Top 100 Prog Songs of All-time

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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

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Prog_Frog Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: March 03 2017 Location: Toronto Status: Offline Points: 11	Topic: Top 100 Prog Songs of All-time Posted: March 04 2017 at 10:02
	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

omphaloskepsis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 19 2011 Location: Texas Status: Offline Points: 5813	Posted: March 04 2017 at 11:18
	Wow! Great list Dude. Some of your lesser know tunes are my favorites too.

zwordser Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 04 2008 Location: Southwest US Status: Offline Points: 1361	Posted: March 05 2017 at 19:12
	Something very similar done late last year for the top 300 prog tracks, where people posted their top lists here: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=107469 ...and compiled, the results were posted here: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=107690 This was for all prog, but I noted that it was a little short on submissions for prog metal. So if its done again this year, you should jump in and post your list. Edited by zwordser - March 05 2017 at 19:17
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AFlowerKingCrimson Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 02 2016 Location: Philly burbs Status: Offline Points: 16124	Posted: March 05 2017 at 19:29
	That's one heck of a list. No Flower Kings or Big Big Train though.

Prog_Frog Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: March 03 2017 Location: Toronto Status: Offline Points: 11	Posted: March 05 2017 at 20:51
	Noted. I've got some listening to do. Thanks!