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07-10-2005, 11:11
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The prog top 100 albums
No doubt, this could be a cause for arguement hehe.
YES Close to the Edge GENESIS Selling England By The Pound JETHRO TULL Thick As A Brick PINK FLOYD Dark Side of the Moon GENESIS Foxtrot PINK FLOYD Wish You Were Here KING CRIMSON In the Court of the Crimson King GENESIS The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway YES Fragile RUSH Moving Pictures GENESIS Nursery Cryme KING CRIMSON Red RUSH Hemispheres YES Relayer CAMEL The Snow Goose DREAM THEATER Scenes From A Memory Metropolis Part II KING CRIMSON Larks' Tongues in Aspic PINK FLOYD Animals CARAVAN In the Land of Grey and Pink GENTLE GIANT In a Glass House CAMEL Mirage GENTLE GIANT Octopus VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR Pawn Hearts JETHRO TULL Aqualung VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR Godbluff VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR Still Life PINK FLOYD Meddle MARILLION Script for a Jester's Tear YES The YES Album CAMEL Moonmadness RUSH A Farewell to Kings DREAM THEATER Images And Words SUPERTRAMP Crime of the Century PINK FLOYD The Wall VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR H to He, Who Am the Only One OPETH Ghost Reveries GENTLE GIANT The Power And The Glory ANGLAGARD Hybris EMERSON LAKE & PALMER (ELP) Brain Salad Surgery GENTLE GIANT Playing The Fool - The Official Live EMERSON LAKE & PALMER (ELP) Emerson, Lake and Palmer PORCUPINE TREE In Absentia MARILLION Misplaced Childhood RUSH 2112 RUSH Permanent Waves GENTLE GIANT Free Hand PORCUPINE TREE Coma Divine Live EMERSON LAKE & PALMER (ELP) Trilogy HACKETT, STEVE Voyage of the Acolyte GENESIS A Trick Of The Tail MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA Birds of Fire PREMIATA FORNERIA MARCONI (PFM) Per Un Amico GENESIS Seconds Out GENTLE GIANT Three Friends YES Yessongs AYREON The Human Equation YES Going for the One PREMIATA FORNERIA MARCONI (PFM) Storia Di Un Minuto OLDFIELD, MIKE Tubular Bells FOCUS Hamburger Concerto WAKEMAN, RICK The Six Wives of Henry VIII DREAM THEATER Awake PORCUPINE TREE The Sky Moves Sideways MUSEO ROSENBACH Zarathustra TOOL Lateralus GENESIS Trespass PAIN OF SALVATION Remedy Lane ORME, LE Felona e Sorona PAIN OF SALVATION The Perfect Element Part 1 LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT Liquid Tension Experiment 2 PARSONS PROJECT, ALAN Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe IQ Ever JETHRO TULL Songs From The Wood OPETH Blackwater Park GENESIS Wind And Wuthering HAMMILL, PETER The Silent Corner And The Empty Stage HATFIELD AND THE NORTH The Rotters' Club QUEENSRYCHE Operation: Mindcrime PHOENIX Cantofabule BANCO DEL MUTUO SOCCORSO Darwin! BANCO DEL MUTUO SOCCORSO Io Sono Nato Libero GONG Radio Gnome Invisible Vol. 2 - Angel's Egg OLDFIELD, MIKE Ommadawn FOCUS Moving Waves GENTLE GIANT Acquiring The Taste TOWNSEND, DEVIN Terria BALLETTO DI BRONZO, IL Ys SPOCK'S BEARD V HARMONIUM Si on avait besoin d'une 5ième Saison OPETH Still Life GRYPHON Red Queen to Gryphon Three EMERSON LAKE & PALMER (ELP) Tarkus UK U.K. HATFIELD AND THE NORTH Hatfield and the North RUSH Different Stages - Live PORCUPINE TREE Stupid Dream DREAM THEATER Live Scenes From New York ZAPPA, FRANK Hot Rats ARENA Contagion ARENA |
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07-10-2005, 11:15
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And, the top 100 Prog metal albums...
Avant-Prog Symphonic Prog Zeuhl All Genres Specify the list album type: Studio Album DVD / Video Boxset / Compilation Live Singles/EPs/Fan Club/Promo All Albums Types Thanks to Fitzcarraldo for the idea and to MikeEnRegalia for the LOG-based algorithm Discuss this in the FORUM Rank Covers Year Ratings Artist / Title Genre / Album Type 1 1999 4.32 (219 ratings) DREAM THEATER Scenes From A Memory Metropolis Part II Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 2 1992 4.26 (175 ratings) DREAM THEATER Images And Words Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 3 2005 4.53 (57 ratings) OPETH Ghost Reveries Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 4 2004 4.31 (86 ratings) AYREON The Human Equation Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 5 1994 4.23 (108 ratings) DREAM THEATER Awake Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 6 2001 4.36 (64 ratings) TOOL Lateralus Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 7 2002 4.35 (62 ratings) PAIN OF SALVATION Remedy Lane Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 8 2001 4.42 (48 ratings) PAIN OF SALVATION The Perfect Element Part 1 Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 9 1999 4.36 (59 ratings) LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT Liquid Tension Experiment 2 Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 10 2001 4.38 (50 ratings) OPETH Blackwater Park Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 11 1988 4.30 (64 ratings) QUEENSRYCHE Operation: Mindcrime Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 12 2001 4.58 (24 ratings) TOWNSEND, DEVIN Terria Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 13 1999 4.43 (37 ratings) OPETH Still Life Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 14 2001 4.39 (41 ratings) DREAM THEATER Live Scenes From New York Progressive Metal (Live) 15 2005 3.90 (278 ratings) DREAM THEATER Octavarium Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 16 1994 4.69 (16 ratings) CYNIC Focus Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 17 1990 4.54 (24 ratings) PSYCHOTIC WALTZ A Social Grace Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 18 2000 4.35 (43 ratings) SYMPHONY X V: The New Mythology Suite Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 19 2002 4.10 (104 ratings) DREAM THEATER Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 20 2004 4.24 (58 ratings) RIVERSIDE Out Of Myself Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 21 1998 4.33 (43 ratings) AYREON Into The Electric Castle Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 22 1998 4.75 (12 ratings) CHROMA KEY Dead Air for Radios Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 23 1997 4.67 (15 ratings) FATES WARNING A Pleasant Shade Of Grey Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 24 2002 4.58 (19 ratings) THRESHOLD Critical Mass Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 25 2003 4.22 (60 ratings) OPETH Damnation Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 26 2005 4.34 (38 ratings) SHADOW GALLERY Room V Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 27 2001 4.46 (26 ratings) ARK (NOR) Burn The Sun Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 28 1999 4.44 (27 ratings) PAIN OF SALVATION One Hour By The Concrete Lake Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 29 1992 4.43 (28 ratings) PSYCHOTIC WALTZ Into The Everflow Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 30 1991 4.69 (13 ratings) FATES WARNING Parallels Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 31 2002 4.22 (55 ratings) SYMPHONY X The Odyssey Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 32 2004 4.38 (32 ratings) PAIN OF SALVATION 12:5 Progressive Metal (Live) 33 1997 4.38 (32 ratings) SYMPHONY X The Divine Wings of Tragedy Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 34 1998 4.27 (44 ratings) LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT Liquid Tension Experiment Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 35 2004 4.30 (40 ratings) DREAM THEATER Live at Budokan Progressive Metal (DVD / Video) 36 1988 4.64 (14 ratings) CRIMSON GLORY Transcendence Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 37 2005 5.00 (5 ratings) ARCTURUS Sideshow Symphonies Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 38 1996 4.67 (12 ratings) PSYCHOTIC WALTZ Bleeding Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 39 1986 4.56 (16 ratings) FATES WARNING Awaken The Guardian Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 40 2004 4.17 (54 ratings) PAIN OF SALVATION Be Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 41 2004 4.34 (29 ratings) DREAM THEATER Live at Budokan Progressive Metal (Live) 42 2001 4.47 (19 ratings) THRESHOLD Hypothetical Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 43 2005 4.57 (14 ratings) PAIN OF SALVATION Be Live Progressive Metal (DVD / Video) 44 2004 4.41 (22 ratings) EVERGREY The Inner Circle Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 45 2000 4.36 (25 ratings) SPIRAL ARCHITECT A Sceptic's Universe Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 46 1996 4.32 (28 ratings) TOOL Ænima Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 47 2004 4.31 (29 ratings) THRESHOLD Subsurface Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 48 1995 4.64 (11 ratings) CONCEPTION In Your Multitude Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 49 2002 5.00 (4 ratings) SUPERIOR Ultima Ratio Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 50 1995 4.47 (17 ratings) SHADOW GALLERY Carved In Stone Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 51 1997 4.83 (6 ratings) ROYAL HUNT Paradox Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 52 2005 4.38 (21 ratings) KAMELOT The Black Halo Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 53 2001 4.38 (21 ratings) GREEN CARNATION Light of Day, Day of Darkness Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 54 2002 4.30 (27 ratings) OPETH Deliverance Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 55 1998 4.32 (25 ratings) SHADOW GALLERY Tyranny Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 56 2001 4.67 (9 ratings) SYMPHONY X Live on the Edge of Forever Progressive Metal (Live) 57 1989 4.47 (15 ratings) SAVATAGE Gutter Ballet Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 58 1997 4.33 (21 ratings) PAIN OF SALVATION Entropia Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 59 1995 4.71 (7 ratings) ROYAL HUNT Moving Target Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 60 1998 4.71 (7 ratings) FATES WARNING Still Life Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 61 2004 4.50 (12 ratings) SPASTIC INK Ink Compatible Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 62 2001 4.46 (13 ratings) ANDROMEDA Extension of the Wish Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 63 1999 4.63 (8 ratings) ICE AGE The Great Divide Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 64 1997 4.40 (15 ratings) RHAPSODY Legendary Tales Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 65 2004 4.35 (17 ratings) THERION Lemuria Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 66 1990 4.23 (22 ratings) QUEENSRYCHE Empire Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 67 1995 4.67 (6 ratings) SIEGES EVEN Sophisticated Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 68 2003 4.67 (6 ratings) STAR ONE Live On Earth (CD/DVD) Progressive Metal (Live) 69 1998 4.31 (16 ratings) SYMPHONY X Twilight in Olympus Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 70 1989 4.36 (14 ratings) FATES WARNING Perfect Symmetry Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 71 1999 5.00 (2 ratings) CLOCKWORK Surface Tension Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 72 1985 5.00 (2 ratings) WATCHTOWER Energetic Disassembly Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 73 1992 5.00 (2 ratings) ROYAL HUNT Land of Broken Hearts Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 74 2004 5.00 (2 ratings) ORPHANED LAND Mabool - The Story of The Three Sons of Seven Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 75 1998 5.00 (2 ratings) AGALLOCH Pale Folklore Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 76 2001 5.00 (2 ratings) AGALLOCH Of Stone, Wind, and Pillor Progressive Metal (Singles/EPs/Fan Club/Promo) 77 2002 5.00 (2 ratings) AGALLOCH The Mantle Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 78 2005 5.00 (2 ratings) SIEGES EVEN The Art Of Navigating By The Stars Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 79 2005 5.00 (2 ratings) STREAM OF PASSION Embrace The Storm Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 80 2004 5.00 (2 ratings) PECCATUM Lost In Reverie Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 81 2001 5.00 (2 ratings) LACRIMOSA Fassade Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 82 1998 5.00 (2 ratings) LACRIMOSA Live Progressive Metal (Live) 83 1986 4.17 (23 ratings) QUEENSRYCHE Rage For Order Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 84 2000 4.57 (7 ratings) THERION Deggial Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 85 1991 4.57 (7 ratings) SAVATAGE Streets - A Rock Opera Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 86 1997 4.57 (7 ratings) IN THE WOODS Omnio Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 87 1988 4.57 (7 ratings) VOIVOD Dimension Hatross Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 88 1994 4.19 (21 ratings) QUEENSRYCHE Promised Land Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 89 1996 4.20 (20 ratings) ANGRA Holy Land Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 90 1994 4.75 (4 ratings) VAUXDVIHL To Dimension Logic Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 91 1995 4.75 (4 ratings) SAVATAGE Ghost in the Ruins / Final Bell Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 92 1995 4.75 (4 ratings) PAYNE'S GRAY Kadath Decoded Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 93 1996 4.75 (4 ratings) ROYAL HUNT Live 1996 Progressive Metal (Live) 94 1999 4.50 (8 ratings) LEMUR VOICE Divided Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 95 1991 4.50 (8 ratings) VOIVOD Angel Rat Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 96 2000 4.50 (8 ratings) RHAPSODY Dawn Of Victory Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 97 1998 4.50 (8 ratings) THERION Vovin Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 98 2001 4.50 (8 ratings) MATRAZ Tiempo Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 99 1994 4.50 (8 ratings) PSYCHOTIC WALTZ Mosquito Progressive Metal (Studio Album) 100 1991 4.50 (8 ratings) SIEGES EVEN A Sense of Change Progressive Metal (Studio Album) |
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EDIT: Of course it doesn't really matter as its just a list and people can make lists however long they choose. Also, I used the word "seem" and its different forms (seems, seemingly) far too much. Sorry. Last edited by RF Scott; 07-10-2005 at 11:43. |
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Like all lists these are subjective but there does seem to be some pretty wide of the mark things in here, I would ceratinly never rate Arena above the bands who are missed out, bearing in mind Arena's drummer was kicked out of Marillion for being crap :p More improtantly where's Transatlantic and Kino on that list ? Cheers Stuart |
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07-10-2005, 11:59
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I was also suprised that Transatlantic was not on the list.
Love the Devin Townsend review...   DEVIN TOWNSEND Terria Review (Permanent link) by MikeEnRegalia @ 3:50:11 PM EST, 7/24/2005 SPECIAL COLLABORATION — This is Devin's masterpiece. The following album has more hooks and catchy tunes, but this one is truly majestic, epic and utterly wonderful. I give it 5 stars without any hesitation. This is a complex work of art. This albums is also so unique - it defies categorisation. Although this is metal, there is no other Prog Metal band that comes close to what he does. Earth Metal, Epic Progressive Metal ... that begins to describe it. The most unique thing about the Devin Townsend albums is that he uses a very large number of tracks during recording, which are layered on top of one another to create a wall of sound. He does this for individual instruments as well as the whole tracks. This results in a incredible level of detail - with a good hifi system, you can hear lots of different instruments "below the surface". This album doesn't have a story as such, but a topic: Nature - Canada in particular - and spirituality. The song titles and lyrics excerpts give you a good idea of what you can expect. Olives: This is the weirdest intro to a prog metal album that I ever heard. I don't want to spoil anything, you'll have to listen for yourself. Mountain: The track starts kind of usual, but after 2 minutes a cool laid back section starts, which slowly climbs and works it's way towards the peak. Listening to it, you literaly feel like a mountaineer. At about 5:30, the song suddenly stops and you hear something like a radio, playing some tune, with faint sounds in the background. Earth Day: This song starts quite abruptly, after the silence of the preceding track. This is a typical Devin Townsend song, with haunting rhythm, thriving guitars, and crazy lyrics: Man Overboard (I'm so far away) Man overboard (I'm so far...) But [%*!#] it! ...I really don't care Fuck! Listen to me! Just shut the [%*!#] up! Peace, Love, Joy Man overboard (I'm so far...) Hate, hell, war Hate, love, love, hate, love, hate...destruction! Deep Peace: Beautiful song, you might even call it a ballad, although it's almost entirely based on heavy instrumentation. About halfway through the song, a beautiful guitar solo kick's off a heavy waltz (3/4), which is sort of a trademark for Devin. Canada: One of my favorite songs on the album. It starts with a absolutely divine guitar riff. The song is as majestic as "Soul Driven" of his previous album, and it's about driving down a Canadian freeway. Again, there's crazy lyrics: It's oil, It's wheat, It's soil, It's meat It's beef! The road, it's home, the mountain high, river low... Wake me, please wake me, When it's my turn to drive Only the lonely (and maybe John Denver) know the Canadian freeway. Down And Under: A french radio/TV excerpt kicks off this song, and while it's not as majestic as the previous song, it's flowing nicely and acting as a segue, to prepare and set things up for The Fluke. The Fluke: Nice up-tempo track, with two completely different parts. The first is very similar to the kind of music Devin wrote for Biomech. The second part is introduced by some nice breaks and signature changes ... and then it's 3/4 time again, this time in a shuffle feel. Then, after a short repetition of the first part, some crazy keyboards/effects loop starts, fading into a heartbeat sample which morphs into the sound of rain. Nobody's Here: Wonderful melancholic track, really slow and laid back, with absolutely fitting lyrics: Hello, it's good to see you here Come in, can I offer you a beer? This song has some similarities to Roger Waters lyrics and songwriting - just a little bit. Tiny Tears: I guess this is the closest thing to a ballad on this album - it's a romantic song that deals with relationships. It flows nicely, and again I'd like to quote the lyrics: I see you I need you I leave you behind I've learned my lesson O.K I'm bored now. About half way through the song, a guitar solo kicks of a song within the song - a 2 minute build up of a different motive, with the lyrics that I quoted. Stagnant: Crazy Devin ... who would think of using pizzicato strings in this heavy setting? This is one of the really joyful tracks on the album, and please forgive me - I have to quote the lyrics one last time ... It's beautiful, the way it's meant to be...beautiful, but it 'don't do [&*!#]' for me... So peel away a little skin and choke upon the bone And ain't it funny how, after trying to find my way home, I'm in the middle now, and I won't get lost again. Last edited by Hogisbald; 07-10-2005 at 12:05. |
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