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The 2025 Rankings of Progressive Rock World

This 2025 is coming to a close and it's time to take stock, both in private and work life and in the world of music, which for me mainly means the world of progressive rock. This year I listened to many albums, old and especially new, and many of you have followed me here on this new blog but also on the previous one and on social media. I bought some of the albums in Norway, where thanks to the advice of expert shopkeepers I discovered new bands and delved deeper into prog from the north. 

 

Clicking on this  link my Rankings for 2025 Albums: 

Best Progressive Rock Studio Album  2025

Best Album Rock Progressivo Italiano 2025

Best Debut Album 2025

Best Progressive Rock Live Albums 2025

Best Progressive Rock Album Cover 2025

Progressive Rock Studio Albums Ranking 2025

 

Then there are the Great Hopes, a section that gathers the works of some emerging bands, at their debut or who have started publishing only a few years ago and who for me fully represent the future of progressive rock

 

Great Hopes for the Future of Progressive Rock 2025

 

While waiting for the albums already ordered arriving in 2026 (at the moment Big Big Train and Neal Morse Band) here are my rankings in which reissues and anniversary editions are not included, only first release albums.

 

See you soon! 

FrancescoProg

Below are all the articles (in order of post publication date) of the 2025 albums

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Another fine tune you got me into by Gilgamesh
Canterbury Scene, GREAT, hugh-hopper, alan-gowen, phil-lee, trevor-tomkins, gilgamesh,

Another fine tune you got me into by Gilgamesh

FrancescoProg

18-08-2026 08:00

Another Fine Tune You’ve Got Me Into by Gilgamesh, a 1978 album. It is the second and final studio album by Gilgamesh, band ...

Easily Misunderstood by The Samuel Jackson Five (SJ5)
Post Rock, Northern Prog, EXCELLENT, the-samuel-jackson-five, thomas-hagen-kaldhol,

Easily Misunderstood by The Samuel Jackson Five (SJ5)

FrancescoProg

17-08-2026 08:00

Easily Misunderstood by The Samuel Jackson Five (SJ5) released in 2005. 2 45 RPM vinyl records for 11 beautiful tracks...

Krautrock, the music of a generation that wanted to break with the past
Kosmische Musik Krautrock,

Krautrock, the music of a generation that wanted to break with the past

FrancescoProg

16-08-2026 08:00

Krautrock, the music of a generation that wanted to break with the past. Krautrock, which I prefer to call cosmic music, is an extremely ...

Jazz-Rock Fusion: jazz improvisation and rock energy
Jazz-Rock Fusion,

Jazz-Rock Fusion: jazz improvisation and rock energy

FrancescoProg

15-08-2026 08:00

Jazz-Rock Fusion: jazz improvisation and rock energy. Jazz-Rock Fusion, a key subgenre of progressive rock, which blends ...

My Generation by The Who
NOT-PROG, ESSENTIAL, the-who,

My Generation by The Who

FrancescoProg

14-08-2026 08:00

My Generation is the first album by The Who, released in December 1965 It happened in that 1965 that The Detours recruited a young 19-year-old drummer a

Fragile by Yes
Symphonic Rock, ESSENTIAL, yes, rick-wakeman, chris-squire, jon-anderson, bill-bruford, steve-howe,

Fragile by Yes

FrancescoProg

13-08-2026 08:00

Fragile, wonderful album by Yes, an essential record for Progressive Rock, from 1971. This album has, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful openings in history

Troika di D'Virgilio, Morse & Jennings
Crossover Prog, GREAT, neal-morse, tony-levin, nick-dvirgilio, ross-jennings,

Troika di D'Virgilio, Morse & Jennings

FrancescoProg

12-08-2026 08:00

Troika di D'Virgilio, Morse & Jennings, album del 2022, un album collaborativo di Nick D’Virgilio, Neal Morse e Ross Jennings. L’idea è nata ...

Ignis Fatuus is the debut album by White Willow and their story...
Symphonic Rock, Northern Prog, ESSENTIAL, Artist Profile, white-willow, jacob-holm-lupo,

Ignis Fatuus is the debut album by White Willow and their story...

FrancescoProg

11-08-2026 08:00

Ignis Fatuus, White Willow’s debut album from 1995, is a real gem of the “Third Wave” of ’90s prog rock...

Southern Empire self-titled debut album
Crossover Prog, EXCELLENT, southern-empire,

Southern Empire self-titled debut album

FrancescoProg

10-08-2026 08:00

Southern Empire self-titled debut album, from 2016, one of the cornerstones of Australian progressive rock...

Heavy Prog, the perfect balance between Hard Rock, Progressive Rock and Progressive Metal
Heavy Prog,

Heavy Prog, the perfect balance between Hard Rock, Progressive Rock and Progressive Metal

FrancescoProg

09-08-2026 08:00

Heavy Prog, the perfect balance between Hard Rock, Progressive Rock and Progressive Metal Heavy Prog is a genre that blends power, volume ...

Folk Rock, the intimacy of acoustic folk with the power of rock
Folk Rock,

Folk Rock, the intimacy of acoustic folk with the power of rock

FrancescoProg

08-08-2026 08:00

Folk Rock, the intimacy of acoustic folk with the power of rock Progressive folk rock, or prog folk, is a genre born in the early ’70s in the United Kingdom...

Double Sun by Kanaan
Kosmische Musik Krautrock, Psychedelic Rock, Space Rock, Northern Prog, EXCELLENT, kanaan, ingvald-andre-vassb,

Double Sun by Kanaan

FrancescoProg

07-08-2026 08:00

Double Sun by Kanaan, a 2020 album. A beautiful work by the Norwegian instrumental psychedelic rock trio Kanaan, always top-notch...

The Eclectic Measure by Hypnos 69
Psychedelic Rock, Space Rock, EXCELLENT, hypnos-69,

The Eclectic Measure by Hypnos 69

FrancescoProg

06-08-2026 08:00

The Eclectic Measure by Hypnos 69, a 2007 album. The fourth album by Hypnos 69, a Belgian band I’ve discussed at length when reviewing ...

Uno, self-titled debut album and their story…
Rock Progressivo Italiano, GREAT, Artist Profile, elio-d-anna, uno, danilo-rustici, liza-strike,

Uno, self-titled debut album and their story…

FrancescoProg

05-08-2026 08:00

Uno, self-titled debut album, from 1974. At the end of 1973, in Naples, from the temporary breakup of Osanna, one of the most important prog groups ...

L'Apprendista by Stormy Six
Rock Progressivo Italiano, ESSENTIAL, RIO-Avant-Prog, stormy-six,

L'Apprendista by Stormy Six

FrancescoProg

04-08-2026 08:00

L'Apprendista by Stormy Six, a 1977 album. This record marks an important turning point for the band, which moves away from ...

Paradiso by Metamorfosi
Rock Progressivo Italiano, EXCELLENT, metamorfosi,

Paradiso by Metamorfosi

FrancescoProg

03-08-2026 08:00

Paradiso by Metamorfosi, a 2004 album, a concept album based on the third canticle of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy...

Extreme Prog Metal, the limits of sonic violence beyond traditional canons
Extreme Prog Metal,

Extreme Prog Metal, the limits of sonic violence beyond traditional canons

FrancescoProg

02-08-2026 08:00

Extreme Prog Metal, pushing the limits of sonic violence beyond traditional standards Extreme Prog Metal, also known as progressive death/extreme...

Northern Prog: intricate structural arrangements, solemn melodies and dark dynamics
Northern Prog,

Northern Prog: intricate structural arrangements, solemn melodies and dark dynamics

FrancescoProg

02-08-2026 07:00

Northern Prog: intricate structural arrangements, solemn melodies, and dark dynamics. On Progressive Rock World, I personally coined the term ...

Eclectic Prog, the breaking down of boundaries between genres
Eclectic Prog,

Eclectic Prog, the breaking down of boundaries between genres

FrancescoProg

01-08-2026 08:00

Eclectic Prog, the breaking down of boundaries between genres Eclectic Prog, or eclectic progressive, is a branch of progressive rock that blends genres ...

Albums released in 2026 on Progressive Rock World
2026 Albums,

Albums released in 2026 on Progressive Rock World

FrancescoProg

31-07-2026 12:00

The albums released in 2026 on Progressive Rock World I’ve just finished listening to a solid batch of albums released in this rich 2026. Here on