Prog Essentials
Tried to come up with some prog and jazz/fusion essentials. If I've missed anything obvious pls rsay. NO PROG METAL on here see KILLs list for that. Ordering is not significant especially further rdown. One album per artist. Rough description and discog recs with each artist. |
1 | | King Crimson Red
eclectic prog - everything up to discipline essential, later stuff also good |
2 | | Rush Hemispheres
heavy prog rock - all essential up to power windows + counterparts + clockwork angels |
3 | | Yes Close to the Edge
symphonic prog gods, get all up to Drama |
4 | | Pink Floyd Animals
prog/space rock - just get it all |
5 | | Camel Moonmadness
symphonic prog - get first 4 then all from dust and dreams and after |
6 | | Jethro Tull Thick as a Brick
prog folk - most of stuff up till 1980 is excellent |
7 | | Genesis Selling England By The Pound
symphonic prog masters - get everything up to and including trick of the tail |
8 | | Focus Focus III
prog in clogs first 4 are brilliant |
9 | | Premiata Forneria Marconi Per Un Amico
up there with the British 70's greats - first couple are legendary RPI classics |
10 | | Frank Zappa The Grand Wazoo
lots of variation in discog but can't go wrong with his classics + mothers stuff |
11 | | Al Di Meola Casino
jazz/fusion huge discog, some great albums, early stuff is best |
12 | | Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso Darwin!
RPI - large discog excellent RPI first 6 best |
13 | | Return To Forever Romantic Warrior
jazz/fusion classic, most of discog v good up to this one |
14 | | Supertramp Crime of the Century
crossover prog - this, breakfast in america and the 2 between them |
15 | | Gentle Giant Octopus
eclectic prog, extensive discog, their first 7 are best |
16 | | Captain Beefheart Lick My Decals Off, Baby
genius eclectic shit, first 4 are essential |
17 | | Miles Davis Bitches Brew
this, kind of blue, In a Silent Way essential and a lot more great stuff |
18 | | Anglagard Hybris
symphonic prog - just get them all, masterful prog |
19 | | Museo Rosenbach Zarathustra
awesomely good RPI |
20 | | Steve Hackett Voyage of the Acolyte
symph prog roots but expands into more eclectic stuff later on - many good solo albums this is the old classic essential for
genesis fans |
21 | | Colosseum Valentyne Suite
proto fusion first 3 are best |
22 | | Anathema Judgement
experimental, post-metal, prog - everything from Eternity, solid discog |
23 | | Soft Machine Third
free form jazzy shit, get everything up till Softs |
24 | | Allan Holdsworth Metal Fatigue
jazz/fusion - earlier ones the best b4 he started using a synthaxe |
25 | | Emerson, Lake and Palmer Tarkus
well ye they went a bit crazy but first 4 + pics exhibition are great |
26 | | Van Der Graaf Generator Godbluff
eclectic prog - big discog, loads of gems, this + Pawn Hearts to start |
27 | | Caravan In The Land Of Grey And Pink
canterbury scene classic |
28 | | Gong Flying Teapot
canterbury scene, patchy discog but the gnome trilogy v good |
29 | | Billy Cobham Spectrum
jazz/fusion - huge discog this one probably the best tho |
30 | | Bacamarte Depois do Fim
great Brazilian symphonic prog, their other one is crap tho |
31 | | Gazpacho Tick Tock
crossover prog from Norway, solid discog, they are similair to late period Marillion but a lot better |
32 | | Porcupine Tree Lightbulb Sun
early stuff is best but solid discog overall, also Wilson's solo albums and No-Man |
33 | | Mike Oldfield Ommadawn
early oldfield is ear candy, bail out at Platinum tho |
34 | | Khan Space Shanty
canterbury scene, only album they ever did but great one |
35 | | Maudlin of the Well Part The Second
avant-garde, post-metal - cant go wrong with any of them really but debut is the weakest |
36 | | Wishbone Ash Argus
rock w/prog elements - classic album, get this and their debut |
37 | | The Future Kings of England Who is this who is coming?
space/psych - if you like pink floyd buy all of their 4 albums now |
38 | | Can Future Days
krautrock, first 5 are best |
39 | | Egonon Risveglio
my fave RPI of last few years, new release coming soon |
40 | | Roxy Music For Your Pleasure
avante-garde pop prog - get first 4 after that gets too sickly |
41 | | Spirit The 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus
proto-prog, everything up to this one + California Blues + Model Shop |
42 | | The Mars Volta Frances the Mute
heavy prog - first 3 best |
43 | | Vespero By The Waters Of Tomorrow
nice space rock whole discog is good |
44 | | Procol Harum Shine on Brightly
crossover prog - first 3 best, nice stuff |
45 | | Nektar Journey to the Centre of the Eye
psych/space - first 6 are worth a listen |
46 | | Strawbs From the Witchwood
prog folk - this or Grave New World their best, forget anything after Ghosts tho |
47 | | Marillion Misplaced Childhood
neo prog revival kings, huge discog, first 4 with fish are the best ones |
48 | | Le Orme Felona E Sorona
another legendary rpi band, put out lots of crap later on but this and Uomo Di Pezza are
really good |
49 | | Renaissance Ashes are Burning
prog folk band, get this, Turn Of The Cards and Scheherazade , much of the rest is shit |
50 | | The Moody Blues Days of Future Passed
has a weak image these days but did some good melodic prog, also did lots of crap but this and To
Our Children's Children's Children + On the Threshold of a Dream are good |
51 | | The Alan Parsons Project Tales of Mystery & Imagination
slowly got worse over the years but this is a good one, nice for floydy fans |
52 | | ProjeKct X Heaven and Earth
fripp project, its basically king crimson and its great so buy it |
53 | | Pat Metheny First Circle
jazz/fusion, nice discog to explore |
54 | | Dead Meadow Feathers
good space/psych, whole discog worth getting |
55 | | Il Tempio delle Clessidre Il Tempio delle Clessidre
another great modern RPI release |
56 | | The Enid In the Region Of The Summer Stars
syphonic prog - patchy discog but some good ones hidden in there |
57 | | Pekka Pohjola Visitation
jazz/fusion many good albums |
58 | | Mahavishnu Orchestra Inner Mounting Flame
jazz/fusion, get this, Birds of Fire and Emerald Beyond |
59 | | Hatfield and the North Hatfield and the North
classic canterbury scene album |
60 | | Jeff Beck Blow by Blow
patchy discog but some gems in there |
61 | | Barclay James Harvest Everyone Is Everybody Else
crossover prog - did some awful stuff but this one is worth a look |
62 | | Coheed and Cambria From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness
discog not bad, this one probably their most prog like |
63 | | Beardfish The Void
heavy prog, great discog overall |
64 | | Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel (Melt)
first 4 are best |
65 | | Riverside Out of Myself
nice discog |
66 | | Maxophone Maxophone
yay another rpi one, bit of a classic |
67 | | Myriad Floating On Ascending Plains
obscure Aussie band, great album, traditional 70s type symph prog |
68 | | Devin Townsend Terria
well everyone knows of Devin |
69 | | Discipline To Shatter All Accord
symphonic prog - comeback album prog from 2011, great, older stuff good too |
70 | | Ayreon The Human Equation
maybe a love/hate one but i love it, prolly shouldnt be on here but fuk it |
71 | | Uriah Heep Demons and Wizards
cheesy but lovable heavy prog, early stuff the best |
72 | | Eloy Ocean
space rock - huge discog, ignore anything after 1980 |
73 | | Il Balletto di Bronzo Ys
old 70's rpi one, damn good |
74 | | Magma Kohntarkosz Anteria (K.A.)
French Zeuhl love/hate stuff again but get this or Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh to begin with |
75 | | Aphrodite's Child 666
vangelis and demi roussos and its cool |
76 | | Orphaned Land Mabool (The Story of the Three Sons...)
they dont release much but this is the jewel |
77 | | Jonas Hellborg Octave of the Holy Innocents
jonas got buckethead in on this one, awesome jazz/fusion, big discog |
78 | | Santana Caravanserai
jazz/fusion - carlos used to be really good, first 4 are best |
79 | | Harmonium Si On Avait Besoin d'une 5eme Saison
symphonic prog - french-canadian classic, the one after it wasnt bad either, album cover never works
on here |
80 | | Kingston Wall Kingston Wall II
prog/psych - all of their albums worth a spin, this is the best one |
81 | | Big Big Train English Electric
neo prog - genesis clones but very enjoyable and a real grower, good discog |
82 | | Hostsonaten Winterthrough
gorgeous RPI, latest 4 album are lush |
83 | | Spock's Beard V
70s style prog large discog, also see Transatlantic and Neil Morse's solo work |
84 | | Phideaux Doomsday Afternoon
hes done some really fine crossover prog, get this or Number 7 first |
85 | | Motorpsycho Phanerothyme
Jaga Jazzist Horns better but cba to add it to sput right now, big discog that varies in
style a lot |
86 | | Talk Talk Spirit of Eden
crossover prog - total ear candy |
87 | | Nemo Si partie I
jazzy prog, great discog |
88 | | David Sylvian Secrets of the Beehive
crossover prog - ye the guy from the band Japan, patchy discog but this is the best one ive heard |
89 | | The Flower Kings Back In The World Of Adventures
symphonic prog - not bad at all, this is maybe their best |
90 | | Hawkwind Warrior on the Edge of Time
classic space rock, get this Black Sword and Mountain Grill |
91 | | Overhead Metaepitome
lovely trad 70's style prog album, rest of their stuff so-so tho |
92 | | High Tide Sea Shanties
influential heavy prog band |
93 | | Planet X Quantum
jazz/fusion |
94 | | Quella Vecchia Locanda Quella Vecchia Locanda
top rpi album, vivaldi was resurrected to play violin with them |
95 | | U.K. U.K.
eclectic prog - short lived supergroup, Wetton, Bruford, Holdsworth, Jobson, self titled debut is the best one |
96 | | Hypnos 69 Legacy
Belgian space rockers, really great album, other stuff ive heard of theirs is a load of waffle
tho |
97 | | Herbie Hancock Crossings
jazz/fusion overwhelming discog, this maybe his best ? |
98 | | IQ The Wake
neo prog revival group, still going, big discog, first few were the best + Dark Matter + Subterranea , avoid 80s
stuff, if u like marillion u will like this |
99 | | Steve Hillage Fish Rising
canterbury scene/psychedelic prog |
100 | | Kansas Leftoverture
crossover prog - cheesy but I like it, Monolith and every thing after is crap tho |
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