Top 5 albums per decade

50's and before:

Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Time Out - Dave Brubeck
Somethin' Else - Cannonball Adderley
Workin’ - Miles Davis
Ellington at Newport - Duke Ellington

60's:

In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
Smile - The Beach Boys
Days of Future Passed - The Moody Blues
Hot Rats - Frank Zappa
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles

70's:

Red - King Crimson
Selling England By the Pound - Genesis
Mirage - Camel
U.K. - U.K.
Per Un Amico - Premiata Forneria Marconi

80's:

Secrets - Allan Holdsworth
Misplaced Childhood - Marillion
Discipline - King Crimson
Melt - Peter Gabriel
Never for Ever - Kate Bush

90's:

The Sky Moves Sideways - Porcupine Tree
Stardust We Are - The Flower Kings
The Light - Spock's Beard
Overground Music - After Crying
XO - Elliott Smith

00's:

SMPT:e - Transatlantic
Unfold the Future - The Flower Kings
One - Neal Morse
Dark Matter - IQ
Deadwing - Porcupine Tree

10's:

The Raven That Refused to Sing (and Other Stories) - Steven Wilson
Testimony 2 - Neal Morse
Clivages - Univers Zero
Echolyn - Echolyn
Ode to Echo - Glass Hammer

richardh wrote: progbethyname wrote: richardh wrote: 60's Love - Forever Changes Chicago Transit Authority - S/T Beatles - Sgt Peppers The Nice - The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack King Crimson - ITCOTKC 70's ELP - Brain Salad Surgery King Crimson - Red Yes - Close To The Edge Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn 80's Rush - Moving Pictures IQ - The Wake IQ - Tales From The Lush Attic Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love Iron Maiden - Powerslave 90's  Mike Oldfield - Amarok IQ - Ever Par Lindh Project - Gothic Impressions Anglagard - Hybris Vangelis - Voices 00's Muse - Absolution Porcupine Tree - Deadwing Tangerine Dream - Purgatorio Glass Hammer - The Inconsolable Secret IQ - Frequency 3 IQ albums huh? Yeah. I can understand why. Nice list, my friend. Very kind although its 4  in fact those first two IQ ones are massively important to me as they came at a time when my interest in prog was waning .Ever was then a big leap forward after a bit of a hiatus and I can't leave out Frequency which for me represents another milestone. But for my ELP afflliction , IQ would be my favourite band easily.

You and I definitely put IQ on a very nice, high pedestal.
You are right. You do have 4! Missed the EVER album you selected. It's on my list as well. And why not? ;)
IQ are absolutely kicking ass lately. Their latest album is yet another epic triumph. I'm very happy with it.

60s:

Edited by Xonty - July 11 2014 at 09:33

catfood03 wrote: Here's mine off the top of my head* 70's David Bowie - Low Miles Davis - Agharta The Residents - Meet the Residents Pink Floyd - The Wall Bob Marley and the Wailers - Catch a Fire 80's Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun The Smiths - Louder Than Bombs Erasure - The Innocents New Order - Substance Front 242 - Geography 90's Autechre - s/t (aka LP5) Mr. Bungle - California Pixies - Trompe Le Monde Talk Talk - Laughing Stalk The Orb - Orbus Terrarum   00's Autechre - Untilted Mew - No More Stories... Junior Boys - Last Exit Madvillian - Madvilliany Diagram of Suburban Chaos - Status Negatives 10's (...so far) Robyn - Body Talk Jonas Bjerre - Skyscraper OST Hooray for Earth - True Loves Mastodon - The Hunter John Zorn - Filmworks XXIV: The Nobel Prizewinner *All titles subject to change as I discover and rediscover older titles :)

catfood03 wrote: ProgMetaller2112 wrote: How about Once More 'Round the Sun? I love the new record. Melodic, yet still heavy. It's too new for me to evaluate objectively for an "all-time" list. Time will tell if it takes The Hunter's place or if they record a greater masterpiece in the remaining years of this decade. Brann Dailor is still one of the best drummers out there.