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symphonic prog

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Symphonic prog blends progressive rock's complexity with orchestral grandeur, featuring lush keyboard textures, intricate compositions, and dramatic shifts in tempo and mood. Emerging in the 1970s, it emphasized artistic ambition and classical music influences while maintaining rock's energy. The sound is characterized by epic song structures, theatrical atmospheres, and a cinematic quality that transforms rock into something more elaborate and emotionally sweeping.

100 chronological releases

Place Cover Date Artist Album Tags Other places
15 1970 Beggars Opera Act One
87 Cover for Emerson, Lake & Palmer 1970-11 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Emerson, Lake & Palmer
34 Cover for This Is...Gracious!! 1971 Gracious This Is...Gracious!!
20 1971 Eloy Eloy
54 1971 Beggars Opera Waters of Change
9 Cover for Thick As a Brick 1972 Jethro Tull Thick As a Brick
23 Cover for Sandrose 1972 Sandrose Sandrose
91 1972 Barclay James Harvest Baby James Harvest
51 Cover for Trilogy 1972-07-06 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Trilogy
3 Cover for Close to the Edge 1972-09-13 Yes Close to the Edge
45 Cover for Glorified Magnified 1972-09-29 Manfred Mann's Earth Band Glorified Magnified
40 Cover for Foxtrot 1972-10 Genesis Foxtrot
90 1972-11 Premiata Forneria Marconi Per un Amico
14 Cover for Concerto Delle Menti 1973 Pholas Dactylus Concerto Delle Menti
32 1973 Metamorfosi Inferno
36 Cover for Inside (Remastered Album) 1973 Eloy Inside (Remastered Album)
61 1973 Eloy Inside
80 Cover for ELO 2 1973-03-02 Electric Light Orchestra ELO 2
24 Cover for Brain Salad Surgery 1973-12 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Brain Salad Surgery
93 Cover for Pequeñas Anecdotas Sobre Las Instituciones 1974 Sui Generis Pequeñas Anecdotas Sobre Las Instituciones
28 Cover for Biglietto per l'Inferno 1974 Biglietto per l'Inferno Biglietto per l'Inferno
62 Cover for Mirage 1974-03-01 Camel Mirage
53 Cover for The Good Earth 1974-10-11 Manfred Mann's Earth Band The Good Earth
95 Cover for Pequeñas Anécdotas Sobre las Instituciones 1974-12-16 Sui Generis Pequeñas Anécdotas Sobre las Instituciones
56 Cover for Scheherazade and other stories 1975-08 Renaissance Scheherazade and other stories
48 1975-10 Steve Hackett Voyage Of The Acolyte
81 1975-12 Maneige Les porches
100 Cover for In The Court Of The Crimson King (Expanded & Remastered Original Album Mix) 1976 King Crimson In The Court Of The Crimson King (Expanded & Remastered Original Album Mix)
76 Cover for The Roaring Silence 1976-08-30 Manfred Mann's Earth Band The Roaring Silence
71 Cover for Gudrun 1977 Pierrot Lunaire Gudrun
77 1977 Pulsar Halloween
39 Cover for The Missing Piece 1977-08 Gentle Giant The Missing Piece
57 Cover for Seconds Out 1977-10-21 Genesis Seconds Out
8 1978 Eloy Live
44 Cover for Angel Station 1979-03-09 Manfred Mann's Earth Band Angel Station
49 Cover for Chance 1980-10-10 Manfred Mann's Earth Band Chance
67 Cover for The Turn Of A Friendly Card 1980-11 The Alan Parsons Project The Turn Of A Friendly Card
1 1981 Yes Classic Yes
60 1981 Eloy Planets
50 Cover for Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe 1982 The Alan Parsons Project Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe
82 Cover for Somewhere in Afrika 1982 Manfred Mann's Earth Band Somewhere in Afrika
33 Cover for Somewhere In Africa 1982 Manfred Mann's Earth Band Somewhere In Africa
41 Cover for The Very Best Of The Alan Parsons Project 1983 The Alan Parsons Project The Very Best Of The Alan Parsons Project
4 Cover for Heads Or Tales 1983-09-12 Saga Heads Or Tales
68 Cover for Best of the Alan Parsons Project, Vol. 2 1983-11 The Alan Parsons Project Best of the Alan Parsons Project, Vol. 2
86 1984 Los Jaivas Obras de Violeta Parra
16 Cover for Ammonia Avenue 1984-02-07 The Alan Parsons Project Ammonia Avenue
27 1984-02-17 Manfred Mann's Earth Band Budapest Live
88 1985-12 The Alan Parsons Project Stereotomy
13 1986-03-07 Manfred Mann's Earth Band Criminal Tango
19 1986-03 Manfred Mann's Earth Band Masque
69 Cover for Modrý Vrch 1987 Dežo Ursiny Modrý Vrch
43 Cover for Wildest Dreams 1987-10 Saga Wildest Dreams
78 Cover for The Instrumental Works 1988-08-15 The Alan Parsons Project The Instrumental Works
58 1991 The Alan Parsons Project Anthology
65 Cover for Works Live 1993 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Works Live
18 1993-12-01 Eloy Chronicles I
52 1994 Eloy Chronicles II
66 Cover for The Very Best Of . . . 1994-08-08 Saga The Very Best Of . . .
12 1995 Eloy Chronicles 1
72 1996-01-01 Landberk Indian Summer
6 1996-04 Manfred Mann's Earth Band Soft Vengeance
97 1996-06-11 Manfred Mann's Earth Band The Best of Manfred Mann's Earth Band
84 1996-12-31 Eloy The Best Of Eloy, Vol. 2 - The Prime 1976-1979
5 1997 Isildurs Bane MIND Volume 1
42 1997-07-15 The Alan Parsons Project The Definitive Collection
10 1997-11 Arena Welcome to the Stage
17 1998 Morte Macabre Symphonic Holocaust
21 1999 Manfred Mann's Earth Band Nightingales and Bombers
99 Cover for Atom Heart Mother (2011 Remastered Version) 2001-05-25 Pink Floyd Atom Heart Mother (2011 Remastered Version)
98 Cover for Atom Heart Mother Suite 2001-05-25 Pink Floyd Atom Heart Mother Suite
89 Cover for Platinum & Gold Collection 2003 The Alan Parsons Project Platinum & Gold Collection
73 Cover for Ultimate The Alan Parsons Project 2004-03-23 The Alan Parsons Project Ultimate The Alan Parsons Project
64 2006-04-21 Saga Trust
63 2006-10-09 The Alan Parsons Project The Essential Alan Parsons Project
74 Cover for 10.000 Days 2007 Saga 10.000 Days
25 2007 Saga On My Own
96 Cover for Wind And Wuthering 2007 Genesis Wind And Wuthering
22 2007-01-30 Emerson, Lake & Palmer The Essential Emerson, Lake & Palmer
11 2007-03-19 Jethro Tull Too Old to Rock 'N' Roll: Too Young to Die
47 2007-04-27 Saga Worlds Apart Revisited
79 2007-10-19 Saga 10,000 Days
46 2009 Saga The Human Condition
31 2009-03-07 Agents of Mercy The Fading Ghosts of Twilight
94 2010 The Alan Parsons Project The Collection
83 Cover for Emerson, Lake and Palmer 2010-06-23 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Emerson, Lake and Palmer
26 Cover for Ocean 2 2012 Eloy Ocean 2
29 Cover for Sea of Smiles 2012-05-21 Squackett Sea of Smiles
7 2012-06-12 Saga 20/20
37 Cover for Spotlight (1971-1991) 2013 Manfred Mann's Earth Band Spotlight (1971-1991)
55 Cover for Demon (Deluxe Edition) 2014-03-17 Gazpacho Demon (Deluxe Edition)
92 Cover for Mon Laferte (Vol. 1/ Edicion Especial) 2018-10-05 Mon Laferte Mon Laferte (Vol. 1/ Edicion Especial)
59 Cover for Don't Panic 2019 IZZ Don't Panic
2 2020 Frutería Toñi El Porvenir Está en las Huevas
70 Cover for Dominion 2023-01-30 zopp Dominion
35 Cover for The Worm 2023-04-07 HMLTD The Worm
75 Cover for The Best of Eloy, Volume 2 (The Prime 1976-1979) 2023-06-23 Eloy The Best of Eloy, Volume 2 (The Prime 1976-1979)
30 2023-06-23 Eloy The Best Of Eloy, Vol. 1 - The Early Days 1972-1975
85 Cover for Harbour Century 2024-04-05 Eunuchs Harbour Century
38 Cover for Eye in the Sky The Alan Parsons Project Eye in the Sky