Procol Harum

Group / 1967 - 2022 / United Kingdom

progressive rock crossover prog psychedelic pop rock art rock

Biography

Procol Harum were an English rock band formed in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, in 1967. Their best-known recording is the 1967 hit single "A Whiter Shade of Pale", one of the few singles to have sold more than 10 million copies. Although noted for their baroque and classical influence, Procol Harum's music is described as psychedelic rock and proto-prog with hints of the blues, R&B, and soul.

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Elsewhere

Analysed songs (2)

A Salty Dog

Procol Harum

A sea-voyage narrative sung as a ship's log, tracing a doomed-sounding crossing into strange waters that ends, ambiguously, in…

voyage as mortality command and mutiny the unknown/afterlife

The Truth Won't Fade Away

Procol Harum

A late-career Procol Harum track built on the plainest possible vocabulary, this song stages a generational retrospective in…

memory and aging conviction versus doubt generational identity