The Exclusive Top 100 Progmusic List:

[MJBrady]

MJ Top 100 (only one artist per 10)

001. Bruford - One of a Kind
002. Dregs - Dregs of the Earth
003. RTF - Romantic Warrior
004. Jethro Tull - 1972 - Thick as a Brick
005. Yes - 1972 - Close to the edge
006. UK - 1978 - UK
007. Gentle Giant - 1973 - In A Glass House (35th Anniversary Edition)
008. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - 1973 - Brain Salad Surgery
009. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Vision of the Emerald Beyond
010. Ambrosia - 1975 - Ambrosia
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011. Brand X - Masques
012. Nova - Vimana
013. Isildur's Bane - 1997 - MIND Volume
014. PFM - 1972 - Storia di un minuto
015. Gentle Giant - Acquiring the Taste
016. After Crying - Struggle for Life essential
017. Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood
018. Zappa - Apostrophe
019. Happy the Man - 1977 - HTM
020. Hatfield And The North - 1973 - Hatfield And The North
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021. Pollen - 1976 - st
022. Special Providence - 2008 - Labyrinth
023. Kenso - 2002 - Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptus
024. Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - 1973 - Io Sono Nato Libero
025. Dün - Eros
026. On the Virg - Serious young Insects
027. Tribal Tech - 1993 - Face First
028. Planet X - 2002 - Moonbabies
029. French TV - The Violence Of Amateurs
030. Mongol - Doppler 444
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031. Magma - KA
032. Zappa - One size fits All
033. Impact Fuze - Moscow
034. Dregs - What If
035. Caldera - Dreamer
036. Bruford - Feels Good to Me
037. UK - Danger Money
038. Yes - Fragile
039. Matraz - Gritare
040. MediaBanda - 2004 - Entre la inseguridad y el ego
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041. Osanna - Palepoli
042. Ponty, Jean Luc - 1976 - Imaginary voyage
043. Sloche - 1975 - J'un Oeil
044. Iceberg - 1976 - Sentiments
045. Kotebel - 2009 - Ouroboros
046. Echolyn - 1995 - As The World
047. However - Sudden Dusk
048. Yezda Urfa - Sacred Baboon
049. Nathan Mahl - 1999 - Clever Use Of Shadows
050. Dream Theater - 2001 - Metropolis Pt. 2 Scenes from a Memory
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051. Mindflowers - Improgressive
052. Eleventh House featuring Larry Coryell - 1974 - Level One
053. Present - Barbaro (ma non troppo)
054. Et Cetera - Et Cetera (1976)
055. Focus - Hamburger Concerto
056. Finnforest - Lähtö Matkalle
057. Univers Zero - 1984 - Uzed
058. Schike-Fuhrs-Frohling - Symphonic Pictures (1976)
059. Koenjihyakkei - Angherr Shisspa
060. Deus Ex Machina - 1994 - de republica
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061. Kenso - 2014 - Uchinaru Koe Ni Kaiki Seyo
062. DFA - 4th
063. Sympozion - Kundabuffer
064. Panzerpappa - 2006 - Korallrevens klagesang
065. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - 1972 - Tarkus
066. Autumn - Ocean World - 1977
067. Happy the Man - Crafty Hands
068. Area - 1973 - Arbeit Macht Frei
069. Dregs, The - 1981 - Unsung Heroes
070. Gotic - Escenes
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071. Gilgamesh - Gilgamesh (1975)
072. PFM - 1972 - Per Un Amico
073. Lizard - Psychopuls - 2004
075. Island - Pictures - 1977
076. Bonfire Goes Bananas - 1975 - st
077. TAAL – Mister Green - 2000
078. miRthkon - 2009 - Vehicle
079. Haken - 2010 - Aquarius
080. Fusioon - Minorisa
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081. Cartoon - Cartoon 1981
082. Hands - 1977 - st
083. Kansas - 1975 - Masque
084. Collosseum II - Wardance
085. Passport - 1975 - Cross-Collateral
086. Solaris - 1983 - Marsabeli Kronikak
087. lgzit-nine - lgzit-nine
088. Iceberg - 1979 - Arc-en-Ciel
089. Persona Grata - Reaching Places High Above
090. A.C.T. - Last exit
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091. White, Lenny - 1978 - the adventures of astral pirates
092. Il balletto di bronzo - YS
093. Jetlag - 2001 - Delusiones Optica
094. Discus - 2003 - Tot Licht!
095. Pochakaite Malko - 2001 - Pochakaite Malko
096. Tipographica - Floating opera
097. A Triggering Myth - 2006 - Remedy Of Abstraction
098. Henry Cow - Legend
099. The Underground Railroad - The Origin of Consciousness
100. Umphrey's McGee - 2009 - Mantis

[bob_32_116]

WHAAAT? No ______? and nothing by _____? And where's _____?

The man has no taste.


Seriously though, it's a bit of a shock to see a Prog Top 100 that does not contain one single Genesis album.

[MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLER]

excellent list, even if I don't agree with a few of those

Genesis would not make my top 100 either... Relayer OTOH... perhaps

[Scrotum Scissor]

WHERE THE HELL IS VAN OTTERDYKE?!!

[MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLER]

my top 100 Prog albums (in alphabetical order)

tied for first place:
Änglagård Hybris
Balletto di Bronzo, Il Ys
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Io Sono Nato Libero
Bruford, Bill One of a Kind
Camel Snowgoose
Clarke, Stanley Stanley Clarke
Davis, Miles Pangaea
Funkadelic Standing on the Verge of Getting It On
Hancock, Herbie Sextant
Happy the Man Crafty Hands

still tied for first
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso ... di Terra
Hatfield and The North Rotters' Club
KBB Four Corner's Sky
King Crimson Larks Tongues In Aspic
Lewis, Mingo Flight Never Ending
Mahavishnu Orchestra Birds of Fire
Mandrill Mandrill
National Health Of Queues And Cures
Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here
Ponty, Jean-Luc Enigmatic Ocean


still tied for first
Mahavishnu Orchestra The Inner Mounting Flame
Premiata Forneria Marconi Per Un Amico
Return to Forever Where Have I Known You Before
Rovescio della Medaglia, Il Contaminazione
Sancious, David Dance of the Age of Enlightenment
Santana Caravanserai
Sensations' Fix Portable Madness
Shylock Gialorgues
Smith, Lonnie Liston Cosmic Funk
Return to Forever Romantic Warrior

Premiata Forneria Marconi Storia Di Un Minuto

tied for second
Anekdoten Nucleus
Anomaly Anomaly
Aquarelle Sous un Arbre (aka Aquarelle)
Arti + Mestieri Tilt
Asturias Fractals
Boffo, Jean Pascal Rituel
Byrd, Donald Ethiopian Knights
Camel Mirage
Catalyst Perception
Clarke, Stanley Journey to Love

still tied for second:
Catalyst A Tear and a Smile
Clarke, Stanley School Days
Cobham, Billy Spectrum
Coryell & The Eleventh House, Larry Introducing
Cybotron Colossus
D.F.A. Duty Free Area
Davis, Miles Bitches Brew
Deus Ex Machina Equilibrismo da Insofferenza
Di Meola, Al Elegant Gypsy
Dixie Dregs What If

still tied for second:
Cobham, Billy Crosswinds
D.F.A. 4th
Djam Karet A Night For Baku
Edhels Still Dream
Egg Egg
Emerson, Lake and Palmer Trilogy
Epidaurus Earthly Paradise
Eskaton 4 Visions
F.M. Direct To Disk (aka Headroom)
Finch Glory of the Inner Force

still tied for second:
Focus Hamburger Concerto
Fusion (Lockwood, Top, Vander, Widemann) Fusion
Gamalon Gamalon
Gong You
Gryphon Red Queen to Gryphon Three
Hancock, Herbie Crossings
Happy the Man Happy the Man
Heldon Stand By
Hillage, Steve Fish Rising
Iman Califato Independiente Camino del Aguila

still tied for second:
Hancock, Herbie Head Hunters
Isildurs Bane Cheval - Volonte de Rocher
KBB Lost and Found
Kenso II
King Crimson Discipline
Latte E Miele Papillon
Mandrill Mandrill Is
McCann, Les Invitation to Openness
Metamorfosi Inferno
National Health National Health

still tied for second:
Nekropsi Mi Kubbesi
Nuova Era Dopo l'Infinito
On The Virg (OTV) (Virgil Donati) Serious Young Insects
Osibisa Woyaya
Ozric Tentacles Erpland
Pangée Hymnemonde
Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon
Pohjola, Pekka Keesojen Lehto (aka Mathematician's Air Display)
Premiata Forneria Marconi Stati di Immaginazione
Return to Forever Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy

still tied for second:
Prince N.E.W.S.
Return to Forever No Mystery
Shylock Ile De Fievre
Smith, Lonnie Liston Expansions
Subramaniam, L. Spanish Wave
Transit Express Priglacit
Uncle Moe's Space Ranch Uncle Moe's Space Ranch
Urbaniak, Michal Fusion III
Volo, Il Essere O Non Essere
War The World Is A Ghetto
White, Lenny Venusian Summer

[MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLER]

for my Krautrock/Kosmische entry (the one Prog style conspicuously missing in my top 100) I submit

Ash Ra Tempel Ash Ra Tempel

[Joe F.]

Let's see...

I have 86 from the list of MJBrady and 90 from MT's list.

[MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLER]

I havent heard these

010. Ambrosia - 1975 - Ambrosia
016. After Crying - Struggle for Life essential
022. Special Providence - 2008 - Labyrinth
033. Impact Fuze - Moscow
040. MediaBanda - 2004 - Entre la inseguridad y el ego
054. Et Cetera - Et Cetera (1976)
059. Koenjihyakkei - Angherr Shisspa
063. Sympozion - Kundabuffer
064. Panzerpappa - 2006 - Korallrevens klagesang
073. Lizard - Psychopuls - 2004
077. TAAL – Mister Green - 2000
078. miRthkon - 2009 - Vehicle
089. Persona Grata - Reaching Places High Above
090. A.C.T. - Last exit
099. The Underground Railroad - The Origin of Consciousness
100. Umphrey's McGee - 2009 - Mantis

I'd like to hear some descriptions, if not actually hear some samples

[ProgArtist]

054. Et Cetera - Et Cetera (1976) From Quebec. Gentle-Giant-esque (but less diverse) with lots of counterpoint instrumentally and vocally (French male and female vocals). Some good soloing, particularly in the keyboard. The drums seem really poorly recorded to me, but overall it's a good (not great, IMO) album.

063. Sympozion - Kundabuffer. From Israel. Really well played and arranged instrumental music, mostly guitar led, but with keys and some recorders as well. Angular with lots of chord changes and creative twists and turns. Two of the tunes have vocals in Hebrew, which I like as a change of pace. Great music.

[NogbadTheBad]

Koenjihyakkei is a Japanese Zeuhl band, particularly excellent, fairly manic compared to most zeuhl with screechy Japanese vocals, love it.



Panzerpappa are one of the current crop of Norwegian Avant tinge jazz fusiony bands.



mirthKon are a young Oakland California Avant Metal band with a sense of humor and plenty of fun.

[MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLER]

cool! thanx guys... gonna check it out later when I have more time

[MJBrady]

Yes, sorry Genesissy, Marlion, Porktree, Sksbeard, Dreater, And some other obvious omissions, but this was done with more than a little tongue and cheek on my part, After seeing them get far too many placings in "other" threads I thought this list could get some other find artists at least on some kind of list, albeit, not the official "last say" on all things progressive. The next 100 could easily omit many of the top selling progressive rock bands as well.

As for VAN OTTERDYKE?, well, truth be told they are unofficially 101, so they didn't make the cut. Sorry, it was hard to narrow things down to this list, I mean, no Boud Deun, no Zao, no Rush, no Volker Kriegel, no Naikaku, no Le Orme, the list is full of gross omissions.

[MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLER]

As for VAN OTTERDYKE?, well, truth be told they are unofficially 101, so they didn't make the cut. Sorry, it was hard to narrow things down to this list, I mean, no Boud Deun, no Zao, no Rush, no Volker Kriegel, no Naikaku, no Le Orme, the list is full of gross omissions.

see... that's why I hadta put a Kraut/Kosmische album in there at 101.

as for Volker Kriegel, which is yer fav MJ?

[Scrotum Scissor]

MJ Top 100 (only one artist per 10)

013. Isildur's Bane - 1997 - MIND Volume

039. Matraz - Gritare
040. MediaBanda - 2004 - Entre la inseguridad y el ego

044. Iceberg - 1976 - Sentiments
045. Kotebel - 2009 - Ouroboros

059. Koenjihyakkei - Angherr Shisspa

062. DFA - 4th
063. Sympozion - Kundabuffer
064. Panzerpappa - 2006 - Korallrevens klagesang

076. Bonfire Goes Bananas - 1975 - st

093. Jetlag - 2001 - Delusiones Optica

095. Pochakaite Malko - 2001 - Pochakaite Malko
096. Tipographica - Floating opera

These are an interesting note. Those Chileans are usually amazing overall (and always were), and the Matraz album is simply one of the very finest prog-metal "proper" (meaning non-tech/extreme) albums I know. Nice to see the Spaniards too, with Sentiments my fave Iceberg (although normally designated second or third on lists like this), and Shisspa is IMO the greatest Koenji release by far. DFA's 4 too is usually not people's fave with the band, but definitely mine. Panzerpappa are always good to have on a list (), and the Sympozion is sickly solid! Bonfire Goes Bananas is seldom seen, yet it's SUCH a killer instrumental progressive beast - easily outdoing anything by Focus or Finch in my book. Jet Lag's Dimensione Ottica is a complete retro-progressive stoner jazzy slayer, while Floating Opera is a rare pick by one of the most accomplished groups to ever assemble - yet also probably their most intriguing! Great to have Pochakaite on board as well.

I've got about 90 of these, and I'd probably have about 30-or-so of those included on my own list.

The rest would probably be various versions of the Van Otterdyke remixed by Steve Nilson and with Neal Stolt on added mallet testicles and 'tron kazoo.

And here he is finally, prog's very own equivalent to Falco:

[proggosaurus]

I don't know em all but I like both MJ's and MT's lists much much better than the ones in which conventional wisdom normally prevails. for me, King Crimson, Yes, Genesis and so forth are just no brainers. I don't need a list for them. understandably, they're great for someone who is really just entering the progressive rock scene. I think it's great however when obscure, newer or just favorite bands are given some lofty recognition by others. Scrotum, I'll have to check out that Matraz. me likes some proper prog metal. any more similar recs?

[MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLER]

the Matraz disc is really good proggosaurus. It's their 2nd one called Gritare with the female vocalist who can really sing! The first one has male vocals. I haven't heard it but it doesn't seem to rate as highly as the 2nd

[proggosaurus]

the Matraz disc is really good proggosaurus. It's their 2nd one called Gritare with the female vocalist who can really sing! The first one has male vocals. I haven't heard it but it doesn't seem to rate as highly as the 2nd

appreciate it MT! prog metal with good female vox. that's even better. I'm listening now and it is good. she does sound great. there's a language barrier for me but thankfully, I never let that inhibit my enjoyment.