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Close to the Edge

Released in 1972, Close to the Edge was the fifth studio album by English progressive rock band Yes. Its roughly eightee...

British 1970S Essential Yes

9.20 Excellent

2

Fragile

Released in 1971, Fragile was Yes's fourth studio album and their first with keyboardist Rick Wakeman, who replaced Tony...

Classic British 1970S Yes

9.20 Excellent

3

Selling England by the Pound

Genesis's fifth studio album, Selling England by the Pound, arrived in 1973 with Peter Gabriel as lead vocalist. Its dis...

British 1970S Essential Genesis

9.20 Excellent

4

In the Court of the Crimson King

King Crimson's 1969 debut helped establish progressive rock as a form that could combine rock intensity with extended st...

Progressive Rock British Foundational 1969

9.20 Excellent

5

Larks' Tongues in Aspic

A new King Crimson lineup made its studio debut on Larks' Tongues in Aspic, the English band's fifth album, released in...

British Essential 1973 King Crimson

9.20 Excellent

6

Thick as a Brick

Jethro Tull's 1972 album Thick as a Brick presents a single continuous composition divided between the two sides of the...

British 1972 Symphonic Prog Jethro Tull

9.20 Excellent

7

Moving Pictures

Released in 1981, Moving Pictures was Rush's eighth studio album and a commercial high point for the Canadian band. It b...

Canadian Progressive Rock Essential 1981

9.20 Excellent

8

The Yes Album

With Steve Howe joining on guitar, Yes's third studio album helped establish the musical approach that shaped their late...

British 1970S Breakthrough Yes

9.12 Excellent

9

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

Across a double album released in 1974, Genesis follows Rael, a Puerto Rican youth in New York City, into a surreal sequ...

Concept 1970S Genesis Double Album

9.10 Excellent

10

Pawn Hearts

Pawn Hearts is the fourth studio album by the English progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator, released in 1971 on...

British 1971 Essential Avant Prog

9.05 Excellent

11

Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh

Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh is the third studio album by the French progressive rock group Magma, released in 1973 on t...

French Essential 1973 Magma

9.05 Excellent

12

Hand. Cannot. Erase.

Hand. Cannot. Erase. is a studio album by British progressive rock musician Steven Wilson, released in 2015. The record...

Concept British 2015 Prog Rock

8.95 Great

13

In Absentia

*In Absentia* is the seventh studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, released in 2002. Marking the...

British Essential 2002 Prog Metal

8.92 Great

14

Ghost Reveries

Ghost Reveries is the eighth studio album by the Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth, released in 2005 on Roadrun...

Heavy Swedish 2005 Opeth

8.75 Great

15

My Arms, Your Hearse

My Arms, Your Hearse is the third studio album by Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth, released in 1998. It is a...

Concept Swedish 1998 Opeth

8.05 Great

16

The Harmony Codex

"The Harmony Codex" is the seventh solo studio album by British musician Steven Wilson, released in 2023. The album blen...

Modern British 2023 Prog Rock

7.85 Good

17

Morningrise

Morningrise is the second studio album by the Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth, released in 1996 through Candl...

1996 Swedish Early Opeth

7.75 Good

18

Closure/Continuation

Closure/Continuation is the eleventh studio album by the British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, released in 2022....

Comeback British 2022 Prog Rock

7.65 Good

19

The Broadsword and the Beast

The Broadsword and the Beast is the fourteenth studio album by British rock band Jethro Tull, released in 1982. Its musi...

Medieval British 1982 Prog Rock

6.85 Fair

20

Man on the Rocks

Man on the Rocks is a studio album by English musician Mike Oldfield, released in 2014. It is built mainly around vocal-...

British 2014 Guitar Driven Prog Rock

4.95 Poor