Favorite Prog-Rock Albums

[Digital Dad]

Signals

Animals

TAAB

 

THE Holy Prog Trinity in my book.

 

 

[Segue Myles]

OK a more comprehensive list:

 

Nightwish:

Wishmaster

Century Child

Dark Passion Play

Imaginaerum

Endless Forms Most Beautiful

 

Rush:

Caress Of Steel

2112

A Farewell To Kings

Hemispheres

Permanent Waves

Moving Pictures

 

Yes:

Tales From Topographic Oceans

Fragile

Close To The Edge

Relayer

Going For The One

Tormato

 

Jethro Tull:

Aqualung

Thick As A Brick

 

King Crimson:

In The Court Of The Crimson King

 

Starcastle:

Starcastle

Citadel

Fountains Of Light

 

Miles Davis:

Nefertiti

In A Silent Way

Bitches Brew

 

Kansas:

Masque

Leftoverture

Point Of Know Return

 

Can:

Tago Mago

Monster Movie

 

Not sure this is complete.

[RUSHHEAD666]

Signals

Animals

TAAB

 

THE Holy Prog Trinity in my book.

 

Signals? Wow!! Is that album even prog? It's synth rock pop.

 

I would take "Caress Of Steel" instead.

 

Why does everyone love "Animals" so much? It's great but it's a snooze fest.

 

Give me the overplayed "The Wall" instead!

[Blue J]

Would "Houses Of The Holy" be considered prog ?

 

No Quarter might be the closest - and I love that song

 

Sure - Zep dabbled in a few different musical genres (not classical...)

 

They did, but I don't know if I could call anything on that album (or any of theirs) to be progressive...No Quarter sounds kind of spooky/ominous, and prominently features a Mini-Moog, but I'm not sure that's a qualifier, on its own.

 

Then again...The Crunge does feature the bizarre alternating time signatures, between 10/4 and 6/8...

 

Those cheeky devils.

[Digital Dad]

Signals

Animals

TAAB

 

THE Holy Prog Trinity in my book.

 

Signals? Wow!! Is that album even prog? It's synth rock pop.

 

I would take "Caress Of Steel" instead.

 

Why does everyone love "Animals" so much? It's great but it's a snooze fest.

 

Give me the overplayed "The Wall" instead!

 

Yep Signals dude. The last actual Rush prog album. Never been a big Caress guy.

 

Anmals are you kidding me. All that angst? Tons of tasty Gilmour

[Segue Myles]

Signals? Prog?

 

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[Blue J]

Hahahahahahahaha...

[Segue Myles]

But seriously, Moving Pictures barely makes it as a prog album (it's great strengths lie elsewhere), and Signals is even more of a departure.

 

Not one song on Signals comes across as a prog number, so how can they collectively do so?

[ReRushed]

Once again the question is asked - what the hell is the definition of prog rock?

 

The Moody Blues are considered a prog band, by some, and they don't begin to approach the muscial dexterity and technical competence of bands like Yes and ELP.

 

In 1982, Signals was as progressive as Hemispheres was in 1978. Heck, Power Windows is more a concept album than 2112.

[bluefox4000]

Kansas 70's Run.

 

And maybe prog is in the ear of the beholder, lol

 

Mick

[P-Tor]

Not sure if anyone mentioned "Operation Mindcrime" by Queensryche yet, but I'll throw that into the mix as well.

[By Tor]

I love Prog so much I will try not to go on and on ... And on

 

Sgt Pepper - The Beatles . Yes it is Prog in my eyes and it`s not rubbish or shit .

 

All 70`s Rush * ( * Not Rush Rush though )

 

Close To The Edge - Yes .

Going For The One - Yes

Relayer - Yes

Fragile - Yes

Magnification - Yes

 

Oxygene - Jean Micheal Jarre ( the greatest album ever that doe`nt feature a guitar !)

 

Crime Of The Century - Supertramp . Maybe one of the most underrated Prog albums ever !

 

All Pink Floyd . ( except the last two and first two )

 

Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson

 

Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield

Hergest Ridge - Mike Oldfield

 

Tommy - The Who

 

War Of The Worlds - Jeff Wayne

 

Eldorado - E..L.O.

 

Brain Salad Surgery - E.L.P.

 

Warrior On the Edge Of Time - Hawkwind

 

Aqualung - Jethro Tull

 

Peter Gabriel . 3 - Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel 4 - Peter Gabriel

 

Demons And Wizards - Uriah Heep

Magician`s Birthday - Uriah Heep

 

Amused To Death - Roger Waters

 

Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush ( the 9th wave is as Prog as it gets in the 80`s )

 

OK Computer - Radiohead

 

Awakening - The Reasoning

 

The Race For Space - Public Broadcasting Service

 

Dreamboat Annie - Heart ( borderline Prog ?)

 

The Twenty Seven Club - Magenta

 

Metamorphosis - Magenta

 

Yoshimi Battles Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips

 

The Raven That Refused To Sing - Steven Wilson ( one of the finest Prog albums in the last 20 years )

Edited August 12, 2015 by By Tor

[cygnify]

hmmm, this gets into the thorny issue of 'what is "prog rock"???', but I'll try to limit myself to the more traditional interpretation - all my favorites, and then "selected favorites" where it's necessary to narrow it down a little more.. And then - to totally make this impossible, I'll bold my top fifteen choices for my absolute favorites.

 

Rush: Caress of Steel through Moving Pictures plus Clockwork Angels; neo-pseudo prog rock ALL (selected Favorites: Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, CA, AFtK)

YES: The Yes Album through Drama (selected Favorites: Close to the Edge, Going for the One, Relayer, Drama)

King Crimson: ALL (selected Favorites: In the Court, Red, Discipline, The Power to Believe, Thrak)

Pink Floyd: Atom Heart Mother through The Wall (selected Favorites: Wish You Were Here, Animals)

Roger Waters: Amused to Death

Porcupine Tree: ALL (selected Favorites: Fear of a Blank Planet, In Absentia, Deadwing)

Steven Wilson: ALL (selected Favorites: HCE, Raven)

Anathema: We're here Because We're Here, Weather Systems, Distant Satellites

Opeth: Blackwater Park, Ghost Reveries, Pale Communion

Dream Theater: Images and Words, Awake, Scenes from a Memory

UK - UK

Genesis - Foxtrot, Selling England by the Pound

Peter Gabriel - Melt, Security

Marillion - ALL with Fish (selected favorites: Misplaced Childhood, Jester, Clutching, well, ok, Fugazi too!)

The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium, Frances the Mute

Kansas - Leftoverture

Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime

Sound of Contact - Dimensionaut

Tool - Aenima, LATERALUS, 10,000 Days

Supertramp - Crime of the Century

Led Zeppelin (yeah, I know, not traditional "prog rock", but there are elements: Physical Graffiti, IV, Houses)

Jethro Tull - Aqualung, Thick as a Brick

ELP - Tarkus, Brain Salad Surgery, Trilogy

Banco Del Mutuo Sorcosso - DARWIN!

Bruford (Again, I know, he's more Jazz, but sorta crosses over) - Feels Good To Me

(ok, now I've opened the door for Jazz fusion, I gotta add my favorites: Mahavishnu, DIXIE DREGS, Cobham, Return to Forever, Earthworks, Jean-Luc Ponty, The Aristocrats, Bela Fleck, Jeff Beck, etc.)

Fish - Sunsets on Empires

Gentle Giant - Octopus, The Power and the Glory

Harmonium- Si On Avait Besoin D'une Cinquieme Saison

Premiata Forneria Marconi - Per un Amico

Queen - Night at the Opera, News of the World

 

Can I call ZAPPA prog? I got a dozen more albums to add... ;)

Edited August 12, 2015 by cygnify

[toymaker]

Why does everyone love "Animals" so much? It's great but it's a snooze fest.

 

Give me the overplayed "The Wall" instead!

 

? ? ? ? ?

 

Not at all a "snooze fest" - it's dreamy and trippy in spots, maybe, but it's astonishing music. "Dogs" has one of Gilmour's best solos.

 

Wait . . . you're just messin' with us again, aren't you?

Edited August 12, 2015 by toymaker

[EagleMoon]

Forgot all about Dixie Dregs. The awesome musicianship makes them Prog but they sure were a weird conglomeration of styles.

[bluefox4000]

i want to include.

 

Peter Gabriel-3 and 4.

 

Prog Enough for me.

 

Mick

[Digital Dad]

hmmm, this gets into the thorny issue of 'what is "prog rock"???', but I'll try to limit myself to the more traditional interpretation - all my favorites, and then "selected favorites" where it's necessary to narrow it down a little more.. And then - to totally make this impossible, I'll bold my top fifteen choices for my absolute favorites.

 

Rush: Caress of Steel through Moving Pictures plus Clockwork Angels; neo-pseudo prog rock ALL (selected Favorites: Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, CA, AFtK)

YES: The Yes Album through Drama (selected Favorites: Close to the Edge, Going for the One, Relayer, Drama)

King Crimson: ALL (selected Favorites: In the Court, Red, Discipline, The Power to Believe, Thrak)

Pink Floyd: Atom Heart Mother through The Wall (selected Favorites: Wish You Were Here, Animals)

Roger Waters: Amused to Death

Porcupine Tree: ALL (selected Favorites: Fear of a Blank Planet, In Absentia, Deadwing)

Steven Wilson: ALL (selected Favorites: HCE, Raven)

Anathema: We're here Because We're Here, Weather Systems, Distant Satellites

Opeth: Blackwater Park, Ghost Reveries, Pale Communion

Dream Theater: Images and Words, Awake, Scenes from a Memory

UK - UK

Genesis - Foxtrot, Selling England by the Pound

Peter Gabriel - Melt, Security

Marillion - ALL with Fish (selected favorites: Misplaced Childhood, Jester, Clutching, well, ok, Fugazi too!)

The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium, Frances the Mute

Kansas - Leftoverture

Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime

Sound of Contact - Dimensionaut

Tool - Aenima, LATERALUS, 10,000 Days

Supertramp - Crime of the Century

Led Zeppelin (yeah, I know, not traditional "prog rock", but there are elements: Physical Graffiti, IV, Houses)

Jethro Tull - Aqualung, Thick as a Brick

ELP - Tarkus, Brain Salad Surgery, Trilogy

Banco Del Mutuo Sorcosso - DARWIN!

Bruford (Again, I know, he's more Jazz, but sorta crosses over) - Feels Good To Me

(ok, now I've opened the door for Jazz fusion, I gotta add my favorites: Mahavishnu, DIXIE DREGS, Cobham, Return to Forever, Earthworks, Jean-Luc Ponty, The Aristocrats, Bela Fleck, Jeff Beck, etc.)

Fish - Sunsets on Empires

Gentle Giant - Octopus, The Power and the Glory

Harmonium- Si On Avait Besoin D'une Cinquieme Saison

Premiata Forneria Marconi - Per un Amico

Queen - Night at the Opera, News of the World

 

Can I call ZAPPA prog? I got a dozen more albums to add... ;)

 

Lol. I LOVE Zappa and I LOVE Prog but calling him Prog is really a stretch imo. Deserves his own thread imo.

[EagleMoon]

hmmm, this gets into the thorny issue of 'what is "prog rock"???', but I'll try to limit myself to the more traditional interpretation - all my favorites, and then "selected favorites" where it's necessary to narrow it down a little more.. And then - to totally make this impossible, I'll bold my top fifteen choices for my absolute favorites.

 

Rush: Caress of Steel through Moving Pictures plus Clockwork Angels; neo-pseudo prog rock ALL (selected Favorites: Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, CA, AFtK)

YES: The Yes Album through Drama (selected Favorites: Close to the Edge, Going for the One, Relayer, Drama)

King Crimson: ALL (selected Favorites: In the Court, Red, Discipline, The Power to Believe, Thrak)

Pink Floyd: Atom Heart Mother through The Wall (selected Favorites: Wish You Were Here, Animals)

Roger Waters: Amused to Death

Porcupine Tree: ALL (selected Favorites: Fear of a Blank Planet, In Absentia, Deadwing)

Steven Wilson: ALL (selected Favorites: HCE, Raven)

Anathema: We're here Because We're Here, Weather Systems, Distant Satellites

Opeth: Blackwater Park, Ghost Reveries, Pale Communion

Dream Theater: Images and Words, Awake, Scenes from a Memory

UK - UK

Genesis - Foxtrot, Selling England by the Pound

Peter Gabriel - Melt, Security

Marillion - ALL with Fish (selected favorites: Misplaced Childhood, Jester, Clutching, well, ok, Fugazi too!)

The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium, Frances the Mute

Kansas - Leftoverture

Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime

Sound of Contact - Dimensionaut

Tool - Aenima, LATERALUS, 10,000 Days

Supertramp - Crime of the Century

Led Zeppelin (yeah, I know, not traditional "prog rock", but there are elements: Physical Graffiti, IV, Houses)

Jethro Tull - Aqualung, Thick as a Brick

ELP - Tarkus, Brain Salad Surgery, Trilogy

Banco Del Mutuo Sorcosso - DARWIN!

Bruford (Again, I know, he's more Jazz, but sorta crosses over) - Feels Good To Me

(ok, now I've opened the door for Jazz fusion, I gotta add my favorites: Mahavishnu, DIXIE DREGS, Cobham, Return to Forever, Earthworks, Jean-Luc Ponty, The Aristocrats, Bela Fleck, Jeff Beck, etc.)

Fish - Sunsets on Empires

Gentle Giant - Octopus, The Power and the Glory

Harmonium- Si On Avait Besoin D'une Cinquieme Saison

Premiata Forneria Marconi - Per un Amico

Queen - Night at the Opera, News of the World

 

Can I call ZAPPA prog? I got a dozen more albums to add... ;)

 

Lol. I LOVE Zappa and I LOVE Prog but calling him Prog is really a stretch imo. Deserves his own thread imo.

 

Zappa is definitely prog considering all of his odd time signatures. But I was thinking that prog is to rock like classic jazz is to smooth jazz. Time-wise they may be reversed, but the technicalities seems similar.

[Union 5-3992]

Why does everyone love "Animals" so much? It's great but it's a snooze fest.

 

Give me the overplayed "The Wall" instead!

 

? ? ? ? ?

 

Not at all a "snooze fest" - it's dreamy and trippy in spots, maybe, but it's astonishing music. "Dogs" has one of Gilmour's best solos.

 

Wait . . . you're just messin' with us again, aren't you?

I also think it has some of Roger's best lyrics along with such dark and gloomy music. Its atmosphere is perfectly fit to them too

[toymaker]

Why does everyone love "Animals" so much? It's great but it's a snooze fest.

 

Give me the overplayed "The Wall" instead!

 

? ? ? ? ?

 

Not at all a "snooze fest" - it's dreamy and trippy in spots, maybe, but it's astonishing music. "Dogs" has one of Gilmour's best solos.

 

Wait . . . you're just messin' with us again, aren't you?

I also think it has some of Roger's best lyrics along with such dark and gloomy music. Its atmosphere is perfectly fit to them too

 

I was really digging The Final Cut the other day, too. I sort of prefer it to The Wall. I don't really like thinking about Waters "firing" Wright, but I have to say there's some very stirring stuff on that album.

[driven_to_xanadu]

Genesis - Trespass

 

Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here

 

Yes- Fragile

Edited August 14, 2015 by driven_to_xanadu

[Bigbobby10]

Animals I think is now my favorite Pink Floyd album, it does have dark lyrics, but the musician ship is great on it.

 

 

I LOVE IT ALL

[pip65]

Where do I start ? Most of my favourite albums are classified as prog :

 

Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink

Genesis - Nursery Cryme, Selling England by the Pound

Pink Floyd - Wish you were Here

Porcupine Tree - Deadwing, FOABP, The Incident

Steven Wilson - The Raven, HCE

Haken - The Mountain

Marillion - Script for a Jesters Tear

Jethro Tull - Songs from The Wood, Broadsword and the Beast

Rush - Hemispheres, Moving Pictures, Permanent Waves

Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte

Yes - Going for the One, Fragile, 90125

Camel - The Snow Goose, Moonmadness, I Can see Your House from Here

 

I'm sure I've forgotten some.

Edited August 16, 2015 by pip65

[Cyclonus X-1]

These aren't necessarily my favorite albums by these bands, but I'm going with records that are both fantastic and quite "proggy" (at least for the groups in question).

 

Amon Duul II -- Tanz der Lemminge

Can -- Future Days

Yes -- Close to the Edge

Jethro Tull -- Thick as a Brick

Curved Air -- Second Album

Tool -- Undertow

Gentle Giant -- The Power and the Glory

Symphony X -- V: The New Mythology Suite

Renaissance -- Ashes Are Burning

Camel -- The Snow Goose

Deep Purple -- In Rock

Magma -- M.D.K.

Eskaton -- 4 Visions

Yezda Urfa -- Sacred Baboon

Emerson, Lake & Palmer -- Tarkus

Rush -- Caress of Steel

[sitboaf]

I choose to un-bury this thread because no one mentioned:

 

Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed

Moody Blues - To Our Children's Children's Children

 

Captain Beyond - self-titled