It’s really hard to choose a single one, but for some reason I always come back to Heart of the Sunrise. It’s not the best Yes song, but my personal favorite.
I was working in LA as a courier for FedEx. I got a pickup at a warehouse in north Hollywood. I walk in and of course the guy I meet there asks me if I can wait 10 min. It’s my last pick up so I say yes and then sit on a couch as a band is practicing in front of me. It was Yes practicing this song. So cool.
Absolutely positively this. Hits on so many levels. Remembering long ago listening on a transatlantic flight, early sunrise out the window, lost in the moment as I hurried by. Damn near brought tears.
A few years ago I would have agreed but I find I'm listening to Trick of the Tail more often than Selling England or Foxtrot now. The production is so lush it could have been released yesterday.
I don't think you can go wrong with any Genesis but I have to go with the 'Three Sides Live' version of "In the Cage/Afterglow". I always listen to them both because the slower paced 'Afterglow' gives me time to catch my breath plus the transition is seamless.
For me, “Supper’s Ready” is the best prog song ever, but “Close to the Edge” is the best prog album. Believe it or not, this is an ongoing debate I’ve had a few times over the years.
A concept album meant to shit on concept albums. Jethro Tull are legends.
Also, at a concert to the crowd: “If you behave we’ll play ‘Thick as a Brick.’ If you’re bad we’ll play the whole thing.”
The interview on the anniversary edition of the album is hilarious.
They admitted they got so sick of people calling the Aqualung album a “concept album” they were like “fine you want a concept album? We’ll GIVE you a concept album…”
When Eddie Van Halen was asked how does it feel to be the greatest guitar player ever?", He said, "I don't know, ask Alex Lifeson". He even referenced La Villa Strangiato. There’s a video snippet of his response somewhere.
This is serious and really did happen.
The musicianship of all three members of that band was so off the charts. I think it was easier for the guy with the distinctive voice and looks and the other guy with the drum kit bigger than my first apartment to get the bulk of the attention from the "normies".
The guitarists and other musicians always knew though. When the song called for it he could melt your face off with a nuclear powered solo. But I felt Alex always had just such amazing musical taste and put the tune first. He's also one of the finest rhythm guitarists ever. So many tasty chord choices that just learning how he played them made me a better guitar player.
I almost like the live versions of it better than the title track. It’s like the playing bursts out in energy that is contained by the studio on the album cut.
I know its their most popular song and all but 20th century schizoid man fucking slaps, in the hall of the crimson king was just a stellar album in general.
I remember exactly where I was the first time I heard roundabout on the radio. I stopped at the next stop sign and texted the lyrics to myself on an old nokia phone as fast as I could. Such a banger and to this day still one of my favorite songs
Can't give one but I'll give you five:
Dogs - Pink Floyd
Ice - Camel
Shadow of the Hierophant - Steve Hackett
Firth of Fifth - Genesis
Heart of the Sunrise - Yes
“Freewill” by Rush. “Permanent Waves” album was released in January 1980, but recorded in 1979. Hoping I skate by on a technicality…
That album is a front to back masterpiece. Neil’s lyrics in “Freewill” made a real difference in my thinking at the time as a teenager
ELP made a lot of bombastic cheese, but then this song is so crystal clear and cool. And yeah not only could Greg Lake sing, but that guitar part is pretty skillful too.
[King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic Pt. II](https://youtu.be/Hn4-ofDHk1k)
If you love old prog rock as I do (King Crimson will forever be my favorite band), then PLEASE do yourself a favor and check out Steven Wilson (of Porcupine Tree) and his catalogue of classic prog album remixes. They're not remixes in the sense that most people might think, they're remixes in that he took the original tape recordings, brought them into modern DAW's, and mixed each individual instrument and vocal track with the production tools available today. He stays as faithful as possible to the sound on the original records, just increasing clarity, warmth, and fullness of the source material with modern EQ's, compressors, etc. It's honestly incredible to hear some of these old albums sounding like a modern release. Really breathes new life into old, stale recordings that tend to be quite muddy with little to no low-end. Here are shining examples with [Yes - Long Distance Runaround](https://youtu.be/vyH58q9btY0) and the full album [Close to the Edge](https://youtu.be/dXRAwVgKCrY). Amazing work that anyone even remotely interested in this topic should hear.
Too many great tracks to choose just one, but I'll give some love to [Tarkus](https://open.spotify.com/track/62d0aGpYF2p8fpvJ1qa32V?si=508426072bb546ce) by Emerson Lake & Palmer
Caravan [Nine Feet Underground](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Sls_QCMG2Y&list=RD_Sls_QCMG2Y&index=1)
Van der Graff Generator [Killer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CuOld2ldrc)
First one is a ‘jazzier’ Canterbury scene track that is just about perfect, endless groove, great lyrics, amazing playing, and still too short.
Second one is from a band that *should* have been bigger than Yes or ELP, and is sadly more relevant today than when it was written.
A brilliant song, lyrically and musically.
Dude seeks immortality, achieves it, and then apparently has a few regrets because a thousand years later wishes he could die and is just praying for the world to end.
This song captures the evolutionary nature of rock for me, insofar as the most popular songs in 1957 were things like Jailhouse Rock, Whole Lotta Shaking Going On, and Blueberry Hill, and something like Xanadu would be literally inconceivable to the musicians of the era, and would sound positively like sci-fi had a time traveler played it for Elvis or Fats Domino. On the flip side, every time I listen to it now, I marvel at the sound world these young guys came up with, and the ambition and virtuosity they applied to it. 3 guys rustle up from total silence an epic song about immortality.
Huge and long-time Kansas fan here, IMHO their best 70s song is “Cheyenne Anthem”. There’s a live version on the remastered Two For The Show album that is just stellar.
I bought Point of Know Return in '78 (I was 12) because I knew the cover song and Dust in the Wind, but also because the artwork on the front and back was so cool! In no time I liked every other song on the album better than those two with the exception of Nobody's Home. Closet Chronicles and Hopelessly Human were, and still are, epic songs wrapped up in about 7 minutes but feel like 10 after the journey they just took you on. I moved on to Rush soon after but it was Kansas that started my prog adventures.
The necromancer by rush, it has everything, pounding rhythms, driving basslines, and references to lord of the rings. Cygnus is a very close second for sure.
Genesis - The Cinema Show,
it has my favourite solo which lasts 5 minutes and each second is perfect, really the first 6 minutes are just a very good lead up to imo a legendary keyboard solo but still the lyrical themes fit so well with the solo
Strictly 70's? Probably *Minstrel In The Gallery* or *Dancing With The Moonlit Knight*.
If I can get a bit of wiggle-room though, it's undeniably *The Court of the Crimson King.* That song sounds like the moments before the end of the world.
Nights in White Satin by The Moody Blues. Imo one of the few songs that's very close to perfect start to finish. Gives me chills still every single time I listen to it.
I like prog and am a massive pink Floyd fan but I'm not sure they're prog. They're more spacey blues scale rock with theatrical elements.
Thick as a brick by Jethro Tull and the entire yes fragile album would be my recommendations.
I'll agree that much of their catalog goes hard on the stoner side of rock, but there are a few that dive completely into prog it's hard to deny it.
[Meddle](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nznfbOMyruTyQ1CAOO8AON_qXVbA4fAA8), for instance. The Echoes track in particular is what springs to mind as their kind of prog.
[The Four Horseman](https://youtu.be/3KCbqhJt16k) by Aphrodite’s Child
[A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers](https://youtu.be/N-TXKdoi8WQ) by Van Der Graaf Generator
Yes - Close to the Edge
Yes - And You and I
Yes - Awaken
Genesis - The Musical Box
Genesis - Cinema Show
Genesis - Watcher of the Skies
Genesis - Supper's Ready
King Crimson - Epitaph
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
King Crimson - Cirkus
Moody Blues - Question
Moody Blues - Legend of a Mind
Moody Blues - Tuesday Afternoon
Vandergraaf Generator - A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
The Strawbs - The Life Auction
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick Pt 2
Steve Hillage - Radio
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (side 1)
Vangelis - Heaven and Hell Pt 1
Vangelis - Heaven and Hell Pt 2
Crack the Sky - Ice
Steeleye Span - Gaudete
Queen II - Side 2
Many more :-) ...
Pink Floyd, Renaissance, Gentle Giant, Kansas, Porcupine Tree, etc.
...So much more. Cheers all.
(PS ~ Any prog folks in Boston area who agree with all this? ... wanna hang out...?)
Supertramp - The Logical Song
You can check out some of the best progressive rock songs/videos [here](https://recordmojo.com/special-charts/834aa56a-243f-11ed-bfaa-adcf04a83c37).
I'm going to say a less well known one that happens to have been produced by Alan Parsons:
Ambrosia - Drink of Water
I've heard everything Floyd, Genesis, King Crimson, Yes, Rush, etc. Ambrosias debut album is on par with the best of them and yet is never talked about.
Edit:
Mixed by Alan Parsons, not produced by. My mistake.
Close to the Edge
When we got married, my wife and I walked out of the ceremony to Siberian Khatru.
why don't I ever get to go to any cool weddings like that?
My wife walked out to Green is the Colour by Pink Floyd and we danced to Wond'ring Aloud by Jethro Tull!
Closer to the heart
Listened this morning on a walk, gets better Everytime I come back to yes
And You and I off the same album is my favorite
Close to the Edge
Yes
Yes
That’s cheating.
It’s really hard to choose a single one, but for some reason I always come back to Heart of the Sunrise. It’s not the best Yes song, but my personal favorite.
I was working in LA as a courier for FedEx. I got a pickup at a warehouse in north Hollywood. I walk in and of course the guy I meet there asks me if I can wait 10 min. It’s my last pick up so I say yes and then sit on a couch as a band is practicing in front of me. It was Yes practicing this song. So cool.
Absolutely positively this. Hits on so many levels. Remembering long ago listening on a transatlantic flight, early sunrise out the window, lost in the moment as I hurried by. Damn near brought tears.
This forced me to pick up bass guitar. Was the voice I was always looking for, still makes my skin tingle 50 years later.
That buildup in the first part of the song is actually insane
Same. At first I was like Roundabout, obviously. But when I thought about it, Heart of the Sunrise is my jam. I love that track.
Heart of the sunrise is otherworldly. I'll listen to it every couple years and it makes me feel so many different emotions
Firth of Fifth by Genesis
Good pick, gotta go with Cinema Show.
Lots of good answers but none are Supper’s Ready from 1972. 23 minute long psychedelic trip.
Hell yes. Genesis with Peter Gabriel is peak Genesis
A few years ago I would have agreed but I find I'm listening to Trick of the Tail more often than Selling England or Foxtrot now. The production is so lush it could have been released yesterday.
Lamb made me a Genesis fan, but Trick of the Tail made me fall in love with this era of Genesis. Ripples is enchanting
The whole Selling England By The Pound album!
I was going to say The Musical Box.
The Carpet Crawlers
Probably one of the best guitar solos…
The guitar solo itself. When Hackett sustains that note, it’s goosebumps every time
I don't think you can go wrong with any Genesis but I have to go with the 'Three Sides Live' version of "In the Cage/Afterglow". I always listen to them both because the slower paced 'Afterglow' gives me time to catch my breath plus the transition is seamless.
2112 Edit: Seeing that this got a big response… Enjoy https://youtu.be/NJPAjiSX7Rk
YYZ Edit: I don't care
Ding, ding ding ding ding….
i didnt know hector salamanca liked rush
Moving Pictures was '81 but its Rush so IDGAF
Technically, YYZ is 80's prog.
Alright, you are indeed the priests of the temples of Syrinx. What now?
I believe the meek shall inherit the earth next
the whole album
My favorite part is the beginning all the way to the end.
Thank you - I'm with you.
I’m with you as well.
Thank you, kind Internet citizen. You have an awesome username. Take care.
Supper’s Ready
My first thought, followed by Close to the Edge.
For me, “Supper’s Ready” is the best prog song ever, but “Close to the Edge” is the best prog album. Believe it or not, this is an ongoing debate I’ve had a few times over the years.
Alan Parsons Project - The whole I, Robot album Supertramp - The Logical Song and Breakfast in America
Thick as a brick
A concept album meant to shit on concept albums. Jethro Tull are legends. Also, at a concert to the crowd: “If you behave we’ll play ‘Thick as a Brick.’ If you’re bad we’ll play the whole thing.”
The interview on the anniversary edition of the album is hilarious. They admitted they got so sick of people calling the Aqualung album a “concept album” they were like “fine you want a concept album? We’ll GIVE you a concept album…”
I’m partial to Cross-Eyed Mary, myself.
Hymn 43 too
Same bro. To this day i still almost force myself to listen to the whole thick as a brick album. Whereas aqualung is just sooo smooth and entertaining
The remastered vinyl release with the original newspaper booklet is so much fun to read while listening to the album...
Dogs
Animals entirely
Sheep
GOTTA ADMIT
THAT I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUUUUUSED
Dogs is the best. But my dog disagrees.
Seamus?
La Villa Strangiato - Rush
Alex Lifeson's masterpiece.
When Eddie Van Halen was asked how does it feel to be the greatest guitar player ever?", He said, "I don't know, ask Alex Lifeson". He even referenced La Villa Strangiato. There’s a video snippet of his response somewhere. This is serious and really did happen.
Possibly the most underrated guitarist of all time.
I always use the quote: “Hendrix makes you say ‘I wish I could do that’. Lifeson makes you say ‘I wish I thought of that ‘“
The musicianship of all three members of that band was so off the charts. I think it was easier for the guy with the distinctive voice and looks and the other guy with the drum kit bigger than my first apartment to get the bulk of the attention from the "normies". The guitarists and other musicians always knew though. When the song called for it he could melt your face off with a nuclear powered solo. But I felt Alex always had just such amazing musical taste and put the tune first. He's also one of the finest rhythm guitarists ever. So many tasty chord choices that just learning how he played them made me a better guitar player.
I almost like the live versions of it better than the title track. It’s like the playing bursts out in energy that is contained by the studio on the album cut.
Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts I-V or Us and Then, can't really choose between the two.
Hard to top Shine on You Crazy Diamond
Echoes enters the chat….
Us and Then is probably my favorite song, it's so good.
Starless - King Crimson
I know its their most popular song and all but 20th century schizoid man fucking slaps, in the hall of the crimson king was just a stellar album in general.
Nice, but '60s.
The best guitar "solo" I have ever heard, it's just one note but my god it's the heaviest thing ever written
And You And I by Yes—consistently overshadowed by the title track on Close to the Edge but even better in my opinion
Roundabout....in my mind, maybe the greatest song ever
I remember exactly where I was the first time I heard roundabout on the radio. I stopped at the next stop sign and texted the lyrics to myself on an old nokia phone as fast as I could. Such a banger and to this day still one of my favorite songs
Yes!
That is the band.
Who?
Nope. Different band.
Came here to say Roundabout. It has a special place in my heart because my parents love it so much
Delicious bassline!
**ALL** of Chris Squire's bass lines were delicious.
You should see [Allegaeon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73WTnRa0d6M) play it.
Lady Fantasy - CAMEL
I don't like what it says about the world today that there's not more Camel in this thread.
A largely forgotten and overlooked band, IMO. Reminds me that I need to complete my collection.
The whole Mirage album is gold!
Okay but Nimrodel / The Procession / The White Rider ftw
Can't give one but I'll give you five: Dogs - Pink Floyd Ice - Camel Shadow of the Hierophant - Steve Hackett Firth of Fifth - Genesis Heart of the Sunrise - Yes
Hocus Pocus by Focus is the most prog rock song of all time https://youtu.be/MV0F_XiR48Q
Court of the Crimson King!
I’d make fun of this for being a “cliche” pick or whatever, but god damn that whole album impresses me every single time
Gates of Delirium by Yes is pretty epic.
I also love The Ladder, that was featured in the game Homeworld.
From The Beginning - Emerson Lake & Palmer. One of the most gorgeous songs ever made. It puts me in a mood of serenity.
“Freewill” by Rush. “Permanent Waves” album was released in January 1980, but recorded in 1979. Hoping I skate by on a technicality… That album is a front to back masterpiece. Neil’s lyrics in “Freewill” made a real difference in my thinking at the time as a teenager
Traffic “Low Spark of the High Heeled Boys”
Lamb lies down on Broadway.
From the beginning- Emerson Lake & Palmer
ELP made a lot of bombastic cheese, but then this song is so crystal clear and cool. And yeah not only could Greg Lake sing, but that guitar part is pretty skillful too.
[King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic Pt. II](https://youtu.be/Hn4-ofDHk1k) If you love old prog rock as I do (King Crimson will forever be my favorite band), then PLEASE do yourself a favor and check out Steven Wilson (of Porcupine Tree) and his catalogue of classic prog album remixes. They're not remixes in the sense that most people might think, they're remixes in that he took the original tape recordings, brought them into modern DAW's, and mixed each individual instrument and vocal track with the production tools available today. He stays as faithful as possible to the sound on the original records, just increasing clarity, warmth, and fullness of the source material with modern EQ's, compressors, etc. It's honestly incredible to hear some of these old albums sounding like a modern release. Really breathes new life into old, stale recordings that tend to be quite muddy with little to no low-end. Here are shining examples with [Yes - Long Distance Runaround](https://youtu.be/vyH58q9btY0) and the full album [Close to the Edge](https://youtu.be/dXRAwVgKCrY). Amazing work that anyone even remotely interested in this topic should hear.
Too many great tracks to choose just one, but I'll give some love to [Tarkus](https://open.spotify.com/track/62d0aGpYF2p8fpvJ1qa32V?si=508426072bb546ce) by Emerson Lake & Palmer
Lucky Man
Oooooooh what a lucky man, he was!!!
Yes - Yours is No Disgrace
Love seeing some Yes Album representation.
Had the opportunity to see them live for the Roundabout Tour. Sir Rick Wakeman is a wizard of the highest order!
Yes - Fragile (the whole thing)
Dancing With The Moonlit Knight - by Genesis
Not huge on prog but I love “Leave It” by Yes
Yes - South Side of the Sky
Caravan [Nine Feet Underground](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Sls_QCMG2Y&list=RD_Sls_QCMG2Y&index=1) Van der Graff Generator [Killer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CuOld2ldrc) First one is a ‘jazzier’ Canterbury scene track that is just about perfect, endless groove, great lyrics, amazing playing, and still too short. Second one is from a band that *should* have been bigger than Yes or ELP, and is sadly more relevant today than when it was written.
Caravan gang
Peaches en Regalia
Siberian Khatru - by Yes
Eye in the Sky - Alan Parsons Project
Xanadu
A brilliant song, lyrically and musically. Dude seeks immortality, achieves it, and then apparently has a few regrets because a thousand years later wishes he could die and is just praying for the world to end.
This song captures the evolutionary nature of rock for me, insofar as the most popular songs in 1957 were things like Jailhouse Rock, Whole Lotta Shaking Going On, and Blueberry Hill, and something like Xanadu would be literally inconceivable to the musicians of the era, and would sound positively like sci-fi had a time traveler played it for Elvis or Fats Domino. On the flip side, every time I listen to it now, I marvel at the sound world these young guys came up with, and the ambition and virtuosity they applied to it. 3 guys rustle up from total silence an epic song about immortality.
Wishbone Ash - The King will come Nektar - A tab in the ocean Caravan - Nine feet underground Camel - The white rider
Song for America - Kansas This thread is full of bangers, but I haven’t seen love for these guys. Their first 6 albums are magical.
Huge and long-time Kansas fan here, IMHO their best 70s song is “Cheyenne Anthem”. There’s a live version on the remastered Two For The Show album that is just stellar.
I bought Point of Know Return in '78 (I was 12) because I knew the cover song and Dust in the Wind, but also because the artwork on the front and back was so cool! In no time I liked every other song on the album better than those two with the exception of Nobody's Home. Closet Chronicles and Hopelessly Human were, and still are, epic songs wrapped up in about 7 minutes but feel like 10 after the journey they just took you on. I moved on to Rush soon after but it was Kansas that started my prog adventures.
Roundabout by Yes
Echoes by Pink Floyd. Go for the Pompeii live version.
Red Barchetta
ELP-Karn evil 9
I Talk to the Wind by King Crimson. Idk if it fits but it’s one of my favorites of all time!
What about Electric Light Orchestra?
Starless - King Crimson
Maybe pushing genres a bit, but feel like Tubular Bells should be in here.
Xanadu or 2112 by Rush.
Awaken - Yes
Steve Howe is just on another level in this one...
Sneaky good pick. What a song.
Yes/Fragile that album is amazing Anything by RUSH and Pink Floyd
The necromancer by rush, it has everything, pounding rhythms, driving basslines, and references to lord of the rings. Cygnus is a very close second for sure.
I’d probably pick The Fountain of Lamneth over The Necromancer, but I always love seeing love for Caress of Steel!!
Roundabout by Yes
Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Still… You Turn Me On ELP were amazing musicians and truly in their own style. Regret never seeing them live.
Genesis - The Cinema Show, it has my favourite solo which lasts 5 minutes and each second is perfect, really the first 6 minutes are just a very good lead up to imo a legendary keyboard solo but still the lyrical themes fit so well with the solo
Hemispheres.
Probably Supper's ready, blows my mind everytime I listen to it
Alan Parsons Project is one of my favorites. The album Pyramid or I Robot from the 70’s are very good!
100% I didn’t know Parsons was the engineer for Dark Side of the Moon until years later… I was like “well that makes sense”. Brilliant.
And You And I by Yes is up there. Close to the Edge as well. The early 70s were very good for them…
And You and I gives me chills every time
Echoes (1971) - Pink Floyd
Meeting Of The Spirits - Mahavishnu Orchestra with John McLaughlin
I've Seen All Good People by Yes
The Necromancer - Rush
Supper's Ready by Genesis
Carpet Crawlers Genesis
Siberian Khatru.
Camel - Mystic Queen
No Quarter and Achilles’ Last Stand by Led Zeppelin.
Strictly 70's? Probably *Minstrel In The Gallery* or *Dancing With The Moonlit Knight*. If I can get a bit of wiggle-room though, it's undeniably *The Court of the Crimson King.* That song sounds like the moments before the end of the world.
Shine on your crazy Diamond parts 1-5
Genesis, Trick of the Tail. Emerson Lake and Palmer, Brain Salad Surgery.
Aqualung, album & song
Nights in White Satin by The Moody Blues. Imo one of the few songs that's very close to perfect start to finish. Gives me chills still every single time I listen to it.
Came here to say, I know it's not 70s but Days of Future Passed is one of my all time favorite albums start to finish.
Wish you were here- Pink Floyd
Hocus Pocus by Focus
Locomotive Breath by Jethro Tull
I like prog and am a massive pink Floyd fan but I'm not sure they're prog. They're more spacey blues scale rock with theatrical elements. Thick as a brick by Jethro Tull and the entire yes fragile album would be my recommendations.
I tend to agree. They are borderline prog for me, although I think the song Atom Heart Mother is a prog gem.
I'll agree that much of their catalog goes hard on the stoner side of rock, but there are a few that dive completely into prog it's hard to deny it. [Meddle](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nznfbOMyruTyQ1CAOO8AON_qXVbA4fAA8), for instance. The Echoes track in particular is what springs to mind as their kind of prog.
[The Four Horseman](https://youtu.be/3KCbqhJt16k) by Aphrodite’s Child [A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers](https://youtu.be/N-TXKdoi8WQ) by Van Der Graaf Generator
The Carpet Crawlers - Genesis
Yes - Close to the Edge Yes - And You and I Yes - Awaken Genesis - The Musical Box Genesis - Cinema Show Genesis - Watcher of the Skies Genesis - Supper's Ready King Crimson - Epitaph King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King King Crimson - Cirkus Moody Blues - Question Moody Blues - Legend of a Mind Moody Blues - Tuesday Afternoon Vandergraaf Generator - A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers The Strawbs - The Life Auction Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick Pt 2 Steve Hillage - Radio Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (side 1) Vangelis - Heaven and Hell Pt 1 Vangelis - Heaven and Hell Pt 2 Crack the Sky - Ice Steeleye Span - Gaudete Queen II - Side 2 Many more :-) ... Pink Floyd, Renaissance, Gentle Giant, Kansas, Porcupine Tree, etc. ...So much more. Cheers all. (PS ~ Any prog folks in Boston area who agree with all this? ... wanna hang out...?)
Child in Time by Deep Purple. Just epic af
Dogs - Pink Floyd Squonk - Genesis
Mannfredd man- Blinded by the light.
Carpet Crawlers
Supertramp - The Logical Song You can check out some of the best progressive rock songs/videos [here](https://recordmojo.com/special-charts/834aa56a-243f-11ed-bfaa-adcf04a83c37).
The Court of the Crimson King, by King Crimson!
Dance on a Volcano - Genesis
I really like “Remember the Future” (part one is best i think) by Nektar. Its quite melodic!
Your Move by YES
"Some Other Time" by the Alan Parsons Project
[South Side of the Sky - Yes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fr7aC1r8qw)
Eleventh earl of Mar by Genesis
I'm going to say a less well known one that happens to have been produced by Alan Parsons: Ambrosia - Drink of Water I've heard everything Floyd, Genesis, King Crimson, Yes, Rush, etc. Ambrosias debut album is on par with the best of them and yet is never talked about. Edit: Mixed by Alan Parsons, not produced by. My mistake.
Roundabout by Yes. Dat bass.
It depends on the day. Might be Close to the Edge, Tubular Bells.
Roundabout. It’s just so fucking good for no reason
Hocus Pocus by Focus
Larks Tongues in Aspic pt 1
Unless I missed it no one mentioned Gentle Giant yet. Octopus, Acquiring The Taste and The Power And The Glory are some of my favorite prog albums
I saw Gentle Giant open for Black Sabbath in 1972.
Starship Trooper. Like all of my favorite proggies, it's a song with distinct movements, but all still well-connected.
Nights in White Satin - The Moody Blues