200 Greatest Progressive Rock Songs
Definition: Definition: Progressive rock (often shortened to prog or prog rock) is a form of rock music that evolved in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." The term "art rock" is often used interchangeably with "progressive rock", but while there are crossovers between the two genres, they are not identical.
Progressive rock bands pushed "rock's technical and compositional boundaries" by going beyond the standard rock or popular verse-chorus-based song structures. Additionally, the arrangements often incorporated elements drawn from classical, jazz, and world music. Instrumentals were common, while songs with lyrics were sometimes conceptual, abstract, or based in fantasy.
Criteria: These progressive rock songs are ranked according to their popularity, acclaim and influence, with emphasis on prog rock circles.
Progressive rock bands pushed "rock's technical and compositional boundaries" by going beyond the standard rock or popular verse-chorus-based song structures. Additionally, the arrangements often incorporated elements drawn from classical, jazz, and world music. Instrumentals were common, while songs with lyrics were sometimes conceptual, abstract, or based in fantasy.
Criteria: These progressive rock songs are ranked according to their popularity, acclaim and influence, with emphasis on prog rock circles.
Progressive Rock Songs
1. 21st Century Schizoid Man
King Crimson (7:24)
2. Close to the Edge
Yes (18:50)
3. Thick as a Brick
Jethro Tull (43:46)
4. Supper's Ready
Genesis (22:54)
5. Roundabout
Yes (8:28)
King Crimson (7:24)
2. Close to the Edge
Yes (18:50)
3. Thick as a Brick
Jethro Tull (43:46)
4. Supper's Ready
Genesis (22:54)
5. Roundabout
Yes (8:28)
6. Karn Evil 9
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (29:37)
7. The Court of the Crimson King
King Crimson (9:26)
8. Shine on You Crazy Diamond
Pink Floyd (26:02)
9. 2112
Rush (20:33)
10. Tarkus
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (20:35)
11. The Night: Nights in White Satin
The Moody Blues (7:38)
12. Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield (49:16)
13. Firth of Fifth
Genesis (9:36)
14. The Gates Of Delirium
Yes (21:46)
15. Echoes
Pink Floyd (23:31)
16. Metropolis, Part 1: The Miracle And The Sleeper
Dream Theater (9:32)
17. Aqualung
Jethro Tull (6:34)
18. La Villa Strangiato
Rush (9:35)
19. Starless
King Crimson (12:18)
20. Peaches en Regalia
Frank Zappa (3:38)
21. Time
Pink Floyd (7:01)
22. Dancing With The Moonlit Knight
Genesis (8:02)
23. Tom Sawyer
Rush (4:33)
24. A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
Van der Graaf Generator (23:04)
25. Halleluwah
Can (18:37)
26. Knots
Gentle Giant (4:11)
27. Schism
Tool (6:47)
28. Moonchild
King Crimson (12:13)
29. Larks' Tongues in Aspic
King Crimson (20:48)
30. Hocus Pocus
Focus (6:42)
31. Lady Fantasy
Camel (12:45)
32. Dogs
Pink Floyd (17:04)
33. Pull Me Under
Dream Theater (8:14)
34. Script for a Jester's Tear
Marillion (8:40)
35. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Genesis (4:50)
36. Appena Un Po'
Premiata Forneria Marconi (7:44)
37. Atom Heart Mother Suite
Pink Floyd (23:44)
38. Moon in June
The Soft Machine (19:08)
39. L'Evoluzione
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso (13:59)
40. Epitaph
King Crimson (8:49)
41. Nine Feet Underground
Caravan (22:31)
42. The Sleepwalkers
Van der Graaf Generator (10:40)
43. Blackwater Park
Opeth (12:08)
44. Xanadu
Rush (11:05)
45. Yours Is No Disgrace
Yes (9:41)
46. Trilogy
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (8:54)
47. Hallogallo
Neu! (10:07)
48. Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Porcupine Tree (12:02)
49. The Musical Box
Genesis (10:24)
50. Song of Scheherazade
Renaissance (24:39)
51. School
Supertramp (5:54)
52. Mëkanïk Kömmandöh
Magma (38:47)
53. The Divine Wings of Tragedy
Symphony X (20:42)
54. And You and I
Yes (9:59)
55. Carry On Wayward Son
Kansas (5:23)
56. Killer
Van der Graaf Generator (8:24)
57. Zarathustra
Museo Rosenbach (20:47)
58. Jordrök
Änglagård (11:11)
59. Histoires Sans Paroles
Harmonium (17:12)
60. Heart of the Sunrise
Yes (11:27)
61. Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres
Rush (18:08)
62. Vitamin C
Can (3:32)
63. Black Rose Immortal
Opeth (20:15)
64. Master Builder
Gong (6:07)
65. Widow's Peak
JQ (9:143)
66. Ommadawn
Mike Oldfield (32:51)
67. Pantagruel's Nativity
Gentle Giant (6:53)
68. Drip Drip
Comus (10:56)
69. Son et Lumiere/Inertiatic ESP
The Mars Volta (5:59)
70. Sea Song
Robert Wyatt (6:31)
71. Yoo Doo Right
Can (20:27)
72. Eyes of a Stranger
Queensrÿche (6:39)
73. Inca Roads
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention (8:45)
74. I've Seen All Good People
Yes (6:46)
75. The Spirit of Radio
Rush (4:59)
76. Lateralus
Tool (9:27)
77. Red
King Crimson (6:20)
78. Phallus Dei
Amon Düül II (20:48)
79. Impressioni di settembre
Premiata Forneria Marconi (5:44)
80. A Change of Seasons
Dream Theater (23:09)
81. Nimrodel/The Procession/The White Rider
Camel (9:17)
82. A Louse Is Not a Home
Peter Hammill (12:13)
83. Poseidon's Creation
Eloy (11:38)
84. Último Entardecer
Bacamarte (9:27)
85. In a Glass House
Gentle Giant (8:09)
86. YYZ
Rush (4:23)
87. Money
Pink Floyd (6:22)
88. Starship Trooper
Yes (9:36)
89. Future Days
Can (9:30)
90. The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
Traffic (11:41)
91. Shadow of the Hierophant
Steve Hackett (11:44)
92. Mumps
Hatfield and the North (20:31)
93. Anesthetize
Porcupine Tree(17:43)
94. All of the Above
Transatlantic (31:00)
95. The Cinema Show
Genesis (11:10)
96. Beyond the Pale
Pain of Salvation (9:56)
97. Can't Be Long Now/Françoise/For Richard/Warlock
Caravan (14:21)
98. Take a Pebble
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (12:32)
99. You Enjoy Myself
Phish (9:47)
100. In Held 'Twas in I'
Procol Harum (17:31)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (29:37)
7. The Court of the Crimson King
King Crimson (9:26)
8. Shine on You Crazy Diamond
Pink Floyd (26:02)
9. 2112
Rush (20:33)
10. Tarkus
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (20:35)
11. The Night: Nights in White Satin
The Moody Blues (7:38)
12. Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield (49:16)
13. Firth of Fifth
Genesis (9:36)
14. The Gates Of Delirium
Yes (21:46)
15. Echoes
Pink Floyd (23:31)
16. Metropolis, Part 1: The Miracle And The Sleeper
Dream Theater (9:32)
17. Aqualung
Jethro Tull (6:34)
18. La Villa Strangiato
Rush (9:35)
19. Starless
King Crimson (12:18)
20. Peaches en Regalia
Frank Zappa (3:38)
21. Time
Pink Floyd (7:01)
22. Dancing With The Moonlit Knight
Genesis (8:02)
23. Tom Sawyer
Rush (4:33)
24. A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
Van der Graaf Generator (23:04)
25. Halleluwah
Can (18:37)
26. Knots
Gentle Giant (4:11)
27. Schism
Tool (6:47)
28. Moonchild
King Crimson (12:13)
29. Larks' Tongues in Aspic
King Crimson (20:48)
30. Hocus Pocus
Focus (6:42)
31. Lady Fantasy
Camel (12:45)
32. Dogs
Pink Floyd (17:04)
33. Pull Me Under
Dream Theater (8:14)
34. Script for a Jester's Tear
Marillion (8:40)
35. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Genesis (4:50)
36. Appena Un Po'
Premiata Forneria Marconi (7:44)
37. Atom Heart Mother Suite
Pink Floyd (23:44)
38. Moon in June
The Soft Machine (19:08)
39. L'Evoluzione
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso (13:59)
40. Epitaph
King Crimson (8:49)
41. Nine Feet Underground
Caravan (22:31)
42. The Sleepwalkers
Van der Graaf Generator (10:40)
43. Blackwater Park
Opeth (12:08)
44. Xanadu
Rush (11:05)
45. Yours Is No Disgrace
Yes (9:41)
46. Trilogy
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (8:54)
47. Hallogallo
Neu! (10:07)
48. Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Porcupine Tree (12:02)
49. The Musical Box
Genesis (10:24)
50. Song of Scheherazade
Renaissance (24:39)
51. School
Supertramp (5:54)
52. Mëkanïk Kömmandöh
Magma (38:47)
53. The Divine Wings of Tragedy
Symphony X (20:42)
54. And You and I
Yes (9:59)
55. Carry On Wayward Son
Kansas (5:23)
56. Killer
Van der Graaf Generator (8:24)
57. Zarathustra
Museo Rosenbach (20:47)
58. Jordrök
Änglagård (11:11)
59. Histoires Sans Paroles
Harmonium (17:12)
60. Heart of the Sunrise
Yes (11:27)
61. Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres
Rush (18:08)
62. Vitamin C
Can (3:32)
63. Black Rose Immortal
Opeth (20:15)
64. Master Builder
Gong (6:07)
65. Widow's Peak
JQ (9:143)
66. Ommadawn
Mike Oldfield (32:51)
67. Pantagruel's Nativity
Gentle Giant (6:53)
68. Drip Drip
Comus (10:56)
69. Son et Lumiere/Inertiatic ESP
The Mars Volta (5:59)
70. Sea Song
Robert Wyatt (6:31)
71. Yoo Doo Right
Can (20:27)
72. Eyes of a Stranger
Queensrÿche (6:39)
73. Inca Roads
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention (8:45)
74. I've Seen All Good People
Yes (6:46)
75. The Spirit of Radio
Rush (4:59)
76. Lateralus
Tool (9:27)
77. Red
King Crimson (6:20)
78. Phallus Dei
Amon Düül II (20:48)
79. Impressioni di settembre
Premiata Forneria Marconi (5:44)
80. A Change of Seasons
Dream Theater (23:09)
81. Nimrodel/The Procession/The White Rider
Camel (9:17)
82. A Louse Is Not a Home
Peter Hammill (12:13)
83. Poseidon's Creation
Eloy (11:38)
84. Último Entardecer
Bacamarte (9:27)
85. In a Glass House
Gentle Giant (8:09)
86. YYZ
Rush (4:23)
87. Money
Pink Floyd (6:22)
88. Starship Trooper
Yes (9:36)
89. Future Days
Can (9:30)
90. The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
Traffic (11:41)
91. Shadow of the Hierophant
Steve Hackett (11:44)
92. Mumps
Hatfield and the North (20:31)
93. Anesthetize
Porcupine Tree(17:43)
94. All of the Above
Transatlantic (31:00)
95. The Cinema Show
Genesis (11:10)
96. Beyond the Pale
Pain of Salvation (9:56)
97. Can't Be Long Now/Françoise/For Richard/Warlock
Caravan (14:21)
98. Take a Pebble
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (12:32)
99. You Enjoy Myself
Phish (9:47)
100. In Held 'Twas in I'
Procol Harum (17:31)
101. Rondo
The Nice (8:22)
102. Man Erg
Van der Graaf Generator (10:19)
103. Syberian Kathru
Yes (8:56)
104. Magnum Opus
Kansas (8:27)
105. Profondo Rosso
Goblin (4:56)
106. Krautrock
Faust (11:47)
107. The Odyssey
Symphony X (24:14)
108. Pigs (Three Different Ones)
Pink Floyd (11:28)
109. Flute Salad/Oily Way/Outer Temple/Inner Temple
Gong (6:56)
110. Slightly All the Time
The Soft Machine (18:12)
111. Stardust We Are
Flower Kings (25:02)
112. Bourée
Jethro Tull (3:46)
113. The Carpet Crawlers
Genesis (5:15)
114. The Czar
Mastodon (10:54)
115. Guardian
Fates Warning (7:33)
116. Harvest of Souls
IQ (24:29)
117. Stranger in Your Soul
Transatlantic (30:00)
118. Home
Dream Theater (12:53)
119. The Battle of Epping Forest
Genesis (11:43)
120. The Widow
The Mars Volta (5:51)
121. Songs from the Woods
Jethro Tull (5:52)
122. Hamburger Concerto
Focus (20:18)
123. Fool's Overture
Supertramp (10:52)
124. Sirius
The Alan Parsons Project (1:54)
125. Ænema
Tool (6:39)
126. Crimson
Edge of Sanity (40:00)
127. Lunar Sea
Camel (9:03)
128. The Sixth Extinction
Ayreon (12:16)
129. R.I.P.
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso (6:40)
130. Tocatta
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (7:23)
131. Garden Party
Marillion (7:16)
132. Nine Funerals of the Citizen King
Henry Cow (5:34)
133. Anne of Cleves
Rick Wakeman (7:53)
134. Lizard
King Crimson (23:25)
135. Art for Art's Sake
10cc (5:59)
136. Rhayader
Camel (3:01)
137. Second Life Syndrome
Riverside (15:40)
138. Red Barchetta
Rush (6:07)
139. Drive Home
Steven Wilson (7:37)
140. Roll Over Beethoven
Electric Light Orchestra (8:09)
141. Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape
Be Bop Deluxe (3:23)
142. Question
The Moody Blues (5:44)
143. The Four Horsemen
Aphrodite's Child (5:33)
144. K.A
Magma (48:49)
145. The Light
Spock's Beard (15:32)
146. Us and Them
Pink Floyd (7:22)
147. Beautiful as the Moon - Terrible as an Army with Banners
Henry Cow & Slapp Happy (7:02)
148. The Life Auction
Strawbs (6:52)
149. Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft
Klaatu (7:14)
150. Is This the Life?
Cardiacs (5:39)
151. White Walls
Between the Buried and Me (14:13)
152. Dense
Univers Zero (12:26)
153. Post War, Saturday Echo
Quatermass (9:43)
154. Grendel
Marillion (17:15)
155. The Advent of Panurge
Gentle Giant (4:41)
156. Heavy Horses
Jethro Tull (8:58)
157. 10538 Overture
Electric Light Orchestra (5:32)
158. The Dance of Eternity
Dream Theater (6:13)
159. Russia on Ice
Porcupine Tree (13:03)
160. Frame by Frame
King Crimson (5:08)
161. The Great Gates of Kiev
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (6:27)
162. Soap Shop Rock
Amon Düül II (13:47)
163. Cassandra Gemini
The Mars Volta (32:32)
164. Suite Sister Mary
Queensrÿche (10:41)
165. The Perfect Element
Pain of Salvation (10:09)
166. Day Eleven: Love
Ayreon (4:18)
167. Suspiria
Goblin (6:01)
168. The Grand Wazoo
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention (13:24)
169. Stranded
Khan (6:35)
170. Face of Melinda
Opeth (7:58)
171. Ashes are Burning
Renaissance (11:20)
172. Il Banchetto
Premiata Forneria Marconi (8:39)
173. Parabol/Parabola
Tool (9:07)
174. Opening Move
Gryphon (9:42)
175. In My Own Time
Family (3:35)
176. Isi
Neu! (5:06)
177. Piece of Mind
Curved Air (12:52)
178. La Faulx
Univers Zero (25:18)
179. Illusions on a Double Dimple
Triumvirat (23:25)
180. Minstrel in the Gallery
Jethro Tull (8:13)
181. From Silence To Somewhere
Wobbler (20:59)
182. Canto nomade per un prigionero politico
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso (15:46)
183. Masters of Illusion
Pendragon (14:00)
184. Freedom Rider
Traffic (6:20)
185. Proclamation
Gentle Giant (6:47)
186. Blackest Eyes
Porcupine Tree (4:23)
187. Pilgrims
Van der Graaf Generator (7:12)
188. Fluffhead/Fluff's Travels
Phish (14:59)
189. The Revealing Science of God (Dance of the Dawn)
Yes (20:25)
190. Valentyne Suite
Colosseum (16:53)
191. Watcher of the Skies
Genesis (7:23)
192. Welcome to the Machine
Pink Floyd (7:32)
193. The Eve of War
Jeff Wayne (9:06)
194. Eruption
Focus (22:35)
195. Nothingface
Voivod (4:14)
196. Remember the Future
Nektar (35:33)
197. Bastard
Devin Townsend (10:17)
198. Routine
Steven Wilson (8:58)
199. Luglio, agosto, settembre (nero)
Area (4:27)
200. Cockroach King
Haken (8:14)
The Nice (8:22)
102. Man Erg
Van der Graaf Generator (10:19)
103. Syberian Kathru
Yes (8:56)
104. Magnum Opus
Kansas (8:27)
105. Profondo Rosso
Goblin (4:56)
106. Krautrock
Faust (11:47)
107. The Odyssey
Symphony X (24:14)
108. Pigs (Three Different Ones)
Pink Floyd (11:28)
109. Flute Salad/Oily Way/Outer Temple/Inner Temple
Gong (6:56)
110. Slightly All the Time
The Soft Machine (18:12)
111. Stardust We Are
Flower Kings (25:02)
112. Bourée
Jethro Tull (3:46)
113. The Carpet Crawlers
Genesis (5:15)
114. The Czar
Mastodon (10:54)
115. Guardian
Fates Warning (7:33)
116. Harvest of Souls
IQ (24:29)
117. Stranger in Your Soul
Transatlantic (30:00)
118. Home
Dream Theater (12:53)
119. The Battle of Epping Forest
Genesis (11:43)
120. The Widow
The Mars Volta (5:51)
121. Songs from the Woods
Jethro Tull (5:52)
122. Hamburger Concerto
Focus (20:18)
123. Fool's Overture
Supertramp (10:52)
124. Sirius
The Alan Parsons Project (1:54)
125. Ænema
Tool (6:39)
126. Crimson
Edge of Sanity (40:00)
127. Lunar Sea
Camel (9:03)
128. The Sixth Extinction
Ayreon (12:16)
129. R.I.P.
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso (6:40)
130. Tocatta
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (7:23)
131. Garden Party
Marillion (7:16)
132. Nine Funerals of the Citizen King
Henry Cow (5:34)
133. Anne of Cleves
Rick Wakeman (7:53)
134. Lizard
King Crimson (23:25)
135. Art for Art's Sake
10cc (5:59)
136. Rhayader
Camel (3:01)
137. Second Life Syndrome
Riverside (15:40)
138. Red Barchetta
Rush (6:07)
139. Drive Home
Steven Wilson (7:37)
140. Roll Over Beethoven
Electric Light Orchestra (8:09)
141. Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape
Be Bop Deluxe (3:23)
142. Question
The Moody Blues (5:44)
143. The Four Horsemen
Aphrodite's Child (5:33)
144. K.A
Magma (48:49)
145. The Light
Spock's Beard (15:32)
146. Us and Them
Pink Floyd (7:22)
147. Beautiful as the Moon - Terrible as an Army with Banners
Henry Cow & Slapp Happy (7:02)
148. The Life Auction
Strawbs (6:52)
149. Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft
Klaatu (7:14)
150. Is This the Life?
Cardiacs (5:39)
151. White Walls
Between the Buried and Me (14:13)
152. Dense
Univers Zero (12:26)
153. Post War, Saturday Echo
Quatermass (9:43)
154. Grendel
Marillion (17:15)
155. The Advent of Panurge
Gentle Giant (4:41)
156. Heavy Horses
Jethro Tull (8:58)
157. 10538 Overture
Electric Light Orchestra (5:32)
158. The Dance of Eternity
Dream Theater (6:13)
159. Russia on Ice
Porcupine Tree (13:03)
160. Frame by Frame
King Crimson (5:08)
161. The Great Gates of Kiev
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (6:27)
162. Soap Shop Rock
Amon Düül II (13:47)
163. Cassandra Gemini
The Mars Volta (32:32)
164. Suite Sister Mary
Queensrÿche (10:41)
165. The Perfect Element
Pain of Salvation (10:09)
166. Day Eleven: Love
Ayreon (4:18)
167. Suspiria
Goblin (6:01)
168. The Grand Wazoo
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention (13:24)
169. Stranded
Khan (6:35)
170. Face of Melinda
Opeth (7:58)
171. Ashes are Burning
Renaissance (11:20)
172. Il Banchetto
Premiata Forneria Marconi (8:39)
173. Parabol/Parabola
Tool (9:07)
174. Opening Move
Gryphon (9:42)
175. In My Own Time
Family (3:35)
176. Isi
Neu! (5:06)
177. Piece of Mind
Curved Air (12:52)
178. La Faulx
Univers Zero (25:18)
179. Illusions on a Double Dimple
Triumvirat (23:25)
180. Minstrel in the Gallery
Jethro Tull (8:13)
181. From Silence To Somewhere
Wobbler (20:59)
182. Canto nomade per un prigionero politico
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso (15:46)
183. Masters of Illusion
Pendragon (14:00)
184. Freedom Rider
Traffic (6:20)
185. Proclamation
Gentle Giant (6:47)
186. Blackest Eyes
Porcupine Tree (4:23)
187. Pilgrims
Van der Graaf Generator (7:12)
188. Fluffhead/Fluff's Travels
Phish (14:59)
189. The Revealing Science of God (Dance of the Dawn)
Yes (20:25)
190. Valentyne Suite
Colosseum (16:53)
191. Watcher of the Skies
Genesis (7:23)
192. Welcome to the Machine
Pink Floyd (7:32)
193. The Eve of War
Jeff Wayne (9:06)
194. Eruption
Focus (22:35)
195. Nothingface
Voivod (4:14)
196. Remember the Future
Nektar (35:33)
197. Bastard
Devin Townsend (10:17)
198. Routine
Steven Wilson (8:58)
199. Luglio, agosto, settembre (nero)
Area (4:27)
200. Cockroach King
Haken (8:14)
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Edited By: Tim, Fido, Spawn of Lillith
List Begun: 2020-04-28