2012年 Jan 1日 Sunday, 5:11
When rating prog albums I try to do so in a historical context, that is how an album compares against the entire body of Prog. This means that the best album for any given year, which most people would rate with top marks may not receive the same rating in my charts as only the best albums of all time should get the highest ratings… This chart does not include compilations or live albums.
My Ratings:
Note: I vote on a bell curve, anything above 6 is really good, anything much below 4 really isn't :D
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1. (=) King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King (1969) - 8.64
2. (=) The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (proto) (1968) - 7.29
3. (=) The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (proto) (1967) - 7.00
4. (=) The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (proto) (1968) - 6.87
5. (=) High Tide - Sea Shanties (1969) - 6.36
6. (=) Colosseum - Those Who Are About to Die Salute You (proto) (1969) - 6.28
7. (=) The Nice - The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack (proto) (1967) - 6.25
8. (=) Galliard - Strange Pleasure (1969) - 6.22
9. (=) Caravan - Caravan (1968) - 6.22
10. (=) Renaissance - Renaissance (1969) - 6.19
11. (=) The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed (proto) (1967) - 6.17
12. (+1) Yes - Yes (1969) - 6.14
13. (-1) Soft Machine - Volume Two (1969) - 6.09
14. (=) The Nice - Nice (1969) - 6.00
15. (=) Procol Harum - Procol Harum (proto) (1967) - 6.00
16. (=) Family - Family Entertainment (proto) (1969) - 5.98
17. (=) The Pentangle - Basket of Light (1969) - 5.95
18. (=) Family - Music in a Doll's House (proto) (1968) - 5.86
19. (=) Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969) - 5.82
20. (=) East of Eden - Mercator Projected (1969) - 5.77
21. (=) Locomotive - We Are Everything You See (proto) (1969) - 5.71
22. (=) The Nice - Ars Longa Vita Brevis (1968) - 5.67
23. (=) Juicy Lucy - Juicy Lucy (proto) (1969) - 5.65
24. (=) Hapshash and the Coloured Coat - Featuring the Human Host and the Heavy Metal Kids (proto) (1967) - 5.64
25. (=) Kevin Ayers - Joy of a Toy (1969) - 5.63
26. (=) Soft Machine - The Soft Machine (1968) - 5.61
27. (=) The Flock - The Flock (1969) - 5.38
28. (=) Jethro Tull - This Was (1968) - 5.31
29. (=) Touch - Touch (proto) (1969) - 5.29
30. (=) Audience - Audience (proto) (1969) - 5.19
31. (=) Ekseption - Ekseption (1969) - 5.16
32. (=) The Gods - Genesis (proto) (1968) - 5.15
33. (=) Fairport Convention - Fairport Convention (proto) (1968) - 5.11
34. (+1) Van der Graaf Generator - The Aerosol Grey Machine (1969) - 5.06
35. (-1) Traffic - Mr. Fantasy (proto) (1967) - 5.02
36. (=) Third Ear Band - Alchemy (1969) - 4.80
37. (=) Tomorrow - Tomorrow (proto) (1968) - 4.08
38. (=) Steve Howe - Steve Howe with Bodast (proto) (1968) - 3.83
39. (=) Genesis - From Genesis to Revelation (1969) - 3.47
40. (=) Giles, Giles & Fripp - The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp (proto) (1968) - 2.00