I have left out some of the most obvious and overplayed albums ("Dark Side of the Moon", boring after 178 plays!).
I've left our all the Italian stuff, which I don't know much about; plus Amon Duul which I havent heard, or rather tried and gave up.
I know Van Der Graaf Generator should be in but I'm not much of a fan.
Rest assured this is Rock Revival's favourite, rather than the favourite of every prog fan in the universe.
1 Aqualung: Jethro Tull
2 Relayer: Yes
3 The Power and the Glory: Gentle Giant
4 Court of the Crimson King King Crimson
5 Misplaced Childho0d: Marillion
(what a brilliant piece of crossover, the album with Kayleigh and alot more)
6 Genesis: The Lamb Lays Down....
7 Animals: Pink Floyd
(because the others have been played to death)
8 Deloused at the Comatorium: Mars Volta
(wow ! there are no weak points on this entire album)
9 Permanent Waves: Rush
(pop without losing an inch of prog, complete with changeing time signatures, even a bit of reggae)
10 Magicians Birthday: Uriah Heep
11Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots: Flaming Lips
(does this fit !)
12 Spirals in Hyperspace: Ozric Tentacles
( ? personal taste)
13 Behind the Music: Soundtrack of Our Lives
(close to prog, but still heavily influenced by it, their first album was more classic prog)
14 Octivarium: Dream Theatre
15 The Roaring Silence: Manfred Man's Earth Band
16 Journey to the Centre of the Earth: Rick Wakeman
17 Warchild: Jethro Tull
(this and 18 are massively under rated)
18 Tormato: Yes
19 Liquid Tension Experiment I
20 Pampered Menial: Pavlov's Dog
21 Camel: Moon Madness1
22 Fantasmogoria: Curved Air
23 In Absentia: Porcupine Tree
24 Alan Parsons Project Turn of a Friendly Card
25 Day For Night: Spock's Beard
(check out our interview with Alan Morse)
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Check here also the list of top 2008 progressive rock albums.
Great list - not a bad job of finding great bands and maybe some of the lesser known or appreciated albums - The Yes pics were very good - I might have added 'Talk'
I would also add a Todd Rundgren selection - maybe 'Todd' or Wizard a True Star' - also PFM Live
Thanks for reminding me of several great albums I've forgotten and several I am not 'yet' familiar with.
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1970 - Atom Heart Mother:Pink Floyd
1971 - Nursery Cryme: Genesis
1973 - Brain Salad Surgery: EL&P
1983 - Script for a Jester's Tear: Marillion
http://blogcritics.org/music/article/great-revolutionary-albums-you-never-heard/
An article I wrote back in 2005. I can't believe some of these folks aren't included; also: so many of the "Canterbury Scene", ie. Hatfield and the North, Matching Mole, National Health [probably the greatest Prog musicians in history!] -- and so many more from that area of England. Thanks for your list, though, and I hope you find some of these folks and they give you some new bliss.
xo
shark
I am totally disagree!My top 25 OF ALL TIME
1. Van der graaf Generator- Pawn hearts
2.King Crimson- Lizard
3.Camel - Mirage
4 Genesis- Foxtrot
5. Bubu-Anabelas
6.King Crimson-Larks
7.Harmonium -Si on Avait...
8.VDGG- Godbluff
9.Gentle Giant - The Power...
10.PFM-Storia..
11.Comus-First Utterance
12.Gryphon -Red Queen...
13.Camel- Moonmadness
14.Renaissance-Scheherazade
15.Gong-You
16.Yezda Urfa -Boris
17.Peter Hammill The silent...
18.Supersister- Present...
19.Amon Duul II- Phalus...
20.Circus- Movin'on
21.Jan Dukes de Grey- Mice...
22.Haizea- Hontz Gaua
23.Univers Zero- Uzed
24.Algarnas Tradgard- Dlayed
25. Pentacle -La Clef..
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