We all know there is no such thing as “perfect” but today I will attempt a fool’s errand and rank the most perfect of all Prog albums!!! (One per artist rule applies…) #progrock #prog #progressiverock
With A Little Hell From My Friends is 9.9/10. Sorry!!! Not good enough!!! Try a little harder next time maybe. I’m kidding, obviously. You are a treasure and I am so glad I discovered your music!!! ❤️❤️❤️🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽
I’m one of those crazy people who would say Tales from Topographic Oceans is perfection… it’s just a perfectly structured rock symphony… but certainly the perfection of Close to the Edge is indisputable. Great selections overall!
Hey Scot, new to the channel, but I'm so glad you mentioned PFM Per Un Amico! I rarely see it get brought up in any conversations, and it deserves a lot more attention than it receives!
I’m a huge fan of Italian Prog: PFM, Le Orme, Banco, Area, etc I think Per Um Amico is a masterpiece. The only Italian album I rate higher is Museo Rosenbach’s “Zarathustra.” 👍👍👍
You just keep getting better and better . I look forward to all your videos . I can appreciate all these bands but of course the best of the best will always be YES . ROCK ON SCOTT 🎉🎉👍👍💪
Thanks for going with Wish You Were Here over the other ones. Dark Side is the obvious choice and Animals is a personal favourite of mine (and you too apparently), but Wish You Were is phenomenal. The best sounding album - production wise - of the 70s.
Great video Scot! Fascinating list, and some albums for me to go out and discover. I only bought my first Styx album last year which was 'Pieces of eight' i must pick up 'The grand illusion' soon, and some Steven Wilson solo work. No arguments with the no.1 choice!
Scot, my wife (Lizzy) asks that you stop encouraging me to buy more vinyl! I just ordered Similitude and The Great Adventure after watching perfect prog albums. Please don't listen to her. I love my prog and my vinyl!
Great list and a fantastic starting point for new prog fans, a fantastic mix of classic and newer prog. One more perfect album i would like to mention is Il bacio della medusa - Discesa Agl'Inferi d'un Giovane. Cheers my friend and prog on.
Scot! I'm going through the list listening to each album, in turn - either again (in some cases for the 200th time!) or for the first time (Hatfield and the North S/T). Right now, I'm listening to "Hand Cannot Erase". First time. It's beautiful! I am enjoying it even more than, "TRTRTS". A re-listen to "Ommadawn" is next. Thanks, yet again, for opening our eyes and ears to new listens.
It’s like trying to pick a favorite child ,you can’t. I do agree with #1 , I’ve spent a great part of my 62 years listening to it. On a side note about 20 years ago Jon Anderson moved into our little town on the coast of California ( He’s really friendly and very social) it’s really cool to see him in Trader Joe’s or Starbucks. Thanks for the video.
What a perfect show, you are awesome man!! When I saw the title of this show, two albums immediately jumped to mind and after thinking about it for several minutes, could only come up with two others I would qualify as perfect. It's tricky because perfect doesn't necessarily mean the ultimate favorite or the best...but darn close! I'm so stoked to see that 3 of the 4 were on your list...Leftoverture and The Grand Illusion (the first two Prog Albums I ever owned) and Thick as a Brick. The other album I consider perfect is the Snowgoose....Moonmadness or Mirage may be a bit better, but the Snowgoose is perfection to me!
#1 for me is Yes "Relayer" but I totally get the number one choice. Hot Rats (and The Grand Wazoo!) , Crime Of The Century, Dark Side Of The Moon, Hand Cannot Erase etc... all fantastic albums!
The second and third albums by Caravan , the second third and fourth by Gentle Giant and all the early 70's output by Van der Graf Generator are Prog / Rock perfection . So much good music came out in the early 70's that the great music and albums from this genre is impossible to list but the ones l've mentioned instantly sprung to mind .
Love your enthusiasm for prog! Feel the same way about so many of these albums! Of bands not listed I would include: Anyone's Daughter - Adonis, Spirogyra - St Radigunds, Amon Duul II - Wolf City, Jan Dukes de Grey - Mice and Rats in the Loft, Magma - Kohntarzosz, Nektar - Remember the Future, Dom - Edge of Time, Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra, Agitation Free - Malesch, Asia Minor - Between Flesh and Divine
This was a perfect list! Ommadawn is my favourite Mike Oldfield album too! Love the little horse song at the end haha.. Can Tago Mago =🔥 Awesome video Scot! Peace! :)
Great selections! You were down to the final few and I was wondering where King Crimson, Genesis and Yes were - and you didn't let me down. Thanks for some suggestions of albums I've never heard, also! And not that it matters to anyone, I was hoping to see Fish Out Of Water (Chris Squire), which would have been my number one. I'd hoped prog would go more in that direction, but I guess I'm in the minority. A masterpiece.
Love how the top 5 are also my personal favorites of all time as well. I must confess a few on this wonderful list I am unfamiliar with, going to be listening to some new music this week!
Great list! I agree on the surprise that Scenes from a Memory wasn't suggested, that gets a pick from me. My Rush pick would probably be Moving Pictures. Whirlwind and Similitude will always be there. Lastly, I really think the Asia debut album is perfect, though it might be more prog adjacent.
I'm not sure what the criteria for "perfect" is, but IF it means "love every song/track on it" then my list would probably be VERY different from most others. Usually the FIRST one that pops into my head is Images and Words by Dream Theater. If I chose a Pink Floyd album, it would probably be Animals. I think you already know that my favorite albums by Kansas & Rush are Point of Know Return & Moving Pictures. For Genesis, I most likely would include Trick of the Tail. Not because I have ANYTHING against Peter Gabriel, but Like with most of my other choices, I think this album was the culmination, or peak of where they were heading, or "progressing'," and their sound really GELLED on this one. They had all of the elements that made them great: The PROG sound, the melodic sound, but it was quite a bit more "accessible" or "mainstream" then anything they had done before, so it was the kind of sound that could reach a wide audience without compromising what made MADE them Genesis. As for Yes, I would have a hard time deciding between The Yes Album, Close to the Edge, and 90125, as eclectic as that may sound. For ELP, I pretty much see their first album as something that they never surpassed. I'm not really much of a Styx fan these days, but in my younger years I ALSO would have picked The Grand Illusion.
Great video! Prog rock is my favorite sun genre of music and I know I good amount of prog bands but I’d like to know more. This video helped out thanks!
Yes some great albums in there and some that made me applaud: Crime of the Century, Foxtrot, Thick As a Brick, any Rush from ‘75 to ‘78. I thought I knew all the old stuff but you mentioned a few bands I never heard of. Finally you mentioned that polarizing slate Tales From Topographic Oceans; people love it or hate it. I could never get into it (blasphemy?). But hey it took me several listens until I finally warmed up to Larks Tongue in Aspic. Nice list!
I agree. My favorite of all time album, any genre, any group is The Children’s album for a host of very personal reasons not to mention the very coherent theme of space, solitude, loneliness that could be set millions of years in the past or the future or even right now.
I like how you kept stressing favorites verses perfection. When I started listening to more and more prog experts they always seem to sight Close to the Edge as Yes' most perfect album. My favorite has always been "The Yes Album" It was the first prog album I ever heard. On 8-track no less, think I was 8😂. I still listen to it today, but have to agree CTTE is perfection.
The Yes Album holds up very well, especially as it was a new direction for the band. I think the first two albums as heavily influenced by the Beatles, as so many bands were. I first heard the Yes Album while driving around Maryland and every time I heard one of the songs I said "What is that?" In much later live recordings these songs hold their own
Again a brilliant list! And yes, Larks' Tongues in Aspic kinda creeps me out to this day. And then King Crimson followed that up by sledge hammering me with Starless and Bible Black!
Great list although I’d personally pick In the Court of the Crimson King over Larks because that album to me is the definition of perfection.. including the artwork of course.
@@TheProgCorner I get where you’re coming from but to me the dreamy, surrealistic improv section on Moonchild actually adds to the eclecticism of the LP.. the first of its kind in Prog too.. sort of paved the way for Larks and Tongues.
Hello, I’ve been listening to Prog for about a year, and since then, Rush has become my favourite band of all time. I’d love to see a video where you rank the albums if possible, but no worries. Great video!
Hey Scot! I'm back. Great vid. The Prog people got it right and so did you with CTTE being number 1. To think that it was only the 5th album from the greatest band on this or any other planet!! Genesis and Peter in the two spot where they belong! Lol! FOREVER YES❗️❗️❗️😎
@@TheProgCorner got POA on the shelf behind me too!! 🙌🏻🔥🙌🏻
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My #1 prog album of all time is also "Close to the Edge". It's really the meaning of perfection! Nice video, man. Thanks for sharing this! Greetings from Brazil!
Hi Scott, I will agree with YES, Genesis, Crimson, ELP, Gentle Giant, Floyd, Wobbler, Van der Graaf, Supertramp, PFM, Zappa and CAN... Though not necessarily with the same album choices. Hamburger Concerto by Focus on my list, as well as the 1st Wakeman and Squire's solos
Great list. As regards VDGG. Got to be Pawn Hearts or H to He for me though Scot. Surprised Nektar's Remember the Future, Gong's - You and more contemporary albums like Porcupine Tree - In Absentia and Riverside - Second Life Syndrome, didn't make it, but so much good stuff to choose from.
Cool beans, Scot! I'll have to try to compile my own personal top 25 list at some point. Sorry I missed your Friday tweet or I might have made a suggestion or two. The first one that comes to mind for my list that you didn't mention would be Ambrosia's debut. I love that record! But always fun to hear someone run through the classics, even the ones that give me bitter beer face like Can. LOL
Thanks, Scot. My prog rock collection tends to be somewhat limited as far as artists are concerned but I am attempting to expand it. At the moment I'm a big Camel, ELP, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Supertramp and Yes fan. I have Gentle Giant's "Octopus" on order
It deserves way more attention but the Prog elite aren’t really sure what to do about Todd. Too much talent (and genre-hopping?) But yeah, that debut Utopia album is among the greatest things these ears have ever heard!!!
Thanks for this. I never got into Camel enough. I’ll look for some of your others and give ‘em a try. I’ve never been a “collector” of Prog, probably because for most of my life I’ve never been part of a Prog ‘community’, I didn’t know anyone else that liked Genesis. Or King Crimson. (I’m 70 HS class of ‘71, Pasadena) Started off w/ Moody Blues and hopscotched around from there. And I LOVE Porcupine Tree ! Carry on, Brutha !
wonderful list, scott. plenty here that i love (and that fits the “perfect” label, like foxtrot over SEBTP. the latter is my fav from genesis but i agree it ain’t perfect because of more fool me. Foxtrot wins there), and plenty that i don’t know well enough or at all. love new suggestions to seek out. 3 others come to mind that are perfection to me: 1)Focus, Moving Waves 2) Nektar, Remember The Future 3) Renaissance, Scheherazade don’t think there’s a wonky note on any of these. oh, and it’s Relayer for me at the top. sublime and not of this world. cheers and keep up the Prog work:)
Scot..some of my choices..Close To The Edge, Hand Cannot Erase, In The Court Of The Crimson King, Hot Rats, Aqualung, Dark Side Of The Moon…glad to see Larks Tongue get a high ranking..love King Crimson..hey BB Canada starts next week👍..great video👍❤glen
Superb energy as usual! I was curious regarding the prog-professor's own position on a band like Kansas, with a somewhat "sullied" reputation for 80's missteps.I got my answer 👌 I was/am a huge Kansas-fan.They don't seem to have the coolness or cult factor of a band like King Crimson and often tend to get overlooked imo. Also, as a somewhat conservative prog fan, it's nice to widen my horizon a bit with newer bands from your list. I was also prompted to check out Camel (had passed me by) after your episode, very good stuff!More immediate than Gentle Giant who i'd also missed.
Agree 100% about Selling England By the Pound, More Fool Me lets it down big time. If that track were not on it, then it would have been perfect. Thanks for this, you’ve given me a whole bunch of stuff to start listening to. Oh, and so glad Gentle Giant in there. So badly underrated as a band, and I bought Octopus on the day it was first released, still have it on my iPod to this day.
Great selection! I have a crazy question for you: what is the font used on the countdown? I am an artist and I just love it! I love your channel, watch all the time, thanks!
Great list! My only adds would be David Bowie - Ziggy, The Alan Parsons Project - Turn of a Friendly Card (or I Robot or Tales), all three are perfect in my book. =) Any Moody Blues Days of Future Past is pretty darn perfect for me.
A fascinating list and I'll be checking out some of the albums I haven't heard yet. There do seem to be some rather glaring omissions though: Alan Parsons "Turn of a friendly card", Golden Earring "Moontan", Manfred Mann "The roaring silence", Rick Wakeman "Journey to the centre of the earth", Roger Waters "Amused to death", Santana and Moody Blues have claims as well. I also question whether Styx can really be considered prog rock, the seem pure pop to me...
Styx is definitely on the Prog borderline!!! I didn’t consider live albums so Journey was excluded. And I would say Alan Parsons is in the exact territory as Styx: kinda Prog but AWESOME!!!
I need to get myself back to vynil. Completely fed up with listening to spotimusic, plastic cds et al. I remember back in the day taking Relayer from my collection, pulling out the vynil and protective sleeve from the album cover. Such fantastic artwork. Dropping the tactile record onto the deck, sitting back with a cold beer, the Wharfdales start to hum, a moment of anticipation, turn the amp up, sod the neighbours. The pure sound of recorded music in ALL its glory. My top 5, no particular order : Tarkus, Tago Mago, Close to the Edge, Ommadawn, Hall of the Mountain Grill.
Nice list. Do you like Zeuhl? In a top prog album list by me, there would definitely be Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh or K.A by Magma, and Viva Koenji or Angherr Shisspa by Koenjihyakkei. But I know it's not everybody's cup of tea.
I agree with you about "Foxtrot", having more consistent strength than "Selling England..." You mentioned More Fool Me but the other thing that let it down was the rapid talking vocals towards the end of "Epping Forest". Foxtrot is good but I prefer the Seconds Out version of Supper's Ready. "Misplaced Childhood" by Marillion is good but, for me "Clutching At Straws" is better.
I've been watching your videos for some time now and I still hadn't realized that I wasn't subscribed to your channel. Now, I am! Sorry about that, good man. Btw I agree with you, Foxtrot has always been my favorite Genesis album.
Great list. I love the choice of Can and Wobbler. Agree with both. Some others, that are perfect for me: Dream Theater - Images & Words Genesis - Selling England Haken - The Mountain Magic Pie - Circus of Life Opeth - Ghost Reveries Marillion - Brave Payne's Gray - Kadath Decoded Peter Gabriel - 3 Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun Riverside - Wasteland Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant Can - Future Days
I had a glaring ommision in my collection- which was just corrected by buying the Close To the Edge DVD. I've owned it in the past- albums, tapes... lent them out, divorce, ect. Back on track now !! 🚬😎👍
Thanks for the good vibe video! I'm a fan of Uriah Heep, so would've had Demons & Wizards in there. Don't know if they have a perfect album, but Big Big Train - particularly The Transit of Venus Across The Sun - are worth listening. Top three definitely agree with. Love Ommadawn and TFTO like you. Hadn't heard of Transatlantic, so I'll give that a listen...and also The Grand Illusion, cause what I've got of Styx I like. I would've gone with Trilogy over Brain Salad Surgery (in the album cover stakes as well, for me). Despite what many say, I can't get into Rush or King Crimson...but maybe I'll keep tryin'.:).
Nice selection, avoiding most of the obvious cliches. Indeed I would also put Foxtrot over Selling England. I would have had Steve Hillage in there somewhere but can’t have everything.
So I looked up Foxtrot from Genesis and all I can find on Apple is the remastered 2007 version. Am I missing anything or do you "approve" of these remastered versions? Should I dig deeper and find the orginal?
Placing Leftoverture in the top ten got you the thumbs up from me, although any of Kansas' first 5 albums would've done it. And if that hadn't been there, your top two certainly would have.
Hi, only just found your channel, have you EVER mentioned the great English band FAMILY with the amazing singer Rogar Chapman? Give them some love, they deserve some attention 😊. They never cracked the US/Canada, but were one of the most popular live bands around 1968 to 1973 in the U.K./Europe! In fact Rogar Chapman is still performing and has a great blues song recorded recently which is fantastic!🎉
I agree with CTTE although my personal favorite is Relayer. For KC I agree with LTIA. Only Moonchild prevents Court from being perfect. For JT I agree with Brick. For ELP my personal favorite is the debut. For me personally that's perfect but I can understand BSS which is great too. For Genesis I probably would choose ATOTT but I can understand Foxtrot which is great too. I used to think Selling England but Epping Forest and More fool me take it down a notch. I agree with Octopus for GG also. Great show.
That's why I went with Larks: the debut has Moonchild, SABB has the title track and Red has Providence...and I'm not in love with any of those improv-heavy tracks!!!
I know you had Steve Wilson as a solo artist but did that eliminate an entry for Porcupine Tree? Signify and Fear of a Blank Planet deserve consideration.
Where's my album!!??
With A Little Hell From My Friends is 9.9/10. Sorry!!! Not good enough!!! Try a little harder next time maybe. I’m kidding, obviously. You are a treasure and I am so glad I discovered your music!!! ❤️❤️❤️🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽
WTH no Lucifer's friend or atomic 🐓! Gosh...
@@TheProgCorner Greco made a fantastic album one of the best in 2022 and trough time I think it will become a classic.
@@gorancabrajic3240 It's really great!!! My First Metal Swing Set!!!
Indeed.
I’m one of those crazy people who would say Tales from Topographic Oceans is perfection… it’s just a perfectly structured rock symphony… but certainly the perfection of Close to the Edge is indisputable. Great selections overall!
You are preaching to the choir!!! Tales will always be my #1.
@@TheProgCorner hear, hear, brother!
@@TheProgCorner I absolutely hate it! It's a marmite album.
A wise man!!!!
Tales is THE Yes album I go back to again and again.
Love your videos man! So much positive energy.
Thank you!!!! I get a little excited when I talk about Prog Rock!!! ❤️👍❤️
Hey Scot, new to the channel, but I'm so glad you mentioned PFM Per Un Amico! I rarely see it get brought up in any conversations, and it deserves a lot more attention than it receives!
I’m a huge fan of Italian Prog: PFM, Le Orme, Banco, Area, etc
I think Per Um Amico is a masterpiece. The only Italian album I rate higher is Museo Rosenbach’s “Zarathustra.”
👍👍👍
You just keep getting better and better . I look forward to all your videos . I can appreciate all these bands but of course the best of the best will always be YES . ROCK ON SCOTT 🎉🎉👍👍💪
Yes will always be my favorite band. And they have been since 1975...
Great work again, that's a very good selection with only a couple of differences for me but our lists change all the time!
Indeed they do!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for going with Wish You Were Here over the other ones. Dark Side is the obvious choice and Animals is a personal favourite of mine (and you too apparently), but Wish You Were is phenomenal. The best sounding album - production wise - of the 70s.
It is incredible and after much thought i decided it was indeed the best choice!!!
I always preferred it to Dark Side..
Me too!!!
Gilmore's Guitar work is other worldly on that album too...The outro on Have a Cigar is so sweet my teeth hurt...:)
Gilmour is not human.
Your excitement makes me excited to give these albums a listen
That’s the whole enchilada, my friend. I’m glad you understand.
Really enjoy your videos. Got me grinnin' from ear to ear. Thanks!
Aw schucks!!!
Great video Scot! Fascinating list, and some albums for me to go out and discover. I only bought my first Styx album last year which was 'Pieces of eight' i must pick up 'The grand illusion' soon, and some Steven Wilson solo work. No arguments with the no.1 choice!
Pieces Of Eight!!! So good but yeah, The Grand Illusion is even better!!!! 👍
For the first minute or so you nearly scared me off .. glad I held on till the end .. great picks! :)
I have the effect on people!!!! Definitely an acquired taste. Thank you!!!!
@@TheProgCorner haha, yes defo.. subscribed! :)
AWESOME!!!!! Man, that is cool. You just made my day!!!
Relatively new to prog and I always poke around this channel to find new albums to listen to. Keep up the awesome work man 🫡
Thank you! Thank you!! Thank you!!!!
Great video. I had absolutely not intention of watching it and kept meaning to skip to the end, but you captivated me, hook, line and sinker.
That’s the nicest comment anyone has ever given me. Thank you!!!
What a great set of albums here Scot. Simply brilliant
That was a lot of fun!!!
@@TheProgCorner it looked it mate!
Firstly, I'm really impressed that you showed all vinyl! I have most of these albums myself. So happy with these choices Scot.
Thank you!!!
Scot, my wife (Lizzy) asks that you stop encouraging me to buy more vinyl! I just ordered Similitude and The Great Adventure after watching perfect prog albums. Please don't listen to her. I love my prog and my vinyl!
Those two albums together equal 220 minutes of the best Modern Prog!!! Just amazing!!! Tell Lizzy it’ll be alright…
Oh, 220 minutes secreted away listening to prog. Freedom.
It's that easy persuading your wife, is it???
@@andrewlongshaw2128 I do a lot of things after she falls asleep...
Great list and a fantastic starting point for new prog fans, a fantastic mix of classic and newer prog. One more perfect album i would like to mention is Il bacio della medusa - Discesa Agl'Inferi d'un Giovane. Cheers my friend and prog on.
Fantastic album!!! You know I love my Italian Prog...
Scot! I'm going through the list listening to each album, in turn - either again (in some cases for the 200th time!) or for the first time (Hatfield and the North S/T). Right now, I'm listening to "Hand Cannot Erase". First time. It's beautiful! I am enjoying it even more than, "TRTRTS". A re-listen to "Ommadawn" is next. Thanks, yet again, for opening our eyes and ears to new listens.
YOU ARE WELCOME!!!
It’s like trying to pick a favorite child ,you can’t. I do agree with #1 , I’ve spent a great part of my 62 years listening to it. On a side note about 20 years ago Jon Anderson moved into our little town on the coast of California ( He’s really friendly and very social) it’s really cool to see him in Trader Joe’s or Starbucks. Thanks for the video.
SLO!!! People from around there have reported seeing him at Walmart…
Hey, if you happen to bump into him, say hi for me. Jon Anderson is one of my favorite human beings of all time!
@@falconquest2068 no problem,will do
Wow, to chat with him in Starbucks...I bet he has some wonderous stories!! 😁😁😉
If it ain't topographic it has to be the edge! Love the fact that the artwork can make it perfect. 👌
Everything matters!!!
Roger Dean RULES !!
Indeed he does!!!!
What a perfect show, you are awesome man!!
When I saw the title of this show, two albums immediately jumped to mind and after thinking about it for several minutes, could only come up with two others I would qualify as perfect. It's tricky because perfect doesn't necessarily mean the ultimate favorite or the best...but darn close! I'm so stoked to see that 3 of the 4 were on your list...Leftoverture and The Grand Illusion (the first two Prog Albums I ever owned) and Thick as a Brick. The other album I consider perfect is the Snowgoose....Moonmadness or Mirage may be a bit better, but the Snowgoose is perfection to me!
Clearly we are hearing things similarly!!! Great minds think alike…
Great list, Scot! Close To The Edge is my all time favorite album Ever man!
Simply perfect.
Awesome!!!
Mine too
#1 for me is Yes "Relayer" but I totally get the number one choice. Hot Rats (and The Grand Wazoo!) , Crime Of The Century, Dark Side Of The Moon, Hand Cannot Erase etc... all fantastic albums!
Can’t argue with you about Relayer!!!!
@@edljnehan2811 Don't be so ridiculous. Of course they are.
@@kingcurry6594that got elements but overall I’d say they’re just psychedelic/experimental rock
@@KingCrimson68 Which is, therefore, progressive rock.
Do you actually understand what progressive rock is and how the term came about?
@@kingcurry6594yeah prog fans just get all sensitive whenever Floyd is mentioned, idk why
The second and third albums by Caravan , the second third and fourth by Gentle Giant and all the early 70's output by Van der Graf Generator are Prog / Rock perfection . So much good music came out in the early 70's that the great music and albums from this genre is impossible to list but the ones l've mentioned instantly sprung to mind .
I love it!!!!
hell yea man, Can, Larks', Mirage and Close to the Edge are absolutely flawless, great picks
Yes sir!!!! 👍👍👍
Love your enthusiasm for prog! Feel the same way about so many of these albums! Of bands not listed I would include: Anyone's Daughter - Adonis, Spirogyra - St Radigunds, Amon Duul II - Wolf City, Jan Dukes de Grey - Mice and Rats in the Loft, Magma - Kohntarzosz, Nektar - Remember the Future, Dom - Edge of Time, Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra, Agitation Free - Malesch, Asia Minor - Between Flesh and Divine
Anyone’s Daughter!!!! So good.
This was a perfect list! Ommadawn is my favourite Mike Oldfield album too! Love the little horse song at the end haha.. Can Tago Mago =🔥 Awesome video Scot! Peace! :)
Thanks!!!
..did you listen to 'Future Days' by Can? .. phenomenal grooves and rhythmic wizardry!
@@ephrimvael Your so right friend Future Days is excellent! Love Can way ahead of there time! :)
Great selections! You were down to the final few and I was wondering where King Crimson, Genesis and Yes were - and you didn't let me down. Thanks for some suggestions of albums I've never heard, also! And not that it matters to anyone, I was hoping to see Fish Out Of Water (Chris Squire), which would have been my number one. I'd hoped prog would go more in that direction, but I guess I'm in the minority. A masterpiece.
I love Fish Out Of Water!!! Bruford and Squire together again…
@@TheProgCorner Me, too. Great combination.
Agreed on Fish Out of Water. Such a somber album. Never heard another like it.
It’s a one of a kind (Bruford reference intended…)
One of my favorite albums of all time
Love how the top 5 are also my personal favorites of all time as well. I must confess a few on this wonderful list I am unfamiliar with, going to be listening to some new music this week!
Awesome!!!! That’s the whole idea!!!!
Love the energy by the way
Great list! I agree on the surprise that Scenes from a Memory wasn't suggested, that gets a pick from me. My Rush pick would probably be Moving Pictures. Whirlwind and Similitude will always be there. Lastly, I really think the Asia debut album is perfect, though it might be more prog adjacent.
That Asia debut is perfect Prog Pop!!! I love it!!!
Yes about Scenes from a Memory. That album - wow!
So good!!!
I wood think 2112 is better choice for Rush. side note best Prog speakers, JBL L100's
They have so many great albums that it was hard to pick just one !!!
I'm not sure what the criteria for "perfect" is, but IF it means "love every song/track on it" then my list would probably be VERY different from most others.
Usually the FIRST one that pops into my head is Images and Words by Dream Theater.
If I chose a Pink Floyd album, it would probably be Animals.
I think you already know that my favorite albums by Kansas & Rush are Point of Know Return & Moving Pictures.
For Genesis, I most likely would include Trick of the Tail. Not because I have ANYTHING against Peter Gabriel, but Like with most of my other choices, I think this album was the culmination, or peak of where they were heading, or "progressing'," and their sound really GELLED on this one. They had all of the elements that made them great: The PROG sound, the melodic sound, but it was quite a bit more "accessible" or "mainstream" then anything they had done before, so it was the kind of sound that could reach a wide audience without compromising what made MADE them Genesis.
As for Yes, I would have a hard time deciding between The Yes Album, Close to the Edge, and 90125, as eclectic as that may sound.
For ELP, I pretty much see their first album as something that they never surpassed.
I'm not really much of a Styx fan these days, but in my younger years I ALSO would have picked The Grand Illusion.
All excellent suggestions! Very well-thought out. I appreciate that!!! 👍👍👍
Crazy rundown. Great selection
Thank you!!!!
Great video! Prog rock is my favorite sun genre of music and I know I good amount of prog bands but I’d like to know more. This video helped out thanks!
Thank you!!!
Great rankings! I still can't get into Larks, Tongues, Aspic... Don't know why... My favorite is Red from King Crimson.
Red was my runner up but Providence doesn’t level up to the rest of the album IMHO…
Birds of Fire is a perfect album but might fit better in the jazz fusion category. It certainly inspired a lot of prog albums
Absolutely!!!!
Wonderful ! Great list, thank you!
You’re the best!!!
Yes some great albums in there and some that made me applaud: Crime of the Century, Foxtrot, Thick As a Brick, any Rush from ‘75 to ‘78. I thought I knew all the old stuff but you mentioned a few bands I never heard of. Finally you mentioned that polarizing slate Tales From Topographic Oceans; people love it or hate it. I could never get into it (blasphemy?). But hey it took me several listens until I finally warmed up to Larks Tongue in Aspic. Nice list!
Thanks, Guy!!! 👍👍❤️❤️🎄🎄
I find that almost every Moody Blues 7 core albums are perfect !
To me they are all almost perfect - like 9-9.5 territory. But what a string of greatness!!!
I don’t know… I really like A Question Of Balance…
I agree. My favorite of all time album, any genre, any group is The Children’s album for a host of very personal reasons not to mention the very coherent theme of space, solitude, loneliness that could be set millions of years in the past or the future or even right now.
I like how you kept stressing favorites verses perfection. When I started listening to more and more prog experts they always seem to sight Close to the Edge as Yes' most perfect album. My favorite has always been "The Yes Album" It was the first prog album I ever heard. On 8-track no less, think I was 8😂. I still listen to it today, but have to agree CTTE is perfection.
The Yes Album has so much warmth and character. A real charmer!!! Steve Howe saying “hello” to the world.
@@TheProgCorner still trying to learn "Clap" to this day. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Can’t do it. I gave up. I got Mood For A Day in an hour but Clap is another level…
The Yes Album holds up very well, especially as it was a new direction for the band. I think the first two albums as heavily influenced by the Beatles, as so many bands were. I first heard the Yes Album while driving around Maryland and every time I heard one of the songs I said "What is that?" In much later live recordings these songs hold their own
The Yes Album IS perfect. (I think Yes had six perfect albums but I am extremely biased!)
Exploring your back catalog😀. 2 of my favs that I go back to all the time are Arena’s The Visitor and the Sound Of Contact. I love those 🤘🤘🤘
Two GREAT albums. I miss Sound Of Contact!!!
Again a brilliant list! And yes, Larks' Tongues in Aspic kinda creeps me out to this day. And then King Crimson followed that up by sledge hammering me with Starless and Bible Black!
I love it!!! And Red!!!
Great list although I’d personally pick In the Court of the Crimson King over Larks because that album to me is the definition of perfection.. including the artwork of course.
Moonchild hurt it a little…
@@TheProgCorner I get where you’re coming from but to me the dreamy, surrealistic improv section on Moonchild actually adds to the eclecticism of the LP.. the first of its kind in Prog too.. sort of paved the way for Larks and Tongues.
It’s a minor complaint. But KC is everything.
I go back on the Fish era Marillion era albums. I say It's out of Misplaced Childhood and Clutching at Straws. Both are perfect albums.
Indeed they are!!!!
Good selection Scott!!!
Hello, I’ve been listening to Prog for about a year, and since then, Rush has become my favourite band of all time. I’d love to see a video where you rank the albums if possible, but no worries. Great video!
Rush is awesome.
Hey Scot! I'm back. Great vid. The Prog people got it right and so did you with CTTE being number 1. To think that it was only the 5th album from the greatest band on this or any other planet!! Genesis and Peter in the two spot where they belong! Lol! FOREVER YES❗️❗️❗️😎
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You know how I roll.
@@TheProgCorner YES, yes I do!😎
Nektar Remember the Future is one that should be included in my opinion!
You’re not wrong.
Great list 😊 Love the nods to RPI and Canterbury - GOTTA LOVE PROG! Nice alphataurus and Quella vecchia locanda in the background!
Also blocco mentale!!
POA!!!
@@TheProgCorner got POA on the shelf behind me too!! 🙌🏻🔥🙌🏻
My #1 prog album of all time is also "Close to the Edge". It's really the meaning of perfection! Nice video, man. Thanks for sharing this! Greetings from Brazil!
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@@TheProgCorner, music definitely has no boundaries! Subscribed! Cheers.
muito obrigado 👍❤️👍
Now Really Scot No “Porcupine Tree” ‘Fear of the Blank Planet’ or ‘In Absentia’?
No “Riverside” ‘Love Fear & the Time Machine’?
I had every intention of doing either Blank Planet or In Absentia on there. No excuse. Senior moment!!!
No kidding.
Hey, I’m an old guy!!! Cut me some slack!!! ❤️👍❤️👍
Hi Scott, I will agree with YES, Genesis, Crimson, ELP, Gentle Giant, Floyd, Wobbler, Van der Graaf, Supertramp, PFM, Zappa and CAN... Though not necessarily with the same album choices. Hamburger Concerto by Focus on my list, as well as the 1st Wakeman and Squire's solos
I love those solo albums!!!
Great list. As regards VDGG. Got to be Pawn Hearts or H to He for me though Scot. Surprised Nektar's Remember the Future, Gong's - You and more contemporary albums like Porcupine Tree - In Absentia and Riverside - Second Life Syndrome, didn't make it, but so much good stuff to choose from.
All of those got consideration!!! The list was getting untenable!!!
Cool beans, Scot! I'll have to try to compile my own personal top 25 list at some point. Sorry I missed your Friday tweet or I might have made a suggestion or two. The first one that comes to mind for my list that you didn't mention would be Ambrosia's debut. I love that record! But always fun to hear someone run through the classics, even the ones that give me bitter beer face like Can. LOL
Bitter beer? No thanks!!! 👍
Great overall picks. I agree with most of your calls.
Thank you!!!! Spoiled for choice!!!!
I loved you picked Darwin from Banco del Mutuo Soccorso. 🤩 It’s my fav prog album of all time. Besides, Foxtrot from Genesis is my second one. 💥
Wow! You have good taste!!!
Thanks, Scot. My prog rock collection tends to be somewhat limited as far as artists are concerned but I am attempting to expand it. At the moment I'm a big Camel, ELP, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Supertramp and Yes fan. I have Gentle Giant's "Octopus" on order
You will not be sorry!!!!! Such a talented band. 👍👍❤️
Love "Quella vecchia locanda - il tempo della gioia" behind u 🤩beautiful cover and album!
I love QVL!!! Both albums are 10/10 to me…
Nice Job - appreciate your insight
Thank you!!!!
Of all the prog know-it-alls on youtube, you seem to be the first to mention Todd Rundgren's first Utopia album. My hat is off to you, sir! Thank-you!
It deserves way more attention but the Prog elite aren’t really sure what to do about Todd. Too much talent (and genre-hopping?) But yeah, that debut Utopia album is among the greatest things these ears have ever heard!!!
Thanks for this. I never got into Camel enough. I’ll look for some of your others and give ‘em a try. I’ve never been a “collector” of Prog, probably because for most of my life I’ve never been part of a Prog ‘community’, I didn’t know anyone else that liked Genesis. Or King Crimson. (I’m 70 HS class of ‘71, Pasadena) Started off w/ Moody Blues and hopscotched around from there. And I LOVE Porcupine Tree !
Carry on, Brutha !
You are part of a Prog community now!!!! LIKE IT OR NOT!!!! 👍❤️👍❤️
Really Enjoyed this. Cheers
Thanks!!! 👍❤️👍❤️👍
wonderful list, scott. plenty here that i love (and that fits the “perfect” label, like foxtrot over SEBTP. the latter is my fav from genesis but i agree it ain’t perfect because of more fool me. Foxtrot wins there), and plenty that i don’t know well enough or at all. love new suggestions to seek out.
3 others come to mind that are perfection to me:
1)Focus, Moving Waves
2) Nektar, Remember The Future
3) Renaissance, Scheherazade
don’t think there’s a wonky note on any of these.
oh, and it’s Relayer for me at the top. sublime and not of this world.
cheers and keep up the Prog work:)
Focus, Nektar and Renaissance!!! Three of the best bands ever!!!
Scot..some of my choices..Close To The Edge, Hand Cannot Erase, In The Court Of The Crimson King, Hot Rats, Aqualung, Dark Side Of The Moon…glad to see Larks Tongue get a high ranking..love King Crimson..hey BB Canada starts next week👍..great video👍❤glen
Thanks, Glen!!!
Superb energy as usual!
I was curious regarding the prog-professor's own position on a band like Kansas, with a somewhat "sullied" reputation for 80's missteps.I got my answer 👌
I was/am a huge Kansas-fan.They don't seem to have the coolness or cult factor of a band like King Crimson and often tend to get overlooked imo.
Also, as a somewhat conservative prog fan, it's nice to widen my horizon a bit with newer bands from your list.
I was also prompted to check out Camel (had passed me by) after your episode, very good stuff!More immediate than Gentle Giant who i'd also missed.
Kansas are not and never have been cool. And I love that about them!!!
Btw, after hearing Gentle Giant, i could tell their influence on Kansas was pretty big!
@@TheProgCorner That's it buddy, one can be a fan of Kansas AND Guided By Voices, now that's a pretty substantial leap in "coolness" factor...😉
I should say so!!!!
Agree 100% about Selling England By the Pound, More Fool Me lets it down big time. If that track were not on it, then it would have been perfect. Thanks for this, you’ve given me a whole bunch of stuff to start listening to. Oh, and so glad Gentle Giant in there. So badly underrated as a band, and I bought Octopus on the day it was first released, still have it on my iPod to this day.
I love Gentle Giant. They never got the credit they so obviously deserved!!!! 👍👍❤️
Only just found this fantastic video post just now. Stunned here that In The Land Of Grey And Pin wasn’t nominated!
It should have been there. A big oversight!!!! That Side Two epic…oh yeah…
I proudly say that I got 22 albuns from your list ! Great albuns !
Nice!!!! Well done!!!!!
Great selection! I have a crazy question for you: what is the font used on the countdown? I am an artist and I just love it! I love your channel, watch all the time, thanks!
Believe it or not it is the default font on Power Director (the software I use) and I have no idea what it’s called!!! But I can check…
Love that you chose Octopus and Larks’ Tongues for GG and KC.
So hard with both of them - each having many great options!!!
Great list! My only adds would be David Bowie - Ziggy, The Alan Parsons Project - Turn of a Friendly Card (or I Robot or Tales), all three are perfect in my book. =) Any Moody Blues Days of Future Past is pretty darn perfect for me.
Ziggy!!!!!
A fascinating list and I'll be checking out some of the albums I haven't heard yet.
There do seem to be some rather glaring omissions though: Alan Parsons "Turn of a friendly card", Golden Earring "Moontan", Manfred Mann "The roaring silence", Rick Wakeman "Journey to the centre of the earth", Roger Waters "Amused to death", Santana and Moody Blues have claims as well.
I also question whether Styx can really be considered prog rock, the seem pure pop to me...
Styx is definitely on the Prog borderline!!! I didn’t consider live albums so Journey was excluded. And I would say Alan Parsons is in the exact territory as Styx: kinda Prog but AWESOME!!!
Man... what you been smokin? Love your over the top presentation😂
Thank you!!! I get a little excited when I talk about PROG ROCK!!!!!!! (My poor wife…)
Love your Channel! Perfect Prog Album for me is Close o The Edge and Amused To Death
"Pudding en Gisteren" by Supersister is sheer prog perfection. This list is incomplete without it.
Supersister!!!
I need to get myself back to vynil. Completely fed up with listening to spotimusic, plastic cds et al. I remember back in the day taking Relayer from my collection, pulling out the vynil and protective sleeve from the album cover. Such fantastic artwork. Dropping the tactile record onto the deck, sitting back with a cold beer, the Wharfdales start to hum, a moment of anticipation, turn the amp up, sod the neighbours. The pure sound of recorded music in ALL its glory.
My top 5, no particular order : Tarkus, Tago Mago, Close to the Edge, Ommadawn, Hall of the Mountain Grill.
Now we are talking!!!!!!
Nice list. Do you like Zeuhl? In a top prog album list by me, there would definitely be Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh or K.A by Magma, and Viva Koenji or Angherr Shisspa by Koenjihyakkei. But I know it's not everybody's cup of tea.
I should have included a Magma album. I respect them and understand their greatness - even if Zeuhl isn’t my usual thing. Good call and my bad!!!
I agree with you about "Foxtrot", having more consistent strength than "Selling England..." You mentioned More Fool Me but the other thing that let it down was the rapid talking vocals towards the end of "Epping Forest". Foxtrot is good but I prefer the Seconds Out version of Supper's Ready. "Misplaced Childhood" by Marillion is good but, for me "Clutching At Straws" is better.
Re: Marillion You’re splitting hairs there as both of those are 10/10 records!!!
We’ll done but…
I would definitely switch 1&2. Also might want to consider IQ’s Subterranean or the Wake making the list.
IQ came VERY close…
I've been watching your videos for some time now and I still hadn't realized that I wasn't subscribed to your channel. Now, I am! Sorry about that, good man. Btw I agree with you, Foxtrot has always been my favorite Genesis album.
Thanks for subscribing!!!! But it means way more to me that you’re actually watching!!!! Thank you!!!! 👍👍👍
@@TheProgCorner True. I know how important this is to you as a content creator, Scott. Keep up your great work, charismatic man. ♡
Yes indeed!!!! ❤️🤪
Great list. I love the choice of Can and Wobbler. Agree with both.
Some others, that are perfect for me:
Dream Theater - Images & Words
Genesis - Selling England
Haken - The Mountain
Magic Pie - Circus of Life
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Marillion - Brave
Payne's Gray - Kadath Decoded
Peter Gabriel - 3
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun
Riverside - Wasteland
Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant
Can - Future Days
Magic Pie!!! Oh yeah!!!
I had a glaring ommision in my collection- which was just corrected by buying the Close To the Edge DVD.
I've owned it in the past- albums, tapes... lent them out, divorce, ect.
Back on track now !!
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It needs to be in every collection!!!!! 👍👍👍
Great selection
Thank you!!! 👍👍👍
I was never a big fan of Tales by Yes BUT now I am going to have to re-visit it!
Please do!!! And I am curious to hear how it goes!!!
Great Picks! Good taste Dude! I would change an album or 2 But Excelent taste Sir!
Thank you!!!
Birds of Fire was most def a revelation when I first heard it. Same with Can.
Grey and Pink is a masterpiece, but it took me a few listens to realize.
Me too!!!
Thanks for the good vibe video! I'm a fan of Uriah Heep, so would've had Demons & Wizards in there. Don't know if they have a perfect album, but Big Big Train - particularly The Transit of Venus Across The Sun - are worth listening. Top three definitely agree with. Love Ommadawn and TFTO like you. Hadn't heard of Transatlantic, so I'll give that a listen...and also The Grand Illusion, cause what I've got of Styx I like. I would've gone with Trilogy over Brain Salad Surgery (in the album cover stakes as well, for me). Despite what many say, I can't get into Rush or King Crimson...but maybe I'll keep tryin'.:).
We all have a band or two that just never clicked for us!!! But that’s what makes doing these lists so much fun.
@@TheProgCorner Loved The Grand Illusion, now enjoying Pieces of Eight!
Nice selection, avoiding most of the obvious cliches. Indeed I would also put Foxtrot over Selling England. I would have had Steve Hillage in there somewhere but can’t have everything.
Fish Rising!!!
I love Hatfield (and National Health)...great to see it in your list!
Both albums!!! So good.
Great list! I missed Nektar’s A Tab in The Ocean, however…
Or Recycled!!!
So I looked up Foxtrot from Genesis and all I can find on Apple is the remastered 2007 version. Am I missing anything or do you "approve" of these remastered versions? Should I dig deeper and find the orginal?
No, the remasters are great!!!!
I see Milliontown just over your shoulder. That’s an awesome record!
So good!!!! I love all four of their albums!!!
Best prog list I’ve seen. Period
Wow!!! Thanks. I put a lot of thought into it…
Wow what memories I saw Brain Salad Surgery at the Omni Atlanta ... loved it my friends and I did some window pane ....
Amazing!!!
Great video bro! Prog is the best 👌
Actually…you are the best!!!
Placing Leftoverture in the top ten got you the thumbs up from me, although any of Kansas' first 5 albums would've done it. And if that hadn't been there, your top two certainly would have.
I would add Monolith and call the first six albums perfect!!! Love me some Kansas.
Hi, only just found your channel, have you EVER mentioned the great English band FAMILY with the amazing singer Rogar Chapman? Give them some love, they deserve some attention 😊. They never cracked the US/Canada, but were one of the most popular live bands around 1968 to 1973 in the U.K./Europe! In fact Rogar Chapman is still performing and has a great blues song recorded recently which is fantastic!🎉
I love Family!!! Chapman was a huge inspiration for a whole bunch of people! 👍👍👍
Yeah 'In My Own Time' great song. Roger Chapman terrific vocalist
I agree with CTTE although my personal favorite is Relayer. For KC I agree with LTIA. Only Moonchild prevents Court from being perfect. For JT I agree with Brick. For ELP my personal favorite is the debut. For me personally that's perfect but I can understand BSS which is great too. For Genesis I probably would choose ATOTT but I can understand Foxtrot which is great too. I used to think Selling England but Epping Forest and More fool me take it down a notch. I agree with Octopus for GG also. Great show.
That's why I went with Larks: the debut has Moonchild, SABB has the title track and Red has Providence...and I'm not in love with any of those improv-heavy tracks!!!
I had not seen a yes album for the whole video until number one where I went "fhew!".
Had to be!!!!!!
I know you had Steve Wilson as a solo artist but did that eliminate an entry for Porcupine Tree? Signify and Fear of a Blank Planet deserve consideration.
They do and it did hurt PT’s chances as I tend to do one per atty and PT is kind of still a Wilson solo project so…
Most of these albums I know pretty good, and love. Good hint for those which I missed.
That’s why I like to throw in a couple obscure gems!!!! 👍👍❤️