My Top 10 Favorite Instrumentals

When I first got the idea for this post I just listed a bunch of songs down the page. I noticed a lot of music acts had done several that I like. So what I did was to limit everyone to just one appearance. Get it? Got it? Good.

I'm sure I missed some obvious ones too, but here are my top ten favorite instrumentals:

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10) King Crimson/Red

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9) Kansas/Musicatto

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8) The Alan Parsons Project/I Robot

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7) Vangelis/Chariots of Fire

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6) Rick Wakeman/Catherine of Aragon

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5) Journey/Kohoutek

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4) Trans-Siberian Orchestra/Christmas Eve Sarajevo 12/24

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3) Rush/La Villa Strangiato

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2) Emerson Lake & Palmer/Canario

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1) Yes (Steve Howe)/Mood For a Day

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Others considered:

Yes (Steve Howe)/Masquerade

Emerson Lake & Palmer/Changing States, Fanfare for the Common Man, Hoedown

The Nice/Ars Longa Vita Brevis (4th Movt.)

Def Leppard/Switch 625

Rush/YYZ

Trans-Siberian Orchestra/Moonlight and Madness

Journey/Topaz