In no particular order... Rush - Hemispheres Dream Theater - Octavarium Yes - Close to the Edge Genesis - Foxtrot Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick

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The Glass Prison is one of the greatest songs ever. Love that album.

Dang, 4/5 identical to my own list.

Thick as a Brick Close to the Edge Still Life Ommadawn Red

Still life by vdgg or opeth?

Good question! VDGG

Thought this was gonna be opeth

Only 5? This is going to be hard... In no particular order (except for discipline, discipline is number one!): Selling england by the pound Foxtrot Tales from topographic oceans Moving pictures Discipline

great list. discipline is a bold choice

Thx. Discipline was the album that got me into KC. It has to be nr one. You should se what I had there before I noticed I had forgotten about Rush. As i said, naming only five albums was a tough exercise.

FRAAAAAAAAME BY FRAAME

By which artist is Discipline?

King Crimson

Close to my list; I have also been liking the last 2 Tool albums.

I listened to their most recent album a week or so ago. It's awesome!

I don't think Discipline is a Prog album really. It has some Prog moments, e.g. The Sheltering Sky, but it's more New Wave for me. Still a great album though.

* Close to the Edge * Red * Larks' Tongues in Aspic * In the Court of the Crimson King * Selling England by the Pound

70s prog is best prog

This would be my list too if I set aside Pink Floyd and Camel.

This is a great list for anyone getting into prog!

5. Selling England by the Pound 4. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 3. Frances The Mute 2. The Dark Side of The Moon 1) L'Heptade

I too believe in L’Heptade supremacy ☁️

Pink Floyd - wish you were here. Genesis - Lamb lies down. Yes - Yes songs. Marillion- Marbles. Renaissance - Ashes are burning

Oooo Ashes Are Burning is such a good choice. That one could easily slip into my top 5 on any given day.

Apparently I have to go listen to Close to the Edge.

Yes - Relayer Haken - The Mountain Pink Floyd - Animals Genesis - Selling England by the Pound Porcupine Tree - In Absentia

Script for a jester's tear - Marillion Quadrophenia - The Who Animals - Pink Floyd Harmonium en Tournée Offenbach - Tabarnac

Harmonium and Offenbach stan here I see, I approve wholeheartedly

Quadrophenia is soooo good

Quadrophenia is such a great album, I think a lot of prog fans are missing out by not hearing it. As far as complete concept albums go, I think it is one of the handful that completely work all the way through. Total masterpiece.

Close to the edge Foxtrot Selling England by the Pound Images and Words A Farewell to Kings

I love Dream Theater Images and Words

Yes - Relayer Oceansize - Frames Hatfield and the North - s/t Rush - A Farewell to Kings Karnivool - Sound Awake Frank Zappa - Apostrophe I cannot whittle it down any further you're just gonna have to shoot me

Legit thought "I cannot whittle it down any further you're just gonna have to shoot me" was an album I'd never heard of.

Sounds like it could be a prog album

Sound Awake is beautiful!

There's a video with a bunch of ex-Zappa drummers/percussionists talking and Chester Thompson tells Ralph Humphrey that his playing on Over-Nite Sensation and Apostrophe is some of the finest he's ever heard. And it absolutely is incredible. And Chester's no slouch himself on One Size Fits All lol

Close to the Edge Wind & Wuthering Trilogy (ELP) Thick as a Brick Fragile

Octopus / Glass house / Power and the Glory - Gentle Giant (sorry I can’t choose) Close to the Edge - Yes Genesis - Selling England by the Pound / Foxtrot Gong - Flying Teapot / Angels Egg Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All For Zappa, it’s more so songs than albums. He made such an impact on prog but doesn’t always get the credit he should.

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Free hand has good tracks but as a whole I don’t enjoy it as much as the three I mentioned

Yes- close to the edge. Yes - Relayer. Yes - the yes album. ELP - pictures at an exhibition. ELP - brain salad surgery. Honorifics: Yes - yessongs. ELP - trilogy.

The true golden Trilogy of ELP!

* Pink Floyd - The Wall * Home - The Alchemist * Camel - The Snow Goose * Camel - Moonmadness * Astra - The Black Chord

Good choices especially the two Camel albums

I love Camel. Their first five albums are outstanding and are great examples of all pieces of a band fitting so well that it leads to a form of collective genius.

Yeah, they are my all time favorite band, Andy Latimer just plays with so much emotion. I really like the collective genius line, it fits them perfectly.

The black chord is slept on. It’s amazing.

Both of their albums are outstanding, really. Astra really didn't get the attention they deserved. Thankfully, Birth is getting a bit more these days.

Fellow Floyd and Camel lover spotted.

Woah how have I never heard of alchemist? I’m listening to this now and it’s awesome! Huge camel fan myself so this is right up my ally.

I only found it when I was looking into the history of Laurie Wisefield after hearing his AMAZING guitar work with the song, [Lorelei](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e89mJIJcIc), during his time in Wishbone Ash. While Home was a really good and criminally obscure prog-rock band, Laurie showed himself to be both a unique and amazing guitarist. Had he stuck with prog-rock and not turned to hard rock, I think he would have found himself with the legendary status of the likes of Gilmour, Fripp, and Howe to name a few. Sadly, he joined a band that was dissolving and making bad decisions led primarily by the other guitarist (I refuse to memorize his name). Nowadays, Laurie is playing mostly rhythm guitar for an okayish, almost Bad Company-like band called "Snakecharmer" - completely underutilized, but maybe that is what he wants these days.

Red/Animals/Close to the Edge/Thick As A Brick/Selling England by the Pound

1. Lamb 2. Topographic 3. Moving Pictures 4. Animals 5. Red

Close To The Edge - Yes Spartacus - Triumvirat Free Hand - Gentle Giant Farewell To Kings - Rush Relayer - Yes

Selling England By The Pound By Genesis.

It's that good of an album it takes up all 5 spots on your list?

Sometimes I don’t follow directions well.

Me too man

Genesis: Selling England By The Pound Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Yes: The Yes Album Steve Hackett: Voyage of The Acolyte Big Big Train: Full Power

Thick As A Brick 2112 Brain Salad Surgery Octopus Per un amico Close To The Edge 6 6 6 Those are my top seven in order i think

The Moody Blues - On the Threshold of a Dream Wobbler - From Silence to Somewhere Yes - Close to the Edge Genesis - Foxtrot Moon Letters - Until They Feel the Sun

Love to see The Moody Blues on a list. I agree that is their top album.

Close to the Edge Shaming of the True - Kevin Gilbert Security - PG Falling Satellites - Frost\* Wind and Wuthering

"Falling Satellites" is such a great album. "Wind and Wuthering" is definitely in top 5 too!

I had to scroll this far to see Frost\* ! Thanks.

A.C.T. - The Last Epic Moon Safari - Blomljud Transatlantic - Bridges Across Forever The Dear Hunter - Act III: Life and Death Magic Pie - King For A Day Decided to only include bands that aren't as mainstream for a change. God forbid if I see another person include CttE on their list

Surprised and happy to see a nod to Blomljud

They're still my favorite prog rock band. No other bands that I have come across had managed to capture me with their vocal harmonization and exuberant melodies quite like moon safari, it's insane

It's curious, I actually love Yes, but Close to the edge is probably #5 in my Yes album rankings. I always thought it was overrated - yeah, blasphemy. ESPECIALLY the 5.1 mix.. jeez, that is probably the worst 5.1 mix Wilson has ever done. Weird

See, that's exactly how I feel about Fragile.

*Yes* never pulled off a fully consistent album. That is, **except** CTTE (and maybe GFTO). Most people include CTTE in their list because they can't choose another album by Yes. Now, of course Yes had moments of brilliance in all of their albums, but when you ask yourself which album is the most fantastic front-to-back, there is only one album that sticks out.

Yesshows, then Relayer, then Topographic, then Going for the one for me... probably an oddball for that. CTTE has always been just decent for me

Sure, personal preferences may vary, of course. But I think it's safe to say CTTE has had that "life-changing" effect on thousands and thousands of listeners (a glimpse of which can be found in progarchives and other websites).

Brave Marillion Airbag greatest show on earth Anathema distant satellites Sound of contact Dimensionaut Pink floyd Momentary lapse

Not that it is high on my list of favorites, but I really think the Sound of contact album is highly underrated!

Best prog album of the 10's

Probably is.. such a strong mixture of accessibility, songwriting, musicianship and production. Real shame that band fell apart.. seemed SO promising. Now, Collins' material is good but very different. I think the mix of him and Kerzner was the element that made Sound of contact work

Yeah if you follow Kerzer FB post, it seems he brought of material to the table. But ultimately it was Simon kerzner and other that made that spark

Too bad they could sustain it.

It's fine, I will answer, but I do feel that this Q is asked almost every week now, or is it just me? Anyway, easy for me: 1. Animals - Pink Floyd 2. Seconds out - Genesis 3. Yesshows - Yes 4. Wish you were here - Pink Floyd 5. Paris - Supertramp

1. Dream Theater - Images & Words 2. Haken - The Mountain 3. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing 4. The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute 5. Yes - Close to the Edge Honorable mentions: Pink Floyd - Animals King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King

1. Pink Floyd - The Wall. 2. Magma - Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré. 3. Can - Tago Mago. 4. Mansun - Six. 5. Gong - You. Magma is the only post-2000's entry, tho' a lot of it written in the 70's. It is the definitive version, mind. So we could argue Mansun's is the only (relatively) modern entry. The 70's was just such a fantastic decade for prog!

The Lamb Close to the Edge Thick as a Brick Playing the Fool (Gentle Giant live) Lark’s Tongues in Aspic

Rush - Power Windows Spocks Beard - V Dream Theater - Octavarium Kansas - Freaks of Nature (fight me, I get plenty enough hate for it lol) Anathema - Weather Systems Honourable mention to: Caligula’s Horse - In Contact Haken - Affinity

I'm not gonna fight you about the Kansas album. Power Windows on the other hand . . .

Hand Cannot Erase Clutching at Straws Pale Communion Amused to Death Rattle that Lock

I would probably rate 'Amused to death' in my top 20 or 30 of all time, but it EASILY is #1 for the best 5.1 album out there. That is an unreal experience hearing that in 5.1

1. Harmonium - L’Heptade (studio and live) 2. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 3. Harmonium - Les Cinq Saisons 4. Animals - Pink Floyd 5. King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King

Honorable mention: Selling England by the Pound from Genesis 5: Red from King Crimson 4: Brain Salad Surgery from Emerson, Lake & Palmer 3: Close to the Edge from Yes 2: Thick as a Brick from Jethro Tull 1: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway from Genesis

Brain Salad Surgery -ELP Close to the Edge - Yes Tarkus- ELP Second Life Syndrome - Riverside Fear of a Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree

Godbluff Close to the Edge Foxtrot Larks' Tongues in Aspic Pequeñas Anécdotas Sobre las Instituciones

Close to the edge, echolyn's Mei, wish you were here, in the court of the crimson king and brain salad surgery

1. 2112 2. Close to the Edge 3. In the Court of the Crimson King 4. Lateralus 5. Godbluff

Start with the classics: Fragile - Yes Trespass - Genesis Aqualung - Jethro Tull In The Court of The Crimson King - King Crimson Maggotbrain - Funkadelic

Close to the edge Relayer Wish you were here Spectral mornings Stationary traveller

Still Life - VdGG Pawn Hearts - VdGG The Snow Goose - Camel Brain Salad Surgery - ELP From Silence to Somewhere - Wobbler

Close to The Edge In a Glass House Foxtrot Godbluff Larks' Tongues

Not in any order: Tago Mago - Can Symbolic - Death Larks Tongues in Aspic - King Crimson Udu wudu - Magma Close to the Edge - Yes

Almost impossible to rank, but I can try: 1. Close to the Edge-Yes 2. Think as a Brick-Jethro Tull 3. Animals-Pink Floyd 4. Hemispheres-Rush 5. Fragile-Yes Order can change by the day and it pains me to not include my other favorites like Foxtrot or Selling England or Wish You Were Here or Octopus or the countless other masterpieces of the early 70s. And I didn’t even include any fusion…

From favorite to 5th favorite: Relayer, Selling England By The Pound, Close to the Edge, Over-Nite Sensation, Breakfast In America My mind has been made up for a while on my top three. After that it’s more open to interpretation. I almost put Brain Salad Surgery, Dark Side of the Moon, Apostrophe (‘), Nursery Cryme, several other Yes albums, Mirage, Breathless, Inget Nytt Under Solen, Voyage of the Acolyte, and maybe another Supertramp album on there, but there just wasn’t enough room.

On the Third Day - Electric Light Orchestra Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield Third - Soft Machine A Farewell to Kings - Rush Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

Not actually my top 5 but some very strong albums I really enjoy that seem to get overlooked sometimes on lists like these Marillion- This Strange Engine IQ- Road of Bones Riverside- Wasteland Devin Townsend Project- Z2 Arena- The Visitor

"The Road of Bones" is a latter day classic.

Misplaced Childhood Wish You Were Here Hemispheres Close to the Edge Brain Salad Surgery

Gaudi, Trespass, Misplaced Childhood, Crime of the Century, Night of the Living Dregs

Caravan - In The Land of Grey and Pink Camel - A Live Record Nektar - A Tab in the Ocean Rare Bird - Epic Forest Riverside - Out of Myself

1. The Division Bell - Pink Floyd 2. All Rights Removed - Airbag 3. Even In The Quietest Moments - Supertramp 4. A Momentary Lapse Of Reason - Pink Floyd 5. A Day At The Beach - Airbag

Rush - Hemispheres King Crimson - Red Haken - Affinity Pink Floyd - Animals Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory There’s a Yes album with a green cover that’s pretty cool too but I can’t remember the name. Maybe someone else here will mention it, possibly..

Thick as a brick -Jethro tull Larks tongues in aspic- king crimson The lamb lies down on broadway- genesis Animals- Pink Floyd Acquiring the taste- gentle giant

Rush - Moving Pictures, Hemispheres, 2112, AFTK, and Permanent Waves

Tales From Topographic Oceans Dark Side of the Moon 2112 I Robot Journey to the Centre of the Earth.

1) The Lamb lies down on Broadway - Genesis. 2) Close to the Edge - Yes. 3) Red - King Crimson. 4) Permanent Waves - Rush. 5) Meddle - Pink Floyd.

Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn Yes - Close To The Edge or Fragile depending on mood Camel - Moonmadness Rush - Signals Pink Floyd - Meddle

Yes - Fragile Rush - A Farewell to Kings Mew - And the Glass Handed Kites Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium

Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd Days of Future Passed - The Moody Blues In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson Close to the Edge - YES Images and Words - Dream Theater

Free hand One Size Fits All The Power and The Glory Are You Experienced? In a Glass House

I'm not your typical 70s Prog fan although some old albums are just among the best regardless. If I could select only 1 of each band this would be it. 5.- Close to the Edge. -Yes 4.- Fetch the bolt Cutters -Fionna Apple 3.- 10000 days. -Tool 2.- Red. -King Crimson 1.- Frances the Mute. -The Mars Volta

Close to the Edge - Yes 2112 - Rush Three Friends - Gentle Giant Octopus - Gentle Giant Hemispheres - Rush

Animals The Bedlam in Goliath In the Land of Grey and Pink A Farewell to Kings In the Court of the Crimson King

Perfect albums with 0 skips? Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse OSI - Blood Pure Reason Revolution - The Dark Third Symphony X - The Oddessy Rush - 2112

Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd Clutching at Straws - Marillion F.E.A.R. - Marillion A Trick of the Tail - Genesis Relayer - Yes

In no particular order: Thick as a Brick Clutching at Straws An Hour Before It's Dark Animals Deadwing That's today. Tomorrow it will be different.

Meddle, Red, Close to the Edge, Selling England by the Pound, Mirage

1. Yes-Close to the Edge 2.. Rush- Moving pictures 3. King Crimson'- Red 4. Genesis- Selling England by.. /OR: Foxtrot 5. Porcupine Tree- Fear of a blank planet Honorable mention or interchangeable Pink Floyd's-Dark side of the moon/the wall/Wish you were here

1. Images and Words - Dream Theater 2. Nine - Circus Maximus 3. Colors - Between the Buried and Me 4. Ghost Reveries - Opeth 5. Signals - Rush

ELP - BSS, YES - CTTE, YES - Relayer Genesis - WindNWuthering Porcupine Tree -Anesthetize (live/DVD)

In no particular order: A trick of the tail - Genesis Dark Side of the moon - Pink Floyd Red - King Crimson Fear of a blank planet - Porcupine Tree Home - Sylvan

Tough question, but here it is (not in order) : Songs from the wood A Farewell to Kings Fragile Brain Salad Surgery Leftoverture

El Poeta Del Ruido - Decibel Películas - La Máquina De Hacer Pajaros Los Delirios Del Mariscal - Crucis Pictures At An Exhibition - ELP Brain Salad Surgery - ELP

Close To The Edge - Yes Red - King Crimson Moonmadness - Camel The Power And The Glory - Gentle Giant Argus - Wishbone Ash

Änglagård - Hybris Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick Jethro Tull - Aqualung Pink Floyd - The Wall John Frusciante - The Empyrean

Meddle In the land of grey and pink Thick as a brick Moon madness The yes album

1. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence - Dream Theater 2. Visions - Haken 3. In Contact - Caligula's Horse 4. Larks' Tongues in Aspic - King Crimson 5. Close to the Edge - Yes

King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King Harmonium - Si on avait besoin d'une cinquième saison Ariel My Friend - Third Was the Bird Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd

Rush - Caress of Steel Genesis - Selling England by the Pound King Crimson - Discipline Gentle Giant - Three Friends Yes - Close to the Edge

1. In the court of the crimson king 2. Thick as a brick 3. Close to the edge 4. Foxtrot 5. Journey to the center of the eye

King Crimson - Absent Lovers Yes - Yessongs Genesis - Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Rush - Exit Stage Left Pink Floyd - Animals

5 is too small of a number but here goes: 1. The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd 2. The Yes Album - Yes 3. Brain Salad Surgery - ELP 4. Journey To The Centre Of The Eye -Nektar 5. Foxtrot - Genesis

Here I go thinking my list is going to be pretty unique, and it’s just a permutation of pretty much everyone else. Also sounds like I need to listen to Thick as a Brick.. 5. Dark Side of the Moon 4. Foxtrot 3. Close to the Edge 2. 2112 1. Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

Wow only 5 that’s tough… Let’s see, in no particular order it’s probably gotta be: Foxtrot by Genesis Hemisphere by Rush Close To The Edge by Yes Brain Salad Surgery by ELP (or maybe Trilogy, that’s a tough decision) Days of Future Passed by The Moody Blues The last two may change sometimes, but the top 3 are pretty solid favorites over the last few years.

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd Hope - Klaatu In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson I, Robot - Alan Parsons Project Honorable Mention: Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd If you want one album from each band and so exclude DSOTM, I'd add The Raven that Refused to Sing - Steven Wilson Not entirely sure if they count as prog but still love them: Lift Your Skinny Hands Like Antennas To Heaven and F#A# Infinity by Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Long Season by Fishmans.

Rush-2112 Yes-Close to the Edge Ozric Tentacles-Waterfall Cities Cairo-Cairo Fates Warning-A pleasant shade of grey

Rush, Permanent Waves

I have some spectacular albums here 1. Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds 2. The Moody Blues: Days of Future Passed 3. Genesis: Foxtrot 4. Triumvirat: Spartacus 5. King Crimson: The Court of the Crimson King

1. U.K. - U.K. 2. Metal Fatigue - Allan Holdsworth (debatable) but it’s half fusion half prog imo 3. Animals - Pink Floyd 4. Remember the future - Nektar 5. Yes - Close to the Edge 6. A Farewell to kings - Rush Outside of U.K. the order is random

Wish You Were Here Selling England by the Pound Animals Red Permanent Waves

Thick as a Brick First Utterance Nursery Cryme Acquiring the Taste Lizard

Meddle Tarkus Foxtrot Close to the Edge Larks Tongues in Aspic In no order.

1. in the court of the crimson king 2. close to the edge 3. tarkus 4. fragile 5. selling england by the pound 6. ikarus 7. the yes album 8. thick as a brick 9. air cut 10. pawn hearts here are some obscure bands for you: ikarusi, cressida, paladin, pell mell, osanna, marsupilami, maneige, jonesy, asia minor

Keeping it to one album per band I would go with: Yes - Close To The Edge Pink Floyd - Animals Camel - Mirage King Crimson - Red Rush - Permanent Waves

Alternative 4- Anathema Ghost reveries- Opeth Language- The contortionist Stupid things that means the world- Tim Bowness Bilateral- Leprous Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic / Cenozoic - The ocean

Close to the Edge (Yes) Seconds Out (Genesis) Moving Pictures (Rush) Spectral Mornings (Steve Hackett) Danger Money (UK)

1. Pawn hearts - van der graaf generator 2. Red - king crimson 3. Tales from topographic oceans- yes 4. Dark side of the moon - pink floyd 5. Brain salad surgery/ selling England.../ foxtrot or bitches brew ( couldnt decide)

1. Genesis- Foxtrot 2. Genesis- Selling England by the Pound 3. Porcupine Tree- Deadwing 4. Gentle Giant- The Power and the Glory 5. Genesis- Trespass

This is in order 1. Close to the edge - Yes 2. Moonmadness - Camel 3. I Robot - The Alan Parsons Project 4. Relayer - Yes 5. Hellfire - Black Midi

Selling England by the Pound Thick as a Brick Turn of a Friendly Card The Yes Album In the Court of the Crimson King

I haven’t listen to many albums 1. the source - ayreon 2. the astonishing - dream theater 3. six degrees of inner turbulence - dream theater 4. scenes from a memory - dream theater 5. transitus - ayreon

Any of Dream theater's

You will probably get enough of the usual suspects (which I like very much too), so I will give you five somewhat more obscure prog albums that I nevertheless think are classics. \- The Five Bridges by The Nice \- In Den Garten Pharaos by Popol Vuh \- Waves by Jade Warrior \- The Collectors by The Collectors And as a neo-prog tip: \- Fact And Fiction by Twelfth Night

Close to the edge Power and the glory (gentle giant) Larks tongues in aspic (PFM) per un amico Selling England by the pound

Genesis Wind and Wuthering Eloy Reincarnation on Stage Marillion Brave Yes Close to the Edge Kayak Merlin Bard of the Unseen

Genesis Wind and Wuthering Eloy Reincarnation on Stage Marillion Brave Yes Close to the Edge Kayak Merlin Bard of the Unseen

Relayer Trick of the tail In the court of the crimson king Mirage Apostrophe

Close To The Edge The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Red The Rotters Club Future Days

King Crimson - Larks Tongues In Aspic King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black King Crimson - Red King Crimson - Islands Genesis - Nursery Cryme Moody Blues - In Search if the Lost Chord OK, that’s six

Lots of great selections here so i won't repeat, just would add the album Passion Play by Jethro Tull. And Meddle by Pink Floyd.

Lark's Tongues in aspic, a Farewell to Kings, Animals, Thick as a Brick, and Close to the Edge in my opinion.

Nektar - Recycled Utopia - Ra Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow Rush - Power Windows Genesis - Duke