Are there any must-listens I'm missing here?

I've listened to Porcupine Tree, Yes, Genesis and Marillion - all fantastic bands but I didn't enjoy them quite enough to make this list.

Some albums that you may expect to be on this list I might have included on my Top Progressive Metal Albums list.

Having no Yes album in the list is crazy

My immediate recommendations would be for you to check out Camel and Kansas, which are imo peak prog rock. Camel's first four albums are fantastic and Mirage might just be my favourite prog rock album ever. Kansas' first 5 are really great and the band only being known for "Dust In The Wind" and "Carry On Wayward Son" is doing them a massive disservice when they have so many bangers in store.

For lesser known stuff, I think Carol Of Harvest, Earth And Fire, Julian Jay Savarin or Renaissance all have some pretty cool releases worth checking out.

If you're open to weirder, more experimental stuff, I heavily recommend checking out Magma, Eskaton, Weidorje, Area, Koenji Hyakkei, Bondage Fruit or Pochakaite Malko, which all play some variant of zeuhl or avant-prog. Catherine Ribeiro mostly plays avant-folk but she has some more prog rock oriented albums, and I recommend checking out her whole discog in general.
Finally, for some weird half prog half jazz stuff, The Keith Tippett Group is worth checking out as well.

There's some great album's on this, here's a few I'd recommend:

Yes - Close To The Edge

Emerson Lake & Palmer - Tarkus

Genesis - Selling England By The Pound

Eloy - Ocean

Edit: I just realized you weren't taken by Genesis or Yes which is a shame.

Written by Roman Doez on 17.10.2024 at 05:31

Having no Yes album in the list is crazy

My immediate recommendations would be for you to check out Camel and Kansas, which are imo peak prog rock. Camel's first four albums are fantastic and Mirage might just be my favourite prog rock album ever. Kansas' first 5 are really great and the band only being known for "Dust In The Wind" and "Carry On Wayward Son" is doing them a massive disservice when they have so many bangers in store.

For lesser known stuff, I think Carol Of Harvest, Earth And Fire, Julian Jay Savarin or Renaissance all have some pretty cool releases worth checking out.

If you're open to weirder, more experimental stuff, I heavily recommend checking out Magma, Eskaton, Weidorje, Area, Koenji Hyakkei, Bondage Fruit or Pochakaite Malko, which all play some variant of zeuhl or avant-prog. Catherine Ribeiro mostly plays avant-folk but she has some more prog rock oriented albums, and I recommend checking out her whole discog in general.
Finally, for some weird half prog half jazz stuff, The Keith Tippett Group is worth checking out as well.

I've listened to some Kansas, but will be sure to check out more along with Camel. I'll check out the others, thanks for the recommendations!

Written by AndyMetalFreak on 17.10.2024 at 08:32

There's some great album's on this, here's a few I'd recommend:

Yes - Close To The Edge

Emerson Lake & Palmer - Tarkus

Genesis - Selling England By The Pound

Eloy - Ocean

Edit: I just realized you weren't taken by Genesis or Yes which is a shame.

I'll have to give Genesis and Yes another listen. But I'll be sure to check out the others you recommended - thanks again!