All-Time Top 10 Progressive Rock Bands - Progressive Rock Music Forum

yeah! (on ELP)

Top 20 update with Thames Royal's votes added:-

1. Yes (1092 points)

2. Genesis (1067 points)

3. King Crimson (879 points)

4. Pink Floyd (824 points)

5. Rush (500 points)

6. Emerson, Lake & Palmer (430 points)

7. Van der Graaf Generator (422 points)

8. Jethro Tull (356 points)

9. Gentle Giant (332 points)

10. Marillion (314 points)

11. Camel (197 points)

12. IQ (164 points)

13. Porcupine Tree (129 points)

14. Soft Machine (123 points)

15. Renaissance (113 points)

16. Can (104 points)

17. Magma (101 points)

18. Cardiacs (90 points)

18. Spock's Beard (90 points)

20. Henry Cow (76 points)

David_D wrote:

Psychedelic Paul wrote:

For the first time, YES and Genesis are neck and neck and ELP are back in the Big Six again. Thumbs Up

It certainly doesn't bother me with ELP, but it's more like Yes, Genesis, KC and PF are The Big Four here. Wink

yep but the top ten 10 is also pretty solid

^ Apparently, you already voted, but thanks anyway. Smile

LAM-SGC wrote:

Did I? Okay, I dont remember.

By coincidence, you voted one year ago yesterday and this was your Top 10 back then:-

1.Kate Bush

2.Cardiacs

3.Arena

4.Threshold

5.Mike Oldfield

6.Mike Batt

7.Jadis

8.IQ

9.Uriah Heep

10.Alan Parsons Project

11. Magnum

richardh wrote:

1. ELP

2. IQ

3. Rush

4. Yes

5. Genesis

6. Eloy

7. Big Big Train

8. Tangerine Dream

9. Porcupine Tree

10. Gentle Giant

(had to edit it as I included Eloy twice lol)

3 years on I would put Big Big Train at No4 now. I'm not sure about my number ten. More a recognition of their consistency between 1970 and 1976 rather than anything else. I don't listen to them much but should rectify that. I absolutely love the first 3 PFM albums but little else they did after that stands up well. I enjoy 70's Pink Floyd like most people but don't care for the psychedelic era (just not a fan of that genre) or the Gilmour years. Could maybe include VDGG in my top ten just for Godbluff but again I don't listen to them much. I would love to include another 'modernish' band in my top ten but just can't think of one I love enough and has released at least 5 decent albums (Wobbler has about 3). Spocks Beard aren't far off , some great albums for sure and reasonably consistent band over a long period.

Edited by richardh - October 29 2023 at 23:27

richardh wrote:

richardh wrote:

1. ELP

2. IQ

3. Rush

4. Yes

5. Genesis

6. Eloy

7. Big Big Train

8. Tangerine Dream

9. Porcupine Tree

10. Gentle Giant

(had to edit it as I included Eloy twice lol)

3 years on I would put Big Big Train at No4 now. I'm not sure about my number ten. More a recognition of their consistency between 1970 and 1976 rather than anything else. I don't listen to them much but should rectify that. I absolutely love the first 3 PFM albums but little else they did after that stands up well. I enjoy 70's Pink Floyd like most people but don't care for the psychedelic era (just not a fan of that genre) or the Gilmour years. Could maybe include VDGG in my top ten just for Godbluff but again I don't listen to them much. I would love to include another 'modernish' band in my top ten but just can't think of one I love enough and has released at least 5 decent albums (Wobbler has about 3). Spocks Beard aren't far off , some great albums for sure and reasonably consistent band over a long period.

Three years on, there's nothing I'd change in my original Top 10, despite having listened to another ten thousand albums since then. Smile