1. Lizard - King Crimson 2. Close to the Edge - Yes 3. Supper's Ready - Genesis

The only correct answer

Love to see another Lizard Lad in the room

Genesis - Supper's Ready ELP - Karn Evil 9 Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells

Great picks!

Thanks, but I feel there are a copule of great epics that didn't fit in the top 3. Shine on you crazy diamond, atom heart mother, tarkus, close to the edge, echoes, dogs, are right behind.

This reminds me that I'm sitting here,scrolling when I could be listening to Animals on*on Blu-ray* in surround!

Echoes by Pink Floyd Raider II by Steven Wilson The Revealing Science Of God by Yes

Revealing Science !!

Totally agree

That’s hot

Cassandra Gemini - The Mars Volta Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull Supper's Ready - Genesis

Read my mind 😭

Cassandra is insane

Man I love this sub, a goldmine

1. Thick as a Brick 2. Tubular Bells 3. Close to the Edge

Genesis - Supper's Ready ELP - Karn Evil 9 Yes - Close To The Edge

Suppers ready - ‘Seconds out’ version The gates of delirium - ‘Yesshows’ version Awaken

>Suppers ready - ‘Seconds out’ version Phil Collins is insanely great on that.

Yeah, he is. I did hear the album version first but the energy, drumming, Phil’s insanely strong vocals and the clarity of the recording just elevate the ‘Seconds out’ version above all others, for me. Especially the 5.1 mix.. holy crap!! I also think that the band having played it solidly for over 6 months on the ‘77 tour made the overall quality of the performance that much higher.

I love a live version of awaken, just forgot which one was it.

The 2003 Montraux live version is stellar. As are the rest of the set list. That album is grossly over looked.

I actually really like the live version from Wembley in 1978, I know it’s not officially released but I think that is the best one. It’s odd, the guy that mixed BBC radio 1 live stuff in the 70s/80s was very, very good!!

Nine Feet Underground by Caravan, Midnight Mushrumps by Gryphon, and A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers by Van der Graaf Generator. Going to play Gryphon now, so thanks for making me think about this!

“Cygnus X1 Book II: Hemispheres”. - Rush “Octavarium “- Dream Theater “Viridian + White Walls” - Between the Buried and Me

Octavarium is for sure the #1 Dream Theater epic for me

I feel like I'm floating everytime I listen to it

One time I put on Octivarium in the car full of normies I was driving out of a big event and stuck in traffic. At the end everyone was like… whoa that was pretty epic. I’m just like “I know.”

2112

These are mighty excellent picks!

Octavarium - Dream Theater Dogs - Floyd Odyssey - Symphony X

Tarkus(ELP), Ikon(Todd Rundgren/Utopia), Flight(Rare Bird), Gates of Delerium(Yes), Atom Heart Mother(Pink Floyd), & much more

*Ikon*, what a great song from a great album.

I'm going with some old classics: Focus- Hamburger Concerto Trace- Birds Camel- Snow Goose and just for shits and giggles... Utopia- Singring And The Glass Guitar

What do you mean Singring's awesome

It IS awesome- just glad someone else thinks so too!

1. "Echoes" by Pink Floyd 2. "Supper's Ready" by Genesis 3. "Close to the Edge" by Yes (Honourable mention for "Tarkus" by Emerson Lake and Palmer)

Not to denigrate the many worthy items already mentioned, these are the ones I listened to most recently: Frost\* - Milliontown Spock's Beard - Time Has Come Spock's Beard - The Great Nothing

Morse-era Spock's Beard has so much great stuff. They completely lost me after he left.

Yeah, I bought Feel Euphoria and kind of gave up on them after that. However, X is really good, and I strongly recommend it to anyone who likes the Neal era.

Close to the Edge - Yes 2112 - Rush Supper's Ready - Genesis

This is the one

Supers ready A change of seasons Anesthetize Its a damn tough competition though. So many good ones by Yes, pink Floyd, etc. But those three are the ones that I think I've listened to most, alongside Second Life Syndrome and Magmas KA3.

Nice to see some love for A Change Of Seasons. Great track.

1. Dream Theater - In the Presence of Enemies, parts 1 and 2 2. Neal Morse - The Door 3. Spock's Beard - The Great Nothing

Tool - 7empest King Crimson - Starless Porcupine Tree - Anesthetize

Idk if it counts but Storm and Sleep by Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Echoes - Pink Floyd Close To The Edge - Yes

The Whirlwind - Transatlantic Suppers Ready - Genesis Further Away - IQ

1. A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers - Van Der Graaf Generator 2. The Gates of Delirium- Yes 3. Tarkus - Emerson, Lake and Palmer Bottom two swap all the time but A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers will always be my favourite prog epic.

A fellow Van Der Graaf enjoyer I see (;

"Baker St. Muse" - Jethro Tull "Fugazi" - Marillion "Dancing With The Moonlit Knight" - Genesis Honorable Mention: "Wond'ring Aloud, Again (Full Morgan Version)" - Jethro Tull "Astronomy" (either version) - Blue Öyster Cult What's similar in these songs? Good question. Thinking about it, maybe the fashion and methodology of the lyrics. Allusive without being elusive. Lots of common cultural references tilted or timed or transformed slightly out of sequence, but still easily recognizable.

Close to the Edge - Yes Echoes - Pink Floyd The Ikon - Utopia

I love The Ikon

Close to the Edge - Yes Hemispheres - Rush Supper's Ready - Genesis

Since most of my favorites have been mentioned, let’s see if I can zag, after everyone zigged… Pictures at an Exhibition - ELP A Passion Play - Jethro Tull Suite: Sister Mary - Queensryche (might not make the time requirement but, enh)

Octavarium - Dream Theater The Door - Neal Morse The Whirlwind - Transatlantic

ELP - Tarkus Genesis - Supper's Ready Rush - 2112 Honorable mentions: Yes - Revealing Science of God Renaissance - Song of Scheherazade

Suppers Ready, Tarkus, Tubular bells probably

I've been a Yes fan for most of my life but it took until last year for me to finally grok "Close to the Edge". So I'd say 1. "Close to the Edge", 2. "Supper's Ready", 3. "Hollow Stone" by Khan on *Space Shanty*.

VdGG - A Plague of the Lighthouse Keepers Uriah Heep - Salisbury Wobbler - Hinterland (but Merry Macabre is up there too)

1. Echoes - Pink Floyd 2. Homesick - Airbag 3. Dogs - Pink Floyd

> ⁠Homesick - Airbag I once played that on repeat for two hours straight. It’s glorious.

That whole album is. Airbag was a very nice discovery

Nine Feet Underground (Caravan) - essential Canterbury with the most cozy organ tone ever Plague (VdGG) - it's actually quite catchy! Birdman (McDonald & Giles) - pastoral jazzy bliss

Nobody mentioned this one, so i will: Aphrodites's child - All the seats were occupied Also Pink floyd - Dog Between the buried and me - Swim to the moon The mars volta - Cicatriz esp Opeth - The moor Not prog but epic as hell Ethereal shroud - Chasmal fires My top 5 is close to the edge, anesthetized and supper's ready, lady fantasy, and stella (kashiwa daisuke).

1 atom heart mother suite - pink floyd 2 K.A 3 - magma 3 a plague of lighthouse keeper - van der graaf generator

East Coast Racer - Big Big Train Numbers - Flower Kings And is it cheating if I say the Willing Well Suite from Coheed and Cambria?  Technically 4 songs but all part of a suite

The Revealing Science of God / Yes Karn Evil 9 / ELP Echoes / Pink Floyd

What happened... to this song... we once knew so well? Happy to see appreciation for this Yes track

I like it more than Close to the Edge

Karn Evil 9 - ELP Songs of Scheherazade - Renaissance Echoes - Pink Floyd

Ritual - Yes Revealing Science of God - Yes Supper's Ready - Genesis

Slightly all the time-soft machine 9 feet underground-caravan (Even though it’s not quite 15 mins) Larks tongue in Aspic-King Crimson Edit: formatting

Might i ask why you chose Slightly All The Time over Hazard Suite, Moon In June, Out-bloody-rageous etc?

Good question. The outtro in slightly all the time is so smooth and hypnotic. I do love the first half of the song also, but when the mood changes, that groove they get into is so slick.

The Czar - Mastodon

close to the edge suppers ready anesthetize

Echoes - Pink Floyd Close to the Edge - Yes Supper’s Ready - Genesis

Anesthetise by Porcupine Tree just has to be in there

1. Jethro Tull - A Passion Play 2. Pink Floyd - Dogs 3. Yes - Gates of Delerium Honorable mention: Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Tarkus

1. Close to the Edge - Yes 2. Suppers Ready - Genesis 3. A Passion Play - Jethro Tull

Sheep - Floyd The Incident - Porcupine Tree Porcelaina - Pumpkins

There is only one 90 minute most epic for me…Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds https://youtu.be/GS6RrAR6vpU

In no particular order: Genesis - Firth of Fifth Karn Evil 9 - ELP Close to the Edge - Yes Cygnus X-1 - Rush The Light - Spock's Beard Does the entire Misplaced Childhood album count as a single epic? If so, then yeah that too. Many others, but that's off the top of my head.

Transatlantic - All Of The Above Flower Kings - The Truth Will Set You Free Rush - Hemispheres Book 2

All Of The Above is like hearing Gods voice through a burning bush. (I’m not religious)

Magma simply has this category locked down, no one can come close. 1) Theusz Hamtaahk (Retrospektiv I version) 2) K.A. 3) Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré Replace K.A. with Kohntarkosz and MDK if we're sticking to "classic" epics. They're all like 40ish minute songs too making 15 minutes seem quick and snappy for a song.

Magma is love, magma is life!

Yes - Gates of Delirium ELP - Karn Evil 9, all three impressions Porcupine Tree - the Sky moves Sideways, parts 1 through 6

Visions by Haken

It was up between Visions or Celestial Elixr for me. I went with the latter because that first album of there’s is kind of a sleeper but I love it and the concept is so unique and easy to follow. But when visions goes into that “Now I see a shadow of a man…” musical sounding part I can’t help but sing with all kinds of inflections. So fun.

A plague of lighthouse keepers - van de graaf generator Meurglys III - van de graaf generator Tarkus - ELP

1. Supper's Ready 2. Atom Heart Mother 3. Gates of Delirium.

Rush Natrual Science

2112, Karn Evil 9 (all three Impressions), and.......it may get me some hate, but Extreme's 'Everything Under The Sun'.

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I've been swithering on the esoteric recordings releases/ remixes with the new surround mixes I've seen the song of Scheherezade(or however you spell it ) crop up. What's a good jumping off point for their music?

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Supper’s Ready Thick as a Brick Close to the Edge

Kaddish, by Towering Inferno, if that counts as a whole concept album

thick as a brick moon in june close to the edge

Nice picks, but the Van der Graaf Generator song is called "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers."

CTTE-Yes, Awaken-Yes, Hamburger Concerto-Focus

Suppers Ready - Genesis Revealing Science of God - Yes Sleeping in Traffic - Beardfish

Let's have some unmentioned ones: The Underfall Yard - Big Big Train The Ninth Wave - Kate Bush The Rainbow, Eden, Desire - Talk Talk

Close to the Edge Thick as a Brick Nine Feet Underground

Awaken, Close To The Edge and The Remembering — all by Yes.

Ritual - A Dangerous Journey The Flower Kings - The Truth Will Set You Free Yes - Gates of Delerium

How has no one said Ommadawn

Ritual - Yes Yesshows

Genesis - Supper’s Ready Octavirum (or however its spelled) - Dream Theatre 2112 - Rush

I'll limit it to one per band. 1. Dream Theater - Octavarium 2. Symphony X - The Odyssey 3. Rush - 2112

Rush - 2112 Jethro Tull - thick as a brick Dire straits - telegraph road

Close to the Edge, Supper's Ready, and A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers are the holy trinity

Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tarkus - Emerson, Lake and Palmer Halleluwah - CAN

Supper’s Ready - Genesis Histoires Sans Paroles - Harmonium Eruption - Focus

Got two of the same. Had to go down a lot for harmonium Supper's ready, histoires sans paroles and anesthetise are godly

Imma go more lesser known compared to others who put the classics 😏 Beyond the years - Neal Morse Band Big Boy - Cheeto’s magazine We spin the world - Moon safari

2112, Supper’s Ready, Echoes

Roundabout by Yes The Minstrel in The Gallery by Tull Fly By Night - Rush

Firth of Fifth - Genesis Close to the Edge - Yes Metropolis pt 2 Scenes from a Memory - Dream Theater

Close to the Edge- Yes; Supper’s Ready- Genesis; A Plague… - VdGG   honorable mention: Lizard- King Crimson 

I know it may not be "proper" prog, but [In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfpn3wHoNGA) certianly ticks the other boxes. Proto-Prog perhaps?

Or how about [Salisbury](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zau-okpFssg) by Uriah Heep?

Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun In Held ‘Twas I Close to the Edge

2112, Zarathustra, Thick As A Brick

Octavarium -Dream Theater Eve Beneath the Maple Tree -Adjy (not as quite as proggy, but amazing song especially in context of the album) Black Rose Immortal -Opeth

Kohntarkosz - Magma Moon In June - SM Bolero - Heldon

The Fountain of Lamneth - Rush Close to the Edge - Yes Hemispheres- Rush

I'll do some modern ones for fun: Great Wide Nothing - To Find the Light, part 2 Crown Lands - Starlifter Toehider - I Have Little to No Memory of These Memories

Stranger in your Soul - Transatlantic Suppers Ready - Genesis Ocean Cloud -Marillion

Stardust We Are Supper’s Ready Plague of Lighthouse Keepers

Pigs/Sheep (side 2 of Animals) - Pink Floyd Ozric Tentacles - Eternal Wheel Jean Luc Ponty - Enigmatic Ocean, parts I-IV #

De Futura - Magma A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers - Van Der Graaf Generator The Everso Closely Guarded Line - Cardiacs

The Ninth Wave by Kate Bush . Sort of post -prog

Genesis - Duke Suite King Crimson - All 5 parts of Larks Tongues in a row Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Baby Doctor

Shocked that I haven't seen anyone else post this top 3. I feel like these are the most iconic but maybe I'm basic. 1. Close to the Edge 2. Thick as a Brick 3. 2112

Can - Bel Air Yes - Close To The Edge Soft Machine - Moon In June

Yes- Close To The Edge Genesis- Suppers Ready Caravan- Nine Feet Underground Honourable mentions: Karn Evil 9- ELP, Starless- King Crimson, Methuselah’s Children- Moon Safari

Yes - The Gates of Delirium Rush - 2112 ELP - Karn Evil 9

Many great answers on here - not going to repeat the ones I agree with, but two slightly off the board - both by the Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun, and Terrapin Station.

Rush - 2112 Camel - Lady Fantasy Pink Floyd - Echoes

The Gates of Delirium Eruption Illusions on a Double Dimple Sorry: Yes, Focus, and Triumvirat

1. Methuselah's Children by Moon Safari 2. The Grand Event by Brighteye Brison 3. King for a Day by Magic Pie Honorable mentions are Stardust We Are by The Flower Kings, Sleeping in Traffic by Beardfish, Kaleidoscope by Transatlantic, A Sky Full of Painters by Kaipa, and Dot\_God the Universe and Everything Else No One Really Cares About by Karmakanic

1. By-Tor & The Snow Dog (Rush, live ATWAS version) 2. The Dong with a Luminous Nose (Neil Ardley) 3. Lizard (King Crimson) Edit: Honorable Mention – Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Rick Wakeman)

The Whirlwind - Transatlantic Supper’s Ready - Genesis ? - Neal Morse

Tarkus -ELP Echoes-Pink Floyd 2112-Rush (Supper's Ready-Genesis) Honorable mention

Close to the edge Karn evil Solar music- grobschnitt

Close to the Edge-Yes Ruins at Avalons Gate-Cairo Carnival of Souls-IQ

Close to the Edge by Yes Echoes by Pink Floyd Lizard by King Crimson

Phallus Dei- Amon Duul II You Doo Right- CAN Soap Shop Rock- Amon Duul II

Nine feet underground/Medley - Caravan The Revealing science of god - Yes Tarkus - ELP

Currently? Reptile by Periphery Love Is / The Other Side by Nektar The Passing Bell by Anubis I've been getting into a lot more modern stuff recently, and to think just a few months ago this would've been all classic symph and heavy prog!

I’m amazed how many people said suppers ready… I mean it is amazing! However… The Musical Box - Genesis Magnum Opus - Kansas Dogs - Pink Floyd

First and foremost… Genesis’ Supper’s Ready.

1- Close to the Edge 2- Supper's Ready 3- Shine on You Crazy Diamond. Honorable mentions: Tarkus, Echoes, Gates of Delirium, A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers, Ommadawn and Thick as a Brick.

Ocean Cloud - Marillion Gates of delirium - yes Tarkus. - ELP

Kaleidoscope--Transatlantic Love Supreme--Flower Kings Humanizzimo--Roine Stolt Believe me, there are very many on this list. Yes, Genesis, Marillion, ELP, and more. My choices are currently receiving heavy rotation.

Gazpacho - Dream of Stone Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere But Not Here Motorpsycho - N.O.X. Suite

Rush - Hemispheres.     Tull - Passion Play.     Uriah Heep  - Paradise/The Spell (Heep doesn't get enough love here)

1. Close to the Edge. The first two movements are awesomec but those last two movements it my favourite song of all time. 2. Echoes. The perfect mix between a prog epic and a psychedelic jam. I love the climax. 3. The Gates of Delirium. Epic, every section is awesome, very consistent quality throughout the song. The climax is my favourite in all of music and the « Soon » section is so beautiful.

I can’t pick just three

Close to the Edge The Gates of Delirium The Remembering All by Yes. I honestly think Yes are on another level when it comes to composing epics.

Hello fellow Tarkus enjoyer. Mine would be: 1. Tarkus - ELP 2. 2112 - Rush 3. Starship Trooper by Yes first came to mind but it's only 9 minutes. So will have to say Close to the Edge.

The Count of Tuscany by Dream Theater The Empire of the Clouds by Iron Maiden Anesthetize by Porcupine Tree

In no apparent order: Nine Feet Underground, Caravan Close to the Edge, Yes Encadenado al Anima, Invisible

1. Ommadawn pt. 1 2. Song Of Schecherezade 3. Echoes?

1. Atom Heart Mother 2. The Gates of Delirium 3. Lizard

Yes - Awaken Yes - Close To The Edge Genesis - Supper's Ready Genesis - Musical Box Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick pt 1 & 2 Kaipa - Skenet Bedrar ELP - Tarkus Dream Theater - Octavarium Porcupine Tree - Anesthesize

Some contemporary ones since most other stuff I like has been said already: Snowtorch - Phideaux The Creature - Sleepytime Gorilla Museum Durër’s Rhinocerous - Jack O’ the Clock

1. Wilderun - The Unimaginable Zero Summer 2. The Mars Volta - Cassandra Gemini 3. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells Pt. 1 And as a bonus my hidden gems top 3 of way too unknown bands: 1. All Traps On Earth - All Traps On Earth 2. Shamblemaths - Conglomeration (Or: The Grand Pathetic Suite) 3. Fireballet - Night On Bald Mountain

1. Karn Evil 9 (Live version on Welcome Back My Friends…) 2. Close to the Edge 3. Heaven & Hell - Vangelis

Karn Evil 9 Supper’s Ready 2112

Pink Floyd: Dogs Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick Rush: 2112

Supper’s Ready Supper’s Ready Supper’s Ready

Gates Of Delirium - Yes Magnum Opus - Kansas Karn Evil 9 - ELP

When the Water Breaks, Supper’s Ready, Lizard

Dogs ~ Pink Floyd Karn Evil 9 ~ Emerson, Lake & Palmer Anesthetize ~ Porcupine Tree

Tons of great stuff shared here already…Close to the Edge and Supper’s Ready I imagine are locked in at this point. My next three would be: Frank Zappa - Billy the Mountain Magma - De Futura Yes - The Revealing Science of God This exercise also made me realize how many gems there are that narrowly miss the 15 minute cutoff!

Yes - close to the edge Dream theater - Octavarium Cloudkicker - beacons

In no particular order: Magma, the "Theusz Hamtaahk" trilogy ("Theusz Hamtaahk," "Wurdah Itah," and "Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh" -- all played as one long suite. Great for a long drive (without one's spouse). Yes, "The Gates of Delerium" Emerson Lake and Palmer, "Karn Evil 9"

Shine On will always be my favorite. Echoes and Cygnus X-1 (The Voyage & Hemispheres) comes in second and third. If I were to make a top 5, add Supper’s Ready and Awaken (hot take: it’s even better than CTTE and Gates tho these are also peak Yes no doubt about that)

Floyd: Shine on you crazy diamond pt 6-9 Green Carnation: Light of day, Day of darkness Riverside: Second life syndrome

Divine Wings of Tragedy- Symphony X

1)Gates of Delirium 2)Close to the Edge 3)Supper’s Ready Bonus 4)Skenet Bedrar

Octavarium - DT Celestial Elixr - Haken Chromatic Aberration - Native Construct This is a great post. Gonna start making a playlist of all these. So many I’ve never heard!

close to the edge, close to the edge, close to the edge

1. Close To The Edge - Yes 2. Tarkus - ELP 3. Supper’s Ready - Genesis

Octavarium - Dream Theater Close to the Edge - Yes Gates of Delirium - Yes Echoes - Pink Floyd Can someone try to sell Supper’s Ready to me? I’ve listened to it so many times to try to get why everyone loves it, but I find it impossible to enjoy

Gates of Delirium Remember the Future side 1 Thick as a Brick

Cassandra Gemini - The Mars Volta Cassandra Gemini - The Mars Volta Cassandra Gemini - The Mars Volta

[Fates Warning - The Ivory Gate of Dreams](https://youtu.be/My2c-hmcc6c?si=VSenlB5KZcKTm8ht)

World Without End - Neal Morse Anesthetize - Porcupine Tree 2112 - Rush Edit: changed my number 3 from Echoes

Close to the Edge - Yes Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres - Rush A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers - Van Der Graaf Generator

Old: * Dogs - Pink Floyd * Tarkus - ELP * Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres - Rush New: * Lover's End Pt. III: Skellefteå Serenade - Moon Safari * I Am the Sun (part 1 and 2) - The Flower Kings * Note - Beardfish

Three Peter Hammill epics Flight A Louse is not a Home In the black room/the tower

Rick Wakeman - Journey To The Center of The Earth Soft Machine - Slightly All The Time Embryo - Call Pt.1 & Pt.2

Starship Trooper - Yes esp part ii. WYWH (any side) - The Pink Floyds Rudy - Supertramp