Top 100 Progressive Albums of all time: You agree with the top 10?

[LynneSin]

http://www.progarchives.com/top-prog-albums.asp

From Prog Archives: The top 100 Progressive Rock Albums of all time and this is the top 10:

Rank Covers Year Ratings Artist / Title Genre / Album Type
1 1972 4.56
(298 ratings) YES
Close to the Edge Symphonic Prog
(Studio Album)


2 1973 4.60
(235 ratings) PINK FLOYD
Dark Side of the Moon Psychedelic/Space Rock
(Studio Album)


3 1969 4.57
(223 ratings) KING CRIMSON
In the Court of the Crimson King Symphonic Prog
(Studio Album)


4 1975 4.63
(175 ratings) PINK FLOYD
Wish You Were Here Psychedelic/Space Rock
(Studio Album)


5 1973 4.54
(244 ratings) GENESIS
Selling England By The Pound Symphonic Prog
(Studio Album)


6 1972 4.66
(147 ratings) JETHRO TULL
Thick As A Brick Prog Folk
(Studio Album)


7 1972 4.56
(194 ratings) GENESIS
Foxtrot Symphonic Prog
(Studio Album)


8 1972 4.46
(179 ratings) YES
Fragile Symphonic Prog
(Studio Album)


9 1974 4.49
(158 ratings) KING CRIMSON
Red Symphonic Prog
(Studio Album)


10 1981 4.54
(127 ratings) RUSH
Moving Pictures Art Rock
(Studio Album)


Rankings of other notable Progressive Rock Albums:
#24: The Yes Album (my personal favorite!)
#26: Aqualung: JEthro Tull
#34: Pink Floyd's The Wall
#41: Trick of the Tale: Genesis
#71: Hot Rats: Frank Zappa
#91: Kansas: Leftoverature

[MrScorpio]

1. That was very unfunkaful

Needs more funk

[progmom]

2. i HATE prog rock

:hi:

[LynneSin]

4. Then no need for you to post here

Many of us love Prog rock!

[progmom]

6. see now...the FUNNIER response would have been

...for you to make some kind of joke about my screen name and everything. but...i'll go play in my own sandbox now.

[StopTheMorans]

16. SNAP!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

23. Shut up Poseurmom!

[progmom]

24. .....

:spray:

:rofl:

:hi:

[StopTheMorans]

17. where are the other 2?

:shrug:

[arwalden]

29. Bu-u-u-u-urn!

[anarch]

3. No, I do not.

But I can't stand either one of those Pink Floyd albums, so that probably has something to do with it. Ruins the whole list for me.

[LynneSin]

5. I'm challenged that The Yes Album was ranked as low as it was

I just that just kicked off the movement. And I think there should have been some Alan Parson's Project on the list. Plus I noticed that Supertramp's Crime of the Century was on there but where was Breakfast in America.

[holboz]

7. Yea King Crimson!

My husband is John Wetton's guitar tech when he goes on tour. He's a good guy (except when he phones our house at 4am because he forgets we're six hours behind the UK).

I'm not too much into prog but my husband and father in law love Yes, Genesis, and Pink Floyd so I'd say it's a good list.

[pdx_prog]

10. Wetton has ALWAYS been a fave of mine...

The UK stuff in the 70's was fantastic!

In the dead of night
Danger Money

I have these on vinyl, casette and CD. I have 3 copies of danger money on Vinyl...one of them has never been opened.

[MN ChimpH8R]

34. Wetton is a hugely underappreciated singer

That whiskey baritone has real magic when he's singing good (non-Asia) lyrics. See "Starless" and "The Night Watch."

[ghostsofgiants]

8. No Mars Volta?

Lame.

[LynneSin]

11. Mars Volta is #9 in the Art Rock category of Prog Rock

http://www.progarchives.com/top-prog-albums.asp?style_id=3

There are dozens of types of progressive rock out there: Yes is a Symphonic Rock whereas Jethro Tull is more of a Prog Folk Rock.

The list I include was for all genres of Prog Rock and there are some major heavyweights in that category that have been around for decades. Mars Volta competes better amongst its own type in the Art Rock category (lead by several Rush albums)

[ghostsofgiants]

15. Ahh, that's better...

Didn't know there were other lists.

[Celeborn Skywalker]

9. Good list

I would have put "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" by Genesis in the top 10, though.

[pdx_prog]

12. Yeah....definitely

[Rabrrrrrr]

13. I agree with them all, except for the Rush album

And I am a SUPER Rush fan!

But not Moving Pictures - no way. If they want to put a Rush one in the top 10, do 2112 or Hemispheres.

But as for a new number 10, I'd put in Genesis' Lamb Lies Down on Broadway or Floyd's Animals.

[LynneSin]

14. I have to agree with you on the Rush comment

Moving Pictures was way too commericialized to be an effective top #10 prog rock album. 2112 or Farewell to Kings would have been better choices!

[WCGreen]

18. What about Srgt Peppers or Pet Sounds....

Both of those albums set the stage for all that came after....


BTW, I have all those albums except the second King Crimson and Rush...

Never liked Rush....

[LynneSin]

19. I have all but the Genesis - not a fan of Genesis

:shrug:

[WCGreen]

21. The Old Genesis with Peter Gabriel was really cool.....

I saw then after the Lamb Lies Down on Broadway came out and was stunned....

[jandrok]

20. No Tool? No Dream Theater? Hawkwind?

Bogus, man.

[LynneSin]

22. Tool was in the top 100

If you poke around the website first you'll see it's a top 100 list (I only listed the top 10) and that they also have lists broken down into the genre of prog rock.

Tool was #44 in the overall list and #4 is the progressive metal list

http://www.progarchives.com/top-prog-albums.asp?style_id=19

[no name no slogan]

25. No Hawkwind or Roxy Music?

What kind of half-assed list is this?!?!?!

[CanuckAmok]

26. Roxy Music "prog"?!

Hmm... I never thought of them that way, but I guess everything up to Country Life could be considered "prog". Sort of.

[no name no slogan]

27. I always thought them sort of prog,

especially the first two albums. No songs about elves or overly-technical guitar/keyboard gymnastics, but still some solid musicianship and experimental sonic textures.

I'd take them over Rush any day.

[LynneSin]

30. Roxy Music fell under "Prog Related"

Groups that were prog-like but not quite. Queen and Peter Gabriel were also considered "Prog-Related"

According to the Website:

Prog Related
Rock and Pop Bands and Artists after 1970 who were not truly “prog” (as that term is generally and broadly defined, even by the site), but who were clearly not “mainstream” or simply “rock” bands.

A wide subgenre that encompasses two kinds of bands/artist, that either consist of progressive artist that strayed away from their progressive roots into mainstream rock or were influenced by progressive rock.

Even though the music by these artists is sometimes unrelated it had things in common with prog music in that it was very structured and even adventurous, sometimes hard or heavy, sometimes mellow, strong melodies, good hooks are an integral part of most of the material. Sometimes these artists pioneered other rock genres.

Though most of these artist can't really be considered progressive themselves, their relation to progressive music is not to be underestimated.

Garion81
15 Key bands (based on ratings)

Gabriel, Peter
Supertramp
Queen*
Parsons Project, Alan
Saga
Styx
Asia
Waters, Roger
Roxy Music
Anderson, Jon
Primus
Gilmour, David
Klaatu
Barrett, Syd
Parsons Band, Alan

BTW: Roxy Music Avalon was #12 on the prog-related list
http://www.progarchives.com/top-prog-albums.asp?style_id=38

[Initech]

28. 2 Genesis albums, but Hot Rats was #71? Booooooo!!!

[tigereye]

31. actually I think KIng Crimson should have been rated higher

and I say that as someone who was obsessed with Yes in high school. Never thought of Floyd as progressive, per se. Where was ELP? I was really into them.

[Dr Fate]

32. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn should be #1. n/t

n/t

[MN ChimpH8R]

33. The Rush is misplaced

They were never a prog band. I'd rate "Red" higher than any Tull album, as well as "Larks Tongues in Aspic." Still one of the most intense and out there albums I have ever heard. "Close to the Edge" has to be #1. It was Yes' most perfect album - not one unnecessary or misplaced note. "Selling England" by all means, but where the hell was "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" - it was only the best concept album ever!

If you want to try some really twisted but virtuosic music, check out the Zeuhl section on the OP's link. Magma is Carl Orff ("Carmina Burana") meets Zappa arranged by Sun Ra and staged by Leni Riefenstahl. As a record store owner bud of mine used to say "Dude, that is seriously screwed up music."