Your Top 12 Prog Artists with Most Albums Owned
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Topic: Your Top 12 Prog Artists with Most Albums Owned
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: Your Top 12 Prog Artists with Most Albums Owned
Date Posted: July 01 2021 at 08:33
I had to extend it to a Top 12 instead of a Top 10 so I could include Camel and Genesis in my list too.  01. Santana:- 31 albums, including a 5-CD box set, a 2-CD and 3-CD compilation and one solo album by Carlos Santana. 02. The Moody Blues:- 18 albums, including a 2-CD compilation and the Hayward & Lodge Blue Jays album. 03. Yes:- 15 albums, including a 5-CD box set and two times 2-CD compilations. 04. Led Zeppelin:- 14 albums, including four 2-CD compilations and six studio albums. 04. Mike Oldfield:- 14 albums, including one compilation and one soundtrack. 06. Tangerine Dream:- 12 albums, including a 5-CD and 7-CD box set. 07. Pink Floyd:- 11 albums, including one 2-CD compilation. 08. Renaissance:- 10 albums, including a 2-CD Jane Relf's Renaissance compilation. 08. Caravan:- 10 albums, including one 2-CD compilation and two live albums. 08. Jefferson Airplane:- 10 albums, including a 3-CD and 5-CD box set and a 2-CD compilation. 08. David Bowie:- 10 albums, including a 3-CD compilation and seven studio albums. 08. Uriah Heep:- 10 albums, including one compilation. 13. Genesis:- 9 albums, including one live album. 13. Camel:- 9 albums, including a 2-CD compilation and one live album.
I've counted all double albums as two single albums in my list. |
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: July 01 2021 at 10:04
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King Crimson - 30 Tangerine Dream - 24 Art Zoyd - 19 Mike Oldfield - 16 Henry Cow - 16 Jethro Tull - 16 Pink Floyd - 14 Univers Zero - 13 Magma - 13 Miriodor - 10 Uz Jsme Doma - 10 Steve Roach - 10 Soft Machine - 10 Black Sabbath - 10 I count double albums as single albums but boxsets I count as the number of discs in the box.
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: July 01 2021 at 10:12
Only records/LPs no CDs since they are krapp anyway  And you said "albums" so whether 1 LP or 2-LP, that is 1 album to me. The Wall is 2-LP but is 1 album.Rush: 32 albums Genesis: 20 albums Marillion: 18 albums Pink Floyd: 14 albums Porcupine Tree: 13 albums King Crimson: 12 albums Yes: 12 albums Dream Theater: 11 albums Pineapple Thief: 9 albums Peter Gabriel: 9 albums CAN: 9 albums Steven Wilson: 9 albums Riverside: 7 albums Spock's Beard: 7 albums (error factor +/- a couple  , I have boxes not in my main collection)-------------   
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 01 2021 at 10:40
^ ^^ Crikey! 32 albums by Rush and 30 albums by King Crimson. I didn't know they'd made that many albums. 
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: July 01 2021 at 10:44
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King Crimson have many official live albums, well north of 50. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: July 01 2021 at 11:23
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Hawkwind and solo albums of members, including the Psychedelic Warriors album - all official releases VdGG and Peter Hammill and solo albums of other members - all official releases Guru Guru - all official releases Gong and offspins - all official releases Magma (including the offspin Offering) and solo albums of members - all official releases Barbara Dennerlein - all official releases Embryo - all official releases Tangerine Dream, including solo albums of members - all official releases Klaus Schulze - all official releases Can and offspins - all official releases Nektar - all official releases Steve Hackett - all official releases that's just a rough guess though; when we like an artist we get all official albums of them, studio and live, so there may be others we have more of
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: July 01 2021 at 11:58
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For those tied with most owned, I picked the least popular on PA. 1. Frank Zappa - 22 2. Jethro Tull - 16 3. Rush - 13 4. Allan Holdsworth - 13 5. Gentle Giant - 13 6. Dream Theater - 12 7. Mike Keneally - 10 8. Marco Minnemann - 9 9. French TV - 9 10. Genesis - 9 11. Gong - 8 12. Pat Metheny - 7 |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: July 01 2021 at 13:15
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All official releases, including ep´s and live records 1) Porcupine Tree - 26 2) Steve Hackett - 23 3) Marillion - 21 4) Frank Zappa - 19 5) Rush - 18 6) Anthony Phillips - 17 7) Camel - 14 7) King Crimson - 14 8) Pink Floyd - 13 8) The Church - 13 8) Anathema - 139) The Beatles - 12 9) Genesis - 12 9) Voivod - 12 10) IQ - 11 10) Cardiacs -11 11) The Gathering - 10 11) Jethro Tull - 10 12) Gentle Giant - 9 12) Radiohead - 9 |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: July 01 2021 at 13:39
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Yes Genesis Jethro Tull Guided By Voices Rush Zappa Styx Kansas XTC ------------- The Prog Corner |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: July 01 2021 at 13:55
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I'm only going by my incomplete cataloging on RYM, numbers may vary over time... 1. Yes = 24 [this surprised me] 2. Eloy = 22 3. Genesis = 21 4. Marillion = 21 5. Electric Light Orchestra = 20 [this surprised me too] 6. The Flower Kings = 18 7. Steve Hackett = 17 8. Glass Hammer = 17 9. Porcupine Tree = 17 10. Rush = 17 11. Spock's Beard = 16 12. Ozric Tentacles = 13 [I thought this would be higher] 13. Pink Floyd = 13 [the Shine On box set counts as 1 here; if I added the 7 albums, PF would be at 19 (or 20 if I include the early singles CD from the box)]
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: July 01 2021 at 16:25
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Art Zoyd - 36 Tangerine Dream - 22 Can - 19 (Can and all solo projects together including Holger & Irmin, Damo, Jaki and friends, Michael, count in at about 60) King Crimson - 19 Amon Düül II - 16 Holger Czukay - 16 Camel - 15 Irmin Schmidt & collaborators - 15 (yes he belongs here!) Gong / Pierre Moerlen's Gong - 13 Manfred Mann & Earth Band - 13 Pink Floyd - 13 Genesis - 12Soft Machine (& Legacy) - 12 Bubbling under: Kong - 11 Van der Graaf Generator - 11
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Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: July 01 2021 at 17:00
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1. Pat Metheny - 19 2. Genesis - 16 3. Peter Gabriel - 13 Steve Hackett - 13 Jan Akkerman - 13 6. Ulver - 12 Alio Die - 12 Klaus Schulze - 12 9. Magma - 11 Brian Eno - 11 Nektar - 11 David Sylvian - 11 ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: July 01 2021 at 17:21
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Geezus...I'm not going to sit down and count through hundred of CDs and albums (including duplicates, boxed sets and one-offs). Offhand, I'll say: Jethro Tull The Beatles Pink Floyd Frank Zappa (including Mothers and solo) The Moody Blues Black Sabbath Led Zeppelin Yes Genesis King Crimson David Bowie Santana ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: July 01 2021 at 17:40
Is this ordered by (estimated) frequency? I'd expect Tangerine Dream to have more than a hundred if not 200; can Hawkwind (or anyone on your list) top that? Who is part of the offsprings of Can in your collection? As I wrote I have some 60 and that's far from all (Jaki and Damo are on a lot of albums that I don't have, although I think I have Holger's official LPs/CDs completely - not including all singles and mini-LPs though - and most of Irmin's).
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BaldJean wrote:Posted By: bender99
Date Posted: July 01 2021 at 22:51
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1 Yes - 30 2 Genesis - 18 = Neal Morse - 18 4 Pink Floyd - 17 = ELP - 17 6 Dream Theater - 15 7 IQ - 12 8 Jethro Tull - 10 = Led Zeppelin - 10 = Spocks Beard - 10
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: July 02 2021 at 00:47
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Hi, I won't even bother counting ... VdGG Peter Hammill I have so many of both, that I can't even entertain a count or which album I want to hear first! However, the most of anything I have is Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze. KS might have the most CD's in my collection. Djam Karet Mike Oldfield Vangelis P. Hawkwind Frank Zappa Anthony Phillips Can (projects and solos) ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: July 02 2021 at 02:07
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Probably: Dream Theater IQ Marillion Genesis Mike Oldfield Nightwish Ayreon Devin Townsend Iron Maiden Pendragon Pink Floyd |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: July 02 2021 at 02:22
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Miles Davis - 31 Yes - 21 King Crimson - 10 Gorguts - 10 Zappa - 10 Death - 10 ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: July 02 2021 at 03:17
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Van der Graaf Generator Peter Hammill Pink Floyd King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Yes Black Sabbath Emerson Lake & Palmer Hawkwind Santana King Crimson Mahavishnu Orchestra Philip Glass ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: July 02 2021 at 15:17
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1. King Crimson: 17 1. Frank Zappa: 17 3. Pink Floyd: 16 4. Genesis: 15 5. Soft Machine: 12 6. Yes: 10 7. Emerson, Lake & Palmer: 9 8. Gentle Giant: 8 9. Brand X: 7 9. Camel: 7 11. Al Di Meola: 6 11. Jean-Luc Ponty: 6 I tend to prioritize having a lot of different artists in my collection and don't normally buy multiple albums from the same artist within a short time. ------------- https://mirasnelder.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow - Freelance composer, accepting commissions | https://mirasnelder.bandcamp.com/album/altered-acuity" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp page |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 03 2021 at 00:53
| Tangerine Dream occupy a whole shelf and are way out in front. After that then Vangelis and probably Mike Oldfield. if you count re-issues I have a massive amount of ELP (shock horror!). |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 03 2021 at 01:24
You just reminded me, I'll have to update my list as I forgot to include Mike Oldfield.
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Posted By: AlanB
Date Posted: July 04 2021 at 06:48
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Are we counting all artists on this site, including prog-related? Also do live albums count? Compliations albums? Albums purchased as downloads? If the answer to all 4 is yes, and counting double albums as 2 as per the OP, this would be my list: 1. Wishbone Ash 32 2. Neal Morse/Neal Morse Band 27 3. Camel 10 4. Transatlantic 9 5. Mostly Autumn 7 6. Flower Kings 5 7= Yes 4 7= Spock's Beard 4 9. Flying Colors 3 10. Pink Floyd 2 11= Barclay James Harvest 1 11= Beatles 1 |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 04 2021 at 10:21
Yes, I was counting prog-related albums, live albums and compilations and also counting double albums as two albums, but I wasn't counting downloads - just CD's and vinyl albums.
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: July 04 2021 at 10:21
Hi, KS, TD and Vangelis are the ones I have the most of. Mike Oldfield is probably next, although I never got the TB3, 4, 5, 68 at all ... the other stuff was better and more interesting for me. After that, I think Ryuichi Sakamoto and many soundtracks and regular albums ... "Beauty", "Heartbeat" and "Neo Geo" are a must for us progressive weirdos! The title track in "Heartbeat" is breathtaking, as is "Amore" in "Beauty". The other album has Iggy Pop in various songs, and it is very nice believe it or not. I think that PH/VdGG, Djam Karet and Frank Zappa round out the large amounts of stuff for one specific group. I have not counted MAGMA yet, but a lot of the albums. A thorough AD2 and CAN are also here.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 05 2021 at 04:10
I never really got into Klause Shultz but then also was never a massive fan of very early TD. Even JM Jarre was more to my taste than KS.
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Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: July 05 2021 at 06:31
I, too, have a lot of Ryuichi--he'd be in my top 10--but I didn't think he was on PA! ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Rick1
Date Posted: July 05 2021 at 06:42
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Good grief. I have moved around so much and bought across so many formats I have lost count of each... Thanks to box sets doubling up I think Henry Cow are in at number 1 thanks to the treasure troves Chris Cutler has unearthed...
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: July 05 2021 at 06:57
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Rush Genesis Pink Floyd VDGG XTC Black Sabbath Hawkwind Moody Blues King Crimson Kate Bush ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: July 05 2021 at 09:26
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Wel...I 'm not going to count them...too damn lazy but more KC related stuff than any others. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: enigmatic
Date Posted: February 07 2022 at 12:29
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Just physical albums (in my case CDs). I am not including digital downloads and LP transfers. 1. Pink Floyd - 14 albums box set 2. Jethro Tull - 10 3. King Crimson - 9 3. Yes - 9 5. Genesis - 7 5. Gentle Giant - 7 5. VdGG - 7 5. Led Zeppelin - 7 9. Caravan - 6 9. Camel - 6 9. ELP - 6 9. Amon Duul II - 6 9. Gong - 6 14. Black Sabbath - 5 14. Budgie - 5 14. Rush - 5 14. Soft Machine - 5 14. Strawbs - 5 I counted the double albums as 1. |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: February 07 2022 at 13:03
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1- Tangerine Dream. 43 2- Hawkwind. 26 3- Mike Oldfield. 25 4- Steve Hackett. 24 5- Yes. 22 6- Jethro Tull. 20 7- Camel/ Strawbs. 18 8- Rick Wakeman- 17 9- Roxy Music. 16 10- Anthony Phillips/ Porcupine Tree/IQ/Marillion/Pink Floyd . 15 11- King Crimson/Bill Nelson/ Mostly Autumn. 14 12- Ange/Galahad/ Flower Kings . 13 ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: February 07 2022 at 17:58
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Frank Zappa 37 Porcupine Tree 26 King Crimson 26 Magma 25 Rush 25 Soft Machine 24 Marillion 20 Pink Floyd 19 Radio Massacre International 18 Camel 17 Miles Davis 16 Hawkwind 16 ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 11 2022 at 03:57
That's a very impressive collection of Porcupine Tree albums. I only have five in my CD collection:- Stars Die: The Delerium Years 1991-1997 (2 CD's) In Absentia (2002) Warszawa (2004) Deadwing (2005) I'm listening to Porcupine Tree right now, so I'll see if I can find 26 albums for my prog channel.  My favourite Porcupine Tree album so far: Voyage 34 - the ultimate psychedelic trip for the ears!   2000: Porcupine Tree - Voyage 34: The Complete Trip - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbSjFjGkBerABaxfz-ZNwgA" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbSjFjGkBerABaxfz-ZNwgA |
Posted By: Rick1
Date Posted: February 11 2022 at 04:03
| This is virtually impossible - I have moved house so many times, amassed varying formats including digital. It was possible to do up until the mid-80s but now I couldn't tell you! At the moment, my Henry Cow Redux Box Set probably trumps everything else! |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: February 11 2022 at 04:53
I should add Magma to this list. ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: ToasterPhone
Date Posted: February 14 2022 at 01:29
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01. Porcupine Tree - 24 albums 03. Opeth - 17 albums 04. Camel - 16 albums 05. Rush - 15 albums 06. Riverside - 13 albums 07. Blue Oyster Cult - 11 albums 08. Eloy - 10 albums 09. Nektar - 9 albums 10. Barclay James Harvest - 8 albums 11. Genesis - 8 albums 12. The Moody Blues - 8 albums 13. 10cc - 7 albums
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: January 09 2023 at 05:25
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Pink Floyd - 6 Emerson, Lake & Palmer - 5 Genesis - 5 King Crimson - 3 Van der Graaf Generator - 3 Can - 3 Eloy - 3 Focus - 3 Magma - 3 Czeslaw Niemen - 3 Mike Oldfield - 3 Osibisa - 3 Premiata Forneria Marconi - 3 Santana - 3 Tool - 3 Rick Wakeman - 3 not considered Prog, or partially: Black Sabbath - 3 Deep Purple - 4 Led Zeppelin - 3 Miles Davis - 3 As it can be seen, I'm very strict with the number of albums from one artist, while I like much to have albums from really many artists and many different countries - and I certainly won't say that the artists listed here are all my favourite ones.
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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: January 09 2023 at 10:33
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Ok, From what I remember: Rush - 18 Yes - 13 Genesis - 12 Zappa/ Mothers - 9 Pink Floyd - 5 King Crimson - 5 Gentle Giant - 5 Jean Luc Ponty - 5 Steve Hackett - 5 Jetheo Tull - 4 Renaissance - 4 Porcupine Tree - 4 |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: January 09 2023 at 11:40
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Magma - 14 Alio Die - 13 Genesis - 13 Pat Metheny - 13 Ryuichi Sakamoto - 13 King Crimson - 12 Big Big Train - 12 Ulver - 10 Yes - 10 Klaus Schulze - 10Motorpsycho - 9 The Gathering - 9 Anthony Phillips - 9 Bruce Cockburn - 9 Jean-Luc Ponty - 9 Karda Estra - 9 Nektar - 9 ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Greenmist
Date Posted: January 09 2023 at 12:08
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Mines not gonna be all that impressive, but here goes Savatage : All their studio albums Threshold : All their studio albums Nightwish : All their studio albums Arena : All their studio albums except for 7th degree of Seperation Asia : 3 compilations, 5 studio albums Queen : 7 studio albums Magnum : 4 studio albums Pink Floyd : 1 compilation album (echoes) 2 studio albums Yes : 3 studio albums Marillion: 2 studio albums, 1 compilation Queensryche : 1 compilation, 1 studio album There's no point in me mentioning any other band, as all i own by them is just 1 studio album or 1 compilation
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: January 09 2023 at 13:53
https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=129856" rel="nofollow - Poll: The 80s Voivod attack  ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: January 09 2023 at 13:55
This a kind of suprises me.
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Posted By: Magog2112
Date Posted: August 01 2023 at 03:20
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1. Marillion - 66 2. Genesis - 38 3. Yes - 34 4. King Crimson - 30 5. The Flower Kings - 26 6. Rush - 26 7. Galahad - 23 8. Peter Gabriel - 23 9. Frank Zappa - 21 10. Pendragon - 20 11. Brian Eno - 20 12. IQ - 17 |