The Best Prog Epics and Mesmerics from the 1980s

The 1980s' Best Prog Epics and Mesmerics
(9+ minutes in length.)

Here are my top-rated long-playing prog songs from the 1980s. The pickings are rather slim--and I'm sure there are some that I've missed--but there are a few choice ones to get excited about.

PROG PERFECTION

1. "As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls" 
(20:46)

by PAT METHENY & LYLE MAYS 
40/40 = 10.0
from the 1981 album of the same name.

2. "Dream Within a Dream"
(9:08) 

by PROPAGANDA
20/20 = 10.0
from the 1985 album A Secret Wish

3. "Le cri"
(9:03)

by ESKATON
20/20 = 10.0
from the 1981 album 4 Visions

4. "La poderosa muerte"

(11:08)

by LOS JAIVAS

(20/20)

from the 1981 album Alturas de Machu Picchu

NEAR PERFECTION:

5. "Eskaton"
(10:30)
by ESKATON

(19.75/20) = 9.875

from the 1981 album 4 Visions

6. "Minuano in 6/8"

(9:26)
by THE PAT METHENY GROUP 

(19.5/20) = 9.75 

from the album Still Life (Talking)

7. "Lágada"

(9:00)

by GALADRIEL 

(19.5/20) = 9.75

from the 1988 album Mutterred Promises from An Ageless Pond

8. "The Ninth Wave" 

(26:25)
by KATE BUSH 

(48.5/50) = 9.7

from the 1985 album Hounds of Love

9. "Gevecht Met De Engel Deel I, II, & III"

(22:37)
by FLAIRCK

(43.5/45) = 9.67

from the 1980 album Gevecht Met De Engel

10. "Marsibéli Krónikák I-VI"

(23:23)
by SOLARIS

(43.5/45) = 9.67

from the 1984 album Marsibéli Krónikák

11. "Welcome to The Pleasuredome"

(13:40)
by FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD

(29/30) = 9.67

from the 1984 album Welcome to The Pleasuredome

12. "1984, Part 1"

(18:41)
by ANTHONY PHILLIPS

(38.5/40) = 9.625

from the 1981 album 1984

Other LP Prog Epic Masterpieces:

13. "Wave"

(9:11)

by DAVID SYLVIAN

(19/20) = 9.5

from the 1986 album Gone to Earth

14. "Présage"

(9:48)

by UNIVERS ZERO
(19/20) = 9.5

from the 1984 album Uzed

15. "All The Fallen People"

(11:57)
by MR. SIRIUS

(28.5/30) = 9.5

from the 1987 album Barren Dreams

16. "Same Deep Water as You"

(9:19)

by THE CURE
(19/20) = 9.5

from the 1989 album Disintegration

17. "The Great Tower"

(9:44)
by IVORY 

(19/20) = 9.5

from the 1980 album Sad Cypress

18. "Combat" 

(12:26)
by UNIVERS ZERO 

(23.5/25) = 9.4

from the 1981 album Ceux du dehors

19. "La Ballade De Lénore" 

(9:00)

by SHUB-NIGGURATH
(18.75/20) = 9.375

from the 1986 album Les mortes sont vites

20. "The last requiem"

(24:40)

by AMENOPHIS

(46.75/50 = 9.35

from the 1983 album Amenophis

 

21. "Barbara" 

(13:45)

by IVORY

(28/30) = 9.33

from the 1980 album Sad Cypress

22. "Tota in The Moya"

(10:14)

by YEZDA URFA
(18.5/20) = 9.25

from the 1989 album Sacred Baboon

23. "Attente"

(10:12))
by ESKATON 

(18.5/20) = 9.25

from the 1981 album 4 Visions

24. "We Are Sane" 

(10:27)
by TWELFTH NIGHT 

(18.5/20) = 9.25

from the 1982 album Fact and Fiction

Other GREAT LP Prog Epics:

25. "Rise and Fall" (10:12) 
by PALLAS (17.3/20) = 9.225
from the 1984 album The Sentinel




26. "La vieille femme et la chandelle"(12:43)
by HECENIA (23/25) = 9.2
from the 1989 album Hecenia




27. "The Crucifixion" (15:39)
by ARAGON (27.5/30) = 9.167
from the 1988 album Don't Bring the Rain

28. "The Enemy Smacks" (13:49)
by IQ (27.5/30) = 9.167 
from the 1983 album Tales from the Lush Attic



29. "Sphinx Lightning" (19:12)
by TANGERINE DREAM (36.5/40) = 9.125
from the 1983 album Hyperborea


30. "Memento z banalnym triptykiem" (20:57)
by SBB (36.5/40) = 9.125
from the 1980 album Memento z banalnym triptykiem



 31. "A Few Minutes After Trancefer" (18:50)
by KLAUS SCHULZE (36.5/40) = 9.125
from the 1983 album Trancefer



32. "Circle in the Forest" (22:21)
by ASTURIAS (41/45) = 9.11
from the 1988 album Circle in The Forest



33. "Dense" (12:34)
by UNIVERS ZERO (22.75/25) = 9.1
from the 1981 album Ceux du dehors





HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Barren Dream" - MR. SIRIUS (27/30) = 9.0
"Anniversio" - PAZZO FANFANO DI MUSICA (18/20) = 9.0
"Tangram" Set 2 - TANGERINE DREAM (36/40) = 9.0
"The Funeral Plain" (20:24) - UNIVERS ZERO (36/40) = 9.0
"Green Desert" - TANGERINE DREAM (36/40) = 9.0
"1984, Part 2" - ANTHONY PHILLIPS (27/30) = 9.0
"New Impressionist" - PEKKA POHJOLA (27/30) = 9.0 
"Landahl's Cross" - GALADRIEL (36/40) = 9.0
"The Slough of Despond" - MIDAS (27/30) = 9.0
"Communiqué: 'Approach Spiral'" - MICHAEL SHRIEVE with Kevin Shrieve & Klaus Schulze (27/30) = 9.0
"The Rainbow" - TALK TALK (18/20) = 9.0



ALSO REVIEWED:

"Le grimoire" - HECENIA (17.75/20) = 8.875
"Visions of Blue" - JAN AKKERMAN (17.75/20) = 8.875
"Cryogenèse - Rêve Artificiel" (18:12) - ART ZOYD (31/35) = 8.857

"Mission 14" - QUASAR (26.5/30) = 8.83
"The Last Requiem" - AMENOPHIS (44/50) = 8.8
"The Network of Sparks" - DAVID TORN (17.5/20) = 8.75
"Tangram" Set 1 - TANGERINE DREAM (35/40) = 8.75
"Hecenia" - HECENIA (17.5/20) = 8.75
"Scottish Suite" - ANTHONY PHILLIPS (26.25/30) = 8.75

"Crises" - MIKE OLDFIELD (35/40) = 8.75
"My Brother" (13:52) - IVORY (26/30) = 8.67
"Incipit Tragaedia" - SHUB-NIGGURATH (26/30) = 8.67
"Kätkävaaran Lohikäärme" - PEKKA POHJOLA (26/30) = 8.67
"Creepshow" - TWELFTH NIGHT (21.667/25) = 8.667
"Funkology" - JAN AKKERMAN (17.25/20) = 8.625 
"Inke Ja Mä"  - PEKKA POHJOLA (17/20) = 8.5
"Blind Curve" - MARILLION (17/20) = 8.5
"Emmanations" - UNIVERS ZERO (25.5/30) = 8.5
"Silent Running" - KLAUS SCHULZE (34/40) = 8.5 
"The Black Knight" - PENDRAGON (17/20) = 8.5
"Beyond the Clean Air" - MIDAS (34/40) = 8.5 
"Heavy Jazz" - PEKKA POHJOLA (17/20) = 8.5
"Třiatřicet" MODRY EFEKT (25.5/30) = 8.5 
"FM Delight" - KLAUS SCHULZE (29.5/35) = 8.429
"Sailor on the Seas of Fate" - OSIRIS - (21/25) = 8.4
"Sampoliini" - PEKKA POHJOLA (21/25) = 8.4 
"Le passage" - HECENIA (20.75/25) = 8.3
"Mystical Adventures, Pts 1-5" - JEAN-LUC PONTY (33/40) = 8.25 
"Widow's Peak" - IQ (16.5/20) = 8.25
"Pressure" - PEKKA POHJOLA (16.5/20) = 8.25
"Mojave Plan" - TANGERINE DREAM (33/40) = 8.25
"Company of Wolves" - ARAGON (16.5/20) = 8.25
"Urban Caravan" - PEKKA POHJOLA (20.5/25) = 8.2
"Alpha Numerique" - KLAUS SCHULZE (24.5/30) = 8.167
"Risto" - PEKKA POHJOLA (24.5/30) = 8.167
"U.F.O." - QUASAR (28.5/35) = 8.14
"Écoute" - ESKATON (20/25) = 8.0
"Transfer Station Blue" - MICHAEL SHRIEVE with Kevin Shrieve & Klaus Schulze (20/25) = 8.0
"Imppu's Tango" - PEKKA POHJOLA (16/20) = 8.0
"Kiew Mission" - TANGERINE DREAM (16/20) = 8.0
"Taurus II" - MIKE OLDFIELD (39/50) = 7.8
"Orabidoo" - MIKE OLDFIELD (19.5/25) = 7.8
"The Last Human Gateway" - IQ (31/40) = 7.75
"Tanz und Tod (15:11)" - ANYONE's DAUGHTER (23/30) = 7.67 
"Formula N-One" - JAN AKKERMAN (15/20) = 7.5

9.0 Songs
"Circles" - TERJE RYPDAL

8.5 Songs
"Before the Bullfight" (8.5) - DAVID SYLVIAN
"Último Entardecer" (8.5) - BACAMARTE
"Script for a Jester's Tear" (8.5) - MARILLION
"Onde" (8.5) - EIDER STELLAIRE
"Esnatzea I & II" (8.5) - ITOIZ



Great Songs Just Under Nine Minutes in Length:
"Brilliant Trees" - DAVID SYLVIAN (19.5/20) = 9.75
"Disintegration" - THE CURE = 9.5
"Are You Going With Me?" - THE PAT METHENY GROUP (19/20) = 9.5
"The Sheltering Sky" - KING CRIMSON (19/20) = 9.5
"Občasná pánská jízda" - MODRY EFEKT (Blue Effect) (19/20) = 9.5
"Heatwave" - UNIVERS ZERO (19/20) = 9.5
"Pitié" - ESKATON (18.5/20) = 9.25
"Alaska" - PENDRAGON (18.5/20) = 9.25
"The Everso Closely Guarded Line" - CARDIACS (13.5/15) = 9.0
"Sleepless" (extended version) - KING CRIMSON (18/20) = 9.0
"Incubus" - MARILLION (18/20) = 9.0
"3, Almost 4, 6, Yea" - YEZDA URFA (18/20) = 9.0
"La corne du bois des pendus" - UNIVERS ZERO (17.5/20) = 8.75



As-yet unreviewed:
"Le Poison Qui Rend Fou, Part 1: Ram Ram Va Faire "Pif Paf" (15:23) - PRESENT (/30)

"Le Poison Qui Rend Fou, Part 2: Didi, Dans Ta Chambre!" (9:41) - PRESENT(/20)
"Samana" (9:14) - PRÉSENT (/20) = 
"Once Around the World" - IT BITES

"Promenade Au Fond D'un Canal" (19:15) - PRESENT ()
"Quatre-Vingt Douze" (15:36) - PRESENT ()

"Black Box" (19:38) - PETER HAMMILL ()

The Best Log-Playing Epics and Mesmerics of the 2000s (over 14 minutes)

The 2000s' Best
Long-Playing Prog Songs (14 + mins.)
These are my top-rated long-playing prog epics and mesmerics from the decade of the 2000s, songs longer than 14 minutes. I haven't heard them all but I'm working on it--which means I'll be adding to the list as I discover new masterpieces!

PROG PERFECTION:

1. "At the Court of Alkinoos"

(21:33)

by GLASS HAMMER

from the 2005 album Odyssey: The Greatest Tale

2. "K.A. (Part III)"

(21:45)

by MAGMA

from the 2004 album K.A.

3. "Chapter IX"

(21:32)

by AETHER

from the 2005 album Odyssey: The Greatest Tale

4. "Sequencer (from 70 to 07)"

(24:54)

by KLAUS SCHULZE

from the 2007 album Kontinuum

5. "Perfect Cosmic Storm"

(14:41)

by BIG BIG TRAIN

from the 2008 album The Difference Machine

6. "Vapour Trail"

(14:30)

by SYLVAN

from the 2009 album Force of Gravity

7. "En Las Manos de Dios"

(14:46)

by NEXUS

from the 2001 album Metanoia

8. "Second Life Syndrome"

(15:40)

by RIVERSIDE

from the 2005 album Second Life Syndrome

9. "The Manifold Curiosity"

(14:30)

by KAYO DOT

from the 2003 album Choirs of The Eye

10. "Chonyi Bardo - A Path of The Lights"

(28:53)

by OÖPHOI

from the 2002 album Bardo

NEAR PERFECTION:
11. "Gradus ad Parnassum"
(13:55)

 by PÄR LINDH PROJECT
(29.5/30) = 9.833

 from the 2001 album PLP III Veni Vedi Vici

12. "Sulle ali del sogno Odissea"
(28:16)

by C.A.P.
(59/60) = 9.83

from the 2005 album Odyssey: The Greatest Tale

13. "Falling Stardrops"
(15:46)

by ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE
(29.5/30) = 9.83

from the 2006 album Øresund Space Collective

14. "The Way Up: Part Two"
(20:30)

by PAT METHENY
(39/40) = 9.75

from the 2005 album The Way Up

15. "Indigo"
(14:41)

by PENDRAGON
(29/30) = 9.67

from the 2004 album Pure

16. "From Silence to Noise"
(15:36)

by NOSOUND
(29/30) = 9.67

from the 2008 album LightDark 

17. "Zilezi"
(15:14)

by ARANIS
(29/30) = 9.67

from the 2005 album Aranis

18. "Sovrano dell-illusione" (Parts 1 & 2)"

(17:12)

by MAD CRAYON
(33.5/35) = 9.57

from the 2009 album Preda

19. "Tick Tock"

(22:24)

by GAZPACHO
(43/45) = 9.56

from the 2009 album Tick Tock

20. "Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré II"

(22:24)

by MAGMA
(52.5/55) = 9.54

from the 2009 album Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré

21. "Cassandra Gemini"

(32:27)

by THE MARS VOLTA
(62/65) = 9.548

from the 2004 album Frances The Mute

22. "Pentacle's Suite"

(30:11)

by KOTEBEL
(57/60) = 9.51

from the 2006 album Omphalos

Other LP Prog Epic Masterpieces:

23. "El Regresso (the Return)" (27:50)

by NEXUS (57/60) = 9.5
from the 2005 album Odyssey: The Greatest Tale



24. "Le Gardien" (20:11)
by NIL (38/40) = 9.5
from the 2005 album Nil Novo Sub Sole



25. "On the Run" (14:51)
by SATELLITE (28.5/30) = 9.5
from the 2003 album A Street Between Sunrise and Sunset


26. "Jacob van Vennepkade II" (18:40)
by OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ (38/40) = 9.5

from the album The Apocalypse Inside of An Orange

27. "Elsewhere" (24:55)
by YVES POTIN (47.5/50) = 9.5
from the 2007 album Elsewhere

28. Il Viaggio Nell' Oceano Capovolto (parte 2)" (22:35)

by LA MASCHERA DI CERA (42.5/45) = 94.44

from the 2003 album Il Grande Labirinto

29. "Skin" (29:26)

by BONDAGE FRUIT (56.5/60) = 94.167

from the 2002 album V - Skin

30. "The Everlastering Hills" (Parts 1-5) (19:36) 

by DAVE BAINBRIDGE (37.5/40) = 9.375
from the 2004 album Veil of Gossamer

31. “Ato piradime” (15:51)
by UNIVERSAL TOTEM ORCHESTRA (28/30) = 9.33
from the 2008 album The Magus

32. "The Garden" (22:33)
by UNITOPIA (42/45) = 9.33
from the 2008 album The Garden



33. "Silent Inferno" (14:25)

by THE FLOWER KINGS (28/30) = 9.33

from the 2002 album Unfold The Future

34. 

from the 2003 album Timeloss



35. “De Astrologia” (19:30)
by UNIVERSAL TOTEM ORCHESTRA (37/40) =  9.25
from the 2008 album The Magus

36. "Milliontown" (26:35)
by FROST* (46.5/50) = 9.25
from the 2006 album Milliontown

Other GREAT LP Prog Epics:

"Storm" (22:26)
by GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR (41.5/45) = 9.22
from the 2000 album Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven



"Metamorphosis" (23:51)
by MAGENTA (46/50) = 9.2
from the 2008 album Metamorphosis



"Stranger in Your Soul" (26:05)

by TRANSATLANTIC (50.5/55) = 9.182

from the 2001 album Bridge Across Forever

"Dérégénération" (14:32)

by NIL (27.5/30) = 9.167
from the album Nil Novo Sol



"In the Shadow of Our Pale Companion" (14:45)
by AGALLOCH (27.5/30) = 9.167
from the 2002 album The Mantle

"Light of Day, Day of Darkness - Part 2" (27:20)

by GREEN CARNATION (50/55) = 9.091

from the 2001 album Light of Day, Day of Darkness

"The Black Tomato" (Parts I-III) (32:14)
by ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE (59/65) = 9.08
from the 2007 album The Black Tomato



"Vessiko" suite (23:08)
by UZVA (40.75/45) = 9.06
from the 2006 album Uoma





Honorable Mentions:
"The Long Fianchetto" (21:02) by THIEVES' KITCHEN (36/40) = 9.0

"Imperial Winter Wine" (15:02) by WOBBLER (27/30) = 9.0

"Rumble" (Parts I-V) (38:50) by ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE (72/80) = 9.0
"Comatose" (Parts 1-III) (17:38) by PENDRAGON (31.5/35) = 9.0
"Call of the Black Equus" GA'AN (36/40) = 9.0

"Still Remains" (16:11) by FATES WARNING (27/30) = 9.0

"The Count of Tuscany" (19:17) by DREAM THEATER (36/40) = 9.0

"On the Run" (14:51) by SATELLITE (27/30) = 9.0 
from the 2009 album Black Clouds & Silver Linings

"The Seventh House" (14:23) by IQ (26/30) = 8.667 

The Best Mid-Length Prog Epics of the 2000s

These are my top-rated mid-length prog epics (less than 14 minutes in length) from the decade of the 2000s. 

I haven't heard them all but I'm working at it!

PROG PERFECTION:

1. "Wind, Water, & Fire" suite

(13:48) 

by IONA
30/30 = 10.0

from the 2006 album The Circling Hour

2. "Castlerigg" 

(9:28)

by IONA
20/20 = 10.0

from the 2000 album Open Sky

3. "I Am The Sun (Part 2)"

(10:40)

by THE FLOWER KINGS
20/20 = 10.0
from the 2000 album Space Revolver

4. "Catastrophe"

(9:32)

by KBB
20/20 = 10.0
from the 2000 album Lost and Found

5. "Nessa No Kiuku"

(9:42)

by KBB
20/20 = 10.0
from the 2000 album Lost and Found

6. "Incubus"

(9:14)

by THE BOX
20/20 = 10.0
from the 2009 album D'Après le Horla de Maupassant

7. "Kana"

(9:03)

by PROGHMA-C
20/20 = 10.0
from the 2009 album Bar-Do Travels

8. "Excerpt from 6,000,000,000,000 Miles Before the First, or, the Revisitation of the Blue Ghost"

(10:56)

by MAUDLIN OF THE WELL
20/20 = 10.0
from the 2009 album Part The Second

9. "Laboratories of the Invisible World (Rollerskating the Cosmic Palmistric Postborder)"

(11:50)

by MAUDLIN OF THE WELL
25/25 = 10.0
from the 2009 album Part The Second

10. "Birth Pains of Astral Projection"

(10:35)

by MAUDLIN OF THE WELL
20/20 = 10.0
from the 2001 album Bath

11. "Envy"

(10:10)

by MAGENTA
20/20 = 10.0
from the 2002 album Seven

12. "Pane of Truth"

(9:02)

by SYLVAN
20/20 = 10.0
from the 2006 album Posthumous Silence

13. "Cicatriz ESP"

(12:30)

by THE MARS VOLTA
25/25 = 10.0
from the 2003 album De-Loused in The Comatorium

NEAR PERFECTION:

14. "Summer Fall"

(9:57) 

by AISLES

(19.5/30) = 9.75

from the 2009 album In Sudden Walks

15. "Five Suns II"

(10:20) 

by GAUPO

(19.5/20) = 9.75

from the 2004 album Five Suns

16. "Powder Monkey"

(9:08) 

by BIG BIG TRAIN

(19.5/20) = 9.75

from the 2004 album Gathering Speed

17. "Fronteira"

(10:20) 

by VIOLETA DE OUTONO

(19.5/20) = 9.75

from the 2007 album Volume 7

18. "Deep Into the Night"

(9:02) 

by HIROMI'S SONICBLOOM

(19.5/20) = 9.75

from the 2007 Time Control

19. "The Boat Builder (Searching )"

(10:33) 

by CLEARLIGHT

(19.5/20) = 9.75

from the 2003 album Kalevala - A Finnish Progressive Rock Epic

20. "Dopo il Vento"

(9:40)

by DELIRIUM

(19.5/20) = 9.75

from the 2009 album Il nome del vento

21. "She"

(9:26) 

by FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM

(19.5/20) = 9.75

from the 2005 album Mourning Sun

22. "Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré III"

(13:06)

by MAGMA

(29/30) = 9.667

from the 2009 album Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré

23. "Vento madre"

(13:24)

by UNIVERSAL TOTEM ORCHESTRA

(29.5/30) = 9.67

from the 2008 album The Magus

24. "Walk It Off"

(11:23)

by MOTH VELLUM

(19.25/20) = 9.625

25. "Mourning Sun"

(10:35) 

by FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM

(19.25/20) = 9.625

from the 2005 album Mourning Sun

26. "Ex-Slave"

(12:47) 

by THORK

(24/25) = 9.6

from the 2007 album Nula Jedan

27. "The Bright Ambassadors of Morning"

(11:57)

by PURE REASON REVOLUTION

(24/25) = 9.6

from the 2006 album The Dark Third

28. "The Sound of the Apocalypse"

(13:04) 

by BLACK BONZO

(24/25) = 9.6

from the 2007 album The Sound of The Apocalypse

29. "European Lover / Random Avenger"

(12:32)

by MAGYAR POSSE

(24/25) = 9.6

from the 2006 album Random Avenger

30. "Depicting Colours of Emotion"

(10:18)

by QUIDAM

(19/20) = 9.5

from the 2007 album Alone Together

31. "Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore"

(13:09)

by THE MARS VOLTA

(24/25) = 9.6

from the 2005 album Frances The Mute

Other Mid-Length Prog Epic Masterpieces:

32. "Tiny Tears"

(9:13) 

by DEVIN TOWNSEND

(19/20) = 9.5

from the 2001 album Terria

29. "Salt Water Falling on Uneven Ground"

(12:38) 

by BIG BIG TRAIN

(23.75/25) = 9.5

from the 2008 album The Difference Machine

30. "La Lumière"

(9:10) 

by THORK

(19/20) = 9.5

from the 2007 album Nula Jedan

31. "Wald"

(10:14) 

by ELECTRIC ORANGE

(19/20) = 9.5

from the 2007 album Morbus

32. "Reflection"

(11:08) 

by TOOL

(19/20) = 9.5

from the 2001 album Lateralus

33. "Bizarre Flowers/A Violent Mist"

(9:35)
by MAUDLIN OF THE WELL

(19/20) = 9.5

from the 2001 album Leaving Your Body Map

34. "Divine Design"

(9:26) 

by KBB

(19/20) = 9.5

from the 2000 album Lost and Found

35. "Way Is Open"

(11:43)
by CAFEINE

(19/20) = 9.5

from the 2004 album Kalevala - A Finnish Progressive Rock Epic

36. "Milanó"

(10:27) 

by SIGUR  RÓS

(19/20) = 9.5

from the 2005 album Takk...

37. "Woven Cord"

(9:29) 

by IONA

(19/20) = 9.5

from the 2000 album Open Sky

38. "Serenity in a Nutshell"

(13:12)
by CIRRUS BAY

(28.5/30) = 9.5

from the 2009 album A Step Into Elsewhere

39. "The Maiden"

(9:31)

by AISLES

(19/20) = 9.5

from the 2009 album In Sudden Walks

40. "Chikai Bardo - Dissolution"

(11:38)

by OÖPHOI

(19/20) = 9.5

from the 2002 album Bardo

41. "Greed"

(13:56)
by MAGENTA

(28.5/30) = 9.5

from the 2004 album Seven

42. "Crashmind"

(10:52)
by FROM.UZ (19/20) = 9.5

from the 2008 album Overlook

43. "The Czar"

(10:55)

by MASTODON

(18.875/20) = 9.4375

from the 2009 album Crack the Skye

44. "The Last Baron"

(13:03)

by MASTODON

(23.25/25) = 9.40

from the 2009 album Crack the Skye

45. "Sloth"

(10:08)

by MAGENTA

(18.75/20) = 9.375

from the 2004 album Seven

46. "Salto nel Buio"

(13:45)

by PANDORA

(28/30) = 9.33

from the 2008 album Dramma di un Poeta Ubriaco

47. "A Different Man - Part II"

(13:07)

by KNIGHT AREA

(23.25/25) = 9.30

from the 2007 album Under a New Sign

48. "Hybrisma"

(9:32)

by DATURAH

(18.5/20) = 9.25

from the 2008 album Reverie

49. "Voivode Dracula"

(9:15)

by KARDA ESTRA

(18.5/20) = 9.25

from the 2004 album Voivode Dracula

50. "Pandora"

(11:43)

by PANDORA

(18.5/20) = 9.25

from the 2008 album Dramma di un Poeta Ubriaco

51. "Symptoms Alone"

(9:54)

by FLOORIAN

(18.5/20) = 9.25

from the 2002 album What the Buzzing

52. "The Drapery Falls"

(10:52) 

by OPETH

(18.5/20) = 9.25

from the 2001 album Blackwater Park

53. "The Peter Criss Jazz"

(10:36) 

by DON CABALLERO

(18.5/20) = 9.25

from the 2000 album American Don

54. "Upside Down"

(9:41)

by GAZPACHO

(18.5/20) = 9.25

from the 2007 album Night

55. "Untitled #8 (Popplagið)"

(11:45)

by SIGUR RÓS

(18.5/20) = 9.25

from the 2002 album ( )

56. "Sparks that Flash and Fall..." 

(10:24)

by KARDA ESTRA

(18.5/20) = 9.25

from the 2001 album Eve

57. "Bring Out the Sun (So Alive)"

(10:45) 

by VON HERTZEN BROTHERS

(18.75/20) = 9.25

from the 2008 album Love Remains the Same

58. "Semi-Permiable Menbrane"

(10:54)

by DIAGONAL 

(18.5/20) = 9.25

from the 2008 album Diagonal

59. "Quando la morte mi colse nel sonno"

(9:23)

by YUGEN

(18.5/20) = 9.25

from the 2006 album Labirinto d'acqua 

60. "Gassttrumm"

(9:24)

by KOENJI HYAKKEI

(18.5/20) = 9.25

from the 2001 album Nivraym

61. "Beyond the Pale"

(9:56)

by PAIN OF SALVATION

(18.5/20) = 9.25

from the 2002 album Remedy Lane

62. "The Water Road"

 (11:34) 

by THIEVES' KITCHEN

 (18.5/20) = 92.5 

fron the 2008 Album The Water Road

Other GREAT Prog Epics (9.00 to 9.24):

"Note from the Past" (12:09)
by HIROMI'S SONICBLOOM (23/25) = 9.2
from the 2007 album Time Control

"The Poet & The Pendulum" (13:54)
by NIGHTWISH (27.5/30) = 9.167
from the 2007 album Dark Passion Play

"Crime Story" (9:02)
by MY EDUCATION (18.25/20) = 9.125
from the 2004 album 5 Popes

"The Perfect Element" (10:10)
by PAIN OF SALVATION (18.25/20) = 9.125
from the 2000 album The Perfect Element - Part 1

"Walk It Off" (11:25)
by MOTH VELLUM (18.25/20) = 9.125

from the 2008 album Moth Vellum

"Leggi E Ascolta" (11:09)

by IL CASTELLO DI ATLANTE (18.25/20) = 9.125

from the 2009 album Cap. 7 - Tra Le Antiche Mura

"Heroes" (9:27)

by THE WATCH (18.25/20) = 9.125

from the 2001 album Ghost

"The Hawthorne Passage" (11:19)

by AGALLOCH (18/20) = 9.0

from the 2002 album The Mantle 

"Vela" (9:29)
by KARDA ESTRA (18/20) = 9.0
from the 2003 album Constellations

"Are You There?" (10:25)
by MONO (18/20) = 9.0
from the 2006 album You Are There

"Realm of Dreams" (9:44)
by TO-MERA (18/20) = 9.0
from the 2006 album Transcendental

"Pick Up If You're There" (13:42)
by BIG BIG TRAIN (27/30) = 9.0
from the 2007 album The Difference Machine

"Thank You Evil" (9:17)
by PHIDEAUX (18/20) = 9.0
from the 2007 album Doomsday Afternoon

"O redek" (10:04)
by SEVEN REIZH (18/20) = 9.0
from the 2001 album Strinkadenn' Ys

"Fading" (11:58)

by ARCANE (/25) = 

from the 2009 album Chronicles of the Waking Dream

"Sequence I: The Weight" (10:14)

by SEIGES EVEN (18/20) = 9.0

from the 2005 album The Art of Navigating by the Stars

"Del mio abisso e del vuoto" (9:41)

by LA MASCHERA DI CERA (18/20) = 9.0

from the 2002 album La Maschera di Cera

"Sequence III: Unbreakable" (9:00)

by SEIGES EVEN (18/20) =9.0

from the 2005 album The Art of Navigating by the Stars 

"Break the Silence" (9:29) 

by SEVENTH WONDER (18/20) = 9.0 

from the 2008 album Mercy Falls

"In Taberna" (13:10)

by WOBBLER (22.5/25) = 9.0

from the 2009 album Afterglow

Wonderful Prog Songs Just Shy of 9 minutes in Length:

"Girl With A Watering Can" (8:45) - MAUDLIN OF THE WELL (20/20) = 10.0

“Someone Starts to Fade Away" (8:55) - NOSOUND (20/20) = 10.0

"Shimmering Lights" (8:54) - THE D PROJECT (20/20) = 10.0

"Garden" (8:18) - WILLOWGLASS (20/20) = 10.0

"Reaching for John Dowland" (8:46) - BIG BIG TRAIN (20/20) = 10.0

"Time Control, or Controlled by Time" (8:29) - HIROMI'S SONICBLOOM (19/20) = 9.5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzLDQs3gWxk

"Tout ce que j'ai rêvé" (8:46) - JELLY FICHE (19/20) = 9.5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTdsnWczM-E

"Andraiad" (8:28) - KARDA ESTRA (19/20) = 9.5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TikiOs6qK-Q

"Child of the Thundercloud" (8:49) - DIAGONAL (19/20) = 9.5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH5nZ5xNFfo

"First Rebreather" (8:32) - BIG BIG TRAIN (19/20) = 9.5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzUBoQx0L3M

"Time Travel" (8:37) - HIROMI'S SONICBLOOM (18.5/20) = 9.25

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro1kbtebeLA

Also considered:

"Chameleon" (9:00) - THIEVES' KITCHEN (/17.520) = 8.75 

"Tacenda for You" (9:34) - THIEVES' KITCHEN (17.5/20) = 8.75