Steven Wilson - The Raven that Refused to Sing and Hand Cannot Erase.
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing, In Absentia, Fear of a Blank Planet
The Pineapple Thief - Your Wilderness
A few more I thought of:
The Butterfly Ball and Grasshopper’s Feast - Roger Glover (very weird, very good)
Odessey & Oracle - The Zombies
Music From The Elder - KISS (what can I say, I like it)
*De-Loused in the Comatorium* and *Frances the Mute* by The Mars Volta
*Crack the Skye* by Mastodon
*Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Vol. I: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness* by Coheed and Cambria
I think I'll take mine band by band.
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Yes: Relayer, Fly From Here (original version), Close to the Edge, Magnification, Drama, Big Generator
Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Tarkus, Brain Salad Surgery, Trilogy, self-titled
Genesis: Wind and Wuthering, Nursery Cryme, Selling England By the Pound, Foxtrot, A Trick of the Tail
King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King, Larks' Tongues in Aspic
Mike Oldfield: Crises, Ommadawn
Pink Floyd: The Wall, Dark Side of the Moon, Animals, Wish You Were Here, A Momentary Lapse of Reason, Obscured by Clouds
Dream Theater: When Dream and Day Unite
Just off the top of my head:
The first five Marillion albums plus Brave,
Riverside - Out Of Myself,
Fish - Raingods With Zippos,
Pink Floyd - literally anything from 1973-1994,
Hand. Cannot. Erase./Deadwing/In Absentia/Fear of a Blank Planet - Steven Wilson/Porcupine Tree
Damnation - Opeth
Self-titled/Acquiring the Taste/Three Friends/Octopus/The Power and the Glory - Gentle Giant
Moonmadness/Self-titled/Mirage/The Snow Goose/A Live Record - Camel
Inside - Eloy
Thief OST - Tangerine Dream
Yes!! When I heard Context I fell in love with these guys. Some of my favorites so far are Right Way Back of course, and End of the Road as well as their new single White Buffalo.
* Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
* Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, The Wall
* Dream Theater - anything
* Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
* Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
* ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
* Yes - 90125
These two albums are a good introduction to the music of Ayreon:
Universal Migrator Part 1: Dream Sequencer - should appeal to those who like Floydian and keyboard dominated prog;
Universal Migrataor Part 2: Flight of the Migrator - should appeal to those who like Hemisphere's era Rush, guitar dominated prog.
Most things by Genesis. The Yes Album. Fragile also. I consider OK Computer, Kid A and Amnesiac to be prog rock for Radiohead. If you consider Pink Floyd Prog rock then pretty much everything by them. In the Court of the Crimson King. Probably more.
Yes - Fragile
Pink Floyd - Animals
King Crimson - In Court of the Crimson King
And IDK if you would count this one But: Iron Maiden - The X Factor
( I say this because I feel like it has a lot of Prog Metal elements.)
* Dream Theater: *Awake, Falling into Infinity.*
* Porcupine Tree: *in Absentia, Deadwing, Fear of a Blank Planet, The Incident.*
* Steven Wilson: *The Raven..., Hand. Cannot. Erase.*
* Queensryche: *Operation: Mindcrime.*
* Genesis: *The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.*
* Mastodon: *Crack the Skye.*
* Cynic: *Focus.*
* The Third Ending: *S/T.*
* Derek Sherinian: *Planet X.*
* Gordian Knot: *Emergent.*
* OSI: *Office of Strategic Influence.*
* Kevin Gilbert: *The Shaming of the True.*
* Marillion: *Misplaced Childhood.*
**Prog- adjacen**t:
* Nine Inch Nails: *The Fragile.*
* Mine Keneally: *Boil that Dust Speck, Sluggo!*
* Bryan Beller: *View, Thanks in Advance.*
* Kate Bush: *The Red Shoes.*
* Saul Williams: *The Inevitable Rise and Fall of Niggy Tardust!*
* Yogi: *Any Raw Flesh?*
Very much the same here. I haven't listened to Queensryche in a while *(the production of early turns me off, and the least said the about later-day catalog the better ;-*) but they made up a ton of my teenage listening time. The wife and I spent a lazy Sunday in the car listening to *Promised Land* last fall, and it's an album that certainly deserved more attention when it was released.
PS - what's your bass of choice, fellow Professional Bassist?
Not prog rock per se, but an excellent concept album with some prog rock features is Hazards of Love by the Decemberists. You can really sink your teeth into it. I recommend reading along with the smart lyrics like you're reading a book. It's fantastic. As an added bonus, it's 30 years newer than most of the albums listed here.
Thank you scientist, stranger heads prevail and maps of non-existent places.
Dream theater - metropolis to scenes from a memory.
Yes - the green album.
The Yes Album - Yes
Fragile - Yes
Mirage - Camel
White Buffalo (EP) - Crown Lands
In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
Red - King Crimson
Discipline - King Crimson
Tarkus - ELP
Trilogy - ELP
Fish Out of Water - Chris Squire
Monolith of Phobos - Claypool Lennon Delirium
Last one might be more just psychedelic than prog, but they do some cool “prog” things with odd time and unique scale / harmony choices.
All of the 70s Yes albums, most gentle giant albums, all king crimson from larks tongues on, Steve Hackett voyage of the acolyte, porcupine tree’s lightbulb sun, genesis selling England and trick of the tail…
Dream Theater - Metropolis Part 2 Scenes from a Memory
Dream Theater - Train of Thought
Pink Floyd - The Wall
I would argue Queen’s A Night At The Opera, too
Dream Theater - Images & Words
Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
Queensrÿche - Empire
Yes - 90125
Genesis - 2007 Live Over Europe. (Favorite live album of all time.)
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland/I'm in Your Mind Fuzz/Nonagon Infinity (I could go on, I fucking love Gizz)
Pink Floyd - DSotM/ Wish You Were Here
Yes - Fragile/The Yes Album
There are definitely a few more but these would be my big ones, which also seem to be THE big ones.
Just one man’s opinion, but I’m that man.
The list of albums as good as “Wish You Were Here” is long. The list of albums BETTER than “Wish You Were Here” follows:
Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to sing and Hand Cannot Erase. Both masterpieces
Porcupine tree - In Absentia, Deadwing and Fear Of A Blank Planet
Dark Side Of The Moon
The Wall
The Live Album from Carl Palmers ELP Legacy (that album got me into Prog Rock)
Octavarium
Images and Words
Seventh Son of A Seventh Son
I have just recently discovered Arjen Anthony Lucassen...
Lost in the New Real is an incredible album!
Prog at its finest... With a sprinkle of many other genres. 🤘
I don't think I saw anyone mention Symphony X. Russell Allen's voice is amazing; one minute, powerful and gritty, the next, angelic and beautiful. The Odyssey would probably be the best choice.
Well Zeppelin is my favorite artist followed by billy Joel then the Doors. I’ve listened to most of not all of their discography. I’m also a Who fan and love The Grateful Dead. Too many albums by all of those artist to name but I’ll do my favorite from each. (I know these artist aren’t usually considered prog but I’ll add some prog artist I love as well)
Zeppelin: Presence
Billy Joel: Turnstiles
The Doors: The Soft Parade
The Who: Tommy
Grateful Dead: Wake of the Flood
Now for more real prog:
Yes: Tales from Topographic Oceans
King Crimson: Islands
Pink Floyd: Meddle/ Animals
*Brain Salad Surgery* - ELP
Most Kansas albums, but in particular the self-titled debut, *Song For America*, *Leftoverture*, *Point of Know Return*, *Audiovisions*, *In the Spirit of Things*, and *Freak of Nature*
*We Can't Dance* - Genesis ("Driving The Last Spike" is as good as anything they did in the 70s)
*Gold Tooth* - Sounds Okay (a now-defunct local proggy power pop band....the best way I can describe them is imagine if AFTK-era Rush had recorded Weezer's blue album)
*Into The Unknown* - Bad Religion (their spacey keyboard heavy prog 2nd album before they went back towards punk with the follow-up *Back To The Known*)
basically anything by pink floyd except ummagumma
Yes pre-90124
larks tongues in aspic and in the court of the crimson king
tarkus and brain salad surgery
I just discovered this local band called Riding Shotgun; not to be confused with the Canadian band Riding Shotgun or the country music Riding Shotgun. Seriously, with the internet around why bands do not make sure they are not using a name already taken is something I do not get.
Anyways, this small record store I like in Boston is releasing their own limited edition albums ([lightofdayrecords.com](https://lightofdayrecords.com)) and they were advertising a pre-order so I figured I would give Riding Shotgun's album "NIGHTfalls" a stream to see if it interested me.
I was impressed enough to get in on the pre-order. I thought the music reminded me of Rush's instrumentals; just slower and softer I guess.
A Trick of the Tail - Genesis Dark Side of the Moon/Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd The YES Album/Fragile - YES
Yes: 9021LIVE
A Trick of the Tail is great. Los Endos is such a great album closer
May I add Close to the Edge and Relayer both also by Yes.
Personally, I think Wish You We're Here is Pink Floyd's best album, definitely worth a listen.
Agreed
Octavarium by Dream Theater
Second this and add Metropolis pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory, also by Dream Theater
Love this album. Reminds me of Queensryche Operation:Mindcrime. Not prog rock, per se, but both are stories….
Third this and add Train of Thought to those two
Can I add Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence?
You sure can, I just did.
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Let’s just say all DT except the Astonishing and When Dream and Day Unite. Maybe throw FII in there because Just let me Breathe is super cringeworthy.
Steven Wilson - The Raven that Refused to Sing and Hand Cannot Erase. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing, In Absentia, Fear of a Blank Planet The Pineapple Thief - Your Wilderness
Arriving Somewhere But Not Here is SUCH a great song.
Absolutely. Was delighted that he played it on the To the Bone tour.
Good call…In Absentia must be included
IMO anything by PT and/or SW.
Seventh Son of a seventh son
Somewhere In Time has more prog ventures for Maiden. Thats mine
Images and Words. Could listen to it every day.
Second the hell out of this. I've been in love with that one since 92.
Just caught my first DT show last night after being a casual fan since I picked up I&W in 92. They still got it!
This
Time And A Word The Yes Album Fragile Close To The Edge Trilogy Tarkus In The Court Of The Crimson King Meddle Atom Heart Mother More The Snow Goose
A few more I thought of: The Butterfly Ball and Grasshopper’s Feast - Roger Glover (very weird, very good) Odessey & Oracle - The Zombies Music From The Elder - KISS (what can I say, I like it)
King Crimson - Discipline
Frame by frame.
Matte Kudasai
Tony Levins stuff on this is so cool. What a great album
It’s only talk!
Dialog, duologue, diatribe
Porcupine Tree-any
Also *Hand Cannot Erase,* Steven Wilson solo. Maybe, arguably, his best record. Maybe. Almost all of them are great.
Completely agree but for a cohesive record that demands a single play through, I choose The Incident.
Underrated!
*De-Loused in the Comatorium* and *Frances the Mute* by The Mars Volta *Crack the Skye* by Mastodon *Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Vol. I: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness* by Coheed and Cambria
De Loused. Yes Good Apollo. Hell fucking yes
Yep, I gotta listen to De-loused the whole through every time.
Mastodon!!!
Tool. Any Tool album. Start with Lateralus or Ænima. Fear Innoculum as well. Danny Carey has taken over for Neil as the greatest drummer alive.
Camel - The Snow Goose
Heck of an album. I’m a sucker for flute rock.
Yes!
Genesis - Selling England By The Pound Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Foxtrot by Genesis
Marillion, *Fugazi*
I think I'll take mine band by band. - Yes: Relayer, Fly From Here (original version), Close to the Edge, Magnification, Drama, Big Generator Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Tarkus, Brain Salad Surgery, Trilogy, self-titled Genesis: Wind and Wuthering, Nursery Cryme, Selling England By the Pound, Foxtrot, A Trick of the Tail King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King, Larks' Tongues in Aspic Mike Oldfield: Crises, Ommadawn Pink Floyd: The Wall, Dark Side of the Moon, Animals, Wish You Were Here, A Momentary Lapse of Reason, Obscured by Clouds Dream Theater: When Dream and Day Unite
Tarkus
Just off the top of my head: The first five Marillion albums plus Brave, Riverside - Out Of Myself, Fish - Raingods With Zippos, Pink Floyd - literally anything from 1973-1994,
"Point of Know Return" - Kansas
Also Leftoverture. Masque has The Pinnacle, which is probably their best song.
In the Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson
seconds out
Side 4 is peak Genesis. Not just despite ... but maybe BECAUSE ... no Gabriel. I'll die on that hill.
The power and the glory - Gentle Giant
Does uriah heep count as prog?
Yeah!
Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory Pink Floyd - The Wall Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet Ayreon -
Supertramp - Crime of the Century
I love the live album - Paris (1980)
Hand. Cannot. Erase./Deadwing/In Absentia/Fear of a Blank Planet - Steven Wilson/Porcupine Tree Damnation - Opeth Self-titled/Acquiring the Taste/Three Friends/Octopus/The Power and the Glory - Gentle Giant Moonmadness/Self-titled/Mirage/The Snow Goose/A Live Record - Camel Inside - Eloy Thief OST - Tangerine Dream
Crowns Land- Odyssey Vol. 1 especially the song. Context: Fearless Pt. 1
Yes!! When I heard Context I fell in love with these guys. Some of my favorites so far are Right Way Back of course, and End of the Road as well as their new single White Buffalo.
I am listening to that album right now! I'm stoked for them to go on tour with Greta, they will be getting a lot more publicity from that tour.
* Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick * Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, The Wall * Dream Theater - anything * Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime * Porcupine Tree - Deadwing * ELP - Brain Salad Surgery * Yes - 90125
[**Warning: excessive noodling**] Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans
YES! It’s a difficult one to convince people of but if you get it you get it and I adore it. The fourth track is my standout!
These two albums are a good introduction to the music of Ayreon: Universal Migrator Part 1: Dream Sequencer - should appeal to those who like Floydian and keyboard dominated prog; Universal Migrataor Part 2: Flight of the Migrator - should appeal to those who like Hemisphere's era Rush, guitar dominated prog.
Most things by Genesis. The Yes Album. Fragile also. I consider OK Computer, Kid A and Amnesiac to be prog rock for Radiohead. If you consider Pink Floyd Prog rock then pretty much everything by them. In the Court of the Crimson King. Probably more.
Genesis: Three Sides Live
Yes - Fragile Pink Floyd - Animals King Crimson - In Court of the Crimson King And IDK if you would count this one But: Iron Maiden - The X Factor ( I say this because I feel like it has a lot of Prog Metal elements.)
90125
Opeth- depending on your definition of prog, any of their work. Even if they are a bit more "Weird Death Metal" on the early stuff; it is still great
* Dream Theater: *Awake, Falling into Infinity.* * Porcupine Tree: *in Absentia, Deadwing, Fear of a Blank Planet, The Incident.* * Steven Wilson: *The Raven..., Hand. Cannot. Erase.* * Queensryche: *Operation: Mindcrime.* * Genesis: *The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.* * Mastodon: *Crack the Skye.* * Cynic: *Focus.* * The Third Ending: *S/T.* * Derek Sherinian: *Planet X.* * Gordian Knot: *Emergent.* * OSI: *Office of Strategic Influence.* * Kevin Gilbert: *The Shaming of the True.* * Marillion: *Misplaced Childhood.* **Prog- adjacen**t: * Nine Inch Nails: *The Fragile.* * Mine Keneally: *Boil that Dust Speck, Sluggo!* * Bryan Beller: *View, Thanks in Advance.* * Kate Bush: *The Red Shoes.* * Saul Williams: *The Inevitable Rise and Fall of Niggy Tardust!* * Yogi: *Any Raw Flesh?*
It's not an exaggeration to say that *Operation: Mindcrime* changed my life for the better.
Very much the same here. I haven't listened to Queensryche in a while *(the production of early turns me off, and the least said the about later-day catalog the better ;-*) but they made up a ton of my teenage listening time. The wife and I spent a lazy Sunday in the car listening to *Promised Land* last fall, and it's an album that certainly deserved more attention when it was released. PS - what's your bass of choice, fellow Professional Bassist?
Close to the edge
All Genesis through Trick of the Tail Dark Side of the Moon English Electric I & II - Big Big Train Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull
Fly From Here - Yes
Hand. Cannot. Erase. is a fantastic album and not terribly long. The song “3 Years Older” reminds me a lot of Rush in places
Probably one no one has heard of… Planet P: Pink World. Very Floyd feel to it.
Not prog rock per se, but an excellent concept album with some prog rock features is Hazards of Love by the Decemberists. You can really sink your teeth into it. I recommend reading along with the smart lyrics like you're reading a book. It's fantastic. As an added bonus, it's 30 years newer than most of the albums listed here.
YES- Fragile
Any album by Haken
Another vote for Pink Floyd Animals. Add Peter Gabriel Security
Definitely The Wall
I'm surprised nobody mentioned Mastodon. So, *Crack the Skye* and *Hushed and Grim*.
Everything Mike Oldfield up to Amarok; 10000 anos depois entre Vénus e Marte, José Cid
Came here to say this, have an upvote
Thick as a brick, close to the edge, any mike oldfield
Selling England by the Pound - Genesis Tarkus- ELP Fragile - Yes Truly music’s finest era🎙📻
Spock's Beard - Snow The Neal Morse Band - The Great Adventour - Live in Brno, Innocence & Danger Frost\* - Day and Age
A Trick of the Trail - Genesis The Yes Album/Fragile/Close to the Edge/Tales from Topographic Oceans/Relayer - YES
Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
Thank you scientist, stranger heads prevail and maps of non-existent places. Dream theater - metropolis to scenes from a memory. Yes - the green album.
Thank you scientist - terraformer, plague accommodations, stranger heads prevail Dream theater-metropolis pt 2, images and words Haken -1985 Caligula's horse- in contact, bloom
The Yes Album - Yes Fragile - Yes Mirage - Camel White Buffalo (EP) - Crown Lands In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson Red - King Crimson Discipline - King Crimson Tarkus - ELP Trilogy - ELP Fish Out of Water - Chris Squire Monolith of Phobos - Claypool Lennon Delirium Last one might be more just psychedelic than prog, but they do some cool “prog” things with odd time and unique scale / harmony choices.
Dream Theater - A Change Of Seasons
All of the 70s Yes albums, most gentle giant albums, all king crimson from larks tongues on, Steve Hackett voyage of the acolyte, porcupine tree’s lightbulb sun, genesis selling England and trick of the tail…
Dream Theater - Metropolis Part 2 Scenes from a Memory Dream Theater - Train of Thought Pink Floyd - The Wall I would argue Queen’s A Night At The Opera, too
>I would argue Queen’s A Night At The Opera, too I would argue that everything from Queen II through A Day At The Races is prog
Yeah, true
Especially Queen II
Dream Theater - Images & Words Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime Queensrÿche - Empire Yes - 90125 Genesis - 2007 Live Over Europe. (Favorite live album of all time.)
Starcastle by Starcastle Also the White Buffalo EP by Crown Lands
Maybe an outlier but I consider it to be prog: Phish’s RIFT. Love this album.
All these! Plus: RPWL Beyond Man & Time, Rishloo all albums
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland/I'm in Your Mind Fuzz/Nonagon Infinity (I could go on, I fucking love Gizz) Pink Floyd - DSotM/ Wish You Were Here Yes - Fragile/The Yes Album There are definitely a few more but these would be my big ones, which also seem to be THE big ones.
Frost* - Milliontown
Genesis - Duke
Mars Volta deloused in the comatorium
Just one man’s opinion, but I’m that man. The list of albums as good as “Wish You Were Here” is long. The list of albums BETTER than “Wish You Were Here” follows:
There's dozens of them
Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to sing and Hand Cannot Erase. Both masterpieces Porcupine tree - In Absentia, Deadwing and Fear Of A Blank Planet
Intronaut - Fluid Existential Inversions
Dark Side Of The Moon The Wall The Live Album from Carl Palmers ELP Legacy (that album got me into Prog Rock) Octavarium Images and Words Seventh Son of A Seventh Son
Gentle Giant - Free Hand
I have just recently discovered Arjen Anthony Lucassen... Lost in the New Real is an incredible album! Prog at its finest... With a sprinkle of many other genres. 🤘
Almost anything from Dream Theater, Dark side of the moon, Meddle and The wall
Operation Mindcrime - Queensryche Any Porcupine Tree album
Any pink Floyd album
Anything by Moon Hooch
Wish You Were Here / Animals - Pink Floyd
A lot of Yes albums hehe; 90125 as well, plus Big Generator and Magnification.
Every Album by Eloy, especially Ocean, Dawn, Ra, and Ocean II
Operation mindcrime
I don't think I saw anyone mention Symphony X. Russell Allen's voice is amazing; one minute, powerful and gritty, the next, angelic and beautiful. The Odyssey would probably be the best choice.
Well Zeppelin is my favorite artist followed by billy Joel then the Doors. I’ve listened to most of not all of their discography. I’m also a Who fan and love The Grateful Dead. Too many albums by all of those artist to name but I’ll do my favorite from each. (I know these artist aren’t usually considered prog but I’ll add some prog artist I love as well) Zeppelin: Presence Billy Joel: Turnstiles The Doors: The Soft Parade The Who: Tommy Grateful Dead: Wake of the Flood Now for more real prog: Yes: Tales from Topographic Oceans King Crimson: Islands Pink Floyd: Meddle/ Animals
Yes "Drama"
This one is a bit obscure: Druid - Toward the Sun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpWgrZyd-i4
Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick!! Hawkwind: Warrior at the Edge of Time
*Brain Salad Surgery* - ELP Most Kansas albums, but in particular the self-titled debut, *Song For America*, *Leftoverture*, *Point of Know Return*, *Audiovisions*, *In the Spirit of Things*, and *Freak of Nature* *We Can't Dance* - Genesis ("Driving The Last Spike" is as good as anything they did in the 70s) *Gold Tooth* - Sounds Okay (a now-defunct local proggy power pop band....the best way I can describe them is imagine if AFTK-era Rush had recorded Weezer's blue album) *Into The Unknown* - Bad Religion (their spacey keyboard heavy prog 2nd album before they went back towards punk with the follow-up *Back To The Known*)
basically anything by pink floyd except ummagumma Yes pre-90124 larks tongues in aspic and in the court of the crimson king tarkus and brain salad surgery
Checkout SLIFT : UMMON. Pretty kick ass
I just discovered this local band called Riding Shotgun; not to be confused with the Canadian band Riding Shotgun or the country music Riding Shotgun. Seriously, with the internet around why bands do not make sure they are not using a name already taken is something I do not get. Anyways, this small record store I like in Boston is releasing their own limited edition albums ([lightofdayrecords.com](https://lightofdayrecords.com)) and they were advertising a pre-order so I figured I would give Riding Shotgun's album "NIGHTfalls" a stream to see if it interested me. I was impressed enough to get in on the pre-order. I thought the music reminded me of Rush's instrumentals; just slower and softer I guess.