Genesis belongs on no best list. ELP is tedious and pretentious. You completely skipped Procol Harum, Renaissance, and the most under appreciated prog band of all time, Caravan.

@normangeleri1522

2 жыл бұрын

You are wack

@doctorgarbonzo2525

2 жыл бұрын

Renaissance haven't heard them since Dinosaurs ruled the earth

@arfshesaid4325

2 жыл бұрын

first couple sentences made me throw up in my mouth a little bit, thanks well done

@Vince-lq3ve

Жыл бұрын

So when he says "This is my personal Top Ten prog albums" you somehow find a way to create an argument over his opinion? How about counter with your own top ten list. Course if all you are doing is looking for attention then I guess you win that childish endeavor.

@briancox8518

Жыл бұрын

Barclay James harvest often overlooked and underated

In my opinion it´s impossible not to include Close to the edge by Yes

@bradtarr3283

2 жыл бұрын

My #1.

@claudebuysse7482

Жыл бұрын

I love that Group but in the beginning , they were a cover group whith beatles song. We search the very first...I saw them playing Yes Album in the seventies...

@erickbravo6070

Жыл бұрын

@Claude but that's what music is all about the progression and evolution of Yes has turned them into one of the greatest bands of all time, in my opinion of course. I just got into Yes very recently and it's changed my life!

@claudebuysse7482

Жыл бұрын

@@erickbravo6070 OK !

@stevemossholder

Жыл бұрын

agreed. In his Yes ranking video Close to the Edge is his number 1 fave.

This is one of the few channels where I feel a little smarter after watching...SO glad I found it today👍

@classicalbum

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words.

1.Tales From Topographic Oceans (I attended the 2nd-ever live performance) 2.In The Court Of The Crimson King (Greg Lake's parents invited me to tea at their house in 1976 and we sat at the kitchen table where Greg and Robert Fripp rehearsed the songs) 3.Aqualung 4.Selling England By The Pound (I saw the tour) 5.Wish You Were Here 6.Close To The Edge (Yes played the whole album on the 1973 tour) 7.The Dark Side Of The Moon 8.The Yes Album 9.Tubular Bells 10.Crime Of The Century (I saw the tour)

@davidvasquez8658

Жыл бұрын

What a touching story.You & Gregs parents.Good choices.

@barrypeirson3710

Жыл бұрын

Tales #1! I'm so jealous of anyone who saw that tour!

@Southbound63

11 ай бұрын

It was fantastic.

@moonuni

Ай бұрын

Sure you did 😅

As a classical musician who is somewhat miffed that I was never inducted into the world of prog, this has really helped to keep my journey of discovery going. Great stuff 😃🤘🙏

@hamadah4

Жыл бұрын

Can I i can recommend to you as you are a classical musician also the band Kansas, especially songs like Song for America en the Pinnacle. Very tight band, very orchestral in a way.

Focus - Moving Waves Dream Theater - Images and Words Porcupine tree - Deadwing Earth and Fire - Song of the marching children Camel - Mirage Pink Floyd - Meddle Rush - Hemispheres Eloy - Ocean Saga - Worlds apart Marillion - Clutching at straws Jethro Tull - Passion play

@51monalisa

3 жыл бұрын

finely someone sees earth and fire as prog

@michaelkeudel8770

3 жыл бұрын

try this one for size, hard to believe these guys have been around 20 years, 8 albums, and no one's ever heard them. kzread.info/dash/bejne/aZ9pmtNyiLTLfs4.html

@StonefieldJim4

3 ай бұрын

Moving Waves is the only one for me there. I'd like to hear the Dream Theater album, though.

Wonderful selection. My number One has and will always be The Snow Goose by Camel. I believe Andy Latimer is on of the most underrated guitarists of his era. Cheers from Cape Town

@carlosvsiguejugando3102

Жыл бұрын

Same. I haven’t heard all of prog rock albums in existence, therefore my opinion may change, but until now it is my number 1 prog rock album. I like the sound of the instruments and the way the album tells a story, plus it gives different emotions

@ukesrule58

Жыл бұрын

Then didn't Frampton take over Camel?

@alanmilne9359

Жыл бұрын

@@ukesrule58 Nope. That was a completely different band called Framton's Camel . Cheers

I'm so happy that an album by Amon Duul II made this list! Thank you for recognizing how wonderful Yeti and Amon Duul II are.

@schnertblatt

6 ай бұрын

I have never met another person here in the US (when I've asked anyone) that has heard of Amon Düül II.

@MrKelleyzinho

5 ай бұрын

I live in the US and love Amon Duul II. Julian Cope, the English musician, did a lot to reignite interest in Krautrock. He also championed Van Der Graaf Generator (as did John Lydon). These two bands are darker and more aggressive and are not reliant on refried Bach. Hence, they are solidly in the “alternative” canon.

I've always found the Selling England By The Pound by Genesis to be the greatest of the English prog rock albums and the finest album in all prog rock. It just epitomizes what prog was about to me.

@wmhhealth2018

3 жыл бұрын

I love Selling England By The Pound but it wouldn't even be my favorite Genesis album to say nothing of being the finest prog album in general.

@jomama5406

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@kingcrimson2168

2 жыл бұрын

Even though “Epping Forest” is bombed with Peter Gabriel’s lyrics, as well as “Get ‘Em Out By Friday”, I still think those are some of the best Genesis songs. IMO the former is very underrated because it’s along with one of the best albums of all-time, but I think it fits with the other tracks.

@michaelsalisbury1477

2 жыл бұрын

Darlylizee but the lamb lies down is a more cohesive cihesive production.

@michaelsalisbury1477

2 жыл бұрын

@@kingcrimson2168 I totally agree.

I agree with you, David Gilmour's playing on Animals is astonishingly brilliant.

@norbertenderle8092

4 жыл бұрын

Iagree with you ,its the Most wonderful Album from PF ,iheard this thousend Times and ist Most powerful,and its getting netter forbthe Bands career

@classicalbum

4 жыл бұрын

@@norbertenderle8092 I must do a review of the 'Animals' album

@norbertenderle8092

4 жыл бұрын

@@classicalbum Think that from pigs, by the actuelly food crime of the Europe flesh mafia

@tomdumenjich7021

4 жыл бұрын

The outro Gilmour played on Sheep is one of my favorites. It bookends the song nicely with Richard Wright's keyboard intro.

@michaelalanpowell

4 жыл бұрын

@@tomdumenjich7021 You're right, that is a beautiful outro. All the band's playing is amazing on this album.

I nominate Audience's album, House on the Hill as a contender, it's in the top five in my books. Also a shoutout for Nektar's, Remember the Future.

@talloaks9644

3 жыл бұрын

Remembering "Remember the Future" will always be there.

Excellent musical analysis! Very much enjoy the way you describe the music.

@classicalbum

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@michaelwertzy9808

3 жыл бұрын

@@classicalbum, I named my pet frog "Prog" before they came up with "Progressive" rock. A frogressively shocking thing at the time!

I was born in 1973 and Prog Rock is my favorite music. Seems I was born in a good year for Prog Rock.

@AbbeyRoadkill1

3 жыл бұрын

You are literally a child of prog rock.

@matnichol

3 жыл бұрын

I was born in 71. The start of the prog era.

@mikereiss4216

3 жыл бұрын

@@matnichol 1970 for me. 1969 was the real official beginning of the prog era though since that's when King Crimson's first album came out.

@UCS0608

3 жыл бұрын

I was born in 1958. I think one of the best years to be born and become a fan of the "symphonic rock" (yes, that's how we called it that time, kids. Not progrock!!! ;) ) because I was 13 when most of the the great albums began being released and I bought them when they were still warm! I saw lots of these bands live throughout the 70s. I realize more and more that the period from my 13th till my 18th/19th birthday has really shaped my musical taste. I have to admit that after 1980 I lost interest in sympho/progrock, and moved on to new wave etc. But I listen to the great stuff from the 70s often and I still have all the vinyl and cherish it, even though I have most of this material on cd for a long time already. Been a Beatle-fan all my life btw! :) My top-10 list is different from this one, but that's only normal, because personal. I think my #1 and #2 are steady (The lamb lies down on Broadway and Tales from topographic Oceans), but after those there are more than eight albums that can have the rest of the positions in my top-10. It's like Sophie's Choice and it varies! In random order: Dark side of the moon, In a glass house, Selling England by the pound, Foxtrot, Yes Album, Wish you were here, In the court of the Crimson King, The snowgoose, Atom heart mother, Crime of the century, Storia di uno minuto, PFM live in USA, to name some. What a time to grow up.... :)

A fantastic top 10 and so beautifully presented your knowledge is amazing, I take my hat off to you sir. My hippy trippy favourites are Gong & Steve Hillage.

To me, David Gilmour is a genius. My favorite guitarist of all time.

@AbbeyRoadkill1

3 жыл бұрын

Great bands like Pink Floyd are always the result of multiple people's talents, but without Gilmour's playing I wouldn't find post-Barrett Pink Floyd nearly as interesting as I do. His feel is pretty untouchable.

@majsiewiczm57

3 жыл бұрын

Waters od geniusz Gilmour no

@howie9751

3 жыл бұрын

But it was Waters that wrote the songs, not that I disagree about Gilmore.

@claymor8241

3 жыл бұрын

He doesn’t play anywhere near enough notes per minute, it’s about quantity not quality.

@majsiewiczm57

3 жыл бұрын

@@howie9751 dark side komposed Waters Animals Waters The Wall Waters finał cit Waters.wat qestion?

Great comments, it's fab to see Amon Duul get a mention, they're a hugely underrated band. I love YES! And of course any early Pink Floyd. So much great music from 70s. Probably the greatest era for pop and rock ever!

My top 10: 1. Genesis- Foxtrot 2. YES- Relayer 3. Pink Floyd- Wish you were here 4. ELP- Brain salad surgery 5. Dream theater- Images and words 6. Frank Zappa- One size fits all 7. King Crimson- Larks' tongues in aspic 8. UK- UK 9. Kansas- Kansas 10. Rush- Hemispheres

@danhemming6624

3 жыл бұрын

Surely Frank Zappa's Zoot Allures was a better album.

@RootinrPootine

3 жыл бұрын

@@danhemming6624 lol come on now…

@knutschwab7951

2 жыл бұрын

Interaktiv

@michaelsalisbury1477

2 жыл бұрын

Wish you werr hereis PFs worst album with Roger W.

My Top 10 Prog Albums: 01 - Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull 02 - 2112 - Rush 03 - Fragile - YES 04 - Pictures at an Exhibition - ELP 05 - Images & Words - Dream Theater 06 - The Wall - Pink Floyd 07 - Close to the Edge - YES 08 - Tarkus - ELP 09 - Caress of Steel - Rush 10 - Aqualung - Jethro Tull

@RegWho

2 жыл бұрын

In no particular order,, my humble 2 cents worth: Godbluff - Van der Graaf Generator Ege Bamyasi - Can Camembert Electrique - Gong Foxtrot - Genesis Red - King Crimson Fish Rising - Steve Hillage Ummagumma - Pink Floyd Three Friends - Gentle Giant Hatfield and the North - Rotters Club Soft Machine - Softs

@davidvasquez8658

Жыл бұрын

I agree 100% with your choices. Not 1 choice not worthy of a great list. Great taste! ha ha

@adrianokury

6 ай бұрын

Caress of Steel is so hated by many -- but the prog part is fantastic -- a pity that there are inane fillers.

Glad to see Larks and Octopus getting some love. I was fortunate to see Gentle Giant at the back end of their career. I was blown away.

@markhenrynoll5601

Жыл бұрын

I got to see GG as a backup band awesome performance.

Very cool compilation! He's touched base on some of my rare favorites, King Crimson, Genesis, Yes, Jethro Tull,

So glad to see A Passion Play get it’s due!! Great list!!

@jamiepastman5594

2 жыл бұрын

me too

Close to the Edge would be my choice but any Yes album would fit the list.

@hdrake1000

3 жыл бұрын

If I had to pick one Yes album of course it would have to be Close To The Edge. I think he chose Topographic is because of the subject matter of the whole album.

@frankmachin5438

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I agree - I think Close To The Edge is a faultless masterpiece...Bill Bruford left Yes after ‘Close’ because he felt they could never top it...

@hdrake1000

3 жыл бұрын

@@frankmachin5438 I love Bruford and it's great he went on to King Crimson and even UK. I miss him his early days of Yes. That album Yesterdays has the best of the 1st 2 albums and then they all did the Simon and Garfunkel's America. You just cant beat Bruford back in those days.

@frankmachin5438

3 жыл бұрын

@@hdrake1000 ....and don’t forget Genesis - Bruford is the only prog musician to play for all of the ‘Big Three’ - Yes, Genesis and King Crimson

@hdrake1000

3 жыл бұрын

@@frankmachin5438 Your right. I love him in UK also. Bill used Alan Holdsworth on his solo albums also.

Wow! A reviewer who has a very good grasp of the English language. Kudos

Van Der Graafs great music, was a balance between Peter Hammil's beautiful music and lyric and David Jackson's genius on sax. Utterly the best and then some.

@fabio5995

3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree! Pawn Hearts is still the best prog album

@hugoribeiro8664

3 жыл бұрын

My favorites...Still Life and God Bluff also not bad at all 🙃

@AlterMann57

Жыл бұрын

Wasn't Lemmy a member of Van Der Graaf on that album?

@stevemalek2970

Жыл бұрын

I'm starting to delve into the works of VDGG and I am enjoying it greatly!

@lemming9984

Ай бұрын

@@AlterMann57 No. You're thinking of Hawkwind!

Love your perspectives and articulation. I picked up some good recommendations here. My personal favorites are "In the Court..." and "Fragile" and am currently digging the sound of Gentle Giant's "Acquiring the Taste". Nice list

@LarryFleetwood8675

3 жыл бұрын

Love the great Octopus but their Acquiring the Taste is just a sliver the better album, for me anyway.

Pawn hearts is one of the best prog albums of all time and van der graaf are often overlooked retrospectively

Brilliant analysis as usual My personal favourite albums are U.K by U.K Danger money by U.K Studio Tan by Frank Zappa Brain Salad Surgery by E.L.P Tarkus by E.L.P Thick as a brick by Jethro Tull Animals by Pink Floyd Three friends by Gentle Giant Selling England by a pound by Genesis Going for the one by Yes Moving pictures by Rush Red by King Crimson

@yuridio514

4 жыл бұрын

Change -Rush -Permanent waves......................

@lpc1231000

2 жыл бұрын

Have you been going through my record collection? LOL

"...makes King Crimson sounds like the Ramones". I spit my coffee. Great line.

Wow, what an eloquent man! My personal favorite is Tarkus by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer.

@robertcooper1952

3 жыл бұрын

@Bookhouse Boy Tarkus just blows me away with that bass pattern using the interval of a fourth. I can hear the influence of Bela Bartok on Keith in this album. If you give me your mailing address, I will send you a signed copy of my book: "The Conscience of An Agnostic," which is listed on Amazon.

dark side is a modern masterpiece, i listened to this the first time i got stoned in '73 and i've owned it in every format since then. thanks for the video.

From my collection of over 900 albums going back to the early 1970s, at the moment my top 10 progressive rock albums would be : 1 - Close to the Edge, Yes ; 2 - Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd ; 3 - Foxtrot, Genesis ; 4 - Thick as a Brick, Jethro Tull ; 5 - Dark Matter, IQ ; 6 - The Difference Machine, Big Big Train ; 7 - The Whirlwind, Transatlantic ; 8 - If, Glass Hammer ; 9- Into The Electric Castle, Ayreon, 10 - In The Court of The Crimson King, King Crimson. This is just from my personal collection, albums that I seem to keep returning to more than others (next month of course, this list could change a little or be rearranged). I have many more albums by the above and others. Honourable mentions must go to ELP, The Flower Kings, Riverside, Magenta, Spocks Beard, Pendragon, Caravan, Steve Hackett, Rick Wakeman, Mike Oldfield, Horslips, Porcupine Tree and Supertramp……. (the magnificent Fish Out of Water by Chris Squire).

Thank you, again, for pointing out the gaps in my musical journey. there's always room for discovery! You offer great sign posts along the way. Heady tangents for anyone's pilgrimage!

@michaelkeudel8770

3 жыл бұрын

Here's one thats been around 20 years and you've probably never heard of them. kzread.info/dash/bejne/aZ9pmtNyiLTLfs4.html

Great list! Here is my list of the British albums I have listened to the most the last 20 years (only the most listened album per group/artist). 1. Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (1971) 2. Genesis - Nursery Cryme (1971) (with Selling England close to the top) 3. Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (1978) (wíth A Passion Play close to the top) 4. Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972) (with Octopus close to the top) 5. King Crimson - The Power to Believe (2003) (with Larks' Tongues In Aspic and Red close to the top) 6. Deep Purple - The Book of Taliesyn (1968) 7. Camel - Mirage (1974) 8. Chris Squire - Fish out of Water (1975) 9. Yes - Close to The Edge (1972) 10. Peter Hammill - In Camera (1974) I also listen a lot to Italian Progressive Rock, so here is the same list for Italian bands. 1. Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso (1972) (the best album ever) 2. Alphataurus - Alphataurus (1973) 3. Museo Rosenbach - Zarathustra (1973) 4. L’Uovo di Colombo - L’Uovo di Colombo (1973) 5. Celeste - Principe Di Un Giorno (1976) 6. Le Orme - Felona E Sorona (1973) 7. I Giganti - Terra in Bocca (1971) 8. Biglietto Per l'Inferno - Biglietto Per l'Inferno (1974) 9. Metamorfosi - Inferno (1973) 10. Il Balletto di Bronzo - YS (1972) 11. PFM - Storia di un minuto (1972)

@lpc1231000

2 жыл бұрын

I love Italian prog! How about Acqua Fragile (self-titled and Mass Media Stars)?

Good picks. Pawn Hearts is the litmus test for prog knowledge. Tales is also my favorite Yes and a brave choice given all the criticism. 4 sides of a prog album really need to be listened to the same way you'd sit to enjoy Wagner. Not for ADD types. And kudos on including ELP. As mentioned they've become the whipping boy for the excesses of prog, but Brain Salad Surgery and my favorite, Trilogy, are amazing albums. A Passion Play is also my favorite Tull. Selling England is up there, but for me the original live album is their best. It makes up for the bad recording quality of the previous two albums and Genesis sounded better live anyways. Octopus is a must pick, but I have a hard time choosing between that and The Power and the Glory,

Saw the title - thought to myself "I'd better see Brain Salad Surgery...or there will be HELL to pay!!!" Saw Brain Salad Surgery...put pitchfork back in the corner. ;-)

@coachhannah2403

3 жыл бұрын

BSS is too inconsistent to be "best." Pretty much any earlier album was better, IMNSHO. Kids today... Just sayin'

So good to see Topographic Oceans here. I love that album. Very interesting top 10. Absolutely love some of them and had dismissed some others…must rectify. No doubts about Dark Side or Selling England.

A great list! I am surprised at how many I agree with. Brain Salad Surgery is special to me because it was my introduction to prog back in the late '70s. I agree that this them at their best but I always felt the work afterwards was tension between the band and not some sort of hubris or the debris of success that seems to plague a lot of bands. King Crimson is a favourite as well, another early discovery that helped me weather periods of horrible music. And you can't talk about prog without Yes and Pink Floyd. I would have had something from The Moody Blues but otherwise, I have to agree.

I was a long haired pot smoking acid dropping teenager in 1970. Passion Play dragged me away from classical music into the then new progressive rock world. I bought most of these albums as they were released. Can't quibble over anything in this video. My list would be different of course. This is all old stuff...unlike Jesus prog rock did return from the dead in the 80's....and has stayed strong for most of my life. I still listen to everything on your list...just not that often. It's a big genre and life is short. As an American we all knew that England was the leader in intelligent music at the time. So we created DEVO as an act of revenge.

ANother great review. 1. 2112 by Rush 2. Music From The Elder by Kiss (No they are not prog but this album definitely feels proggy) 3. Selling England By The Pound by Genesis (Totally agree this is the pinnacle of Gabriel Genesis) 4. Operation Mindcrime by Queensryche 5. Eldorado by The Electric Light Orchestra 6. Talk by Yes 7. Clockwork Angels by Rush 8. Foxtrot by Genesis 9. Minstrel In The Gallery by Jethro Tull 10. Queen II by Queen

@HeraclitorisScroll

3 жыл бұрын

Farewell To Kings, Hemispheres>>>2112>>>Clockwork Angels

@randysmith4331

3 жыл бұрын

Talk is one of the *LEAST* progressive of Yes’s albums.

@chrisrosati8264

3 жыл бұрын

Many years ago a prog friend of mine hated Kiss but I lent him Music from the Elder and he loved it. Go figure. Its not a regular Kiss album I must say. Produced by Bob Ezrin

What strikes me is how many of these albums were released in 1973. Probably the watershed year for Prog.

@simond1574

4 жыл бұрын

1972 was not bad either. "Close to the Edge", "Foxtrot", "Thick as a brick". What strikes me most is how fast some bands bands in the 1970s are throwing out instant classics. King Crimson, Yes, Genesis, Tull, Floyd all published at least one great album per year in the first half of the 1970s.

@BrainiacFingers

4 жыл бұрын

1973 began with 'Tubular Bells' followed by: 'Dark Side Of The Moon' 'A Passion Play'. 'Tales From Topographic Oceans' 'Larks Tongues In Aspic' 'Chamelion In The Shadow Of The Night' 'Selling England By The Pound' 'Birds Of Fire' 'Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy' 'Queen 1' 'In A Glass House' among others. A very good year. ADDENDUM: How could I forget ELP' s Brain Salad Surgery.

@whitlalindsay6255

3 жыл бұрын

A watershed year for LSD both in quality and availabity :-)

@joaofreita579

3 жыл бұрын

@@simond1574 For me 1972 the better year and 1977 in 2º place.

@noreligion2

3 жыл бұрын

Not just for Prog but the best year in music period! You had: Elton's Yellow Brick Road, The Doobie Bros Captain and Me, Montrose's first, Skynard's first, Alice Cooper's Billion Dollar Babies just to name a few!!!

My top 10: 10. Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord 9. Rush - Permanent Waves 8. Kansas - Leftoverture 7. ELP - Brain Salad Surgery 6. Jethro Tull - Aqualung 5. Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory 4. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound (Top 3 interchangeably): Yes - Close to the Edge Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here King Crimson - Larks’ Tongues In Aspic Honorable mentions: Porcupine Tree - In Absentia Camel - Mirage Procol Harum - Procol Harum

@michaelsalisbury1477

2 жыл бұрын

But Rush isba poor mans Yes.

@antonioscalcione7921

2 жыл бұрын

@Michael Salisbury that’s pretty stupid lol. Neil Peart, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson are all just as good or (arguably) better at their instruments than Squire Howe and Bruford. Clear influence of Yes for Rush but completely different beasts

My Top 10 Prog Albums 1. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King 2. Rush - Moving Pictures 3. U.K. - U.K. 4. Yes - Fragile 5. ELP - Brain Salad Surgery 6. Triumvirat - Spartacus 7. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 8. Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte 9. Camel - Mirage 10.Jethro Tull - Aqualung

@kalleschwowell8062

3 жыл бұрын

nice playlist, but for me are Pink Floyd´s "Darkside of the moon" and Triumvirat " illusion of a double dimble" the better choice

@lpc1231000

2 жыл бұрын

Nice list. I loved Triumvirate's "Illusions on a double dimple."

You should teach a prog rock class at Oxford or Cambridge. Holy Christ, I thought I knew a lot about music.

@classicalbum

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the high praise. Do check out my other videos

@sockington1

2 жыл бұрын

he ought to learn a bit of Latin first though - ec cetera ? magnus opus ?

@gerthoffmann5436

2 жыл бұрын

Vielen Dank für deine fachkundigen Ausführungen, thank you very much !

@gerthoffmann5436

2 жыл бұрын

@@classicalbum ❤

@markrae1317

2 жыл бұрын

Do you honestly need anyone else to tell you whether something is good or not, whether you're allowed to like it or not?

I only checked in to see if one of the best bands ever got a mention. At last a nod to CAMEL. Easily the most under rated band ever. The beauty in Andy's playing has never been equalled. I agree with other comments that Snow Goose isn't their best work but getting a mention is a start. I saw them at Bath ( just before the Albert Hall gig ) and they were utterly amazing. The latest line up is fabulous. Long live Camel.

@ricmadden5445

3 жыл бұрын

I have all of the Camel albums. Outstanding band. My favourite to this day still remains Mirage.

@sciencereactions8221

3 жыл бұрын

Camel is amazing!

@AlanJan_UK_49

3 жыл бұрын

@@sciencereactions8221 The other band in the amazing category to my mind is Marillion. Are you familiar with their work ?

@sciencereactions8221

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlanJan_UK_49 I’ve certainly heard of them, but I don’t know any of their songs. I should give them a listen:)

@AlanJan_UK_49

3 жыл бұрын

@@sciencereactions8221 I was given CD "Season's end" ( Marillion ) and love that. Then You Tube came up with a concert at Royal Albert Hall and one in Cardiff. Here they are joined by orchestra and it's magical. This is a link to The Space : kzread.info/dash/bejne/io2Cr7SRqMjXps4.html but also try Easter or Season's end. I bought both DVD's and am glad I did.

An interesting and sometimes surprising list of amazing albums. The groups all deserving mention. I take no exception at having a Pink Floyd album at the head of the class and would not argue with your 'Dark Side' choice. 'Animals' might be mine, but I won't quibble. I do take exception to having Jethro Tull so high. My second choice (or actually first, truth be told) for the best progressive rock album has to be 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway'. I can understand why an Englishman would sentimentally chose Genesis' 'Selling England by the Pound' but the band's concept double album should be number one. It has some of the best compositions, jazz/fusion drumming and unity of its progression to a climax. It is masterful. Even Gabriel's abstract lyric adds to the album's allure. Enigmatic as it is, the overall concept is cosmic; using the analogy of a punk gang member discovering his humanity, to express man's search for the meaning of life, is itself simply brilliant. The album is epic and to my mind fully achieved.

Pawn Hearts for me. Not just the best prog album but the best album of any kind ever! Utter, utter genius. Still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up after 50 years of listening.

@braininavatnow9197

2 жыл бұрын

Also 50 years.... it's still great...it grows with us over the course of a lifetime.

Prog: the Lamb lies down on broadway

@jonesfactor9

4 жыл бұрын

Andrea Baldoni not prog

@nectarinedreams7208

4 жыл бұрын

@@jonesfactor9 You're not prog.

@Wayner71

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, 'The Lamb' is the greatest Prog album in my opinion.

@ljgittingeriii3199

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonesfactor9 What????? Genesis-the Lamb Lies down on Broadway is not prog??? Please take your massively overdue dose of Thorazine!

I do love Passion Play. Could the best concert ever.

Excellent list - it’s so hard to come up with “top - list” , when each album in progressive rock can provide unique textures that draw you in , during a particular listening . You hit upon my favorite Jethro Tull, Van Der Graff Generator , Genesis , Gentle Giant albums - and I too have a soft spot for Yes / Tales From Topographic Oceans ! An intriguing snd thought provoking list !! Most excellent!!

Brain Salad Surgery is fantastic, but it's the one everyone chooses kinda automatically. Though the live versions of the songs of this album are fabulous beyond description, I would take Trilogy over Brain Salad Surgery.

When you started with Yeti, I knew this list was going to be good.

Twice now I've asked a young woman wearing a Dark Side of the Moon T-shirt what she thought of the group, and twice now I've got an uncomprehending look. And basically a "who's pink.?" response to my question. I don't believe I have the heart to ask a third time.

Great video and good list. For my taste I would have picked "Three friends" " Red" Closer to the edge" "Foxtrot" "Thick as a brick" and I would have fit Gongs "You" in somewhere. I love the teapots. Good stuff though.

NAILED IT!!!!! Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel era Genesis, and Jethro Tull are my TOP 3 bands of all time!!!!!

@javierllerena5756

2 жыл бұрын

I would add Yes and Camel , Jethro Tull my favorite .

Enjoyed this video and I found myself agreeing with most of your choices Well argued and informative.Certainly agree about how excellent an album A Passion Play is.

Even though your top 10 is different to mine, I could sure be stranded on a desert island with yours!! Thanks so much!!

Enjoyed your narrative very much! Everyone has a prog favorite, whether on this list or not. My "two-cents" worth? "KANSAS" in the mid to late 70's. Creative, spiritual, complex and unique, primarily because of one individual: Kerry Livgren.

@jasonsobol32

4 жыл бұрын

The music is great, I must say...but they are not much of a band to see in concert. Saw them open for Yes in 2001, did not enjoy the lack of stage presence.

@davej9228

3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree. Masque was the first album I ever bought after seeing them on Don Kershners rock concert. Air guitared the shit out of Icarus.

@ericsmith2283

Жыл бұрын

Kansas in an outstanding progressive rock band, and the current lineup are continuing the tradition.

A Passion Play - what a magnificent album! (However, I always miss out the Hare....)

Cool list. I mostly agree. I'm really pleased that you chose TFTO and A Passion Play as I think they are both their respective groups' best albums. I guess I can agree about Brain Salad Surgery if, for nothing else, it's consistency. That said, I think that the single best Prog track of all time is Tarkus and I'd have put that album at the top of my list if side two weren't total rubbish. In place of The Snow Goose I'd pick Procol Harum Shine On Brightly, instead of the Van Der Graff Generator I'd pick Tubular Bells and maybe Soft Machine Third instead of Amon Duul. I note that there's no contemporary Prog. If more recent stuff were allowed, I'd try to find a place for The Raven That Refused To Sing and Transatlantic's SMPTe.

@redlioness6627

3 жыл бұрын

The Raven is absolutely superb!

@michaelsalisbury1477

2 жыл бұрын

Dream Theatrid contemporary prog.

Top five (no order): red, selling, lamb, animals & the wall. 6 to 13 places (no order): close to the edge, fragile, foxtrot, wind and wuthering, wish you were here, dark side of the moon, lark's tongues in aspic, in the court

Well done, the reviews are as hypnotic as the music. Remember this is the reviewers favorites. My top 3 would be Relayer, selling england, danger money by UK

Wonderful list... I would have placed the top two spots for Genesis: Selling England, and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway... so, so different for two consecutive albums (almost as different as OK Computer and Kid A)... Would have made room for King Crimson's debut, as well... but it all comes down to personal choice, so no wrong answers...

@joaquimgianini1234

2 жыл бұрын

I feel like Red is KC's best. I love the debut album but songs like Fallen Angel and Starless take Red another level

@Reggie-The-Dog

2 жыл бұрын

@@joaquimgianini1234 I agree. Red is their pinnacle for me.

I'd have included Argus by Wishbone Ash.

@lmp9726

3 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite albums and certainly Wishbone Ash's finest achievement. However, not sure if it's prog.

@marinaau8551

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, Wishbone Ash

I’m so used to reading critics slagging off Yes’s TFTO that it was with great appreciation that I listened to your thoughtful and articulate treatise on this very complex album. I’ve always held it in esteem and felt as though it deserved a better response from both critics and the public. Thank you for your insights. Well done, sir.

I've just realised that I've been listening to half of these albums for years without knowing anything about them. Thanks for a very eloquent review.

I think Harbour of Tears and Dust and Dreams by Camel have the edge on Snowgoose. Andy thinks Harbour of Tears is his best as well. Good selection from you nevertheless. I would add Fear of a Blank Planet by Porcupine Tree, The Raven that Refused to Sing (Steven Wilson) and Frequency (IQ) which I never get sick of hearing.

Another great post! I certainly won't be taking the time to read all of the comments, but I still include the album "Solar Fire" by Manfred Mann's Earth Band on my list of best progressive rock albums.

I mostly ignore many of the KZread reviewers to the point where I rely on you and one other KZread channel to build my playlists. Thanks for getting me out of my classic rock rut.

Your verbose but very interesting takes of these records makes me smile. I like it.

Thanks for clarifying best and favorite....so many in the 70's,,, incredible decade with just enough technology for lights and sounds, with the right size stages.

Great list, although I would have hoped for just a single US production - Images and Words from Dream Theater. Thanks for helping me get through the trying times that are upon us. Be well and safe.

I'm a prog rock/metal junkie and tho I find at least half of ur prog albums to be too self-indulgent for my liking, your review is just rich, eloquent, colorfully-phrased, scholarly and technical, and even euphonic in places. Bravo! P.S. DSOTM too is my #1--the album that started my journey into Prog music.

10. Brain Salad Surgery - ELP 9. Mirage - Camel 8. Close To The Edge - Yes 7. Octopus - Gentle Giant 6. Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull 5. In The Court Of The Crimson King - 4. Crime Of The Century - Supertramp 3. Animals - Pink Floyd 2. Mëkanïk Destruktiw Kommandoh - Magma 1. Selling England by the Pound - Genesis

You have made a real difference in my musical education. Thank you.

@classicalbum

4 жыл бұрын

What a kind thing to say... Thank you so much for watching.

I'm not sure if I'd put A Passion Play quite that high, but it was excellent to include it. That masterpiece of an album is so sadly overlooked. A masterwork. Now if that blasted Hare would just locate his spectacles already...

@lpc1231000

2 жыл бұрын

I found it to be Tull's most proggy album, but found it a bit disjointed. Aqualung, Thick as a Brick, and Minstrel in the Gallery stand out for me.

Woow! As you said this is in fact YOUR choice of favourites, but really I appreciate your insight in choosing such albums that I think almost every prog fan can relate to. Really insigtfull and as unbiased as possibile I think

I want to consider only classic prog rock kind album, this is my list 1- King crimson- Red 2- Genesis- Fox trot 3- Pink floyd- The dark side of the moon- 4 Jethro tull- Aqualung 5- Camel- Mirage 6-Gentle giant- Gentle giant 7- Van der graaf generator - Pawn hearts 8-Caravan - In the land the grey and pink 9- E L P- Tarkus 10- Museo Rosenbach- Zaratustra

I For me,, it's only been in the last two years that APP came to surpass TAAB. I think it's because I really began to focus on the story being told. Neither all good nor all bad. "I'd give up my halo for a horn, and the horn for the hat I once had." Musically, Night cap and the Chateau tapes definitely helped push APP past TAAB (just my experience). Thanks for a great list.

Great list! Happy to see some of the more obscure bands like VdGG, Amon Duul II and Camel make it, and talked about with such affection. There are so many good bands from this era, from germany, france and italy too.. this got me thinking, if i made a list i would have to use at least 20 albums under your rules 😀

1 Hot Rats- zappa 2 Thick as a brick -tull 3 Bundles-Soft Machine 4Larks tongues in aspic-Crimson 5Close to the edge-Yes 6Physical Graffiti-Led 7Three Friends-Gentle Giant 8South Saturn Delta-Hendrix 9Meddle-Pink Floyd 10Third-Soft Machine 11Waka Jawaka-Zappa 12Are you experience-Hendrix 13 Heavy Horses-Tull 14In the court of the crimson-king-crimson 15Presence-Led 16Going for the one-Yes 17The soft Parade-the doors 18Construção-Chico 19O clube da esquina-Milton 20Alagbon close-Fela Kuti

Great list and musical analysis. Some of my all-time favorites are: King Crimson, Lizard; Can, Ege Bamyasi; Soft Machine, Third; Guru Guru, Dance of the Flames, Procol Harum, Ball, and Gong, You.

I am American and agree with you. I think Prog Rock is definitely European. I love Prog Rock and love your list. I was glad to see Gentle Giant there. They are my favorite band. You also gave me a few more things to listen to. Thank you.

@SpicyTexan64

7 ай бұрын

Rush is the godfather of progressive rock. 🇨🇦

CAMEL ist meine Nr. 1 ! Sina Döring aus Germany (sina-drums) macht hervorragende wertschätzende Classic-Rock Cover und hat auch eigene sehr gute vielseitige Alben produziert .

Thank you for this review. Subjective, sure (how could it be otherwise?) but you make very strong points for each selection and it would be hard to argue against either of your choices. A life-long fan of prog rock, still I learned new things and got my eyes opened to some angles of several of the albums. I appreciate your very thorough, very well articulated commentary.

What can I say. Almost all the albums you reviewed here are on my shelf. Outstanding review.

@michaelkeudel8770

3 жыл бұрын

probably not this band, talk about hiding in plain site: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aZ9pmtNyiLTLfs4.html

@strannostrannovasrr

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelkeudel8770 no, you're right about that.

Your descriptions are fit for these albums. Amazing work!

@classicalbum

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Have a great Christmas and keep an eye out for some new videos in 2021

I am a great Progressive Rock fan... the choice of the 10 best is very personal... But there is no doubt that you selected 10 gems...

So glad Camel and Gentle Giant are on this list. Honorable mention is Camel's "Moonmadness" and Gentle Giant's "Free Hand." I love Selling England... but strongly favor Foxtrot as not only Genesis' best, but second only to DSOTM as the best overall prog record ever made. Also Close to the Edge easily "edges" out Topographic Oceans as Yes' best prog effort. Prog rock fan since the first hearing "In the Court of the Crimson King" in 1970. Here is my top ten (same thing, one band for each). 1. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon 2. Genesis - Foxtrot 3. King Crimson - Larks' Tongue in Aspic 4. Gentle Giant - Octopus 5. Yes - Close to the Edge 6. Radiohead - OK Computer 7. Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream 8. Nektar - Remember the Future 9. Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He Am the Only One 10. Spock's Beard - V Honorable mention: Focus - Moving Waves Premiata Forneria Marconi - Photos of Ghosts Transatlantic - SMPTe UK - UK The Flower Kings - Flower Power

You became my favourite review channel.. Very down to earth and unpretensious while being incredibly informative and passionate, thank you

@classicalbum

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment

Dark Side Of The Moon is the greatest Prog record without a 'shadow' of a doubt.

Dude! First-time viewer, but I will stop at the outset to give you props for the ROXY & ELSEWHERE T...now, my expectations of you are p-r-e-t-t-y high! (after watching...) Yup, you lived up to your T-shirt! Gentle Giant's OCTOPUS? Right the freak on! Side four of TALES is legendary among former radio jocks I worked with (when the record was released). SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND? Check. I did sub, and I will be back! (Did you really use "obfuscation" or some variant of it in your intro?! You dawg, you!)

@sombrejungle982

4 жыл бұрын

Ha! That's exactly what caught my eye too! Not a fan of Tales (altho the artwork's stellar) but this isn't my list, it's his and I cant fault his other nine picks.

Thnx for the shout out to Amon Duul II. subbed.Edit: Although I thoroughly agree with the choice of bands my personal choices are:- Amon Duul II Wolf City less improv sublime singing a Bonger of an album! VDGG- for me the Least Can Do is Wave to Each Other- The energy , organ sounds, the vocals and subject matter Out standing. King Crimson in the Court of the Crimson King-The mellotron, fuzz vocals on Schiziod Man, the Sweet n Sour of the title track. ELP for me Tarkus , BSS a fine album but lacked the musical depth of Tarkus. Gentle Giant agreed! Genesis- SEBTP another fine album but Foxtrot with Suppers Ready and IMHO the best mellotron ever intro to Watcher of the Skies takes the prize. Yes- Sure TOTO had great moments but as a whole it was ploddy, the YES Album had zero plod and remains a fave. Fragile was great, Close to the edge good but IMHO a bit of meandering.Floyd- DSOTM yeah! With Meddle, Wish You were here and The Wall Floyd were mind-blowin' good and DSOTM is the Jewel on a mega crown. Cheers.Edit2. Tull- Although intended as a parody of 'prog rock' Thick as A Brick is IMHO the Album, superb musicianship throughout, never ploddy, Andersons lyrics and singing from whimsical to cutting. A masterpiece.

Mine would be 1) In the court of the crimson king 2) Selling England By the pound 3) Wish you were here 4) Close to the edge 4) Thick as a brick 5) Red 6) Tarkus 7) Octopus 8) Godbluff 9) In the Land of grey and pink 10) Metropolis 2: Scenes from a memory.

@joaquimgianini1234

2 жыл бұрын

I feel like Starless brings Red to a next level in compairson to In The Court of The Crimson King

@lpc1231000

2 жыл бұрын

LOL, you didn't even have to list the bands for me to recognize them all!

Geddy Lee said thick as a brick by jethro tull is the best progressive album ever. I agree.

@javierllerena5756

3 жыл бұрын

Geddy Lee from Rush , one of the Best progressive rock bands have said , Thick as a Brick is the best progressive rock album ever made. This statement have been said for one of the best musician of the music . People that don’t say Thick as a Brick is one of the best progressive rock albums ever made or maybe the best one , don’t understand or appreciate smart sophisticated and intelligent music . Thick as a Brick and Passion Play from Jethro Tull are the two best progressive rock albums ever made , only Foxtrot and Selling England by the Pound could get the same level from musical stand point. Sorry for Close to the Edge , Fragile, Dark Side Of the moon and In the Court Of the Crimson. These are masterpieces of progressive rock but in my opinion don’t reach the level of the four albums From Jethro Tull and Genesis .

@ayekaye8055

3 жыл бұрын

@@javierllerena5756 agreed to both of you

@javierllerena5756

2 жыл бұрын

Geddy Lee from Rush is a genius , Rush had a lot of respect to Jethro Tull , Doane Perry drummer of Jethro Tull was very close friend of Neil Peart .

@danielbuss9123

2 жыл бұрын

I cant argue with that. Thick as a brick is a classic!

It's perfectly possible to love Prog AND Punk

@jooree7696

3 жыл бұрын

I'm doing it. It is possible

@andrewwrench1959

3 жыл бұрын

Loads of people, more than is credited. Genres blend: Thrash is a combination of the two forms on a Metal base, Ambient is Prog while House is Disco but they meet in the middle. Soft Machine Prog or Jazz? Caravan Prog or Folk? Back on topic some continue to argue the Stranglers were too Prog to be Punk. But frankly who cares about the label when we can just enjoy well executed music in its many forms?

@whitlalindsay6255

3 жыл бұрын

Schizophrenia ? Is that the method ?

@gergojanko9022

3 жыл бұрын

My two favourite genres. The third is black metal.

@richardclay4158

3 жыл бұрын

Anyone who claims it's possible to love one out of Siouxie and the Banshees and Curved Air while hating the other... probably understands neither.

awesome content, gotta catch up on my listening..."Wish you were here" is my #1....I'm with you with ELP, Genesis, Tull and Crimson

Could name every song off every album, love the review and keep it up my friend!

Thanks for turning me on to Chroma Key. Yesterday - unaware. Today - fascinated!

Some of my favs and some unknowns, always nice to hear your stories around the albums.

Great video - Pawn Hearts one of the greatest prog albums of all time. My list: Foxtrot - Genesis Pawn Hearts - Van set Graf Generator Brain Salad Surgery - ELP Close to the Edge - Yes Too Old to Rock n Roll, Too Young to Die - JETHRO Tull The Incident - Porcupine Tree 2112 - Rush Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd Octopus - Gentle Giant Larks Tongues In Aspic - King Crimson

@Eleventhearlofmars

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to see porcupine tree included.