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The Best Progressive Rock Albums of the 1970s by User Score

Decade
Genre
1970s
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979

1.

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
September 12th, 1975
Progressive Rock, Art Rock
USER SCORE
93
4,900 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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2.

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
March 1st, 1973
Art Rock, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock
USER SCORE
90
5,890 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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3.

Pink Floyd - Animals
January 23rd, 1977
Progressive Rock, Art Rock
USER SCORE
90
3,206 ratings
Amazon
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4.

King Crimson - Red
October 6th, 1974
Progressive Rock, Art Rock
USER SCORE
89
1,361 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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5.

Invisible - El jardín de los presentes
September 29th, 1976
Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Tango
USER SCORE
88
261 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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6.

Yes - Close to the Edge
September 13th, 1972
Symphonic Prog
USER SCORE
88
1,170 ratings
Amazon
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7.

Pink Floyd - Live At Pompeii
September 1st, 1972
Progressive Rock
USER SCORE
88
22 ratings
Amazon

8.

Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame
August 14th, 1971
Jazz Fusion, Jazz-Rock, Progressive Rock
USER SCORE
87
296 ratings
Amazon
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9.

Los Jaivas - Los Jaivas (El Indio)
December 2nd, 1975
Progressive Rock, Symphonic Prog, Psychedelic Rock
USER SCORE
87
21 ratings
Amazon

10.

José Cid - 10.000 Anos Depois Entre Vénus e Marte
May 15th, 1978
Progressive Rock, Space Rock
USER SCORE
86
24 ratings
Amazon

11.

Jeff Wayne - Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
June 9th, 1978
Progressive Rock, Rock Opera, Symphonic Prog, Symphonic Rock
USER SCORE
86
36 ratings
Amazon
Spotify

12.

Area - Maledetti (Maudits)
Avant-Prog, Jazz Fusion, Progressive Rock
USER SCORE
86
11 ratings
Amazon

13.

King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic
March 23rd, 1973
Progressive Rock, Experimental Rock, Avant-Prog
USER SCORE
85
746 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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14.

Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
March 10th, 1972
Progressive Rock
USER SCORE
85
335 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
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15.

Museo Rosenbach - Zarathustra
April 0th, 1973
Progressive Rock, Symphonic Prog
USER SCORE
85
21 ratings
Amazon

16.

Vox Dei - La Biblia
March 15th, 1971
Progressive Rock, Rock Opera
USER SCORE
85
14 ratings
Amazon

17.

Pink Floyd - The Wall
November 30th, 1979
Art Rock, Rock Opera, Progressive Rock
USER SCORE
85
3,007 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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18.

Battiato - Fetus
Experimental Rock, Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Progressive Electronic
USER SCORE
85
17 ratings
Amazon

19.

Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
November 18th, 1974
Progressive Rock, Rock Opera
USER SCORE
84
272 ratings
Amazon
Spotify

20.

Felt - Felt
Psychedelic Rock, Blues Rock, Progressive Pop, Progressive Rock, Jazz-Rock
USER SCORE
84
24 ratings
Amazon

21.

Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
October 12th, 1973
Progressive Rock, Symphonic Prog
USER SCORE
84
536 ratings
Amazon
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22.

Serú Girán - La Grasa de Las Capitales
Progressive Rock
USER SCORE
84
48 ratings
Amazon

23.

Goblin - Suspiria
Progressive Rock, Horror Synth, Progressive Electronic
USER SCORE
84
104 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Pink Floyd - Meddle
November 5th, 1971
Progressive Rock, Space Rock, Psychedelic Rock
USER SCORE
84
1,976 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

The Who - Quadrophenia
October 19th, 1973
Rock Opera, Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, Art Rock
USER SCORE
84
320 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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