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Thirty-Three Essential Progressive Rock Albums

Everybody loves lists, myself included. What are my favorite progressive rock albums? Here they are, do you have them all?

Essential: 33 Progressive Rock Albums
1. The Nice – The Thoughts Of Emerlist DavJack (Immediate 1967)
2. Soft Machine – Volume Two (Probe 1969)
3. Colosseum – Those Who Are About To Die Salute You (Vertigo 1969)
4. Jethro Tull – Stand Up (Reprise 1969)
5. King Crimson – In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) (EG 1969)
6. The Pretty Things – Parachute (Harvest 1970)
7. Caravan – In The Land of Grey And Pink (Deram 1971)
8. Atomic Rooster – In Hearing Of (Elektra 1971)
9. Van der Graaf Generator – Pawn Hearts (Charisma 1971)
10. Yes – Fragile (Atlantic 1972)
11. Amon Düül II – Carnival In Babylon (United Artists 1972)
12. Tasavallan Presidentti – Lambert Land (Love Records 1972)
13. Gentle Giant – Three Friends (Columbia 1972)
14. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Trilogy (Cotillion 1972)
15. Aphrodite’s Child – 666 (The Apocalypse of John, 13/18) (Vertigo 1972)
16. Family – Bandstand (Reprise 1972)
17. Greenslade (Warner Bros. 1973)
18. Le Orme – Felona & Sorona (Charisma 1973)
19. Magma – Mekanïk Destrukïw Kommandöh (A&M 1973)
20. Arti e Mestieri – Tilt-Immagini Per Un Orecchio (Cramps 1974)
21. Ange – Au-delà du Délire (Philips 1974)
22. Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (Atco 1974)
23. Grobschnitt – Ballerman (Brain 1974)
24. Premiata Forneria Marconi – The World Became The World (Manticore 1974)
25. Gong – You (Virgin 1974)
26. Nektar – Down To Earth (Passport 1975)
27. Chris Squire – Fish Out Of Water (Atlantic 1975)
28. Hawkwind – Warrior On The Edge Of Time (United Artists 1975)
29. Hoelderlin – Clowns and Clouds (Spiegelei 1976)
30. Kansas – Leftoverture (Kirshner 1976)
31. National Health – Of Queues Of Cures (Charly 1978)
32. Arthur Brown & Vincent Crane – Faster Than The Speed Of Light (IC 1979)
33. Tangerine Dream – Exit (Virgin 1981)