Your own ’ultimate’ prog top 20

Alright...this will probably be edited later on...but as of what I can think of right now, here are my top 20:

1. Gentle Giant-In a Glass House

2. Pink Floyd-Animals

3. King Crimson-Lizard

4. King Crimson- Larks' Tongue in Aspic

5. The Mars Volta-Frances the Mute

6. The Mars Volta- De-loused in the Comatorium

7. Jethro Tull-Thick as a Brick

8. Genesis-Foxtrot

9. Gentle Giant-Octopus

10. Led Zeppelin- Houses of the Holy

11. Led Zeppelin-Physical Graffiti

12. Pink Floyd- Wish you Were Here

13. Harmonium- Si On Avait Besoin d'une Sinquie`me Saison

14. PLF- Per Un Amico

15. Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon

16. ELP- Brain Salad Surgery

17. King Crimson- Red

18. Genesis- The Lamb Lies Down on Brodway

19. King Crimson- In the Court of the Crimson King

20. Van der Graaf Generator- Pawn Hearts

...yeah i'm not too sure on that...but those are among my favorite albums...oh and before I forget f**k Scenes from a Memory! (......it was really dissapointing to me...I don't see what's so great about it or Dream Theater really...but it's all opinion...but seriously..."scenes" better than "iagh" or "frances the mute"? I don't think so...)

• Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
• Jethro Tull - Aqualung
• Queen - A Night At The Opera
• Museo Rosenbach - Zarathustra
• Gentle Giant - Octopus
• Yes - Close To The Edge
• Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
• Deep Purple - Machine Head
• Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
• Yes - The Yes Album
• Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
• King Crimson - Larks' Tongues In Aspic
• Magma - Üdü Wüdü
• Il Balletto Di Bronzo - Ys
• Therion - Lemuria/Sirius B
• Dream Theater - Awake
• Kate Bush - Kick Inside
• Reneissance - Scheherazade And Other Stories
• Camel - The Snow Goose
• Uriah Heep - Demons & Wizards
• Frank Zappa - Apostrophe(')
• Van Der Graaf Generator - The Least We Can Do Is Wave Each Other
• Ayreon - The Human Equation
  

Once I get past the first 5 or so, it's hard to put them in any order......but here we go!

Yes - Fragile

Jethro Tull - A Passion Play

Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink

Kraftwerk - Autobahn

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All

Family - It's Only a Movie

ELP - Trilogy

Yes - Going for the One

Camel - Moonmadness

Frank Zappa - Roxy & Elsewhere

Yes - The Yes Album

Genesis - And Then There Were Three

ELP - Brain Salad Surgery

Tangerine Dream - Phaedra

Frank Zappa - Overnite Sensation

Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick

King Crimson - Discipline

Yes - Close to the Edge

Genesis - Foxtrot

Please excuse me for going over the limit (I can't limit this to 20 as I feel I am cheating some very good records).

In no order:

• Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Darwin! (1972)
• Camel - Music Inspired by the Snow Goose (1975)
• Camel - Moonmadness (1976)
• Caravan - In the Land of Gray and Pink (1971)
• Celeste - Principe di un Giorno (1976)
• Comus - First Utterance (1971)
• Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - ELP (1970)
• Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Trilogy (1972)
• Focus - Moving Waves (1972)
• Focus - Hamburger Concerto (1974)
• Genesis - Trespass (1970)
• Genesis - Nursery Cryme (1971)
• Genesis - Foxtrot (1972)
• Genesis - Selling England by the Pound (1973)
• Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)
• Genesis - A Trick of the Tail (1976)
• Genesis - Wind and Wuthering (1977)
• Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (2000)
• Gryphon - Red Queen to Gryphon Three (1974)
• Hackett, Steve - Voyage of the Acolyte (1975)
• Harmonium - Si on Avait Besoin D'une 5ieme Saison (1975)
• Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time (1975)
• IQ - The Wake (1985)
• IQ - Ever (1993)
• Jethro Tull - Benefit (1970)
• Jethro Tull - Aqualung (1971)
• Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick (1972)
• Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery (1975)
• Kayak - Royal Bed Bouncer (1974)
• King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)
• Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffitti (1975)
• Marillion - Script for a Jester's Tear (1983)
• Moody Blues, the - Days of Future Passed (1967)
• Moody Blues, the - To Our Children's Children's Children (1969)
• Nektar - Remember the Future (1974)
• Oldfield, Mike - Tubular Bells (1973)
• Opeth - Blackwater Park (1998)
• Opeth - Damnation (2003)
• Opeth - Ghost Reveries (2005)
• Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane (2002)
• Parson's Project, the Alan - Tales of Mystery and Imagination:  Edgar Alan Poe (1976)
• Pavlov's Dog - Pampered Menial (1975)
• Premiata Forneria Marconi - Per un Amico (1972)
• Phillips, Anthony - Geese and Ghost (1977)
• Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
• Pink Floyd - Animals (1977)
• Pink Floyd - The Wall (1979)
• Queen - Queen II (1974)
• Queensryche - Operation:  Mindcrime (1988)
• Renaissance - Scheherazade and Other Stories (1975)
• Rush - A Farewell to Kings (1977)
• Rush - Permanent Waves (1980)
• Rush - Moving Pictures (1981)
• Spring - Spring (1971)
• Strawbs - From the Witchwood (1971)
• Strawbs - Grave New World (1972)
• Supertramp - Crime of the Century (1974)
• Uriah Heep - Salisbury (1971)
• Uriah Heep - Look at Yourself (1971)
• Who, the - Quadrophenia (1973)
• Yes - The Yes Album (1971)
• Yes - Fragile (1971)
• Yes - Close to the Edge (1972)
• Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973)
• Yes - Relayer (1974)
• Yes - Going for the One (1977)
• Zappa, Frank - Hot Rats (1969)

Oh boy, I've overdone it again.  This list is only going by what I've heard, which isn't all that much, so it will be much different with time (and as always, if I were to make the same list tommorrow, etc. it would look different).  I realize there are many albums on here from the "big" bands ie. Genesis, Yes, JT, etc.. But they are called the "big" bands for a reason (it's only fair).

This is hard...well..lets see

King Crimson - ITCOTCK

Yes - The Yes album

Yes - Relayer

Genesis - Foxtrot

Yes - Close to the edge

Genesis - Selling England for the pound

Radiohead - Ok computer

King Crimson - Larks tongues in aspic

Anglagard - Hybris

Rush - Moving pictures

Pink Floyd - Atom heart mother

Muse - Absolution (its not prog...but its in this site...)

Jethro Tull - A passion play

Jethro Tull - Thick as a brick

Camel - Mirage

Dream Theater - Scenes form a memory

Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn hearts

King Crimson - Lizard

Steve Hackett - Voyage to the acolyte

Pink Floyd - Wish you were here

Winter Wine wrote: I'll need to think about this. Give me a few hours and then I will!!!!

Well I have a rough draft in my head at the moment but this will most likely be edited later on!

• Close to the Edge
• Foxtrot
• Brain Salad Surgery
• Animals
• Larks Tongues in Aspic
• Relayer
• The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
• Wish you Were Here
• Thick as a Brick
• Frances the Mute
• Dark Side of the Moon
• Selling England by the Pound
• In the Land of Grey and Pink
• Octopus
• A Farewell to kings
• Tubular Bells
• The Yes Album
• Trilogy
• Third
• The Snow Goose
• Flying Teapot
• The Power and the Glory
• Agaetis Byrjun
• Lizard
• In Search of the Lost Chord

I don't think thats a bad top 25 is it?? I apologise for not including VDGG as I have yet to listen to a full record  I do however know for sure that they would be included as I have heard side A of 'Pawn Hearts' and love every minute of it

1. Yes – Going For The One
2. Premiata Forneria Marconi – L’Isola Di Niente
3. Camel – Nude
4. Bruford – One Of A Kind
5. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
6. Gentle Giant – Acquiring The Taste
7. Genesis – Selling England By The Pound
8. Bruford – Gradually Going Tornado
9. The Beatles – Abbey Road
10. Camel – A Live Record
11. Brian Wilson – Smile!
12. The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
13. National Health –Of Queues And Cures
14. UK – UK
15. Gentle Giant – Octopus
16. Yes – Tales From Topographic Oceans
17. Yes – Yes
18. Jethro Tull – Stand Up
19. Gentle Giant – Three Friends
20. King Crimson – In The Court Of The Crimson King

Pink floyd - Piper, Ummagumma, Meddle, Dark Side, Wish You, The Wall

King Crimson - In the Court, Red, Discipline

Gentle Giant - Octopus, In a glass house

Genesis - Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot

Yes - Fragile, Relayer

Camel - Camel

Strawbs - Grave new world

Nektar - A tab in the ocean

Gnidrolog - Lady lake

Robert Wyatt - Rock bottom

Of course, this it a partial list, definately not exactly my favourite top 20, and I keep discovering new music all the time - for example, I discovered Gnidrolog a month ago.