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OK...on album per band, including prog metal:

 

10. Gojira- From Mars To Sirius

9. Jethro Tull- Thick As A Brick

8. Can- Tago Mago

7. Dream Theater- Octavarium

6. Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds

 

5. King's X- Faith Hope Love

4. Mastodon- Blood Mountain

3. Rush- A Farewell To Kings

2. Nightwish- Endless Forms Most Beautiful

1. Yes- Tales From Topographic Oceans

 

8 Cheers for Tago Mago!!! My fav will always be Ege Bamyasi but its a bit like comparing For a Few Dollars More with The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.

 

I'd go with Future Days.

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Hemispheres is numero uno.

 

All the rest listed as my brain torn asunder can recall..

 

Animals

Trick of the tail

Close to the edge

 

Become the other by ozric tentacles

 

the great misdirect by between the buried and me

 

Absolution -muse

 

Liquid tension experiment

 

Rust in peace- megadeth

 

The light - spocks beard

 

Deadwing- porcupine tree

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OK, I'll do the one-per-band rule, in no particular order:

 

King Crimson - Red (runners up: In the Court, Discipline, Thrak, Larks Tongue,The Power to Believe)

Yes - Close to the Edge (runners up: Going for the One, Relayer, Tales, Drama, Fragile)

Rush - Hemispheres (runners up: Perm Waves, MP, AFtK, 2112)

Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing (runners up: Hand.Cannot.Erase., Grace for Drowning)

Porcupine Tree - In Absentia (runners up: Deadwing, Fear of the Blank Planet, The Incident)

Pink Floyd - Wish you were here (runner up: Meddle, Animals, Dark Side, Atom Heart, The Wall, The Final Cut)

PFM - Per un Amico

Tool - Lateralus (runners up: Aenima, 10k Days)

The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium (runners up: Frances the Mute, Bedlam in Goliath)

Anathema - Weather Systems (runners up: We're Here Because We're, Distant Satellites)

Opeth - Ghost Reveries (runners up: Watershed, Pale Communion, Deliverence/Damnation, Heritage)

Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Darwin (runners up: BMS, Io Sono Nato libero)

Goblin - Roller

Dream Theater - Scenes from a memory (runners up: I&W, Awake, Self titled)

The Aristocrats - Culture Clash (runner up: Tres Collab...)

Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior

Mahavishnu - The Inner Mounting Flame (Runner up: Birds of Fire)

Billy Cobham - Spectrum

ELP - Trilogy (runners up: Brain Salad Surgery, Tarkus)

Jethro Tull - Aqualung (runners up: Thick as Brick, Songs from the Wood)

Roger Waters - Amused to Death

Riverside - Second Life Syndrome (runner up: Love Fear and the Time Machine)

Zappa.... oh shit - did I go over 10? Damn, Can't do it.

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I thought I posted in this thread but I guess not! I'm going to try and just pick one album per band. I see a lot of my choices in the picks already but here goes...

 

Rush - Hemispheres

ELP - Brain Salad Surgery

Symphony X - The Odyssey

Genesis - Genesis

Riverside - Second Life Syndrome

Spock's Beard - Spock's Beard

Dixie Dregs - Night of the Living Dregs

The Who - Quadrophenia

Starcastle - Starcastle

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

 

How did I forget ELP?

 

The debut is still my favourite, Brain Salad Surgery still has yet to work its magic on me.

 

How could anyone forget Quadrophenia???

 

I'm sure someone will come along and say it is a forgettable album. :sigh:

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I thought I posted in this thread but I guess not! I'm going to try and just pick one album per band. I see a lot of my choices in the picks already but here goes...

 

Rush - Hemispheres

ELP - Brain Salad Surgery

Symphony X - The Odyssey

Genesis - Genesis

Riverside - Second Life Syndrome

Spock's Beard - Spock's Beard

Dixie Dregs - Night of the Living Dregs

The Who - Quadrophenia

Starcastle - Starcastle

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

 

How did I forget ELP?

 

The debut is still my favourite, Brain Salad Surgery still has yet to work its magic on me.

 

How could anyone forget Quadrophenia???

 

I'm sure someone will come along and say it is a forgettable album. :sigh:

 

I'm sure there are probably people out there who don't believe it's prog either.

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I thought I posted in this thread but I guess not! I'm going to try and just pick one album per band. I see a lot of my choices in the picks already but here goes...

 

Rush - Hemispheres

ELP - Brain Salad Surgery

Symphony X - The Odyssey

Genesis - Genesis

Riverside - Second Life Syndrome

Spock's Beard - Spock's Beard

Dixie Dregs - Night of the Living Dregs

The Who - Quadrophenia

Starcastle - Starcastle

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

Love me some Dregs but I'm not sure you can call them Prog. They're all over the map, so perhaps they're more 'fusion'? Edited by 2112FirstStreet
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I thought I posted in this thread but I guess not! I'm going to try and just pick one album per band. I see a lot of my choices in the picks already but here goes...

 

Rush - Hemispheres

ELP - Brain Salad Surgery

Symphony X - The Odyssey

Genesis - Genesis

Riverside - Second Life Syndrome

Spock's Beard - Spock's Beard

Dixie Dregs - Night of the Living Dregs

The Who - Quadrophenia

Starcastle - Starcastle

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

Love me some Dregs but I'm not sure you can call them Prog. They're all over the map, so perhaps they're more 'fusion'?

 

They fit the criteria for prog with non-traditional instruments, odd time signatures, synths and great musicianship, so why not?

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I thought I posted in this thread but I guess not! I'm going to try and just pick one album per band. I see a lot of my choices in the picks already but here goes...

 

Rush - Hemispheres

ELP - Brain Salad Surgery

Symphony X - The Odyssey

Genesis - Genesis

Riverside - Second Life Syndrome

Spock's Beard - Spock's Beard

Dixie Dregs - Night of the Living Dregs

The Who - Quadrophenia

Starcastle - Starcastle

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

Love me some Dregs but I'm not sure you can call them Prog. They're all over the map, so perhaps they're more 'fusion'?

 

Progressive fusion

 

The American version of Brand X.

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I thought I posted in this thread but I guess not! I'm going to try and just pick one album per band. I see a lot of my choices in the picks already but here goes...

 

Rush - Hemispheres

ELP - Brain Salad Surgery

Symphony X - The Odyssey

Genesis - Genesis

Riverside - Second Life Syndrome

Spock's Beard - Spock's Beard

Dixie Dregs - Night of the Living Dregs

The Who - Quadrophenia

Starcastle - Starcastle

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

Love me some Dregs but I'm not sure you can call them Prog. They're all over the map, so perhaps they're more 'fusion'?

 

Progressive fusion

 

The American version of Brand X.

 

They're still in my list regardless. :)

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I thought I posted in this thread but I guess not! I'm going to try and just pick one album per band. I see a lot of my choices in the picks already but here goes...

 

Rush - Hemispheres

ELP - Brain Salad Surgery

Symphony X - The Odyssey

Genesis - Genesis

Riverside - Second Life Syndrome

Spock's Beard - Spock's Beard

Dixie Dregs - Night of the Living Dregs

The Who - Quadrophenia

Starcastle - Starcastle

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

Love me some Dregs but I'm not sure you can call them Prog. They're all over the map, so perhaps they're more 'fusion'?

 

Progressive fusion

 

The American version of Brand X.

 

They're still in my list regardless. :)

Of course they're Prog. What they do is classic Prog.

 

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I thought I posted in this thread but I guess not! I'm going to try and just pick one album per band. I see a lot of my choices in the picks already but here goes...

 

Rush - Hemispheres

ELP - Brain Salad Surgery

Symphony X - The Odyssey

Genesis - Genesis

Riverside - Second Life Syndrome

Spock's Beard - Spock's Beard

Dixie Dregs - Night of the Living Dregs

The Who - Quadrophenia

Starcastle - Starcastle

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

Love me some Dregs but I'm not sure you can call them Prog. They're all over the map, so perhaps they're more 'fusion'?

Fusion = Jazz Rock = Progressive Rock

 

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I thought I posted in this thread but I guess not! I'm going to try and just pick one album per band. I see a lot of my choices in the picks already but here goes...

 

Rush - Hemispheres

ELP - Brain Salad Surgery

Symphony X - The Odyssey

Genesis - Genesis

Riverside - Second Life Syndrome

Spock's Beard - Spock's Beard

Dixie Dregs - Night of the Living Dregs

The Who - Quadrophenia

Starcastle - Starcastle

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

Love me some Dregs but I'm not sure you can call them Prog. They're all over the map, so perhaps they're more 'fusion'?

Fusion = Jazz Rock = Progressive Rock

 

Thank you, Tony. :) That's how I see it as well.

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I thought I posted in this thread but I guess not! I'm going to try and just pick one album per band. I see a lot of my choices in the picks already but here goes...

 

Rush - Hemispheres

ELP - Brain Salad Surgery

Symphony X - The Odyssey

Genesis - Genesis

Riverside - Second Life Syndrome

Spock's Beard - Spock's Beard

Dixie Dregs - Night of the Living Dregs

The Who - Quadrophenia

Starcastle - Starcastle

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

Love me some Dregs but I'm not sure you can call them Prog. They're all over the map, so perhaps they're more 'fusion'?

Fusion = Jazz Rock = Progressive Rock

 

yup - and I even included Return to Forever, Mahavishnu, Billy Cobham, and The Aristocrats on my list - but I did forget one of my favorites:

 

The Dixie Dregs - Industry Standard (runner up: Night of the Living Dregs)

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If we start down the road of defining prog, we've got several thousand posts to catch up to Progarchives....

 

I considered Led Zeppelin and even The Beatles - which both had elements that show up in a lot of Prog discussion. I also love King's X - but I just can't put them on a "Prog list"

 

Damn, just realized I missed all of Genesis and Peter Gabriel.... really, can't narrow it down!

 

ohhhhh.. and crap - one of my all time favorites: MARILLION - Misplaced Childhood (Runners up: Clutching at Straws, Script for a Jesters tear, Fugazi)

 

Also, one that I liked in the past few years: Sound of Contact - DImensionaut

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If we start down the road of defining prog, we've got several thousand posts to catch up to Progarchives....

 

I considered Led Zeppelin and even The Beatles - which both had elements that show up in a lot of Prog discussion. I also love King's X - but I just can't put them on a "Prog list"

 

Damn, just realized I missed all of Genesis and Peter Gabriel.... really, can't narrow it down!

 

ohhhhh.. and crap - one of my all time favorites: MARILLION - Misplaced Childhood (Runners up: Clutching at Straws, Script for a Jesters tear, Fugazi)

 

Also, one that I liked in the past few years: Sound of Contact - DImensionaut

 

Dimensionaut is very very good. They have a new one in the works.

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The definitions of "progressive rock" are as nebulous as "Jazz" of "New Age" bands can be both or all of one.

 

Ambrosia is a band some consider to be a pop group but some of their early songs and indeed half of their entire catalog could be labeled Progressive. Same with later day Genesis. In Too Deep sits tightly on an album with a 10+ minute Progressive rock song like Domino. Call it whatever you want to call it.

 

Was Deep Purple a Heavy Metal band with Proggy elements or a Progressive band with heavy rock elements?

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The definitions of "progressive rock" are as nebulous as "Jazz" of "New Age" bands can be both or all of one.

 

Ambrosia is a band some consider to be a pop group but some of their early songs and indeed half of their entire catalog could be labeled Progressive. Same with later day Genesis. In Too Deep sits tightly on an album with a 10+ minute Progressive rock song like Domino. Call it whatever you want to call it.

 

Was Deep Purple a Heavy Metal band with Proggy elements or a Progressive band with heavy rock elements?

 

Please never ever mention "New Age" on this forum again.

 

 

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Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick (1972)

Yes - Close To The Edge (1972)

Genesis - Selling England By The Pound (1973)

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery (1973)

King Crimson - Red (1974)

Nektar - Recycled (1975)

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (1975)

Rush - A Farewell To Kings (1977)

Gentle Giant - Playing The Fool: The Official Live (1977)

Wobbler - Afterglow (2009)

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I thought I posted in this thread but I guess not! I'm going to try and just pick one album per band. I see a lot of my choices in the picks already but here goes...

 

Rush - Hemispheres

ELP - Brain Salad Surgery

Symphony X - The Odyssey

Genesis - Genesis

Riverside - Second Life Syndrome

Spock's Beard - Spock's Beard

Dixie Dregs - Night of the Living Dregs

The Who - Quadrophenia

Starcastle - Starcastle

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

Love me some Dregs but I'm not sure you can call them Prog. They're all over the map, so perhaps they're more 'fusion'?

Fusion = Jazz Rock = Progressive Rock

 

yup - and I even included Return to Forever, Mahavishnu, Billy Cobham, and The Aristocrats on my list - but I did forget one of my favorites:

 

The Dixie Dregs - Industry Standard (runner up: Night of the Living Dregs)

 

I almost put Industry Standard but changed it to Night of the Living Dregs because it was the first album of theirs that I sat down and learned on bass. It has a special place in my heart. :)

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Some fantastic modern (as in 21st Century) Prog albums

 

Milliontown - Frost*

New World - Dave Kerzner

The Race For Space - Public Service Broadcasting

Motions Of Desire - Magic Pie

August In The Urals - Deluge Grander

Everyone Into Position - Oceansize

The Mountain - Haken

We're Here Because We're Here - Anathema

Someone Here Is Missing - The Pineapple Thief

Man Made Machine - Carptree

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The definitions of "progressive rock" are as nebulous as "Jazz" of "New Age" bands can be both or all of one.

 

Ambrosia is a band some consider to be a pop group but some of their early songs and indeed half of their entire catalog could be labeled Progressive. Same with later day Genesis. In Too Deep sits tightly on an album with a 10+ minute Progressive rock song like Domino. Call it whatever you want to call it.

 

Was Deep Purple a Heavy Metal band with Proggy elements or a Progressive band with heavy rock elements?

 

Please never ever mention "New Age" on this forum again.

We're exclusively "Old Age" on this forum dammit
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I thought I posted in this thread but I guess not! I'm going to try and just pick one album per band. I see a lot of my choices in the picks already but here goes...

 

Rush - Hemispheres

ELP - Brain Salad Surgery

Symphony X - The Odyssey

Genesis - Genesis

Riverside - Second Life Syndrome

Spock's Beard - Spock's Beard

Dixie Dregs - Night of the Living Dregs

The Who - Quadrophenia

Starcastle - Starcastle

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

Love me some Dregs but I'm not sure you can call them Prog. They're all over the map, so perhaps they're more 'fusion'?

Fusion = Jazz Rock = Progressive Rock

 

yup - and I even included Return to Forever, Mahavishnu, Billy Cobham, and The Aristocrats on my list - but I did forget one of my favorites:

 

The Dixie Dregs - Industry Standard (runner up: Night of the Living Dregs)

 

I almost put Industry Standard but changed it to Night of the Living Dregs because it was the first album of theirs that I sat down and learned on bass. It has a special place in my heart. :)

Impressive...when I listen to most Dregs stuff I just think it's like Yes and beyond my abilities.
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I thought I posted in this thread but I guess not! I'm going to try and just pick one album per band. I see a lot of my choices in the picks already but here goes...

 

Rush - Hemispheres

ELP - Brain Salad Surgery

Symphony X - The Odyssey

Genesis - Genesis

Riverside - Second Life Syndrome

Spock's Beard - Spock's Beard

Dixie Dregs - Night of the Living Dregs

The Who - Quadrophenia

Starcastle - Starcastle

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

Love me some Dregs but I'm not sure you can call them Prog. They're all over the map, so perhaps they're more 'fusion'?

Fusion = Jazz Rock = Progressive Rock

 

yup - and I even included Return to Forever, Mahavishnu, Billy Cobham, and The Aristocrats on my list - but I did forget one of my favorites:

 

The Dixie Dregs - Industry Standard (runner up: Night of the Living Dregs)

Thing about the Dregs is there's tinges of Rock, Southern Rock, Country, Classical and jazz. They are truely a band that defies catagorization IMO. But whatever....they're awesome. That would definitely be the kind of band I'd like to be in...you'd never get bored.
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Any list without Operation: Mindcrime is this right here

http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/000/340/263/563.jpg

 

It's OK.

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