Favorite Progressive Rock "Suites"/Long Tracks

(Thanks for the idea Chewie!)

Pretty self explanatory, what are your favorite prog rock epics?
I'll have to list my Top 5:

1. Yes - Close to the Edge



2. Pink Floyd - Dogs



3. Tie Between Rush - 2112 / Rush - Cygnus X-1 Book 2



4. Yes - Gates of Delirium



5. Van der Graaf Generator - A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers

Nice choices!

A few I would add that jump to mind:

Pink Floyd - Echoes (from Meddle)
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother Suite
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play
Nektar - Remember The Future
Camel - The Snow Goose
Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Porcupine Tree - Anesthetize

Many more will come to mind later I'm sure.

S.D. wrote:

Nice choices!

A few I would add that jump to mind:

Pink Floyd - Echoes (from Meddle)
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
Nektar - Remember The Future

I like all three of these, but I prefer the Live at Pompeii version of Echoes to the studio version.
And Tab in the Ocean by Nektar is great long track too.

For now:
Close To The Edge - Yes
The Gate sOf Delerium - Yes
Awaken - Yes
Karn Evil 9 - ELP
Tarkus - ELP(STILL my favorite ELP song!!!!)
Take A Pebble - ELP
Pictures At An Exhibition - ELP
A Passion Play - Jethro Tull
Suppers Ready - Genesis
The Duke Suite - Genesis
Cygnus X-1 - Rush
2112 - Rush
The Fountain Of Lamneth - Rush(I really do like this tune)
The Snow Goose - Camel
God Of Light Revisited - Camel
Echoes - Pink Floyd
Atom Heart Mother Suite - Pink Floyd
Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd
Midnight Mushrumps - Gryphon
Song of Scheherazade - Renaissance
Birth Of Liquid Plejades - Tangerine Dream
Rubycon - Tangerine Dream
Bayreuth Return - Klaus Schulze
Velvet Voyage - Klaus Schulze
Crystal Lake - Klaus Schulze
Hotel Hobbies Trilogy - Marillion
Ocean Cloud - Marillion
Departure from the Northern Wasteland - Michael Hoenig

I'll think of some more later, perhaps

Hmmm....

Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Rush - 2112, Cygnus X-1
Dream Theater - A Change Of Season, The Count Of Tuscany, Bridges In The Sky, Outcry
Iron Maiden - When The Wild Wind Blows, Rime
Yes - Close To The Edge, The Revealing Science Of God (Dance Of The Dawn)

More:

Grendel - Marillion
The whole Tales album - Yes
The Collector - Twelfth Night
Sequences - Twelfth Night

I'd like to add Tales from Topographic Oceans to my list now. That album is killer when I'm in the mood for it.

After today, I'm gonna have to add "Mei" by echolyn to the list of amazing epics.

And this'n isn't prog rock, but it's a fantastic extreme prog metal epic:



I know I've gone on about this band here, to little or no response, but I like them and I'll continue to post them until I get complaints otherwise.

Not Prog but I dig the Ennea Suite by Chase.

Frankly, it's hard to top Thick As A Brick. I love Cygnus X1 and Supper's Ready but Jethro Tull holds the crown.

King Crimson

The Devil's Triangle (from Poseidon)
Lizard suite (from Lizard)
Islands (from Islands)
Larks Tongues in Aspic Parts 1 & 2 (from Larks Tongues In Aspic)
Fracture (from Starless & Bible Black)
Starless (from Red)

One I've been listening to relentlessly lately is Yes's "Heart Of The Sunrise". I'd always liked it, but it's really grown into one of my favorites from them. Somehow 11 minutes manages to feel too short, which is pretty damn impressive. The opening guitar riff is also incredibly fun (and surprisingly easy) to play.

Pink Floyd- Echoes

I've been revisiting Yes a bunch recently, and it's weird to think that it's already been three years since I really started getting into them (and prog in general). I kind of miss being really active on here and HoM.

I somehow missed all this. All great stuff up there, I'd add Eloy's Ocean album, Camel's Nimrodel/The Procession/The White Rider, and Dream Theater's Mind Beside Itself trilogy.