Gagliarchives Radio
>> Top 100 of 1996
 Top Charting Progressive Albums of 1996
Pos. Album Title Band/Artist Label Weeks
at #1 on Program
1 Nucleus Nucleus Anekdoten Virta 9
2 Retropolis Retropolis The Flower Kings Foxtrot 5
3 Signify Signify Porcupine Tree Delerium 4
4 Beware Of Darkness Beware Of Darkness Spock's Beard Radiant 4
5 Harbour Of Tears Harbour Of Tears Camel Camel 1
6 The Goddess Of Darkness The Goddess Of Darkness Ars Nova Made In Japan 3
7 Keys To Ascension Keys To Ascension Yes Essential 4
8 Buried Alive Buried Alive  Anglagard Musea 3
9 Broken China Broken China Rick Wright Guardian 3
10 The Maquerade Overture The Masquerade Overture Pendragon Toff 3
11 Made Again Made Again Marillion EMI 2
12 Thrak Attack Thrak Attack King Crimson DGM 2
13 Test For Echo Test For Echo Rush Anthem  
14 Somnambulist Somnambulist Somnambulist Laser's Edge  
15 Ten Seconds Ten Seconds Ten Seconds DGM  
16 Heavy Machinery Heavy Machinery Holdsworth / Johansson / Johansson  Som  
17 Mercy Mercy Altura Magna Carta
18 None Too Soon None Too Soon Allan Holdsworth Polydor 2
19 Homebrew Homebrew Steve Howe Herald  

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20 Until Eternity Until Eternity Mastermind Cyclops
21 When The Sweet Turns Sour When The Sweet Turns Sour Echolyn Cyclops  
22 II II Bondage Fruit MABO
23 Lavori In Corso Lavori In Corso D.F.A. Mellow
24 Op Zop Too Wah Op Zop Too Wah Adrian Belew IND
25 The Third Star The Third Star Trey Gunn DGM
26 Cortlandt Cortlandt Sean Malone AudioImage
27 Indian Summer Indian Summer Landberk Record Heaven  
28 Thrive Thrive Gongzilla LoLo  
29 Beyond Reality Beyond Reality Cast IND
30 Private Parts & Pieces IX - Dragonfly Private Parts & Pieces IX - Dragonfly Dreams Anthony Phillips Blueprint
31 Il Fiume Il Fiume Le Orme Tring
32 Quidam Quidam Quidam Musea
33 Pride Pride Arena Verglas
34 Il Limine In Limine Finisterre Mellow
35 Divine Wings Of Tragedy Divine Wings Of Tragedy Symphony X Zero  
36 Elastic Juggling Elastic Juggling Miriodor Cuneiform  
37 De Profundis De Profundis After Crying Periferic
38 Diacronie Metronomiche Diacronie Metronomiche Deus Ex Machina Kaliphonia
39 Forever Live Forever Live IQ GEP
40 L�ther L�ther Frank Zappa Rykodisc
41 Gregg Bendian's Interzone Gregg Bendian's Interzone Gregg Bendian's Interzone Atavistic
42 Half Alive In Hollywood Half Alive In Hollywood Mike Keneally & Beer For Dolphins Exowax
43 Live Live Present Cuneiform
44 Rage Rage Philharmonie Cuneiform
45 H�stsonaten H�stsonaten Finisterre Project Mellow
46 Dies Irae Dies Irae Devil Doll Hurdy Gurdy
47 Fire Garden Fire Garden Steve Vai Favored Nations
48 Wounded Wounded Enchant InsideOut 1
49 Sju Sju DarXtar IND
50 Maquizcoatl Maquizcoatl Banda Elastica Luna Negra
51 Wild Opera Wild Opera No-Man 3rd Stone
52 Parallel Parallel Phil Miller In Cahoots Crescent
53 A....Dieu A....Dieu Ange ADN  
54 Point Of Views Point Of Views 5uu's Cuneiform
55 Love In Space Love In Space Hawkwind EBS
56 Morningrise Morningrise Opeth Candlelight
57 The Lost Episodes The Lost Episodes Frank Zappa Rykodisc
58 Arena Arena Asia Resurgence 2
59 Standing In Stereo Standing In Stereo Geno White LoLo  
60 Carnival Of Souls Carnival Of Souls The Wishing Tree Dorian
61 The World Of Kitaro The World Of Kitaro Kitaro Domo
62 Steinway To Heaven Steinway To Heaven Various Artists Magna Carta
63 Two Rainbows Daily Two Rainbows Daily Hugh Hopper/Alan Gowen Cuneiform
64 Genesis Revisited Genesis Revisited Steve Hackett Guardian 3
65 The Guitar Trio The Guitar Trio De Lucia/McLaughlin/Di Meola Verve
66 The Awakening Chronicles The Awakening Chronicles Raphael Rudd WD
67 Curious Goods Curious Goods Lana Lane Think Tank
68 Saviour Machine Part I Saviour Machine Part One Legend Phantom
69 Turn Of The Wheel Turn Of The Wheel Tempest Magna Carta
70 The Rite Of Passage The Rite Of Passage Pangaea Angular
71 Stressfest Stressfest Steve Morse High Street
72 Dabblings In Darkness Dabblings In Darkness Project Lo LoLo
73 After The Satellite Sings After The Satellite Sings Bill Nelson Gyroscope
74 Fields Unsown Fields Unsown Senses IND
75 The Teething Fashion The Teething Fashion Relayer Angular
76 Theater Of The Mind Theater Of The Mind Mystery Unicorn
77 Metroplex Metroplex Second Sufis IND
78 Quarkspace Quarkspace Quarkspace Eternity's Jest
79 Working Man - Tribute To Rush Working Man - Tribute To Rush Various Artists Magna Carta
80 Farawayers Farawayers Acidente IND
81 Insights Insights Lemur Voice Magna Carta
82 Jonathan Kreisberg Trio Jonathan Kriesberg Trio Jonathan Kriesberg Trio Batboy
83 Almost Syrup Almost Syrup The Neapolitan Orchestra IND
84 Paradise Paradise Curlew Cuneiform
85 Aurora Dos Sonhos Aurora Dos Sonhos Apocalypse Musea
86 Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute Frank Zappa Rykodisc
87 Birdman Birdman Mujician Cuneiform
88 Victor Victor Alex Lifeson Anthem
89 Elegy Elegy Amorphis Relapse
90 �nima �nima Tool Zoo
91 Every Screaming Ear Every Screaming Ear Doctor Nerve Cuneiform
92 Imageness Imageness Ageness Musea
93 Theli Theli Therion Nuclear Blast
94 Hands Hands Hands Shroom
95 Actual Fantasy Actual Fantasy Ayreon Transmission
96 The Promise The Promise John McLaughlin Verve
97 Eternity Eternity Anathema Peaceville
98 Vae Victis Vae Victus Galaad Musea
99 Human Interest Story Human Interest Story 3RDegree IND
100 The All European Hero The All European Hero Galleon Progress
With the internet becoming an even bigger help to the radio program's cause, so did the influx of new music. With the program completely dedicated to the genre of progressive rock and all of its sub-genres, the stage was set for what became a Delaware Valley favorite that year featuring airplays at 88.9 WBZC on not just Saturday nights, but the Top 100 saw frequent replays overnight as well. The music of the final 100 discs featured on the Gagliarchives, aired on Programs 459 through 461 (11/30/96 to 12/14/96). Although this is the 'Top 100' of the year, there were over 1100 Progressive Rock related releases in the course of the year, and many genres are represented. This list was lost and then found and then put together from the original notes that were compiled through a year's worth of research from myself and the early collective of what we call the GPRN. A collective of contacts, vendors, reviewers, & contributors who helped build this list that eventually became so more dynamic with the advent of the internet, that these soon became the most anticipated programs of the year. A big thanks to Charlie Nolan, George Piatkowski, Anchor Babcock, Drew Jacobs, Scott McGill, Roger Beckwith, Janet Watts, Pete Palma, & Chad Hutchinson. A special thanks to Mister Poll. 
 Finalized by Tom Gagliardi