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

Psychedelic Paul wrote:

^ Just a reminder that it's bands only in this poll. Solo artists are in a separate poll. Smile

Thanks, fixed it I think.

Cristi wrote:

^ it's so weird you keep using the word "poll" when it's lists we are posting here and I'm still waiting to see a poll created with all these bands. Confused

It's probably not as weird as ranking The Quest as the best ever YES album. Not to worry though. I'll have a series of bona fide PA polls coming up very soon featuring the Top 16 bands from the results of this "poll". Smile

^ Yes, that really is me posing in my Kid Creole & the Coconuts outfit. Big smile

Top 20 update with James Baldwin's votes added:-

1. Genesis (629 points)

2. Yes (550 points)

3. Pink Floyd (545 points)

4. King Crimson (526 points)

5. Rush (310 points)

6. Emerson, Lake & Palmer (227 points)

7. Van der Graaf Generator (212 points)

8. Jethro Tull (200 points)

9. Gentle Giant (171 points)

10. Marillion (155 points)

11. IQ (110 points)

12. Soft Machine (98 points)

13. Camel (95 points)

14. Magma (85 points)

15. Porcupine Tree (81 points)

16. Renaissance (71 points)

17. Can (66 points)

18. Cardiacs (60 points)

19. Henry Cow (56 points)

20. Spock's Beard (55 points)

I hope it's not too late. I just found this ranking of favorite progressive rock bands. My Top 10 is as follows:

1. Gentle Giant
2. VdGG
3. King Crimson
4. Pink Floyd
5. Genesis
6. Yes
7. ELP
8. Soft Machine
9. Jethro Tull
10. Camel

Edited by enigmatic - December 04 2021 at 09:33

1- Rush

2- Yes

3- Camel

4- Marillion

5- Genesis

6- Pendragon

7- King Crimson

8- IQ

9- Jethro Tull

10- Kansas

Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Good luck and may the best band win!

What does that suppose to mean, Paul? Wink

Edit:

Oh, I think I got it, you were just making fun. Smile

Edited by David_D - December 07 2021 at 13:03

quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond

Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Holy Cow! I can't believe that Caravan is still trailing behind Henry Cow in this long-running poll. Shocked

I surely wouldn't believe that, either.

quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond

David_D wrote:

Psychedelic Paul wrote:

I'll have a series of Battle of the Bands albums polls coming up soon featuring the 20 eventual winners of this poll, although sadly and inexplicably, it won't feature Caravan as they didn't make it into the final Top 20. Ouch

You got me persuaded.

David's list:

1. Caravan

At least Caravan won my Canterbury Scene poll if that's any consolation. Smile

^^^ Wow! so glad to see that result 'till now..

Y'know.. I'm a fairly 'classical' progger (if that means anything...).

Also, I've always personally thought in terms of 'Big 8' instead of Big 6, with Rush and Marillion included; so very excited to see those two there!

I'd only make one change: PFM for VdGG (I've never been able to get into them in spite of trying).

Even seeing IQ bubbling under makes me glad (on account of their first two albums imo).

The way I see it:

1.- Yes

1.- Genesis

1.- Pink Floyd

1.- King Crimson

1.- Emerson, Lake & Palmer

1.- Jethro Tull

1.- Rush

1.- Marillion

9.- PFM

10.- Gentle Giant

Camel is great! but maybe in terms of mood, I'm lately preferring Caravan.

Also some few days ago I made a return to Renaissance after long and their magnificent 'Scheherazade...'; wow.. beautiful.. that bass, acoustic sound, the piano and Annie's voice Big smile

Note: the first 8 I rank them as tied in nº1 because for me the differences, if they exist, are minimal imo but if it makes calculation hard, or cannot distribute the points equally among them, it just can be used the order in which I put them.