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Here it is: a year-by-year list of the best progressive-rock albums from the past decade.
Every December, for the past ten years, the writers at DPRP have sat down and compiled a list of their personal Top 10 albums of the year. We then combine all of these votes, to reach an overall Top 10.
This has proved to be one of our most popular annual features. So as a final treat for readers of this blog, I thought it would be nice to bring all of these lists together in one place.
Below you will find the Top 10 Albums listed for each year. If you follow the link to the original feature, that will give you a video and reviews for every album.
I hope you may find some music here that you missed at the time, or maybe it will just be a lovely trip down memory lane. Enjoy.
The Top 10 Progressive Rock Albums Of 2023
=10. MOON SAFARI – Himlabacken Vol II
=10. MOLYBARON – Something Ominous
9. TRITOP - Rise Of Kassandra
8. AVENGED SEVENFOLD - Life Is But A Dream
7. ICE AGE - Waves Of Loss And Power
6. AGUSA – Prima Materia
5. COMEDY OF ERRORS - Threnody for A Dead Queen
4. RIVERSIDE - ID.Entity
3. THE VIEW INSIDE – Strange Destinations
2. LARS FREDRIK FRØISLIE - Fire Fortellinger
1. OVERHEAD - Telepathic Minds
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The Top 10 Progressive Rock Albums of 2022
10. INHALO – Sever
9. ARJEN ANTHONY LUCASSEN'S STAR ONE - Revel In Time
8. KARCIUS - Grey White Silver Yellow & Gold
7. UMPHREY’S MCGEE - Asking for a Friend
6. THRESHOLD — Dividing Lines
5. BEN CRAVEN – Monsters From The Id
4. BIG BIG TRAIN - Welcome to the Planet
3. ROBERT REED - The Ringmaster Part 2
2. MARILLION – An Hour Before It’s Dark
1. PORCUPINE TREE - Closure/Continuation
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The Top 10 Progressive Rock Albums of 2021
10. ACOLYTE - Entropy
9. SYLVAN – One To Zero
8. THE NEAL MORSE BAND - Innocence & Danger
7. THE CYBERIAM - Connected
6. DREAM THEATER – A View From The Top
5. MEER - Playing House
4. SOEN - Imperial
3. FROST* - Day and Age
2. TRANSATLANTIC - The Absolute Universe
1. BIG BIG TRAIN - Common Ground
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The Top 10 Progressive Rock Albums of 2020
10. SOLSTAFIR - Endless Twilight of Codependent Love
9. CALIGULA'S HORSE - Rise Radiant
8. MAGENTA - Masters Of Illusion
7. JOHN HOLDEN - Rise And Fall
6. CHIMPAN A - The Empathy Machine
5. PAIN OF SALVATION - Panther
4. PURE REASON REVOLUTION - Eupnea
3. FISH - Weltschmerz
2. PENDRAGON - Love Over Fear
1. KANSAS - The Abscence Of Presence
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The Top 10 Progressive Rock Albums of 2019
10. ON THE RAW - Climbing The Air
9. RPWL - Tales From Outer Space
8. MORON POLICE - A Boat On The Sea
7. IZZ - Don't Panic
6. STEVE HACKETT - At The Edge Of Light
5. BENT KNEE - You Know What They Mean
4. IQ - Resistance
3. DREAM THEATER - Distance Over Time
2. BIG BIG TRAIN - Grand Tour
1. DEVIN TOWNSEND - Empath
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The Top 10 Progressive Albums of 2018
10. ROINE STOLT'S THE FLOWER KING - Manifesto Of An Alchemist
9. DAMANEK - In Flight
8. SPOCK'S BEARD - Noise Floor
7. SOUTHERN EMPIRE - Civilisation
6. KINGCROW - The Persistence
5. THE PINEAPPLE THIEF - Dissolution
4. ARENA - Double Vision
3. PHIDEAUX - Infernal
2. GLEB KOLYADIN - Gleb Kolyadin
1. RIVERSIDE - Wasteland
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The Top 10 Progressive Albums of 2017
10. LIFESIGNS - Cardington
9. ACCORDO dei CONTRARI – Violato Intatto
8. THE PINEAPPLE THIEF - Where We Stood
7. STEVE HACKETT - The Night Siren
6. LUNATIC SOUL - Fractured
5. BIG BIG TRAIN - Grimspound
4. COMEDY OF ERRORS - House Of The Mind
3. SOEN - Lykaia
2. LEPROUS - Malina
1. STEVEN WILSON - To The Bone
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The Top 10 Progressive Albums of 2016
10. ANDERSON/STOLT - Invention Of Knowledge
9. NEAL MORSE - The Similitude of a Dream
8. THE PINEAPPLE THIEF - Your Wilderness
7. KANSAS - The Prelude Implicit
6. KATATONIA - The Fall of Hearts
5. OPETH - Sorceress
4. FROST* - Falling Satellites
3. HAKEN - Affinity
2. BIG BIG TRAIN - Folklore
1. MARILLION - F.E.A.R.
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The Top 10 Progressive Rock Albums of 2015
10. STEVE HACKETT - Wolflight
9. WILLIAM D DRAKE - Revere Reach
8. LEPROUS - The Congregation
7. COMEDY OF ERRORS – Spirit
6. ANEKDOTEN - Until all the Ghosts are Gone
5. SPOCK'S BEARD - The Oblivion Particle
4. THE NEAL MORSE BAND - The Grand Experiment
3. THE TANGENT - Spark in the Ether
2. RIVERSIDE - Love, Fear and the Time Machine
1. STEVEN WILSON - Hand.Cannot.Erase
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The Best Progressive Rock Albums of 2014
10: ANATHEMA – Distant Satellites
9. STEVE ROTHERY - The Ghosts Of Pripyat
8. PENDRAGON - Men Who Climb Mountains
7. FLYING COLOURS – Second Nature
6. GAZPACHO – Demon
5. LAZULI - Tant Que L'Herbe Est Grasse
4. PINK FLOYD – The Endless River
3. TRANSATLANTIC – Kaleidoscope
2. OPETH – Pale Communion
1. IQ – The Road of Bones