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Eva O - The Rise of Eva O
Review by Gary Hill
This is definitely not progressive rock in the traditional sense. It's probably not even rock music.

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Oak - The Quiet Rebellion of Compromise
Review by Gary Hill
This is apparently a concept album about depression and specifically suicidal ideations. That's a topic that's of particular interest to me, so this has a real importance from that point of view.

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Oakes and Smith - Between the Earth and Sky
Review by Gary Hill
I’ve put this EP in the prog section of Music Street Journal. I suppose you could say that it’s more of a folk release.

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Obscured By Clouds - Thermospheric
Review by Larry Toering
This is a live recording to celebrate the release of Obscured by Clouds' debut album Psycheclectic. Not being familiar with that album, the songs get some description here, as well. 

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Obvious - Obvious
Review by Gary Hill
This great disc combines elements of Pink Floyd, Hawkwind and other guitar dominated prog styles with a killer modern rock texture to achieve a wonderful result.
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Oceans of Night - Midnight Rising
Review by Gary Hill
It seems to me that each album from Oceans of Night is better than the one that came before it.

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Oceans of Night - Mindstorm
Review by Gary Hill
I've been following and covering this band for a very long time. And, speaking of a long time, it's been ten years since their last album.

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Octarine Sky - Close to Nearby
Review by Gary Hill

This group is a spin-off of the band Potter's Daughter.


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Octopus - The Boat of Thoughts (vinyl reissue)
Review by Gary Hill
This is a newly released reissue of an album from 1976. The vinyl itself is heavy duty, and the gatefold sleeve with lyrics and photos is all class.

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Odin’s Court - Turtles All the Way Down
Review by Gary Hill
I have to say that I love the title of this.

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Odin’s Court - Deathanity
Review by Gary Hill
I really liked this act’s last disc a lot. This follow up is quite good.

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OGD - The Big Game
Review by Gary Hill

I've struggled with where to put this. It's not purely progressive rock by any means.


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The OGJB Quartet - Ode To O
Review by Gary Hill
This act gets its name from the names of the participants. 

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Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells 2003
Review by Steve Alspach
There's an old joke that goes "Why does a dog lick himself? Because he can." Some may credit the same reason as to why Mike Oldfield has remade Tubular Bells.
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Mike Oldfield - Incantations
Review by Steve Alspach
"Incantations," released in 1978, may have been Mike Oldfield's most ambitious work to date.
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Mike Oldfield - Exposed
Review by Steve Alspach
I suppose the main question anyone would want to ask regarding this CD is whether or not Mike Oldfield could pull off a live version of some of his larger works such as Incantations or Tubular Bells.
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Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge
Review by John Pierpoint
Ah! The difficult second album! When your first album becomes an unexpected hit and makes you an international star, how do you follow it up?

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Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
Review by John Pierpoint
Completing the trilogy of early albums that began with Tubular Bells and continued with Hergest Ridge, Ommadawn manages to trump both earlier efforts with its sheer power and innovation.

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Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Review by John Pierpoint
It's now 40 years since this classic and genre-busting album was first unleashed on the world.

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Mike Oldfield - Platinum
Review by John Pierpoint
After a string of successful instrumental albums (Tubular Bells, Hergest Ridge, Ommadawn and Incantations), Mike Oldfield’s eagerly awaited next album Platinum came as something of a surprise to many.

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Mike Oldfield - Songs of Distant Earth
Review by Gary Hill
This album is apparently based on an Arthur C. Clarke book.

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Mike Oldfield - QE2
Review by Gary Hill

This 1980 release was the sixth studio album from Mike Oldfield. His brand of progressive rock really shines on this set.


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Joe Olnick - Band – Iguana
Review by Gary Hill
I reviewed a previous set from Joe Olnick and didn’t land it under progressive rock. This one really isn’t prog, either.

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Omega - Anthology 1968-1979
Review by Gary Hill
This new compilation will serve as a great introduction to this band. The sticker that came on it called these guys the Hungarian answer to Yes and ELP.

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Omega - Omega & III
Review by Gary Hill
This Hungarian band is generally considered to be progressive rock. I think they fall closer to psychedelia and proto-prog a lot of the time, but I won't argue with that classification, either.

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Omenopus - The Physician (CD Single)
Review by Gary Hill
There are two songs here. One of them is based on a television show, but I won’t spoil it before the track listing by naming that show.

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Omenopus - The Archives
Review by Gary Hill
I have to say that I’ve liked everything from Omenopus. One thing remains constant with them (other than some personnel) and that’s change.

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Omenopus - Compendium of Souvenirs
Review by Gary Hill
I have liked Omenopus since the first time I heard them.

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Omenopus - The Omenopus Soundtrack To Teepee The Space Girl And The Singing Kettle
Review by Gary Hill
This is an unusual release. It's also an unusual entry in the Omenopus catalog. I would not consider it one of my favorites of their stuff, but it does have its charms.

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Omiqron6 - A New Kind of Lightning
Review by Gary Hill
I generally land this kind of electronic music under progressive rock. It's not rock music.

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Once More, Autumn - Love Is a Sea
Review by Gary Hill
While this might not be the most obvious choice for inclusion under progressive rock, I think it fits quite well.

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One World Project - Grief Never Grows Old
Review by Josh Turner
Out of all the progressive rock relief projects, this one features the biggest names: Barry and Robin Gibb (The Bee Gees), Paul Von Merten, Randell Kirsch and Brian Wilson (The Beach Boys), Boy George (Culture Club), Steve Winwood (Traffic), Rick Wakeman & Jon Anderson (Yes), Dewey Bunnell & Gerald Beckley (America), and a handful of others.
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OnOffOn - Surrender Now
Review by Gary Hill
This debut release from OnOffOn features song writing that covers many musical styles. In fact, if one wanted to pick a shortcoming of the work, it covers too many styles.
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OnOffOn - Your Mind
Review by Gary Hill
With their second album, OnOffOn have created one that is more consistent in tone, but very hard to classify. Certainly the jazz influences are strong here, and the band manage to pull together some strong blues influenced material.
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Ontologics - Heading to the Outer Realm
Review by Gary Hill

Sometimes I have questions about putting something under progressive rock. This is not one of those times.


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Orbit Service - Twilight
Review by Gary Hill
This CD is a very intriguing, if not fully successful one. The main elements here are sort of a combination of the more prog oriented modern Radiohead and Pink Floyd, but there are other sounds present as well.
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Øresund Space Collective - Organic Earthly Flotation
Review by Gary Hill
This new album from Øresund Space Collective delivers.

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Øresund Space Collective - Music for Pogonologists
Review by Gary Hill
The newest album from Oresund Space Collective, this is a double disc set.

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Øresund Space Collective - Different Creatures
Review by Gary Hill
To a large degree you really know what you are going to get when you spin a new album from OSC.

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Øresund Space Collective - Ode to a Black Hole
Review by Gary Hill
Any album from OSC is an interesting ride. This time around, it really feels like a journey through space.

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Øresund Space Collective - Visions of...
Review by Gary Hill
I always like this band. Their brand of space rock is all improvised.

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Øresund Space Collective - Dr Space's Alien Planet Trip Vol 1
Review by Gary Hill
I am not positive that this was released under the OSC name because it's not listed as that on the cover.

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Øresund Space Collective - Hallucinations Inside the Oracle
Review by Gary Hill
I'm a big fan of this band. I like pretty much everything they do. Their brand of space rock is always improvised.

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Øresund Space Collective - Chatoyant Breath
Review by Gary Hill
This new release from Øresund Space Collective continues their fine instrumental space rock tradition. As is the case with the rest of their catalog, these jams are improvised.

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Øresund Space Collective - Live in Berlin 2018
Review by Gary Hill
Øresund Space Collective's brand of space rock is improvised, always. That means each performance is unique.

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Øresund Space Collective - ØSC meets BMC - Freak Out In The Fjord
Review by Gary Hill
The first thing that needs to be mentioned is the artist name. I've put this under Øresund Space Collective, but technically it is Øresund Space Collective and Black Moon Circle as a joint project.

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Øresund Space Collective - Kybalion
Review by Gary Hill
These guys never disappoint. They always deliver effective instrumental space rock.

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Øresund Space Collective - Experiments in the Subconscious
Review by Gary Hill

Any time you put in a new album from Øresund Space Collective you have a good idea of what you are going to get. This set is no exception.


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Øresund Space Collective - Four Riders take Space Mountain
Review by Gary Hill
Øresund Space Collective is one of the most consistent acts on this (or presumably any) planet. Yet, each album is still different.

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Øresund Space Collective - Universal Travels
Review by Gary Hill
I've always enjoyed the music Øresund Space Collective creates. It's space rock that's always improvised.

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Øresund Space Collective - Oily Echoes of the Soul
Review by Gary Hill
When it comes to instrumental space rock, you really can't go wrong with Øresund Space Collective. I pretty much love everything that has been released under that moniker.

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O.R.k. - Ramagehead
Review by Gary Hill
This is a unique and quite intriguing album. It's likely to make my best of 2019 list.

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Orkestar MÉZÉ - Peasant Funk
Review by Gary Hill
This is quite a cool album.

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Orphan Project - Orphan Found
Review by Josh Turner
This orphan may just revolutionize the face of music if given the proper nurturing by the listening audience. Scores of influences can be heard in their music.
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Aruán Ortiz - Lester Saint Louis Don Byron and Pheeroan akLaff - Pastor's Paradox
Review by Gary Hill
This is a unique and intriguing set. It's part jazz, part classical, and mostly freeform in terms of the musical composition.

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Osada Vida - Particles
Review by Larry Toering
This is a band from Poland that I've been enjoying lately, and they bring the prog like no other in their homeland.

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Jeff Oster - NEXT
Review by Gary Hill
I guess the only one word classification for this music would be “fusion.”

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Andy Ostwald Trio - Field Guide
Review by Gary Hill
I've included this set under prog because of the artsy angle and the fusion elements.

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Willie Oteri - Spiral Out
Review by Bruce Stringer
Produced, recorded and mixed by Ronan Chris Murphy, "Spiral Out" is an extension of the improvisational outings that made acts like John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra and Tony Williams Lifetime, King Crimson and even Frank Zappa the uniquely memorable experience that made musical history.
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Willie Oteri - Willie Oteri's Jazz Gunn: Concepts of Matematoot
Review by Gary Hill
This is quite a cool set.

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Otis Infrastructure - In a Room
Review by Gary Hill
This might not be the most obvious choice to go under progressive rock, but I think the mix of sounds and experimental, artsy nature of the music here, lands it there.

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Shuggie Otis - Inter-Fusion
Review by Gary Hill
This is being billed as "fusion rock," and that's a pretty apt description. We generally put fusion in under "progressive rock" at MSJ, so that's where this lands.

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OTOOTO - Dosage
Review by Gary Hill
This is a Danish act, and they are considered jazz. This doesn't land under prog for fusion, though, although there are a couple points where it does get near to fusion.

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Overhead - Haydenspark
Review by Gary Hill
I previously reviewed this act. While I liked their earlier work, this feels more compelling and mature.

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Ovrfwrd - Fantasy Absent Reason
Review by Gary Hill
I have to say that the range of sounds on this prog set is incredibly wide.

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Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge - Within Us: Celebrating 25 Years Of The Jazz Surge
Review by Gary Hill
I could see this landing under non-prog as jazz. I'd argue, though, that the brand of jazz here really seems more like fusion.

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Chuck Owen and The WDR Big Band - Renderings
Review by Gary Hill
There is some amazing and particularly potent instrumental music contained here.

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The Oxford Coma - Morphine EP
Review by Gary Hill
I can definitely see people arguing about this landing under progressive rock.

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Pete Oxley Nicolas Meier - Chasing Tales
Review by Gary Hill
This is an all instrumental (except for some talk box) album.

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Ozone Quartet - Nocturne
Review by Vivian Lee
I'd been looking forward to another Ozone Quartet album since hearing their first, Fresh Blood, last March. With that album, I'd found a band whose sound embodied many of the odd time signatures, and eclectic influences of progressive rock married with fluid freeform jazz.
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Ozric Tentacles - Waterfall Cities
Review by Steve Alspach
Ozric Tentacles has been at the forefront of the more ambient realm of progressive rock for about fifteen years. Their trademark "pick a key and go for it" style of musicianship allows the listener to use the imagination more than most bands allow.
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Ozric Tentacles - Spirals in Hyperspace
Review by Steve Alspach
Those veteran cosmic rockers are back! Celebrating their 20th anniversary of exploring rock's cosmos, the Ozrics are back with their 20th album. Anchored by mainstays Ed Wynne, John Egan, Seaweed, and with Schoo and Pazza on drums and bass respectively, this disc once again takes the listener to points unknown.
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Ozric Tentacles - Lotus Unfolding
Review by Gary Hill
To some degree you know what you are going to get with an Ozric Tentacles album.

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