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Looking back at the very songs in progressive rock.

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Top 50 Progressive Rock Songs The joke writes itself: "How do you know when a prog tune ends?" "When it's time to flip the record over." In all seriousness, picking the best progressive rock tracks can be tricky on a practical level — projects like Thick as a Brick blurred the line between "song" and "album" in the first place. And other pieces, like Genesis epic "Supper's Ready," are so expansive that it feels weird comparing them to four-minute singles. Then there's the issue of genre: Can a non-prog band moonlight with a song or two? And should pop-friendly moments from canonical prog...

The liner notes from The Charisma Years Box put it well: “Musical pioneers, boundary-pushers, visionaries. Savage, beautiful, experimental, enduring. Although born in the creative maelstrom of late 1960s Britain, the music of Van Der Graaf Generator has inspired a host of musicians of varying style and taste, from John Lydon to Marc Almond, from Mark E Smith to Bruce Dickinson… seemingly laid to rest as a band in 1978, they have since been reborn and revitalized for the 21st century.” VDGG released 8 albums for the legendary Charisma label. Each was ground-breaking. The influence of th...