100% PROG

Playlist Link: open.spotify.com/playlist/5eI...

The 𝟭𝟬𝟬% 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗚 playlist with 100 tracks from the 100 most recent prog albums (plus EPs) has been updated with 39 new tracks added to the previous week’s list, be sure to check it out! This week’s standout new album is:

𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗲 - 𝗩𝗼𝗹.𝗜𝗜

Last Updated: 03.04.2026

Those lovely chaps at Prog Rock Songs asked me to compile a ‘prog’ playlist recently, so here it is!!

There were a few songs I really wanted to include (like ‘The Bells of Berlin’ by Lone Star) but unfortunately they’re not on Spotify...

But I really hope you enjoy this selection anyway!! 😎✨🤘🏼

𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗚 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗗
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Each chapter dives into the musical tastes of progressive rock artists, featuring the tracks that shaped their sound and inspired their creativity.
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𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙁𝙞𝙫𝙚 : 𝘋𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘒𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 - @dave-kilminster.bsky.social
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𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸: open.spotify.com/playlist/0Vj...

𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦: 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗚 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗗
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Each chapter dives into the musical tastes of progressive rock artists, featuring the tracks that shaped their sound and inspired their creativity.
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𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙁𝙤𝙪𝙧 : 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢
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𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸: open.spotify.com/playlist/0Tn...

Great list! 🖤

"Inside The Prog Mind"... @progrocksongs.bsky.social has introduced a great new series 🎶 Each chapter dives into the musical tastes of progressive rock artists, featuring the tracks that shaped their sound and inspired their creativity 🌟
Here is my chapter...
👉 open.spotify.com/playlist/61k...

Australia 🇦🇺 : 1 album
Brazil 🇧🇷 : 1 album
Canada 🇨🇦 : 1 album
Colombia 🇨🇴 : 1 album
Finland 🇫🇮 : 1 album
Hungary 🇭🇺 : 1 album
India 🇮🇳 : 1 album
Netherlands 🇳🇱 : 1 album
Poland 🇵🇱 : 1 album

The number of albums on the list by country of release is as follows:

Norway 🇳🇴 : 5 albums
Sweden 🇸🇪 : 4 albums
United Kingdom 🇬🇧 : 4 albums
Spain 🇪🇸 : 3 albums
Turkey 🇹🇷 : 3 albums
United States 🇺🇸 : 3 albums
Chile 🇨🇱 : 2 albums
France 🇫🇷 : 2 albums
Japan 🇯🇵 : 2 albums
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PRS Best Of 2025

You can access the 𝗣𝗥𝗦 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 Spotify playlist, featuring a standout track from each of the 37 albums on the list, via the link below: open.spotify.com/playlist/1gA...

We have reached the end of our first-ever 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴 𝗔𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 list; it features three number-one albums. Although the list is a Top 35, it includes 37 albums because we could not rank one of the top three above the others.

Rest in Peace, Rick Davies…

𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗩𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗧𝗧 𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗦 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 𝗛𝗔𝗦 𝗕𝗘𝗚𝗨𝗡 𝗢𝗡 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗜𝗢 𝗔𝗟𝗕𝗨𝗠
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𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮, 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘢 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥…

𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗛 𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗚𝗨𝗡 𝗜𝗡𝗩𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦: 𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗡𝗨𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗦 𝗗𝗘𝗖𝗜𝗗𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗪 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗜𝗥 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗙𝗬
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𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘤-𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵-𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘰𝘥𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘠𝘰𝘶! 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘳, 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘎𝘪𝘻𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘥 & 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘞𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵…

The 100% PROG playlist with 100 tracks from the 100 most recent prog albums has been updated with 11 new tracks added to the previous week's list, be sure to check it out!

Last Updated: 15.08.2025

Playlist Link: open.spotify.com/playlist/5eI...

𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗜𝗢 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗔𝗟𝗕𝗨𝗠
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𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝟤𝟢𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮, 𝘈𝘯 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘉𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬, 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟤, 𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘰-𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘵𝘰…

Happy 78th birthday to Ian Anderson!

The 100% PROG playlist with 100 tracks from the 100 most recent prog albums has been updated with 13 new tracks added to the previous week's list, be sure to check it out!

Last Updated: 08.08.2025

Playlist Link: open.spotify.com/playlist/5eI...

𝟭𝟬 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗔𝗴𝗼 𝗢𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆: 𝙍𝙐𝙎𝙃 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵.

Today marks the 56th anniversary of the release of Jethro Tull's second studio album Stand Up.
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What is your favorite track from the album?

The 100% PROG playlist with 100 tracks from the 100 most recent prog albums has been updated with 36 new tracks added to the previous week's list, be sure to check it out!

Last Updated: 01.08.2025

Playlist Link: open.spotify.com/playlist/5eI...

Happy 67th birthday to Kate Bush!

Happy 72nd birthday to the one and only Geddy Lee!

𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘪. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘸.

- 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲

The 100% PROG playlist with 100 tracks from the 100 most recent prog albums has been updated with 28 new tracks added to the previous week's list, be sure to check it out!

Last Updated: 25.07.2025

Playlist Link: open.spotify.com/playlist/5eI...

𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪?
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𝘙𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘞𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 ‘𝘚𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘳𝘢 𝘊𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘢’ 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘚𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘩’𝘴 𝟣𝟫𝟩𝟥 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮 𝘚𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘚𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘩.

The 100% PROG playlist with 100 tracks from the 100 most recent prog albums has been updated with 25 new tracks added to the previous week's list, be sure to check it out! This week’s standout new album is:

𝑆𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡 - 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑠

Last Updated: 18.07.2025

Playlist Link: open.spotify.com/playlist/5eI...

𝟱𝟬𝗧𝗛 𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗘𝗥 𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗨𝗫𝗘 𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗕𝗢𝗫 𝗦𝗘𝗧, 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗬 𝗕𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝟮𝟲𝗧𝗛.
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𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘎𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘉𝘰𝘣 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘻𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘭𝘣𝘺 𝘈𝘵𝘮𝘰𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘹 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴’ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘮𝘣 𝘓𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘋𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝟧𝟢𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘋𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘹𝘦 𝘌𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴
𝘞𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘸
𝘈 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘭𝘺
𝘛𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰
𝘐 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘴
𝘛𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵
𝘐 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴
𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘐 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵
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𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗱, 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗯𝘀

Today marks the 48th anniversary of the release of Yes’ eighth studio album, 𝘎𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘯𝘦, one of their best.
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What is your favorite track from the album?