Marillion

It was the double-album that split critics, fans and the line-up who recorded it. We asked a range of prog stars for their thoughts on the 1973 release

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway is incredible, but were Genesis outdone by Pink Floyd, Dream Theater, Rush, Marillion or even The Kinks?

Their Bioscope debut arrived after the pair took advice from Steven Wilson, spent a week every winter exploring sounds and ideas, and borrowed Elbow’s drummer to fulfil their instrumental cinematic vision

Does the only album with four entries suggest there’s a definitive record from the neo-prog giants? Does the split between the Fish and Steve Hogarth eras reveal a preferred vocalist?

The pundit, who met John Wetton and Geoff Downes through their mutual love of the sport, recommends albums by Asia, Supertramp, Marillion and others

He eventually came to love the 1995 release – but he’s glad he didn’t like it at the time, and he helped the band develop a method of working they still use today