Rolling Stone Top 10 Progressive Rock Bands

[ErikM]

If You want a decent all time proglist you have to read prog magazines like iO Pages from The Netherlands. Last april they made their number 100 magazine and also asked their readers the best all time prog albums. The band with the most albums in this list was CAMEL with "Moonmadness" (1976) at the highest position. En these are the best 30 albums from the Top 200 list. Enjoy and forget the RS list.

30. Pendragon - The Window of Life (1993)

29. Pendragon - The Masquerade Overture (1996)

28. Transatlantic - The Whirlwind (2009)

27. Yes - Going For The One (1977)

26. Genesis - A Trick of the Tail (1976)

25. Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)

24. Marillion - Brave (1994)

23. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)

22. IQ - Ever (1993)

21. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)

20. Roger Waters - Amused to Death (1992)

19. Genesis - Foxtrot (1972)

18. Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973)

17. Sylvan - Posthumous Silence (2006)

16. Genesis - Seconds Out (1977)

15. Arena - The Visitor (1998)

14. Transatlantic - Bridge Across Forever (2001)

13. Marillion - Marbles (2004)

12. Rush - Moving Pictures (1981)

11. Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle (1998)

10. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)

9. Pink Floyd - The Wall (1979)

8. IQ - Subterrranea (1999)

7. Dream Theater - Images and Words (1992)

6. Marillion - Script for a Jester's Tear (1983)

5. Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)

4. Yes - Close to the Edge (1972)

3. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon (1973)

2. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (1975)

1. Genesis - Selling England By The Pound (1973)

Greetings,

ErikM

[Magic Mountain]

Originally Posted by ErikM

If You want a decent all time proglist you have to read prog magazines like iO Pages from The Netherlands.

Geez, you guys don't read prior posts do you (See post #10). The initial thread wasn't to give credence to the RS poll. I assume that if you are a listener of AM that you are more than a casual fan of progressive rock and you would know that such a poll by that magazine is nonsense. In addition, serious fans don't need any lists. We already know what are the important bands/albums of the genre.

Of course there are much better lists out there from much better sources. The point of the thread was not so much the list, it was that a magazine that has hated progressive rock since its inception actually printed a top 10 progressive rock list (and I wanted to poke a little fun at Jim over Tool).

If you want a good poll go to www.progarchives.com and select their top 100 list. However, since music is a matter of personal taste, no matter what poll that you see, it will never be universally accepted by all. For instance Erik, your poll is heavily weighted on the Symphonic/Neo subgenres and doesn't include any of the seminal Italian symphonic bands, Jazz/Rock Fusion, Zeuhl, Canterbury, etc. nor does it have one of the greatest progressive rock albums of all time "Thick as a Brick."

Karl