This is a timeline of artists, albums, and events in progressive rock and its subgenres. This article contains the timeline for the period 1980 - 1989.
1980 - 1981 - 1982 - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989
Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
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1980 Jan 14 | Rush | Permanent Waves | Canada |
1980 Feb | Bill Bruford | Gradually Going Tornado | England |
1980 Feb 15 | Mike Rutherford | Smallcreep's Day | England |
1980 Mar 3 | Gentle Giant | Civilian | England |
1980 Mar 28 | Genesis | Duke | England |
1980 Apr 18 | Sky | Sky 2 | England / Australia |
1980 Apr | Premiata Forneria Marconi | Suonare suonare | Italy |
1980 May 30 | Peter Gabriel | Peter Gabriel III | England |
1980 Jun 13 | Steve Hackett | Defector | England |
1980 Jun | Cardiac Arrest | The Obvious Identity | England |
1980 Aug 22 | Yes | Drama | England |
1980 Aug 29 | Jethro Tull | A | England |
1980 Aug | Peter Hammill | A Black Box | England |
1980 Aug | Saga | Silent Knight | Canada |
1980 Sep | Kansas | Audio-Visions | US |
1980 Sep | This Heat | This Heat | England |
1980 Oct 17 | Hawkwind | Levitation | England |
1980 Oct 31 | Mike Oldfield | QE2 | England |
1980 Oct 31 | Caravan | The Album | England |
1980 Nov 7 | The Alan Parsons Project | The Turn of a Friendly Card | England |
1980 Nov 7 | Jon Anderson | Song of Seven | England |
1980 Dec | Asia Minor | Between Flesh and Divine | France |
1980 | Abus Dangereux | Le Quatrieme Mouvement | France |
1980 | Ain Soph | A Story of Mysterious Forest | Japan |
1980 | Ange | Vu d'un Chien | France |
1980 | Art Bears | The World as It Is Today | England |
1980 | Art Zoyd | Generation Sans Futur | France |
1980 | Beggars Opera | Lifeline | England |
1980 | Cai | Noche Abierta | Spain |
1980 | Den Za Den | Den Za Den | Yugoslavia |
1980 | Eskaton | Ardeur | France |
1980 | Fred Frith | Gravity | England |
1980 | Galija | Druga plovidba | Yugoslavia |
1980 | Patrick Gauthier | Bebe Godzilla | France |
1980 | Igra Staklenih Perli | Vrt svetlosti | Yugoslavia |
1980 | Iman Califato Independiente | Camino del Aguila | Spain |
1980 | Jutro | Dobro jutro | Yugoslavia |
1980 | Kaipa | Händer | Sweden |
1980 | Kayak | Periscope Life | Netherlands |
1980 | The Muffins | Open City | US |
1980 | Picchio Dal Pozzo | Abbiamo Tutti I Suoi Problemi | Italy |
1980 | Pekka Pohjola | Kätkävaaran lohikäärme | Finland |
1980 | Predmestje | Hazard | Yugoslavia |
1980 | Present | Triskaidekaphobie | Belgium |
1980 | Rahmann | Rahmann | France |
1980 | Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes | La Deboussole | France |
1980 | SBB | Memento z banalnym tryptykiem | Poland |
1980 | Tako | U vreći za spavanje | Yugoslavia |
1980 | Wurtemberg | Rock Fantasia Opus 9 | France |
1980 | Zamla Mammaz Manna | Familjesprickor | Sweden |
Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
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1981 Jan 23 | Camel | Nude | England |
1981 Feb 12 | Rush | Moving Pictures | Canada |
1981 Feb | Premiata Forneria Marconi | Come ti va in riva alla città | Italy |
1981 Feb | Twelfth Night | Live at the Target | England |
1981 Mar 20[1] | Sky | Sky 3 | England / Australia |
1981 May 11 | Frank Zappa | Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar | US |
1981 May 17 | Frank Zappa | Tinseltown Rebellion | US |
1981 June 5 | Peter Hammill | Sitting Targets | England |
1981 Jul 31 | Electric Light Orchestra | Time | England |
1981 Aug | Steve Hackett | Cured | England |
1981 Sep 18 | Genesis | Abacab | England |
1981 Sep 23 | Frank Zappa | You Are What You Is | US |
1981 Sep | Saga | Worlds Apart | Canada |
1981 Oct 2 | King Crimson | Discipline | England |
1981 Oct 2 | Hawkwind | Sonic Attack | England |
1981 Oct | Godley and Creme | Ismism | England |
1981 | Ange | Moteur | France |
1981 | Barclay James Harvest | Turn of the Tide | England |
1981 | Mike Batt / Autopilot | Rapid Eye Movements | England |
1981 | Mike Batt | Six Days in Berlin | England |
1981 | Cardiacs | Toy World | England |
1981 | Cartoon | Cartoon | US |
1981 | Dün | Eros | France |
1981 | East | Játekók | Hungary |
1981 | Eider Stellaire | Eider Stellaire (K001) | France |
1981 | Eloy | Planets | Germany |
1981 | Flame Dream | Out In The Dark | Switzerland |
1981 | Fred Frith | Speechless | England |
1981 | Führs & Fröhling | Diary | Germany |
1981 | Gordi | Gordi 3 | Yugoslavia |
1981 | Grobschnitt | Illegal | Germany |
1981 | Steve Howe | The Bodast Tapes | England |
1981 | Kayak | Merlin | Netherlands |
1981 | Kayak | Eyewitness | Netherlands |
1981 | Kerrs Pink | Mellom Oss | Norway |
1981 | Kultivator | Barndomens Stigar | Sweden |
1981 | Los Jaivas | Alturas de Machu Picchu | Chile |
1981 | The Muffins | 185 | US |
1981 | Na Lepem Prijazni | Na Lepem Prijazni | Yugoslavia |
1981 | National Health | D.S. Al Coda | England |
1981 | Pallas | Arrive Alive | Scotland |
1981 | Quasar | Fire in the sky | England |
1981 | This Heat | Deceit | England |
1981 | Univers Zero | Ceux Du Dehors | Belgium |
Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
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1982 Mar 18 | Asia | Asia | England |
1982 Mar 19 | Mike Oldfield | Five Miles Out | England |
1982 Mar | Sky | England / Australia | |
1982 Apr 9 | Jethro Tull | Broadsword and the Beast | England |
1982 Apr | Camel | The Single Factor | England |
1982 May 3 | Frank Zappa | Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch | US |
1982 Jun 4 | Genesis | Three Sides Live | England |
1982 Jun 18 | King Crimson | Beat | England |
1982 Sep 9 | Rush | Signals | Canada |
1982 Sep 10 | Peter Gabriel | Peter Gabriel | England |
1982 Sep | Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | Ice Cream For Crow | US |
1982 Oct | Peter Hammill | Enter K | England |
1982 Oct 29 | Supertramp | …Famous Last Words… | England |
1982 Dec | Twelfth Night | Fact and Fiction | England |
1982 | Art Zoyd | Phase IV | France |
1982 | Mike Batt | Zero Zero | England |
1982 | Begnagrad | Begnagrad | Yugoslavia |
1982 | Bi Kyo Ran | Bi Kyo Ran | Japan |
1982 | Eric Burdon | Comeback | Germany |
1982 | Debile Menthol | Emile au Jardin Patrologique | Switzerland |
1982 | Drugi Način | Ponovo na putu | Yugoslavia |
1982 | East | Hűség | Hungary |
1982 | Etron Fou Leloublan | Les Poumons Gonfles | France |
1982 | Galija | Ipak verujem u sebe | Yugoslavia |
1982 | IQ | Seven Stories into Eight | England |
1982 | Isildurs Bane | Sagan om den irländska älgen | Sweden |
1982 | Kaipa | Nattdjurstid | Sweden |
1982 | Kenso | II | Japan |
1982 | Los Jaivas | Aconcagua | Chile |
1982 | Jean-Paul Prat | Masal | France |
1982 | Predmestje | Kamasutra | Yugoslavia |
1982 | Protos | One Day a New Horizon | England |
1982 | Radio Noisz Ensemble | Yniverze | Germany |
1982 | Rebekka | Phoenix | Germany |
1982 | Stormy Six | Al Volo | Italy |
1982 | Third Quadrant | Seeing yourself as you really are | England |
1982 | Univers Zero | Crawling Wind | Belgium |
1982 | Von Zamla | Zamlaranamma | Sweden |
Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
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1983 Jan 14 | Sky | Sky Five Live | England / Australia |
1983 Mar 14 | Marillion | Script for a Jester's Tear | England |
1983 Mar 21 | Pink Floyd | The Final Cut | England |
1983 Mar 28 | Frank Zappa | Baby Snakes | US |
1983 Mar 28 | Frank Zappa | The Man from Utopia | US |
1983 Apr | Steve Hackett | Highly Strung | England |
1983 May 27 | Mike Oldfield | Crises | UK |
1983 Jun 24 | Electric Light Orchestra | Secret Messages | England |
1983 June | Peter Hammill | Loops and Reels | England |
1983 Aug 8 | Eddie Jobson and Zinc | The Green Album | England |
1983 Aug 12[2] | Asia | Alpha | England |
1983 Aug 19 | Peter Hammill | Patience | England |
1983 Sep 9 | IQ | Tales from the Lush Attic | England |
1983 Sep | Saga | Heads or Tales | Canada |
1983 Oct 3 | Genesis | Genesis | England |
1983 Nov 7 | Yes | 90125 | England |
1983 Nov 18 | Ian Anderson | Walk into Light | England |
1983 Nov 25 | Sky | Cadmium | England / Australia |
1983 Nov 30 | Bad Religion | Into the Unknown | US |
1983 | Ange | La Gare de Troyes | France |
1983 | Art Zoyd | Les Espaces Inquiets | France |
1983 | Bacamarte | Depois Do Fim | Brazil |
1983 | Castanarc | Journey To The East | England |
1983 | Cartoon | Music From Left Field | US |
1983 | Eskaton | Fiction | France |
1983 | Etron Fou Leloublan | Les Sillons de la Terre | France |
1983 | Godley and Creme | Birds of Prey | England |
1983 | In Spe | In Spe | Estonia |
1983 | Kaseke | Põletus | Estonia |
1983 | Queensrÿche | Queensrÿche [EP] | US |
1983 | Von Zamla | 1983 | Various |
Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
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1984 Feb 13 | Pallas | The Sentinel | UK |
1984 Mar 5 | David Gilmour | About Face | England |
1984 Mar 12 | Marillion | Fugazi | England |
1984 Mar 23 | King Crimson | Three of a Perfect Pair | England |
1984 Apr 9 | Zee | Identity | England |
1984 Apr 12 | Rush | Grace Under Pressure | Canada |
1984 Apr 13 | Camel | Stationary Traveller | England |
1984 Apr 30 | Roger Waters | The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking | England |
1984 Jun 25 | Mike Oldfield | Discovery | England |
1984 Sep | Steve Hackett | Till We Have Faces | England |
1984 Sep 7 | Jethro Tull | Under Wraps | England |
1984 Sep 7 | Queensrÿche | The Warning | US |
1984 Oct 1 | Roger Hodgson | In the Eye of the Storm | England |
1984 Oct 18 | Frank Zappa | Them or Us | US |
1984 Dec 21 | Frank Zappa | Thing-Fish | US |
1984 | Abel Ganz | Gratuitous Flash | Scotland |
1984 | Ange | Fou | France |
1984 | Art Zoyd | Le Mariage du Ciel et l'Enfer | France |
1984 | Bi Kyo Ran | Parallax | Japan |
1984 | Barclay James Harvest | Victims of Circumstance | England |
1984 | Castanarc | Journey to the East | England |
1984 | Cardiacs | The Seaside | England |
1984 | Craft | Craft | England |
1984 | Gunesh Ensemble | Looking at the Earth | Turkmenistan |
1984 | Isildurs Bane | Sagan om den Irländska Älgen | Sweden |
1984 | Los Jaivas | Obras de Violeta Parra | Chile |
1984 | Nazca | Nazca | Mexico |
1984 | News from Babel | Work Resumed on the Tower | England |
1984 | Not Drowning, Waving | Another Pond | Australia |
1984 | Pocket Orchestra | Knebnagäuje | US |
1984 | Solaris | Marsbéli Krónikák (The Martian Chronicles) | Hungary |
1984 | Solstice | Silent Dance | England |
1984 | Thinking Plague | A Thinking Plague | US |
1984 | Twelfth Night | Live and Let Live | England |
1984 | Univers Zero | Uzed | Belgium |
1984 | Uppsala | Uppsala | France |
Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
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1985 February 25 | Tears for Fears | Songs from the Big Chair | England |
1985 May 13 | Supertramp | Brother Where You Bound | England |
1985 Jun 3 | IQ | The Wake | England |
1985 Jun 14 | Patrick Moraz / Bill Bruford | Flags | England |
1985 Jun 17 | Marillion | Misplaced Childhood | England |
1985 Aug 19 | Pendragon | The Jewel | England |
1985 Aug 19 | Saga | Behaviour | Canada |
1985 Oct 21 | Rush | Power Windows | Canada |
1985 Nov 11 | Hawkwind | The Chronicle of the Black Sword | England |
1985 Nov 21 | Frank Zappa | Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention | US |
1985 Nov 25 | Asia | Astra | England |
1985 | 5uu's | Bel Marduk and Tiamat | US |
1985 | Debile Menthol | Battre Campagne | Switzerland |
1985 | Deyss | At King | Switzerland |
1985 | Egg | Seven Is a Jolly Good Time | England |
1985 | Godley and Creme | The History Mix Volume 1 | England |
1985 | Horizont | Summer in Town | Russia |
1985 | Iconoclasta | Reminiscencias | Mexico |
1985 | In Spe | Typewriter Concerto in D | Estonia |
1985 | Eddie Jobson | Theme of Secrets | England |
1985 | Kenso | Kenso III | Japan |
1985 | Kenso | Music From Five Unknown Musicians | Japan |
1985 | Minimum Vital | Envol Triangles | France |
1985 | Not Drowning, Waving | The Little Desert | Australia |
1985 | Outer Limits | Misty Moon | Japan |
1985 | Ozric Tentacles | Erpsongs | England |
1985 | Ozric Tentacles | Tantric Obstacles | England |
1985 | Bernard Paganotti | Paga | France |
1985 | Present | Le Poison Qui Rend Fou | Belgium |
1985 | Robert Wyatt | Old Rottenhat | England |
Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
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1986 Jan 27 | Frank Zappa | Does Humor Belong in Music? | US |
1986 Feb 17 | Talk Talk | The Colour of Spring | England |
1986 Mar 3 | Electric Light Orchestra | Balance of Power | England |
1986 Mar | Peter Hammill | Skin | England |
1986 Apr 24 | GTR | GTR | England |
1986 May 19 | Peter Gabriel | So | England |
1986 Jun 2 | Emerson, Lake and Powell | Emerson, Lake & Powell | England |
1986 Jun 9 | Genesis | Invisible Touch | England |
1986 Jul | Twelfth Night | Twelfth Night XII | England |
1986 Jul 14 | Queensrÿche | Rage for Order | US |
1986 Sep 1 | David Sylvian | Gone to Earth | England |
1986 Nov 3 | Peter Hammill | And Close As This | England |
1986 Nov | Frank Zappa | Jazz from Hell | US |
1986 | Ange | Egna | France |
1986 | Ain Soph | Hat and Field | Japan |
1986 | Adrian Belew | Desire Caught by the Tail | US |
1986 | Bellaphon | Delphi | Japan |
1986 | Biota | Bellowing Room | US |
1986 | Camberwell Now | The Ghost Trade | England |
1986 | Coda | Sounds of Passion | Netherlands |
1986 | IQ | Living Proof | England |
1986 | Miriodor | Rencontres | Canada |
1986 | Nazca | Estacion De Sombra | Mexico |
1986 | News from Babel | Letters Home | England |
1986 | Outer Limits | A Boy Playing the Magical Bugle Horn | Japan |
1986 | Pallas | The Wedge | Scotland |
1986 | Steve Roach | Empetus | US |
1986 | Shub-Niggurath | Les Morts Vont Vite | France |
1986 | Swans | Greed | US |
1986 | Swans | Holy Money | US |
1986 | Univers Zero | Heatwave | Belgium |
Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
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1987 Apr | IQ | Nomzamo | England |
1987 Jun 15 | King Diamond | Abigail | Denmark |
1987 Jun 15 | Roger Waters | Radio K.A.O.S. | England |
1987 Jun 22 | Marillion | Clutching at Straws | England |
1987 Sep 7 | Pink Floyd | A Momentary Lapse of Reason | England |
1987 Sep 7 | Jethro Tull | Crest of a Knave | England |
1987 Sep 8 | Rush | Hold Your Fire | Canada |
1987 Sep 28 | Yes | Big Generator | England |
1987 Sep 28 | Mike Oldfield | Islands | England |
1987 Oct 9 | Roger Hodgson | Hai Hai | England |
1987 Oct 23 | Supertramp | Free as a Bird | England |
1987 | Abel Ganz | Gullibles Travels | Scotland |
1987 | Ange | Sève qui peut | France |
1987 | Art Zoyd | Berlin | France |
1987 | Barclay James Harvest | Face to Face | England |
1987 | Bellaphon | Firefly | Japan |
1987 | Biota | Tinct | US |
1987 | Blind Owl | Debut at Dusk | US |
1987 | Deyss | Vision in the Dark | Switzerland |
1987 | Djam Karet | The Ritual Continues | US |
1987 | Doctor Nerve | Armed Observation | US |
1987 | Ezra Winston | Myth of the Chrysavides | Italy |
1987 | Iconoclasta | Soliloquio | Mexico |
1987 | Isildurs Bane | Sagan om Ringen | Sweden |
1987 | Nimal | Nimal | Various |
1987 | Not Drowning, Waving | Cold and the Crackle | Australia |
1987 | Outer Limits | The Scene Of Pale Blue | Japan |
1987 | Premiata Forneria Marconi | Miss Baker | Italy |
1987 | Thinking Plague | Moonsongs | US |
1987 | Vermilion Sands | Water Blue | Japan |
Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
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1988 Jan 25 | Ali Project | Gensou Teien | Japan |
1988 Mar 4 | Devil Doll | The Girl Who Was... Death | Italy |
1988 Mar 14 | 3 | To the Power of Three | England |
1988 Mar 28 | Steve Hackett | Momentum | England |
1988 Mar 28 | Kings X | Out of the Silent Planet | US |
1988 May 3 | Queensrÿche | US | |
1988 May 16 | Frank Zappa | You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 | US |
1988 Jun 29 | Voivod | Dimension Hatröss | Canada |
1988 Aug 8 | Marty Friedman | Dragon's Kiss | US |
1988 Sep 12[3] | Talk Talk | Spirit of Eden | England |
1988 Oct 14 | Frank Zappa | Broadway the Hard Way | US |
1988 Oct 25 | Frank Zappa | You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 | US |
1988 Nov 21 | Peter Hammill | In a Foreign Town | England |
1988 Nov 21[4] | Pink Floyd | Delicate Sound of Thunder | England |
1988 | Abel Ganz | The Dangers of Strangers | Scotland |
1988 | 5uu's with Motor Totemist Guild | Elements | US |
1988 | Cardiacs | A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window | England |
1988 | Cassiber | A Face We All Know | Germany |
1988 | Crimson Glory | Transcendence | US |
1988 | Edhels | Still Dream | Monaco |
1988 | Fates Warning | No Exit | US |
1988 | Galadriel | Muttered Promises From An Ageless Pond | Spain |
1988 | Godley and Creme | Goodbye Blue Sky | England |
1988 | Halloween | Part One | France |
1988 | Last Exit | Iron Path | International |
1988 | Phil Miller | Split Seconds | England |
1988 | Minimum Vital | Les Saison Marines | France |
1988 | Miriodor | Miriodor | Canada |
1988 | Nuova Era | L'Ultimo Viaggio | Italy |
1988 | Ozric Tentacles | Sliding Gliding Worlds | England |
1988 | Pendragon | Kowtow | England |
1988 | Sieges Even | Life Cycle | Germany |
Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
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1989 Feb | Ozric Tentacles | Pungent Effulgent | England |
1989 Mar 6 | Dream Theater | When Dream and Day Unite | US |
1989 May 8 | Phish | Junta | US |
1989 May 22 | Queen | The Miracle | England |
1989 Jun 5 | Peter Gabriel | Passion | England |
1989 Jun 20 | Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe | Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe | England |
1989 Jun 27 | King's X | Gretchen Goes to Nebraska | US |
1989 Aug 21 | Jethro Tull | Rock Island | England |
1989 Sep 25 | Marillion | Seasons End | England |
1989 Sep 25 | Tears for Fears | The Seeds of Love | England |
1989 Nov 13 | Frank Zappa | You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3 | US |
1989 Nov 17 | Rush | Presto | Canada |
1989 | After Crying | Opus 1 | Hungary |
1989 | After Dinner | Paradise of Replica | Japan |
1989 | Art Zoyd | Nosferatu / F.W. Murnau | France |
1989 | Biota | Tumble | US |
1989 | Birdsongs of the Mesozoic | Faultline | US |
1989 | Cardiacs | Cardiacs Live | England |
1989 | Djam Karet | Reflections From the Firepool | US |
1989 | Fates Warning | Perfect Symmetry | US |
1989 | Fulano | En El Bunker | Chile |
1989 | Horizont | The Portrait of a Boy | Russia |
1989 | IQ | Are You Sitting Comfortably? | England |
1989 | Isildurs Bane | Cheval - Volonte de Rocher | Sweden |
1989 | Kenso | Sparta | Japan |
1989 | Los Jaivas | Si Tú No Estás | Chile |
1989 | Phil Miller | Cutting Both Ways | England |
1989 | Not Drowning, Waving | Claim | Australia |
1989 | Nuova Era | Dopo l'Infinito | Italy |
1989 | Outer Limits | Outer Mania | Japan |
1989 | Quasar | The Loreli | England |
1989 | Saga | The Beginner's Guide to Throwing Shapes | Canada |
1989 | Tangle Edge | In Search of A New Dawn | Norway |
1989 | Thinking Plague | In This Life | US |