Prog Rock Artists Masterpiece List

Pink Floyd: Ummagumma, Meddle, Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here

Edited by someone_else - January 16 2015 at 09:49

Those sunglasses broke PA

Have done this before so here's my list pasted from my bio page.


MY TOP 50 PROG ALBUMS BY ARTIST (all artists allowed one choice in top 50 but others listed in brackets) subject to change at any time...

1 AYREON - The Human Equation (2ND TIMELINE; 3RD IN THE ELECTRIC CASTLE)
2 PINK FLOYD - The Wall (2ND DARK SIDE OF THE MOON; 3RD WISH YOU WERE HERE; 4TH PULSE)
3 VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR - Pawn Hearts (2ND H TO HE WHO AM THE ONLY ONE; 3RD GODBLUFF; 4TH VITAL)
4 RUSH - Moving Pictures (2ND FAREWELL TO KINGS; 3RD HEMISPHERES; 4TH Permanent Waves )
5 YES - Fragile (2ND CLOSE TO THE EDGE; 3RD TALES OF TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS; 4TH RELAYER)
6 DREAM THEATER - Metropolis Part 2: Scenes From A Memory (2nd OCTAVARIUM; 3rd BLACK CLOUDS & SILVER LININGS)
7 EMERSON LAKE & PALMER- Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends (2nd BRAIN SALAD SURGERY; 3rd TARKUS)
8 GENESIS - Foxtrot (2ND NURSERY CRYME; 3RD SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND; 4TH TRICK OF THE TAIL)
9 KING CRIMSON - In The Court Of The Crimson King (2ND RED; 3RD DISCIPLINE)
10 HAWKWIND - Space Ritual (2nd IN SEARCH OF SPACE; 3rd IN THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN GRILL)
11 QUEENSRYCHE - Operation: Mindcrime (2ND OPERATION LIVECRIME)
12 ATOMIC ROOSTER - DEATH WALKS BEHIND YOU (2ND IN HEARING OF; 3RD MADE IN ENGLAND)
13 THE BEATLES - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (2nd WHITE ALBUM, 3rd REVOLVER)
14 JETHRO TULL - Thick As A Brick (2nd 25TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION; 3RD AQUALUNG)
15 KRAFTWERK - The Man-Machine (Die Mensch-Maschine) (2ND COMPUTER WORLD; 3RD MINIMUM: MAXIMUM)
16 NEKTAR - A Tab In The Ocean (2ND REMEMBER THE FUTURE; 3RD BACK TO EARTH)
17 CAMEL - Mirage (2ND MOONMADNESS; 3RD CAMEL)
18 PORCUPINE TREE - Deadwing (2ND FEAR OF A BLANK PLANET; 3RD THE INCIDENT)
19 RIVERSIDE - Anno Domini High Definition (2ND SECOND LIFE SYNDROME; 3RD RAPID EYE MOVEMENT)
20 CARAVAN - IN THE LAND OF GREY AND PINK (2ND FOR GIRLS WHO GROW PLUM IN THE NIGHT; 3RD AND THE NEW SYMPHONIA)

21 DEVIN TOWNSEND - Ziltoid the Omniscient
22 AREA - Arbeit Macht Frei (2ND CRAC!)
23 BANCO DEL MUTUO SOCCORSO - Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso (2nd IO SONO NATO LIBERO; 3rd DARWIN)
24 THE ARTHUR BROWN BAND - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
25 NEAL MORSE - TESTIMONY 2 LIVE IN LOS ANGELOS (2ND SOLA SCRIPTURA, 3RD TESTIMONY LIVE)
26 LE ORME - Uomo Di Pezza (2ND FELONA E SERONA)
27 RENAISSANCE - Ashes Are Burning (2ND SCHEHERAZADE AND OTHER STORIES; 3RD TURN OF THE CARDS)
28 MAUDLIN OF THE WELL - Part the Second
29 IQ - Frequency
30 MASTERS APPRENTICES, THE - Fully Qualified: The Choicest Cuts
31 WISHBONE ASH - Argus (2ND TIMELINE... THIS WAS: LIVE)
32 MOODY BLUES, THE - This Is The Moody Blues (2ND DAYS OF FUTURE PAST)
33 MAGMA - Mekanik Destrukteẁ Kommandoh
34 ANEKDOTEN - Vemod
35 DEEP PURPLE - In Rock (2ND MADE IN JAPAN; 3RD MACHINE HEAD)
36 DIAGONAL - DIAGONAL
37 MARILLION - MISPLACED CHILDHOOD (2ND SCRIPT OF A JESTER?S TEAR)
38 BLACK BONZO - SOUND OF THE APOCALYPSE
39 BLACK SABBATH - PARANOID
40 PFM - PER UN AMICO (2ND PHOTOS OF GHOSTS)
41 OPETH - DAMNATION (2ND STILL LIFE)
42 PAIN OF SALVATION - THE PERFECT ELEMENT (2ND REMEDY LANE)
43 GENTLE GIANT - THREE FRIENDS (2ND FREE HAND; 3RD POWER AND THE GLORY)
44 MOSTLY AUTUMN - STORMS OVER STILL WATER (2ND PASSENGERS; 3RD SPIRIT OF AUTUMN PAST)
45 LED ZEPPELIN - 4 (2ND 2; 3RD REMASTERS 1)
46 MENAHEM - ANGELS AND SHADOWS
47 ANGLAGARD - HYBRIS
48 ASTRA - THE WEIRDING
49 GONG - YOU (2ND ANGEL'S EGG; 3RD FLYING TEAPOT)
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Forgot to add Devin Townsend - Ziltoid the Omniscient Can - Tago Mago and Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti   

Edited by Unitron - September 08 2014 at 21:41

DBJetsman wrote: zravkapt wrote: Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Love Beach Gentle Giant - Giant For A Day Yes - Open Your Eyes Genesis - We Can't Dance Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse Of Reason Jethro Tull - Under Wraps Camel - The Single Factor Rush - Rush King Crimson - Beat Frank Zappa - Cruisin' With Reuben & The Jets Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue Magma - Merci Peter Gabriel - So Love Beach? LOL Kind of Blue is actually amazing though

So is Beat, 'Momentary Lapse of Reason, parts of Love Beach, and So (with the exception of the Laurie Anderson- and Kate Bush-assisted tunes on that album, a thoroughly enjoyable one, hands down). By no means is this an entire list of crap as its author intended it be considered. By the way, love your avatar.

Edited by Rednight - September 09 2014 at 09:29

It's been a while since I've done one of these so:

Anathema- The Silent Enigma
Anglagard- Hybris
Art Zoyd- Musique Pour L'Odysee
Bacamarte- Depois do Fim
Banco del Mutuo Succorso- Darwin!, Io Sono Nato Libero
Between the Buried and Me- The Great Misdirect, Parallax II: Future Sequence
Billy Cobham- Spectrum
Bubu- Anabelas
Burst- Lazarus Bird
Comus- First Utterance
Dark Suns- Grave Human Genuine
Deathspell Omega- Fas-- Ita, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum
Enslaved- Isa
Fen- Dustwalker, Epoch
Genesis- Foxtrot
Gnidrolog- Lady Lake
Hiromi- Spiral
In the Woods...- Liveatthecaledonianhall
Indukti- SUSAR
Intornaut- Valley of Smoke
Jethro Tull- Thick as a Brick
Kayo Dot- Blue Lambency Downward, Coyote, Choirs of the Eye, Hubardo
King Crimson- The Great Deceiver, Larks' Tongues in Aspic
Le Orme- Felona e Sorona
Leprous- Bilateral
Madder Mortem- Deadlands
Marillion- Script for a Jesters Tear, Misplaced Childhood
The Mars Volta- De-Loused in the Comatorium
Mastodon- Crack the Skye
maudlin of the Well- Bath, Leaving Your Body Map, Part the Second
Opeth- Blackwater Park
Paatos- Timeloss
Pain of Salvation- 12:5, The Perfect Element
The Pax Cecilia- Blessed are the Bonds
Pendragon- The Masquerade Overture
PFM- Stati di Immaginazione, Storia de un Minuto
Pink Floyd- Animals, Wish You Were Here
Quella Vecchia Locanda- Il Tempio Della Gioia
Riverside- Anno Domini High Definition
To-Mera- Exile, Earthbound
Transatlantic- SMPTe
Unexpect- Fables of the Sleepless Empire
Universe Zero- Clivages
Van der Graaf Generator- Still Life, Godbluff
Vanden Plas- The God Thing
Virgin Black- Requiem Mezzo Forte
Virus- Carheart
White Willow- Storm Season, Terminal Twilight

I'll just do 1 per artist.

Edited by WrytXander - September 13 2014 at 03:59

The albums I list do not necessarily constitute my favourites, but are for me the zenith of the bands' creativity and musical progression.

Agalloch - The Mantle
Alcest - Souvenirs d'un Autre Monde
Anathema - Weather Systems
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt.2: Scenes From a Memory
Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
Jehtro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Muse - Absolution
My Dying Bride - Songs of Darkness, Words of Light
Opeth - Still Life
Queen - Queen II
Sigur Rós - ( )
Tool - Lateralus
Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans

Not on PA, but prog in my book:

Amorphis - Tales From the Thousand Lakes
Arcade Fire - Reflektor
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

WrytXander wrote: Rick Robson wrote: WrytXander wrote: Led Zeppelin and Queen have had prog songs, but no real prog albums. Agreed, but did you forget that The Beatles, The Who and Metallica have never had real prog albums or is just your thought? Because it's what I feel about these bands, pretty talented by the way. I guess it is just my thought, but I really do believe those 3 albums are prog albums. Quadrophenia had "Quadrophenia", "Doctor Jimmy" and "The Rock", as well as being a concept album. Abbey Road had one of the first prog medleys ever, along with tracks like "I Want You", "Because" and "Here Comes the Sun" that had prog elements. ...And Justice for All had multiple song segments with 7/4 time signature, as well as many shifts in time and tone, random stopping and going, etc. And looking back, I guess Queen II could be considered a prog release, what with the multiple concepts, fictional lyrics and individual songs like "March of the Black Queen", "White Queen", "The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke" etc. Feel free to put up an argument; this is a topic that I enjoy discussing.

 

Edited by Rick Robson - September 13 2014 at 17:25

peril912 wrote: Here's my list which doesn't include crap stuff like Discipline.

How is Discipline crap?