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“It is music that does progress. It takes an idea and developes it, rather than just repeat it. Pop songs are about repetition and riffs and simplicity. Progressive music takes a riff, turns it inside out, plays it upside down and the other way around, and explores its potential."

No pop or guitar-rock/metal stuff here :) I guess most stuff will be heavily instrumental, synth-based and songs are longer than 10 minutes, or segue into each other :)

So, maybe something like Solaris with their Martian Chronicles, made in Hungary in the 1980s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aS_dtYcasQ

Italian prog:

Yugen - Cloudscape https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6R0cIijPkQ
Yugen - Danze Corazzate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqHrDarYAGg

Something else I really like:
Yes - Drama (full album) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eChfcblq00
Camel - The Snow Goose (full album) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg75nFifO90
Uz Jsme Doma - Jassica https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4d6wieYLyQ

One of the first prog album I've bought: Area - Arbeit Macht Frei https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUg6keKtJc4

Oh, where to start?

Since I mentioned this in another thread, try Curved Air's Air Cut (in headphones please).

Particularly "Metamorphosis": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quJUyGFStyE
If the vocals coming back in at the end of the piano solo don't give you chills, you aren't listening.

And Eddie Jobson's violin on "Armin" (play this as loud as you can stand it): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIXSf4jVAvA

Gekko, I will have more to say about Camel later. Great band.

Couldn not miss my favorite prog (?) band: Cardiacs.

Buds and Spawn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he0bVUh1XTQ
Eden on the Air https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r2Y-4jhgIo
Dirty Boy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-dd4fMUhAY

^^ I'll try that Curved Air record soon. ;)

Gentle Giant. I can't even start to describe this band.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC6BS8WqtNs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoFkl-bKcf4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnfBLo1A3pU

It may be hard to believe, but they sounded just as good live.

Damn, can't find Islands nor Red from King Crimson on youtube. Well, I love them just as much as I love their first record. :)

^ There are no bad King Crimson albums. :) I used to have all of the early albums and most of the later ones on vinyl.

I was going to mention Red eventually. Must be played loud.

Doesn't get much more prog than Van Der Graaf Generator.
How can you argue when a dude is playing two saxophones at the same time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDmhP6YiN6s

Can we include R.I.O. bands here?

Henry Cow - Legend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBHBF4di8Sk
Art Bears - In Two Minds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkvB92a7X2I
Fred Frith - Gravity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ARXsaNN2Os
Stormy Six - L'orchestra dei fischietti (Italy when it was real good) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pIXB0iTCZE

Then I should talk about Lars Hollmer, but since the man did so many good things (and not only prog-rock related), I'll keep it for another time.

@pidsley: I got Red on cd (along with In The Court and Islands), played loud so many times. ;)

Since Gekko mentioned Camel, let's go there.

First Light from Rain Dances (featuring Mel Collins on sax again) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2GtOuIk7CQ

Probably my favorite Camel album: Moonmadness, from 1976. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_lgtdIma_k
Listen to all of it if you can -- like many progressive albums, it is a complete work, written to be listened to in its entirety.

^ I like this last moonmadness album.
Curved Air's singer is cute :)

About as prog as I get:

Bo hansson - Sagen om ringen - http://youtu.be/8RWd3E0l0ho

Right up our alley :D Sweet Smoke "Just A Poke"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsgj0rFUOC4

pidsley wrote:Oh, where to start?

Since I mentioned this in another thread, try Curved Air's Air Cut (in headphones please).

Particularly "Metamorphosis": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quJUyGFStyE
If the vocals coming back in at the end of the piano solo don't give you chills, you aren't listening.

And Eddie Jobson's violin on "Armin" (play this as loud as you can stand it): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIXSf4jVAvA

Fantastic record, thanks for the tip.

One of my very favrite prog bands is UK. They released only three albums, one of them live. Great musicians, fantastic music in my ears. here is link to first album;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHJrOg79kQU

Fantastic Italian prog. Deus Ex Machina, the vocalist sings in latin!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Stwqmm8s7Mc

Ok one last for the prog for a while. More modern sounds this time. Mars Volta with their second album "Frances The Mute". Original and very fresh approach to their music, and yes I am a softie for falsetto vocals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quK6092mesw

^ I love it. :)

^^ yessssssssss.