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#	Cover	Title Artist	Genre Record Type, Year	Ratings
1		Close to the Edge Yes	Symphonic Prog Studio, 1972	4.68 \| 5249 ratings QWR = 4.6696
2		Selling England by the Pound Genesis	Symphonic Prog Studio, 1973	4.65 \| 4811 ratings QWR = 4.6441
3		In the Court of the Crimson King King Crimson	Eclectic Prog Studio, 1969	4.64 \| 4895 ratings QWR = 4.6343
4		Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd	Psychedelic/Space Rock Studio, 1975	4.64 \| 4691 ratings QWR = 4.6322
5		Thick as a Brick Jethro Tull	Prog Folk Studio, 1972	4.64 \| 3825 ratings QWR = 4.6289
6		The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd	Psychedelic/Space Rock Studio, 1973	4.62 \| 4882 ratings QWR = 4.6082
7		Foxtrot Genesis	Symphonic Prog Studio, 1972	4.62 \| 4182 ratings QWR = 4.6061
8		Red King Crimson	Eclectic Prog Studio, 1974	4.57 \| 3897 ratings QWR = 4.5584
9		Animals Pink Floyd	Psychedelic/Space Rock Studio, 1977	4.53 \| 4222 ratings QWR = 4.5196
10		Fragile Yes	Symphonic Prog Studio, 1971	4.46 \| 4190 ratings QWR = 4.4558
11		Godbluff Van Der Graaf Generator	Eclectic Prog Studio, 1975	4.46 \| 2418 ratings QWR = 4.4477
12		Pawn Hearts Van Der Graaf Generator	Eclectic Prog Studio, 1971	4.43 \| 2530 ratings QWR = 4.4178
13		Larks' Tongues in Aspic King Crimson	Eclectic Prog Studio, 1973	4.42 \| 3365 ratings QWR = 4.4130
14		Mirage Camel	Symphonic Prog Studio, 1974	4.42 \| 3179 ratings QWR = 4.4120
15		Nursery Cryme Genesis	Symphonic Prog Studio, 1971	4.42 \| 3698 ratings QWR = 4.4080
16		Moonmadness Camel	Symphonic Prog Studio, 1976	4.40 \| 2700 ratings QWR = 4.3899
17		Per Un Amico Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM)	Rock Progressivo Italiano Studio, 1972	4.40 \| 1974 ratings QWR = 4.3842
18		Hemispheres Rush	Heavy Prog Studio, 1978	4.39 \| 2799 ratings QWR = 4.3814
19		Moving Pictures Rush	Heavy Prog Studio, 1981	4.39 \| 3249 ratings QWR = 4.3770
20		Relayer Yes	Symphonic Prog Studio, 1974	4.38 \| 3595 ratings QWR = 4.3697
21		Darwin! Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso	Rock Progressivo Italiano Studio, 1972	4.39 \| 1380 ratings QWR = 4.3615
22		Aqualung Jethro Tull	Prog Folk Studio, 1971	4.37 \| 3023 ratings QWR = 4.3583
23		Io Sono Nato Libero Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso	Rock Progressivo Italiano Studio, 1973	4.37 \| 1267 ratings QWR = 4.3476
24		Hot Rats Frank Zappa	RIO/Avant-Prog Studio, 1969	4.36 \| 1901 ratings QWR = 4.3405
25		Kind of Blue Miles Davis	Jazz Rock/Fusion Studio, 1959	4.36 \| 1263 ratings QWR = 4.3345
26		In a Glass House Gentle Giant	Eclectic Prog Studio, 1973	4.35 \| 1959 ratings QWR = 4.3303
27		Si on avait besoin d'une cinqui�me saison Harmonium	Prog Folk Studio, 1975	4.35 \| 1495 ratings QWR = 4.3293
28		A Farewell to Kings Rush	Heavy Prog Studio, 1977	4.34 \| 2572 ratings QWR = 4.3285
29		Hybris �nglag�rd	Symphonic Prog Studio, 1992	4.34 \| 1911 ratings QWR = 4.3254
30		From Silence to Somewhere Wobbler	Symphonic Prog Studio, 2017	4.36 \| 918 ratings QWR = 4.3210
31		Storia Di Un Minuto Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM)	Rock Progressivo Italiano Studio, 1972	4.34 \| 1555 ratings QWR = 4.3174
32		The Yes Album Yes	Symphonic Prog Studio, 1971	4.32 \| 3418 ratings QWR = 4.3094
33		Scheherazade and Other Stories Renaissance	Symphonic Prog Studio, 1975	4.33 \| 1460 ratings QWR = 4.3066
34		Metropolis Part 2 - Scenes from a Memory Dream Theater	Progressive Metal Studio, 1999	4.32 \| 3329 ratings QWR = 4.3063
35		The Raven That Refused to Sing (and Other Stories) Steven Wilson	Crossover Prog Studio, 2013	4.32 \| 2452 ratings QWR = 4.3058
36		H To He, Who Am The Only One Van Der Graaf Generator	Eclectic Prog Studio, 1970	4.32 \| 1927 ratings QWR = 4.3048
37		Octopus Gentle Giant	Eclectic Prog Studio, 1972	4.32 \| 2313 ratings QWR = 4.3046
38		The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Genesis	Symphonic Prog Studio, 1974	4.31 \| 3451 ratings QWR = 4.3039
39		In the Land of Grey and Pink Caravan	Canterbury Scene Studio, 1971	4.32 \| 2098 ratings QWR = 4.3038
40		Crime of the Century Supertramp	Crossover Prog Studio, 1974	4.32 \| 1900 ratings QWR = 4.3029
41		Birds of Fire Mahavishnu Orchestra	Jazz Rock/Fusion Studio, 1973	4.32 \| 1498 ratings QWR = 4.3021
42		The Power and the Glory Gentle Giant	Eclectic Prog Studio, 1974	4.32 \| 1916 ratings QWR = 4.3000
43		The Snow Goose Camel	Symphonic Prog Studio, 1975	4.31 \| 2686 ratings QWR = 4.2981
44		Images and Words Dream Theater	Progressive Metal Studio, 1992	4.31 \| 3265 ratings QWR = 4.2981
45		Zarathustra Museo Rosenbach	Rock Progressivo Italiano Studio, 1973	4.33 \| 1043 ratings QWR = 4.2973
46		The Grand Wazoo Frank Zappa	RIO/Avant-Prog Studio, 1972	4.32 \| 1144 ratings QWR = 4.2956
47		Meddle Pink Floyd	Psychedelic/Space Rock Studio, 1971	4.30 \| 3601 ratings QWR = 4.2935
48		Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso	Rock Progressivo Italiano Studio, 1972	4.31 \| 1061 ratings QWR = 4.2833
49		Still Life Van Der Graaf Generator	Eclectic Prog Studio, 1976	4.30 \| 1751 ratings QWR = 4.2830
50		The Mothers of Invention: One Size Fits All Frank Zappa	RIO/Avant-Prog Studio, 1975	4.31 \| 1162 ratings QWR = 4.2826
51		Still Life Opeth	Tech/Extreme Prog Metal Studio, 1999	4.30 \| 1904 ratings QWR = 4.2810
52		Free Hand Gentle Giant	Eclectic Prog Studio, 1975	4.30 \| 1770 ratings QWR = 4.2805
53		Hand. Cannot. Erase. Steven Wilson	Crossover Prog Studio, 2015	4.30 \| 1842 ratings QWR = 4.2804
54		Fear of a Blank Planet Porcupine Tree	Heavy Prog Studio, 2007	4.29 \| 2904 ratings QWR = 4.2759
55		Mekan�k Destrukt�w Kommand�h Magma	Zeuhl Studio, 1973	4.30 \| 1216 ratings QWR = 4.2736
56		Permanent Waves Rush	Heavy Prog Studio, 1980	4.28 \| 2383 ratings QWR = 4.2723
57		Blackwater Park Opeth	Tech/Extreme Prog Metal Studio, 2001	4.29 \| 1982 ratings QWR = 4.2712
58		A Trick of the Tail Genesis	Symphonic Prog Studio, 1976	4.28 \| 3036 ratings QWR = 4.2705
59		Ommadawn Mike Oldfield	Crossover Prog Studio, 1975	4.29 \| 1578 ratings QWR = 4.2700
60		Acquiring the Taste Gentle Giant	Eclectic Prog Studio, 1971	4.28 \| 1823 ratings QWR = 4.2674
61		The Silent Corner And The Empty Stage Peter Hammill	Eclectic Prog Studio, 1974	4.30 \| 1009 ratings QWR = 4.2668
62		The Inner Mounting Flame Mahavishnu Orchestra	Jazz Rock/Fusion Studio, 1971	4.29 \| 1154 ratings QWR = 4.2668
63		Depois do Fim Bacamarte	Symphonic Prog Studio, 1983	4.30 \| 966 ratings QWR = 4.2650
64		Ghost Reveries Opeth	Tech/Extreme Prog Metal Studio, 2005	4.28 \| 1854 ratings QWR = 4.2638
65		Misplaced Childhood Marillion	Neo-Prog Studio, 1985	4.27 \| 2455 ratings QWR = 4.2619
66		Space Shanty Khan	Canterbury Scene Studio, 1972	4.29 \| 873 ratings QWR = 4.2597
67		H�xan Art Zoyd	RIO/Avant-Prog Studio, 1997	4.47 \| 136 ratings QWR = 4.2567
68		In Absentia Porcupine Tree	Heavy Prog Studio, 2002	4.26 \| 2835 ratings QWR = 4.2538
69		Szobel Hermann Szobel	RIO/Avant-Prog Studio, 1976	4.68 \| 68 ratings QWR = 4.2537
70		Romantic Warrior Return To Forever	Jazz Rock/Fusion Studio, 1976	4.29 \| 877 ratings QWR = 4.2533
71		Dwellers of the Deep Wobbler	Symphonic Prog Studio, 2020	4.31 \| 495 ratings QWR = 4.2526
72		In A Silent Way Miles Davis	Jazz Rock/Fusion Studio, 1969	4.28 \| 898 ratings QWR = 4.2487
73		Ashes Are Burning Renaissance	Symphonic Prog Studio, 1973	4.28 \| 922 ratings QWR = 4.2447
74		A Drop of Light All Traps On Earth	Symphonic Prog Studio, 2018	4.29 \| 588 ratings QWR = 4.2440
75		Radio Gnome Invisible Vol. 3 - You Gong	Canterbury Scene Studio, 1974	4.26 \| 1188 ratings QWR = 4.2393
76		Script for a Jester's Tear Marillion	Neo-Prog Studio, 1983	4.25 \| 2274 ratings QWR = 4.2392
77		Symbolic Death	Tech/Extreme Prog Metal Studio, 1995	4.28 \| 702 ratings QWR = 4.2362
78		Second Life Syndrome Riverside	Progressive Metal Studio, 2005	4.25 \| 1913 ratings QWR = 4.2346
79		The Road of Bones IQ	Neo-Prog Studio, 2014	4.25 \| 1446 ratings QWR = 4.2343
80		4 visions Eskaton	Zeuhl Studio, 1981	4.33 \| 305 ratings QWR = 4.2343
81		Bitches Brew Miles Davis	Jazz Rock/Fusion Studio, 1970	4.27 \| 890 ratings QWR = 4.2340
82		Spectrum Billy Cobham	Jazz Rock/Fusion Studio, 1973	4.27 \| 691 ratings QWR = 4.2337
83		Voyage of the Acolyte Steve Hackett	Eclectic Prog Studio, 1975	4.25 \| 1639 ratings QWR = 4.2335
84		Arbeit Macht Frei Area	Rock Progressivo Italiano Studio, 1973	4.27 \| 781 ratings QWR = 4.2334
85		Viljans �ga �nglag�rd	Symphonic Prog Studio, 2012	4.26 \| 1202 ratings QWR = 4.2333
86		If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You Caravan	Canterbury Scene Studio, 1970	4.26 \| 1229 ratings QWR = 4.2327
87		Enigmatic Ocean Jean-Luc Ponty	Jazz Rock/Fusion Studio, 1977	4.30 \| 421 ratings QWR = 4.2317
88		Elegant Gypsy Al Di Meola	Jazz Rock/Fusion Studio, 1977	4.26 \| 907 ratings QWR = 4.2291
89		Hamburger Concerto Focus	Symphonic Prog Studio, 1974	4.25 \| 1173 ratings QWR = 4.2279
90		Rock Bottom Robert Wyatt	Canterbury Scene Studio, 1974	4.25 \| 1041 ratings QWR = 4.2278
91		K.A (K�hntark�sz Anteria) Magma	Zeuhl Studio, 2004	4.26 \| 803 ratings QWR = 4.2261
92		Of Queues and Cures National Health	Canterbury Scene Studio, 1978	4.28 \| 548 ratings QWR = 4.2258
93		Svitanie Blue Effect (Modr� Efekt)	Jazz Rock/Fusion Studio, 1977	4.36 \| 204 ratings QWR = 4.2248
94		Emerson Lake & Palmer Emerson Lake & Palmer	Symphonic Prog Studio, 1970	4.24 \| 2430 ratings QWR = 4.2240
95		Remedy Lane Pain Of Salvation	Progressive Metal Studio, 2002	4.24 \| 1312 ratings QWR = 4.2231
96		Felona E Sorona Le Orme	Rock Progressivo Italiano Studio, 1973	4.25 \| 1104 ratings QWR = 4.2222
97		Operation: Mindcrime Queensr�che	Progressive Metal Studio, 1988	4.24 \| 1241 ratings QWR = 4.2190
98		Hatfield and the North Hatfield And The North	Canterbury Scene Studio, 1974	4.25 \| 927 ratings QWR = 4.2189
99		Leftoverture Kansas	Symphonic Prog Studio, 1976	4.24 \| 1347 ratings QWR = 4.2171
100		Anabelas Bubu	Eclectic Prog Studio, 1978	4.26 \| 679 ratings QWR = 4.2162

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