Prog – The Ten Greatest Albums – (According to Ultimate Classic Rock)
Are these really the ten greatest progressive rock albums? According to Ultimate Classic Rock these are the best representations of the genre.
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@warrenpeece1726
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
What implanters are they using?
@RABSTRAINS
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
Outstanding 👍👍
@anthonysanchez4503
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
Where does ELP rank? They were the only band that truly pushed the envelope. Had a good friend who used to say "Just a bunch of noise" about their music…but eventually he became a convert on his own.
@Sonnenbringer
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
Hard to disagree with this list.
For my personal taste I'd rather include Animals (for Dark Side), Topographic Oceans and Lamb lies down (for 9 and 10), but hey; you can't get everything you want.
@adriantiley6660
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
Going for the one – Yes
Ommadawn-Mike Oldfield
Tin Drum -Japan
Blackwater Park-Opeth
Man machine -Kraftwerk
Spirit of Eden -Talk Talk
Sparkle in the rain – Simple Minds
Drama-Yes
Naughty Boys Instrumental -Yellow Magic Orchestra
Mezanine – Massive Attack
@arthurlambert6418
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
Anything by the Beatles
@antwonmiller8073
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
I don’t think it gets anymore prog then “The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.”
@raypsychodad
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
I don't agree floyd finished after dark side. Following with wish you were here, animals and the wall. They were hardly spent imo. Just my opinion mind
@witeskyn7
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
About the 'Rolling Stone' (Drone?) .. The only thing they admire is Jann Simon Wenner's picture photograph and perhaps a bit of their own from the mirror. They're not even a blur of what they once were when they 1st came 'round so, it's not terribly surprising of their viewpoints towards such fine bands as Pink Floyd.
@TheLastOilMan
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
Imagine this stuff hitting me age 16
@johnq.public3302
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
PFM? Okay….the Mandela effect just kicked in.
@Synthetrix
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
ELP’s Brain Salad Surgery should always be in the top five if not top three
@stevecarroll8256
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
As long as Tull get a mention, I’m happy.
@carlmichael5592
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
'Genesis without Hackett aren't really Genesis'; absolutely spot on. The creativity survived Peter's departure but Steve going was the final straw.
@momusco_official
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
Genesis will always be the greatest prog band there ever was because of the richness and depth of their music……. Genesis is like an Orchestra performing Brahms first symphony, Yes is like the Orchestra before the concert, warming up, playing random scales without any musical continuity. And of course, needless to say, Yes never achieved the musical fruition of Genesis, forever standing in their shadow.
@denisarmstrong8008
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
What? No Camel? No Harmonium? Giants.
@rattyfus8218
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
Flute wheezing? The guy is a virtuoso! Clearly not a musician talking here.
@gianthills
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
Rush wasn't full on prog. They had one or two albums with progish elements. Moving Pictures was prog light. Mostly poppy with basic chord changes. Yyz demonstrated musicianship but pretty basic compared to other bands.
@wlines
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
The omission of anything by ELP is a big problem. Keith Emerson and the Nice helped to invent progressive rock . My interpretation of prog rock is a rejection of the standard blues/country/folk modeling of songs and instead the interjection of European classical influences. ELP blazed the trail for this. Listen to what was going on in 1973 nothing sounded like ELP
@keriford54
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
I think that's actually a pretty sound list. CTTE, ITCOTCK, DSOTM, TAAB, & those two Genesis albums all well deserving, iconic albums that helped define Progressive Rock. I would have variations, I think Rush was too late to earn a place at the table (as well as not personally liking them much) and would replace them with Gentle Giant's Octopus, I haven't listened to PFM as much as I should, so I'll reserve judgement, it also seems wrong to have no ELP, I suspect they feature a little further down the list.
@HippieDavid61
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
Amazing how people have differing opinions to what is prog, which I consider a British thing. Best US Prog I would say Iron Butterfly and Vanilla Fudge, and yes I know were also psych
@podecrer81
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
Renaissance: « Ashes are burning ».
@CarolineHart-vy4ig
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
Yessongs triple album!
Needs to be on the list and Id still keep CTTE at the top
@chadieccoates6419
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
"Heart of the Sunrise" & "South Side of the Sky" are ICONIC prog songs!
@rwsmith7638
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
No Moody Blues???
@marcomeschiari7347
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
I think that Gentle Giant should deserve to reach the top ten
@dannyjohnson3569
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
I find it bizarre that U.K.'s first album doesn't even get a mention in Ulltimate Classic Rock's top 50!!!
@maxb9315
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
I have to put in a word for Gong's Expresso 2 album, released in 1978 when Pierre Moerlen was at the helm of the band. It's the most wonderfully and exotically inventive work I've encountered in the prog genre.
@Olive-gd3wn
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
Desole mais cette liste est juste RIDICULE.Pour choisir Les dix meilleurs albums dans un genre aussi vaste et varie que la prog, vous vous devez d'etre beaucoup plus affine dans votre choix et surtout ne pas plus d'un album par groupe!
@robertaltena4293
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
Pffff no surprise here…….
@sjakrijnen
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
All beautiful albums. My advise , make it best 25. Gentle Giant, Zappa, Magma, more continental?
@fitfaststrong5380
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
1. Close to the Edge
2. Hemispheres
3. The Lamb Lies Down
4. Animals
5. Relayer
6. Red
7. Tarkus
8. Selling England by the Pound
9. Brain Salad Surgery
10. Going for the One
@KortKramer
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
Is ELOY in the mix?
@brycejacobsen123
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
No ELP and FZ? Somebody needs a nice talking to…
@deadfdr
September 29, 2025 at 2:09 pm
Moving Pictures is legendary bc of its groundbreaking blend of genres, compositional originality and instrumental prowess
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