Your ‘Top 10’ Favorite Progressive Rock Albums

One's that come to mind:

Yes - The Yes Album
Yes - Fragile
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
King Crimson - Discipline
Focus - at the Rainbow
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
Genesis - Wind & Wuthering
UK - Danger Money
Rush - 2112
Rush - Hemispheres

 

Is it? I'd bet that "More" is Floyd's most unheard album.

 

To avoid repeption:


I would post Red or some of their other works, but Crimson been known to out due themselves in live recordings.

 

Continuing with the letter "K":
Krokodil-An Invisible World Revealed (1971)
Lightshine-Feeling (1976)
Lucifer's Friend-s/t (1970)*
The Masters Apprentices-Choice Cuts (1971)
Message-From Books and Dreams (1973)
Night Sun-Mournin' (1972)*
November-En ny tid ar har... (1970)
Osanna-Palepoli (1973)
Out of Focus-Wake Up! (1970)
Paternoster-s/t (1972)
10 more culled from my CD/LP collection. *I have 2 on OG wax!

 

Not in Prog Forum sites.

 

No fixed order:

Tarkus-ELP
Close to the Edge- Yes
In the Court of the Crimson King- King Crimson
Lamb Lies Down on Broadway- Genesis
You- Gong
A Tab in the Ocean- Nektar
UK- S/t
Tago Mago- Can
Hemispheres- Rush
Third- Soft Machine

 

More "P" to "S":
Premiata Forneria Marconi-Storia di un Minuto (1972)
Quintessence-Dive Deep (1971)
Rag i Ryggen-s/t (1975)
Rare Bird-As Your Mind Flies By (1970)
Raw Material-Time is... (1971)
Satin Whale-Desert Places (1974)
Socrates Drank the Conium-On the Wings (1973)
Sperrmull-s/t (1973)
Starcastle-s/t (1976)
Steel Mill-Green Eyed God (1972)

10 more albums from my CD collection.

 

Yes - Fragile, Relayer, The Yes Album
Genesis - Foxtrot, Selling England By The Pound, Duke
King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black, Three Of A Perfect Pair
Hatfield & The North - s/t debut
National Health - s/t debut

...and many more.

 

What's this? Is this the full album name? Who recorded it?

 

Any love for Flash ?

 

Never heard them although given I quite like Yes, I should have checked them out by now.

 

They got labeled as a Yes copy band & they do have a similar sound.
The albums are a little patchy.
I think they deserve a quality 2CD anthology style release.

 

Thanks for the info!

 

Truly great albums imb too

 

My Top 10 recollection from the most recently discovered within the last couple of years. I must admit that about half of them went a bit further from "rock" roots, but are anyway quite progressive in my viewpoint.

Amon Düül II - Wolf City (the SH Forum steered me to check it out)
Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die (again, the SH Forum steered me to check it out)
Forgas Band Phenomena - Acte V
Barabba - Canti Dal Vangelo Secondo Barabba
Quatermass - s/t
Frip & Eno - Evening Star
Steve Hackett - Wolflight
The Enid - Invicta
Alessandro Alessandroni - Suor Omicidi
Frank Robson - Stay Awhile

P.S.: My apologies for again not sticking to only 10 faves.
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Caravan - If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Khan - Space Shanty
Gentle Giant - Octupus
Caravan - Waterloo Lily
Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing
Opeth - Pale Communion
Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory
Yes - Fragile
Wobbler - Rites at Dawn

 

Yep, agreed. My favs do change from week to week though

 

Utopia

It has an epic track called 'Singring & the Glass Guitar". It's a desert island disc for me!

 

Or "Obscured by Clouds"...

 

Today......my Top 10 Album list would be, in no order:

Steven Wilson~The Raven That Refused To Sing
Rush~AFTK
Rush~PW
Marillion~Brave
Porcupine Tree~FOABP
CAN~Ege Bamyasi
Riverside~Rapid Eye Movement
Pineapple Thief~Someone Here Is Missing
The Flower Kings~Adam & Eve
Spock's Beard~ V

 

...I could easily make several alternate lists, like this one:

Van Der Graaf Generator - Godbluff, H to He Who Am The Only One
Happy The Man - s/t debut, Crafty Hands
Rascal Reporters - Happy Accidents
King Crimson - Red
Magma - 1001° Centigrade, Udu Wudu
Caravan - Waterloo Lily, In The Land Of The Grey & Pink

and on & on

 

Close to the Edge. Yes
Godbluff. Van Der graaf generator
Thick as a brick. Jethro Tull
Tubular bells. Mike Oldfield
Argus. Wishbone ash
The silent corner and the empty stage. Peter Hammill
Dark side of the moon. Pink Floyd
Larks tongue in aspic. King crimson
Everyone is everybody else. Barclay James harvest
Grave new world. Strawbs

In 1973 I was 15 and my tastes were formed then. The only contemporary album I have found comparable is The Crane wife by the Decemberists

 

A very nice list indeed.

 

Tally Time!

TOP 10:
1. Yes - Close to the Edge (22)
2. King Crimson - Red (20)
3. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King (19)
4. (tie) Yes - Fragile (18)
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound (18)
6. Yes - The Yes Album (16)
7. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon (15)
8. (tie) Genesis - Foxtrot (13)
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (13)
10. King Crimson - Larks' Tongue in Aspic (12)

NEXT 8:
11. Jethro Tull- Thick As a Brick (11)
12. Pink Floyd - Animals (10)
13. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (9)
14. (tie) ELP - Brain Salad Surgery (8)
King Crimson - Lizard (8)
Rush - Hemispheres (8)
Yes - Relayer (8)
18. King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black (7)

Trivia Time!

VOTES BY COUNTRY:
1. UK (504) 75%
2. USA (40) 6%
3. Germany (34) 5%
4. Canada (32) 5%
5. Sweden (13) 2%
6. Other (47) 7%

VOTE % BY DECADE:
1960s: 7%
1970s: 73%
1980s: 8%
1990s: 3%
2000s: 5%
2010s: 4%

MOST VOTES BY BAND:
1. Yes (79) 12%
2. King Crimson (78) 12%
3. Genesis (63) 9%
4. Pink Floyd (47) 7%
5. Rush (29) 4%
6. Jethro Tull (22) 3%
7. ELP (20) 3%

MOST ALBUM VOTES:
King Crimson (11)
Yes (9)
Genesis (9)
Pink Floyd (9)
Rush (9)
Jethro Tull (7)
ELP (5)

 

I think if you went back to rediscover missed albums (most probably from the 70's) you would find Germany in a solid 2nd position with USA well behind.
I imagine that Italy has also been overlooked.