stars
– Long Player (1971) 4.00 stars
– A Nod Is as Good as a Wink…to a Blind Horse (1971) 4.50 stars
– Ooh La La (1973) 4.00 stars
– Coast to Coast – Overture and Beginners (1973) 4.50 stars
Factory of Art
– Grasp!!! (1996) 3.00 stars
– The Tempter (2002) 3.00 stars
Factory Of Dreams
– Some Kind of Poetic Destruction (2013) NOT RATED
Failure
– Fantastic Planet (1996) 3.00 stars
Fairyland
– Of Wars in Osyrhia (2003) 4.00 stars
– The Fall of an Empire (2006) 4.00 stars
– Score to a New Beginning (2009) 4.00 stars
Faithealer
– Welcome to the Edge of the World (2010) 4.00 stars
Faith Hill
– Breathe (1999) 3.50 stars
– Cry (2002) 4.00 stars
Falconer
– Falconer (2001) 3.50 stars
– Chapters From a Vale Forlorn (2002) 3.50 stars
– The Sceptre of Deception (2003) 3.50 stars
– Grime vs. Grandeur (2005) 3.50 stars
– Northwind (2006) 3.50 stars
– Among Beggars and Thieves (2008) 3.50 stars
Falkirk
– Magnus Imperium (2003) 3.50 stars
– Gates of Dawn (2006) 3.50 stars
Falling Edge
– Falling Edge (2013) NOT RATED
– FE3 (2018) NOT RATED
False Coda
– Secrets And Sins (2016) NOT RATED
Family
– Music in a Doll’s House (1968) 2.50 stars
– Family Entertainment (1969) 3.50 stars
Fantasia
– Realm of Wonders (2000) 3.00 stars
Fantasy
– Paint a Picture (1973) 3.50 stars
Far ‘n’ High
– Day Off (2005) 1.00 stars
The Far Meadow
– Where Joys Abound (2012) NOT RATED
– Given the Impossible (2016) NOT RATED
Farm
– Farm (1971) NOT RATED
Farmhouse Odyssey
– Farmhouse Odyssey (2015) 3.00 stars
– Rise of the Waterfowl (2016) NOT RATED
– Back in NYC (2016) NOT RATED
Faro
– Dawn of Forever (2003) 3.50 stars
Farpoint
– Grace (2003) NOT RATED
– From Dreaming To Dreaming (2004) NOT RATED
– Cold Star Quiet Star (2008) NOT RATED
– Kindred (2011) NOT RATED
Faster Pussycat
– Faster Pussycat (1987) 4.00 stars
– Wake Me When It’s Over (1989) 3.00 stars
– Whipped! (1992) 2.50 stars
Fastway
– Fastway (1983) 4.00 stars
– All Fired Up (1984) 3.50 stars
Fatal Crisis
– Distant Fantasia (2011) 2.50 stars
Fatal Destiny
– Palindromia (2016) NOT RATED
Fatal Force
– Fatal Force (2006) 3.50 stars
Fatal Fusion
– The Ancient Tale (2013) 4.00 stars
– Total Absence (2016) NOT RATED
Fates Warning
– Parallels (1991) 4.00 stars
– Inside Out (1994) 3.50 stars
– A Pleasant Shade of Gray (1997) 4.50 stars
– Disconnected (2000) 4.50 stars
– FWX (2004) 4.00 stars
– Darkness in a Different Light (2013) 4.50 stars
– Theories of Flight (2016) NOT RATED
Faust
– Faust (1971) NOT RATED
– So Far (1972) NOT RATED
Fear of Fours
– Never Heaven (2007) 2.00 stars
Fearing The Hill
– Titan (2018) NOT RATED
Feinstein
– Third Wish (2004) 4.00 stars
Felony
– First Works (2005) 4.00 stars
FEM Prog Band
– Sulla Bolla di Sapone (2014) NOT RATED
Femme Fatale
– Femme Fatale (1988) 3.50 stars
Fergie Frederiksen
– Equilibrium (1999) 3.50 stars
– Happiness Is the Road (2011) 4.00 stars
– Any Given Moment (2013) 4.00 stars
Fibonacci Sequence
– Cinema Finis (2017) NOT RATED
Ficcion
– Sobre la ira de Dios (2013) NOT RATED
Fields
– Contrasts: Urban Roar to Country Peace (1972) NOT RATED
Fifth Angel
– Fifth Angel (1986) 3.50 stars
Fifth Density
– Dominion Of The Sun (2017) NOT RATED
Fifth Species
– Life In The Punch Line (2018) NOT RATED
Fight
– War of Words (1993) 4.00 stars
– A Small Deadly Space (1995) 4.00 stars
Final Chapter
– The Wizard Queen (2004) 3.50 stars
Final Conflict
– Return of the Artisan (2012) 3.50 stars
Finch
– Nothing To Hide (1978) NOT RATED
Find Me
– Wings of Love (2013) 4.50 stars
– Dark Angel (2015) 4.50 stars
Finisterre
– Finisterre (1994) 4.00 stars
– In limine (1996) 4.00 stars
Finnegans Wake
– Yellow (1994) NOT RATED
Finneus Gauge
– More Once More (1997) NOT RATED
– One Inch Of The Fall (1999) NOT RATED
Finnforest
– Lahto Matkalle (1976) NOT RATED
Fiona
– Heart Like a Gun (1989) 3.50 stars
– Squeeze (1992) 3.50 stars
Fireballet
– Night on Bald Mountain (1975) 4.50 stars
Firecracker
– Born of Fire (2010) 4.50 stars
Fireflight
– Unbreakable (2008) 3.00 stars
Fire Garden
– Far and Near (2016) NOT RATED
Firehouse
– Firehouse (1990) 4.50 stars
– Hold Your Fire (1992) 3.50 stars
– 3 (1995) 3.50 stars
Firewind
– Nocturnal Symphony (1998) 2.00 stars
– Between Heaven and Hell (2002) 4.00 stars
– Burning Earth (2003) 4.00 stars
– Forged by Fire (2005) 4.00 stars
– Allegiance (2006) 4.00 stars
– The Premonition (2008) 4.00 stars
– Days of Defiance (2010) 4.00 stars
– Few Against Many (2012) 3.50 stars
The Firm
– The Firm (1985) 3.00 stars
– Mean Business (1986) 3.50 stars
First Aid
– Nostradamus (1977) NOT RATED
First Shot
– From the Hip (2001) 3.50 stars
– Midnight Madness (2003) 3.50 stars
Fischer’s Flicker
– Fornever And Never (2015) NOT RATED
Fish
– Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors (1990) 4.00 stars
– Internal Exile (1991) 4.00 stars
– 13th Star (2007) 3.00 stars
As much as I loved Fish’s work in Marillion, I find much of his solo material uninspiring, not even close to the same style of early Marillion Prog-Rock. His debut solo effort, Vigil In A Wilderness Of Mirrors, covered some similar styles as Marillion, but it still wasn’t quite what I was praying for. The few subsequent albums I’ve heard also did nothing much for me overall, which is why I don’t own more. It was simply the case that Fish and Marillion combined had a certain magic that neither singer nor band could create on their own. Too bad.
Fish On Friday
– Shoot The Moon (2010) NOT RATED
– Airborne (2012) NOT RATED
– Godspeed (2014) NOT RATED
– Quiet Life (2017) NOT RATED
Five Of The Eyes
– The Venus Transit (2017) NOT RATED
Fizbers
– First Mind (2017) NOT RATED
Flamborough Head
– Tales of Imperfection (2005) 4.00 stars
– Looking for John Maddock (2009) 4.00 stars
– Lost in Time (2013) 4.00 stars
– Shreds Of Evidence (2017) NOT RATED
Flaming Row
– Elinoire (2011) 4.00 stars
– Mirage – A Portrayal of Figures (2014) 4.50 stars
Flash
– Flash (1972) 4.00 stars
– In the Can (1972) 3.50 stars
– Out of Our Hands (1973) 3.00 stars
Flashback of Anger
– Splinters of Life (2009) 3.00 stars
Flaud Logic
– Flaud Logic (2013) NOT RATED
Flea on the Honey
– Flea on the Honey (1971) 3.50 stars
Fleetwood Mac
– Kiln House (1970) 3.00 stars
– Future Games (1971) 3.50 stars
– Bare Trees (1972) 3.50 stars
– Penguin (1973) 3.00 stars
– Mystery to Me (1973) 3.50 stars
– Heroes Are Hard to Find (1974) 3.50 stars
– Fleetwood Mac (1975) 4.50 stars
– Rumours (1977) 4.50 stars
– Tusk (1979) 3.50 stars
– Fleetwood Mac Live (1980) 4.00 stars
– Mirage (1982) 4.50 stars
– Tango in the Night (1987) 4.50 stars
– Behind the Mask (1990) 3.50 stars
– 25 Years: The Chain (1992) 4.50 stars
– Time (1995) 4.00 stars
– The Dance (1997) 4.00 stars
Flicker
– How Much Are You Willing To Forget? (2013) NOT RATED
The Flock
– The Flock (1969) NOT RATED
The Flower Kings
– Back in the World of Adventures (1995) 4.50 stars
– Retropolis (1996) 4.50 stars
– Stardust We Are (1997) 4.50 stars
– Flower Power (1999) 4.50 stars
– Space Revolver (2000) 4.50 stars
– The Rainmaker (2001) 4.50 stars
– Unfold the Future (2002) 4.50 stars
– Adam & Eve (2004) 4.00 stars
– Harvest (2005) 4.00 stars
– Paradox Hotel (2006) 4.00 stars
– The Sum of No Evil (2007) 4.00 stars
– Banks of Eden (2012) 4.00 stars
– Desolation Rose (2013) 4.00 stars
Flower Travellin’ Band
– Satori (1971) 4.00 stars
– Made In Japan (1972) NOT RATED
Flowing Tears
– Serpentine (2002) 2.50 stars
– Razorbliss (2004) 2.50 stars
Flying Circus
– Starlight Clearing (2016) NOT RATED
Flying Colors
– Flying Colors (2012) 4.50 stars
– Second Nature (2014) 4.50 stars
FM (Canada)
– Black Noise (1977) NOT RATED
– Transformation (2015) NOT RATED
FM (UK)
– Indiscreet (1986) 4.50 stars
– Tough It Out (1989) 4.50 stars
– Takin’ It to the Streets (1991) 4.00 stars
– Aphrodisiac (1992) 4.00 stars
– Dead Man’s Shoes (1995) 4.00 stars
– Vintage and Rare (2007) 4.50 stars
– Metropolis (2010) 4.00 stars
– Only Foolin’ EP (2012) 4.00 stars
– Rockville (2013) 4.00 stars
– Rockville II (2013) 4.00 stars
– Futurama (2014) 4.00 stars
– Heroes and Villains (2015) 4.00 stars
Fobos
– Fobos (2014) NOT RATED
Focus
– In and Out of Focus (1970) 3.50 stars
– Moving Waves (1971) 4.50 stars
– Focus 3 (1972) 4.50 stars
– Hamburger Concerto (1974) 4.50 stars
– Ship of Memories (1976) 4.00 stars
Like many people I’m sure, Focus first came to my attention with the wickedly wild and yodeling-fun single “Hocus Pocus.” Although I loved the humorous song and thought this band from the Netherlands quite bizarre, I didn’t check out the band’s full albums until several years later. Then I discovered some truly inspired Symphonic Prog-Rock, especially on the albums Moving Waves, Focus 3, and (perhaps my favorite Focus album) Hamburger Concerto. I adored the work of guitarist Jan Akkerman, and Thijs van Leer’s talent on keyboards and flute proved equally commendable. For this trio of albums, Focus had created a perfect balance (for me) of Rock, Classical, and Jazz, with even a bit of Medieval influences thrown into the mix. These albums also had a nice balance of mellow, acoustic tracks and some bombastic, rollicking tracks. Some of the group’s other albums occasionally hit the same heights, but I always felt them somehow lacking, even boring in places. Therefore, I strongly encourage lovers of Symphonic Prog-Rock—especially fans of groups such as Emerson, Lake, and Palmer and Jethro Tull—to investigate the trio of albums I mentioned if you haven’t done so already.
Foghat
– Foghat (1972) 3.50 stars
– Foghat 2 (1973) 3.50 stars
– Energized (1974) 4.00 stars
– Rock and Roll Outlaws (1974) 3.50 stars
– Fool for the City (1975) 4.00 stars
– Night Shift (1976) 4.00 stars
– Stone Blue (1978) 3.50 stars
– Boogie Motel (1979) 3.00 stars
– Return of the Boogie Men (1994) 3.50 stars
Fonya
– Earth Shaper (1999) 2.00 stars
Food Brain
– Social Gathering (1970) NOT RATED
Foolsbane
– Conflict (2017) NOT RATED
For All We Know
– For All We Know (2011) 4.00 stars
– Take Me Home (2017) NOT RATED
For The Oracle
– Kind Child (2016) NOT RATED
Forcefield
– The Talisman (1988) 3.00 stars
– To Oz and Back (1989) 3.00 stars
– Let the Wild Run Free (1990) 4.00 stars
Force of Progress
– Calculated Risk (2017) NOT RATED
Foreigner
– Foreigner (1977) 4.00 stars
– Double Vision (1978) 3.50 stars
– Head Games (1979) 3.50 stars
– 4 (1981) 2.50 stars
– Unusual Heat (1991) 3.50 stars
Forest Field
– Pioneers Of The Future (2013) NOT RATED
Forevers Edge
– Chaotic Silence (2010) 4.00 stars
Forever Twelve
– Home (2017) NOT RATED
Forgotten Suns
– Fiction Edge I (Ascent) (2000) 4.00 stars
– Snooze (2004) 4.00 stars
– Innergy (2009) 3.50 stars
– When Worlds Collide (2015) 3.50 stars
Please note, the band’s first two albums are in a Neo-Progressive Rock style, but afterward the group changed its focus to Progressive Metal.
Fortune
– Fortune (1985) 4.00 stars
The Forty Days
– The Colour Of Change (2017) NOT RATED
Fossil Evolution
– World In Motion (2014) NOT RATED
Fractal Mirror
– Strange Attractors (2013) 3.50 stars
– Garden of Ghosts (2014) 3.50 stars
– Slow Burn 1 (2016) NOT RATED
Frame
– Frame Of Mind (1972) NOT RATED
FramePictures
– Remember It (2010) NOT RATED
Frameshift
– An Absence of Empathy (2005) 3.50 stars
Francis Dunnery
– Fearless (1994) 4.00 stars
– Tall Blonde Helicopter (1995) 3.50 stars
– Vampires (2016) NOT RATED
Franck Carducci
– Oddity (2011) 4.50 stars
– Torn Apart (2015) 4.00 stars
Frank Flight Band
– Remains (2013) NOT RATED
Franke & The Knockouts
– Below the Belt (1982) 4.00 stars
FreddeGredde
– Thirteen Eight (2011) 4.50 stars
– Brighter Skies (2014) 4.50 stars
– Eyes on the Edge (2017) NOT RATED
Frederiksen / Denander
– Baptism by Fire (2007) 4.50 stars
Frederiksen / Phillips
– Frederiksen/Phillips (1995) 3.50 stars
Free
– Tons of Sobs (1969) 4.00 stars
– Free (1969) 4.00 stars
– Fire and Water (1970) 4.00 stars
– Highway (1970) 4.00 stars
– Free at Last (1972) 4.00 stars
– Heartbreaker (1973) 4.00 stars
– Molten Gold: The Anthology [2 CD] (1993) 4.00 stars
Freedom Call
– Crystal Empire (2001) 3.50 stars
Freedom to Glide
– Fall (2016) NOT RATED
Freedom’s Children
– Astra (1970) NOT RATED
Frehley’s Comet
– Frehley’s Comet (1987) 3.00 stars
– Second Sighting (1988) 3.50 stars
French TV
– The Violence of Amateurs (1999) 3.50 stars
– Operation: Mockingbird (2017) NOT RATED
Frequency Drift
– Personal Effects (Part One) (2008) 4.00 stars
– Personal Effects (Part Two) (2010) 3.50 stars
– Ghosts… (2011) 3.50 stars
– Over (2014) NOT RATED
– Summer (2014) 3.50 stars
Friar Rush
– Alauda Sonare Suavis (2006) 4.00 stars
Fright Pig
– Out of the Barnyard (2013) 4.50 stars
The Fringe
– The Fringe (2016) NOT RATED
Frijid Pink
– Frijid Pink (1970) 4.00 stars
– Defrosted (1970) 4.00 stars
– Earth Omen (1972) 4.00 stars
Frogg Café
– Frogg Café (2001) 3.50 stars
– Creatures (2003) 4.50 stars
– Noodles (2004) 3.50 stars
– Fortunate Observer of Time (2005) 4.50 stars
– The Safenzee Diaries (2007) 4.00 stars
– Bateless Edge (2010) 3.00 stars
From what I understand, Frogg Café started as a Zappa tribute act known as Lumpy Gravy, and it shows. The band plays in a style quite similar to that found on Zappa’s Hot Rats and Waka/Jawaka albums, jazzy and loaded with complicated arrangements, including horns and violin. I find much of the band’s output hit or miss, however, preferring the Creatures and Fortunate Observer Of Time albums, where the band is more Progressive Rock as opposed to top-heavy Brass/Jazz-Rock. Nevertheless, most of the albums are generally above average, so for any fans of the period of Zappa’s career where he included brass in his song arrangements, this is probably a band you will appreciate.
From Grotto
– From Grotto (2017) NOT RATED
From the Inside
– From the Inside (2004) 4.50 stars
– Visions (2008) 4.50 stars
From.Uz
– Audio Diplomacy (2007) NOT RATED
Fromage
– Ophelia (1988) NOT RATED
The Front
– The Front (1989) 4.50 stars
Frontal Cortex
– Passage (2018) NOT RATED
Frontline
– Heroes (1997) 4.00 stars
– Against the World (2002) 4.00 stars
– Ultimate Salvation (2010) 4.00 stars
Frost*
– Milliontown (2006) 4.50 stars
– Experiments in Mass Appeal (2008) 4.00 stars
– Falling Satellites (2016) NOT RATED
Frozen
– 3 (2011) 4.00 stars
Frumpy
– All Will Be Changed (1970) 3.50 stars
– 2 (1971) 3.00 stars
– By the Way (1972) 3.50 stars
In many ways, Frumpy reminds me of the U.K. band Babe Ruth. Both came onto the music scene at just about the same time, both bands have gruff-sounding female vocalists, and both bands have styles that are a cross between Hard Rock with Progressive Rock leanings. And both bands, as they released more and more albums, seemed to stray from their original Progressive Rock leanings to become more straightforward Hard Rock bands. Therefore, for Prog-Rock fans, beware of that fact when delving into their catalogues of releases. The earlier the release, the more Progressive Rock-related the offering. But also note, neither act were in the vein of Neo-Prog or Symphonic Prog, but rather Hard Rock with only Progressive tendencies.
Fruteria Toni
– Mellotron En Almìbar (2014) NOT RATED
Fruupp
– Future Legends (1973) 3.50 stars
– Seven Secrets (1974) 3.50 stars
– The Prince of Heaven’s Eyes (1974) 3.50 stars
– Modern Masquerades (1975) 3.50 stars
Fuchs
– Station Songs (2018) NOT RATED
Full Nothing
– Full Nothing (2015) NOT RATED
Fullforce
– One (2011) 4.00 stars
– Next Level (2012) NOT RATED
Fuseboxx
– Fuseboxx (2005) NOT RATED
– Animated (2011) NOT RATED
Future Fiction
– Looking for a Broken Dream (2013) NOT RATED
Futures End
– Memoirs of a Broken Man (2009) 4.00 stars
Fuzzy Duck
– Fuzzy Duck (1971) 4.00 stars
Fuzzy Nautilus
– Antenna (2014) NOT RATED
Zap Niles 