Here you'll find various favorites of the year lists, compiled by musicians, friends of the prog community and yours truly. You'll also find a list of my favorite top 100 prog albums of all times at the end of this page.

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Mike Portnoy's top 10 albums of 2007
The drummer of Dream Theater submits his picks for the year 2007, in no particular order.

Between The Buried And Me, Colors
Machine Head, The Blackening
Porcupine Tree, Fear Of A Blank Planet
Beardfish, Sleeping In Traffic: Part One
The Dear Hunter, Act II: The Meaning Of And All Things Regarding Ms. Leading
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, In Glorious Times
Dillinger Escape Plan, Ire Works
Blotted Science, The Machinations Of Dementia
Foo Fighters, Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace
Oceansize, Frames

I thought 2007 was really a particularly great year for music, so my year-end list would be incomplete without acknowledging a few other excellent honorable mentions as well:

Symphony X, Paradise Lost
Pain Of Salvation, Scarsick
Riverside, Rapid Eye Movement
3, The End Is Begun
Down, Over The Under
Baroness, The Red Album
Overkill, Immortalis
Megadeth, United Abominations
Rush, Snakes And Arrows
Thought Chamber, Angular Perceptions

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Gagliarchives top 10 albums of 2007
In order, out of their top 100 albums of the year. See their entire list at www.gagliarchives.com.

Porcupine Tree, Fear Of A Blank Planet
Within Temptation, The Heart Of Everything
Symphony X, Paradise Lost
Dream Theater, Systematic Chaos
Rush, Snakes And Arrows
Anekdoten, A Time Of Day
Riverside, Rapid Eye Movement
The Flower Kings, The Sum Of No Evil
Black Bonzo, Sound Of The Apocalypse
Circa:, Circa:
© 2007 Tom Gagliardi - www.gagliarchives.com. All Rights Reserved.

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Bob's top 10 albums of 2006
Again, this year saw its share of great CDs, but overall, maybe not as stellar as last year, so here is my list in no particular order.

The Tangent, A Place In The Queue
Sympozion, Kundabuffer
White Willow, Signal to Noise
Flower Kings, Paradox Hotel
La Maschera Di Cera, LuxAde
Univers Zéro, Live
Tony Levin, Resonator
Frost*, Milliontown
Paatos, Silence of Another Kind
Jadis, Photoplay

Honorable mentions going this year to:

Canvas Solaris, Penumbra Diffuse
Spock's Beard, Self-titled
Karcius, Kaleidoscope
Spaced Out, Unstable Matter
McGill/Manring/Stevens, What We Do

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Lew Fisher's top 10 albums of 2006
Founder of the Progressive Music Society (PMS) and all around highly progressive person, Lew shares his top picks for 2006.

La Maschera Di Cera, LuxAde
Naikaku, Shell
Kenso, Utsuroi Yuku Mono
Omega Syndicate, Apocalypse
Uzva, Uoma
Guy Manning, Anser's Tree
Gert Emmens, The Tale Of The Warlock
A Triggering Myth, Remedy Of Abstraction
Univers Zéro, Live
Radio Massacre International, Septentrional

With honorable mentions going to:

Free System Projekt, Moyland
Blow Up Hollywood, Diaries of Private Henry Hill
Redshift, Any Given System
OSI, Free
Gert Emmens and Ruud Heij, Blind Watchers Of A Vanishing Night

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Yves Dubé's top 10 albums of 2006
An active member of the progressive music community, here is Yves' take of the year 2006.

One Shot, Ewaz Vader
Wolfmother, Wolfmother
Phideaux, The Great Leap
Naikaku, Shell
NeBeLNeST, ZePTO
David Gilmour, On An Island
Jean-Luc Payssan, Pierrots et Arlequins
Aka Moon, Amazir
La Maschera Di Cera, LuxAde
Frost*, Milliontown

With an honorable mention going to:

Umphrey's McGee, Safety In Numbers

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Gagliarchives Top Ten of 2006
In order, out of their top 100 albums of the year. See their entire list at www.gagliarchives.com.

1) The Dark Third, Pure Reason Revolution
2) Luxade, La Maschera Di Cera
3) Ewaz Vader, One Shot
4) Amputechture, The Mars Volta
5) Signal To Noise, White Willow
6) Score, Dream Theater
7) A Place In The Queue, The Tangent
8) Industrial Zen, John McLaughlin
9) Milliontown, Frost*
10) Wild Orchids, Steve Hackett
© 2006 Tom Gagliardi - www.gagliarchives.com. All Rights Reserved.

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Bob's top 10 albums of 2005
Here's my own personal top ten of the year, in no particular order (It's hard enough to come up with these favorites out of all the great prog that came out in 2005).

Miriodor, Parade + Live At NearFest
Porcupine Tree, Deadwing
RPWL, Start The Fire - Live
Glass Hammer, The Inconsolable Secret
Frogg Café, Fortunate Observer Of Time
Arena, Pepper's Ghost
Pallas, The Dream Of Men
Kino, Picture
Dream Theater, Octavarium
Echolyn, The End Is Beautiful

And also for my honorable mentions:

Nil, Novo Sub Sole
Present, A Great Inhumane Adventure
Helmet of Gnats, self titled
Kaipa, Mindrevolutions
Wobbler, Hinterland
Hamadryad, Safe in Conformity

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Roine Stolt's top 8 CDs & DVD purchases in 2005
Founder of the acclaimed swedish prog band The Flower Kings, this is Roine's list of albums that caught his attention in 2005.

1) Spiraling - Transmitter
Tom Brislin's refreshing power keyboard pop.
2) U2 - How to Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
3) Concert For George
Clapton, Lynne, McCartney, etc. on a gorgeous double DVD concert with Harrison music from Albert Hall.
4) Neal Morse - ?
His best solo album up until now, heartfelt music.
5) Tomas Bodin - I Am
Serious production achievement from Mr Hope.
6) Cardigans - Long Gone before Daylight
Best Swedish pop album in ages.
7) Steve Vai - Real Illusions • Reflections
As close to progmetal as I can get without falling asleep, brilliant album, great singing by Stevie.
8) Paul McCartney - In red Square - DVD
Gorgeous Macca doing plenty of Beatles with an amazing, powerful and charming band.

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Réjean Charbonneau's Top 15 of 2005
Réjean Charbonneau of La Filière Progressive in Sorel shares with us his personal top 15 prog albums of the year 2005

1) Stream of Passion - Embrace the storm
2) Pallas - The dreams of men
3) Arena - Pepper’s ghost
4) Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
5) Riverside - Second life syndrome
6) Pendragon - Believe
7) Spock's Beard - Gluttons for punishment
8) Magic Pie - Motions of desire
9) Red Sand - Gentry
10) Overhead - Metaepitome
11) K2 - Book of the dead
12) RPWL - Start the fire LIVE
13) Nil - Nil novo sub sole
14) Sieges Even - The art of navigating by the stars
15) Glass Hammer - The inconsolable secret
© 2005 Réjean Charbonneau - La Filière Progressive. All Rights Reserved.

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Gagliarchives Top Ten of 2005
In order, out of their top 100 albums of the year. See their entire list at www.gagliarchives.com.

1) The Mars Volta, Francis The Mute
2) Porcupine Tree, Deadwing
3) Wobbler, Hinterland
4) Nil, Novo Sub Sole
5) Miriodor, Parade/Live At Nearfest
6) Opeth, Ghost Reveries
7) Van Der Graaf Generator, Present
8) Indukti, S.U.S.A.R
9) Riverside, Second Life Syndrome
10) Dream Theater, Octavarium
© 2005 Tom Gagliardi - www.gagliarchives.com. All Rights Reserved.

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... and here is a more daring list of favorite albums that I have compiled over the years:
Bob's top 100 classic prog music albums of all times...


Some of these albums are reviewed on my ALBUM REVIEWS page. This list covers many genres and sub-genres. There are many classic CDs that I haven't had a chance to listen to... there are so many! So this list will change occasionally and dynamically, as my tastes change and I discover other classic musical gems.

This list is (mostly) in order of preference and is just a personal portrait of my musical tastes, so it is to be taken with a grain of salt and in no way as a reference of anything more than my current horizon of progressive music, but that you might still consider as an interesting list of necessary CDs that could be part of anyone's record collection. There may be some glaring omissions, so feel free to contact me with your suggestions and recommendations!

1) Yes, Fragile 1972
2) Genesis, Selling England By The Pound 1973
3) Yes, Close To The Edge 1972
4) Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here 1975
5) Genesis, Foxtrot 1972
6) Jethro Tull, Thick As A Brick 1972
7) Pink Floyd, Dark Side Of The Moon 1973
8) Genesis, The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 1974
9) Yes, Relayer 1974
10) Pink Floyd, Animals 1977
11) Genesis, Nursery Cryme 1971
12) Rush, Moving Pictures 1981
13) Camel, Moonmadness 1976
14) Dream Theater, Scenes From A Memory - Metropolis Pt. II 1999
15) Rush, Hemispheres 1978
16) Transatlantic, SMPTe 2000
17) King Crimson, Red 1974
18) Pink Floyd, Meddle 1971
19) Camel, The Snow Goose 1975
20) Camel, Mirage 1974
21) King Crimson, In The Court Of The Crimson King 1969
22) Marillion, Script for a Jester's Tear 1983
23) Gentle Giant, In A Glass House 1973
24) Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Emerson, Lake & Palmer 1970
25) Pink Floyd, The Wall 1979
26) Transatlantic, Bridge Across Forever 2001
27) Gentle Giant, Octopus 1972
28) Porcupine Tree, In Absentia 2002
29) Rush, A Farewell To Kings 1977
30) Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Trilogy 1972
31) Genesis, Trespass 1970
32) Dream Theater, Images And Words 1992
33) Jethro Tull, Aqualung 1971
34) Yes, The Yes Album 1971
35) Marillion, Misplaced Childhood 1985
36) Caravan, In The Land Of Grey And Pink 1971
37) Rush, 2112 1976
38) Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Brain Salad Surgery 1973
39) Rush, Permanent Waves 1980
40) Genesis, A Trick Of The Tail 1976
41) Supertramp, Crime Of The Century 1974
42) Steve Hackett, Voyage Of The Acolyte 1975
43) Premiata Forneria Marconi, Per Un Amico 1972
44) Focus, Hamburger Concerto 1974
45) Gentle Giant, The Power And The Glory 1974
46) Yes, Going For The One 1977
47) Hatfield And The North, The Rotters' Club 1975
48) Genesis, Seconds Out 1977
49) Mahavishnu Orchestra, Birds of Fire 1973
50) Premiata Forneria Marconi, Storia Di Un Minuto 1972
51) Frank Zappa, Hot Rats 1969
52) Gentle Giant, Three Friends 1972
53) Dream Theater, Awake 1994
54) Porcupine Tree, Coma Divine Live 1997
55) Yes, Yessongs 1973
56) Gentle Giant, Freehand 1975
57) Peter Gabriel, III 1980
58) Genesis, Wind And Wuthering 1977
59) Emerson, Lake And Palmer, Tarkus 1971
60) Mike Oldfield, Tubular Bells 1973
61) Jethro Tull, Songs From The Wood 1977
62) Le Orme, Felona E Sorona 1973
63) The Alan Parsons Project, Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe 1976
64) King Crimson, Lark's Tongues In Aspic 1973
65) Spock's Beard, V 2000
66) Harmonium, Si On Avait Besoin D'une Cinquième Saison 1975
67) Liquid Tension Experiment, LTE2 1999
68) IQ, Dark Matter 2004
69) Camel, A Live Record 1978
70) Yes, Tales From Topographic Oceans 1974
71) Spock's Beard, The Light 1995
72) Porcupine Tree, The Sky Moves Sideways 1995
73) Flower Kings, Flower Power 1999
74) Emerson, Lake And Palmer, Works, Vol. 1 1977
75) Rick Wakeman, The Six Wives Of Henry VIII 1973
76) Kansas, Leftoverture 1976
77) Anglagard, Epilog 1994
78) Porcupine Tree, Deadwing 2005
79) IQ, Subterranea 1997
80) IQ, Ever 1993
81) Flower Kings, Stardust We Are 1997
82) Pendragon, The Masquerade 1996
83) The Tangent, The Music That Died Alone 2003
84) Queen, A Night At The Opera 1975
85) Kevin Gilbert, Shaming Of The True 2000
86) Eloy, Dawn 1976
87) Procol Harum (Self Titled) 1967
88) Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Pictures At An Exhibition 1972
89) Steve Hackett, Spectral Mornings 1979
90) Anglagard, Hybris 1992
91) Genesis, Genesis Archive 1967-75 1998
92) Flower Kings, Unfold The Future 2002
93) Peter Gabriel, I 1977
94) Magma, Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh (MDK) 1973
95) Asia, Asia 1982
96) Ayreon, The Human Equation 2004
97) Tangerine Dream, Tangram 1980
98) Focus, Moving Waves 1971
99) Present, Triskaidekaphobie/Le Poison Qui Rend Fou 1995
100) IQ, The Seventh House 2000

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