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Best Genesis albums
Studio only - not live, bootleg or compilations

  1. A Trick of the Tail (1976)
  2. Foxtrot (1972)
  3. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)
  4. Selling England By The Pound (1973)
  5. Nursery Cryme (1971)
  6. Trespass (1970)
  7. Genesis (1983)
  8. Wind and Wuthering (1976)
  9. Duke (1980)
  10. And Then There Were Three (1978)
  11. From Genesis To Revelation (1969)
  12. Abacab (1981)
  13. Invisible Touch (1986)

Others:
We Can't Dance (1991); Calling All Stations (1997)
Special mentions to (Live albums):
Seconds Out (1977); BBC Broadcasts: 1970-1998 (2023)



Best Yes albums
Studio albums only

  1. Close To The Edge (1972)
  2. Fragile (1971)
  3. The Yes Album (1971)
  4. Going For The One (1977)
  5. 90125 (1983)
  6. Tales From Topographic Oceans (1973)
  7. Relayer (1974)
  8. Time and a Word (1970)
  9. Tormato (1978)
  10. Big Generator (1987)
  11. Yes (1969)
  12. Union (1991)
  13. Keys To Ascension 1 & 2 (1996-97)
  14. Anderson Bruford Wakeman & Howe (1989)
  15. Talk (1994)

Others:
Drama (1980); Open Your Eyes (1997); The Ladder (1999)
Magnification (2001); 7 others from 2011-2026
Special mentions to (compilations):
Yesterdays (1975); Classic Yes (1981); Yesstory (1991); Yes Years (1991)



Best Pink Floyd albums
Studio albums: official, bootleg & compilations

  1. Animals (1977)
  2. Wish You Were Here (1975)
  3. Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
  4. The Wall (1979)
  5. Meddle (1971)
  6. The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (1967)
  7. Relics (1971)
  8. Obscured By Clouds (1972)
  9. Atom Heart Mother (1970)
  10. A Saucerful Of Secrets (1968)
  11. The Complete Zabriskie Point Sessions (1969 / 2010)
  12. More (Soundtrack) (1969)
  13. The Massed Gadgets Of Auximines (1969 / 1999)
  14. Ummagumma (1969)
  15. A Momentary Lapse Of Reason (1987)
  16. The Final Cut (1982)

Others:
The Division Bell (1994); The Endless River (2014)



Best Rush albums
Studio only - not live, bootleg or compilations

  1. Hemispheres (1978)
  2. A Farewell To Kings (1977)
  3. Moving Pictures (1981)
  4. 2112 (1976)
  5. Permanent Waves (1980)
  6. Power Windows (1985)
  7. Grace Under Pressure (1984)
  8. Fly By Night (1975)
  9. Hold Your Fire (1987)
  10. Signals (1982)
  11. Presto (1989)
  12. Caress of Steel (1975)
  13. Roll The Bones (1991)
  14. Counterparts (1993)
  15. Rush (1974)

Others:
Test For Echo (1996); Vapor Trails (2002);
Snakes & Arrows (2007); Clockwork Angels (2012)



Best Jethro Tull albums
Studio albums only

  1. Aqualung (1971)
  2. Stand Up (1969)
  3. Benefit (1970)
  4. Thick As A Brick (1972)
  5. Living in the Past (1972)
  6. Songs From The Wood (1977)
  7. Minstrel In The Gallery (1975)
  8. This Was (1968)
  9. A Passion Play (1973)
  10. Heavy Horses (1978)
  11. The Broadsword And The Beast (1982)
  12. War Child (1974)
  13. Under Wraps (1984)
  14. A (1980)
  15. Crest of a Knave (1987)
  16. Stormwatch (1979)
  17. Too Old To Rock 'N' Roll: Too Young To Die! (1976)
  18. Catfish Rising (1991)

Others:
Rock Island (1989); Roots To Branches (1995); J-Tull Dot Com (1999);
WarChild II (2022); The Zealot Gene (2022); Curious Ruminant (2025)



Best Camel albums
Studio albums only, not Live, Compilation or Bootleg

  1. Mirage (1974)
  2. Camel (1973)
  3. The Snow Goose (1975)
  4. Moonmadness (1976)
  5. Rajaz (1999)
  6. Breathless (1978)
  7. Harbour Of Tears (1996)
  8. Rain Dances (1977)
  9. Stationary Traveller (1984)
  10. Nude (1981)

Others:
I Can See Your House From Here (1979); The Single Factor (1982);
Dust And Dreams (1991); A Nod And A Wink (2002)
Special mentions to (Live and Compilations):
A Live Record (1978); Chameleon: Best of Camel (1981); Coming Of Age (1998)



Best King Crimson albums
Studio albums only

  1. In The Court Of The Crimson King (1969)
  2. Discipline (1981)
  3. In The Wake Of Poseidon (1970)
  4. Red (1974)
  5. Islands (1971)
  6. Larks' Tongues In Aspic (1973)
  7. Beat (1982)
  8. Lizard (1970)
  9. Starless And Bible Black (1974)
  10. Three Of A Perfect Pair (1984)
  11. The ConstruKction Of Light (2000)
  12. THRAK / VROOM (1995)
  13. The Power to Believe (2003)

Others:
THRaKaTTaK (1996)



Best Porcupine Tree albums
Studio and major Compilation albums only

  1. In Absentia (2002)
  2. Signify (1996)
  3. The Sky Moves Sideways (1995)
  4. Fear Of A Blank Planet (2007)
  5. Lightbulb Sun (2000)
  6. Deadwing (2005)
  7. Insignificance (1997)
  8. Stars Die (The Delerium Years, 91-97)
  9. Up The Downstair (1993)
  10. Stupid Dream (1999)
  11. The Incident (2009)
  12. Spiral Circus (1994)
  13. Metanoia (1998)
  14. Closure / Continuation (2022)
  15. We Lost The Skyline (2008)
  16. Tarquin's Seaweed Farm (1989)
  17. On The Sunday Of Life (1992)

Others:
The Nostalgia Factory (1991); Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape (1994);
Coma Divine (Live, 1997); Voyage 34: The Complete Trip (1992 / 2000)
Special mentions to Steven Wilson solo albums:
Insurgentes (2008); Grace For Drowning (2011); Get All You Deserve (2012);
The Raven That Refused To Sing (2013); Hand. Cannot. Erase. (2015);
4½ (2016); Last Day Of June (2017); To The Bone (2017);
The Future Bites (2021); The Harmony Codex (2023); The Overview (2025)


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