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The Best Progressive Rock Albums of the 1980s by User Score

Decade
Genre
1980s
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989

1.

Masayoshi Takanaka - The Rainbow Goblins
Jazz Fusion, Spoken Word, Progressive Rock, Rock Opera
USER SCORE
87
98 ratings
Amazon

2.

Arrigo Barnabé & A Banda Sabor De Veneno - Clara Crocodilo
November 15th, 1980
Avant-Prog, Experimental
USER SCORE
85
22 ratings
Amazon

3.

Los Jaivas - Alturas De Machu Pichu
Progressive Rock, Progressive Folk
USER SCORE
85
60 ratings
Amazon

4.

Spinetta Jade - Alma de Diamante
October 6th, 1980
Jazz-Rock, Progressive Rock
USER SCORE
84
28 ratings
Amazon

5.

Rush - Moving Pictures
February 12th, 1981
Progressive Rock, Hard Rock
USER SCORE
84
736 ratings
Amazon
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6.

Shub-Niggurath - Les morts vont vite
Avant-Prog
USER SCORE
84
11 ratings
Amazon

7.

King Crimson - Discipline
September 22nd, 1981
Progressive Rock, Art Rock, New Wave
USER SCORE
83
646 ratings
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8.

Eskaton - 4 Visions
Avant-Prog
USER SCORE
82
13 ratings
Amazon

9.

Cardiacs - A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window
Progressive Rock, Art Punk, Zolo
USER SCORE
82
48 ratings
Amazon
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10.

Cardiacs - On Land and in the Sea
Art Punk, Progressive Rock, Zolo
USER SCORE
81
22 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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11.

The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card
November 1st, 1980
Art Rock, Progressive Rock
USER SCORE
81
69 ratings
Amazon
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12.

Rush - Permanent Waves
January 14th, 1980
Progressive Rock, Hard Rock
USER SCORE
81
257 ratings
Amazon
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Spotify

13.

Aksak Maboul - Un Peu De L’Âme Des Bandits
January 0th, 1980
Avant-Prog
USER SCORE
80
23 ratings
Amazon
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14.

Dire Straits - Love Over Gold
September 20th, 1982
Rock, Pop Rock, Progressive Rock
USER SCORE
80
158 ratings
Amazon
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15.

Marillion - Clutching at Straws
June 12th, 1987
Progressive Rock
USER SCORE
80
31 ratings
Amazon
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16.

Bacamarte - Depois do fim
Progressive Rock
USER SCORE
80
18 ratings
Amazon

17.

Dün - Eros
Avant-Prog, Jazz Fusion
USER SCORE
80
16 ratings
Amazon

18.

Camberwell Now - The Ghost Trade
Avant-Prog
USER SCORE
79
18 ratings
Amazon

19.

The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky
June 1st, 1982
Progressive Pop, Pop Rock, Progressive Rock
USER SCORE
79
136 ratings
Amazon
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20.

Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
June 17th, 1985
Progressive Rock
USER SCORE
79
78 ratings
Amazon
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21.

Luis Alberto Spinetta - Mondo di Cromo
Jazz-Rock, Progressive Rock, Art Rock
USER SCORE
78
14 ratings
Amazon

22.

Cardiacs - The Seaside
Art Punk, Progressive Rock, Post-Punk
USER SCORE
77
22 ratings
Amazon

23.

Rush - Signals
September 9th, 1982
Progressive Rock, New Wave
USER SCORE
77
164 ratings
Amazon
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24.

Marillion - Fugazi
March 12th, 1984
Progressive Rock
USER SCORE
76
22 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

25.

Los Jaivas - Aconcagua
March 0th, 1982
Progressive Rock, Progressive Folk
USER SCORE
76
10 ratings
Amazon
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