20 of your great UK Prog Rock classics?

This thread is mainly aimed at collectors, and by "great classics" I mean albums 

that are very high rated by really many people. 

How old they must be, it's up to oneself to decide.

Mine are:

           Camel   -  The Snow Goose  (1975)

            Caravan   -  In The Land of Grey and Pink  (1971)

            Emersom, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer  (1970)

            Emersom, Lake & Palmer  -  Tarkus  (1971)

            Genesis  -  Nursery Cryme  (1971)

           Genesis  -  Selling England by the Pound  (1973)               

            Gentle Giant  -  Acquiring the Taste  (1971)             

            Jethro Tull  -  Aqualung  (1971)

            Khan  -  Space Shanty  (1972)

            King Crimson  -  Larks’ Tongues in Aspic  (1973)

            King Crimson  -  Red  (1974)   

           Mike Oldfield  -  Ommadawn   (1975)

            Pink Floyd  -  The Dark Side of the Moon  (1973)

            Pink Floyd  -  Wish You Were Here  (1975)

           Renaissance  -  Renaissance  (1969)

           Van der Graaf Generator  - H to He Who Am the Only One (1970)

            Van der Graaf Generator  -  Godbluff   (1975)

            Rick Wakeman  -  The Six Wives of Henry VIII   (1973)

            Yes   -  The Yes Album  (1971)

            Yes  -  Close to the Edge  (1972)

Some additional:

           Emersom, Lake & Palmer  -  Trilogy  (1972)

          Genesis  -  Foxtrot  (1972)

           Marillion  -  Script For A Jester’s Tear  (1983)

          Strawbs  -  Grave New World  (1972)

And I hope, you'll enjoy it! 

For anyone who's not familiar with it, I can certainly recommend the book Rocking the Classics. 

English Progressive Rock and the Counterculture . Oxford University Press 1997 by Edward Macan, 

which is generally considered to be the very best book written about Progressive Rock so far.

Edited by David_D - April 30 2024 at 18:11

Cristi wrote: I don't understand what I'm supposed to do here.

Edited by David_D - January 29 2022 at 10:07

Cristi wrote: so by prog classics you mean album from 1967 to 1979?

Cristi wrote: For some prog classics ended in 1975, others will say '76, and then others  '77.  I say '79.

Cristi wrote: ok I'll list my 10 favorite Marillion albums.

Edited by David_D - January 29 2022 at 10:28

1. Yes: Close to the Edge

checking some ratings on PA, some favorites of mine are not as well rated as I thought. 

Camel - Mirage
Egg - The Polite Force
Emersom, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Emersom, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus
Genesis - Foxtrot            
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
Gentle Giant - Three Friends
Gentle Giant - In a Glass House       
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
King Crimson - ITCOTKC
King Crimson - Lizard
Marsupilami - s/t
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Soft Machine - Vol. 2
Van der Graaf Generator - H to He Who Am the Only One
Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
Yes - Close to the Edge
Yes - Relayer

Edited by enigmatic - January 29 2022 at 11:42

Cristi wrote: checking some ratings on PA, some favorites of mine are not as well rated as I thought.

Hiram wrote: I nicked many from the first post,