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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Relayer

Relayer is the seventh studio album by the English progressive rock band Yes, released in 1974. It is the only Yes studi...

British 1970S Jazz Fusion Yes

8.88 Great

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Aqualung

Aqualung is the fourth studio album by British rock band Jethro Tull, released in 1971. The album is characterized by it...

Progressive Rock Concept British 1971

8.85 Great

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Octopus

Octopus is the fourth studio album by British progressive rock band Gentle Giant, released in 1972. The album is recogni...

British Essential 1972 Gentle Giant

8.85 Great

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Tubular Bells

Tubular Bells is the debut studio album by English musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1973. The album consists of two m...

British 1973 Mike Oldfield Prog Ambient

8.85 Great

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In the Land of Grey and Pink

In the Land of Grey and Pink is the third studio album by English progressive rock band Caravan, released in 1971. It is...

Caravan British 1971 Essential

8.85 Great

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Songs from the Wood

Released in 1977, Songs from the Wood is the tenth studio album by the British progressive rock band Jethro Tull. The re...

Pastoral British 1977 Jethro Tull

8.42 Great

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Heavy Horses

Heavy Horses is a progressive folk rock album by the British band Jethro Tull, released in 1978. It builds directly upon...

British 1978 Jethro Tull Folk Prog

8.22 Great

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Minstrel in the Gallery

Minstrel in the Gallery is the eighth studio album by British progressive rock band Jethro Tull, released in 1975. The a...

British Acoustic 1975 Jethro Tull

8.05 Great

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A Passion Play

A Passion Play is the sixth studio album by the British progressive rock band Jethro Tull, released in 1973. Written pri...

British Ambitious 1973 Symphonic Prog

7.20 Good

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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