swap_horiz The Mountain Alternatives

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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

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

9

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

10

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

11

Fear of a Blank Planet

Fear of a Blank Planet is a studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, released in 2007. It is a conc...

Concept British 2007 Prog Metal

8.85 Great

12

Images and Words

Images and Words is the second studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released in 1992. It marks...

American Essential 1992 Prog Metal

8.85 Great

13

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

14

The Raven That Refused to Sing (and Other Stories)

The Raven That Refused to Sing (and Other Stories) is the third solo studio album by British musician Steven Wilson, rel...

British Nostalgic 2013 Steven Wilson

8.75 Great

15

Ommadawn

Released in 1975, "Ommadawn" is the third studio album by English multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield. The album consist...

British Essential 1975 Mike Oldfield

8.70 Great

16

Brain Salad Surgery

Released in 1973, Brain Salad Surgery is the fourth studio album by the English progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Pa...

British Essential 1973 Symphonic Prog

8.65 Great

17

Moonmadness

Moonmadness is a 1976 progressive rock album by the British band Camel. The record blends symphonic rock structures with...

British Essential 1976 Camel

8.55 Great

18

Deadwing

Deadwing is the eighth studio album by the British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, released in 2005. The record wa...

Heavy British 2005 Prog Metal

8.40 Great

19

Fauna

Fauna is the eighth studio album by the British progressive metal band Haken, released in 2023 on the Inside Out Music l...

Modern British 2023 Prog Metal

8.05 Great

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Ashes Are Burning

Ashes Are Burning is the third studio album by the British progressive rock band Renaissance, released in 1973. It is ch...

Renaissance British Essential 1973

7.95 Good