100 Greatest Progressive Rock Albums

Criteria: These Albums were chosen for their additions to Progressive Music, for overall Musicianship and the quality of the music itself.
Progressive Rock Albums
1. In The Court Of The Crimson King
(1969) King Crimson
2. Close to the Edge
(1972) Yes
3. Brain Salad Surgery
(1973) Emerson, Lake & Palmer
4. Selling England by the Pound
(1973) Genesis
5. Dark Side of the Moon
(1973) Pink Floyd
6. Fragile
(1972) Yes
7. John Barleycorn Must Die
(1970) Traffic
8. For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night
(1973) Caravan
9. Thick as a Brick
(1972) Jethro Tull
10. 2112
(1976) Rush
11. Days of Future Passed
(1967) Moody Blues
12. Images & Words
(1992) Dream Theater
13. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
(1974) Genesis
14. Leftoverture
(1976) Kansas
15. Octopus
(1972) Gentle Giant
16. Emerson, Lake & Palmer
(1970) Emerson, Lake & Palmer
17. Pawn Hearts
(1971) Van der Graaf Generator
18. Tales From Topographic Oceans
(1974) Yes
19. Animals
(1977) Pink Floyd
20. Scenes from a Memory
(1999) Dream Theater
21. Space Revolver
(2000) The Flower Kings
22. Lateralus
(2001) Tool
23. We're Only in it For the Money
(1968) The Mothers of Invention
24. The Wall
(1979) Pink Floyd
25. Red
(1974) King Crimson
26. Autobahn
(1974) Kraftwerk
27. A Farewell to Kings
(1977) Rush
28. Script for a Jester's Tear
(1983) Marillion
29. Angel's Egg [Radio Gnome Invisible, Pt. 2]
(1973) Gong
30. Phaedra
(1974) Tangerine Dream
31. What If
(1978) Dixie Dregs
32. Larks' in Tongues Aspic
(1973) King Crimson
33. The Six Wives of Henry the VIII
(1973) Rick Wakeman
34. Aqualung
(1971) Jethro Tull
35. Hemispheres
(1978) Rush
36. Foxtrot
(1972) Genesis
37. Darwin!
(1972) Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
38. Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh
(1973) Magma
39. In the Land of Gray and Pink
(1971) Caravan
40. Aenima
(1996) Tool
41. You [Radio Gnome Invisible Pt. 3]
(1974) Gong
42. Operation: Mindcrime
(1988) Queensrÿche
43. The Divine Wings of Tragedy
(1996) Symphony X
44. Scheherazade and Other Stories
(1975) Renaissance
45. The Yes Album
(1971) Yes
46. Moving Pictures
(1981) Rush
47. Point of Know Return
(1977) Kansas
48. Awake
(1994) Dream Theater
49. Every Good Boy Deserves Favor
(1971) The Moody Blues
50. The Low Spark of the High Heeled Boys
(1971) Traffic
51. No Exit
(1988) Fate's Warning
52. Relayer
(1974) Yes
53. De-loused In the Comatorium
(2003) The Mars Volta
54. Quatermass
(1970) Quatermass
55. Bursting at The Seems
(1973) The Strawbs
56. In Absentia
(2002) Porcupine Tree
57. The Light
(1994) Spock's Beard
58. In Wake of Poseidon
(1970) King Crimson
59. The Wake
(1985) IQ
60. Ocean
(1977) Eloy
61. Electric Light Orchestra
(1971) Electric Light Orchestra
62. Starless and Bible Black
(1974) King Crimson
63. Freefall
(1977) Dixie Dregs
64. Peter Gabriel [3]
(1980) Peter Gabriel
65. Acquiring the Taste
(1971) Gentle Giant
66. The Universal Migrator Part I: The Dream Sequencer
(2000) Ayreon
67. Retropolis
(2000) The Flower Kings
68. Godbluff
(1975) Van der Graaf Generator
69. Songs for America
(1974) Kansas
70. The White Album
(1968) The Beatles
71. Misplaced Childhood
(1985) Marillion
72. Mirage
(1973) Camel
73. The Universal Migrator Part II: Flight of the Migrator
(2000) Ayreon
74. K.A. (Köhntarkösz Anteria)
(2004) Magma
75. The Flying Teapot [Radio Gnome Invisible, Pt. 1]
(1973) Gong
76. Phallus Dei
(1969) Amon Düül
77. Sandy Denny & the Strawbs
(1968) The Strawbs
78. Minstrel in the Gallery
(1975) Jethro Tull
79. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
(2002) Dream Theater
80. Collage
(1971) Le Orme
81. Profondo Rosso O.S.T
(1975) Goblin
82. Wish You Were Here
(1974) Pink Floyd
83. Tarkus
(1971) Emerson, Lake & Palmer
84. Jurassic Shift
(1993) Ozric Tentacles
85. A Change of Seasons
(1995) Dream Theater
86. The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome
(1977) Van der Graaf Generator
87. Streets: A Rock Opera
(1991) Savatage
88. So
(1986) Peter Gabriel
89. Three Friends (1972) - Gentle Giant
90. Permanent Waves
(1980) Rush
91. Trans- Europe Express
(1977) Kraftwerk
92. On the Threshold of a Dream
(1969) The Moody Blues
93. Trilogy
(1972) Emerson, Lake & Palmer
94. Train of Thought
(2003) Dream Theater
95. Viljans Öga
(2012) Änglagård
96. The Sham Mirrors
(2002) Arcturus
97. Lightbulb Sun
(2002) Porcupine Tree
98. The Human Equation
(2004) Ayreon
99. I Can See Your House From Here
(1979) Camel
100. First Utterance
(1971) Comus


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Last Updated: 2017-04-19
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