Best Progressive band of all time
<b>King Crimson</b>

1

King Crimson

In the Court of the Crimson King - In the Wake of Poseidon - Lizard - Islands - Lark's Tongues in Aspic - Starless and Bible Track - Red
<b>Van der Graaf Generator</b>

2

Van der Graaf Generator

The Aerosol Grey Machine - The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other - H To He, Who Am The Only One - Pawn Hearts - Godbluff - Still Life
<b>Genesis</b>

3

Genesis

Trespass - Nursery Crime - Foxtrot - Selling England By the Pound - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Trick of The Tail
<b>Magma</b>

4

Magma

Magma - 1.001°Centigrades - Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh - Ẁurdah Ïtah - Köhntarkösz - Udu Wudu
<b>Yes</b>

5

Yes

Fragile - Close to the Edge - Relayer
<b>Gentle Giant</b>

6

Gentle Giant

Gentle Giant - Acquiring the Taste - Octopus
<b>Emerson, Lake & Palmer</b>

7

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus
<b>Caravan</b>

9

Caravan

In the Land of Grey and Pink
<b>Jethro Tull</b>

13

Jethro Tull

Aqualung - Thick is a Brick
<b>Hatfield and the North</b>

15

Hatfield and the North

Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club
<b>Supersister</b>

16

Supersister

Present from Nancy - To the Highest Bidder
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  • TheJargonKing
    TheJargonKing
    17 sep 13
    Really beautiful, it shows a lovely spatiality within the sub-genres of progressive.
     
  • TheJargonKing
    TheJargonKing
    17 sep 13
    for a 17-year-old, then!!!
     
  • hjhhjij
    hjhhjij
    17 sep 13
    Beautiful yes, the first 4 are absolutely mind-blowing. I just still don’t understand what the Pink Floyd have to do with those two albums. Aside from that, a very nice ranking. And if they’re in precise order, you copied the first three from me :D
     
  • Kino
    Kino
    17 sep 13
    Thank you, yes, they are exactly as ordered.
     
  • Kino
    Kino
    17 sep 13
    Thank you, yes, they are exactly as ordered.
     
  • hjhhjij
    hjhhjij
    17 sep 13
    So for me the first 3 are absolute perfection :)
     
  • Kino
    Kino
    17 sep 13
    In my opinion, Wish You Were Here and Animals are the only progressive albums since both Atom Heart Mother and Meddle are halfway between psychedelia and prog.
     
  • hjhhjij
    hjhhjij
    17 sep 13
    Here we enter a conversation that never seems to end, and I'm not in the mood for it now :) For me, the Floyd were never "prog," but in general, even prog, like other genres, is a categorization that risks becoming irrelevant. Even Magma, for example, are classified among prog, avant-garde, free-jazz, etc., yet you chose to include them, while I don't see Soft Machine or Area, other people that I find hard to classify in any way (like the Crimson themselves, after all). In short, this is an excellent ranking for the names it proposes, not so much for the genre represented.
    Oh, great profile picture; "Bookends" is my favorite album by the duo.
     
  • Kino
    Kino
    17 sep 13
    For me, Soft Machine is really jazz fusion as they borrow almost everything from Miles Davis; if you listen to Bitches Brew, you'll notice remarkable similarities with Third.
     
    • rolando303
      19 sep 13
      I often listen to both Miles and the Softs. What do you mean by notable similarities? But most importantly, where do you hear them?
    • rolando303
      19 sep 13
      Sorry, both albums were released in '70, just one month apart from each other. How could they have copied Miles? Maybe they stole the sheets from him.
  • hjhhjij
    hjhhjij
    17 sep 13
    Be no real Jazz fusion (up to 1970) no. The first two are trippy, psychedelic-dadaist works that, especially in the second, laid down quite a few foundations for what is known as "Canterbury" (another fabulous catch-all category where they managed to squeeze everything from Caravan to Gong :D). Third is certainly pure Jazz-Rock inspired by Bitches Brew for 3/4 + Moon in June by Wyatt, which is something entirely different. In short, categorizing them as Soft Machine annoys me. From the fourth album onwards, it’s a different story because they definitively shifted to Jazz/fusion, albeit with mixed results.
     
    • Kino
      17 sep 13
      Creating the perfect ranking is impossible, but in this list, I've included only albums that I consider masterpieces. For me, the first two albums of Soft Machine are 4, and the only masterpiece by Soft Machine is Third, which I consider a 5.
    • Kino
      17 sep 13
      If I were to rank Jazz-Fusion, I would put Soft Machine and Area right in the top 10.
    • hjhhjij
      17 sep 13
      But I wasn't questioning either the ranking (which is nice) or your choices (I never do that with rankings) or tastes :) It's just that I fell into the annoying discussion about genre classifications, etc.
    • hjhhjij
      17 sep 13
      The Area are Jazz/Fusion and a thousand other things; they definitely fit in a J.fusion ranking. In any case, the first two albums by Soft Machine are absolute masterpieces for me, but there's always a matter of taste. Many of the albums you mentioned in the ranking (almost all of them) are masterpieces for me as well.
    • hjhhjij
      17 sep 13
      Just out of curiosity: have you ever heard anything from Wyatt solo or with Matching Mole?
    • Kino
      17 sep 13
      I haven't heard anything by Wyatt solo yet, absolutely nothing, but I'll remedy that as soon as possible.
    • Kino
      17 sep 13
      For me, the psychedelic masterpiece is The Parable of Arable Land by Red Krayola.
    • hjhhjij
      17 sep 13
      Here, I really have to give you three titles. Rock Bottom (1974) is perhaps my absolute favorite album, one of the most intimate and profoundly felt works ever. The fall and rebirth of a man just confined to a wheelchair. Then there's the first, the incredibly tough The End of an Ear (1970) and Ruth is Stranger Than Richard (1975). There are other very beautiful ones, but I would say these three are the essentials. Enjoy listening :)
    • hjhhjij
      17 sep 13
      "For me, the psychedelic masterpiece is The Parable of Arable Land by Red Krayola. Here you got me, I've been meaning to listen to it for two years and still haven't, damn."
    • Kino
      17 sep 13
      Thank you very much, as soon as I find them I will buy them.
    • Kino
      17 sep 13
      You have to listen to it, no matter what.
    • Kino
      17 sep 13
      If you're on LSD, I highly recommend it along with Aguaturbia.
    • hjhhjij
      17 sep 13
      Yes, I’m aware, he has all the right arguments to fry my brain; sooner or later I’ll manage to listen to him.
  • Kino
    Kino
    17 sep 13
    I removed the Pink Floyd and added the Soft Machine.
     
  • GIANLUIGI67
    GIANLUIGI67
    17 sep 13
    I don't like rankings, you are one of the few, I believe, who includes Supersister, which by coincidence I'm listening to...
     
    • Kino
      17 sep 13
      What is your favorite Supersister album?
    • GIANLUIGI67
      17 sep 13
      it's the only one I own "Spiral Staircase" from '74,
  • GIANLUIGI67
    GIANLUIGI67
    17 sep 13
    I only heard "Spiral Staircase", I have another record that I should look for the title, honestly I haven't heard it yet. I've had the records at home for a long time, inherited from my brothers, but I just discovered them recently, the name didn't appeal to me, I was expecting a different band...
     
    • Kino
      17 sep 13
      I recommend you listen to them, especially the first two, which in my opinion are the best.
  • GIANLUIGI67
    GIANLUIGI67
    17 sep 13
    ...https://www.debaser.it/main/Video.aspx?y=5q6z65Uo7zo&feature=player_detailpage but we're talking about the same group.
     
  • SydBarrett96
    SydBarrett96
    17 sep 13
    Great ranking, VDGG, King Crimson, Jethro Tull, Yes, Soft Machine but above all the GENESIS are among my absolute favorites. A few albums by Peter Hammill like Silent Corner would fit in nicely, although, except for a few exceptions, they wouldn't exactly be "progressive."
     
    • SydBarrett96
      17 sep 13
      You are my age, by the way.
    • Kino
      17 sep 13
      In this ranking, I decided to include only the groups.
    • Kino
      17 sep 13
      I want to clarify that they are listed in order of preference.
    • SydBarrett96
      17 sep 13
      Alright, got it then. Still, it's an excellent ranking. ;)
  • TheJargonKing
    TheJargonKing
    17 sep 13
    For me, the Pink Floyd were definitely there, but that's a topic I've already addressed :-))
     
    • SydBarrett96
      18 sep 13
      For me too, Jargon. I have always been among those who consider the Pink Floyd of the seventies as progressive, at least until "Animals" (which, however, also features almost imperceptible references to New Wave and Punk).
  • whocares
    whocares
    18 sep 13
    666 albums that I love
     
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