1st place - 30 points

2nd place - 20 points

3rd place - 15 points

4th place - 12 points

5th place - 10 points

6th place - 6 points

7th place - 5 points

8th place - 4 points

9th place - 3 points

10th place - 2 points

 

Here's my Top 10 list to kick-off with:-

 

1. Mike Oldfield (30 points)

2. Vangelis (20 points)

3. Rick Wakeman (15 points)

4. David Gilmour (12 points)

5. Steve Hackett (10 points)

6. Jon Lord (6 points)

7. Kate Bush (5 points)

8. Tony Banks (4 points)

9. Jon Anderson (3 points)

10. Carlos Santana (2 points)

 

Bubbling under:-

 

11. Jimi Hendrix

12. Brian Auger

13. Annie Haslam

14. Peter Bardens

15. Richard Wright

16. Edgar Froese

1 Holger Czukay

2 Kate Bush

3 David Sylvian

4 Fred Frith

5 Mike Oldfield

6 Peter Hammill

8 Robert Wyatt

9 Irmin Schmidt (who should really, really be listed here)

10 Edgar Froese (kind of par with Hackett, who will snatch enough votes anyway)

Bo Hansson

Peter Gabriel

Steve Hackett

Richard Wright

Roger Waters

Bjorn Riis

Ty Tabor

Widek

Steve Lukather

like that, i'm sure i have forgotten a few 

Jeff Beck

 

Sebastian Hardie is a group, like Jethro Tull.

 

 

ok, my bad, i'll fix it. 

 

Does Santana count?

 

 

Yes, you can include Carlos Santana, seeing as he's released several solo albums over the years, including "Blues for Salvador" which I can highly recommend if you like the Santana band.

 

It took me a week to decide who was going on my list before I posted this poll, and I'm still adding to the Bubbling Under section, even as we speak.

 

No, I was actually referring specifically to Santana (not Carlos Santana).

 

 

Carlos Santana and Frank Zappa qualify as both solo artists and bands, just like Alice Cooper.

In that case then, No, Santana the band doesn't count as a solo artist.

 

 

 

 

It's good to see David Bowie get a first mention.

 

I actually don't have a lot of solo artists, at least not in prog. I was a little disappointed that Santana doesn't count. In cases like Santana, it is hard to decide if they truly are solo artists, or if they are groups named after the main artist.

 

 

If you want to put Santana in your list, then I'll count it as a vote for Carlos Santana as a solo artist.

I had forgotten Björk as I realised when Tori Amos was mentioned by Jaketejas. Actually Tori, Adrian Belew and Al Di Meola belong to the 11-15 group together with Froese and Hackett. Initially I had thought prog is more of a band thing but there is any number of amazing solo artists. Probably I've still forgotten someone, but...

 

 

   2. Steve Hackett

  10. Tori Amos

I'm surprised no one has voted for Brian Eno yet. 

1. Steve Hackett

2. Alex Carpani

3. Robert Fripp

4. Ken Baird

5. Adrian Belew

6. Steve Hillage

7. Emme Phyzema

8. Fish

9. Richard Wright

10. Peter Gabriel

We have five matching names in our joint Top 10's.

 

I'll add up the points tomorrow morning after I've had a good night's sleep. The voting's been incredibly varied so far, so it'll be interesting to see how the overall Top 10 shapes up.

1. Kate Bush

2. Peter Gabriel

3. Steven Wilson

4. David Bowie

5. Tori Amos

6. Frank Zappa

7. Mike Oldfield

8. Steve Hackett

9. Bjork

10. Rick Wakeman (based on his handful of top albums)

1. Jimi Hendrix

2. David Bowie

3. Peter Gabriel

4. Roy Harper

5. Joni Mitchell

6. David Gilmour

7. Jeff Beck

8. Frank Zappa

9. Ian Anderson

10. Carlos Santana

My list:

2. Mike Oldfield

3. Steve Hackett

4. Kate Bush

5. Steven Wilson

6. Rick Wakeman

7. Keith Emerson

8. Stephen Caudel

9. Neal Morse

10. Jean-Michel Jarre

Would you like to arrange your favourite solo artists into a Top 10 list, then I can add on your points.

Steven Wilson

David Guilmour

Richard Wright

Roger Waters

Peter Gabriel

Roger Hodgson

Bruce Soord

Fish

Hiromi

Ihsahn

 

1. Steven Wilson (117 points)

2. Steve Hackett (113 points)

3. Peter Gabriel (101 points)

4. Kate Bush (89 points)

5. Frank Zappa (85 points)

6. Mike Oldfield (78 points)

7. Peter Hammill (75 points)

8. David Gilmour (70 points)

9. Vangelis (54 points)

10. Jeff Beck (51 points)

 

11. Allan Holdsworth (46 points)

12. Jon Anderson (43 points)

13. Rick Wakeman (42 points)

14. Robert Fripp (35 points)

14. Jimi Hendrix (35 points)

16. David Bowie (34 points)

17. Bo Hansson (30 points)

17. Holger Czukay (30 points)

19. Richard Wright (28 points)

20. Steve Hillage (27 points)

20. Al Di Meola (27 points)

 

22. Robert Wyatt (24 points)

23. Bill Bruford (22 points)

24. Alex Carpani (20 points)

24. Jean-Luc Ponty (20 points)

1. Roger Waters

2. Klaus Schulze

3. Carlos Santana

4. Jimi Hendrix

5. Frank Zappa

7. Peter Gabriel

8. Peter Hammill

9. Robert Wyatt

10. Jeff Beck

 

 

 

 

1. Peter Gabriel (136 points)

2. Steve Hackett (128 points)

Roy Harper

Klaus Schulze

John Michel Jarre

Simon Steensland

Pekka Pohjola

Richard Pinhas

Frank Zappa

William D Drake

Robert Wyatt

2nd 10

 

Gabriel

Wilson

Hackett

Zappa

Harper

Drake

Eno

Hendrix

Bush

Bruford

Bob or William D?

 

Here's the latest update with DrWu23's votes added:-

 

I assumed DrWu meant Nick Drake.

Nick isn't on PA as a prog artist otherwise I'd have voted for him. If he is acceptable you can slot him in at fourth for me.

Neither...Nick...but I realize now he's not on PA....obviously not folk /prog enough for the masterminds here.

;)

YOU USED TO CALL ME ON MY CELLPHONE.

It could have been worse. It could have been Charlie Drake.

 

2: Steven Wilson

3: David Bowie

4: Frank Zappa

5: Devin Townsend

6: Gleb Kolyadin

7: Mike Oldfield

8: Neal Morse

9: Kate Bush

10: Peter Gabriel

Frank Zappa

Mark Hollis

Steve Wilson

Steve Hackett

David Sylvian

Bjork

Mike Oldfield

Mike Patton

David Bowie

1. Captain Beefheart

3. Pekka Pohjola

4. Jukka Gustavson

5. Kate Bush

6. Roy Harper

7. Pekka Airaksinen

8. Kevin Ayers

9. Judy Dyble

10. Tim Buckley

2: Steven Wilson

3: David Bowie

4: Frank Zappa

5: Rick Wakeman

6: Tim Buckley

7: Mike Oldfield

8: Steve Hillage

9: Kate Bush

10: Peter Gabriel

 

 

1. Steven Wilson (189 points)

2. Steve Hackett (183 points)

Bill Bruford did very little as a solo artist; the albums "One of a Kind", "Feels Good to me" and "Gradually Going Tornado" are not solo albums but albums by a band named Bruford (in that regard similar to the band Santana)

 

I'm really surprised Steven Wilson is numero uno too, even though I'm a fan of Porcupine Tree. I would have expected Mike Oldfield to be in the top spot, mainly because I voted for him as my number one choice. It's hard to believe Steven Wilson is number one when David Gilmour is not even in the Top 10, but then again, I'm constantly surprised by the results of my lists and polls.

I'm not surprised Steven Wilson is on the top since he is in most users' lists. Not hard to believe at all. 

As for Mike Oldfield, he's a hit and miss with a lot of people, so again, I'm not surprised with the result. 

As for Gilmour, we're judging here his solo albums, which again some are not very fond of. Again, no surprise he's not leading the list. 

 

I've never heard any of Steven Wilson's solo albums, so it's no surprise that I'm surprised he's currently leading the poll, although not for long I suspect.

I thought you were wondering why Gilmour was low in your list... 

Why are you surprised by Steven Wilson leading your list since you don't know his music at all. 

That makes no sense. 

About Gilmour I really agree, he´s solos are just so much lower quality as any Pink Floyd albums and so are all the other Floyd members too, to me Waters has done the best albums outside Floyd. But not rate even them very high.

Have to ask, don´t you wonder at all, if Porcupine Tree had won the all time top10 prog bands voting?

Well, it makes perfect sense in my prog universe, because the other nineteen solo artists in the Top 20 have been around far longer than Steven Wilson, regardless of not having heard any of his solo albums.

What?

Why are you judging Steven Wilson when you know nothing of his solo music? 

Maybe check out some of his music and try to understand his popularity? I know you will not do it, but anyway... 

I don't think people are saying that Wilson's work is the greatest prog of all time, but since he is in most people's list, adding up the points, I guess he climbed up at the top of the list. 

I enjoy Gilmour's solo albums, especially the first two. 

BTW, I did not put Steven Wilson in my list. 

so I can't disagree with you, I forgot Mr Winking Paul.

I'd be happy if you stopped using that emoticon when you interact with me. 

could be also that he is a favorite rather than making greatest prog ever. 

I'm pretty fed up with that emoticon as well.

At least for me, I'm not that big fan of solo artists, tbh, which is why I've put SW solo carrer in the first position.

Pink Floyd is my favorite band, and I love David Gilmour, Roger Waters and Richard Wright solo carrer, but aside maybe from Broken China, I don't think their individual albums are that strong, even though I think David Gilmours as a vocalist and guitarrist is much better than SW's.

I enjoy a lot more band's work, such as Pink Floyd itself or even Porcupine Tree compared to SW solo carrer. (same for Genesis and etc)

I actually don't give a rat's arse whether an album is by a group or a solo artist. and there are many examples of excellent solo albums, like for example "Voyage of the Acolyte" by Steve Hackett, "Fish out of Water" by Chris Squire, "Olias of Sunhillow" by Jon Anderson, "Ruth is Stranger than Richard" by Robert Wyatt, "Dein Kopf ist ein schlafendes Auto" by Roman Bunka, "In Camera" by Peter Hammill or "Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters" by Robert Calvert, to name but a few

Mortte wrote: Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: I'm kind of surprised that solo artists better known as band members are doing so well, Hackett, Hammill, Wakeman Gilmour ahead of more pure solo artists. I believe prog listeners prefer more bands than solo artists. If Harper would had been in some prog band, really I believe he would be much more listened than he is now. On the other hand I don´t think Ayers is very popular among proglisteners (not as popular as Wyatt), although been in Soft Machine.

There are solo albums that are great indeed, but at least for me I enjoy a lot more a band's effort, which, even when there's someone which is the clear leader (Roger Waters, SW, etc), the contributions of others members still make big difference and gives the whole work a bigger sense of identity.

Has it really got to the point now that we disagree over which emoticons we use!??

Mortte wrote: Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: I'm kind of surprised that solo artists better known as band members are doing so well, Hackett, Hammill, Wakeman Gilmour ahead of more pure solo artists. I believe prog listeners prefer more bands than solo artists. If Harper would had been in some prog band, really I believe he would be much more listened than he is now. On the other hand I don´t think Ayers is very popular among proglisteners (not as popular as Wyatt), although been in Soft Machine.

very dubious. at least Friede and I don't think so

 

I'm glad Mike Oldfield wasn't in a prog band.

and what exactly does that prove? in my opinion only that many people become aware of the names of many musicians first because they come across a band that they were in at some time. I know it was so with me. there was a band I liked, and when I became aware that some member of a band made a solo album I went and bought it too.

an indicator for that is that the two solo artists of whom there are 3 albums in the top 100 are not best known for being in a certain band but because of their solo work

I've asked you several times not use the winking emoticon. I know you ignore a lot of things I say, music I recommend, but just please do not use the winking emoticon when we interact. I don't think I am asking too much. 

As well as never hearing any Led Zeppelin, add Steven Wilson to your list 

Mike Oldfield is a big reason he is not popular here on lists, plus his one album big album is hit and miss for many, let alone trying to listen to everything up to Tubular Bells XII  ( ).....