Best progressive rock album side

Wow, great thread with a lot of great contributions. Thanks!

A handful of my favorites that haven’t been mentioned yet:

 

Safety in Numbers (Side 1)

Hand Cannot Erase (whole thing)

Sonder (whole thing)

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Side 1)

Teaser (whole thing)

On Letting Go (side one I guess)

Handmade Cities (side one I suppose)

Incatare (whole thing)

Spirit of Eden (Side 1)

Amused to Death (in whole, and how has this not been mentioned!?)

The Geese & The Ghost (whole deal)

Blind Dog At St. Dunstans (side 2)

Seeds of Change (whole thing

Bundles (whole thing)

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Yes, great thread, thanks to all.

+1 Samla mammas manna. For early swedish prog, check out also, Hansson och Karlsson. Nationalteatern. Hoola Bandoola band. Part-prog, at least.

The best prog band in the 70s in the Nordic region was perhaps Wigwam. Their album Being is quite unique, and their later albums are interesting too.

Another worthy European (Netherland) contender: Golden Earring: Eight Miles High.

Maybe Procol Harum, on Home, isn't quite prog. Like many bands they tried to sell records - become more commercial. But often, it did not hurt.

Same thing with Steppenwolf. On their 7 album, tracks like Renegade and Hippo stomp carry their bluesrock into prog territorry. Not much recognized, in the prog camp.

And - Yes: close to the edge rewards a new listen - but this british side of the prog story is only some of it. And somewhat tiring, now, to my ears.

Speaking of Swedish bands, Flower Kings have some nice tracks and sides.

@o_holter  -- Steppenwolf played a set at my high school, in the auditorium. They didn't play "The Pusher," most likely because the administration forbid them to do it. They were good, too.