Top 55 Greatest Music Albums by tmbarnes8

Dark Side of the Moon is what got me into music, and prog has become the music I really love ever since. I'm 18 and still have a lot of listening to do, so bear with me, this chart is a work in progress!

Gradually my views on music have changed, and I have began to realise the genius of the Beatles, but Prog is still where my heart is :) so I apologise for perhaps such a narrow chart, but this chart defines the music I listen to regularly and love, with very little attempt at being objective!

• Chart updated: 12/30/2017 22:45
• (Created: 02/06/2016 16:26).
• Chart size: 55 albums.

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Per Un Amico 

 Premiata Forneria Marconi

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The only non-English language album I have yet come to absolutely adore is this second album from PFM. It is best described as an album consisting of musical compositions which change time signature, tone and entire direction abruptly, all the time, but interestingly and engagingly. It's mainly performed on instruments such as violins, pianos and acoustic guitars, giving it an Italian flavour, but keyboards are very unsubtly brought into full view now and then. It's a short album with lots and lots of great sections, and feels very unique and complete. Some parts still surprise me with their oddness and utter disregard for how a normal song would work.
Favourite Song: Geranio [First added to this chart: 08/19/2017]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

101 charts

Rank Score:

472

Rank in 1972:

51

Rank in 1970s:

567

Overall Rank:

3,182

Average Rating:

 79 (119 votes)

Comments:

7

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Top 55 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	7	13%
1970s	27	49%
1980s	7	13%
1990s	7	13%
2000s	3	5%
2010s	4	7%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
Marillion	12	22%
Pink Floyd	12	22%
Genesis	7	13%
Yes	6	11%
The Beatles	4	7%
Camel	3	5%
Mike Oldfield	2	4%
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Country	Albums	%
	53	96%
	1	2%
	1	2%

Top 55 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest fallers
Down 1 from 28th to 29th Atom Heart Mother by Pink Floyd
Down 1 from 29th to 30th Sounds That Can't Be Made by Marillion
Down 1 from 30th to 31st Meddle by Pink Floyd

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The Beatles (The White Album) by The Beatles

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From gon2bed 07/06/2017 17:23

So I'm not the only one to recieve a zero rating for my chart... You give me zero because I don't like prog rock or Pink bloody floyd. Get a life you cretin.

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From DanielNunes93 02/11/2017 13:54

Great Prog chart! Good work

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From iannicolson 11/06/2016 00:01

Jeff Wayne rather ruins your British whitewash; a technicality surely. Despite my own Anglophile choices I do think this chart is too narrow even though there are great albums here. And I do not share your enthusiasm for Marillion, shudder.

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From manurock 07/09/2016 13:12

I love to see so much british prog rock (will I say for the first time in my life "too many"? :P) and the fact that you praise Marillion and Genesis so much. It's great to see so much Pink Floyd, though not in the order I would prefer (nice to see Animals so high though). Great comments too. I would include more Supertramp, and please check Porcupine Tree and Phideaux's "Doomsday Afternoon". I am sure that you will like them (if you do please tell me!).

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From revolver94 06/05/2016 04:57

A zero rating for my chart, ouch!!

I'm unfamiliar w/ Marillion, may have to check them out~~

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From dihansse 06/02/2016 17:52

Why the low score on my chart?

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