Prog music is famous for its lengthy tracks, and that’s mostly why it’s not radio-friendly, as it doesn’t fit with Pop listeners’ lack of patience and love for simplicity.

Prog tracks tend to run long to tell stories with numerous changes, therefore the music also follows these changes and juggles different styles and progressions. For example, Prog bands like Dream Theater have highly talented musicians who like to showcase their talent and thus a long track allows each member to fit their own solo in.

So between long journeys and simply showing off, here are a few of the best examples of great lengthy tracks!

Ne Obliviscaris – Painters of the Tempest (Part II) : Triptych Lux

Dream Theater – Home

Beardfish – Note

Haken – Crystalized

Noekk – Codex Deserta

Seven Impale – God Left Us for a Black Dressed Woman

IQ – Without Walls

Opeth – The Drapery Falls

Pain of Salvation – The Perfect Element

Which great tracks did we miss? What is the longest track you enjoy?

Here is one we enjoy. Green Carnation‘s “Light of Day, Day of Darkness” which runs at 60 minutes and 7 seconds.