A New Big Prog Album Poll 2009

My Top 10 or so.....

1.De Loused In The Commatorium - The Mars Volta
2.Lateralus - Tool
3.A Farewell to Kings - Rush
4.Red - King Crimson
5.The Lamb - Genesis
6.Elegant Gypsy - Al Di Meola
7.Kid A - Radiohead
8.Panopticon - Isis
9.The Inner Mountain Flame
10.The Romantic Warrior - Return to Forever

something like that

 1 - Brain Salad Surgery ELP
 2-  Maxophone Maxophone
 3 - Crazy World of Arthur Brown Crazy World of Arthur Brown
 4 - Starless and Bible Black  King Crimson
 5 - Larks Tongues in Aspic King Crimson
 6 - The Nice The Nice
 7 - In Absentia Porcupine Tree
 8 - H to He Who Am the Only One VDGG
 9 - Trilogy ELP
10 - Pictures at an Exhibition ELP
11 - Five Bridges The Nice
12 - 2nd Hands The Gourishankar
13 - Red King Crimson
14 - No Earthly Connection Rick Wakeman
15 - Elegy The Nice
16 - By Numbers The Who
17 - Tarkus ELP
18 - Pawn Hearts VDGG
19 - Ys Il Balletto Di Bronzo
20 - Refugee Refugee
21 - Relayer Yes
22 - Emerson, Lake and Palmer ELP
23 - Andromeda Runaway Totem
24 - Piper at the Gates of Dawn Pink Floyd
25 - Fish Out of Water Chris Squire
26 - The Great Deceiver King Crimson
27 - Selling England By the Pound Genesis
28 - Song of the Marching Children Earth and Fire
29 - Open Up Ethos
30 - Duck Stab The Residents
31 - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Genesis
32 - Moving Pictures Rush
33 - Maledetti Area
34 - Outside David Bowie
35 - Scary Monsters David Bowie
36 - The Doors The Doors
37 - Unity Larry Young
38 - Chocolate Kings PFM
39 - Live (from 1973) Genesis
40 - Thrak King Crimson
41 - Au Dela du Delire Ange
42 - The Madcap Laughs Syd Barrett
43 - Glory of the Inner Force Finch
44 - Stackridge Stackridge
45 - Psychillis Of A Lunatic Genius Pazop
46 - Fold Es Eg After Crying
47 - Attack of the Martians Eccentric Orbit
48 - The Six Wives of Henry VIII Rick Wakeman
49 - Galactic Zoo Dossier Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come
50 - Vampire Suite Crazy World of Arthur Brown
51 - Shine On Brightly Procul Harum
52 - Myths and Legends of King Arthur Rick Wakeman
53 - Dedicato A Frazz Semiramis
54 - The Muse Awakens Happy the Man
55 - Out of Focus Out of Focus
56 - Foxtrot Genesis
57 - Inferno Keith Emerson
58 - Fireball Deep Purple
59 - Without Introduction Polyphony
60 - Morrison Hotel The Doors
61 - The Rotters Club Hatfield and the North
62 - Three Friends Gentle Giant
63 - Heavy Rock Spectacular/Schizo Poltergeist Bram Stoker
64 - Still Life VDGG
65 - Biglietto Per L'iInferno Biglietto Per L'iInferno
66 - Three of a Perfect Pair King Crimson
67 - Discipline King Crimson
68 - The Shaming of the True Kevin Gilbert
69 - One Size Fits All Frank Zappa
70 - Hot Rats Frank Zappa
71 - Birds of Fire Mahavishnu Orchestra
72 - Unlimited Edition Can
73 - Bedside Manners Are Extra Greenslade
74 - Music In a Doll's House Family
75 - Valentyne Suite Colosseum
76 - Zarathustra Museo Rosenbach
77 - Take it or leave It ZZebra
78 - Do You Like it Here Now Are You Settling In ? Man
79 - Red Queen to Gryphon Three Gryphon
80 - Giro Di Valzer Per Domani Arti & Mestieri
81 - Watershed Opeth
82 - Journey Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come
83 - Remember the Future Nektar
84 - Damnation Opeth
85 - Black Moon ELP
86 - Heresie Univers Zero
87 - Quelque Part Talisma
88 - Stati Di Immaginazione PFM
89 - Psy Guru Guru
90 - Felona e Sorona Le Orme
91 - L'isola Di Niente PFM
92 - Per Un Amico PFM
93 - Contaminazione Il Rovescio Della Medaglia
94 - Arbeit Macht Frei Area
95 - Photos of Ghosts PFM
96 - A Trick of the Tail Genesis
97 - Hamburger Concerto Focus
98 - Tales From Artichoke Wood Lizard
99 - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Black Sabbath
100 - First Utterance Comus

OK I updated my list (on page 3) and it's done.

Finally... Here's my list       

 

1-       Yes - Close to the Edge

2-       Genesis - Foxtrot

3-       Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

4-       Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick

5-       Pink Floyd - Meddle

6-       Pink Floyd - Animals

7-       King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King

8-       Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts

9-       Gentle Giant - In a Glass House

10-     Van Der Graaf Generator – Godbluff

11-     Gentle Giant – Free Hand

12-     ELP – Brain Salad Surgery

13-     Pink Floyd – Atom Heart Mother

14-     Yes – Relayer

15-     ELP – Trilogy

16-     Harmonium - Si on avait besoin d’une cinquième saison

17-     Genesis – Selling England by the Pound

18-     Museo Rosenbach – Zarathustra

19-     PFM - Per Un Amico

20-     Genesis – Nursery Cryme

21-     Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon

22-     Yes – Tales From Topographic Oceans

23-     Banco del Mutuo Soccorso – Io Sono Nato Libero

24-     Jethro Tull – Minstrel at the Gallery

25-     Frank Zappa – Hot Rats

26-     Ange – Au-delà du délire

27-     Camel – Moonmadness

28-     Camel – Mirage

29-     Radiohead – Kid A

30-     Gentle Giant – Acquiring the Taste

31-     Anglagard – Hybris

32-     Van Der Graaf Generator – Still Life

33-     Caravan – In the Land of Grey and Pink

34-     Porcupine Tree – Fear of a Blank Planet

35-     Rush – A Farewell to Kings

36-     Jethro Tull – A Passion Play

37-     PFM – Storia Di Un Minuto

38-     Le Orme – Uomo Di Pezza

39-     Gentle Giant – The Power and the Glory

40-     Renaissance – Scheherazade and Other Stories

41-     Banco del Mutuo Soccorso – Darwin!

42-     Univers Zéro – Hérésie

43-     Le Orme – Felona E Sorona

44-     King Crimson – Lark’s Tongues in Aspic

45-     King Crimson – Red

46-     Gryphon – Red Queen to Gryphon Three

47-     Strawbs – Grave New World

48-     Radiohead – In Rainbows

49-     Strawbs – Hero and Heroine

50-     Porcupine Tree – In Absentia

51-     Yes – The Yes Album

52-     Rush – Hemispheres

53-     Opeth – Still Life

54-     Strawbs – Ghosts

55-     Miles Davis – Bitches Brew

56-     Harmonium – L’Heptade

57-     Yes – Fragile

58-    Renaissance – Turn of the Cards

59-     Opeth – Ghost Reveries

60-     Van Der Graaf Generator – H to He, Who Am the Only One

61-    Mike Oldfield – Ommadawn

62-    Radiohead – Amnesiac

63-     Rush – 2112

64-     Quella Vecchia Locanda – Il Tempo Della Gioia

65-    Alan Sorrenti – Aria

66-     Pink Floyd – The Final Cut

67-     Hawkwind – Warrior on the Edge of Time

68-     The Beatles – Revolver

69-     Frank Zappa – The Grand Wazoo

70-     Pink Floyd – Obscured by Clouds

71-     Ange – Guet-Apens

72-     Caravan – For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night

73-     Opeth – Damnation

74-     Quella Vecchia Locanda - Quella Vecchia Locanda

75-     The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

76-     The Doors – Strange Days

77-     ELP – Tarkus

78-     Hawkwind – Hall of the Mountain Grill

79-     Frank Zappa – One Size Fits All

80-     Eloy – Ocean

81-     Genesis – Tresspass

82-     Franco Battiato – Sulle corde di Aries

83-     Amon Düül – Phallus Dei

84-     Faust – Faust IV

85-     Jan Dukes de Grey - Mice and Rats in the Loft

86-     Drago Mlinarec – Pjesme’s Planine

87-     Porcupine Tree – Deadwing

88-     Gnidrolog – Lady Lake

89-     Frank Zappa – Uncle Meat

90-     The Soft Machine – Third

91-     The Beatles – Rubber Soul

92-     Indexi – Modra Rijeka

93-     Drago Mlinarec - A ti se ne daj

94-     The Doors – The Doors

95-     PFM – L’Isola di Niente

96-     Banco del Mutuo Soccorso – Banco del Mutuo Soccorso

97-     Led Zeppelin – Houses of the Holy

98-     Gentle Giant – Three Friends

99-     Pink Floyd – A Saucerful of Secrets

100-  Radiohead – Hail to the Thief

Edited by Tsevir Leirbag - August 16 2009 at 21:45

Mr ProgFreak wrote: On second thought ... I'll make it a "one per artist" list, in order to give more artists a spotlight: :-)

Prog Top 100

1.       Genesis – Selling England by the Pound

2.       Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here

3.       Yes  - Close to the Edge

4.       Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon

5.       Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

6.       Yes  - Relayer

7.       Genesis – Foxtrot

8.       Pink Floyd – Animals

9.       Genesis – A Trick of the Tail

10.   Yes – Tales from Topographic Oceans

11.   Pink Floyd – The Wall

12.   Genesis – Duke

13.   King Crimson – Lizard

14.   King Crimson – Red

15.   Genesis – Nursery Cryme

16.   Tangerine Dream – Rubycon

17.   Marillion – Misplace Childhood

18.   Van Der Graaf Generator – Pawn Hearts

19.   Steve Hackett – Spectral Mornings

20.   Jethro Tull  -  Minstrel in the Gallery

21.   Genesis – Wind And Wuthering

22.   Peter Gabriel -  3

23.   Genesis – Live

24.   Genesis – Trespass

25.   Jethro Tull – Aqualung

26.   Pink Floyd – Meddle

27.   Peter Gabriel  - 4

28.   Tangerine Dream – Stratosfear

29.   Little Atlas – Hollow

30.   Peter Gabriel – 1

31.   Marillion – Script for a Jester’s Tear

32.   Genesis – Seconds Out

33.   Camel – A Live Record

34.   Gentle Giant – Octopus

35.   Porcupine Tree – Deadwing

36.   Kayo Dot – Choirs of the Eye

37.   Big Big Train – Gathering Speed

38.   Caravan – In the Land of Grey and Pink

39.   Camel – The Snow Goose

40.   Phideaux – Doomsday Afternoon

41.   Magic Pie – Circus of Life

42.   Jethro Tull – Stormwatch

43.   Gentle Giant – Three Friends

44.   Green Carnation – Light of Day, Day of Darkness

45.   Big Big Train – The Difference Machine

46.   Dream Theater – Scenes from a Memory

47.   Supertramp – Crime of the Century

48.   Pendragon – Not of this World

49.   Jethro Tull – Roots to Branches

50.   Alan Parsons Project – Tales of Mystery and Imagination

51.   Coheed and Cambria – No World for Tomorrow

52.   Mars Volta – De-loused in the Comatorium

53.   Mike Oldfield – Ommadawn

54.   Transatlantic – SMPTE

55.   Van Der  Graaf Generator -  From H to He

56.   King Crimson – Larks Tongues in Aspic

57.   King Crimson – Starless and Bible Black

58.   Caravan – If I Could Do it All Over Again, I’d Do it All Over You

59.   IQ – Ever

60.   IZZ – My River Flows

61.   Jadis – More Than Meets The Eye

62.   Kaipa – Keyholder

63.   Spock’s Beard – V

64.   Devin Townsend – Terria

65.   Rush – Power Windows

66.   Opeth – Watershed

67.   Pain of Salvation – The Perfect Element

68.   The Tangent – A Place in the Queue

69.   Camel – Snow Goose

72.   White Willow – Storm Season

73.   Tangerine Dream – Tangent

74.   King Crimson – Discipline

75.   Greenslade – Bedside Manners are Extra

76.   Robert Fripp – A Blessing of Tears

77.   Curved Air – Second Album

78.   Frost*  - Milliontown

79.   Demiens – Building an Empire

80.   Circulus – Clocks are Like People

81.   Enslaved – Vertebrae

82.   Tool – Lateralus

83.   Andrew Lloyd Weber – Variations

84.   Marillion – Fugazi

85.   Genesis -  Abacab

86.   Pink Floyd – Relics

87.   Yes – Fragile

88.   Rush – Moving Pictures

89.   King Crimson – In the Court of the Crimson King

90.   Magenta – Metamorphosis

91.   Mostly Autumn – Passengers

92.   Tangerine Dream – Force Majeure

93.   Nick May – Whimwise

94.   Russian Circles – Station

95.   Wolverine – Still

96.   Isis – Wavering Radiant

97.   Martin Orford – the Old Road

98.   No-Man – Schoolyard Ghosts

99.   Lunatic Soul – Lunatic soul

100.                        King Crimson – The Power to Believe

Edited by Green Shield Stamp - August 07 2009 at 13:53

Negoba wrote: Wow I have some data entry to do now. I think some of the classics are going to get a boost with these last few polls.

Do they all have to be prog albums?

Not very many classics here

1. Agaetis Byrjun - Sigur Ros
2. Bath - mudlin of the Well
3. The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place - Explosions in the Sky
4. ( ) - Sigur Ros
5. Choirs of the Eye - Kayo Dot
6. Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tounge - Kayo Dot
7. Part the Second - maudlin of the Well
8. Deadwing – Porcupine Tree
9. Ghost Reveries - Opeth
10. 10,000 Days - Tool
11. In Rainbows - Radiohead
12. F# A# Infinity – GY!BE
13. Sleeping in Traffic Part 2 - Beardfish
14. Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven! – GY!BE
15. Still Life – Opeth
16. Leaving Your Body Map – maudlin of the Well
17. This Will Destroy You - This Will Destroy You
18. Crack the Sky – Crack the Sky
19. Blackwater Park - Opeth
20. Up the Downstair – Porcupine Tree
21. Mr. Beast - Mogwai
22. Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die… – Explosions in the Sky
23. Takk… - Sigur Ros
24. Wavering Radiant – Isis
25. De-Loused in the Comotorium – The Mars Volta
26. Octane – Spock’s Beard
27. Shadows of the Sun - Ulver
28. The Sky Moves Sideways – Porcupine Tree
29. Close to the Edge – Yes
30. The Dark Third – Pure Reason Revolution
31. SUSAR – Indukti
32. Per Un Amico – PFM
33. Lateralus – Tool
34. My River Flows - IZZ
35. Stupid Dream – Porcupine Tree
36. Kid A – Radiohead
37. OK Computer – Radiohead
38. Hymn to the Immortal Wind – Mono
39. Animal Notes – Crack the Sky
40. Safety in Numbers – Crack the Sky
41. Second Life Syndrome – Riverside
42. The Light – Spock’s Beard
43. Blackfield – Blackfield
44. Absolution – Muse
45. Fear of a Blank Planet – Porcupine Tree
46. Beware of Darkness – Spock’s Beard
47. Watershed – Opeth
48. Pefdition City – Ulver
49. Blue Lambency Downward – Kayo Dot
50. In Absentia – Porcupine Tree
51. Blackfield 2 – Blackfield
52. Parades – Efterklang
53. Aenima – Tool
54. Tick Tock – Gazpacho
55. Francis the Mute – The Mars Volta
56. Insurgents – Steven Wilson
57. Dead Air for Radios – Chroma Key
58. Blessed are the Bonds – The Pax Cecelia
59. The End is Beautiful – Echolyn
60. Up – Peter Gabriel
61. My Arms Your Hearse – Opeth
62. Signify – Porcupine Tree
63. Don Cabalero 2 - Don Cabalero
64. Somewhere Along the highway – Cult of Luna
65. OSI – OSI
66. Millions Now Living Will Never Die – Tortoise
67. Grotesk – Morglbl
68. Flying Teapot – Gong
69. You – Gong
60. Kalidrathrope – Quantum Fantay
71. He Has Left us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms – A Silver Mt Zion
72. Grand Opening and Closing – Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
73. Animals – Pink Floyd
74. Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd
75. At the Soundless Dawn – Red Sparrows
76. Seven - Magenta
77. Images and Words – Dream Theater
78. Sleeping in Traffic Part 1 - Beardfish
79. Damnation - Opeth
80. Supernatural - Santana
81. Blink of an Eye - Enchant
82. God is an Astronaut - God is an Astronaut
83. Fragile - Yes
84. The End is Begun - 3
85. Yanqui UXO – GY! BE
86. Summercamp Nightmare - 3
87. Lightbulb Sun – Porcupine Tree
88. Amnesiac - Radiohead
89. Happy Songs for Happy People - Mogwai
90. Panopticon - Isis
91. Tripper - Efterklang
92. Meddle – Pink Floyd
93. Ocean Songs – Dirty Three
94. Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endelust – Sigur Ros
95. Effloresce - Oceansize
96. Leftoverture - Kansas
97. The Wall – Pink Floyd
98. The Fire in Our Throats will Beckon the Thaw - Pelican
99. Relayer - Yes
100. Moving Pictures - Rush


Edited by pianoman - August 08 2009 at 16:07

Moatilliatta wrote: Negoba wrote: Wow I have some data entry to do now. I think some of the classics are going to get a boost with these last few polls.   This disappoints me, but was inevitable.