The final five in my top 20

Mike Oldfield, I'm with the majority here,

Mike Oldfield (most everything from 1973 to 1984 I love) then it's patchy although Amarok and Songs Of Distant Earth as well as Return To Ommadawn are great. I can listen to a dozen Mike Oldfield albums quite happily while there's only about 2 Dream Theater albums I like that much (not the obvious ones!) and only one Moody Blues album I care for (A Question Of Balance). I don't know Nektar at all. Spock's Beard have about 4 or 5 albums I like a lot, especially Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep which is a masterpice imo but that's not enough to challenge Oldfield (although in terms of '3rd wave of prog' The Beard are a top band for sure)

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richardh wrote: Mike Oldfield (most everything from 1973 to 1984 I love) then it's patchy although Amarok and Songs Of Distant Earth as well as Return To Ommadawn are great. I can listen to a dozen Mike Oldfield albums quite happily....