http://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&category=genre&genreId=124&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rssTop Rock Opera Artists on Rhapsody OnlineRock Operaen720Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:51:57 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&category=genre&genreId=124&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss Top Rock Opera Artists on Rhapsody Online http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.69088&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss Hard Rock Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:25:04 -0800 Top Rock Opera Artists on Rhapsody Online art.69088 art.69088 Queen art.69088 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.69088&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.69088&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.774&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss Classic Rock Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:25:06 -0800 Top Rock Opera Artists on Rhapsody Online art.774 art.774 The Who art.774 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.774&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.774&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss Tommy (1969). In one fell swoop, the band upgraded their standing from "average Joes" to intelligentsia. Emboldened by Tommy's success, Townshend's songwriting became increasingly self-centered and confessional. While "Behind Blue Eyes" and "Love, Reign O'er Me" are simply sublime, much of the Who's '70s material is bogged down by the band's internal conflicts and Townshend's downward spiral into alcohol and drug abuse. The public began to feel that the band had simply overstayed its welcome. Fans had a hard time forgiving the spokesmen of angry youth for getting old, and the band seems to have had a difficult time forgiving themselves. - Chad Driscoll]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.44067&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss Art & Progressive Rock Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:25:07 -0800 Top Rock Opera Artists on Rhapsody Online art.44067 art.44067 Jethro Tull art.44067 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.44067&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.44067&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss j-tull.com, finds them with the usual arsenal of wind instruments and palatable riffs for both knights and knaves. - Jon Pruett]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3711&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss Hard Rock Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:25:04 -0800 Top Rock Opera Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3711 art.3711 Alice Cooper art.3711 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3711&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3711&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1976&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss Rock Opera Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:04:18 -0700 Top Rock Opera Artists on Rhapsody Online art.1976 art.1976 Meat Loaf art.1976 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1976&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1976&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss Bat Out of Hell, which spawned the hits "Paradise by the Dashboard Light," "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad," and its title track. The magic mix of classically tinged piano vamps, bar-room boogie, Todd Rundgren's production sheen, and Meat Loaf's powerful voice helped Bat Out of Hell climb the radio charts with ease. Then for all but the rabid faithful, Meat Loaf disappeared until his reunion with Steinman in 1993 for Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell, which flashed the proverbial pan with the hit "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)." Both a rock icon and one of its flourishing survivors, Meat Loaf can now be occasionally found shooting his mouth off on late night television's pop culture microscope Politically Incorrect. - Eric Shea]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6134&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss Classic Rock Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:13:24 -0700 Top Rock Opera Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6134 art.6134 Pete Townshend art.6134 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6134&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6134&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss Tommy and Quadrophenia, the latter a stunning conceptual epic about his love/hate relationship with the U.K. mod scene of the mid-1960s. Townshend's dynamic, over-the-top guitar playing mellowed to a bluesy, rootsy, down-home strut when he collaborated with ex-Faces bassist Ronnie Lane for a solid duo album in 1976 entitled Rough Mix. Townshend's first pop-oriented solo album (1972's Who Came First was too eccentric for the mainstream market) was 1980's Empty Glass, featuring the chart-topper "Let My Love Open the Door." The criminally underrated All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes (whose final song, "Slit Skirts," may be Townshend's most moving composition) followed two years later. Who reunion tours, less successful solo efforts, and the massively successful Broadway production of Tommy have dominated this English legend's career throughout the last fifteen years. - Eric Shea]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68413&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss Art & Progressive Rock Fri, 4 Sep 2009 17:19:18 -0700 Top Rock Opera Artists on Rhapsody Online art.68413 art.68413 Roger Waters art.68413 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68413&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68413&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall, not to mention a string of hugely selling records that were the ONLY music to listen to for thousands of tripping teenagers from the 1970s well into the '80s. After a bitter split with the rest of the group in 1983, Waters continued to produce electronically innovative records, tinkering with the Rock Opera genre with varying results. Today, we find Waters teaming up with big guns Ennio Morricone and Eddie Van Halen (!) for a single featured on the soundtrack for Tim Roth's new movie, The Legend of 1900. - Mike McGuirk]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3949&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss British Invasion Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:06:57 -0700 Top Rock Opera Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3949 art.3949 The Pretty Things art.3949 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3949&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3949&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss SF Sorrow (the first full-length concept album ever recorded), the Pretty Things have experimented with anything and everything. Their 1999 release Rage...Before Beauty is a solid and well-rounded recording that evinces the notion that the 1990s are, in fact, the 1960s turned upside down. - Eric Shea]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5693&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss Art & Progressive Rock Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:06:26 -0800 Top Rock Opera Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5693 art.5693 Utopia art.5693 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5693&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5693&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5641&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss Art & Progressive Rock Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:33 -0800 Top Rock Opera Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5641 art.5641 Rick Wakeman art.5641 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5641&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5641&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss Myths and Legends of King Arthur & the Knights of the Round Table. His opening with a 12-minute version of "Journey to the Center of the Earth" made him famous in Prog circles everywhere. His keyboard and synth stylings have more angles than a pair of 20-sided dice, and his singing is more majestic than Lancelot's secret serenade to Queen Guinevere.]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2591&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss Art & Progressive Rock Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:23:04 -0800 Top Rock Opera Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2591 art.2591 Gentle Giant art.2591 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2591&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2591&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6638530&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss Rock Opera Tue, 3 Nov 2009 11:24:55 -0800 Top Rock Opera Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6638530 art.6638530 Jeff Wayne art.6638530 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6638530&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6638530&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.11369&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss Metal Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:51:13 -0800 Top Rock Opera Artists on Rhapsody Online art.11369 art.11369 Ian Gillan art.11369 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.11369&variant=play&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.11369&variant=data&rws=%2Frock-pop%2Fart-progressive-rock%2Frock-opera%2Fartist-chart.rss Abandon in 1998 and Bananas in 2003 -- have been gratifyingly songful and idiosyncratic. And Gillan's 2009 solo album One Eye To Morocco follows suit, working Afro-Caribbean rhythms and Middle Eastern ideas into surprisingly tuneful, if not especially heavy, rock. - Mike McGuirk]]>