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    Posted: April 21 2025 at 01:02
Inspired by the other thread, maybe some of you would like to rank and tier your favorite artists? I'll start doing that with mine. In order to do so, just find your favorite artist at AP (https://awesomeprog.com/search) and click the "Release Polls" link on the artist page.

NOTE: The AP tier system ranges from S (best) through A, B, C, D, E to F (horrible). More infos here: https://awesomeprog.com/rating-system

I'll start with one of my favorite, but lesser known guitarists:

Bumblefoot:

1. (S) 9.11 (2001) [BC] [SPO]
2. (S) ... Returns! (2025) [BC] [SPO]
3. (A) Hands (2000) [SPO]
4. (A) Abnormal (2008) [BC] [SPO]
5. (B) Little Brother is Watching (2015) [BC] [SPO]
6. (B) Normal (2005) [BC] [SPO]
7. (B) Uncool (2002) [BC] [SPO]

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1. (S) Big Big Train - Folklore [BC] [SPO]
2. (S) Big Big Train - English Electric Part One [BC] [SPO]
3. (S) Big Big Train - English Electric Part Two [BC] [SPO]
4. (S) Big Big Train - The Underfall Yard [BC] [SPO]
5. (S) Big Big Train - The Second Brightest Star [BC] [SPO]
6. (A) Big Big Train - Grand Tour [BC] [SPO]
7. (A) Big Big Train - The Likes of Us [BC] [SPO]
8. (A) Big Big Train - Common Ground [BC] [SPO]
9. (A) Big Big Train - Far Skies Deep Time
10. (A) Big Big Train - Grimspound [BC] [SPO]
11. (A) Big Big Train - Welcome To The Planet [BC] [SPO]
12. (A) Big Big Train - Goodbye To The Age Of Steam [BC] [SPO]
13. (A) Big Big Train - The Difference Machine [BC] [SPO]
14. (A) Big Big Train - Ingenious Devices [BC] [SPO]
15. (B) Big Big Train - Gathering Speed [BC] [SPO]
16. (B) Big Big Train - English Boy Wonders [BC] [SPO]
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And here's one of my all-time favorite prog metal bands

Pain of Salvation:

1. (S) The Perfect Element Part 1 (2000) [BC] [SPO]
2. (S) Remedy Lane (2002) [BC] [SPO]
3. (S) One Hour by the Concrete Lake (1999) [BC] [SPO]
4. (S) Panther (2020) [BC] [SPO]
5. (S) In The Passing Light Of Day (2017) [BC] [SPO]
6. (S) Entropia (1997) [BC] [SPO]
7. (S) Be (2004) [SPO]
8. (S) Road Salt Two (2011) [BC] [SPO]
9. (A) Linoleum (2009) [BC] [SPO]
10. (A) Road Salt One (2010) [BC] [SPO]
11. (A) Scarsick (2007) [BC] [SPO]

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Big Big Train:

1. (S) Grand Tour (2019) [BC] [SPO]
2. (S) English Electric Part One (2012) [BC] [SPO]
3. (S) English Electric Part Two (2013) [BC] [SPO]
4. (S) Welcome To The Planet (2022) [BC] [SPO]
5. (S) The Underfall Yard (2009) [BC] [SPO]
6. (A) Ingenious Devices (2023) [BC] [SPO]
7. (A) The Likes of Us (2024) [BC] [SPO]
8. (A) The Difference Machine (2007) [BC] [SPO]
9. (A) Common Ground (2021) [BC] [SPO]
10. (A) Folklore (2016) [BC] [SPO]
11. (B) Grimspound (2017) [BC] [SPO]

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Dream Theater:

1. (S) Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999) [SPO]
2. (S) Images and Words (1992) [SPO]
3. (S) Awake (1994) [SPO]
4. (S) A Change of Seasons (1995) [SPO]
5. (S) Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002) [SPO]
6. (S) Train of Thought (2003) [SPO]
7. (S) Octavarium (2005) [SPO]
8. (S) The Astonishing (2016) [SPO]
9. (A) Black Clouds & Silver Linings (2009) [SPO]
10. (A) Falling Into Infinity (1997) [SPO]
11. (A) A Dramatic Turn Of Events (2011) [SPO]
12. (A) When Dream And Day Unite (1989) [SPO]
13. (A) A View From The Top Of The World (2021) [SPO]
14. (A) Distance Over Time (2019) [BC] [SPO]
15. (B) Systematic Chaos (2007) [SPO]
16. (B) Parasomnia (2025) [BC] [SPO]
17. (B) Dream Theater (2013) [SPO]

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FYI: Today I improved the export a lot - for artist polls the artist name is now extracted as a heading, and I added the release year.
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The Flower Kings:

1. (S) Meet the Flower Kings (2003)
2. (S) Unfold The Future (2002) [BC] [SPO]
3. (A) Space Revolver (2000) [SPO]
4. (A) Stardust We Are (1997) [SPO]
5. (A) By Royal Decree (2022) [SPO]
6. (A) Flower Power (1999) [BC] [SPO]
7. (A) Look At You Now (2023) [BC] [SPO]
8. (B) Retropolis (1996) [SPO]
9. (B) The Sum of No Evil (2007) [SPO]
10. (B) Paradox Hotel (2006) [BC] [SPO]
11. (B) The Rainmaker (2001) [BC] [SPO]
12. (C) Adam & Eve (2004) [BC] [SPO]
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I really love Ayreon. Not sure why Transitus gets such low ratings, just as The Astonishing (Dream Theater) I suspect that many listeners simply expect a different format.

Ayreon:

1. (S) 01011001 (2008) [BC] [SPO]
2. (S) The Source (2017) [BC] [SPO]
3. (S) Into the Electric Castle (1998) [BC] [SPO]
4. (S) The Human Equation (2004) [BC] [SPO]
5. (S) The Theory Of Everything (2013) [BC] [SPO]
6. (A) Transitus (2020) [BC] [SPO]
7. (A) Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Migrator (2000) [BC] [SPO]
8. (A) Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer (2000) [BC] [SPO]
9. (B) Actual Fantasy (1996) [BC] [SPO]
10. (B) The Final Experiment (1995) [BC] [SPO]
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I really like the newer Symphony X releases (more so than the average fan), but nothing tops their 2000 release. Would be amazing to hear it remixed and remastered with a less muddy production, but not as loud as their more recent albums, to keep with the distinctly operatic/symphonic style.

Symphony X:

1. (S) V: The New Mythology Suite (2000) [SPO]
2. (S) The Odyssey (2002) [SPO]
3. (S) Underworld (2015) [SPO]
4. (S) Paradise Lost (2007) [SPO]
5. (S) The Divine Wings Of Tragedy (1996) [SPO]
6. (S) Iconoclast (2011) [SPO]
7. (A) Twilight In Olympus (1998) [SPO]
8. (A) The Damnation Game (1995) [SPO]
9. (B) Symphony X (1994) [SPO]
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The Flower Kings:

1. (S) By Royal Decree (2022) [SPO]
2. (S) Banks Of Eden (2012) [SPO]
3. (S) Islands (2020) [SPO]
4. (A) Desolation Rose (2013) [SPO]
5. (A) Stardust We Are (1997) [SPO]
6. (B) Space Revolver (2000) [SPO]
7. (B) Unfold The Future (2002) [BC] [SPO]
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Dream Theater:

1. (S) A Change of Seasons (1995) [SPO]
2. (S) Awake (1994) [SPO]
3. (S) Octavarium (2005) [SPO]
4. (S) Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002) [SPO]
5. (A) Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999) [SPO]
6. (A) Parasomnia (2025) [BC] [SPO]
7. (A) Images and Words (1992) [SPO]
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Emerson, Lake & Palmer:

1. (S) Brain Salad Surgery(1973) [SPO]
2. (S) Trilogy(1972) [SPO]
3. (S) Emerson, Lake & Palmer(1970) [SPO]
4. (A) Tarkus(1971) [SPO]
5. (B) Pictures At An Exhibition(1971) [SPO]
6. (B) Works Vol 1(1977) [SPO]
7. (C) Black Moon(1992) [SPO]
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Haken:

1. (S) Virus (2020) [BC] [SPO]
2. (S) The Mountain (2013) [BC] [SPO]
3. (S) Affinity (2016) [BC] [SPO]
4. (S) Fauna (2023) [BC] [SPO]
5. (S) Aquarius (2010) [BC] [SPO]
6. (S) Visions (2011) [BC] [SPO]
7. (S) Vector (2018) [BC] [SPO]
8. (A) Restoration (EP, 2014) [BC] [SPO]
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Haken:

1. (S) Vector (2018) [BC] [SPO]
2. (S) Affinity (2016) [BC] [SPO]
3. (S) Aquarius (2010) [BC] [SPO]
4. (A) Visions (2011) [BC] [SPO]
5. (A) The Mountain (2013) [BC] [SPO]
6. (B) Virus (2020) [BC] [SPO]
7. (B) Fauna (2023) [BC] [SPO]
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Rush:

1. (S) Moving Pictures (1981) [SPO]
2. (S) Permanent Waves (1980) [SPO]
3. (S) A Farewell To Kings (1977) [SPO]
4. (S) Grace Under Pressure (1984) [SPO]
5. (S) Signals (1982) [SPO]
6. (A) 2112 (1976) [SPO]
7. (A) Hemispheres (1978) [SPO]
8. (A) Test For Echo (1996) [SPO]
9. (A) Snakes & Arrows (2007) [SPO]
10. (A) Counterparts (1993) [SPO]
11. (A) Vapor Trails (2002) [SPO]
12. (B) Roll The Bones (1991) [SPO]
13. (B) Hold Your Fire (1987) [SPO]
14. (B) Clockwork Angels (2012) [SPO]
15. (B) Presto (1989) [SPO]
16. (B) Caress Of Steel (1975) [SPO]
17. (B) Power Windows (1985) [SPO]
18. (B) Fly By Night (1975) [SPO]
19. (C) Rush (1974) [SPO]
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Univers Zéro:

1. (?) Ceux Du Dehors (1981) [BC] [SPO]
2. (?) Heresie (1979) [BC] [SPO]
3. (?) Uzed (1984) [SPO]
4. (?) Univers Zero (1313) (1977) [BC] [SPO]
5. (?) Heatwave (1986)
6. (?) Clivages (2010)
7. (?) Phosphorescent Dreams (2014) [BC] [SPO]
8. (?) Lueur (2023) [BC] [SPO]
9. (?) The Hard Quest (1999)
10. (?) Implosion (2004)
11. (?) Rhythmix (2002)
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King Crimson:

1. (?) Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973) [SPO]
2. (?) The Great Deceiver: Live 1973 - 1974 (Live, 1992)
3. (?) Red (1974) [SPO]
4. (?) In the Court of the Crimson King (1969) [SPO]
5. (?) Starless and Bible Black (1974) [SPO]
6. (?) Discipline (1981) [SPO]
7. (?) Islands (1971) [SPO]
8. (?) Lizard (1970) [SPO]
9. (?) In The Wake Of Poseidon (1970) [SPO]
10. (?) Radical Action (to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind) (Live, 2016)
11. (?) The Power To Believe (2003) [SPO]
12. (?) THRAK (1995) [SPO]
13. (?) Live in Toronto (Live, 2016) [SPO]
14. (?) King Crimson / ProjeKct X - Heaven And Earth (2000)
15. (?) Beat (1982) [SPO]
16. (?) Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)
17. (?) The Night Watch (Live, 1997)
18. (?) The ConstruKction Of Light (2000) [SPO]
19. (?) A Scarcity of Miracles (Jakszyk/Fripp/Collins) (2011) [SPO]
20. (?) Live At The Orpheum (Live, 2015) [SPO]
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Okay, I'll give this a go without rating the albums. The ranking is not very meaningful. The order could easily be changed, and I actually would be more comfortable doing it chronologically. One to 13 are really strong for me, and the other two I still like, particularly Love of Life, but both of those albums have music I love. I did not include the earlier albums (pre-Children of God) as I have not listened to them so much.

Swans:

1. (?) Soundtracks for the Blind (1996) [BC] [SPO]
2. (?) The Glowing Man (2016) [BC] [SPO]
3. (?) Children of God (1987) [BC] [SPO]
4. (?) To Be Kind (2014) [BC] [SPO]
5. (?) White Light From the Mouth of Infinity (1991) [BC] [SPO]
6. (?) The Great Annihilator (1995) [BC] [SPO]
7. (?) The Seer (2012) [BC] [SPO]
8. (A) The Beggar (2023) [BC] [SPO]
9. (?) Live Rope (Live, 2024)
10. (?) My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky (2010) [BC] [SPO]
11. (?) Deliquescence (Live, 2017)
12. (?) leaving meaning. (2019) [BC] [SPO]
13. (?) Omniscience (Live, 1992) [AP Prog]
14. (?) Love of Life (1992) [BC] [SPO]
15. (?) The Burning World (1989) [SPO]
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Again, the order is fairly meaningless and I have not rated the albums (I find rating unsatisfactory, and rankings I tend not to be keen on either, but I sure do like to present lists... That may be an autism spectrum trait with me, although I have not been diagnosed with it). My favourite often is the one I'm listening to at that time. The top ten especially have all got a lot of plays.

Sufjan Stevens:

1. (?) Illinois (2005) [AP Prog-Adj] [BC] [SPO]
2. (?) The Age of Adz (2010) [AP Prog-Adj] [BC] [SPO]
3. (?) All Delighted People (EP, 2010) [AP Prog] [BC] [SPO]
4. (?) Michigan (2003) [AP Prog-Adj] [BC] [SPO]
5. (?) Seven Swans (2004) [AP Prog-Adj] [BC] [SPO]
6. (?) Carrie & Lowell (2015) [AP Non-Prog] [BC] [SPO]
7. (?) Enjoy Your Rabbit (2001) [AP Non-Prog] [BC] [SPO]
8. (?) Javelin (2023) [AP Prog-Adj] [BC] [SPO]
9. (?) The BQE (Soundtrack, 2009) [AP Non-Prog] [BC] [SPO]
10. (?) A Sun Came (2000) [AP] [BC] [SPO]
11. (?) Carrie & Lowell Live (Live, 2017) [AP Non-Prog] [BC] [SPO]
12. (?) Planetarium (Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner & James McAlister) (2017) [AP Non-Prog] [SPO]
13. (?) The Ascension (2020) [AP Prog] [BC] [SPO]
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