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. "Sequenze e frequenze" (16:23) - FRANCO BATTIATO (29/30) = 9.667

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. "Canto nomade per un prigionierio politico" (15:50) - BANCO DEL MUTUO SOCCORSO (28.5/30 = 9.5

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

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

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

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

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

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

40. "Utopia Theme" (14:19) - UTOPIA (94/100) = 9.4
41. "Il Giardino Del Mago" (18:26) - BANCO DEL MUITUO SOCCORSO (37.5/40) = 9.375

42. "Antartide / Metamorfosi / Pathos / Senza Un Perché / Nessuna Scelta / Murple Rock" (17:37) - MURPLE (32.75) = 9.357

43. "Halloween, Part II" (18:40) - PULSAR ((37.333/40) = 9.333

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

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

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

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

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

49. "Preludio E Scherzo / Tra I Fili / Variazioni In 6/8 / Fratello / Un Mondo Così / Antarplastic" (16:37) - MURPLE (28/30) = 9.333

50. "2112" (20:39) - RUSH (37.25/40) = 9.3125

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

103. "L.S.B." (17:37) - OUT OF FOCUS (31.75/35) = 9.07
104. "1st Movement" (20:30) - CLEARLIGHT (36.25/40) = 9.0625
105. "Animale senza respiro" (19:55) - OSANNA (36.25/40) = 9.0625
106. "Lumpy Gravy" (31:26) - FRANK ZAPPA (54.3333/60) = 9.05555

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

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

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

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

"Nella Sala Vuota, Improvvisazioni Dei New Trolls Registrate In Diretta" (20:32) - NEW TROLLS (36/40) = 9.0

"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. "Lullaby for a Broken Dream" (16:17) - DOMINIC SANDERSON - (29.5/30) = 9.83
4. "Chariots of the Sun - To Phaeton on the Occasion of the Sunrise (theme from an imagined movie)” (22:22) - MOTORPSYCHO - (44/45) = 9.778
5. "Contes lunaires" (22:14) - ARNAUD BUKWALD - (44/45) = 9.77
6. "De ludo globi - Pars una" - (20:06) - VESPERO - (39/40) = 9.75
7. "Lust och fägring (Sommarvisan)" (14:30) - AGUSA - (29/30) = 9.667
8. "Naturens katedral" (16:36) - LARS FREDRIK FRØISLIE - (29/30) = 9.6667
9. "Raum" (14:56) - TANGERINE DREAM - (29/30) = 9.667
10. "Helen" (19:14) - UNITOPIA - (38.5/40) = 9.625
11. "Am Ende Der Welt" (Side A) (24:18) -WESERBERGLAND - (48/50) = 9.6 
12. "The Beggar Lover (Three)" (43:51) - SWANS - (86/90) = 9.5555
13. "Am Ende Der Welt" (Side B) (18:20) - WESERBERGLAND - (38/40) = 9.5
14. "Sacrae Symphonia No. 1" (39:48)  - WESERBERGLAND - (75/80) = 9.5
15. “Bruise" (23:45) - BATTLESTATIONS - (47.5/50) = 9.50
16. "Requiem for a Dream" (25:13) - KARNATAKA - (48/50) = 9.5
17. "The Shadow Man Incident" (19:32) - DREAM THEATER - (38/40) = 9.5
18. "Der Hauch des Lebens (Parts 1-5)" (27:07) - KLAUS SCHULZE - (52/55) = 9.455
19. "Digital Coma" (17:19) - ATOMIC TIME - (33/35) = 9.43
20. "Billiards of Pit" (21:54) - WIPPY BONSTACK - (42.375/45) = 9.417
21. "De ludo globi - Pars duo" (20:23) - VESPERO - (37.5/40) = 9.375
22. "I Have Little to No Memories of These Memories" (47:48) - TOEHIDER - (89/95) = 9.368
23. "Summer Queen" (15:52) - JONAS LINDBERG & THE OTHER SIDE - (28/30) = 9.33
24. "Between the Light and the Stone" (14:37) - ISPROJECT - (28/30) = 9.333
25. "Emperor" (14:36) - CALIGONAUT - (28/30) = 9.333
26. "The Horror" (16:20) - RANESTRANE - (28/30) = 9.33
27. "Musical Phylosophy" (15:23) - AGLAIA - (28/30) = 9.3333
28. "Delicate Light" (16:36) - AGLAIA - (28/30) = 9.3333
29. "Doomstar" (15:58) - DOCTORS OF SPACE - (28/30) = 9.333
30. "Voie Aérienne" (24:22) - PAREIDOLON - (46.5/50) - 9.3
31. "Lighter Than Air" (19:34) - CALIGONAUT - (36/40) = 9.25
32. "Telepathic Minds" (17:18) - OVERHEAD - (32.125/35) = 9.1786
33. "And I Stood Transfixed" (15:07) - EMERALD DAWN - (27.5/30) = 9.1667
34. "You Have It All" (14:25) - LOBATE SCARP (27.5/30) = 9.1667 
35. "Toxicity" (14:22) - ZOPP - (27.5/30) = 9.16667
36. "Hamburg's Heaviest Pebble" (15:48) - TOM PENAGUIN - (27.5/30) = 9.1667
37. "Seth (Parts 1-7)" - KLAUS SCHULZE - (59.5/65) = 9.154
38. "Beyond the Exosphere" (17:48) - PYRAMID THEOREM - (32/35) = 9.143
39. "Starlifter: Fearless Pt. II" (18:00) - CROWN LANDS - (32/35) = 9.143
40. "Rytter av dommedag" (16:56) - LARS FREDRIK FRØISLIE - (32/35) = 9.143
41. "Alda" (20:52) - BREIDABLIK - (36.5/40) = 9.125
42. "Die Before You Wake" (19:33) - BEN CRAVEN - (36.5/40) = 9.125
43. "N.O.X." - MOTORPSYCHO - (82/90) = 9.111
44. "Voice of God" (16:53) - ATOMIC TIME - (31.75/35) = 9.07

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.