Editing Progressive rock (section)

=====Commercialisation=====
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Some established artists moved towards music that was simpler and more commercially viable.{{sfn|Hegarty|Halliwell|2011|p=182}}{{verify source|date=June 2016}}{{sfn|Covach|1997|p=5}} Arena rock bands like [[Journey (band)|Journey]], [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]], [[Styx (band)|Styx]], [[GTR (band)|GTR]], [[Electric Light Orchestra|ELO]] and [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]] either had begun as progressive rock bands or included members with strong ties to the genre. These groups retained some of the song complexity and orchestral-style arrangements, but they moved away from lyrical mysticism in favour of more conventional themes such as relationships.{{sfn|Hegarty|Halliwell|2011|pp=181–182}} These radio-friendly groups have been called "prog lite".{{sfn|Cateforis|2011|pp=154–159}} Genesis transformed into a successful pop act, the prog supergroup [[Asia (band)|Asia]] (consisting of members of Yes, King Crimson, and ELP) scored a number-one album in 1982,<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2 January 2013 |title=Billboard 200 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1982-05-15/ |access-date=16 February 2023 |website=[[Billboard charts|Billboard]] |language=en-US}}</ref> and a re-formed Yes released the relatively mainstream ''[[90125 (album)|90125]]'' (1983), which yielded their only US number-one single, "[[Owner of a Lonely Heart]]". One band who remained successful into the 1980s while maintaining a progressive approach was Pink Floyd, who released ''[[The Wall]]'' late in 1979. The album, which brought punk anger into progressive rock,{{sfn|Hegarty|Halliwell|2011|p=174}} was a huge success and was later filmed as ''[[Pink Floyd – The Wall]]''.{{refn|group=nb|Pink Floyd were unable to repeat that combination of commercial and critical success, as their sole follow-up, ''[[The Final Cut (album)|The Final Cut]]'', was several years in coming{{sfn|Macan|1997|p=188}} and was essentially a [[Roger Waters]] solo project<ref name="merc">{{cite news |author=Anonymous |title=The Mag: Play: The Final Cut (EMI) Pink Floyd. (Features) |newspaper=Sunday Mercury |place=Birmingham, England |date=4 April 2004}}</ref> that consisted largely of material that had been rejected for ''The Wall''.<ref name="tsmith">{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Tierney |title=Whatever Happened to Pink Floyd? The Strange Case of Waters and Gilmour |work=Goldmine |publisher=Krause Publications |date=Apr 2011}}</ref> The band later reunited without Waters and restored many of the progressive elements that had been downplayed in the band's late-1970s work.{{sfn|Macan|1997|p=195}} This version of the band was very popular,<ref name="harrington87">{{cite news |last=Harrington |first=Richard |title=Pink Floyd, By Any Name; Minus a Longtime Leader, The Band Stays the Course |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=19 October 1987}}</ref> but critical opinion of their later albums is less favourable.<ref name="graves">{{cite magazine |last=Graves |first=Tom |title=Pink Floyd: The Division Bell |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=16 June 1994 |access-date=4 July 2013 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/the-division-bell-19940616 |archive-date=16 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116065204/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/the-division-bell-19940616 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="wyman">{{cite web |last=Wyman |first=Bill |title=The four phases of Pink Floyd |work=The Chicago Reader |date=14 January 1988 |access-date=4 July 2013 |url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-four-phases-of-pink-floyd/Content?oid=871627 |archive-date=12 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812173644/http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-four-phases-of-pink-floyd/Content?oid=871627 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}