Readers Poll - Top 10 Prog Albums of all time Rolling Stone

[Hawk]

Wow, I'm in Heaven !

Drummer Bill Bruford played with three of these bands.

The article:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictu ... e-20120725

10. Rush - Moving Pictures
9. King Crimson - Red
8. Rush - 'Hemispheres'
7. Genesis - 'Selling England By the Pound'
6. King Crimson - 'In the Court of the Crimson King'
5. Genesis, 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway'
4. Pink Floyd - 'Dark Side of the Moon'
3. Yes - 'Close to the Edge'
2. Rush - '2112'
1. Dream Theater - 'Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory'

I'm surprised Mahavishnu Orchestra isn't in there.
Dream Theater dominated the polls.
Also surprised Yes' "Fragile" wasn't in there.

[f.sciarrillo]

That is a good list. There is no way I could decide what was the best out of those. Wow...

[moxham123]

Some of my all time favorites are not on this list but I do like the ones mentioned and own 9 of them

[Banned]

Emerson, Lake and Palmer???

2 Genesis albums but only 1 Yes and 1 Pink Floyd???

[moxham123]

They should have listed the Top 25 from the poll.

I was also surprised no Fragile by Yes, no Gentle Giant, no Jethro Tull, no Emerson, Lake, & Palmer, and many other great prog groups.

[Banned]

They should have listed the Top 25 from the poll.

I was also surprised no Fragile by Yes, no Gentle Giant, no Jethro Tull, no Emerson, Lake, & Palmer, and many other great prog groups.

I agree, but is Jethro Tull progressive, or just a folk-rock fusion band?

[moxham123]

I agree, but is Jethro Tull progressive, or just a folk-rock fusion band?

I have seen Jethro Tull listed as both. I guess it's who you ask.

Hey, remember when The Grammy Awards considered them as heavy metal and gave them a Grammy? Now, that was a bit of a stretch.

[Hawk]

I agree, but is Jethro Tull progressive, or just a folk-rock fusion band?

I have seen Jethro Tull listed as both. I guess it's who you ask.

Hey, remember when The Grammy Awards considered them as heavy metal and gave them a Grammy? Now, that was a bit of a stretch.

Even the band laughed at that when they won.

[Hawk]

In the Court of the Crimson King was the first prog rock I ever heard. Schizoid Man blew me away, it was so foreign to my 1960s top 40 ears but I knew it was special !

By the way, Greg Lake of Emerson Lake and Palmer was the singer on that King Crimson album.

[ToonaRockGuy]

I'm surprised Mahavishnu Orchestra isn't in there.

I don't think that Mahavishnu was ever considered rock. I've always thought of them as a jazz fusion band. But then again, any list that comes from Rolling Stone is usually pretty stupid. That mag represents everything that is wrong with music.

[Banned]

I'm surprised Mahavishnu Orchestra isn't in there.

I don't think that Mahavishnu was ever considered rock. I've always thought of them as a jazz fusion band. But then again, any list that comes from Rolling Stone is usually pretty stupid. That mag represents everything that is wrong with music.

+1

[f.sciarrillo]

Yeah, a couple of more Pink Floyd cd's, some Emerson Lake and Palmer, and Yes would have made it awesome. So yeah, they should expand it to the top 25.

That was funny when Jethro Tull won the Grammy. All the hype was that Metallica was going to win. I liked the next year when Metallica did win and Lars said: "The first thing I would like to do is thank Jethro Tull for not releasing a new album this year"...

I also agree that Jethro Tull isn't really a progressive band.

What about Porcupine Tree though?

[Banned]

How about Focus:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4ouPGGL ... re=related

Mike Oldfield and Tubular Bells:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaygITgll80

I think these are better albums than any of the Genesis albums that made the list.

[Hawk]

How about Focus:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4ouPGGL ... re=related

Mike Oldfield and Tubular Bells:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaygITgll80

I think these are better albums than any of the Genesis albums that made the list.

Selling England by the Pound is amopng myu nfavorite albums. I think it should be on there. Not so sure about "Lamb" though.

I do think Jethro Tull is mostly a progressive rock band.

Focus would have been a good adsdition. Bur it is a readers poll and there are a lot of people who don't know who Focus is,

[moxham123]

One of my all time favorite progressive bands is U.K. Their 1st album is a classic with singer/bassist John Wetton (formerly of King Crimson, Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry's band and Uriah Heep), keyboardist/electric violinist Eddie Jobson (formerly of Curved Air, Roxy Music and Frank Zappa's band), guitarist Allan Holdsworth (formerly of Tempest, Soft Machine, The New Tony Williams Lifetime and Gong) and drummer Bill Bruford (formerly of Yes and King Crimson).

U.K. - In the Dead of Night

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgvrkY-dPNM

U.K. - Alaska & Time To Kill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkD-j_1e ... re=related

[Banned]

Uriah Heep

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0iuaxvk ... 06D6W156d8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI0BO575x8w

[f.sciarrillo]

Yes, I forgot about Uriah Heep. They were a great band also.

[Banned]

The Moody Blues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw8WXxFX ... ure=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQH5duKx ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytfX4al_ ... re=related

[Banned]

Renaissance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GVEDSMF ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJM3Mb6d ... re=related

[Banned]

A very cool and informative documentary about Brithish Prog music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyPnNsY_ ... re=related

[f.sciarrillo]

The Moody Blues progressive? They are a fantastic band, but I don't know if I would call them progressive. Unless I am missing something?

[Banned]

The Moody Blues progressive? They are a fantastic band, but I don't know if I would call them progressive. Unless I am missing something?

I guess its all a judgment call. At the time, they and the Beatles were considered progressing beyond the 3 minute love song.

[Victor Synn]

I think they could have easily put Images and Words in there too. Dream Theater is totally unreal.

[moxham123]

A few more of my favorite prog bands are:

Saga
Gentle Giant
Kansas - They had lots of prog tunes (Song For America is great!)


I found this list of progressive bands on the Internet. I would consider some of these acts pure prog and some a combination of prog with other styles. However, these are the acts that made the list.


1. Yes
2. King Crimson
3. Genesis
4. Emerson Lake & Palmer
5. Pink Floyd
6. Rush
7. Jethro Tull
8. Mothers of Invention
9. Dream Theater
10. Kraftwerk
11. Traffic
12. Dixie Dregs
13. Gentle Giant
14. Van der Graaf Generator
15. The Moody Blues
16. Marillion
17. Frank Zappa
18. Magma
19. Gong
20. Kansas
21. Tangerine Dream
22. Caravan
23. Mahavishnu Orchestra
24. The Soft Machine
25. Family
26. Hawkwind
27. Mike Oldfield
28. Uriah Heep
29. Camel
30. Rick Wakeman
31. Peter Gabriel
32. The Flower Kings
33. Premiata Forneria Marconi
34. The Strawbs
35. Renaissance
36. Can
37. Goblin
38. Wigwam
39. Queensryche
40. Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso
41. Electric Light Orchestra
42. King's X
43. Anglagard
44. Amon Düül
45. Procol Harum
46. Brian Eno
47. Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band
48. Eloy
49. Porcupine Tree
50. The Alan Parson's Project
51. Bo Hansson
52. The Beatles
53. Spock's Beard
54. Asia
55. Vangelis
56. Le Orme
57. Tool
58. Fate's Warning
59. Ayreon
60. Baryclay James Harvest
61. Ange
62. IQ
63. Utopia
64. Opeth
65. Ozric Tentacles
66. Symphony X
67. Liquid Tension Experiment
68. Transatlantic
69. Steve Hackett
70. Aphrodite's Child
71. Focus
72. Supertramp
73. Adrian Belew
74. California Guitar Trio
75. Anekdoten
76. Savatage
77. Area
78. Hatfield & the North
79. Styx
80. Happy The Man
81. Nektar
82. Henry Cow
83. Robert Fripp
84. Saga
85. Primus
86. Bozzio Levin Stevens
87. Niacin
88. The Nice
89. Shadow Gallery
90. UK
91. The Mars Volta
92. Atomic Rooster
93. Birth Control
94. Andromeda
95. Pain of Salvation
96. Comus
97. Roxy Music
98. Pendragon
99. Rhapsody
100. Stratovarius
101. Coloseum
102. Omega
103. Far East Family Band
104. Roger Waters
105. Kayak
106. Brand X
107. Steve Hillage
108. Egg
109. Pavlov's Dog
110. Faust
111. Toto
112. Yngwie Malmsteen
113. Magellan
114. Spirit
115. Kraan
116. 10cc
117. Evergrey
118. Psychotic Waltz
119. Bill Bruford's Earthworks
120. Blood, Sweat & Tears
121. Glass Hammer
122. Sky
123. Blind Guardian
124. Radiohead
125. Quiet Sun
126. A Perfect Circle
127. Novalis
128. Godspeed You Black Emperor!
129. The Move
130. Portishead
131. Chroma Key
132. Kamelot
133. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
134. Explorer's Club
135. Steve Morse Band
136. Anyone's Daughter
137. Gryphon
138. Echolyn
139. Kenso
140. No-Man
141. Kate Bush
142. FM
143. 801
144. Trans-Siberian Orchestra
145. Kyuss
146. Rare Bird
147. Mullmuzzler
148. Starcastle
149. Farpoint
150. Platypus
151. Nexus
152. Deus Ex Machina
153. Guru Guru
154. Matching Mole
155. Arena
156. World Trade
157. dEUS
158. Hoelderlin
159. Blackmore's Night
160. Giles, Giles & Fripp
161. Curved Air
162. Gordian Knot
163. Dredg
164. Pallas
165. Planet X
166. Watchtower
167. Index
168. Eternity X
169. Qwestion
170. Poegs
171. Ice Age
172. Todd Rundgren
173. Man on Fire
174. Magnitude 9
175. Sinkadus
176. Arcturus
177. Xii Alphonso
178. The Illusion
179. Ulysses
180. Under the Sun
181. Left Coast
182. Frameshift
183. Tiles
184. Divine Regale
185. Neural Mass
186. Heldon
187. Random Hold
188. The Dayjob Orchestra
189. The Tangent
190. B.L.U.E
191. Dynamic Lights
192. Rudess Morgenstien Project
193. Cario
194. Isis
195. John Paul Jones
196. Osiris
197. Ambeon
198. Emerson, Lake & Powell
199. Flash
200. Quartermass

[VENTGtr]

10's not much of a list, but...

Ya, I consider Tull and Moodys Prog, certainly. ELP's "Brain Salad Surgery" not on there? Kind of nullifies any validity.

I could see Kansas being on there, possibly Utopia. Marillion ABSOLUTELY should be on there. Not sure who ya'd remove, but...

Dream Theater...not a fan at all, but guess they're "prog"...but no way it'd be the top of the list.