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Looking back at the very songs in progressive rock.

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...

Think of progressive rock and what immediately comes to mind is caped keyboard players navigating a sea of wires connected to their Moog. Yet many of the pivotal players in prog rock have been guitarists, and there are easily as many earth-shaking guitar solos in prog as there are in hard rock or metal. Sometimes those prog guitarists are the leader and mastermind of their band, sometimes they’re the player who keeps those cosmic flights well-grounded. This list pays tribute to some of prog’s landmark ax-slingers. 25: Steve Rothery (Marillion) In both the Fish and Steve Hogarth incarnatio...