Ranking the Studio Albums: Riverside (w/Steven Reid) 

According to the bands website they just went into the studio to record a new song and begin work on the 8th studio album to be out later this fall. Excited for it

I love these shows. I have a routine. You guys on my TV. Using my Spotify account I pause the show along the way and listen to samples of your recommendations. I end up with a couple hours of great entertainment and find some great new music. By the way, this band is right down my alley, especially the more Proggy stuff. I am older than both of you guys(not put together) but am in that time in life where I’m not listening to dance music. Head phones, darkened room and contemplation. I can’t find anything here so far that I don’t love. Can’t believe I have never heard their music. So glad I listened to tonight’s show. Now I’ve got a lot of homework to do. Thanks guys. You two together are as good as it gets as far as I am concerned.✌️

Thank You Pete & Steven, been waiting a while for this, and I am so glad that I'm not the only one that loves Riverside so much. They really are a seriously strong band. Once again Thank You !

Thank you Pete and Steven for your musical insights of Riverside. I need to check out this band asap.

Awesome show, guys! Riverside is amazing, no doubt. The Pardo-Reid duo is one of my favorites on SoQ. Always fascinating discussion and commentary. I could listen to you two rank National Geographic issues from 1967-1974.

FANTASTIC SHOW, WITH AMAZING INSIGHTS FROM BOTH PETE AND STEVEN!!!

Completely agree that this band is so good that so little separates my list! Got into them just after Porcupine Tree, wish I had been able to see them live. Steven seeing them 4 times...jealous. Too bad we lost Piotr in 2015.

Brand new band ✨️ 😍 👌 🙌 that I have NEVER heard of before! That's why I love ❤️ #SEAOFTRANQUILITY so much - we all discover new things to explore thanks to videos like this! Can't wait to go down the rabbit hole! #Riverside #Rockmusic #progmetal #progrock

Excellent introduction to a band I hadn't heard of before, and having now listened to to their debut I'll definitely be exploring their other albums. Always a pleasure having Steve guest, Pete, his passion for music is very infectious!

I will listen and check,“Riverside” out. Thank you guys for your ranking. All the damn time. 🎤🎸🎵🎹🥁 Life is better with music.

Great band. One of many awesome Polish progbands, that are around today! 1. Out of Myself 2. Love, Fear anf the Time Machine 3. Second Life Syndrome 4. Rapid Eye Movement 5. Shrine Of New Generations Slaves 6. Wasteland 7. Anno Domino High Definiation

Excellent, agree with every word, I couldn't choose. 👏👍

One of the strongest discography ever. Not even one bad album. All great.

Never listened to this band before, but listened to Anno Domini High Definition after watching this. Very cool! Will definitely dive into more of their catalog. Thanks for the introduction!

Thanks for an interesting album ranking. Steven is such an engaging chap, really enjoy his participation on the channel.

Pete just watched your video.awesome just started to purchase the catalog. My first one-was anno Domini High Definition.

Thank you for this and yes too difficult to rank. I was happy to hear Stephen mention Mariusz' name when talking about favorite prog singers a few episodes back. One band that moves me. Mariusz is a brilliant bass player and singer. Live they kill it. Polish prog, gotta love it.

Yet another great video featuring Steven Reid!

A great show .Two shows with Steven Reid in one day .I only have one of their albums but now I will check out the rest of them

Great Band Live And Every Home Should Own ALL Their Albums.. Awesome Band

Riverside has been my last concert experience,early 2020. It was at the beginning of the first covid wave. Some of their dates were cancelled. So glad I managed to see them. They were amazing! Wasteland is my favorite album of them.

Saved comments for today and listened to some Riverside random list online while reading the newspaper and sipping coffee this morning [yep, still a dinosaur who reads newspapers in print]. Steven's enthusiasm is always contagious but when combined with Pete's shared enthusiasm for the bank, had to seek some out. A great listen so now time to track down some albums. Thanks, gents, for all the homework done to present a discussion of these seven albums to those watching. Glad to see Steven a bit more regularly in recent SoT times and looking forward to his return to In The Prog Seat and other episodes. Thanks again, gents!

I just listened to Out Of Myself and I loved it, can't wait to see where you rank it. Never heard of this band, looking forward to checking out the rest of the catalog

Thank you so much guys, I've been waiting for a ranking the albums on Riverside and you more than delivered. They are my favourite band and the best to ever burst onto the scene since Porcupine Tree 1. Out Of Myself 2. Love, Fear And The Machine 3. Shrine Of New Generation Slaves 4. Rapid Eye Movement 5. Second Life Syndrome 6.Anno Domini High Definition 7. Wasteland

Wow! I had never heard Riverside. After this video, I listened to a bunch of their live performances. Some of the best music I have heard in a long time. I fell in love with the live version of Wasteland. I heard some Joy Division, Bauhaus and Dead Can Dance in there too. Thank you.

YOU TWO ARE MY FAVOURITE REVIEWERS AND IVE WATCHED ALL YOURS VIDEOS, CAN I REQUEST THE MIGHTY ANATHEMA FOR A RANKING SHOW, KEEP UP THE GREAT SHOWS.

I came into Riverside with Wasteland in late late 2018 after I'd already made my AOTY list. I immediately made a change to add it. It was SOOOOO melancholy and progressive and sad in all the best ways. And even yet, i haven't gone back to the rest of the catalogue. Thank you for doing this. It's time i go explore the rest of their music.

I love Riverside! Can't wait to listen to even more of their music (I'm more of a songs person than an albums person).

Excellent show Pete and Steven. I have enjoyed and been a big fan of Riverside since Out of Myself was released. I also find it hard which album is my favourite let alone to list them in order. However if i had to pick one it would be Out of Myself, an album at the time really grabbed me and played so much. I look forward to their new album this winter. Keep up the excellent work guys!

Riverside I love sooo much thanks

Was so excited for this! This band is one of my favorite modern rock bands. Completely agree that they do not have a clunker at all and most of their albums imo range from decent to amazing. They are also a band that have evolved quite a bit and one keeps noticing how the production gets better with each album. The band is incredibly unique as well and I dunno bands that sound like them. A new listener can maybe hear some elements of early porcupine tree and pink Floyd but there is quite a lot of slavic folk influence. The albums overall though introspective are extremely easy on the ear. I actually like them more than porcupine tree since I find them more consistent and a bit more well rounded. The musicianship is fantastic (duda is a fucking genius. Terrific vocalist and bass player) but it's more about the song writing and what each musician brings to the table (like a balanced soup with noone overpowering). Have followed them since a long time and it's always exciting anticipating their next release. R.i.p Piotr Also, duda is so prolific he releases like one album every year either with riverside, his solo stuff or with the lunatic soul moniker. You guys should check lunatic soul if you haven't. Very different from this and a mix of folk with electronic music. The last abum was one of my favorites from last year. As for my ranking 1. Anno domini high definition 2. Second life syndrome 3. Love, fear and the time machine 4. Out of myself 5. Wasteland 6. Rapid eye movement 7. Shrine of new generation slaves

First I got to listen albums by Europe, other than the one I only heard and dislike for its poppiness and now completely new territory, Riverside. This is exactly why I love and follow this channel but I need to find more time to do all this tasks laid in front of us. Thanks Pete and Steven, even if I dislike something, how would I know if not by giving it a try.

I have never heard of this band before this episode but I absolutely need to, based on how you describe it. Thanks for a great show, as it always is with Steven. I don't share a lot of musical interests with him, I find, but I always watch the shows anyway, since he is so enthusiastic about the bands he discuss and so it is always entertaining, informative and time well spent watching shows where he is involved. Keep up the great work!

More homework!!! I can't keep up! lol Thanks Pete and Steven, I'll definitely be checking Riverside out very soon.

I love this band! I can’t remember how I heard of them, only a few years ago. I discovered them around the same time I discovered The Pineapple Thief and Darkwater. Thanks for the review

Well, I'm glad I watched this. I've heard bits and bobs from Riverside over the years, but never much properly delved into their catalogue. I immediately checked out Anno Domini High Definition after hearing what Pete and Steven had to say about it - and my, oh my, how my old lug'oles are thanking me for that. What a stellar album. It had a similar impact on me to Opeth's Sorceress, and in a very good way indeed. A proper Riverside voyage of discovery awaits.

Great show Gents! 1-5: Second Life Syndrome through Love, Fear and the Time Machine (the best is whichever I listened to last) 6.Out of Myself (the proto album of what they would become, still a blast) 7.Wasteland (a tough listen not because it is bad but so much sincere personal pain and loss) and misses Piotr's underrated guitar playing)

I saw them in Basel last night and they were fantastic. Just great performers, engaged, positive and ball kicking. Such imagination, melody and fun. Can't wait to see them again.

I find steven reid very interesting and informative !!!

You did it again Pete, another band I didn’t know existed that sounds totally awesome. I listened to half of Anno Domini High Definition and I think I’m hooked. Now I’m off to explore the rest of the catalogue and collect the albums.

Great show. Im a huge Riverside fan because they are moody but yet so spiritual. I bought their CD as an Amazon recommendation and was blown away. It is like ranking a Porcupine Tree catalog. So different but all five stars.

Wonderfully enjoyable episode. What a great band and what an impossible task. Think you both got the top two about right - but on another day......

1. Love, Fear & The Time Machine (might be one of the best prog albums of this century. Great songs, great playing, fantastic vocals and a brillant artwork. 6/5) 2. Wasteland (Emotional and deep. Lament might be my favourite Riverside song) 3. Second Life Syndrome (The best of the trilogy. 5/5 album) 4. Rapid Eye Movement (first Album I listened to. I discovered them together with Porcupine Tree. Still a great album.) 5. Anno Domini High Definition (transition album between the trilogy and the newer stuff. Still 4.5/5) 6. Out of Myself (strong Debut) 7. Shrine of new generation slaves (ok, but not on the same level as the rest) 8. Eye of the Soundscape (different, but good. More ambient sounding. Reminds me of the Endless River)

Never heard of this band the enthusiasm from you both makes me excited to explore the catalog. Particularly with the Deep Purple comparisons I’m there.

Going to see Riverside in Dallas on Apr 5th. Can't wait!

Great episode. Riverside have been one of my favorite bands since Ken Golden of Laser's Edge recommended their debut to me at ProgPower in 2003. Agree, every album is great and difficult to rank. My list would be completely different if I ranked them tomorrow. For today: 7. Love, Fear and the Time Machine 6. Wasteland 5. Rapid Eye Movement 4. Shrine of New Generation Slaves 3. Out of Myself 2. Second Life Syndrome 1. Anno Domini High Definition

One of my favourite bands. Amazing music.

My favourite Riverside album is the one I'm listening to at the time, which on Sunday was Shrine of New Generation Slaves, but will be whichever one I listen to next.

Along with Dream Theater & Porcupine Tree my three favourite bands of the last 25 years. And as you guys say there’s no turkeys amongst Riverside’s catalogue. Can’t really argue with Anno Domini, Second Life Syndrome & Shrine..as your top 3. Favourite track is Deprived (Irretrievably Lost Imagination) but love Egoist Hedonist & the title track off Second Life Syndrome. Also a word about Living In The Past off the Memories In My Head EP. The last couple of minutes or so is Prog Rock at it’s best. Roll on April when I see them.

Great band. Been one of my favorites since I heard The Same River on the Polish radio in the middle of the night, before their debut album was even released. As you rightly said it's fierce hard to rank their albums as they are all good, but I would pick Out of Myself or ADHD at the top and Wasteland at the bottom.

Highly recommend also the solo albums of current guitarist Maciej Meller - Zenith (2020) and just a few days ago released solo album of band keyboardist Michał Łapaj - Are You There? (2021) with beautiful video Shattered Memories.

Well, let me tell you….. I’ve never heard anything from Riverside, but after watching this top review I want to go out and buy the back catalogue!! Whenever Steven is on I can see that Pete genuinely respects and values everything he says, as do I. Thanks both.

Out of Myself is my favorite. Maybe a little contrarian but thats one of my favorite albums of all time

I was so blessed to experience Riverside live up here in Detroit during the Wasteland tour. Without a doubt I left that concert changed by the experience. It affected my soul. I really hope we get more from them.

First off, thanks again for all the great content. Also I am with Pete, the difference between my best and worst is razor thin. Aside from.my #1 I think any could change on any day.

Loved this ranking episode! I discovered Riverside at the same time as Opeth and Pain Of Salvation, in summer 2006. Had already been listening to Porcupine Tree for a year at that point. To me all four bands kind of belong in the same basket, they were a big part of my music listening life between 2006-2010. It was only last year that I heard Riverside's last album and I really liked it, still haven't heard the albums between Wasteland and Rapid Eye Movement... but from the albums I am familiar with, Second Life Syndrome is clearly my favorite, it's an almost perfect record and the one I always went back to even in recent years. Saw Riverside live in 2007 here in Helsinki on their REM tour and it was an amazing show! I'll need to hear the rest of their catalog, as well, finally...!

I went kinda backwards with this. I had heard New Generation Slaves but had trouble disengaging it from the Porcupine Tree sound, like I felt they were trying to be Porcupine Tree. Only last year I happened upon Lunatic Soul and loved that (incomplete) song cycle. So went back to Riverside and I completely agree and this is one of the most positive ranking video I have seen recently, both of you in great spirits with the enthusiasm, care and compassion for this band. I think Mariusz Duda is using music as a process to understand himself and the world in which he inhabits which is what a true artist does, you find this core of unravelling in a lot of music. I think the words 'body of work' as stated is the way Riverside should be appreciated. Thank you.

Tremendous show guys - it's an almost impossible task to rank these albums. For anyone new to the band I recommend the Live In Tilburg CD/DVD set - awesome stuff.

Great show guys. Definitely going off to check this band out. Anything with Steve Reid on is a definite 'must-watch' 👍

Thanks for enlightening me to this magnificient band.

So just to let you know that l whent a got all seven albums.So looking forward to hearing them.Onece again thanks for your input and choices

7. Wasteland 6. Shrine of New Generation Slaves 5. Out of Myself 4. Anno Domini High Definition 3. Love, Fear and the Time Machine 2. Second Life Syndrome 1. Rapid Eye Movement

Cool that FM will be ranked, loved them since their debut, would add the band Ten to the list of to do's, good melodic rock.

Effing Hell - yes I am British - this band is awesome. Just checked out the Anno Domini album whilst on a run....! SoT has brought me Amorphis (Finland) Opeth (Sweden) and most recently Riverside (Poland). My family think I am nuts, but I just want to thank the SoT crew for bringing these bands to me since lockdown started. I feel like I have to delve further into this catalogue but I haven't watched the Frost episode yet!!

I believe they are in the studio working on new material. Great band and very difficult to rank.

So good that you ranked this fabulous band. Saw them on their debut UK gig in Lydney Town Hall in 2007. I had bought Rapid Eye Movement only a few days before after seeing it and gig date on a flyer for a Flower Kings gig I attended. Blew me away. My ranking: 1. 2nd Life Syndrome 2. Rapid Eye Movement 3. Out of My Self 4. Anno Domini High Definition 5. Shrine of New Generation Slaves 6. Love Fear and the Time Machine 7. Wasteland

Another good band. Thanks guys.

So brave to rank. As you say all albums are brilliant. ADHD and SONGS get my most air play. Saw them on wasteland tour and they were so so rock solid and tight. The whole of lunatic souls is fantastic too. There is definitely more to come from these guys.

Thanks for this and the Frost* rankings. Already placed orders for your No1s after checking out a few tracks, hopefully will lead to more. Nothing wrong with "melancholic" music - Joy Division and early Cure were my teenage bands - it can have a beauty that lifts you in a strange sort of way.

I couldn't find some of their cds on Amazon. They do have vinyl, but that's expensive. I will listen on Spotify. Hope that Inside Out does a box set for these guys soon. They've done some for Flower Kings, Enchant, and *Frost. Thanks for the video, Pete and Steven.

1) Second Life Syndrome 2) Out of Myself 3) Wasteland 4) Love Fear and the Time Machine 5) Shrine of New Generation Slaves 6) Anno Domini High Definition 7) Rapid Eye Movement But they're all absolutely excellent and there's very little between them. Just buy all of them.

1. Anno Domini High Definition 2. Shrine of a New Generation 3. Second Life Syndrome 4. Rapid Eye Movement 5. Wasteland 6. Out of Myself 7. Love, Fear and the Time Machine

Great band, saw them live once!

1. Shrine Of New Generation Slaves (2013) 2. Anno Domini Hight Definition (2010) 3. Rapid Eye Moment (2007) 4. Second Life Syndrome (2005) 5. Out Of Myself (2004) 6. Wasteland (2018) 7. Love, Fear And The Time Machine (2015)

This is a great ranking, possibly one of Pete's and Steven's best. 👍

Great show love Riverside and your absolutely right about all their albums.They all rock no filler.Pete i have an extra copy of Wasteland if your looking for it

I never really saw the Opeth connection, but it occurred to me the other day that MD is the ideal candidate to rework some of those Opeth songs with clean vocals.

Love Riverside. I agree that they don't have a bad clunker album. But their new album ID.Entity is incredible and I think it's my favorite.

Riverside are my third favourite band of all time behind Rush and Fish’s Marillion. Live they are atmospheric and sublime, they weave together an hypnotic concoction of wonderful music in a style they can call their own. The guys are right; all the albums brilliant but the best two stand out, and both the presenters agree with me, or is it I agree with them.

Of all musicians currently writing and recording new music, Mariusz Duda is in the top 5. He is incredibly talented and diverse. He can write a metal song and a tearjerker and make you believe in them equally.

My prog buddy and lifelong friend Mike is a prog-or-nothing fiend, whereas I have broader tastes. He has loads of "nu" prog, a lot of which I find rather underwhelming, formulaic and too AOR leaning, preferring the classic era. One time I was staying with him he played me the live videos of SLS and Wasteland on YT and I was blown away. I got SLS and played it to absolute death, hoovering up all the other studio albums at the time, an EP, the ambient compilation, a live album and one of the Lunatic Soul albums. So I've got a lot to catch up on, decided to go in chronological order on the remaining full studio albums first, so just started in on Out of Myself, surprised and pleased to end up with a Laser's Edge copy given the SOT connection, from an independent store.

One of the best bands ever! 1 - Wasteland 2 - Love, Fear and The Time Machine 3 - Shrine of New... 4 - I place the rest on a split 4th place.... Don’t forget Voices In My Head and Eye of The Soundscape.

Thanks but no mention of Eye of the Soundscape?? ADHD was the one I always struggled with, I'll try again.

Never heard of them before so I listened to them on Amazon prime music. Very good. Will half to pick up some of their cds. Any live DVDs of them?

Really good band (so sad etc.,), been into their stuff for since the 2nd album ... I like through-thread 'Reality Dream' and so on. Then the change in sound around Nxt Gen Slaves

RIVERSIDE/ supposedly they said new 8️⃣th studio album be out in fall 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣1️⃣. There is a brand new song , that they will debut during the 4 concerts scheduled in AUGUST. VALE of TEARS from latest album is tremendous IMO. 👍💯. Steven and PETE. Tremendous show. As usual

They are a great live band too.

"Wasteland" took me a few spins... but now it is one of my favorites. "Anno Domini High Definition" is STILL my fav (plus the first album I heard from them). HAMMOND ORGAN!!!! * Old DP fan ;-)

Lunatic soul ranking next please

Great shirt Pete. Oh yeah the Subhuman......

Other great bands from Poland: Collage (albums Moonshine, Safe), SBB (albums Welcome, Follow My Dream)

Hi Pete. I was wondering if you would do a video on the Danish band VOLA? I haven't heard you talk about them on the show, and I think they're right up the S.O.T. alley. Being that their notable releases are 2016, 2018 and 2021, it's also exciting to have some younger blood to discuss. Thoughts?

One of the best bands in the last few years. 1. Second life syndrome 2. New generation... 3. Wasteland 4. Love fear.... 5. Anno domini 6. Rapid Eye movement 7. Out of myself But honestly, all albums are really spectacular.

Out of Myself was the one that first caught me so will always be my fav The Curtain Falls has great meaning for me Second life Syndrome would be 2 But all great

My order of preference, including the new allbum : 1. Second Life Syndrome 2. ADHD 3. Out of Myself 4. Shrine 5. LF&TM 6. ID. entity 7. Wasteland 8. REM But, I mean, all 8 albums are 4 stars plus.

Came here from your top 10 prog metal because I think Second Life Syndrome should make that list.

You mentioned into eternity that band is fucking heavy!!!!!!

1. Love, Fear and the Time Machine 2. Wasteland 3. Shrine of New Generation Slaves 4. Second Life Syndrome 5. Rapid Eye Movement 6. Out of Myself 7. Anno Domini High Definition

Love, Fear & The Time Machine hands down.

Pete have the whale tshirt coming sometime this week... looking forward to getting it