Progressive ambition and Beatlesque pop can make strange bedfellows. Using that formula, however, Supertramp developed into one of biggest-selling acts of the ’70s.
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Some music fans argue that progressive rock remains mired in the dark ages. They point to the genre’s reliance on concept albums, vintage analog instruments and overlong songs as proof. Then there’s Marillion, a British group that enjoyed mainstream success during the 1980s with such albums as Script for a Jester’s Tear and Misplaced Childhood.