These are the current top 20 albums of each genre, with only one album per artist:

P.S.: Please don't blame me for any artist that in your opinion may be missing or doesn't belong there etc. ... I just copied the information from the current top 100 genre lists.

Art Rock:

1. Rush - Moving Pictures
2. Supertramp - Crime of the Century
3. Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte
4. The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium
5. Kansas - Leftoverture
6. Dredg - El Cielo
7. A.C.T. - Last Epic
8. Anekdoten - From Within
9. Spring - Spring
10. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
11. Radiohead - Kid A
12. Utopia - Todd Rundgren's Utopia
13. Uriah Heep - Salisbury
14. Rare Bird - As Your Mind Flies By
15. Indexi - Modra Rijeka
16. Kayak - Merlin - Bard of the Unseen
17. Jeff Wayne - The War of the Worlds
18. Lord of Mushrooms - Seven Deadly Songs
19. Enchant - A Blueprint of the World
20. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Beethoven's Last Night

Canterbury:

1. Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
2. Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club
3. Gong - Radio Gnome Invisible Vol.2 - Angel's Egg
4. Soft Machine - Third
5. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
6. Khan - Space Shanty
7. Picchio dal Pozzo - Picchio dal Pozzo
8. Supersister - Present From Nancy
9. Steve Hillage - Fish Rising
10. Kevin Ayers - Shooting at the Moon
11. Matching Mole - Matching Mole
12. National Health - National Health
13. Egg - The Polite Force
14. The Muffins - Manna/Mirage
15. Moving Gelatine Plates - Moving Gelatine Plates
16. Quiet Sun - Mainstream
17. Gilgamesh - Gilgamesh
18. Mr. Sirius - Dirge
19. COS - Viva Boma
20. Volaré - The Uncertainty Principle

Experimental/Post Rock:

1. GYBE - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
2. Sigur Rós - Takk
3. Explosions in the Sky - The Earth is not a Cold Dead Place
4. Ulver - Perdition City
5. Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People
6. Tortoise - TNT
7. Gastr Del Sol - Camoufleur
8. Valley of the Giants - Valley of the Giants
9. Lazona - Le Notte Difficili
10. A Silver Mt. Zion - Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upwards

Indo/Raga:

1. Shakti With John McLaughlin - Natural Elements
2. Bobby Callender - The Way
3. Codona - Codona 3
4. Flute & Voice - Imaginations of Light
5. Pelt - Pearls from the River
6. Magic Carpet - Magic Carpet
7. Quintessence - In Blissful Company
8. Saturnia - Saturnia II - The Glitter Odd
9. Langsyne - Lang'syne
10. Third Ear Band - The Magus

Italian Symphonic:

1. PFM - Per Un Amico
2. Le Orme - Felona e Sorona
3. Museo Rosenbach - Zarathustra
4. Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - Io Sono Nato Libero
5. Locanda Delle Fate - Forse Le Lucciole Non Si Amano Più
6. Maxophone - Maxophone
7. RDM - Contaminazione
8. New Trolls - Concerto Grosso Per I New Trolls
9. Balletto Do Bronzo - Ys
10. Metamorphosi - Inferno

Jazz-Rock/Fusion:

1. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
2. Colosseum - Valentyne Suite
3. Wigwam - Fairyport
4. Bill Bruford - One of a Kind
5. Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy
6. Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior
7. S.B.B. - Memento Z Banalnym Tryptykiem
8. Brand X - Unorthodox Behaviour
9. Deus ex Machina - Cinque
10. Area - Crac!
11. Maneige - Les Porches
12. Weather Report - Mysterious Traveler
13. Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue
14. Sloche - J'un Oeil
15. Fermata - Huascaran
16. Pekka Pohjola - Views
17. Nova - Vimana
18. Planet X - MoonBabies
19. Mindflowers - Improgressive
20. Two Siberians - Out of Nowhere

Krautrock:

1. Can - Future Days
2. Amon Düül II - Phallus Dei
3. Neu! - Neu!
4. Faust - Faust IV
5. Ashra - Blackouts
6. Popol Vuh - Tantric Songs
7. Agitation Free - Malesch
8. Necronomicon - Tips zum Selbstmord
9. Guru Guru - Moshi Moshi
10. Ash Ra Tempel - Schwingungen / Seven-Up

Neo-Prog:

1. Marillion - Script for a Jester's Tear
2. Arena - The Visitor
3. IQ - Dark Matter
4. Pendragon - The Masquerade Overture
5. Collage - Moonshine
6. Satellite - A Street Between Sunrise and Sunset
7. Landmarq - Solitary Witness
8. Saens - Escaping from the Hands of God
9. The Watch - Vacuum
10. Pallas - The Dreams of Men
11. Twelfth Night - Fact and Fiction
12. Clepsydra - Fears
13. Nexus - Metanoia
14. Magenta - Seven
15. Jadis - More than Meets the Eye
16. Solstice - New Life
17. The Violet Hour - The Fire Sermon
18. Red Sand - Mirror of Insanity
19. Galleon - Lynx
20. Janison Edge - The Services of Mary Goode

Prog Folk:

1. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
2. Gryphon - Red Queen to Gryphon Tree
3. Mostly Autumn - The Last Bright Light
4. Los Jaivas - Alturas de Macchu Picchu
5. Strawbs - Grave new World
6. Phoenix - Cantofabule
7. Mezquita - Recuerdos de mi Tierra
8. Guy Manning - The View from my Window
9. Traffic - The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
10. Iona - The Book of Kells
11. Carmen - Fandangos in Space
12. Itoiz - Ezekiel
13. Mago de Oz - La Leyenda de la Mancha
14. Aphrodite's Child - 666
15. Hoelderlin - Hölderlin's Traum
16. Jan Dukes De Grey - Mice and Rats in the Loft
17. Ian Anderson - The Secret Language of Birds
18. Amarok - Quentadharken
19. Delirium (ITA) - Dolce Acqua
20. Comus - First Utterance

Progressive Electronic:

1. Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine
2. Klaus Schulze - X
3. Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
4. Brian Eno - Another Green World
5. Edgar Froese - Dalinetopia
6. Vangelis - 1492 - Conquest of Paradise
7. Yellow Magic Orchestra - Technodelic
8. Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene
9. Eddie Jobson - Theme of Secrets
10. Synergy - Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra

Progressive Metal:

1. Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory
2. Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
3. Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element Pt. 1
4. Tool - Lateralus
5. Ayreon - The Human Equation
6. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
7. Liquid Tension Experiment - LTE 2
8. Crimson Glory - Transcendence
9. Shadow Gallery - Room V
10. Devin Townsend - Synchestra
11. Psychotic Waltz - A Social Grace
12. Symphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy
13. Cynic - Focus
14. Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
15. Ark (NOR) - Burn the Sun
16. Kamelot - The Black Halo
17. Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Grey
18. Threshold - Critical Mass
19. Death - Symbolic
20. Evergrey - The Inner Circle

Psychedelic/Space:

1. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
2. Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
3. Negative Zone - Negative Zone
4. Eloy - Ocean
5. Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time
6. Nektar - Remember the Future
7. Ozric Tentacles - Jurassic Shift
8. Os Mutantes - Mutantes
9. Chroma Key - Dead Air for Radios
10. Oceansize - Effloresce
11. Omega (ER) - Time Robber
12. KingAthmat - Fantastic Freak Show Carnival
13. Laghonia - EtCetera
14. Man - Back Into the Future
15. Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come - Journey
16. Octopus (EN) - Restless Night
17. Algarnas Tradgard - Delayed
18. Solar Project - Force Majeure
19. I.E.M. - Arcadia Son
20. D'Arcana - D'Arcana

RIO/Avant-Prog:

1. Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
2. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Of Natural History
3. Thinking Plague - In Extremis
4. Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante
5. Höyry-Kone - Huono Parturi
6. Estradasphere - Buck Fever
7. Taal - Skymind
8. Henry Cow - In Praise of Learning
9. Univers Zero - Heresie
10. Art Zoyd - Le Mariage do Ciel et de L'Enfer
11. Miriodor - Jongleries Elastiques
12. Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica
13. Tipographica - Tipographica
14. Etron Fou Leloublan - 43 songs
15. Sir Millard Mulch - How to Sell ...
16. Akinetón Retard - Akranania
17. Buldozer - Pljuni Istini U Oci
18. Absolute Zero - Crashing Icons
19. Samla Mammas Manna - Maltid
20. Ahvak - Ahvak

Symphonic Prog:

1. Yes - Close to the Edge
2. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
3. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
4. Camel - The Snow Goose
5. Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
6. Gentle Giant - In a Glass House
7. Anglagard - Hybris
8. ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
9. Focus - Hamburger Concerto
10. Harmonium - Si on avait besoin d'une 5ième Saison
11. Mike Oldfield - Amarok
12. Bacamarte - Depois do Fim
13. Rick Wakeman - The Six Wifes of Henry VIII
14. Peter Hammill - The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage
15. UK - U.K.
16. Neal Morse - Testimony
17. Spock's Beard - V
18. Renaissance - Scheherazade and other Stories
19. Cid Jose - 10,000 Anos ...
20. Solaris - Marsbéli Krónikák

Zeuhl:

1. Dün - Eros
2. Happy Family - Toscco
3. Magma - Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandöh
4. Koenjihyakkei - 2 (ni)
5. Bondage Fruit - Bondage Fruit I
6. Ruins - Graviyaunosch
7. Eskaton - 4 Visions
8. Far Corner - Far Corner
9. Lagger Blues Machine - Tanit
10. Archaia - Archaia

Proto Prog:

1. The Beatles - Abbey Road
2. The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed
3. Deep Purple - In Rock
4. Procol Harum - Procol Harum
5. Touch - Touch
6. Vanilla Fudge - Renaissance
7. It's a Beautiful Day - It's a Beautiful Day
8. The Arthur Brown Band - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
9. The Nice - The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack

Prog Related:

1. Queen - Queen II
2. Alan Parson's Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe
3. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
4. Peter Gabriel - PG 3
5. Wishbone Ash - Argus
6. The Church - Forget Yourself
7. Ambrosia - Ambrosia
8. Phish - Junta
9. Primus - Frizzle Fry
10. Richard Wright - Broken China
11. Roxy Music - Avalon
12. Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow
13. Klaatu - Hope
14. FM - Black Noise
15. City Boy - The Day the Earth Caught Fire
16. Steve Vai - Sex & Religion
17. Super Furry Animals - Radiator
18. Muse - Absolution
19. Saga - Full Circle

Nice work Mike.  

Nice to see Kate Bush near the top of something.

here goes:

SYMPHONIC PROG:
1. Yes - Close To The Edge
2. Camel - Mirage
3. Yes - The Yes Album
4. Gentle Giant - Giant
5. VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR - H to He, Who Am the Only One
6. Triumvirat - Mededetarnean Tales
7. Yes - Fragile
8. ELP - Tarkus
9. Yes - Yessongs
10. Gentle Giant - Octopus

ELECTONIC PROG:
1. Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
2. Klaus Schulze - Picture Music
3. Edgar Froese - Epsilon in a malaysian pele
4. VANGELIS - Heaven And Hell
5. Klaus Schulze - Cyborg

i don't have more time, but i'll be back!

Abstrakt wrote: here goes: SYMPHONIC PROG: 1. Yes - Close To The Edge 2. Camel - Mirage 3. Yes - The Yes Album 4. Gentle Giant - Giant 5. VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR - H to He, Who Am the Only One 6. Triumvirat - Mededetarnean Tales 7. Yes - Fragile 8. ELP - Tarkus 9. Yes - Yessongs 10. Gentle Giant - Octopus ELECTONIC PROG: 1. Tangerine Dream - Phaedra 2. Klaus Schulze - Picture Music 3. Edgar Froese - Epsilon in a malaysian pele 4. VANGELIS - Heaven And Hell 5. Klaus Schulze - Cyborg i don't have more time, but i'll be back!

I thought Mike had already done these Genres?

@Abstrakt: Remember that my lists are one album per artist.

@Dragon Phoenix: They're #2 in Art Rock.

@all: Feel free to post your own version of the charts ... but remember that the lists that I posted aren't my own favorite albums, but the current chart positions according to the archives top 100 lists.

The purpose of me posting these lists is to get some feedback on how you like them ... and whether you'd like to see these kind of lists on the front page instead of the current top 100.

MikeEnRegalia wrote: @Abstrakt: Remember that my lists are one album per artist. @Dragon Phoenix: They're #2 in Art Rock. @all: Feel free to post your own version of the charts ... but remember that the lists that I posted aren't my own favorite albums, but the current chart positions according to the archives top 100 lists. The purpose of me posting these lists is to get some feedback on how you like them ... and whether you'd like to see these kind of lists on the front page instead of the current top 100.

No. I wouldn't. I hate it.

This calls for a poll!

http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21698&PN=1&TPN=1 - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21698& amp;PN=1&TPN=1

Snow Dog wrote: Abstrakt wrote: here goes: SYMPHONIC PROG: 1. Yes - Close To The Edge 2. Camel - Mirage 3. Yes - The Yes Album 4. Gentle Giant - Giant 5. VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR - H to He, Who Am the Only One 6. Triumvirat - Mededetarnean Tales 7. Yes - Fragile 8. ELP - Tarkus 9. Yes - Yessongs 10. Gentle Giant - Octopus ELECTONIC PROG: 1. Tangerine Dream - Phaedra 2. Klaus Schulze - Picture Music 3. Edgar Froese - Epsilon in a malaysian pele 4. VANGELIS - Heaven And Hell 5. Klaus Schulze - Cyborg i don't have more time, but i'll be back! I thought Mike had already done these Genres?

i have misunderstood this topic. I thought we should list our favourite albums of each genre...?
so the list is just copied from the site?

Well, not just copied. I simply took the genre top 100 lists and removed "duplicate artists", so that only the best album of each artist remains.

But surely you can use this thread to post your own "ideal" lists!

Holy crap! Neo-prog was massacred!  Marillion and IQ dominated the list before, but with them gone, much more variety. That Landmarq albums isn't that good though, must write a review for it.

stonebeard wrote: Holy crap! Neo-prog was massacred!  Marillion and IQ dominated the list before, but with them gone, much more variety. That Landmarq albums isn't that good though, must write a review for it.

I guess that when compiling such a list I should also count the omitted albums and mention them:

2. Arena - The Visitor (8*)

*=Number of albums in the top 100

MikeEnRegalia wrote: stonebeard wrote: Holy crap! Neo-prog was massacred!  Marillion and IQ dominated the list before, but with them gone, much more variety. That Landmarq albums isn't that good though, must write a review for it. I guess that when compiling such a list I should also count the omitted albums and mention them: 2. Arena - The Visitor (8*) *=Number of albums in the top 100

That would be very helpful. Arena is incredibly overrated (for lack of a better word) though.

stonebeard wrote: I do too. What I don't get is why most people like the albums Visitor through Contagion. I think those albums are basically condensed prog metal with keyboards. Not my thing.

I kind of like Contagion ... but I always thought of it as (neo) prog metal "without teeth". It's well composed, good musicianship, but I miss the dynamics between mellow, gentle and aggressive, brutal which good prog metal (and prog rock) usually provides.

I think the one album of each artist list is much more helpfull than the current one, i would rather see this list on the main page, but i would be good to keep the current list, maybe adding a link to the list.

I don't like it at all the genre division is something sobjective and irrilevant IMO...

The current top 100 list is better.

Joolz wrote: Rorro wrote: I think the one album of each artist list is much more helpfull than the current one, i would rather see this list on the main page, but i would be good to keep the current list, maybe adding a link to the list. Gawd, you're gonna need more than one page for that lot - I think I counted about 17 categories! How about having just one featured category on the home page, and then after a week another one takes over. They can keep rotating like that, and it stays a bit fresher ....

i meant that i agreed with having a list of the top 100 of all genres but only having one album per band, but your idea is intresting too.

Joolz wrote: Rorro wrote: I think the one album of each artist list is much more helpfull than the current one, i would rather see this list on the main page, but i would be good to keep the current list, maybe adding a link to the list. Gawd, you're gonna need more than one page for that lot - I think I counted about 17 categories! How about having just one featured category on the home page, and then after a week another one takes over. They can keep rotating like that, and it stays a bit fresher ....

Good idea! Another option would be to group the lists:

• Symphonic + Neo Prog (40 artists)
• Art Rock + Jazz-Rock/Fusion + Canterbury (20 artists)
• Prog Folk + Indo/Raga + Italian Symphonic (20 artists)
• RIO/Avant + Zeuhl + Experimental/Post (20 artists)
• Prog Metal (20 artists)
• Proto-Prog + Prog Related (if they get listed on the front page at all)

Just a suggestion! I would also only mention the artist, not the album. That would make the list much shorter, and we could list more artists. And we could then also remove the artificial limits and list all artists that are in the db (using criteria like avg_rating >= 4.2 AND n_ratings > 1).

MikeEnRegalia wrote: Joolz wrote: Rorro wrote: I think the one album of each artist list is much more helpfull than the current one, i would rather see this list on the main page, but i would be good to keep the current list, maybe adding a link to the list. Gawd, you're gonna need more than one page for that lot - I think I counted about 17 categories! How about having just one featured category on the home page, and then after a week another one takes over. They can keep rotating like that, and it stays a bit fresher ....   Good idea! Another option would be to group the lists: Symphonic + Neo Prog (40 artists) Art Rock + Jazz-Rock/Fusion + Canterbury (20 artists) Prog Folk + Indo/Raga + Italian Symphonic (20 artists) RIO/Avant + Zeuhl + Experimental/Post (20 artists) Prog Metal (20 artists) Proto-Prog + Prog Related (if they get listed on the front page at all) Just a suggestion! I would also only mention the artist, not the album. That would make the list much shorter, and we could list more artists. And we could then also remove the artificial limits and list all artists that are in the db (using criteria like avg_rating >= 4.2 AND n_ratings > 1).

Ahh...so Prog Metal is the only category with one genre, therefore more artists. This has been noted.

MikeEnRegalia wrote: Joolz wrote: Rorro wrote: I think the one album of each artist list is much more helpfull than the current one, i would rather see this list on the main page, but i would be good to keep the current list, maybe adding a link to the list. Gawd, you're gonna need more than one page for that lot - I think I counted about 17 categories! How about having just one featured category on the home page, and then after a week another one takes over. They can keep rotating like that, and it stays a bit fresher ....   Good idea! Another option would be to group the lists: Symphonic + Neo Prog (40 artists) Art Rock + Jazz-Rock/Fusion + Canterbury (20 artists) Prog Folk + Indo/Raga + Italian Symphonic (20 artists) RIO/Avant + Zeuhl + Experimental/Post (20 artists) Prog Metal (20 artists) Proto-Prog + Prog Related (if they get listed on the front page at all) Just a suggestion! I would also only mention the artist, not the album. That would make the list much shorter, and we could list more artists. And we could then also remove the artificial limits and list all artists that are in the db (using criteria like avg_rating >= 4.2 AND n_ratings > 1).

 with that you'll have more variety on styles. It would help, because with the current list, for example if you want to see which are the best zehul albums ( based on ratings), youi take a look at the list and you see mainly symphonic, neo and prog metal bands, and it's hard for you to find what you're looking for.