Tame Impala peak newly established prog rock chart

A genre specific Prog Rock chart is now a thing and Tame Impala's Currents tops the first edition.

Ben Smith

Date published: 3rd Sep 2015

Image: Tame Impala 

It seems as though 'prog rock' heads' thirty year campaign to establish a genre specific chart has sufficed, with Tame Impala topping the first ever official top ten. 

The Official Charts Company and Prog Magazine have teamed up to devise a monthly chart, mined by "progressive rock experts" who decide the eligibility of an album. 

The first edition of the chart will be inaugurated on Thursday 4th September. Out-muscling Muse's Drones in second place and Amused To Death by Roger Waters in third is Kevin Parker's latest album Currents

Catch the entire chart below: 

1. Tame Impala - Currents

2. Muse - Drones

3. Roger Waters - Amused to Death

4. Joe Satriani - Shockwave Supernova

5. Public Service - Broadcasting The Race for Space

6. Faith No More - Sol Invictus

7. Symphony X - Underworld

8. Pink Floyd - The Endless River

9. Tim Bowness Stupid Things - That Mean the World

10. Nightwish Endless Forms - Most Beautiful

Catch our review of Tame Impala's Currents