The 200 Best Progressive Rock and Progressive Metal Albums of All Time
Omitting live CDs and compilations, bonus disks, etc. The scores are based on cumulative user votes on Progulus Radio. Each song is voted on separately, and the average for each album is calculated. A baysian average is then used on the result.
Rank | Rating | Artist | Album | Year | Country |
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1 | 4.77 | Dream Theater | Images And Words | 1992 | US |
2 | 4.73 | Dream Theater | Scenes From a Memory | 1999 | US |
3 | 4.69 | Symphony X | The Odyssey | 2002 | US |
4 | 4.64 | Rush | Moving Pictures | 1981 | CA |
5 | 4.64 | Redemption | The Fullness Of Time | 2005 | US |
6 | 4.64 | Liquid Tension Experiment | Liquid Tension Experiment 2 | 1999 | US |
7 | 4.63 | Symphony X | Paradise Lost | 2007 | US |
8 | 4.61 | Pink Floyd | Wish You Were Here | 1975 | UK |
9 | 4.61 | Circus Maximus | The 1st Chapter | 2005 | NO |
10 | 4.6 | Riverside | Anno Domini High Definition | 2009 | PL |
11 | 4.6 | Symphony X | V: The New Mythology Suite | 2000 | US |
12 | 4.59 | Symphony X | The Divine Wings Of Tragedy | 1997 | US |
13 | 4.59 | Opeth | Damnation | 2003 | SE |
14 | 4.59 | Ayreon | Universal Migrator Part II: Flight Of The Migrator | 2000 | NL |
15 | 4.58 | Dream Theater | Train of Thought | 2003 | US |
16 | 4.58 | Porcupine Tree | Fear Of A Blank Planet | 2007 | UK |
17 | 4.58 | Vanden Plas | Christ.0 | 2006 | DE |
18 | 4.58 | Dream Theater | A Change of Seasons | 1995 | US |
19 | 4.58 | Dream Theater | Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence | 2002 | US |
20 | 4.56 | Queensryche | Operation: Mindcrime | 1988 | US |
21 | 4.56 | Riverside | Second Life Syndrome | 2005 | PL |
22 | 4.56 | Ayreon | 1011001 | 2008 | NL |
23 | 4.55 | Redemption | The Origins Of Ruin | 2007 | US |
24 | 4.55 | Symphony X | Twilight In Olympus | 1998 | US |
25 | 4.55 | Opeth | Watershed | 2008 | SE |
26 | 4.55 | Circus Maximus | Isolate | 2007 | NO |
27 | 4.54 | Dream Theater | Awake | 1994 | US |
28 | 4.54 | Ayreon | The Human Equation | 2004 | NL |
29 | 4.54 | Frost* | Milliontown | 2006 | UK |
30 | 4.54 | Liquid Tension Experiment | Liquid Tension Experiment 1 | 1998 | US |
31 | 4.54 | Dreamscape | End Of Silence | 2004 | DE |
32 | 4.54 | Riverside | Out Of Myself | 2004 | PL |
33 | 4.54 | Pain of Salvation | Remedy Lane | 2002 | SE |
34 | 4.53 | Koyaanisqatsy | From The Yearning To Burst - The Perpetual Circle | 2000 | DE |
35 | 4.53 | Queensryche | Empire | 1990 | US |
36 | 4.52 | Rush | 2112 | 1976 | CA |
37 | 4.52 | Redemption | Snowfall On Judgment Day | 2009 | US |
38 | 4.52 | Pain of Salvation | The Perfect Element | 2000 | SE |
39 | 4.52 | Pink Floyd | Animals | 1977 | UK |
40 | 4.52 | Riverside | Rapid Eye Movement | 2007 | PL |
41 | 4.52 | Yes | Close To The Edge | 1972 | UK |
42 | 4.51 | Kansas | Leftoverture | 1976 | US |
43 | 4.51 | Rush | Hemispheres | 1978 | CA |
44 | 4.51 | Porcupine Tree | In Absentia | 2002 | UK |
45 | 4.5 | Indukti | S.U.S.A.R | 2005 | PL |
46 | 4.5 | Threshold | Hypothetical | 2001 | UK |
47 | 4.5 | Ayreon | Into The Electric Castle | 1998 | NL |
48 | 4.5 | Vanden Plas | The Seraphic Clockwork | 2010 | DE |
49 | 4.49 | Myrath | Hope | 2007 | TN |
50 | 4.49 | Spheric Universe Experience | Anima | 2007 | FR |
51 | 4.49 | Rush | Permanent Waves | 1980 | CA |
52 | 4.48 | Pagan's Mind | Celestial Entrance | 2002 | NO |
53 | 4.48 | Porcupine Tree | Deadwing | 2005 | UK |
54 | 4.48 | Sieges Even | The Art Of Navigating By The Stars | 2005 | DE |
55 | 4.48 | Threshold | Subsurface | 2004 | UK |
56 | 4.47 | Genesis | A Trick Of The Tail | 1976 | UK |
57 | 4.47 | Star One | Space Metal | 2002 | NL |
58 | 4.47 | Pain of Salvation | BE | 2004 | SE |
59 | 4.47 | Dream Theater | Falling Into Infinity | 1997 | US |
60 | 4.47 | Rush | A Farewell To Kings | 1977 | CA |
61 | 4.47 | Genesis | Selling England by the Pound | 1973 | UK |
62 | 4.46 | Threshold | Critical Mass | 2002 | UK |
63 | 4.45 | Guilt Machine | On This Perfect Day | 2009 | NL |
64 | 4.45 | Opeth | Ghost Reveries | 2005 | SE |
65 | 4.45 | Spock's Beard | V | 2000 | US |
66 | 4.45 | John Petrucci | Suspended Animation | 2005 | US |
67 | 4.45 | Yngwie Malmsteen | Rising Force | 1984 | SE |
68 | 4.45 | Kansas | Point of Know Return | 1977 | US |
69 | 4.45 | Ayreon | Universal Migrator (Disc 1)- The Dream Sequencer | 2000 | NL |
70 | 4.45 | Dream Theater | Systematic Chaos | 2007 | US |
71 | 4.44 | Yes | Fragile | 1971 | UK |
72 | 4.44 | Haken | Aquarius | 2010 | UK |
73 | 4.44 | Kamelot | The Black Halo | 2005 | US |
74 | 4.43 | Adagio | Underworld | 2003 | FR |
75 | 4.43 | Genesis | The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway | 1974 | UK |
76 | 4.43 | Pink Floyd | Dark Side Of The Moon | 1973 | UK |
77 | 4.43 | Shadow Gallery | Room V | 2005 | US |
78 | 4.43 | Seventh Wonder | Mercy Falls | 2008 | SE |
79 | 4.43 | Wolverine | Still | 2006 | SE |
80 | 4.43 | Rush | Grace Under Pressure | 1984 | CA |
81 | 4.42 | Threshold | Dead Reckoning | 2007 | UK |
82 | 4.42 | Dead Soul Tribe | A Lullaby For The Devil | 2007 | US |
83 | 4.42 | Sieges Even | Paramount | 2007 | DE |
84 | 4.42 | Pagan's Mind | enigmatic : calling | 2005 | NO |
85 | 4.42 | Nightwish | Once | 2004 | FI |
86 | 4.42 | Pain of Salvation | Entropia | 1997 | SE |
87 | 4.42 | Genesis | Nursery Cryme | 1971 | UK |
88 | 4.41 | Haken | Visions | 2011 | UK |
89 | 4.41 | Karmakanic | Who's The Boss In The Factory | 2008 | SE |
90 | 4.41 | Frost* | Experiments in Mass Appeal | 2008 | UK |
91 | 4.41 | Evergrey | The Inner Circle | 2004 | SE |
92 | 4.41 | Dream Theater | Octavarium | 2005 | US |
93 | 4.41 | Vanden Plas | Beyond Daylight | 2002 | DE |
94 | 4.4 | Tool | 10,000 Days | 2006 | US |
95 | 4.4 | Animations | Animations | 2007 | PL |
96 | 4.4 | Lalu | Oniric Metal | 2005 | FR |
97 | 4.4 | Dominici | O3 A Trilogy - Part 2 | 2007 | multi |
98 | 4.4 | Pink Floyd | The Division Bell | 1994 | UK |
99 | 4.4 | Kansas | Song for America | 1975 | US |
100 | 4.4 | Darkwater | Calling The Earth To Witness | 2007 | SE |
101 | 4.39 | Myrath | Desert Call | 2010 | TN |
102 | 4.39 | Pink Floyd | The Wall | 1979 | UK |
103 | 4.39 | Genesis | Wind & Wuthering | 1976 | UK |
104 | 4.38 | Beyond Twilight | For The Love Of Art And The Making | 2006 | DK |
105 | 4.38 | Amaseffer | Exodus - Slaves for Life | 2008 | IL |
106 | 4.38 | Anubis Gate | Andromeda Unchained | 2007 | DK |
107 | 4.38 | Fates Warning | A Pleasant Shade Of Gray | 1997 | US |
108 | 4.38 | Adagio | Sanctus Ignis | 2001 | FR |
109 | 4.38 | Poverty's No Crime | Save My Soul | 2007 | DE |
110 | 4.37 | Animals As Leaders | Animals As Leaders | 2009 | US |
111 | 4.37 | Headspace | I Am Anonymous | 2012 | UK |
112 | 4.37 | Rush | Signals | 1982 | CA |
113 | 4.37 | Ark | Burn The Sun | 2001 | multi |
114 | 4.37 | Ambeon | Fate Of A Dreamer | 2001 | NL |
115 | 4.37 | Queensryche | Rage For Order | 1986 | US |
116 | 4.37 | Kansas | Masque | 1975 | US |
117 | 4.37 | Seventh Wonder | Waiting In The Wings | 2006 | SE |
118 | 4.37 | OSI | Blood. | 2009 | US |
119 | 4.37 | Pyramaze | Melancholy Beast | 2004 | multi |
120 | 4.37 | Thought Chamber | Angular Perceptions | 2007 | US |
121 | 4.37 | Magic Pie | Motions Of Desire | 2005 | NO |
122 | 4.36 | Savatage | Gutter Ballet | 1989 | US |
123 | 4.36 | Overhead | Metaepitome | 2005 | FI |
124 | 4.36 | Opeth | Blackwater Park | 2001 | SE |
125 | 4.36 | OSI | Office of Strategic Influence | 2003 | US |
126 | 4.36 | Queensryche | The Warning | 1984 | US |
127 | 4.36 | Fates Warning | Parallels | 1991 | US |
128 | 4.36 | Tool | Lateralus | 2001 | US |
129 | 4.36 | Genesis | Foxtrot | 1972 | UK |
130 | 4.36 | Fates Warning | Disconnected | 2000 | US |
131 | 4.35 | Jordan Rudess | Rhythm of Time | 2004 | US |
132 | 4.35 | IQ | Dark Matter | 2004 | UK |
133 | 4.35 | Queen | A Night At The Opera. | 1975 | UK |
134 | 4.35 | Star One | Victims of the Modern Age | 2010 | NL |
135 | 4.35 | Beyond Twilight | Section X | 2005 | DK |
136 | 4.35 | Echoes | Nature | Existence | 2010 | VE |
137 | 4.35 | Allen/Lande | The Revenge | 2007 | multi |
138 | 4.35 | The Gourishankar | 2nd Hands | 2007 | RU |
139 | 4.35 | Dead Soul Tribe | The January Tree | 2004 | US |
140 | 4.35 | Symphony X | The Damnation Game | 1995 | US |
141 | 4.35 | Andromeda | II = I | 2003 | SE |
142 | 4.34 | Subsignal | Beautiful & Monstrous | 2009 | DE |
143 | 4.34 | IQ | Frequency | 2009 | UK |
144 | 4.34 | Pendragon | Pure | 2008 | UK |
145 | 4.33 | Atmosfear | Inside The Atmosphere | 2003 | DE |
146 | 4.33 | Phideaux | Doomsday Afternoon | 2007 | US |
147 | 4.33 | Nightwish | Century Child | 2002 | FI |
148 | 4.33 | Opeth | Still Life | 1999 | SE |
149 | 4.33 | Karmakanic | Entering The Spectra | 2002 | SE |
150 | 4.33 | Pain of Salvation | One Hour By The Concrete Lake | 1998 | SE |
151 | 4.33 | Sylvan | Artificial Paradise | 2002 | DE |
152 | 4.32 | Eric Johnson | Ah Via Musicom | 1990 | US |
153 | 4.32 | Savatage | Dead Winter Dead | 1995 | US |
154 | 4.32 | Sylvan | X-Rayed | 2004 | DE |
155 | 4.32 | Andromeda | The Immunity Zone | 2008 | SE |
156 | 4.32 | Votum | Time Must Have A Stop | 2008 | PL |
157 | 4.32 | Shadrane | Temporal | 2008 | FR |
158 | 4.32 | Pagan's Mind | God's Equation | 2007 | NO |
159 | 4.32 | Mind's Eye | Walking on H20 | 2006 | SE |
160 | 4.32 | Lacuna Coil | Comalies | 2002 | IT |
161 | 4.32 | Rush | Fly By Night | 1975 | CA |
162 | 4.32 | A.C.T | Last Epic | 2003 | SE |
163 | 4.32 | Threshold | Clone | 1998 | UK |
164 | 4.31 | Genesis | And Then There Were Three... | 1978 | UK |
165 | 4.31 | Leprous | Tall Poppy Syndrome | 2009 | NO |
166 | 4.31 | Dead Soul Tribe | A Murder Of Crows | 2003 | US |
167 | 4.31 | Fair To Midland | Fables From A Mayfly | 2007 | US |
168 | 4.31 | Savatage | Hall Of The Mountain King | 1987 | US |
169 | 4.31 | Stride | Imagine | 2005 | US |
170 | 4.31 | Porcupine Tree | The Incident | 2009 | UK |
171 | 4.31 | Pallas | The Dreams of Men | 2005 | UK |
172 | 4.31 | Kamelot | Ghost Opera | 2007 | US |
173 | 4.31 | Riverside | 02 Panic Room | 2007 | PL |
174 | 4.31 | Evergrey | In Search Of Truth | 2001 | SE |
175 | 4.31 | Jordan Rudess | Feeding The Wheel | 2001 | US |
176 | 4.31 | Porcupine Tree | Lightbulb Sun | 2000 | UK |
177 | 4.31 | Kamelot | The Fourth Legacy | 1999 | US |
178 | 4.31 | Parallaxe | Soundtrack | 2007 | FR |
179 | 4.31 | Green Carnation | A Blessing In Disguise | 2003 | NO |
180 | 4.31 | Threshold | March Of Progress | 2012 | UK |
181 | 4.3 | Transatlantic | Bridge Across Forever | 2001 | multi |
182 | 4.3 | Galahad | Empires Never Last | 2006 | UK |
183 | 4.3 | Leprous | Bilateral | 2011 | NO |
184 | 4.3 | Ayreon | Actual Fantasy Revisited | 2004 | NL |
185 | 4.3 | Transmission | ID, Ego, and Superego | 2007 | DE |
186 | 4.3 | King Crimson | In The Court Of The Crimson King | 1969 | UK |
187 | 4.3 | Yes | The Yes Album | 1971 | UK |
188 | 4.3 | Sun Caged | Sun Caged | 2003 | multi |
189 | 4.3 | Riverside | Voices In My Head (Inside Out Reissue) | 2006 | PL |
190 | 4.3 | Everon | North | 2008 | DE |
191 | 4.3 | Arch/Matheos | Sympathetic Resonance | 2011 | US |
192 | 4.3 | Opeth | Heritage | 2011 | SE |
193 | 4.3 | Joseph Magazine | Night of the Red Sky | 2011 | PL |
194 | 4.3 | Rush | Power Windows | 1985 | CA |
195 | 4.3 | Age Of Nemesis | Terra Incognita | 2007 | HU |
196 | 4.3 | Pathosray | Pathosray | 2007 | IT |
197 | 4.29 | Karmakanic | Wheel Of Life | 2004 | SE |
198 | 4.29 | Maximum Indifference | The Transmutations of Supposed Angels or Beings that were once Girls | 2000 | US |
199 | 4.29 | Avantasia | The Scarecrow | 2008 | multi |
200 | 4.29 | Andromeda | Chimera | 2006 | SE |
201 | 4.29 | Demians | Building an Empire | 2008 | FR |
202 | 4.29 | Epica | The Divine Conspiracy (Ltd. Editon) | 2007 | NL |
203 | 4.29 | IQ | Subterranea | 1997 | UK |