Editing Progressive rock (section)

===== Progressive soul =====
{{Main|Progressive soul}}
Concurrently, Black American popular musicians drew from progressive rock's conceptual album-oriented approach. This led to a progressive-soul movement in the 1970s that inspired a newfound sophisticated musicality and ambitious lyricism in black pop.<ref>{{harvnb|Martin|1998|p=41}}; {{harvnb|Hoard|Brackett|2004|p=524}}.</ref> Among these musicians were [[Sly Stone]], [[Stevie Wonder]], [[Marvin Gaye]], [[Curtis Mayfield]], and [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]].{{sfn|Hoard|Brackett|2004|p=524}} In discussing the development, [[Bill Martin (philosopher)|Bill Martin]] cites 1970s albums by Wonder (''[[Talking Book]]'', ''[[Innervisions]]'', ''[[Songs in the Key of Life]]''), [[War (band)|War]] (''[[All Day Music]]'', ''[[The World Is a Ghetto]]'', ''[[War Live (album)|War Live]]''), and [[the Isley Brothers]] (''[[3 + 3]]''), while noting that the Who's progressive rock-influenced ''[[Who Are You]]'' (1978) also drew from the soul variant.{{sfn|Martin|1998|pp=41, 205, 216, 244}} Dominic Maxwell of ''[[The Times]]'' calls Wonder's mid-1970s albums "prog soul of the highest order, pushing the form yet always heartfelt, ambitious and listenable".<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Kendall|first=Jo|date=5 May 2019|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/prog/20190305/281505047507913|title=Record Collection|magazine=[[Prog (magazine)|Prog]]|access-date=23 January 2021|via=[[PressReader]]|archive-date=30 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130001531/https://www.pressreader.com/uk/prog/20190305/281505047507913|url-status=live}}</ref>