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Progressive pop is pop music that attempts to break with the genre's standard formula, or an offshoot of the progressive rock genre that was commonly heard on AM radio in the 1970s and 1980s. It was originally termed for the early progressive rock of the 1960s.
- Mid-1960s – 1970s
- A "progression" from mid-20th century pop music formulas.
Nov 20, 2019 · November 20, 2019 by Ryan Reed. The term “progressive pop” sounds like an oxymoron. Ever since progressive rock emerged as a distinct art form in the late 1960s, the subgenre has been defined by its experimentation, its virtuosity and, most of all, its antipathy to commerciality.
Although a unidirectional English "progressive" style emerged in the late 1960s, by 1967, progressive rock had come to constitute a diversity of loosely associated style codes. With the arrival of a "progressive" label, the music was dubbed "progressive pop" before it was called "progressive rock".
Initially termed "progressive pop", the style was an emergence of psychedelic bands who abandoned standard pop traditions in favour of instrumentation and compositional techniques more frequently associated with jazz, folk, or classical music.
- Mid to late 1960s, United Kingdom and United States
- Art rock, classical rock, prog, symphonic rock
Dec 14, 2021 · The Best Progressive Pop Music of 2021. From PinkPantheress’ lo-fi club cuts to Bladee’s self-deprecating sing-song raps, C. Tangana’s folkloric reimaginations to Tinashe’s featherlight...
- Pitchfork
Initially termed "progressive pop", the style was an emergence of psychedelic bands who abandoned standard pop traditions in favour of instrumentation and compositional techniques more frequently associated with jazz, folk, or classical music.
Sep 20, 2022 · Leading lights of what became known as the Canterbury scene, the quintessentially English Caravan brought a more avant-garde, jazzy feel to progressive rock. This, the band’s third album, housed in one of the genre’s most recognisable sleeves, was without a doubt the highlight of their career and a classic of the period.
