Hey all. I'm new to these forums so I thought I would list what I feel to be are the 100 best progressive rock/metal songs ever - or at least all my favorites anyway. I have ranked them by year, from 1969 to present day. I get that Radiohead isn't considered by some to be a prog band, but they have songs that certainly are progressive despite how they may be labelled. Also, songs by Saga and FM reflect my Canadian bias. I'd love to hear any obvious selections that I may have missed. So here they are:
YEAR SONG BAND ALBUM
1969 21st
Century Schizoid Man King Crimson In
The Court Of The Crimson King
1969 The
Court Of The Crimson King King
Crimson In The Court Of The Crimson King
1971 Hocus
Pocus Focus Making
Waves
1971 Echoes Pink
Floyd Meddle
1971 Heart
Of The Sunrise Yes Fragile
1971 Roundabout Yes Fragile
1971 South
Side Of The Sky Yes Fragile
1971 Perpetual
Change Yes The Yes Album
1971 Starship
Trooper Yes The Yes Album
1971 Yours
Is No Disgrace Yes The Yes Album
1972 Trilogy Emerson,
Lake & Palmer Trilogy
1972 Supper's
Ready Genesis Foxtrot
1972 Watcher
Of The Skies Genesis Foxtrot
1972 Thick
As A Brick Jethro Tull Thick
As A Brick
1972 Close
To The Edge Yes Close To The Edge
1972 Siberian
Khatru Yes Close To The
Edge
1973 Karn
Evil 9: First Impression Emerson, Lake & Palmer Brain Salad Surgery
1973 Firth
Of Fifth Genesis Selling
England By The Pound
1973 The
Revealing Science Of God Yes Tales
From Topographic Oceans
1974 Lady
Fantasy Camel Mirage
1974 In
The Cage Genesis The
Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
1974 The
Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Genesis The
Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
1974 Proclamation Gentle
Giant The Power And The Glory
1974 Starless King
Crimson Red
1974 Sound
Chaser Yes Relayer
1974 The
Gates Of Delirium Yes Relayer
1975 Song
For America Kansas Song
For Amerrica
1975 Shine
On You Crazy Diamond (I-V) Pink Floyd Wish
You Were Here
1975 By-Tor
& The Snow Dog Rush Fly By Night
1976 Dance
On A Volcano Genesis A
Trick Of The Tail
1976 Squonk Genesis A
Trick Of The Tail
1976 2112
(Side A) Rush 2112
1977 Black
Noise FM Black Noise
1977 Dogs Pink
Floyd Animals
1977 A
Farewell To Kings Rush A
Farewell To Kings
1977 Cygnus
X-1 Rush A Farewell To
Kings
1977 Xanadu Rush A
Farewell To Kings
1977 Fool's
Overture Supertramp Even
In The Quietest Moments
1977 Awaken Yes Going
For The One
1978 Cygnus
X-1 Book 2 Rush Hemispheres
1978 La
Villa Strangiato Rush Hemispheres
1978 The
Perfectionist Saga Saga
1980 Behind
The Lines Genesis Duke
1980 Jacob's
Ladder Rush Permanent Waves
1980 Careful
Where You Step Saga Silent
Knight
1980 Don't
Be Late (Chapter Two) Saga Silent
Knight
1980 Tempus
Fugit Yes Drama
1981 Soul
Survivor Asia Asia
1981 Frame
By Frame King Crimson Discipline
1981 Thela
Hun Ginjeet King Crimson Discipline
1981 The
Camera Eye Rush Moving Pictures
1983 Changes Yes 90125
1983 Cinema/Leave
It Yes 90125
1987 I'm
Running Yes Big Generator
1989 Order
Of The Universe Anderson Bruford Wakeman HoweAnderson
Bruford Wakeman Howe
1989 Teakbois Anderson Bruford
Wakeman HoweAnderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
1992 Metropolis,
Part 1 Dream
Theater Images & Words
1992 Take
The Time Dream Theater Images
& Words
1992 Under
A Glass Moon Dream Theater Images
& Words
1995 Planet
Telex Radiohead The
Bends
1995 The
Light Spock's
Beard The Light
1995 The
Water Spock's Beard The Light
1996 The
Doorway Spock's Beard Beware Of
Darkness
1996 Forty
Six & 2 Tool Aenema
1996 Push*t Tool Aenema
1997 Peruvian
Skies Dream Theater Falling
Into Infinity
1997 Airbag Radiohead OK
Computer
1997 Paranoid
Android Radiohead OK
Computer
1998 Flow Spock's
Beard The Kindness Of Strangers
1998 In
The Mouth Of Madness Spock's Beard The
Kindness Of Strangers
1999 Day
For Night Spock's Beard Day For
Night
1999 Gibberish Spock's
Beard Day For Night
1999 Homeworld
(The Ladder) Yes The Ladder
2000 At
The End Of The Day Spock's Beard V
2000 The
Great Nothing Spock's Beard V
2001 Lateralus Tool Lateralus
2001 Schism Tool Lateralus
2001 The
Patient Tool Lateralus
2001 Ticks
& Leeches Tool Lateralus
2001 Stranger
In Your Soul Transatlantic Bridge
Across Forever
2003 Apocalypse
Please Muse Absolution
2003 Blackest
Eyes Porcupine Tree In
Absentia
2005 Octavarium Dream
Theater Octavarium
2005 Arriving
Somewhere But Not Here Porcupine
Tree Deadwing
2005 Deadwing Porcupine
Tree Deadwing
2005 Cygnus...Vismund
Cygnus The
Mars Volta Frances The Mute
2006 Knights
Of Cydonia Muse Black
Holes & Revelations
2006 Map
Of The Problematique Muse Black
Holes & Revelations
2006 Jambi Tool 10,000
Days
2006 Right
In Two Tool 10,000
Days
2006 Vicarious Tool 10,000
Days
2007 Anesthetize Porcupine
Tree Fear
Of A Blank Planet
2008 Metatron The
Mars Volta The Bedlam In Goliath
2008 Wax
Simulacra The Mars Volta The Bedlam
In Goliath
2009 United
States Of Eurasia Muse The
Resistance
2013 Cockroach
King Haken The
Mountain
2013 Luminol Steven
Wilson The Raven That Refused To Sing
2015 Tides
Of Time Spock's Beard The
Oblivion Particle
2016 Back
To The City Neal Morse Band The
Similitude Of A Dream
2016 The
Ways Of A Fool Neal Morse Band The
Similitude Of A Dream