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What an incredible 2025 it’s been in the world of prog. This year, we’ve taken a different approach to our Critics’ Choice and instead of printing our writers’ Top 20 lists, we’ve pooled them to create a definitive Top 50 with profile pieces on some of the key players. Did your favourite make the cut? We look forward to reading your thoughts on the results.

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After what seemed like forever, Genesis’s much-loved concept album was finally beefed up and reissued as a bumper set that won our critics’ hearts.

Ex-Tangerine Dreamer returns with evolution of his emotional ‘guitartronica’.

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