Bob’s Top 25 Albums of All Time

	Album	Artist	Date	Comment
1	“A Trick of the Tail”	Genesis	1976	Every song is a masterpiece
2	“Snow”	Spock’s Beard	2002	Incredible allegory coupled with sophisticated music
3	“The Human Equation”	Ayreon	2004	Arjen Lucassen's ultimate masterpiece – a rock opera.
4	“Selling England by the Pound”	Genesis	1973	Best of the Peter Gabriel era Genesis
5	“A Momentary Lapse of Reason”	Pink Floyd	1987	The masters of Art-Rock
6	“One”	Neal Morse	2004	Morse tells the epic story of Creation, Separation, and Reunion
7	“In Absentia”	Porcupine Tree	2002	Steven Wilson simply knows how to write, perform, and produce music. Period.
8	“Retropolis”	The Flower Kings	1996	Roine Stolt’s prog rock pinnacle – every song adds to the depth of the album
9	“Seconds Out” (Live)	Genesis	1977	Genesis-The best live concert I’ve ever seen
10	“The Joshua Tree”	U2	1987	A great, authentic, and yes, Christian rock album
11	“Dark Side of the Moon”	Pink Floyd	1973	Little Known Fact: It was engineered by Alan Parsons (see below)
12	“Tales of Mystery and Imagination”	Alan Parsons Project	1976	Edgar Allen Poe’s stories and poems set to music
13	“Testimony”	Neal Morse	2003	A dream come true: a Christian and Prog rock album!
14	“So”	Peter Gabriel	1986	Artistic Genius at work
15	“Deadwing”	Porcupine Tree	2005	PT – Prog Rock meets Modern Rock
16	“Images & Words”	Dream Theater	1992	Consummate blend of Heavy Metal with Art Rock
17	“Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band”	The Beatles	1967	The legendary rock band’s most innovative album
18	“Moving Pictures”	Rush	1981	The best from one of the classic Prog Rock bands
19	“Bridge Across Forever”	Transatlantic	2002	Two awesome epics, a jam, and a great ballad
20	“Out of the Blue”	Electric Light Orchestra	1977	Inspired by the Beatles, Jeff Lynne makes a classic
21	“Fragile”	Yes	1972	An essential for any prog-rock fan
22	“Asia”	Asia	1982	One of the first Progressive Rock “Supergroups”
23	“This Is The Moody Blues”	The Moody Blues	1974	A great collection of their early artistic achievements
24	“The Ancient Faith” (3 CDs: “The Word”, “The Promise”, “The Way of Wisdom”)	Michael Card	1989-92	Though it’s really 3 diff. recordings, it is one classic
25	“Beware of Darkness”	Spock’s Beard	1999	Morse’s first album with Christian metaphors

Updated March 2008