Pete's picks: 1) Happy the Man-The Muse Awakens (2004) 2) Finch-Galleons of Passion (1977) 3) Porcupine Tree-The Incident (2009) 4) Van Der graaf Generator-Do Not Disturb (2016) 5) UK-Danger Money Luis' picks: 5: Kopecky - Blood, 4: Colosseum II - Wardance, 3: Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Lost trident Sessions, 2: Death - The Sound of Perseverance, 1: Zappa - The Yellow Shark. Honorable mentions: National Health - DS al CODA, Mars Volta - Nocturniquet. George's picks: 5. Spaced Out - Evolution 4. Iceberg - Arc-En-Ciel 3. Planet X - Quantum 2. Ark - Burn the Sun 1. Sun Caged - The Lotus Effect HM's: Shawn Lane - The Tri-Tone Fascination Lemur Voice - Divided Chuck's picks: * 5. Avalon-Roxy Music * 4. Clockwork Angels * 3. A Nod and A Wink * 2. Civilian-Gentle Giant * 1. Sunburst Finish-Be-Bop Deluxe Honorable mentions * Tin Drum-Japan * The Endless Sea-Pink Floyd

Rush - Clockwork Angels David Bowie - Blackstar Death - The Sound of Perseverance Gordian Knot - Emergent Edge of Sanity - Crimson II Honorable Mentions: Planet X - Quantum (still holding out hope for a new album). Luis, I was at the Jaxx show in Springfield, VA, as well. Awesome performance. Ark - Burn the Sun - Great choice George. I was also at the PPUSA show. So good.

Rush Clockwork Angels: The most beautiful, powerful and dignified farewell album in history. Goodbye with a bang. Rush forever. David Bowie " Blackstar" is also an awesome, haunting masterpiece.

1- A Triggering Myth : The Remedy of Abstraction 2- The Underground Railroad : The Origin of Consiousness 3- Henry Cow : Western Culture 4- Egg : The Civil Surface 5- Hatfield and the North : Rotters Club

Welcome to the "A" team. My fave on SOT

I am in the Prog bed. Let’s go!

Jimi Hendrix-Electric Ladyland David Bowie-Blackstar Nick Drake-Pink Moon Death-The Sound of Perseverance Bolt Thrower-Those Once Loyal Rush-Clockwork Angels

Rush -Clockwork Angels David Bowie - Blackstar Death - Sound of Perseverance police - Synchronicity Hendrix - Electric Ladyland Nick Drake - pink moon

Wasn't expecting Japan! Weird choice, respect! Despite the makeup they were new wavey but also avant garde. Mick karn was a truly unique bassist

That Ark album is an all time favorite of mine. So glad to see you mention it George!

Rush - Clockwork Angels Touchstone - Oceans of Time Pink Floyd - The Endless River Shadow Gallery - Digital Ghosts Porcupine Tree - The Incident

Love it when Chuck is on, he always mentions favorites of mine. Tin Drum and Clockwork Angels are killer goodbye albums.

The Eddie Jobson bit was priceless. “I’m thirsty!” 😂

5.Moth Vellum 4.Hatfield and the North-The Rotters Club 3. Bruford-Gradually Going Tornado 2.Eddie Jobson/Zinc-The Green Album 1.Refugee

Rush - Clockwork Angels, Chris Squire - Fish Out Of Water, Syd Barrett - Barrett, UK - Danger Money, Roxy Music - Avalon

George Lamie the legend strikes again. Love the recommendation for Planet X, one of my fave bands. "Quantum" is massive. Also his HM for Shaun Lane. George, always full of surprises.

Thank you Pete, Chuck, George and Luis for your excellent Prog final album choices and for posting them. I need to check them out soon. imho Final Cut was the last best Pink Floyd album. btw: I listened to the Iceberg album this morning and it was fantastic! ... Thank you for the recommendation George.

Clockwork Angels is the absolute best swan song in music history, IMO. Another I would add is "Heavenly Ecstasy" from Pagan's Mind. Jorn Viggo Lofstad says there will be one more album, but they have been saying that for over five years....and it has been ten years since Heavenly Ecstasy came out.

Late to comment again but finally watched the show. Thanks to Luis, George and Chuck for making all these recommendations. As usual with this show, now some albums to go track down for listening so thanks, Pete, for being sure the lists get posted for us to use. With the exception of the new Forgotten Favorites daily show that Pete is doing for August, this program is generally where I find new listens to find and hear regularly. Thanks, gents.

This is out in left field, but Traffic's original final album, *When the Eagle Flies* (1974), is a masterpiece. And I also love their 1994 reunion album, *Far from Home* .

Chuck is awesome!

A great session. Thanks, guys. I've written most of the albums' names down and intend trying to find a way to listen to them as most of them were entirely new to me.

I was a softie, couldn't stay up George....Planet X, love it, saw Spaced Out at NEARfest, but never picked anything up from them. Shawn Lane....wow Charles - I love "A Nod and a Wink", great album. I thought I was the only one that liked Civilian... Pete..,.Max Webster!!! My picks 1. Jellyfish - Spilt Milk 2. Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door (I don't count CODA) 3. Camel - A Nod and a Wink 4. Happy The Man - The Muse Awakens 5. Dixie Dregs - Full Circle

1. Porcupine Tree - The Incident 2. Rush - Clockwork Angels 3. Asia - Gravitas 4. Cream - Goodbye 5. Roxy Music - Avalon

Great show.Thanks guys!

"Arc-en-ciel" actually means Rainbow. Good selection as always.

The Beatles' "Abbey Road" was technically their final release. It's a forerunner of prog and one of my favorite Beatles albums. Also I really like the last original-lineup Who album, Who Are You. It also has prog leanings (ex's "Guitar and Pen," "Music Must Change")

The endless river is amazing. It cured my insomnia.

Chuck nailed it with Rush Clockwork Angels. One of their 5 best.

Sun Caged, "The Lotus Effect" - such a gem!

Thank you so much guys! I just picked up 8 of these suggestions and they are all really great! This show is appreciated!!

Fantastic to see Bill Nelson get some love. Saw Be-Bop live on the Modern Music and Drastic Plastic tours. Still think “Adventures in a Yorkshire landscape” and “Crying to the sky” are some of the best guitar solos ever.

Drastic Plastic! Awesome, red noise is also cool.

Clockwork Angels is my personal overall favourite Rush album. The Garden is my favourite Rush song. That being said, their 70s material is amazing and has some incredible highs. I just find Clockwork to be a bit more consistent throughout.

I love all of the picks. This show is awesome

These videos take forever - I listen for 2 min, then take a 40-min break to enjoy an album I've never heard!

I have always LOVED “Civilian” by GG. Great record!

UK - Danger Money (last studio album) Timothy Pure - Island of the Misfit Toys Harmonium - l’Heptade Marillion - Clutching At Straws (end of Fish era) Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - ABWH

Thanks Chuck for mentioning Japan. Rain Tree Crow is perhaps more in prog territory but Tin Drum is a great album. Also Pete with Max Webster. Even if that album sucked, which it doesn't, it does have the awesome Battlescar.

Renaissance - Grandine il Vento (Symphony of Light)

I only just started watching this, but I sure hope somebody picks The Way Up from the Pat Metheny Group. One tune, one hour eight minutes long. Absolutely astounding. Lyle Mays has since passed.

Rush Clockwork Angels 🔥♥️

Great stuff! Have to check out some of the picks and this is a much needed video cause usually the latter albums of several prog bands are ignored. Really loved the eclectic nature of the picks. Love how each person here has a different personality and slightly different preference. My picks in no particular order Cressida-asylum (even though they released a cd of rare material recently. This was the album they went out on. One of my favorite progressive rock albums of all time) Death-sound of perseverance Gordian knot-emergent Cynic-kindly bent to free us Blotted science-machinations of dementia (though they released an ep in the lasst decade. This was their last and only full length)

I really like Endless River. It feels to me like the continuation of Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts VI - IX/Wish You Were Here, which is my favorite Floyd Album. I like to play both albums straight through, but I drop the last song on Endless River, Louder Than Words, because it's of a different style and so doesn't fit for me.

This was a fantastic show.

Completely agree about Colliseum II.

Gentle Giant became the sacrificial lamb of progressive rock. Coupled with their lack of enthusiasm toward commercial rock and the challenge of translating the band to music video, I think they didn't stand a chance. I remember Civilian going straight to the delete bins - too bad, because it's a strong release. Certainly better than Giant For A Day.

Awesome show! Here are some of my favourites: Aquelarre - Siesta Pete Brown & Piblokto! - Thousands on a Raft Camel - A Nod and a Wink (not counting the Snow Goose re-recording) Coroner - Grin Cressida - Asylum Cynic - Kindly Bent to Free Us Death - The Sound of Perseverance Edge of Sanity - Crimson II Fusioon - Minorisa Gentle Giant - Civilian Hard Meat - Through a Window Høst - Hardt mot Hardt King Crimson - The Power to Believe Landberk - Indian Summer Marsupilami - Arena Max Webster - Universal Juveniles The Mothers of Invention - One Size Fits All The Move - Message from the Country Out of Focus - Four Letter Monday Afternoon Porcupine Tree - The Incident Quella Vecchia Locanda - Il Tempo Della Gioia Rush - Clockwork Angels Steamhammer - Speech U.K. - Danger Money Watchtower - Control and Resistance (unless you count the EP) Web - I Spider

“Power to Believe” was a strong (studio) ending for Crimson.

A little late but loved the show as usual, seen a quite a few of the British bands mentioned live in concert.

Somebody indicated that Ted Leonard is the new singer with Kansas. Can't seem to find where that's discussed. He is with Spock's Beard, Pattern Seeking Animals and Enchant (still together). Ronnie Platt is the singer with Kansa.

What's Luis talking about? Steven Wilson's Future Bites got to #4 in the UK charts, top 10 all over Europe, 27 in the Billboard Rock chart and he plays the Albert Hall. Not a flop in the slightest. He's not gonna need that Porcupine Tree reunion just for the cash anytime soon. Especially with all the bands lining up to pay him to work on their back catalogue.

going to have to revisit the happy the man. didn't get into it at the time. great show as usual. lots of stuff to check out and drain my bank account to.

The biggest 2 last albums I can think of right now are Fish Era Marillion “Clutching at straws” and David Bowie’s Blackstar. God they are both great.

The best examples are Clockwork Angels and The Division Bell. (Rhe endless river is just a bunch of outtakes, to me)

William Kopecky has a trio based in Marseille called Telescope Road. I've seen them live and they are excellent. William is a superb bass player.

Max Webster…Yes! Way to go Pete 👍

It’s funny how you did two shows with Martin Poppoff it’s refreshing to watch those videos as a reference

1. Pat Metheny Group: The Way Up 2. UK: Danger Money 3. Asia: Gravitas 4. Chick Corea Elektric Band: To The Stars 5. Rush: Clockwork Angels 6. Porcupine Tree: The Incident

Would have surly included Liquid Tension Experiment 2, but was unaware they reformed (??!!)

Starcastle their 4th and final album was pretty good much better than the what we thought was the final one reel to reel

Captain Beyond "Dawn Explosion".

What's the connection with Anthony and Eddie Jobson? And which episode do I need to watch to get acquainted?

Arc-en-ciel = Rainbow in english ! ;-)

Return to Forever, "Romantic Warrior"; Tull, "Roots to Branches" (later stuff is Ian). I have 1st Kopecky album and it's great stuff; only 1 I've heard.

Do you know about Band Maid from Japan?

Although it's not really prog , one of the best final albums for me is L.A. Woman by the Doors .

hey Pete. Why not do a Ranking Of The Seven Wilson remix catalogue

Camel toured EU playing Snow Goose and Moonmadness these last years

Fish says that Weltschmerz is his last, and if so a great way to go out.

David Bowie: BLACKSTAR ... Gonna take a lot to beat that as a last album

I've always like Genesis "Calling all Stations". Might have been viewed more favourable without the Genesis name. It's not a bad album, better than Invisible Touch & We Can't Dance. Good tracks on both, but too many fillers in my opinion.

There's 2 ways of looking at this in my opinion; final albums that were great _period_ , and final albums that were solid and a great way to finish but would not necessarily be considered "great" as an album in general. I think Bowie's "Blackstar" is an example of a final album that was objectively great in and of itself, with no qualification necessary. I think "Clockwork Angels" was a very solid final album for Rush, but I don't think it's a "great" album in an unqualified sense. It's impressive in many ways. In my opinion, it's a lot better than most of the albums they put out since Signals, so it's pretty amazing one can say that about an album put out 30 years after Signals. But at the same time, part of this is that - in my opinion - there's a real sharp divide in quality after Moving Pictures versus before Moving Pictures. From Signals on, there's not many tracks I can honestly say grabbed me right away. I have to actively _work_ at appreciating most of it, and frankly, if it weren't for my love of their first 8 albums, I wouldn't bother. So I think "Clockwork Angels" is a great album for Rush at that time in their career, but all things being equal, if it was just an album I picked up of a band I'd never heard of and had no investment in, I don't think I'd be all that impressed by it. But I digress...

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis (end of the Gabriel years)

Tool - fear inoculum It may not actually be the last one But if it takes another 13 years for the next one I won’t be around to hear it

Thought Chuck would pick Cardiacs

Shadow Gallery "Digital Ghosts"

Thin Lizzy Thunder and lightning, not my favourite Lizzy album but what a great album to finish on. Most people hate it and don't really count it as a Floyd album but I really like The Endless River Innuendo is my favourite Queen album and a lot count that as the last Queen album but over the years I've really began to enjoy made in heaven mother love is a beautiful song and you don't fool me has one of Brian's greatest solos on it. Its not as good as innuendo but it's still a good album. Free - Heartbreaker, shame Andy Fraser isn't on it and Paul Kossoff isn't on every track due to his drug problem but its still an enjoyable album. Bowie's Blackstar a stunning album to go out on. Most hate on it but I think Led Zeppelin's Coda is a fine collection of songs.

Here's hoping Fear Inoculum is not Tool's final album!!! I'll be so sad if it is!

Starcastle - Citadels (yes I know, but...am i right?)

Fish: Weltschmerz

I'm not going to make this a Long List. Billy Joel - River of Dreams Thin Lizzy - Thunder and Lightning Syd Barrett - Barrett Rush - Clockwork Angels Allman Brothers Band - Hittin the Note Velvet Underground - Squeeze Motorhead - Bad Magic Dio - Master of the Moon Death - The Sound of Perseverance Black Sabbath - 13 Budgie - You're all living in CuckooLand Grateful Dead - Built To Last Pink Floyd - Endless River Slayer - Repentless Soundgarden - King Animal Van Halen - Different Kind of Truth And, Type O Negative - Dead Again.

1. The Endless River 2. Clockwork Angels 3. Made in Heaven 4. Calling All Stations 5. Danger Money 6. The Power to Believe 7. Even though it’s hated In The Hot Seat

Cryan Shames-Synthesis; Fifty Foot Hose-Cauldron; Bubble Puppy-A Gathering Of Promises;Blind Faith; Nick Drake-Pink Moon; Tir Na Nog-Strong In The Sun; John Lennon-Double Fantasy; Quiet Sun-Mainstream; Sex Pistols-The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle; Joe Byrd And The Field Hippies-The American Metaphysical Circus; Lovin' Spoonful-Revelation: Revolution '69; McDonald And Giles; The Travel Agency...

"Best advice you ever got from an album or song." Mine would be "Eat a Peach" by the Allman Brothers.

New York or Chicago Pizza?...lol.. New York

A show on just Yacht Rock itself ?

Roger waters went out in style with the final cut when a member of floyd, lot better than the awful stuff that followed (gilmour floyd i mean)