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BEST PROG ALBUMS 2023

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Prog Radio's editorial picks for the Top 100 studio Prog albums for 2023

Because Prog Radio leans to the "melodic and accessible side of Prog," it's not surprising that our Top 100 Prog Albums list may look quite different from many other "best of" lists. It is our hope, that if you're not familiar with all of these artists and albums, you'll give them a listen by tuning in to Prog Radio!

Tune in as we replay our Top 100 countdown from earlier. Learn more.

1

A Cell to Call Home

5

Yaks

A Cell to Call Home

Advent Horizon

293

#

USA

2

Himlabacken Vol. 2

5

Yaks

Himlabacken Vol. 2

Moon Safari

261

#

Sweden

3

Odyssey 9999

5

Yaks

Odyssey 9999

The Ryszard Kramarski Project (aka tRKproject)

374

#

Poland

4

Seven Chambers

5

Yaks

Seven Chambers

Unitopia

157

#

Australia

5

Telepathic Minds

5

Yaks

Telepathic Minds

Overhead

366

#

Finland

6

Redemption

5

Yaks

Redemption

Mystery

98

#

Canada

7

Retro

5

Yaks

Retro

Kite Parade

338

#

UK

8

The Cycle Undone

5

Yaks

The Cycle Undone

The Twenty Committee

388

#

USA

9

Planetary Overload, Part 2 – Hope

5

Yaks

Planetary Overload, Part 2 – Hope

United Progressive Fraternity

425

#

Australia

10

The Fall of the Shires

5

Yaks

The Fall of the Shires

Oblivion Protocol

387

#

UK

11

I/O

5

Yaks

I/O

Peter Gabriel

10

#

UK

12

Marek Arnold's Artrock Project

5

Yaks

Marek Arnold's Artrock Project

Marek Arnold's Artrock Project

480

#

Germany

13

Spooky Action at a Distance

5

Yaks

Spooky Action at a Distance

Pattern-Seeking Animals

244

#

USA

14

(Un) Connected

5

Yaks

(Un) Connected

La Bocca Della Verita

553

#

Italy

15

Celestial Songs

5

Yaks

Celestial Songs

Downes Braide Association

370

#

UK

16

2084: Heretic

5

Yaks

2084: Heretic

Built for the Future

533

#

USA

17

ID.Entity

5

Yaks

ID.Entity

Riverside

59

#

Poland

18

Deceiving Dreams, Part 1

5

Yaks

Deceiving Dreams, Part 1

Blending Borders

578

#

Austria

19

The Dreamer - Joseph, Pt. 1

5

Yaks

The Dreamer - Joseph, Pt. 1

Neal Morse (solo)

53

#

USA

20

The Fish Who Wanted To Be King

5

Yaks

The Fish Who Wanted To Be King

Lalu

315

#

France

21

Luminaria

5

Yaks

Luminaria

Aviations

232

#

USA

22

Ubiquity

5

Yaks

Ubiquity

Haunt The Woods

371

#

UK

23

Strings From the Edge of Sound

5

Yaks

Strings From the Edge of Sound

Karmamoi

435

#

Italy

24

Take Me Back to Eden

5

Yaks

Take Me Back to Eden

Sleep Token

19

#

UK

25

The Clockwork Man

5

Yaks

The Clockwork Man

This Winter Machine

271

#

UK

26

The Long Goodbye

5

Yaks

The Long Goodbye

Galahad

204

#

UK

27

Mask

5

Yaks

Mask

The Foundation

503

#

Netherlands

28

Sunrise

5

Yaks

Sunrise

The One

536

#

Netherlands

29

Stay for the Ending

5

Yaks

Stay for the Ending

District 97

379

#

USA

30

Event Horizon

5

Yaks

Event Horizon

Single Celled Organism

501

#

Germany

31

The Author and the Dreamer

5

Yaks

The Author and the Dreamer

Zeelley Moon

550

#

UK

32

The Power of III

5

Yaks

The Power of III

Ageless

598

#

USA

33

Making Shore

5

Yaks

Making Shore

Damanek

418

#

Australia

34

Opus

5

Yaks

Opus

Nospūn

296

#

USA

35

La Scienza delle Stagioni

5

Yaks

La Scienza delle Stagioni

Andrea Orlando

600

#

Italy

36

The Songs & Tales of Airoea

5

Yaks

The Songs & Tales of Airoea

The Chronicles of Father Robin

332

#

Norway

37

Memorial

5

Yaks

Memorial

Soen

40

#

Sweden

38

Slade Street

5

Yaks

Slade Street

Jon Paul Harvey

383

#

USA

39

Fearless

4.5

Yaks

Fearless

Crown Lands

140

#

Canada

40

Migrant Returned

4.5

Yaks

Migrant Returned

The Dear Hunter

84

#

USA

41

Crime Scene

4.5

Yaks

Crime Scene

RPWL

111

#

Germany

42

A Temporary State of Bliss

4.5

Yaks

A Temporary State of Bliss

Residuos Mentales

518

#

Greece

43

The Man in the Iron Mask (feat. Oliviero Lacagnina)

4.5

Yaks

The Man in the Iron Mask (feat. Oliviero Lacagnina)

The Samurai of Prog

358

#

International

44

Mirror to the Sky

4.5

Yaks

Mirror to the Sky

Yes

4

#

UK

45

The Tubular All Stars: Rare and Reworked - The Music of Mike Oldfield

4.5

Yaks

The Tubular All Stars: Rare and Reworked - The Music of Mike Oldfield

Robert Reed

335

#

UK

46

The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up

4.5

Yaks

The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up

Marco Bernard

414

#

Finland

47

The Harmony Codex

4

Yaks

The Harmony Codex

Steven Wilson

39

#

UK

48

Luminescence

4.5

Yaks

Luminescence

Bruce Soord

169

#

UK

49

Sky Void of Stars

4.5

Yaks

Sky Void of Stars

Katatonia

37

#

Sweden

50

Let the Truth Speak

4.5

Yaks

Let the Truth Speak

Earthside

160

#

USA

51

Requiem for a Dream

4.5

Yaks

Requiem for a Dream

Karnataka

314

#

UK

52

Conundrum

4.5

Yaks

Conundrum

Proportions

564

#

International

53

Exotic Creatures and a Stolen Dream

4.5

Yaks

Exotic Creatures and a Stolen Dream

Sunchild

395

#

Ukraine

54

8mm

4.5

Yaks

8mm

Fish on Friday

285

#

Belgium

55

Fauna

4.5

Yaks

Fauna

Haken

74

#

UK

56

Pangea e Le Tre Lune

4.5

Yaks

Pangea e Le Tre Lune

Il Cerchio d'Oro

507

#

Italy

57

A Poetry of Rain

4.5

Yaks

A Poetry of Rain

Subsignal

133

#

Germany

58

Falling (EP)

4.5

Yaks

Falling (EP)

A.C.T.

292

#

Sweden

59

Breathing Space

4.5

Yaks

Breathing Space

Hackberry

433

#

Netherlands

60

Rio

4.5

Yaks

Rio

Trevor Rabin

41

#

South Africa

61

The Architect

4.5

Yaks

The Architect

eMolecule

419

#

International

62

4.5

Yaks

16

Einar Solberg

166

#

Norway

63

Canvas Three

4.5

Yaks

Canvas Three

Inner Prospekt

543

#

Italy

64

Look at you Now

4.5

Yaks

Look at you Now

The Flower Kings

214

#

Sweden

65

Beautiful Warrior - EP

4.5

Yaks

Beautiful Warrior - EP

Stream of Passion

231

#

Netherlands

66

Now and Then, Pt. II

4.5

Yaks

Now and Then, Pt. II

Days Before Tomorrow

546

#

USA

67

Pictures From The Other Side

4.5

Yaks

Pictures From The Other Side

Cyan

454

#

UK

68

Heart Land Mines

4.5

Yaks

Heart Land Mines

Dave Kerzner

345

#

USA

69

Fire Fortellinger

4.5

Yaks

Fire Fortellinger

Lars Fredrik Frøislie

411

#

Norway

70

Freedom

4.5

Yaks

Freedom

Richard Soucy

571

#

Canada

71

Sea of Mirrors

4.5

Yaks

Sea of Mirrors

Pacha & Pörsti (AKA Rafael Pacha & Kimmo Pörsti)

510

#

Finland

72

Onze 11

4.5

Yaks

Onze 11

Lazuli

294

#

France

73

Coney Island Kid

4.5

Yaks

Coney Island Kid

The Mommyheads

429

#

USA

74

Salighet

4.5

Yaks

Salighet

Jordsjø

385

#

Norway

75

The Strainge Case of Steve

4.5

Yaks

The Strainge Case of Steve

Rascal Reporters

468

#

USA

76

The Fox and the Bird

4.5

Yaks

The Fox and the Bird

OK Goodnight

164

#

USA

77

Prima Materia

4.5

Yaks

Prima Materia

Agusa

367

#

Sweden

78

Another World

4.5

Yaks

Another World

Southern Empire

325

#

Australia

79

The Approbation

4.5

Yaks

The Approbation

AVKRVST

288

#

Norway

80

Terror Management Theory

4.5

Yaks

Terror Management Theory

TEMIC

265

#

USA

81

At the Circus

4.5

Yaks

At the Circus

Starquake

420

#

Germany

82

La Barque Ailée et L'Albatros ...Quand S'envolent Les Mots

4.5

Yaks

La Barque Ailée et L'Albatros ...Quand S'envolent Les Mots

Seven Reizh

514

#

France

83

Threnody For A Dead Queen

4.5

Yaks

Threnody For A Dead Queen

Comedy of Errors

322

#

UK

84

Calling

4.5

Yaks

Calling

Michael Alan

584

#

UK

85

Moving Aloud

4.5

Yaks

Moving Aloud

Aviram Tzur

551

#

Israel

86

The Impossible

4.5

Yaks

The Impossible

Unit Of Inheritance

587

#

UK

87

Lotus Unfolding

4.5

Yaks

Lotus Unfolding

Ozric Tentacles

183

#

UK

88

Fearless in Love

4.5

Yaks

Fearless in Love

Voyager

82

#

Australia

89

It All Began With Loneliness

4.5

Yaks

It All Began With Loneliness

The Anchoret

324

#

Canada

90

Bridge Across the Years

4.5

Yaks

Bridge Across the Years

The Michael Dunn Project

513

#

Canada

91

The Lightmaker

4.5

Yaks

The Lightmaker

Nine Skies

342

#

France

92

Scream Inside the Tear

4.5

Yaks

Scream Inside the Tear

Dandelion Charm

539

#

UK

93

Beyond Tomorrow

4.5

Yaks

Beyond Tomorrow

Ruby Dawn

557

#

UK

94

Economy of Motion

4.5

Yaks

Economy of Motion

Negus

482

#

Canada

95

The Box Redux

4

Yaks

The Box Redux

Ian Gordon

412

#

UK

96

Stones from the Garden

4

Yaks

Stones from the Garden

Kurt Michaels

589

#

USA

97

What Lies Beyond

4

Yaks

What Lies Beyond

Projekt Gemineye

535

#

Canada

98

MELANIE

4

Yaks

MELANIE

The Hayley Griffiths Band

327

#

UK

99

Light Up

4

Yaks

Light Up

Solstice

362

#

UK

100

Mockingbird

4

Yaks

Mockingbird

Deep Aetherium

593

#

France/Italy

Notes on 2023 picks:

Pendragon - We didn't include their short 28 minute EP.

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