A TOP 20 LIST - Augusto Croce

I never loved the "best of..." lists, there are too many factors to consider before deciding which are the best records in a certain style, but I've been asked so many times to give my advice to interested prog followers, that I've decided to do it at last.

This is a totally subjective list, and even if 50 titles would be a better choice...... here are the first 20 (or 21, to be correct!):

  1. Zarathustra (1973) - Museo Rosenbach
  2. Banco del Mutuo Soccorso (1972) - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
  3. Storia di un minuto (1972) - Premiata Forneria Marconi
  4. Alphataurus (1973) - Alphataurus
  5. Biglietto per l'Inferno (1974) - Biglietto per l'Inferno
  6. Campo di Marte (1973) - Campo di Marte
  7. Io non so da dove vengo... (1973) - De De Lind
  8. DNA (1972) - Jumbo
  9. Inferno (1973) - Metamorfosi
  10. Quella Vecchia Locanda (1972) - Quella Vecchia Locanda
  11. Uno (1971) - Panna Fredda
  12. Melos (1973) - Cervello
  13. Fede speranza e carità (1972) - Jet
  14. L'Uovo di Colombo (1973) - L'Uovo di Colombo
  15. Collage (1971) - Le Orme
  16. Palepoli (1973) - Osanna
  17. Ys (1972) - Balletto di Bronzo
  18. Arbeit macht frei (1973) - Area
  19. Maxophone (1975) - Maxophone
  20. Intorno alla mia cattiva educazione (1974) - Alusa Fallax
    L'apprendista (1977) - Stormy Six

listed in order of preference, of course. No groups have been mentioned with more than one LP, to avoid confusion.

Thanks to Guilherme Tofani, passionate and competent fan of the Italian Prog from Brazil, and owner of the now closed Prog70 website, who persuaded me to add this list here.