50 Years Of Prog. The Best Song Of Each Year.
Arguably, Prog is around for about 50 years and has gifted us some of the most interesting and groundbraking music. In this list I will show you my favourite song of each year. Feel free to discuss and suggest |
| 1 | King Crimson
The Court of the Crimson King
Year: 1969
Album: In the Court of the Crimson King |
| 2 | Deep Purple
Child In Time
Year: 1970
Album: Deep Purple in Rock |
| 3 | Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Tarkus
Year: 1971
Album: Tarkus |
| 4 | Yes
Close to the Edge
Year: 1972
Album: Close to the Edge |
| 5 | Genesis
Firth to Fifth
Year: 1973
Album: Selling England by the Pound |
| 6 | Camel
Lady Fantasy
Year: 1974
Album: Mirage |
| 7 | Pink Floyd
Shine on You Crazy Diamond
Year: 1975
Album: Wish You Were Here |
| 8 | Rainbow
Stargazer
Year: 1976
Album: Rising |
| 9 | Pink Floyd
Dogs
Year: 1977
Album: Animals |
| 10 | Rush
La Villa Strangiato
Year: 1978
Album: Hemispheres |
| 11 | Pink Floyd
Comfortably Numb
Year: 1979
Album: The Wall |
| 12 | Rush
The Spirit of Radio
Year: 1980
Album: Permanent Waves |
| 13 | YYZ
Year: 1981
Album: Moving Pictures |
| 14 | Dire Straits
Telegraph Road
Year: 1982
Album: Love Over Gold |
| 15 | Marillion
Script for a Jester's Tear
Year: 1983
Album: Script for a Jester's Tear |
| 16 | Iron Maiden
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Year: 1984
Album: Powerslave |
| 17 | Marillion
Kayleigh
Year: 1985
Album: Misplaced Childhood |
| 18 | Fates Warning
Guardian
Year: 1986
Album: Awaken the Guardian |
| 19 | King Diamond
Abigail
Year: 1987
Album: Abigail |
| 20 | Queensryche
Eyes of a Stranger
Year: 1988
Album: Operation: Mindcrime |
| 21 | Voivod
Astronomy Domine
Year: 1989
Album: Nothingface |
| 22 | Steve Vai
For the Love of God
Year: 1990
Album: Passion and Warfare |
| 23 | Death
Lack of Comprehension
Year: 1991
Album: Human |
| 24 | Dream Theater
Metropolis - Part I
Year: 1992
Album: Images and Words |
| 25 | Cynic
Veil of Maya
Year: 1993
Album: Focus |
| 26 | Pink Floyd
High Hopes
Year: 1994
Album: The Division Bell |
| 27 | Death
Crystal Mountain
Year: 1995
Album: Symbolic |
| 28 | Edge of Sanity
Crimson
Year: 1996
Album: Crimson |
| 29 | Symphony X
The Divine Wings of Tragedy
Year: 1997
Album: The Divine Wings of Tragedy |
| 30 | Opeth
Demon of the Fall
Year: 1998
Album: My Arms, Your Hearse |
| 31 | Dream Theater
Finally Free
Year: 1999
Album: Metropolis Part 2: Scenes From a Memory |
| 32 | Nevermore
The Heart Collector
Year: 2000
Album: Dead Heart in a Dead World |
| 33 | Tool
Lateralus
Year: 2001
Album: Lateralus |
| 34 | Opeth
Deliverance
Year: 2002
Album: Deliverance |
| 35 | The Mars Volta
Eriatarka
Year: 2003
Album: Deloused in the Comatorium |
| 36 | Isis
So Did We
Year: 2004
Album: Panopticon |
| 37 | Dream Theater
Octavarium
Year: 2005
Album: Octavarium |
| 38 | Tool
10,000 Days (Wings, Pt. 2)
Year: 2006
Album: 10,000 Days |
| 39 | Porcupine Tree
Anesthetize
Year: 2007
Album: Fear of a Blank Planet |
| 40 | Meshuggah
Bleed
Year: 2008
Album: ObZen |
| 41 | Mastodon
The Czar
Year: 2009
Album: Crack the Skye |
| 42 | The Pineapple Thief
Preparation for Meltdown
Year: 2010
Album: Someone Here is Missing |
| 43 | Dream Theater
Breaking All Illusions
Year: 2011
Album: A Dramatic Turn of Events |
| 44 | Ne Obliviscaris
And Plague Flowers the Kaleidoscope
Year: 2012
Album: Portal Of I |
| 45 | Haken
Cockroach King
Year: 2013
Album: The Mountain |
| 46 | Opeth
Moon Above, Sun Below
Year: 2014
Album: Pale Communion |
| 47 | Wilderun
The Garden of Fire
Year: 2015
Album: Sleep at the Edge of the World |
| 48 | Vektor
Charging the Void
Year: 2016
Album: Terminal Redux |
| 49 | Caligula's Horse
Songs For No One
Year: 2017
Album: In Contact |
| 50 | Between the Buried and Me
The Proverbial Bellow
Year: 2018
Album: Automata II |
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