My top 100 best prog songs! - Progressive Rock Music Forum

I’m slipping behind🥴😂

Heaven is waiting but waiting is Hell

88: The Fall Of The House Of Usher - Alan Parsons Project

Already know APP quite well, and this lovely short piece reminded me that I really need to invest more time in them again….

Edited by essexboyinwales - January 20 2023 at 09:59

Heaven is waiting but waiting is Hell

Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Argentinfonico wrote:

You're right! Here is the 1/10 part of the top:

100- The Raven That Refused to Sing (Steven Wilson, UK, 2013)
99- Lat Kvar Jordisk Skapning Teia Pts. 1-9 (Shamblemaths, Norway, 2021)
98- Energy (Out Of Future) (Supersister, Netherlands, 1971)
97- 2112 (Rush, Canada, 1976)
96- Yksi Maa - Yksi Kansa (Haikara, Finland, 1972)
95- Ultimo Entardecer (Bacamarte, Brazil, 1983)
94- The Grand Wazoo (Frank Zappa, EE.UU., 1972)
93- En Pleine Face (Harmonium, Canada, 1975)
92- Fool's Overture (Supertramp, UK, 1977)
91- Cassandra Gemini (The Mars Volta, EE.UU., 2005)

I vaguely know three songs from part 1/10, but it could be 2112 before I get around to listening to all 100 songs. Tongue

Phew! I only know four songs myself

Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake."

Music Is Live

Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed.

Keep Calm And Listen To The Music…
<

86: The Odyssey - Symphony X

I have The Divine Wings Of Tragedy and like it a lot, so it’s no surprise that I enjoyed this track as well. I’m a big fan of Dream Theater and Ayreon, and Symphony X are quite similar. Once again, a band I need to play more of….

Heaven is waiting but waiting is Hell

Argentinfonico wrote:

I have published the next release! It contains from the 80th to the 71st song. Here they are:

80- Xanadu (Rush, Canada, 1977)
79- Lament (Gryphon, UK, 1974)
78- Giant (Gentle Giant, UK, 1970)
77- Meeting of the Spirits (Mahavishnu Orchestra, USA, 1971)
76- Bortglomda Gardar (All Traps On Earth, Sweden, 2018)
75- La Poderosa Muerte (Los Jaivas, Chile, 1981)
74- Entangled (Genesis, UK, 1976)
73- Los Delirios Del Mariscal (Crucis, Argentina, 1977)
72- Lunar Sea (Camel, UK, 1976)
71- Epitaph (King Crimson, UK, 1969)

Amazon has all 10 so added to the playlist. I am surprised that I have added all 30 of 30 so far. The only two of this group that I had not heard are the two from South America.

Argentinfonico wrote:

70th to the 61st already launched!

70- The Revealing Science of God (Yes, UK, 1973)
69- Visions (Haken, UK, 2011)
68- Man-Erg (Van der Graaf Generator, UK, 1971)
67- South Side of the Sky (Yes, UK, 1971)
66- Perpetual Change (Yes, UK, 1971)
65- The Cinema Show (Genesis, UK, 1973)
64- Sheep (Pink Floyd, UK, 1977)
63- Childlike Faith in Childhood's End (Van der Graaf Generator, UK, 1976)
62- Movin' On (Circus, Switzerland, 1977)
61- Dance on a Volcano (Genesis, UK, 1976)

In the Instagram account you can find the brief reviews (in Spanish) of each song Smile

Ooh, that’s a lot of Yes to get through

Heaven is waiting but waiting is Hell

Never heard Circus-Movin On. Loved it. Resplendent choice.

This is quite an ambitious project, Leroy! I'm rooting for you but I fear you have bitten off something far bigger than any human can possibly chew (much less digest)--especially since you've chosen to include the entire 65 years of progressive rock music!!!

I began a similar project several years back (and occasionally drift back to it) in which I was trying to "objectively" rate all of prog's 9+ minute epics (at first just the "classic era" epics but eventually all of them). I even established a 10-category criteria list to rate them using qualities quite similar to your own. But, alas! the project turned out too overwhelming. Now, if you're including every song possible, I worry for your sanity!

For example: are you including all of the multi-disc Colossus Magazine/Musea Records releases of the past 20 years? If not, you are surely biased against some of the greatest prog songs ever created. Also, are you going through the entire catalogues of Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Buckethead, Frank Zappa, Alio Die, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, and the many, many other truly prolific prog artists?

Again, I would never trust myself with such a task: "completion" would be an unachievable end!

Drew Fisher
https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/

84 - East Coast Racer - Big Big Train

I’m a big fan of the English Electric albums, and East Coast Racer is a gem. This band deserve their success and the loss of David Longdon is a terrible tragedy, that hopefully they will overcome.

Heaven is waiting but waiting is Hell

82: Forgotten Sons - Marillion

Big Marillion fan, of both eras, and although this is not a track I would put anywhere near the top of their tree, it’s still a decent effort!

Heaven is waiting but waiting is Hell