Prog Lists: Prog's All-Time Best LONG-PLAYING Epics and Mesmerics--by Decade

 Prog Lists: 

Top Long-Playing (15+ minutes) Epics and Mesmerics of the 1970s

1. "Supper's Ready" (22:53) - GENESIS (99.5/100) = 9.95

2. "The Gates of Delirium" (21:54) - YES (99/100) = 9.90

3. "Close to the Edge" (18:45) - YES (98.5/100) = 9.85
4. "The Fall of the House of Usher" (16:12) - ALAN PARSONS PROJECT (98/100) = 9.80
5. "Ludwig II von Bayern" (28:42) - KLAUS SCHULZE (98/100) = 9.80
6. "Nine Feet Underground" (22:44) - CARAVAN (1971) (44/45) = 9.7778

7. "Variaties op een Dame" (21:25) - FLAIRCK (39/40) = 9.75

8. "Incantations, Part One" (19:10) - MIKE OLDFIELD (39/40) = 9.75

9. "Images/Eternal Worlds/Epilogue" (18:24) - JULIAN PRIESTER (39/40) = 9.75

10. "Awaken" (15:35) - YES (97/100) = 9.70

11. "Song To The Pharoah Kings" (14:21) - RETURN TO FOREVER (38.75/40) = 9.6875

12. "The Ikon" (30:25) - UTOPIA (96.5/100) = 9.65
13. "Friedrich Nietzsche"(24:53) - KLAUS SCHULZE (96.5/100) = 9.65
14. "Thick As a Brick, Part 1" (22:39) - JETHRO TULL (96.333/100) = 9.63

15. "Hergest Ridge, Part 2" (1974 version) (18:51) - MIKE OLDFIELD (38.5/40) = 9.625

16. "Out-Bloody-Rageous" (19:13) - THE SOFT MACHINE (38.5/40) = 9.625 

17. "Variations for Trumpet" (19:23) - DON ELLIS ORCHESTRA (38.5/40) = 9.625

18. "Dogs" (17:04) - PINK FLOYD (96/100) = 9.60

19. "The Geese and the Ghost" (15:08) - ANTHONY PHILLIPS (96/100) = 9.60
20. "Slightly All the Time" (18:13) - SOFT MACHINE (33.55/35) = 9.57

21. "Bel Air" (19:50) - CAN (38.125/40) = 9.531

22. "Adonis" (24:15) - ANYONE'S DAUGHTER (95/100) = 9.50

23. "Histoires sans paroles" (17:13) - HARMONIUM (95/100) = 9.50
24. "Incantations, Part Two" (19:38) - MIKE OLDFIELD (38/40) = 9.5

25. "Midnight Mushrumps" (18:58) - GRYPHON (38/40) = 9.50

26. "Gaeltacht Medley" (18:53) - ALAN STIVELL (38/40) = 9.5

27. "Pamiec w Kamein Wasta" (19:48) - SBB (38/40) = 9.5

28. "My Trip" (18:30) - PATRICK FORGAS (38/40) = 9.5

29. "Essentia Suite" (25:04) - DR. DOPO JAM (47.5/50) = 9.50

30. "Pudding in Gesteren" (Music for Ballet) (20:00) - SUPERSISTER (38/40) = 9.5

31.  "Phaedra" (16:32) - TANGERINE DREAM (28.5/30) = 9.5

32. "Hergest Ridge, Part Two" (1976 version) (18:46) - MIKE OLDFIELD (38/40) = 9.5

33. "Vision Is A Naked Sword" (14:25) - MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA (28.5/30) = 9.5

34. "L'araigné-mal" (21:50) - ATOLL (94.5/100) = 9.45

35. "Wassilissa" (22:33) - MOTHER GONG (42.5/45) = 9.44444

36. "Hymn to Him" (19:19) - MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA (37.75/40) = 9.4375

37. "Hosianna - Mantra" (20:18) - POPOL VUH (37.75/40) = 9.4375

38. "Incantations (Side One)" (19:10) - MIKE OLDFIELD (94/100) = 9.4

39. "Utopia Theme" (14:19) - UTOPIA (94/100) = 9.4
40. "Halloween, Part II" (18:40) - PULSAR ((37.333/40) = 9.333

41. "Saxophonie" (15:25) - EX VITAE (28/30) = 9.33

42. "A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers" (23:13) - VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR (42/45) = 9.3333

43. "Can't be long now / Françoise / For Richard / Warlock" (14:25) - CARAVAN (28/30) = 9.3333

44. "Ein Anderes Land" (16:26) - EDEN - (28/30) = 9.333

45. "Let Us Go into the House of the Lord" (15:45) - CARLOS SANTANA & JOHN McLAUGHLIN (28/30) = 9.333

46. "2112" (20:39) - RUSH (37.25/40) = 9.3125

47. "Canto nomade per un prigioniero politico" (15:50) - BANCO DEL MUTUO SOCCORSO (93/100) = 9.3

48. "In-a-gadda-da-vida" (17:05) - IRON BUTTERFLY (32.5/35) = 9.286

49. "Incantations, Part Four" (17:00) - MIKE OLDFIELD (32.5/35) = 9.286

50. "Valentyne Suite" (16:54) - COLOSSEUM (32.5/35) = 9.286

51. "All the Seats Were Occupied" (19:21) - APHRODITE'S CHILD (37.125/40) = 9.281

52. "Song of the Marching Children" (18:20) - EARTH AND FIRE (37.125/40) = 9.281

53. "Hamburger Concerto" (20:21) - FOCUS (92.5/100) = 9.25

54. "Sleeping Giant" (24:38) - HERBIE HANCOCK (92.5/100) = 9.25

55. "Pictures" (16:50) - ISLAND (92.5/100) = 9.25

56. "Spanish Fantasy, Parts I-IV" (19:31) - CHICK COREA (37/40) = 9.25 

57. "Prologue/Love, Love" (19:30) - JULIAN PRIESTER (37/40) = 9.25

58. “Remember the Future - Part 2” (18:55) - NEKTAR (92.5/100) = 9.25

59. "Sun Symphonica" (18:58) - JAN DUKES DE GREY (37.40) = 9.25

60. "Spanish Moss - A Sound Portrait" (17:25 ) - BILLY COBHAM (/35) = 9.25

61. "Wandering Spirit Song" (21:28) - HERBIE HANCOCK (37/40) = 9.25

62. "Big Swifty" (17:23) - FRANK ZAPPA (32.375/35) = 9.25

63. "Lähtö matkalle" (Parts I & II) (19:12) - FINNFOREST (37/40) = 9.25 

64. "Invitation to a River" (14:13) - CHASE (27.75/30) = 9.25

65. "Concerto Grosso Per I New Trolls" (16:58) - NEW TROLLS (32.3333/35) = 9.238

66. "Hergest Ridge, Part One" (1976 version) (21:29) - MIKE OLDFIELD (36.875/40) = 9.22

67. "Circumstances" (21:05) - CAPABILITY BROWN - (36.875/40) = 9.21875

68. "Rubycon, Pt. 2" (17:34) - TANGERINE DREAM (32.25/35) = 9.214

69. "Salisbury" (16:02) - URIAH HEEP (27.625/30) = 9.208

70. "Poisoned Youth" (16:15) - ENGLAND (92/100) = 9.20 

71. "Lizard" (23:13) - KING CRIMSON (46/50) = 9.20

72. "Mr. Ten Percent" (21:36) - TRIUMVIRAT (36.75/40) = 9.1875

73. "Pięciobój nowoczesny" (20:00) - LABORATORIUM (36.75/40) = 9.1875 

74. "Call to Higher Consciousness " (20:00) - LARRY CORYELL (36.75/40) = 9.1875

75. "Halloween, Part I" (20:00) - PULSAR (36.75/40) = 9.185

76. "Anonymous II" (26:21) - FOCUS (91.75/100) = 9.175

77. "Autobahn" (22:47) - KRAFTWERK (91.70/100) = 9.170

78. "Snakehips Dream" (15:16) - IAN CARR WITH NUCLEUS (27.5/30) = 9.1667

79. "Hergest Ridge, Part 1" (1974 version) (21:40) - MIKE OLDFIELD (36.6667/40) = 9.1667

80. "Čaroděj (The Wizard)" (16:25) - JAZZ Q (27.5/30) = 9.167

81. "Les aventures de saxinette et Clarophone" (15:41) - MANEIGE (27.5/30) = 9.167

82. "Batuki" (14:10) - BUSTER WILLIAMS (27.5/30) = 9.167

83. "Tubular Bells" (Side One) (25:37) - MIKE OLDFIELD (91.5/100) = 9.15

84. "Friedemann Bach" (17:58) - KLAUS SCHULZE (91.5/100) = 9.15
85. "Festival Rock / Use the Bridge" (17:30) - FROM (32/35) = 9.143 

86. "Sun Trip" (17:43) - GROBSCHNITT (32/35) = 9.143

87. "Symphony No 2" (22:26) - EGG - (36.5/40) = 9.125

88. "Les porches de Notre-Dame" - MANEIGE (19:07) (36.5/40) = 9.125

89. "Hazard Profile" (18:59) - THE SOFT MACHINE (36.5/40) = 9.125 

90. "Tubular Bells" (Side Two) (23:20) - MIKE OLDFIELD (45.625/50) = 9.125

91. "A Rainbow in Curved Air" (18:51) - TERRY RILEY (36.45/40) = 9.1125

92. "Morning" (21:14) - T2 (36.45/40) = 9.1125 

93. "A Treatise on Cosmic Fire" (36:42) - TODD RUNDGREN (91/100) = 9.10

94. "Eruption" (23:03) - FOCUS (91/100) = 9.10
95. "Tarkus" (20:43) - EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER (91/100) = 9.10
96. "Across the Waters" (16:31) - TRIUMVIRAT (91/100) = 9.10
97. "Remember the Future - Part I" (16:38) - NEKTAR (91/100) = 9.10

98. "Crystal Lake" (29:16) - KLAUS SCHULZE (54.5/60) = 9.8333

99. "A Tab in the Ocean" (16:43) - NEKTAR (27.25/30) = 9.08

100. "L.S.B." (17:37) - OUT OF FOCUS (31.75/35) = 9.07
101. "1st Movement" (20:30) - CLEARLIGHT (36.25/40) = 9.0625
102. "Animale senza respiro" (19:55) - OSANNA (36.25/40) = 9.0625
103. "Lumpy Gravy" (31:26) - FRANK ZAPPA (54.3333/60) = 9.05555

104. "Rolling Stone" (23:54) - TERJE RYPDAL (45.25/50) = 9.05 

105. "Imaginary Voyage" (19:55) - JEAN-LUC PONTY (36.175/40) = 9.04

106. "Dabsong Conshirto" (18:01) - CARAVAN (31.625/35) = 9.0357 

107. "Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band All Night Flight" (21:36) - TERRY RILEY (36.125/40) = 9.03

"Four Moments" (20:41) - SEBASTIAN HARDIE (36/40) = 9.0

"Chameleon" (15:41) - HERBIE HANCOCK (27/30) = 9.0

"Put On Your Nightcap" (16:02) - CAROL OF HARVEST (27/30) = 9.0

"Fantasia Lindum" (20:13) - THE AMAZING BLONDEL (36/40) = 9.0

"Mumps" (20:06) - HATFIELD AND THE NORTH (36/40) = 9.0

"La Faulx" (25:18) - UNIVERS ZERO (45/50) = 9.0

"Tarantos del Califato Independiente" (20:46) - IMÁN CALIFATO INDEPENDIENTE (36/40) = 9.0 

"Velvet Voyage" (28:28) - KLAUS SCHULZE (54/60) = 9.0

"Köhntarkösz (Part Two)" (16:04) - MAGMA (27/30) = 9.0

"Incantations, Part Three" (17:03) - MIKE OLDFIELD (31.5/35) = 9.0

"Ichi" (19:21) - TOSHIYUKI MIYAMA AND HIS NEW HERD (36/40) = 9.0

"The Ancient - Giants Under The Sun" (18:34) - YES (36/40) = 9.0

"Halleluhwah" (18:26) - CAN (36/40) = 9.0 

"Mission Suite" (14:50) - THE CHRIS HINZE COMBINATION (27/30) = 9.0

"Un Incident À Bois-Des-Filions" (20:24) - BEAU DOMMAGE (36/40) = 9.0

"Yeti" (18:13) - AMON DüüL II (31.5/35) = 9.0

"Rainbow Seven/Epilogue" (14:58) - NEIL ARTLEY (27/30) = 9.0

"The World of Genius Hans" (14:05) - MOVING GELATINE PLATES (27/30) = 9.0

"Le Rafiot" (21:22) - MANEIGE (36/40) = 9.0

"Einsjäger & Siebenjäger" (19:30) - POPOL VUH (36/40) = 9.0

AS-YET UN-REVIEWED:

"The Adventures of Greggery Peccary" (20:55) - FRANK ZAPPA (/40) = 

"Rïah Sahïltaahk" (21:51) - MAGMA (/45) = 

"2nd Movement" (20:40) - CLEARLIGHT (/40) = 

"Sometime Ago/La Fiesta" (23:13) - RETURN TO FOREVER (/45) = 

"Buenos Aires Solo es Piedra" (15:48) - ALAS (/30) = 

"Huchen 55, C" (24:18) - OUT OF FOCUS (/50) = 

"Couleurs" (21:41) - CARPE DIEM (/40) = 

"Sommerabend" (18:17) - NOVALIS (/40) = 

"Nova Solis" (20:25) - MORGAN (/40) = 

"Baker Street Muse" (16:42) - JETHRO TULL (/30) =

"Travel Suite" (22:30) - CHICAGO (/45) = 

"The Lord's Prayer" (22:59) - ROY HARPER (/45) = 

"Procréation" (26:17) - MORSE CODE (/50) = 

"Pavana" (23:27) - LATTE E MIELE (/50) = 

"Pluralis" (21:41) - MANUEL GÖTTSCHING (/40) = 

"The Pillory" (44:00) - JASUN MARTZ / THE NOTERIC ORCHESTRA (/90) = 

"Syntelman's March of the Roaring Seventies" (15:52) - AMON DüüL II (/30) = 

"No Motion Picture" (19:56) - EBERHARD WEBER (/40) = 

"Sand-Glass" (15:40) - EBERHARD WEBER (/30) = 

"Seriously Deep" (17:47) - EBERHARD WEBER (/35) = 

"Quiet Departures" (17:24) - EBERHARD WEBER (/35) = 

"Primera Transmigración (Paraiso Remoto)" (16:50) - LOS CANARIOS (/35) = 

"Segunda Transmigración (Abismo Próximo)" (16:45) - LOS CANARIOS (/35) = 

"Tercera Transmigración (El Entorno Futuro)" (17:47) - LOS CANARIOS (/35) = 

"Cuarta Transmigración (El Eslabón Recobrado)" (21:53) -  LOS CANARIOS (/45) = 

"Galactic Joke" (22:38) - COSMIC JOKERS (/45) = 

"Cosmic Joy" (19:24) - COSMIC JOKERS (/40) = 

"Swastikas on Parade" (17:30) - THE RESIDENTS (/35) = 

"Hitler Was a Vegetarian" (18:27) - THE RESIDENTS (/40) = 

"Bolero" (21:44) - HELDON (/40) = 

"Perspective IV" (21:45) - HELDON (/45) = 

"Four Ever Rainbow" (20:30) - STEVE HILLAGE (/40) =

"Garden of Paradise" (23:13) - STEVE HILLAGE (/45) =

"The Eternal Question" (15:35) - SPEKTAKEL (/30) = 
"7 Pounds Tommy" (17:32) - SPEKTAKEL (/35) = 
"No No Not You" (20:12) - SPEKTAKEL (/40) = 

"Dance of the Goblins" (22:58) - DON BRADSHAW-LEATHER (/45) = 
"Autumn Mist" (23:14) - DON BRADSHAW-LEATHER (/45) = 

"Distance Between Us" Pts I & 2 (37:23) - DON BRADSHAW-LEATHER (/75) = 

"Ze słowem biegnę do ciebie" SBB

"Przed premierą" - SBB

"Wolnosc Z Nami" (Freedom With Us) - SBB

"The Heavenly Music Corporation" Pts 1-V - Fripp & Eno

"Amboss" - ASH RA TEMPEL

"Aumgn" - CAN

"Heaven and Hell, Part I" (22:07) - VANGELIS (/45) = 
"Heaven and Hell, Part II" (21:23) - VANGELIS (/40) = 
"Jenseits" (24:13) - ASH RA TEMPEL (/50) = 
"Dream" - ASH RA TEMPEL

"Suche & Liebe" (19:23) - ASH RA TEMPEL (/40) = 

"Freak'n'Roll" (19:15) - ASH RA TEMPEL (/40) = 

"Time" (21:37) - ASH RA TEMPEL (/40) = 

"Lotus Parts I-IV" - Ashra

"Space" (15:55) - ASH RA TEMPEL (/30) = 

"Freak'n'Roll" - ASH RA TEMPEL

"Jenseits" - ASH RA TEMPEL

"Bayreuth Return" - KLAUS SCHULZE

"Wahnfried 1883" - KLAUS SCHULZE

"Stardancer" - KLAUS SCHULZE

"Blanche" - KLAUS SCHULZE

"Floating" - KLAUS SCHULZE

"Mindphaser" - KLAUS SCHULZE

"Totem" - KLAUS SCHULZE
"Mental Door" - KLAUS SCHULZE
"Irrlicht" - KLAUS SCHULZE
"Synphära" - KLAUS SCHULZE
"Conphära" - KLAUS SCHULZE
"Chromengel" - KLAUS SCHULZE
"Neuronengesang" - KLAUS SCHULZE
"P.T.O." - KLAUS SCHULZE

"Nowhere, Now Here" - KLAUS SCHULZE

"Solar Musick Suite" - STEVE HILLAGE

"Parallel World" (30:09) - FAR EAST FAMILY BAND (/60) = 

"Discreet Music" (31:35) - BRIAN ENO (/60) = 

"1/1" - BRIAN ENO

"1/2" - BRIAN ENO

"2/2" - BRIAN ENO

"An Index of Metals" (20+) - Fripp & Eno

"21:17" - CLUSTER

CLUSTER Roedelius - "21:32"

"15:43" - CLUSTER & Roedelius

"Movin' On" - CIRCUS

"Restless Skylight-Transistor-Child" - AMON DüüL II
"The Marilyn Monroe-Memorial-Church" - AMON DüüL II
"Birth Of Liquid Pleiades" - TANGERINE DREAM
"Atem" -  TANGERINE DREAM
"Nebulous Dawn" -  TANGERINE DREAM
"Origin Of Supernatural Probabilities" -  TANGERINE DREAM

"Madrigal Meridian" -  TANGERINE DREAM

"Zeit" -  TANGERINE DREAM

"Epsilon In Malaysian Pale" EDGAR FROESE 
"Maroubra Bay" - EDGAR FROESE

ALSO REVIEWED:

"Svitanie (Dawning)" (19:24) - MODRY EFEKT (35.875/40) = 8.969

"Peace and Love Suite" (17:04) - MANDRILL (31.375/35) = 8.964

"Boucle d'or" (15:50) - BEDJABETCH (26.875/30) = 8.958

"Oro caldo" (18:32) - OSANNA (35.75/40) = 8.9375

"Ráno (Morning Part I)" (17:25) - ENERGIT (31.25/35) = 8.93

"De Futura" (17:36) - MAGMA (31.25/35) = 8.9286 

"Put Od Balona, Parts I & II" (19:01) - SMAK (35.6667/40) = 8.9167 

"Echoes" (23:31) - PINK FLOYD (40/45) = 8.89

"Nightdust" (21:51) - ASHRA (40/45) = 8.889 

"Vuh" (19:48) - POPOL VUH (35.5/40) = 8.875

"Julia" (19:03) - SBB (35.5/40) = 8.875

"El Cortejo de un Día Amarillo" (19:27) - BUBU (35.5/40) = 8.875 

"In den Gärten Pharaos" (17:37) - POPOL VUH (31/35) = 8.857  

"Spanish Key" (17:30) - MILES DAVIS (31/35) = 8.857

"Call" (17:22) - EMBRYO (31/35) = 8.857 

"Skenet Bedrar (It's Not What It Seems)" (21:41) - KAIPA (35.375/40) = 8.84375

"Atom Heart Mother Suite" (23:41) - PINK FLOYD (39.75/45) = 8.8333

"Traummaschine" (25:32) - ASH RA TEMPEL (53/60) = 8.833

"Dream Suite: Asset Stop/Jane/Crunchy Granola" (15:21) - DREAMS (26.5/30) = 8.833

"Köhntarkösz (Part One)" (15:24) - MAGMA (26.5/30) = 8.83

"Prélude d'amour / Comme un sage" (14:04) - HARMONIUM (/30) = 

"Bitches Brew" (26:45) - MILES DAVIS (48.5/55) = 8.818

"Nella sala vuota, improvvisazioni dei New Trolls registrate in diretta" (20:31) - NEW TROLLS (35.25/40) = 8.8125

"Le petit violon de Monsieur Gregoire" suite (20:43) - MONA LISA (35.25/40) = 8.8125 

"Wind Chase" (20:37) - SEBASTIAN HARDIE (35.25/40) = 8.8125 

"Song of Scheherezade" (24:39) - RENAISSANCE (44/50) = 8.80

"Karn Evil 9" (29:37) - EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER (52.75/60) = 8.79

"Anna" (19:38) - SBB (35.125/40) = 8.781 

"King-Bird" (22:01) - TRACE (39/45) = 8.778

"Pharaoh's Dance" (19:25) - MILES DAVIS (35/40) = 8.75

"The Little House I Used to Live In" (18:41) - THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION (35/40) = 8.75

"Halvvägs Hildur" (19:00) - BERITS HALSBAND (35/40) = 8.75

"Shhh / Peaceful" (18:17) - MILES DAVIS (35/40) = 8.75

"Ommadawn (Side One)" (19:09) - MIKE OLDFIELD (35/40) = 8.75

"La Muerte Contó el Dinero" (17:36) - ALAS (30.625/35) = 8.75

"Land of No Body" (17:14) - ELOY (30.625/35) = 8.75

"King Kong" Suite (18:09) - THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION (30.625/35) = 8.75

"Ritual - Nous sommes du Soleil" (21:35) - YES (35/40) = 8.75 

"Yoo Doo Right" (20:30) - CAN (35/40) = 8.75 

"Lumières De Vie" (14:13) - HARMONIUM (/30) = 

"Nature And Transmigration" (18:32) - ROBERT GENCO ((34.75/40) = 8.6875

"In A Silent Way" / B2 "It's About That Time" (19:53) - MILES DAVIS (34.75/40) = 8.6875

"Totemism" (16:45) - ASSOCIATION (P.C.) (30.375/35) = 8.6785

"Flight" (19:39) - RARE BIRD (34.75/40) = 8.6875

"Electric Fantasy" (15:45) -TERJE RYPDAL (26/30) = 8.667

"Thick As a Brick, Part 2" (21:05) - JETHRO TULL (/40) = 

"Hornets" (19:36) - HERBIE HANCOCK (34.5/40) = 86.25

"Amelia Earhart" (15:45) - THE MUFFINS (25.5/30) = 8.5

"The Adventures of Captain Boomerang" (22:48) - THE MUFFINS (38/45) = 8.4444

"The Revealing Science Of God - Dance Of The Dawn" (20:27) - YES (28/40) = 7.0 

"The Remembering - High The Memory" (20:28) - YES (24/40) = 6.0

 Prog Lists: Top Long-Playing (over 15 minutes) Epics and Mesmerics of the 1980s

1. "As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls" (20:46) by PAT METHENY & LYLE MAYS - (40/40) = 10.0
2. "Emmanations" (15:43) by UNIVERS ZERO - (30/30) = 10.0 
3. "The Ninth Wave" (26:25) by KATE BUSH - (48.5/50) = 9.7
4. "Gevecht Met De Engel Deel I, II, & III" (22:37) by FLAIRCK - (43.5/45) = 9.67
5. "Marsibéli Krónikák I-VI" (23:23) by SOLARIS - (43.5/45) = 9.67
6. "Incipit Tragaedia" (15:46) by SHUB-NIGGURATH - (29/30) = 9.667
7. "1984, Part 1" (18:41) by ANTHONY PHILLIPS - (38.5/40) = 9.625
8. "The Funeral Plain" (20:24) by UNIVERS ZERO - (38/40) = 9.5
9. "The last requiem" (24:40) by AMENOPHIS - (46.75/50 = 9.35
10. "Cryogenèse - Les Portes du Futur" (14:30) by ART ZOYD - (28/30) = 9.333
11. "The Crucifixion" (15:39) by ARAGON - (27.5/30) = 9.167
12. "Geoffroy" (16:29) - ÉMERAUDE - (27.5/30) = 9.1666667
13. "Brothers of Darkness, Sons of Light" (16:43) - POPOL VUH (27.5/30) = 9.1667
14. "Sphinx Lightning" (19:12) by TANGERINE DREAM - (36.5/40) = 9.125
15. "Memento z banalnym triptykiem" (20:57) by SBB - (36.5/40) = 9.125
16. "A Few Minutes After Trancefer" (18:50) by KLAUS SCHULZE - (36.5/40) = 9.125
17. "Circle in the Forest" (22:21) by ASTURIAS - (41/45) = 9.11
18. "E2-E4" (59:00) by MANUEL GÖTTSCHING - (108/120) = 9.0
19. "Landahl's Cross" (20:04) by GALADRIEL - (36/40) = 9.0
20. "The Slough Of Despond" (15:33) by MIDAS - (27/30) = 9.0
21. "1984, Part 2" (15:23) by ANTHONY PHILLIPS (27/30) = 9.0 

Prog Lists: Top Long-Playing (over 15 minutes) Epics and Mesmerics of the 1990s

1. "The Sky Moves Sideways - Phase 1" (18:37) by PORCUPINE TREE - (40/40) = 10.0 
2. "Glissements Progressifs Du Plaisir (extraits)" (30:44) by ART ZOYD - (59/60) = 9.83
3. "The Real Thing" (18:02) by KINGSTON WALL - (34/35) = 9.71 
4. "A Suite for The Everyman" (28:13) by ECHOLYN - (58/60) = 9.67
5. "Shadow of the Lake" (14:45) by MYSTERY - (28.75/30) = 9.5833333
6. "The Garden of Dreams" (59:34) by THE FLOWER KINGS - (114.75/120) = 9.5625
7. "Slow Dance, Part Two” (26:27) by ANTHONY PHILLIPS - (47.75/50) = 9.55
8. "The Cathedral" (19:33) by PÄR LINDH PROJECT - (38/40) = 9.5 
9. "Before The Storm/The Storm" (15:51) by DISCIPLINE - (28.5/30) = 9.5 
10. "299 796 km/s" (14:46) by IN THE WOODS - (28.5/30) = 9.5 
11. "A Change of Seasons" (23:09) by DREAM THEATER - (42/45) = 9.33 
12.  "Flow" (15:48) by SPOCK’S BEARD - (28/30) = 9.333
13. "Three Minute Warning" (28:31) by LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT - (55.5/60) = 9.25
14. "Jack Luminous" (17:28) by VOIVOD - (32/35) = 9.143 
15. "The Nile for A While" (21:29) by MR. SIRIUS - (36.5/40) = 9.125
16. "Humanizzimo" (20:53) by ROINE STOLT - (36.5/40) = 9.125
17. "Canto No. 1 (lettera ad un amico del 1400)" (22:12) by MONTEFELTRO - (41/45) = 9.111
18. "Mundus Incompertus" (26:43) by PÄR LINDH PROJECT - (45.5/50) = 9.1 
19. "Stardust We Are" (25:02) by THE FLOWER KINGS - (45.5/50) = 9.1 
20. "Madrigal Love" (21:57) by AFTER CRYING - (41/45) = 9.1
21. "A Pleasant Shade of Gray" (53:46) by FATES WARNING - (95/105) = 9.05
22. "The Last Man on Earth" (14:45) by PENDRAGON - (27/30) = 9.0 
23. "Höstsejd (Rites of Fall)" (15:34) by ÄNGLAGÅRD - (27/30) = 9.0 
24. "Book of Prophecies" suite (20:35) by SOLARIS - (36/40) = 9.0 
25. "The Divine Wings of Tragedy"(20:43) by SYMPHONY X - (36/40) = 9.0
26. "Omnio?" (26:04) by IN THE WOODS - (45/50) = 9.0

Prog Lists: Top Long-Playing (over 15 minutes) Epics and Mesmerics of the 2000s

1. "At the Court of Alkinoos" (21:33) by GLASS HAMMER - (40/40) = 10.0
2. "K.A. (Part III)" (21:45) by MAGMA - (45/45) = 10.0 
3. "Chapter IX" (21:32) by AETHER - (40?40) = 10.0
4. "Sequencer (from 70 to 07)" (24:54) by KLAUS SCHULZE - (50/50) = 10.0
5. "Perfect Cosmic Storm" (14:41) by BIG BIG TRAIN ) = 10.0
6. "Vapour Trail" (14:30) by SYLVAN ) = 10.0
7. "En Las Manos de Dios" (14:46) by NEXUS ) = 10.0
8. "Second Life Syndrome" (15:40) by RIVERSIDE ) = 10.0
9. "The Manifold Curiosity" (14:30) by KAYO DOT ) = 10.0
10. "Chonyi Bardo - A Path of The Lights" (28:53) by OÖPHOI ) = 10.0
11. "Sulle ali del sogno Odissea" (28:16) by C.A.P. - (59/60) = 9.83
12. "Falling Stardrops" (15:46) by ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE - (29.5/30) = 9.83
13. "The Way Up: Part Two" (20:30) by PAT METHENY - (39/40) = 9.75
14. "Indigo" (14:41) by PENDRAGON - (29/30) = 9.67
15. "Zilezi" (15:14) by ARANIS - (29/30) = 9.67
16. "Sovrano dell-illusione" (Parts 1 & 2)” (17:12) by MAD CRAYON - (33.5/35) = 9.57
17. "Tick Tock" (22:24) by GAZPACHO - (43/45) = 9.56
18. "Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré II" (22:24) by MAGMA - (52.5/55) = 9.54
19. "Cassandra Gemini" (32:27) by THE MARS VOLTA - (62/65) = 9.548
20. "Pentacle Suite" (30:11) by KOTEBEL - (57/60) = 9.51
21. "El Regresso (the Return)" (27:50) by NEXUS - (57/60) = 9.5
22. "Le Gardien" (20:11) by NIL - (38/40) = 9.5
23. "On the Run" (14:51) by SATELLITE - (28.5/30) = 9.5
24. "Jacob van Vennepkade II" (18:40) by OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ - (38/40) = 9.5
25. "Elsewhere" (24:55) by YVES POTIN - (47.5/50) = 9.5
26.  "Skin" (29:26) by BONDAGE FRUIT - (56.5/60) = 94.167
27. "The Everlastering Hills" (Parts 1-5) (19:36) by DAVE BAINBRIDGE - (37.5/40) = 9.375
28. "Ato piradime" (15:51) by UNIVERSAL TOTEM ORCHESTRA - (28/30) = 9.33
29. "Silent Inferno" (14:25)by THE FLOWER KINGS - (28/30) = 9.33
30. "Quits" (14:49) by PAATOS - (28/30) = 9.33
31. "Milliontown" (26:35) by FROST* - (46.5/50) = 9.25
32. "Storm" (22:26) by GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR - (41.5/45) = 9.22
33. "Metamorphosis" (23:51)by MAGENTA - (46/50) = 9.2
34. "Stranger in Your Soul" (26:05) by TRANSATLANTIC - (50.5/55) = 9.182
35. "Dérégénération" (14:32) by NIL - (27.5/30) = 9.167
36. "In the Shadow of Our Pale Companion" (14:45) by AGALLOCH - (27.5/30) = 9.167
37. "Light of Day, Day of Darkness - Part 2" (27:20) by GREEN CARNATION - (50/55) = 9.091
38. ”The Black Tomato" (Parts I-III) (32:14) by ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE - (59/65) = 9.08
39. "Vessiko" suite (23:08) by UZVA (40.75/45) = 9.06

Prog Lists: Top Long-Playing (over 15 minutes) Epics of the 2010s

1. "Silhouette" (1:07:23) by EDISON'S CHILDREN - (135/135) = 10.0
2. "Fiori, frutti, farfalle" (20:00) by HUMANA PROG - (40/40) = 10.0
3. "Around The Second Moon" (22:45)by SEQUENTIA LEGENDA - (45/45) = 10.0
4. "(You Will) Live Forever Now" (22:41) by ELECTRIC MOON - (45/45) = 10.0
5. "Silent Rumon" (15:16) by ALIO DIE & LORENZO MONTANÀ - (30/30) = 10.0
6. "God Left Us for A Black-Dressed Woman" (14:12) by SEVEN IMPALE - (30/30) = 10.0
7. "Germander Speedwell" (14:33) by THIEVES' KITCHEN - (30/30) = 10.0
8. "Bortglömda Gårdar" (14:03) by ALL TRAPS ON EARTH - (30/30) = 10.0
9. "gravelax de spleen" (14:17) by ARNAUD BUKWALD - (30/30) = 10.0
10. "Grace Meditation" (23:40) by STEVE ROACH - (50/50) = 10.0
11. "Honey Mushroom" suite (38:58) by ALIO DIE - (60/60) = 10.0
12. "Vixit I" (24:02) by BATTLESTATIONS - (50/50) = 10.0
13. "Ici et maintenant" (25:40) by SEQUENTIA LEGENDA - (50/50) = 10.0
14. "Walpurgi Flame" (20:15) by MOTHER TURTLE - (40/40) = 10.0
15. "Misophonia III" (17:37) by ELECTRIC ORANGE - (35/35) = 10.0
16. "Tryptique" (25:58) by SETNA - (49/50) = 9.8
17. "Coral Butterfly" (19:19) by THE STARGAZER'S ASSISTANT - (48.5/50) = 9.7
18. "Antítesis" (16:02) by KANT FREUD KAFKA - (29/30) = 9.67
19. "Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde" (15:40) by WESERBERGLAND - (29/30) = 9.67
20. "Fécondée par un extra-terrestre" (15:10) by CAMEMBERT - (29/30) = 9.67
21. "The Dreaded Lurg" (14:58) by REGAL WORM - (29/30) = 9.67
22. "Concerto for Piano and Electric Ensemble" (42:59) by KOTEBEL - (86.5/90) = 9.61
23. "Giovane Figlia" (22:43) by LA COSCIENZA DI ZENO - (48/50) = 9.6
24. "Suiciety Chapter I - Exterior, Parts 1-4" (24:05) by METHEXIS - (33.5/35) = 9.57
25. "Téton effrayant - sauerkraut" (16.57) by ARNAUD BUKWALD - (33.5/35) = 9.57
26. "Madre Antica" (20:09) by LA COSCIENZA DI ZENO - (43/45) = 9.56
27. "Brizh" (14:49) by SEVEN REIZH - (28.5/30) = 9.5
28. "Terra cava" (14:06) by UNIVERSAL TOTEM ORCHESTRA - (28.5/30) = 9.5
29. "Creature" (27:46) by THE TEA CLUB - (52/55) = 9.45
30. "Firebears" (17:52) by THE TEA CLUB - (33/35) = 9.43
31. "Symphony for a Perfect Moment" (17:56) by SILHOUETTE - (33/35) = 9.43
32. "Hquark" (23:04) by VAK - (47/50) = 9.4
33. "Pilon Bran Coucou" (14:02) by PiNioL - (27.75/30) = 9.25 
34. "Magmatic Warning" (16:09) by ALL TRAPS ON EARTH - (27.75/30) = 9.25
35. "Concurrent Abreaction, Parts I-VI" (35:23) - STARE AT THE CLOUDS - (69/75) = 9.2
36. "A Mysterious Cup fo Tea" (23:31) - MARGIN - (46/50) = 9.20 
37. "The Finest of Miracles Suite" (18:06) - CICCADA - (36.5/40) = 9.125
38. "Phantom Pain Scars" (14:15) by T - (37.25/30) = 9.083

Prog Lists: Top Long-Playing (over 15 minutes) Epics of the 2020s

1. "Äiti Maan Lapset" (18:50) - VIIMA - (39.75/40) = 9.9375
2. "Hypertension" (15:00) - KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD - (29.5/30) = 9.833
3. "Chariots of the Sun - To Phaeton on the Occasion of the Sunrise (theme from an imagined movie)” (22:22) - MOTORPSYCHO - (44/45) = 9.778
4. "Contes lunaires" (22:14) - ARNAUD BUKWALD - (44/45) = 9.77
5. "De ludo globi - Pars una" - (20:06) - VESPERO - (39/40) = 9.75
6. "Lust och fägring (Sommarvisan)" (14:30) - AGUSA - (29/30) = 9.667
7. "Naturens katedral" (16:36) - LARS FREDRIK FRØISLIE - (29/30) = 9.6667
8. "Raum" (14:56) - TANGERINE DREAM - (29/30) = 9.667
9. "Helen" (19:14) - UNITOPIA - (38.5/40) = 9.625
10. "Am Ende Der Welt" (Side A) (24:18) -WESERBERGLAND - (48/50) = 9.6 
11. "The Beggar Lover (Three)" (43:51) - SWANS - (86/90) = 9.5555
12. "Am Ende Der Welt" (Side B) (18:20) - WESERBERGLAND - (38/40) = 9.5
13. "Sacrae Symphonia No. 1" (39:48)  - WESERBERGLAND - (75/80) = 9.5
14. “Bruise" (23:45) - BATTLESTATIONS - (47.5/50) = 9.50
15. "Requiem for a Dream" (25:13) - KARNATAKA - (48/50) = 9.5
16. "Der Hauch des Lebens (Parts 1-5)" (27:07) - KLAUS SCHULZE - (52/55) = 9.455
17. "De ludo globi - Pars duo" (20:23) - VESPERO - (37.5/40) = 9.375
18. "I Have Little to No Memories of These Memories" (47:48) - TOEHIDER - (89/95) = 9.368
19. "Summer Queen" (15:52) - JONAS LINDBERG & THE OTHER SIDE - (28/30) = 9.33
20. "Between the Light and the Stone" (14:37) - ISPROJECT - (28/30) = 9.333
21. "Emperor" (14:36) - CALIGONAUT - (28/30) = 9.333
22. "The Horror" (16:20) - RANESTRANE - (28/30) = 9.33
23. "Musical Phylosophy" (15:23) - AGLAIA - (28/30) = 9.3333
24. "Delicate Light" (16:36) - AGLAIA - (28/30) = 9.3333
25. "Lighter Than Air" (19:34) - CALIGONAUT - (36/40) = 9.25
26. "Telepathic Minds" (17:18) - OVERHEAD - (32.125/35) = 9.1786
27. "And I Stood Transfixed" (15:07) - EMERALD DAWN - (27.5/30) = 9.1667
28. "You Have It All" (14:25) - LOBATE SCARP (27.5/30) = 9.1667 
29. "Toxicity" (14:22) - ZOPP - (27.5/30) = 9.16667
30. "Seth (Parts 1-7)" - KLAUS SCHULZE - (59.5/65) = 9.154
31. "Beyond the Exosphere" (17:48) - PYRAMID THEOREM - (32/35) = 9.143
32. "Starlifter: Fearless Pt. II" (18:00) - CROWN LANDS - (32/35) = 9.143
33. "Rytter av dommedag" (16:56) - LARS FREDRIK FRØISLIE - (32/35) = 9.143
34. "Alda" (20:52) - BREIDABLIK - (36.5/40) = 9.125
35. "Die Before You Wake" (19:33) - BEN CRAVEN - (36.5/40) = 9.125
36. "N.O.X." - MOTORPSYCHO - (82/90) = 9.111

Songs listed in blue ink have been included despite being just shy of the minimum 15 minute length requirement (at least 14 minutes long).

Songs listed in orange ink denote mesmerics, i.e. not true "epics" or suites.