Greatest Progressive Album ever

[neurotictim]

I love Rush as well, huge fan, but I've never honestly felt like any one album really stood out as a whole - some great tracks from each, but as a whole...? Also, I'm a later Rush fan, with Counterparts and Test for Echo being my favorites from them.

 

[Ifriff]

Tool..10,000 days is one of my personal favs..

Was wondering what took so long for someone to mention TOOL. TOOL RULE! I used to play in a tool tibute band. Tons of fun. All of Tools material is great. Another great original all timer

 

[stratovani]

This old guy's picks:

To Our Childrens Childrens Children - The Moody Blues
Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
Hemispheres - Rush
Close To The Edge - Yes
In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson

 

[dougjwray]

Hmmm... no mention yet of Focus! I loved them because the emphasis was on playing, more than on 7-part suites titled "Hemispherical Dance of the Sparkling Planets" or whatever. And they really blended classical music, rock and jazz well.

"Live at the Rainbow" was my favorite one of theirs.

 

[EddieBass]

Echoes - Pink Floyd !!!!

I know it's a song instead of the album.
But the song is an album right???

:scowl:

 

[7flat5]

Nominee:
Van Der Graaf Generator Pawn Hearts
Underdog:
Public Foot the Roman

 

[lucas vigor]

 

[SanDiegoHarry]

King Crimson red
King Crimson Larks Tongues in aspec

I've never seen KK as "Prog" - it's too ugly (I love me some KK, by the way, and Red is a flat-out great album!)...

But were I to pick, for this genre... The Yes Album. Yes Fragile a close second. After that... Dark Side, which I see as more soulful than progressive...

Aqualung?
Lamb Lies Down on Broadway?

Man, hard to pick...

 

[SP_EB4L]

The snow goose - Camel
Moonmadness - Camel (I could have put the four first Camel album but I stop with two)
Meddle - Pink Floyd
Going for the one - Yes
In the court of - King Crimson
Even in the quietest moments - Supertramp
Solar Fire - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Hero and Heroine - Strawbs

I surely forget a lot, in the 70's each week release a good album from so many artists, now it's a pity with maybe not more than 10 good release a year and this is for all kind of music (just look at the grammy from years to years.

 

[factorplayer]

The snow goose - Camel
Moonmadness - Camel (I could have put the four first Camel album but I stop with two)

haha why??

Camel - Camel
Camel - Mirage

 

[factorplayer]

I'm listening to "Fish out of Water" as we speak.
A true masterwork

I bought this on vinyl a few weeks ago and hadn't gotten around to giving it a spin. Never actually heard it before, so I after I read this I put it on.

Holy crap. great album. That first song on side 2 is killer.

 

[Ricnroll]

Lots of my favourites have already been mentioned. Here's one that's worth a listen:

Liquid Tension Experiment - Tony Levin, John Petrucci, Jordan Rudess

 

[Epitaph04]

^^^^What? Mike Portnoy leaves Dream Theater and now he can't be mentioned in LTE?

 

[Metalbasshippy]

In the court of the crimson king - an observation by king crimson
Red - king crimson
Fragile - yes
2112 - rush
Hemispheres - Rush
Selling England by the pound - Genesis
The lamb lies down on broadway - genesis

Would tommy by the who be considered prog?

 

[rouge127]

I have to agree with basshappi in that the song "The gates of delirium" from the Yes record "Relayer" is BY FAR my favorite progressive rock song ever.

 

[Rich L]

The Incident, Deadwing & Lightbulb Sun - Porcupine Tree
Falling Into Infinity - Dream Theater
Frances The Mute - The Mars Volta
Everyone Into Position - Oceansize
Permanent Waves - Rush
Day For Night - Spock's Beard
The Whirlwind - Transatlantic
Selling Insincerity - Abigail's Ghost
Blackfield - Blackfield

 

[djero44]

Prog has probably been the most influential in all of my passionate relations with music..... it's funny I don't listen to much anymore.

So many have already mentioned these, but here goes:

Thick As A Brick

Relayer (though i'm a bigger fan of Sound Chaser and To Be Over, which has one of my all time favorite guitar solos.)

2112

Court of the Crimson King

Nursery Crime

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Um, I can't come up with any modern music for this list at all. I need to check out some of the stuff that is mentioned in this thread. Wait, is Radiohead actually considered prog? I don't really think so, but i'd vote for OK too. Mars Volta? I got into Francis the Mute for a bit, but totally lost interest after awhile and just haven't checked out their other work, though I may sometime. Tool? Ok, Tool is incredible, but I just can't dig into it enough emotionally to get attached, if you know what I mean, although lately i've been having a blast practicing drums to some Tool songs (not that I can play like him!).

Apparently I don't know anything new here. What happened to this music? It seems the digital age killed the kind of interaction necessary for bands to create sonic masterpieces like these bands once did...

 

[Chrisk-K]

I forgot to include "Spartacus" by Triumvirat. A killer album. Better than any ELP albums, IMO.

 

[smcgov]

I think SMPTE by Transatlantic is a masterpiece

Marillion Misplaced Childhood

 

[steve f]

Suprised no one has yet mentioned:
Happy the Man - Happy the Man

And of course some classics -
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Between Nothingness and Eternity
King Crimson - Red / Starless and Bible Black
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Gentle Giant - Free Hand
Yes - Tales of Topographic Oceans

Oh, and I need to add one more -
Chris Squire - Fish Out of Water - Always loved that one, although maybe not the best progressive album ever...