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The 2025 Rankings of Progressive Rock World

This 2025 is coming to a close and it's time to take stock, both in private and work life and in the world of music, which for me mainly means the world of progressive rock. This year I listened to many albums, old and especially new, and many of you have followed me here on this new blog but also on the previous one and on social media. I bought some of the albums in Norway, where thanks to the advice of expert shopkeepers I discovered new bands and delved deeper into prog from the north.

Clicking on this link my Rankings for 2025 Albums:

Best Progressive Rock Studio Album 2025

Best Album Rock Progressivo Italiano 2025

Best Debut Album 2025

Best Progressive Rock Live Albums 2025

Best Progressive Rock Album Cover 2025

Progressive Rock Studio Albums Ranking 2025

Then there are the Great Hopes, a section that gathers the works of some emerging bands, at their debut or who have started publishing only a few years ago and who for me fully represent the future of progressive rock

Great Hopes for the Future of Progressive Rock 2025

While waiting for the albums already ordered arriving in 2026 (at the moment Big Big Train and Neal Morse Band) here are my rankings in which reissues and anniversary editions are not included, only first release albums.

See you soon!

FrancescoProg

Below are all the articles (in order of post publication date) of the 2025 albums

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Canterbury Scene, EXCELLENT, Sixties Albums, matching-mole, robert-wyatt, dave-sinclair, phil-miller, bill-maccormick, dave-mcrae,

Matching Mole by Matching Mole

FrancescoProg

20-07-2026 08:00

Matching Mole, debut album by Matching Mole, a cult band of the Canterbury Scene, from 1972 Band founded in 1971 by Robert Wyatt, who was also its l

NOT-PROG, EXCELLENT, 2020s Albums, ross-jennings,

A Shadow of My Future Self, Ross Jennings’ debut album

FrancescoProg

17-07-2026 08:00

A Shadow of My Future Self, Ross Jennings’ debut album, from 2021. The frontman of the progressive metal bands Haken and Novena has ventured into ...

Eclectic Prog, EXCELLENT, Seventies Albums, gentle-giant,

Three Friends by Gentle Giant

FrancescoProg

16-07-2026 08:00

Three Friends by Gentle Giant, a 1972 album. This album marks a turning point for the British band, being their first concept album and ...

Canterbury Scene, Psychedelic Rock, Space Rock, ESSENTIAL, Seventies Albums, daevid-allen, gong, steve-hillage,

You dei Gong

FrancescoProg

15-07-2026 12:00

Last chapter of the Gong Radio Gnome Invisible trilogy, here is You, from 1974, an essential masterpiece for the Canterbury Scene and for Progressive Rock...

Rock Progressivo Italiano, ESSENTIAL, Seventies Albums, premiata-forneria-marconi, mauro-pagani,

Storia di un minuto by Premiata Forneria Marconi

FrancescoProg

15-07-2026 08:00

Storia di un minuto debut album by the immense Premiata Forneria Marconi, from 1972...

ESSENTIAL, Artist Profile, Seventies Albums, banco-del-mutuo-soccorso,

Come in un'ultima cena by Banco del Mutuo Soccorso

FrancescoProg

14-07-2026 08:00

Come in un’ultima cena, by the great Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, from 1976. A masterpiece. One of this band’s best albums, of which I’m an admirer...

Psychedelic Rock, GREAT, 2010s Albums, pink-floyd, david-gilmour, richard-wright, nick-mason,

The Endless River, the Pink Floyd’s last album

FrancescoProg

13-07-2026 08:00

The Endless River, the Pink Floyd’s last album, from 2014. This album, mainly a tribute to Richard Wright who passed away in 2008,...

Progressive Electronic, EXCELLENT, Seventies Albums, brian-eno, cluster, hans-joachim-roedelius, dieter-moebius,

After The Heat by Eno, Moebius and Roedelius

FrancescoProg

10-07-2026 08:00

After The Heat by Eno, Moebius and Roedelius, a 1978 album. An album that blends the British musical genius of Brian Eno with the pioneering music ...

Rock Progressivo Italiano, EXCELLENT, Seventies Albums, claudio-rocchi, mauro-pagani,

La Norma del Cielo (Volo Magico N. 2) by Claudio Rocchi

FrancescoProg

09-07-2026 08:00

La Norma del Cielo (Volo Magico N. 2) by Claudio Rocchi, released in 1972. This album represents one of the most fascinating and spiritual pages of the ...

Folk Rock, GREAT, FOR FANS AND COMPLETISTS, Sixties Albums, jethro-tull, ian-anderson, clive-bunker,

This Was by Jethro Tull

FrancescoProg

08-07-2026 08:00

This Was is the 1968 debut album by Jethro Tull. Many consider it a minor album; I absolutely don’t think so...

Heavy Prog, GREAT, Nineties Albums, porcupine-tree, steven-wilson, theo-travis, richard-barbieri,

Stupid Dream by Porcupine Tree

FrancescoProg

07-07-2026 08:00

Stupid Dream is the turning-point album for Porcupine Tree, a move away from experimentation and psychedelic atmospheres toward rock, without ren

Eclectic Prog, ESSENTIAL, Seventies Albums, van-der-graaf-generator, robert-fripp, peter-hammill,

H to He, Who Am the Only One by Van der Graaf Generator

FrancescoProg

06-07-2026 08:00

H to He, Who Am the Only One by the fantastic Van der Graaf Generator, from 1970, an essential album for progressive rock, a masterpiece. It’s a fundamental record.

Eclectic Prog, beat,

BEAT in concert at the Arena Santa Giuliana in Perugia for Umbria Jazz 2026

FrancescoProg

05-07-2026 15:06

BEAT in concert at the Arena Santa Giuliana in Perugia for Umbria Jazz 2026 on Saturday, July 4, ’26, the supergroup made up of ...

Rock Progressivo Italiano, Jazz-Rock Fusion, perigeo,

Perigeo ("The Last Concert") Arena Santa Giuliana 2026

FrancescoProg

05-07-2026 12:34

Perigeo ("The Last Concert") Arena Santa Giuliana in Perugia for Umbria Jazz 2026 on Saturday, July 4, ’26 to celebrate the definitive farewell (maybe) from the stage ...

Rock Progressivo Italiano, Jazz-Rock Fusion, EXCELLENT, Artist Profile, Seventies Albums, perigeo,

Azimut, album di esordio dei Perigeo

FrancescoProg

03-07-2026 12:00

Azimut, album di esordio dei Perigeo, gruppo che ha avuto un ruolo fondamentale nella storia della musica italiana, introducendo con successo il jazz-rock ...

Eclectic Prog, ESSENTIAL, 2025 Albums, 2020s Albums, adrian-belew, tony-levin, steve-vai, danny-carey, beat,

BEAT Live by BEAT

FrancescoProg

03-07-2026 08:00

Beat Live by Beat, released on September 26, 2025. Let’s start by saying that the line-up on this live album (3 LP) is simply fantastic... It’s a sup

Eclectic Prog, EXCELLENT, Eighties Albums, king-crimson, bill-bruford, robert-fripp, adrian-belew, tony-levin,

Three of a Perfect Pair by King Crimson

FrancescoProg

02-07-2026 12:00

Three of a Perfect Pair by King Crimson, a 1984 album, the third and final record of the “’80s trilogy”, which also includes 1981’s Discipline and Beat..

Extreme Prog Metal, Northern Prog, EXCELLENT, 2000s Albums, opeth, mikael-akerfeldt, martin-lopez,

Opeth’s *Watershed*

FrancescoProg

02-07-2026 08:00

Opeth’s *Watershed*, a 2008 album. It’s one of the most important and divisive records in their discography, being the band’s last work to include ...

Eclectic Prog, GREAT, Eighties Albums, steven-wilson, king-crimson, bill-bruford, robert-fripp, adrian-belew, tony-levin,

Beat by King Crimson

FrancescoProg

01-07-2026 12:16

Beat by King Crimson, released in 1982, the second album of the “’80s trilogy”, which also includes Discipline from 1981 and Three of a Perfect Pair ...

Heavy Prog, EXCELLENT, 2020s Albums, 2026 Albums, crown-lands,

Apocalypse of the Crown Lands

FrancescoProg

01-07-2026 08:33

Apocalypse by Crown Lands, a 2026 album. It’s a dark sci‑fi concept album, a narrative journey that serves as a prequel to their record ...

688 Reviews - 381 Artists - 93 Detailed biographical profiles - 26 Prog Meteors - 22 Progressive Rock Subgenres